Dr. Rodney Howard-Browne shares "Having an Encounter with God Part Five" The River at Tampa Bay Church Sunday January 31, 2016
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The Reason We Need an Encounter
1. We can't read about what took place in the life of Moses, Paul, and others who were touched by God, and not realize that God expects something from us.
a. There is a reason God touches you.
b. There is a reason you need to have an encounter with God.
c. People need to experience the Gospel in power.
d. They need men and women, who know God intimately, to come to them, to tell them the Good News, and to demonstrate the power of the Kingdom.
2. God cannot do through you what you won't let Him do in you.
a. To you - salvation
b. In you - baptism (and touch) of the Holy Spirit
c. Through you - the overflow
3. The signs of the times show us we cannot sit on a pew and do nothing.
a. It's time for everyone to get involved in the cause of the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
b. From the littlest child to the oldest saint.
c. The lateness of the hour.
d. It's the midnight hour (Matthew 25:6) - Jesus is coming soon.
4. What must we do to be ready for His coming?
a. Salvation - new birth - born again.
b. Baptized in the Holy Spirit.
c. Mobilized for the Gospel.
d. Obeying the Great Commission - Mark 16.
e. Making money to fund the Gospel.
5. God did not put you here to be a spectator, but to be a participator.
a. Participators are people who don't just watch - they get involved - they take responsibility.
b. Who will be a part of what God is doing in this final hour?
c. Let's take the city of Tampa and see it shaken.