Pastor Philip Nissley has been the Senior Pastor of New Hope Assembly for 24+ years. He has a passion for the Downriver community and Detroit to be changed by the power of God.
SPIRITUALITY AND FAITH
WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT YOUR POTENTIAL
Article by Pastor Philip Nissley,
New Hope Assembly of God, Taylor, MI
Have you wondered about your Potential? Satan is terrified at your God-given Potential! That’s why he has fought so hard to bind you up in different areas of your life. The enemy comes to “rob, kill and destroy”, using wrong belief systems, negative words and actions of others, unhealed wounds, trauma, fear, sin and rejection to assault your true potential and identity. But you need to know:
YOUR POTENTIAL IS RELEASED AND INCREASED BY GOD
A. God Defines You Based on Your Future.
Its why Jesus came to earth to live among us, love us by providing miracles, dying on the cross for us on Good Friday, and came back to life Easter Sunday…so your greatest setback can be His Comeback! With all that Jesus has done, you aren’t defined by what other people say about you or even by what you say about yourself. God doesn’t define you based on your past or present. He defines you based on your future that He knows you can be! A key to you finding out your true Potential is coming to Him for II Cor. 3:16
says, “Whenever a person turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away”. So, pray and look to God right now and let Him give you a glimpse into a wonderful future! Further…
B. You can Walk in the Hope of Your Re-born Identity. In II Cor. 1:9-10 says, “we had the sentence of death within ourselves”, but Jesus has come with healing “so we would not trust in ourselves but in God who raises the dead”…“on whom we have set our hope”! He is the source of your re-born potential and seeks for you to know:
YOU ARE TO EXAMPLE AND EXPRESS
HIS GIFTS AND GLORY
A. You are to reflect God’s image and likeness, and fill the earth with His glory. Notice the language in Gen. 1:26-31. “Let US (three in one) make man in our image (three in one—body, soul, spirit) to “rule,