Wednesday, December 30, 2009
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Thursday, October 15, 2009
212 degrees
Psalm 27:13 " I would have lost heart unless I had believed....wait on the Lord; Be of good courage and He will strengthen your heart." (NKJV)
At 211 degrees water is just hot. At 212 degrees it boils and as it boils it produces steam which can power a locomotive (train)!!!!
1 degree separates unrealized potential from exponential advance!!
Two differences in the Bible: One is to stand and another to wait on Him.
To stand before God is to stand...period...do nothing but be in His presence, bask in His Glory, be refreshed by His Spirit.
To wait on Him is different. Wait (Hebrew) qavah: wait for, expect, or hope. This appears 50 times in the Bible. It is an active expectation!!! It is knowing that God will meet your need as you walk in His truth.
To wait on God is to move that 1 degree where most people would have given up!!!
"Many of life's failures are men who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up!!!" (Thomas Edison) And the Great Military Commander Patton said in a speech, " Don't give up, don't ever, ever,ever, ever give up!!"
Saul in I Samuel 13:7-15 could not wait on God and the Kingdom was stripped from Him
Abraham in Genesis 16 could not wait on God and he birthed an Ishmael ( we'll talk about that later)
And the disciples could not wait on God for one hour and they all fled or denied Him
3 men who could go that extra degree were:
David: He was anointed King 3 times until he finally stayed on the Throne but all the while he continually pursued God's heart
Joshua: Though he lost the battle at Ai he pushed through failure got rid of what was holding him down and lived a life of back to back to back victories in the promised land.
The Disciples: though they ran away from Jesus in the Garden they were all instrumental in establishing the church and all but one gave their lives for the cause.
The difference many times between 211 degrees and 212 is the difference between complacent belief or passionate conviction. Passion, determination, persistance or stubborness are all character traits that a believer must posess in the face of obstacles and adversity. We must be able to say with full conviction "I know in whom I have believed"!!!!! We must PUSH!!!!!!!
God will meet you at the point where the enemy is trying to resist you!!! Just wait on God be in expectation of Him to find you and strengthen you to take that extra step of faith; to move that extra degree into exponential advance for Him and in Him!!!
Persevere 212 degrees!!!!!!!
At 211 degrees water is just hot. At 212 degrees it boils and as it boils it produces steam which can power a locomotive (train)!!!!
1 degree separates unrealized potential from exponential advance!!
Two differences in the Bible: One is to stand and another to wait on Him.
To stand before God is to stand...period...do nothing but be in His presence, bask in His Glory, be refreshed by His Spirit.
To wait on Him is different. Wait (Hebrew) qavah: wait for, expect, or hope. This appears 50 times in the Bible. It is an active expectation!!! It is knowing that God will meet your need as you walk in His truth.
To wait on God is to move that 1 degree where most people would have given up!!!
"Many of life's failures are men who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up!!!" (Thomas Edison) And the Great Military Commander Patton said in a speech, " Don't give up, don't ever, ever,ever, ever give up!!"
Saul in I Samuel 13:7-15 could not wait on God and the Kingdom was stripped from Him
Abraham in Genesis 16 could not wait on God and he birthed an Ishmael ( we'll talk about that later)
And the disciples could not wait on God for one hour and they all fled or denied Him
3 men who could go that extra degree were:
David: He was anointed King 3 times until he finally stayed on the Throne but all the while he continually pursued God's heart
Joshua: Though he lost the battle at Ai he pushed through failure got rid of what was holding him down and lived a life of back to back to back victories in the promised land.
The Disciples: though they ran away from Jesus in the Garden they were all instrumental in establishing the church and all but one gave their lives for the cause.
The difference many times between 211 degrees and 212 is the difference between complacent belief or passionate conviction. Passion, determination, persistance or stubborness are all character traits that a believer must posess in the face of obstacles and adversity. We must be able to say with full conviction "I know in whom I have believed"!!!!! We must PUSH!!!!!!!
God will meet you at the point where the enemy is trying to resist you!!! Just wait on God be in expectation of Him to find you and strengthen you to take that extra step of faith; to move that extra degree into exponential advance for Him and in Him!!!
Persevere 212 degrees!!!!!!!
