redemptive narrative from Genesis to Revelation. C. God calls you to represent his tender heart, and he calls you to be his ambassadors. SESSION 3 I. Review II. 2 Peter 1:3–9 A. Verse 8: There are people who know the Lord, but their lives are ineffective and unproductive. B. Verses 5–7: If your heart is ruled by faith, virtue, knowledge, self-control, steadfastness, godliness, brotherly affection, and love, if those character qualities are in possession of your heart, the result will be that your life will be effective, fruitful, and productive. C. Verse 9: The issue is identity amnesia. If you forget who you are in Christ, you will quit pursuing what belongs to you in Christ. D. Verse 3: This is the identity. God has unleashed his power so we would be granted everything we need for life and godliness. You have been given everything you need. E. This should result in deep and abiding gratitude, deep abiding thankfulness, and that thankfulness should change the way that you live. III. Example of a rich uncle A. If your heart is filled with thankfulness, if your heart is filled with gratitude, you will say, "I'm going to make every effort to get everything that belongs to me in Christ." IV.Thankfulness changes your focus. A. Instead of focusing on all the things you don't have, your focus has changed to the
phenomenal hopeful provision that has been made for you in Jesus. B. Thankfulness then changes your agenda which changes your harvest.
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