Are you ready? 準備は良いかい
All of the gospels start with a guy named John who was baptizing.
Mark 1:1-8
Isaiah 40:3-5
1. Ready position 準備の位置
Isaiah 40:3
Making straight the way starts with a voice calling in the wilderness
Sometimes what seems like the wrong place is the right place.
Aimhi ... taught to be calm in a violent situation. God used that situation to prepare me for a situation I would face many years later as well as for other emotional encounters in between
Luke 24:49
Wait until you have received power from on high. I received a call to Japan but had to study in Canada for three years. Those three years were some of the most important in my life. Studying, falling in love, married. God doesn’t forget his promise. He doesn’t forget our prayers. Nanako.
Genesis 50:20
The things intended for your harm will be for you blessing.
Rina and Kazu
Romans 8:28
I work all things to the good. Sometimes we read this and say God will
2. Ready posture 準備の姿勢
Isaiah 40:4
High brought low. Low brought high. Rough made smooth. Rocky made into a plain.
Luke 8:5-8, 12-15
The soil is more important than the seed.
What are the rough patches in your heart?
What are the things that keep you from receiving his word?
A ready posture is also ready for pushback.
Eye. prayer.
We know his tricks.
2 Corinthians 2:11b
Resist the devil and he will flee
James 4:7
In Ephesians 6 it says 4 times to stand against the enemy as we put on the armor of God
3. Ready spirit 準備の心
Isaiah 40:5
True - worship in spirit and in truth
Willing - grant me a willing spirit
Generous - always have a gift.
Always full of the spirit -ten virgins
Rough outline and message notes by Chris Moore of His Call Church - ヒズコールチャーチ