“Fresh Power” Message Series – Part 7
Sermon on June 15, 2014

Answering the call means . . .

• 
  
• STARTING where I am.
  
  • 
    
  • - be AVAILABLE
    
  • - keep ATTENTIVE
    
  • - stay ACTIVE
    
  
  
  

Answering the call means . . .

• 
  
• SERVING where God wants me.
  
  • 
    
  • - embrace ADVERSITY
    
  
  
  

Answering the call means . . .

• 
  
• SHARING my faith.
  
• - Watch for God’s ARRIVAL
  
  • 
    
  • 26 Now an angel of the Lord said to Philip, “Go south to the road—the desert road—that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza.†So he started out, and on his way he met an Ethiopian eunuch . . . and on his way home was sitting in his chariot reading the Book of Isaiah the prophet. The Spirit told Philip, “Go to that chariot and stay near it.â€
    
  
  
  
• - Don’t be afraid to ASK
  
  • 
    
  • 30 Then Philip ran up to the chariot and heard the man reading Isaiah the prophet. “Do you understand what you are reading?†Philip asked. “How can I,†he said, “unless someone explains it to me?†So he invited Philip to come up and sit with him.
    
  
  
  
• - Trust the Holy Spirit for ANSWERS
  
  • 
    
  • 34 The eunuch asked Philip, “Tell me, please, who is the prophet talking about, himself or someone else?†Then Philip began with that very passage of Scripture and told him the good news about Jesus.
    
  
  
  

Answering the call means . . .

• 
  
• SEEING me and my family baptized.
  
• - Exercise your God-given AUTHORITY
  
  • 
    
  • 36 As they traveled along the road, they came to some water and the eunuch said, “Look, here is water. What can stand in the way of my being baptized?†And he gave orders to stop the chariot. Then both Philip and the eunuch went down into the water and Philip baptized him.
    
  
  
  

Definition- Power to influence or persuade resulting from knowledge or experience.