Friday, October 9, 2009
the Faith of the shunammite woman
Thursday night at Next Level was a special night. We continued on our message of Perseverance and studied the life of a Shunammite woman. Be blessed!!
The Faith of the Shunammite woman
II Kings 4: 8-37
If there were a fire in your house and you could only take out one item, which would it be? The same question could be asked; “ When a pressure situation arises, which of your beliefs will you hold on to and which ones you will abandon?
The story of the shunammite woman is a story of a woman who had to make choices. And the choices she made are the same choices we have to make when life hits us.
God gave this woman a son – this can represent in our life, a dream, a vision, a plan, a future.
Because we serve the God of more than enough He will always bless us above what we expect or could ask.
Many times the dreams that the Lord gives us seam out of our reach but because it was the Lord that gave it to us we will be unwavering in our faith and determined in our spirit to grasp that dream.
It was not immediate when the boy got sick. Some time had passed. Everything was doing fine, everything was going according to plan. And then the dream of God begins to die.
It isn’t until you are in a time of crises when your true beliefs come out. It isn’t until you are in trouble that you really know in who you believe in. Who do you call first??? Who do you go to first??? Do you pray?? Or do you just freak out??
The shunammite woman held on as long as she could and when she could do nothing else and all seemed like it was lost she laid her promise down on the place she first received it!!! vs.21
When tough times come remember the words spoken over your life!! Remember the places where God touched you. Go back and revisit the place of the birth of your vision. vs.21
God always reminded people that He was the God of Abraham Isaac and Jacob. What he was saying was don’t ever forget about my promises; “if I said it, it WILL come to pass no matter how bad the situation may look.
Vs 23. she could care less of religious legalities and took hold of God’s Grace and believed that He could bring her boy back
The next thing she did was share her story with the right person; she went straight to Elisha!!
Don’t waste your time telling everyone about your issues. After God, confide in the least amount of people as necessary.
She went to the one who had all the right answers and she accepted nothing less.
When you get to the point of “bitter distress” it makes you perseverant and determined to get what you need!!! (Remember Hannah's "Bitter" prayer ?? )
Elijah sent his servant 7 times to see the fulfillment of the promise, Elisha sent his once and then because of the determination of the woman the boy came back to life just like God can revive your dream.
Persevere!!!!!!
The Faith of the Shunammite woman
II Kings 4: 8-37
If there were a fire in your house and you could only take out one item, which would it be? The same question could be asked; “ When a pressure situation arises, which of your beliefs will you hold on to and which ones you will abandon?
The story of the shunammite woman is a story of a woman who had to make choices. And the choices she made are the same choices we have to make when life hits us.
God gave this woman a son – this can represent in our life, a dream, a vision, a plan, a future.
Because we serve the God of more than enough He will always bless us above what we expect or could ask.
Many times the dreams that the Lord gives us seam out of our reach but because it was the Lord that gave it to us we will be unwavering in our faith and determined in our spirit to grasp that dream.
It was not immediate when the boy got sick. Some time had passed. Everything was doing fine, everything was going according to plan. And then the dream of God begins to die.
It isn’t until you are in a time of crises when your true beliefs come out. It isn’t until you are in trouble that you really know in who you believe in. Who do you call first??? Who do you go to first??? Do you pray?? Or do you just freak out??
The shunammite woman held on as long as she could and when she could do nothing else and all seemed like it was lost she laid her promise down on the place she first received it!!! vs.21
When tough times come remember the words spoken over your life!! Remember the places where God touched you. Go back and revisit the place of the birth of your vision. vs.21
God always reminded people that He was the God of Abraham Isaac and Jacob. What he was saying was don’t ever forget about my promises; “if I said it, it WILL come to pass no matter how bad the situation may look.
Vs 23. she could care less of religious legalities and took hold of God’s Grace and believed that He could bring her boy back
The next thing she did was share her story with the right person; she went straight to Elisha!!
Don’t waste your time telling everyone about your issues. After God, confide in the least amount of people as necessary.
She went to the one who had all the right answers and she accepted nothing less.
When you get to the point of “bitter distress” it makes you perseverant and determined to get what you need!!! (Remember Hannah's "Bitter" prayer ?? )
Elijah sent his servant 7 times to see the fulfillment of the promise, Elisha sent his once and then because of the determination of the woman the boy came back to life just like God can revive your dream.
Persevere!!!!!!
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