Performance

performance," encompassing both actions and the fulfillment of promises, with a

focus on living a life that honors God

1. Proving not boasting it.

Galatians 6:3-4 ESV
For if anyone thinks he is something, when he is nothing, he deceives himself. But
let each one test his own work, and then his reason to boast will be in himself
alone and not in his neighbor.

A. In readiness
2 Corinthians 8:10-11
And in this matter I give my judgment: this benefits you, who a year ago started
not only to do this work but also to desire to do it. So now finish doing it as
well, so that your readiness in desirinp
g it may be matched by your completing it out of what you have.

B. In influence
Matthew 5:16 ESV
In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good
works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven.

3 John 1:11 ESV

Beloved, do not imitate evil but imitate good. Whoever does good is from God;
whoever does evil has not seen God.

Colossians 2:1-23 ESV

For I want you to know how great a struggle I have for you and for those at
Laodicea and for all who have not seen me face to face, that their hearts may be
encouraged, being knit together in love, to reach all the riches of full assurance
of understanding and the knowledge of God's mystery, which is Christ, in whom are
hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge. I say this in order that no one
may delude you with plausible arguments. For though I am absent in body, yet I am
with you in spirit, rejoicing to see your good order and the firmness of your faith
in Christ. ...

C. In faith
Luke 1:45 ESV
And blessed is she who believed that there would be a fulfillment of what was
spoken to her from the Lord.”

D. Assurance Standfastness:
1 Thessalonians 5:21 ESV
But test everything; hold fast what is good.

2. It must glorify God not man

1 Corinthians 10:31 ESV
So, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.
Psalm 57:2 ESV
I cry out to God Most High, to God who fulfills his purpose for me.

Philippians 1:6 ESV

And I am sure of this, that he who began a good work in you will bring it to
completion at the day of Jesus Christ.

Ephesians 3:20 ESV

Now to him who is able to do far more abundantly than all that we ask or think,
according to the power at work within us,

1 Corinthians 10:29-33 ESV

I do not mean your conscience, but his. For why should my liberty be determined by
someone else's conscience? If I partake with thankfulness, why am I denounced
because of that for which I give thanks? So, whether you eat or drink, or whatever
you do, do all to the glory of God. Give no offense to Jews or to Greeks or to the
church of God, just as I try to please everyone in everything I do, not seeking my
own advantage, but that of many, that they may be saved.

3. Manifestation of the Holy Spirit Galatians 5:16 ESV

But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh.

“And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may
abide with you for ever; even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive,
because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth
with you, and shall be in you. I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to
you.”
John 14:16-18 KJV

1 Corinthians 14:26-31 ESV

What then, brothers? When you come together, each one has a hymn, a lesson, a
revelation, a tongue, or an interpretation. Let all things be done for building up.
If any speak in a tongue, let there be only two or at most three, and each in turn,
and let someone interpret. But if there is no one to interpret, let each of them
keep silent in church and speak to himself and to God. Let two or three prophets
speak, and let the others weigh what is said. If a revelation is made to another
sitting there, let the first be silent. ...

Philippians 2:13 ESV

For it is God who works in you, both to will and to work for his good pleasure.

John 3:16-17 ESV

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in
him should not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the
world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.

A. Taming the old self

2 Corinthians 5:17 ESV
Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away;
behold, the new has come.
Col3:8-10

Romans 12:1 ESV

I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies
as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship.

James 3:2 ESV

For we all stumble in many ways. And if anyone does not stumble in what he says, he
is a perfect man, able also to bridle his whole body.

Romans 12:2 ESV

Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind,
that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and
acceptable and perfect.

“But now ye also put off all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy
communication out of your mouth. Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put
off the old man with his deeds; and have put on the new man, which is renewed in
knowledge after the image of him that created him:”
Colossians 3:8-10 KJV

4. Giving yourself to studying:

Joshua 1:8 -9 “This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou
shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to
all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then
thou shalt have good success. Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good
courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the LORD thy God is with thee
whithersoever thou goest. Then Joshua commanded the officers of the people,
saying,”
Joshua 1:8-10 KJV

B. Get insight:
Psalm 119:105 ESV
Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.

Future needs to be pictured before featuring in it.

