by Nathan Lino
C h a p e l N o t e s
This is God’s prayer for you:
“Now may the God of peace who brought
again from the dead our Lord Jesus, the great
Shepherd of the sheep, by the blood of the
eternal covenant, equip you with everything
good that you may do His will, working in us
that which is pleasing in His sight, through
Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever and
ever. Amen” (Heb. 13:20–21).
It was the immeasurable greatness of the
power of God that He was able to reach
down and bring up from the dead the
Great Hope of the World, our Lord Jesus
Christ. With that in mind, I want you to
see verse 21: the immeasurable greatness
of His power is available
to you
. He wants
to work
in you
.
The word “equip” in verse 21 is used
two other times in the book of Hebrews.
The following is an excerpt from a chapel presentation by Nathan Lino on the evening of
January 8, 2014. Lino was the keynote speaker for the 2014 Missions Conference. Listen to his
full remarks and other conference messages at
The first is Hebrews 11:3:
“By faith we
understand that the universe was created by
the word of God, so that what is seen was not
made out of things that are visible.”
That word “created” is the same word
that’s translated “equip” in Hebrews 13:21.
It’s through the power of God that out of
nothing— the Hebrewword “create” means
to make something out of nothing — God
created the universe. In Hebrews 13:21,
with the same power that miraculously,
supernaturally created the universe, God
wants to create something miraculous
and supernatural in you that you may do
His will.
So you sit there thinking, “I believe. I
get there’s an ultimate authority with an
ultimate agenda tomake the name of Christ
known to every people group on the face
Equipped
to Do His Will
Following the Missions Conference, President White shared this
update with staff and faculty:
“At the end of this message, Pastor Lino extended a simple
invitation, and the altar was full of people who came to pray.
After two more powerful services, I extended an invitation for
those who felt the Holy Spirit dealing with them about missions
to come down front and let us get their information so that
we could talk more with them — no emotional appeal and
no manipulation involved. I simply counted to three and then
watched as more than 75 students came down front.
During the conference, I appealed to all the students to go
on a missions trip before graduating. In order to help finance
that request, we dedicated 100 percent of the offering to help
students pay for missions trips. Students contributed more
than $10,000 to help finance that request, which I matched
with University funds. Faculty and staff contributed, and more
than $25,000 was given in one week to provide scholarships for
missions trips. Of course, we needmuchmore, but I am thrilled at
the generosity of our students, and this is a great start to getting
every student overseas before graduation.”
of the earth. And I’m even willing to say
to God, ‘I’ll go.’
But can He use me? Can
He do something with my life?
I’ve never
been overseas. I don’t even have a passport.
Could God actually use me?”
God says to you, “I’m still the God of
miracles. I’m still the God who created the
universe out of nothing. I will take that
same power and create in you everything
you need to live out my will for your life.”
Nathan Lino
is the Senior Pastor of Northeast
Houston Baptist Church, a church he founded
in 2002. His ministry opportunities have
taken him to more than 25 countries around
the world.
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