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Risin
Sun Cowboy Church
| GOD EXPECTS US TO WALK IN UNITY
BECAUSE THERE HE HAS COMMANDED A BLESSING. THEN HE CAN RELEASE HIS ANOINTING FOR
HEALING, DELIVERANCE, FINANCIAL PROSPERITY, THE BAPTISM OF THE HOLY SPIRIT AND MUCH, MUCH
MORE. THERE ARE, HOWEVER, COMMITMENTS TO FULFUILL IN ORDER TO HAVE SUCCESSFUL CHURCH
GATHERINGS. THESE ARE AS FOLLOWS: |
4 RESPONSIBILITIES FOR SUCCESSFUL CORPORATE CHURCH MEETINGS.
 | RESPONSIBILITY #1: THE PEOPLE MUST BE IN ATTENDANCE.
ACORDING TO HEBREWS 10:25, WE ARE NOT TO
NEGLECT TO ASSEMBLE OURSELVES TOGETHER, AS SOME ARE DOING, ESPECIALLY AS WE SEE THE DAY OF
THE LORD APPROACHING. EVEN THOUGH MANY TODAY ARE ABANDONING AND STANDING ALOOF FROM
CHUCH ATTENDANCE AND MEMBERSHIP, GOD HAS NOT CHANGED HIS COMMANDMENT. |
| RESPONSIBILITY #2: THE PEOPLE MUST BE COMMITTED TO
PARTICIPATION. OUR GENERATION HAS BEEN GREATLY INFLUENCED
BY TELEVISION, WHICH HAS CAUSED US TO HAVE "SPECTATOR MENTALITIES." WEBSTER'S
DICTIONARY DEFINES A SPECTATOR AS "ONE WHO LOOKS ON: ONE WHO SEES OR BEHOLDS
A GIVEN THING WITHOUT TAKING AN ACTIVE PART." THIS MAY BE ACCEPTABLE IN OTHER
SETTINGS, BUT PARTICIPATION IS ESSENTIAL FOR THE RELEASE OF GOD'S ANOINTING AND BLESSING
ON OUR CORPORATE GATHERINGS. |
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| RESPONSIBILITY #3: THE PEOPLE MUST BE EXPECTING TO RECEIVE. EXPECTATION OR FAITH IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT ATTITUDES TO BE INSTILLED IN
THE PEOPLE OF GOD. ANTICIPATION IS THE FOUNDATION FOR THE MOVING OF THE HOLY SPIRIT.
THE CHURCH MUST BE LIKE THE LAME MAN IN ACTS 3:5 WHO ASKED THE
DISCIPLES FOR ALMS, "HE GAVE HEED UNTO THEM, EXPECTING TO RECEIVE SOMETHING
FROM THEM." OUR EXPECTANCY ATTRACTS GODS PROVISION! HE WILL NOT
DISAPPOINT US. |
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| RESPONSIBILITY #4: THE PEOPLE MUST MAINTAIN THE
CENTRALITY OF JESUS. A DYNAMIC GROUP OF BELIEVERS HAS THE
RESPONSIBILITY OF KEEPING JESUS THE CENTER OF THEIR LIVES. WE CAN DO THIS IN A
NUMBER OF WAYS.
 | FIRST, WE MUST MAINTAIN THE SIMPLICITY OF CHRIST BY LIVING QUIET,
COMMITTED LIVES. |
| SECONDLY, WE MUST ALLOW HIM, BY THE HOLY SPRIT, TO ADJUST AND
CORRECT OUR LIVES, SO THAT WE WILL SHINE BRIGHTLY FOR HIM. |
| THIRD, WE MUST VALUE THE "FELT PRESENCE" OF JESUS AND
DO ALL THAT WE CAN TO PRESERVE IT. |
| FOURTH, IT IS VITAL THAT WE REALIZE THAT WE CANNOT GO ON WITHOUT
THAT "FELT PRESENCE" OF JESUS, AND THAT IT IS ONLY THE PRESENCE OF GOD THAT
DISTINGUISHES US FROM THE WORLD, WE MUST NEVER ACCEPT A SUBSTITUTE FOR THAT PRESENCE. |
| FIFTH, WE MUST MAINTAIN THAT "FELT PRESENCE" OF JESUS
BY PROMOTING A TRUE SPIRIT OF PRAISE AND WORSHIP. |
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