5. Be Encouraged
Proverbs 17:22 ESV
A joyful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.

Psalm 149:1-9 ESV

Praise the Lord! Sing to the Lord a new song, his praise in the assembly of the
godly! Let Israel be glad in his Maker; let the children of Zion rejoice in their
King! Let them praise his name with dancing, making melody to him with tambourine
and lyre! For the Lord takes pleasure in his people; he adorns the humble with
salvation. Let the godly exult in glory; let them sing for joy on their beds. ...

Psalm 95:1-11 ESV

Oh come, let us sing to the Lord; let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our
salvation! Let us come into his presence with thanksgiving; let us make a joyful
noise to him with songs of praise! For the Lord is a great God, and a great King
above all gods. In his hand are the depths of the earth; the heights of the
mountains are his also. The sea is his, for he made it, and his hands formed the
dry land. ...

6. Avoid Hebron Idealogy (stay in a place and forget about canaaland,

original plan of God because of a little enjoyment).
Acts 18:20-22 ESV
When they asked him to stay for a longer period, he declined. But on taking leave
of them he said, “I will return to you if God wills,” and he set sail from Ephesus.
When he had landed at Caesarea, he went up and greeted the church, and then went
down to Antioch.

7. Be faithful irrespective of circumstances

Colossians 4:1-18 ESV
Masters, treat your bondservants justly and fairly, knowing that you also have a
Master in heaven. Continue steadfastly in prayer, being watchful in it with
thanksgiving. At the same time, pray also for us, that God may open to us a door
for the word, to declare the mystery of Christ, on account of which I am in prison—
that I may make it clear, which is how I ought to speak. Walk in wisdom toward
outsiders, making the best use of the time. ...
Colossians 3:1-25 ESV
If then you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where
Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. Set your minds on things that are
above, not on things that are on earth. For you have died, and your life is hidden
with Christ in God. When Christ who is your life appears, then you also will appear
with him in glory. Put to death therefore what is earthly in you: sexual
immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is
idolatry. ...

Colossians 1:1-29 ESV

Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, To
the saints and faithful brothers in Christ at Colossae: Grace to you and peace from
God our Father. We always thank God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, when we
pray for you, since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of the love that you
have for all the saints, because of the hope laid up for you in heaven. Of this you
have heard before in the word of the truth, the gospel, ...

2 Corinthians 8:11 ESV

So now finish doing it as well, so that your readiness in desiring it may be
matched by your completing it out of what you have.

7. Give yourself to prayer:

Psalm 67:1-68:35 ESV
To the choirmaster: with stringed instruments. A Psalm. A Song. May God be gracious
to us and bless us and make his face to shine upon us, Selah that your way may be
known on earth, your saving power among all nations. Let the peoples praise you, O
God; let all the peoples praise you! Let the nations be glad and sing for joy, for
you judge the peoples with equity and guide the nations upon earth. Selah Let the
peoples praise you, O God; let all the peoples praise you! ...

A. Restoration power ; Jeremiah 31:4-13 ESV

Again I will build you, and you shall be built, O virgin Israel! Again you shall
adorn yourself with tambourines and shall go forth in the dance of the merrymakers.
Again you shall plant vineyards on the mountains of Samaria; the planters shall
plant and shall enjoy the fruit. For there shall be a day when watchmen will call
in the hill country of Ephraim: ‘Arise, and let us go up to Zion, to the Lord our
God.’” For thus says the Lord: “Sing aloud with gladness for Jacob, and raise
shouts for the chief of the nations; proclaim, give praise, and say, ‘O Lord, save
your people, the remnant of Israel.’ Behold, I will bring them from the north
country and gather them from the farthest parts of the earth, among them the blind
and the lame, the pregnant woman and she who is in labor, together; a great
company, they shall return here. ...

B. Access; Revelation 1:1 ESV

The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the
things that must soon take place. He made it known by sending his angel to his
servant John,

Ephesians 5:9-19 ESV

(for the fruit of light is found in all that is good and right and true), and try
to discern what is pleasing to the Lord. Take no part in the unfruitful works of
darkness, but instead expose them. For it is shameful even to speak of the things
that they do in secret. But when anything is exposed by the light, it becomes
visible, ...

