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Nov 10, 2024

Personal Time with Jesus | Living in His Glory

Personal Time with Jesus | Living in His Glory

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Personal Time with Jesus

 

November 10, 2024

PRINCIPLE: We must first experience God in before we will ever be effective for the Kingdom in public.

Matthew 17:1–8
1 After six days Jesus took with him Peter, James and John the brother of James, and led them up a high mountain by themselves. 2 There he was transfigured before them. His face shone like the sun, and his clothes became as white as the light. 3 Just then there appeared before them Moses and Elijah, talking with Jesus. 4 Peter said to Jesus, “Lord, it is good for us to be here. If you wish, I will put up three shelters — one for you, one for Moses and one for Elijah.” 5 While he was still speaking, a bright cloud covered them, and a voice from the cloud said, “This is my Son, whom I love; with him I am well pleased. Listen to him!” 6 When the disciples heard this, they fell facedown to the ground, terrified. 7 But Jesus came and touched them. “Get up,” he said. “Don’t be afraid.” 8 When they looked up, they saw no one except Jesus.
Matthew 17:1
After six days…

PRINCIPLE: The power, wisdom, and revelation we receive in private will the life that flows from us in public.

4 Common Elements of Personal Time with Jesus

1. Intentional

2. A prepared and open

3. The of God

4. Focused

Matthew 17:1
After six days Jesus took with him Peter, James and John the brother of James, and led them up a high mountain by themselves.
3 Stages to Jesus’s Plan

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John 15:16
You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you so that you might go and bear fruit — fruit that will last — and so that whatever you ask in my name the Father will give you.

QUESTION: Are you positioning yourself in a posture and place where Jesus can fully and speak to you?

2. them

Matthew 17:1
After six days Jesus took with him Peter, James and John the brother of James, and led them up a high mountain by themselves.

“To be led by Jesus means we see our selfish motives for what they are, reject them, and focus our hearts on the One who deserves every fiber of our affection and loyalty. Therefore, we boycott our self seeking agenda, we lay aside our own desires, wants, and personal quests, and we drive toward the heart of God.”
— Thomas Young

PRINCIPLE: To be led by Jesus, we simply must .

3. them

Matthew 17:2
There he was transfigured before them. His face shone like the sun, and his clothes became as white as the light.
Matthew 16:28
“Truly I tell you, some who are standing here will not taste death before they see the Son of Man coming in his kingdom.”
Philippians 2:7–8
7 He made himself nothing by taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness. 8 And being found in appearance as a man, he humbled himself.

QUESTION: How many of us are lackadaisical about our time with Jesus because we think we know Jesus?

Hebrews 1:3
The Son is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of his being, sustaining all things by his powerful word. After he had provided purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty in heaven.
3 Things Personal Time with God Does

1. Shows us a fuller who Jesus really is.

2. Acts as a for a life of hope and purpose.

3. Fuels the movements that we so desire.

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