John 16:21

John 16:21

An intentional birthing process

Requiring love, sacrifice and commitment

Bearing lasting fruit (Gen. 1: 28; John 15: 8, 16)

Our fruit proves our faith

When a woman is giving birth, she has sorrow because her hour has come, but when she has delivered the baby, she no longer remembers the anguish, for joy that a human being has been born into the world.

A message of hope

A message of challenge

Expectation of struggle in labour

We do not choose to suffer; we choose to obey

When a woman is giving birth, she has sorrow because her hour has come, but when she has delivered the baby, she no longer remembers the anguish, for joy that a human being has been born into the world. John 16:21

Prov 24: 7; Matt. 24: 44

When a woman is giving birth, she has sorrow because her hour has come, but when she has delivered the baby, she no longer remembers the anguish, for joy that a human being has been born into the world. John 16:21

Know what to expect

Know your hour and your season

No fear in love (1 John 4: 18)

Fan into flame your gift (2 Tim. 1: 6)

Habakkuk 2: 1; John 6: 38 Alignment: Being where God wants, when God

wants, for what God wants.

Total surrender of our will to His

Discover God’s will through disciplines of: Keeping in Step with the Spirit

Reading and Meditating on The Word of God

Prayer and Fasting

To position, we must please

Matt. 24: 13; Heb. 12: 1-2; 1 Cor. 15: 57; Rom. 8:18 Perseverance: a fruit of motivation Motivation comes from understanding:

Your God-given purpose The joy your reward

Let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, looking to Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross. Heb. 12: 1-2

Matt. 24: 13; Heb. 12: 1-2; 1 Cor. 15: 57; Rom. 8:18 Perseverance: a fruit of motivation Motivation comes from understanding:

Your God-given purpose The joy your reward The grace of God That your labour is not in vain

Our fruit supply should exceed demand!

Let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, looking to Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross. Heb. 12: 1-2

John 16:21 ...but when she has delivered the baby, she no longer remembers the anguish, for the joy that a human being has been born into the world.

A Beautiful Exchange: Sorrow for Joy

Ultimate Joy: Jesus: our Great & Eternal Reward

John 16:22 So also you have sorrow now, but I will see you again, and your hearts will rejoice, and no one will take your joy from you.

Prepare

Position

Persevere with Purpose

Produce and Prosper

A message of hope; a message of challenge Time to surrender: Not my will but Yours Joy in Jesus: your strength and your reward!

Those who sow in tears will reap with shouts of joy. Psalm 126: 5

John 16:21