Acts 17:1-34 ESV

Now when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to
Thessalonica, where there was a synagogue of the Jews. And Paul went in, as was his
custom, and on three Sabbath days he reasoned with them from the Scriptures,
explaining and proving that it was necessary for the Christ to suffer and to rise
from the dead, and saying, “This Jesus, whom I proclaim to you, is the Christ.” And
some of them were persuaded and joined Paul and Silas, as did a great many of the
devout Greeks and not a few of the leading women. But the Jews were jealous, and
taking some wicked men of the rabble, they formed a mob, set the city in an uproar,
and attacked the house of Jason, seeking to bring them out to the crowd. ...

Jeremiah 29:11 ESV

For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not
for evil, to give you a future and a hope.

2 Samuel 6:1-23 ESV

David again gathered all the chosen men of Israel, thirty thousand. And David arose
and went with all the people who were with him from Baale-judah to bring up from
there the ark of God, which is called by the name of the Lord of hosts who sits
enthroned on the cherubim. And they carried the ark of God on a new cart and
brought it out of the house of Abinadab, which was on the hill. And Uzzah and Ahio,
the sons of Abinadab, were driving the new cart, with the ark of God, and Ahio went
before the ark. And David and all the house of Israel were celebrating before the
Lord, with songs and lyres and harps and tambourines and castanets and cymbals. ...
Deuteronomy 6:2 ESV / 6 helpful votes
That you may fear the Lord your God, you and your son and your son's son, by
keeping all his statutes and his commandments, which I command you, all the days of
your life, and that your days may be long.
Deuteronomy 4:1-49 ESV / 6 helpful votes
“And now, O Israel, listen to the statutes and the rules that I am teaching you,
and do them, that you may live, and go in and take possession of the land that the
Lord, the God of your fathers, is giving you. You shall not add to the word that I
command you, nor take from it, that you may keep the commandments of the Lord your
God that I command you. Your eyes have seen what the Lord did at Baal-peor, for the
Lord your God destroyed from among you all the men who followed the Baal of Peor.
But you who held fast to the Lordyour God are all alive today. See, I have taught
you statutes and rules, as the Lord my God commanded me, that you should do them in
the land that you are entering to take possession of it. ...
1 Timothy 5:8 ESV / 5 helpful votes
But if anyone does not provide for his relatives, and especially for members of his
household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.
Philippians 4:13 ESV / 5 helpful votes
I can do all things through him who strengthens me.
John 3:16 ESV / 5 helpful votes
“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in
him should not perish but have eternal life.
Luke 1:20 ESV / 5 helpful votes
And behold, you will be silent and unable to speak until the day that these things
take place, because you did not believe my words, which will be fulfilled in their
time.”
8. Diligence
Galatians 6:4 ESV
But let each one test his own work, and then his reason to boast will be in himself
alone and not in his neighbor.
Luke 1:37 ESV
For nothing will be impossible with God.”
1 Timothy 5:2 ESV / 2 helpful votes
Older women as mothers, younger women as sisters, in all purity.
Colossians 3:23 ESV / 2 helpful votes
Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men,
Colossians 1:4 ESV / 2 helpful votes
Since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of the love that you have for all
the saints,

John 5:1-47 ESV /

After this there was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. Now there
is in Jerusalem by the Sheep Gate a pool, in Aramaic called Bethesda, which has
five roofed colonnades. In these lay a multitude of invalids—blind, lame, and
paralyzed. One man was there who had been an invalid for thirty-eight years. When
Jesus saw him lying there and knew that he had already been there a long time, he
said to him, “Do you want to be healed?” ...

1 Kings 3:1-28 ESV

Solomon made a marriage alliance with Pharaoh king of Egypt. He took Pharaoh's
daughter and brought her into the city of David until he had finished building his
own house and the house of the Lord and the wall around Jerusalem. The people were
sacrificing at the high places, however, because no house had yet been built for
the name of the Lord. Solomon loved the Lord, walking in the statutes of David his
father, only he sacrificed and made offerings at the high places. And the king went
to Gibeon to sacrifice there, for that was the great high place. Solomon used to
offer a thousand burnt offerings on that altar. At Gibeon the Lord appeared to
Solomon in a dream by night, and God said, “Ask what I shall give you.” ...