Brand NEW

How NEW are we?

• When was the last time you were renewed and refreshed by God?
• God's wants to renew us regularly so we don't become stale, so we that we can continue to grow.
• Revelation 21 v 1-27
• God gives John the picture of how the New Jerusalem will come down from heaven.
• This magnificent city is made to perfection and the highest standard.
• God wants to regularly renew us to a high standard because he created us for a purpose and He wants us to succeed and fulfil it.
• The city has specific measurements and design specifications because wants it to be perfect.
• God created us with specific measurements and design specification but we messed up. But God wants to continually renew us back to be holy in His sight.
• 1 Peter 2 v 9-10 - "⁹ But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s special possession, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light. ¹⁰ Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy."
• We are chosen by God to be His leaders, His ambassadors and the head not the tail.
• To be His priest and do a great job for Him we need to be renewed by God regularly.
• Where are we a leader? When can we be a leader?
• I remembered every school day what school I went because I wore the uniform.
• God wants us to remember that we are repping Him wearing the armour and uniform he gives us.
• I know we don't wear a 'Christian Uniform' but we should be easily identifiable as Christian's.
• If we live our lives out of a love for what God loves and chase after the fathers heart then he will bless us, not because we said, "Hey God, this is what I'm doing please bless it." But because we said, "Hey God, what is your will for my life?" 
• When we follow the will of God for our lives it automatically carries blessing.
• Deuteronomy 28 v 12-14 - "¹² The LORD will open the heavens, the storehouse of his bounty, to send rain on your land in season and to bless all the work of your hands. You will lend to many nations but will borrow from none. ¹³ The LORD will make you the head, not the tail. If you pay attention to the commands of the LORD your God that I give you this day and carefully follow them, you will always be at the top, never at the bottom. ¹⁴ Do not turn aside from any of the commands I give you today, to the right or to the left, following other gods and serving them."
• God isn't calling us just to follow a set of rules but to follow His hearts desires.
• God wants us to be generous with the blessings He gives us.
• What has God blessed you with?
• To do all this we need God to renew us regularly, otherwise how will we stay close to His hearts and His will.
• How can God renew you today?