IMPACT Recap

You're Fired

November 25, 2024 · 0:44:45

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Recap

Pastor Darrison Tellez preached a passionate message titled 'You're Fired' from 1 Corinthians 3. He began by expressing excitement for God's word and honoring Pastors Travis and Natalie. The central theme was that God's fire is a revealer, testing the quality of what we build in our lives. Pastor Darrison explained that just as a builder's work is tested by fire, our spiritual lives, attitudes, and faith are tested by life's challenges. He emphasized that God is a consuming fire who protects and refines us, and that we must learn to build in a way that survives these trials, not merely escaping with loss. The sermon offered three practical principles for building a life that endures: building carefully, building with quality, and building with the end in mind. Pastor Darrison encouraged the congregation to move from being careless Christians to committed ones, to reject counterfeit faith for genuine quality, and to focus on eternal rewards rather than temporary circumstances. He closed with a powerful prayer, inviting those feeling surrounded by the 'ashes' of burned-down dreams to symbolically lift them to God, trusting Him to trade ashes for beauty, despair for praise, and mourning for joy.

Main Points

  • Build carefully: Move from being a careless Christian to a committed one, being sober-minded and alert to the enemy's schemes to avoid forfeiting control.
  • Build with quality: Reject counterfeit, fast-built faith for genuine, lasting quality that is tested and proven in the fires of life.
  • Build with the end in mind: Focus on eternal, heavenly rewards rather than temporary circumstances, allowing God to trade your ashes for His beauty.

Verses Mentioned

  • 1 Corinthians 3:10-15 - "By the grace God has given me, I laid a foundation as a wise builder, and someone else is building on it. But each one should build with care. For no one can lay any foundation other than the one already laid, which is Jesus Christ. If anyone builds on this foundation using gold, silver, costly stones, wood, hay or straw, their work will be shown for what it is, because the Day will bring it to light. It will be revealed with fire, and the fire will test the quality of each person’s work. If what has been built survives, the builder will receive a reward. If it is burned up, the builder will suffer loss but yet will be saved—even though only as one escaping through the flames." (NIV)
  • Jeremiah 20:9 - "But if I say, 'I will not mention his word or speak anymore in his name,' his word is in my heart like a fire, a fire shut up in my bones. I am weary of holding it in; indeed, I cannot." (NIV)
  • Hebrews 12:26-29 - "At that time his voice shook the earth, but now he has promised, 'Once more I will shake not only the earth but also the heavens.' The words 'once more' indicate the removing of what can be shaken—that is, created things—so that what cannot be shaken may remain. Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, let us be thankful, and so worship God acceptably with reverence and awe, for our 'God is a consuming fire.'" (NIV)
  • 1 Peter 5:8 - "Be alert and of sober mind. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour." (NIV)
  • Matthew 7:22-23 - "Many will say to me on that day, 'Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name and in your name drive out demons and in your name perform many miracles?' Then I will tell them plainly, 'I never knew you. Away from me, you evildoers!'" (NIV)
  • Isaiah 61:3 - "...and provide for those who grieve in Zion— to bestow on them a crown of beauty instead of ashes, the oil of joy instead of mourning, and a garment of praise instead of a spirit of despair. They will be called oaks of righteousness, a planting of the LORD for the display of his splendor." (NIV)

Daily Action Plan

Monday

Scripture Reflection: 1 Corinthians 3:10 - 'By the grace God has given me, I laid a foundation as a wise builder, and someone else is building on it. But each one should build with care.'

Focus Point: Building Carefully

Action Plan: Identify one area where you've been spiritually careless. Make a deliberate choice today to be alert and committed in that area.

Deep Prayer: Lord, help me to build my life with care today. Give me a sober mind to recognize any area where I've been careless and the strength to commit it to You.

Tuesday

Scripture Reflection: 1 Corinthians 3:13 - '...their work will be shown for what it is, because the Day will bring it to light. It will be revealed with fire...'

Focus Point: God's Fire as a Revealer

Action Plan: Ask God to reveal any 'counterfeit' areas in your faith—things that look good but lack genuine substance.

Deep Prayer: Consuming Fire, reveal what is real and what is counterfeit in my heart. I welcome Your refining work in my life.

Wednesday

Scripture Reflection: 1 Peter 5:8 - 'Be alert and of sober mind. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour.'

Focus Point: Spiritual Alertness

Action Plan: Write down one disguise the enemy has used in your life (e.g., a 'good' thing that distracts from God). Pray for discernment to see it clearly.

Deep Prayer: God, grant me the gift of discernment. Help me to see past the enemy's disguises and to stand firm in Your truth.

Thursday

Scripture Reflection: 1 Corinthians 3:14 - 'If what has been built survives, the builder will receive a reward.'

Focus Point: Building for Quality

Action Plan: Choose one 'fast' solution you're tempted by in a difficult situation. Instead, commit to the slower, God-honoring path of quality and integrity.

Deep Prayer: Father, I choose quality over speed. Give me patience and perseverance to build what lasts, trusting in Your timing and process.

Friday

Scripture Reflection: Hebrews 12:28-29 - 'Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken... worship God acceptably with reverence and awe, for our "God is a consuming fire."'

Focus Point: Worship in the Fire

Action Plan: In a current challenge, consciously offer a sacrifice of praise. Thank God for His presence *in* the fire with you.

Deep Prayer: God, You are a consuming fire. I worship You with reverence and awe, even in this trial. My hope is in Your unshakable kingdom.

Saturday

Scripture Reflection: Isaiah 61:3 - '...to bestow on them a crown of beauty instead of ashes, the oil of joy instead of mourning, and a garment of praise instead of a spirit of despair.'

Focus Point: Trading Ashes for Beauty

Action Plan: Symbolically or in prayer, lift a specific 'ash' (a loss, disappointment, or burned dream) to God. Trust Him to exchange it for His beauty.

Deep Prayer: Lord, I lift my ashes to You. I trust You to trade them for Your beauty, my mourning for Your joy, and my despair for a garment of praise.

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