Problem Solving With Holy Spirit

 Problem Solving With Holy Spirit | Drench Series

Heavens. Two Intersecting Realms. Earth — Church is aligning both realms!

Acts 4:32 "Now the multitude of those who believed were of one heart and one soul.”
The church was in a really good place!!!

Acts 6:1-7
“Now in those days, when the number of the disciples was multiplying, there arose a complaint against the
Hebrews by the Hellenists, because their widows were neglected in the daily distribution. Then the twelve
summoned the multitude of the disciples and said, ‘It is not desirable that we should leave the word of God
and serve tables.
Therefore, brethren, seek out from among you seven men of good reputation, full of the Holy Spirit and
wisdom, whom we may appoint over this business; but we will give ourselves continually to prayer and to the
ministry of the word.’ And the saying pleased the whole multitude. And they chose Stephen, a man full of faith
and the Holy Spirit, and Philip, Prochorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas, and Nicolas, a proselyte from Antioch,
whom they set before the apostles; and when they had prayed, they laid hands on them.
Then the word of God spread, and the number of the disciples multiplied greatly in Jerusalem, and a great
many of the priests were obedient to the faith.”

Study of 1504 people.
“Other-oriented volunteering had significantly stronger effects on mental and physical health, life satisfaction,
and social well-being.”
(Yeung, J.W.K., Zhang, Z. & Kim, T.Y. Volunteering and health benefits in general adults: cumulative effects and
forms. BMC Public Health”)

“A winner is someone who recognizes his God-given talents, works his tail off to develop them into skills, and
uses these skills to accomplish his goals.” Larry Bird

“It takes ten hands to score a basket.”
“Whatever you do in life, surround yourself with smart people who'll argue with you.” John Wooden

Romans 12:1 (MESSAGE) “So here’s what I want you to do, God helping you: Take your everyday, ordinary
life—your sleeping, eating, going-to-work, and walking-around life—and place it before God as an offering.”
Romans 12:4-8 “For as we have many members in one body, but all the members do not have the same
function, so we, being many, are one body in Christ, and individually members of one another.
Having then gifts differing according to the grace that is given to us, let us use them: if prophecy, let us
prophesy in proportion to our faith; or ministry, let us use it in our ministering;
he who teaches, in teaching; he who exhorts, in exhortation; he who gives, with liberality; he who leads, with
diligence; he who shows mercy, with cheerfulness.

1 Peter 4:10 “As each one has received a gift,(SHAPE) minister it to one another, as good stewards of the
manifold grace of God.”

S piritual Gifts
H eart
A bilities
P ersonality
E xperiences

Revelation 1:5-6 “To Him who loved us and washed us from our sins in His own blood, and has made us
kings and priests to His God and Father, to Him be glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen.”

Daniel manifest both roles: King in the marketplace.
Daniel 6:3 “Daniel distinguished himself above the governors and satraps, because an excellent spirit was in
him…”

1 Corinthians 7:20 “Let each one remain in the same calling in which he was called.”
“Usually a person should keep on with the work he was doing when God called him.” (Living Bible)

“A cobbler, a smith, a farmer, each has the work in the office of his trade, consecrated Priests and Bishops.”
Martin Luther
Redeem your mind-set.
Your vocation is a Holy calling.
WORK = WORSHIP
Bring a fresh joy to your world.

Ephesians 2:10 “For we are His workmanship (poy’-ay-mah), created in Christ Jesus for good works, which
God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them.”

Priest in his devotional life.
Daniel 6:10 “…he knelt down on his knees three times that day, and prayed and gave thanks before his God,
as was his custom since early days.”

Embracing your role as a King and a Priest transforms ordinary life into a Kingdom adventure.
Genesis 1:28 “Then God blessed them, and God said to them, ‘Be fruitful and multiply; fill the earth and
subdue it; have dominion…’”

In Acts 6 they looked for individuals:
Full of the Spirit – service isn’t just skill, it’s spiritual.
Full of wisdom – they needed practical sense.
Good reputation – integrity and social capital matters as much as energy.

Acts 6:7 “Then the word of God spread, and the number of the disciples multiplied greatly in
Jerusalem, and a great many of the priests were obedient to the faith.”

Excellent service advances the gospel.
Excellent service removes distractions, solves problems, and makes room
Excellent service is a cultures highest expressed spiritual value.