Stir It Up

Good afternoon and Wonderful Wednesday. As a child there was time that I would visit and spend the night with my grandparents. Most times it would be on the weekends and one of the things that I loved was when my grandmother baked cakes. She would have to add all the ingredients to the mixing bowl and once that was done she did something that filled the air. She would stir up the ingredients and the smell would make us all wanting to taste the finished product. As members of the Body of Christ there is an urgency to change the atmosphere from the despair that seems to going on now to one of love. We have a responsibility to Stir It Up.

As we get into this teaching of I want to define the key word in this teaching and that is stir. I go to my source of definitions and that is dictionary.com. The word stir means as follows; to affect

strongly, to excite, and to rouse from inactivity. As a people of faith we want to affect strongly what it means to be connected to God. We have to be excited about being part of the Body of Christ so others want to know how to become part of it. And we have to rouse from inactivity some of us who think that we have no work to do for the kingdom of God.

As we go to the Word of God for this teaching of Stir It Up I begin in Luke 23:3-5. In these verse the powers that be accuse Jesus of being the King of the Jews and of stirring up the crowd from Judea

and beginning in Galilee. We as a people of faith need to think less about locally and attempt to affect  strongly having the gospel being spread globally. We have to Stir It Up.

As we continue this teaching of Stir It Up we go back to the Word of God and to Acts 12:16-18. In these verses Peter has made it back to tell others of his release but has stirred up those who had him

imprisoned. We as the Body of Christ need to be so excited about how he has released us from the things that held us back that we should be telling our testimony to the whole world. Stir It Up.

In coming to the end of the Biblical portion of this teaching of Stir It Up I go to Hebrews 10:23-25. In these verses it tells of stirring up love and good works those who are in the Body of Christ. When we

fellow members who are not doing the work of God we need to exhort them with love and rouse them from inactivity. Its going to take a total effort to from everyone to spread the gospel. Stir It Up.

As we come to conclusion of this teaching of Stir It Up in 2nd Timothy 1:6-7 it tells us to Stir Up the gift of God and that we have power, love and a sound mind. We as people of faith must affect strongly the teachings of God to the world. We the Body of Christ have a commitment to excite others about how great it is to be connected to Christ. And we must rouse from inactivity those members of the Body of Christ who are not helping spread the gospel. Stir It locally. Stir It Up nationally. Stir It Up globally. Stir It Up. I give God all the glory and honor for this teaching and ask him to bless all. Have a great week.

Fred Wesley is a teacher for Rhema Word 2.0 which is Valley Kingdom Ministries International Sunday School program.