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Doing God's will and (still) suffering

Dr. Roberto Miranda

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SUMMARY: The pastor believes that there is a great move of the Kingdom of God coming and that they are a small part of it. He sees the role of a senior pastor as keeping the space open for the people of God to step up and do the ministry that God has given them to do through the church. He believes that God is calling the church to a new level of consecration, where everything they have belongs to Him. He urges the congregation to prepare themselves for the harvest, as God is looking for men and women who are radically committed to the Kingdom of God.

The pastor then turns to the book of Acts, where he discusses the martyring of Stephen and the importance of being prepared to pass through times of suffering and persecution in a way that glorifies God. He notes that sometimes our sufferings and problems do not happen because we are outside of the will of God, but because we are following the Lord. He also emphasizes the importance of not letting the teaching of the Lord just pass through us, but listening with an open and teachable heart so that it can change us.

The sermon discusses the importance of standing firm in the face of persecution and suffering as a believer. The example of Stephen, who was stoned to death for his faith, is used to illustrate the idea that sometimes suffering can bring spiritual benefits and rewards that compensate for physical or material hardship. The speaker encourages listeners to arm themselves with the promises of God and to stand firm in their faith, even when the evil day comes. The sermon also emphasizes the importance of using the weapons of the spirit, such as prayer and the word of God, to resist the attacks of the enemy. Finally, the speaker reminds the congregation that their sufferings are never in vain, and that God can use their trials and difficulties to bless others and turn them into vessels for his purposes.

I have something to say in all of this, with so much conviction in my heart, I believe that the things that God has in store for this church, we have not begun to see the fulfillment of those promises. I believe we are on the edge of a tremendous explosion, numerically but more than anything in terms of spiritual significance. And I believe that God has spoken to me prophetically about a visitation of the Lord, not just for this congregation but a general move of the Kingdom of God throughout the earth that we are one small part of.

And God has something for us to do in this, he has a purpose for these people, that’s why our commitment needs to be up to the level of our calling and vision that God has. I just want to say that in my time of recovery in home from the illness, and as I had to step back and let things go on without me for a few weeks, it’s given me tremendous gratification to se the work continue so strongly, so well even in some ways even better than when I’m in actually in the church.

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