Sermon Notes – WIFI: How’s your connection? | January 15, 2023

Main Point: Intimacy with God is the key to Increase and maintaining a strong connection will always lead to results

With Intimacy Faith Increases

Hebrews 11:1-2 NIV
¹“Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see. ² This is what the ancients were commended for.”

James 2:23 NIV

²³ “Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness,” and he was called God’s friend.^”

Isaiah 41:8 NIV
⁸ “But you, Israel, my servant, Jacob, whom I have chosen, you descendants of Abraham my friend”

With Intimacy Fruit Increases

John 15: 1-8 NIV

¹“I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener. ² He cuts off every branch in me that bears no fruit, while every branch that does bear fruit, he prunes so that it will be even more fruitful. ³ You are already clean because of the word I have spoken to you. ⁴ Remain in me, as I also remain in you. No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in me.

⁵ “I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing. ⁶ If you do not remain in me, you are like a branch that is thrown away and withers; such branches are picked up, thrown into the fire and burned. ⁷ If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you. ⁸ This is to my Father’s glory, that you bear much fruit, showing yourselves to be my disciples.”

1 Corinthians 12:7-11 NIV

^7 “Now to each one the manifestation of the Spirit is given for the common good. ⁸ To one there is given through the Spirit a message of wisdom, to another a message of knowledge by means of the same Spirit, ⁹ to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healing by that one Spirit, ¹⁰ to another miraculous powers, to another prophecy, to another distinguishing between spirits, to another speaking in different kinds of tongues, and to still another the interpretation of tongues. ¹¹ All these are the work of one and the same Spirit, and he distributes them to each one, just as he determines.”

With Intimacy Freedom Increases

Galatians 5:1, 6 NIV

¹ “It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery.”

^6 “For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision has any value. The only thing that counts is faith expressing itself through love.”

Galatians 6:2 NIV

^2 “Carry each other’s burdens, and in this way, you will fulfill the law of Christ^”

Conclusion: With Intimacy Faith Increases, With Intimacy Fruit Increases, With Intimacy Freedom Increases…how is your connection??