Psalm 30, 50:15, 34:7, 56:9; James 4:10: 1 Peter 5:6; Exodus 15:24; Hebrews 13:5
- Many nights we may have gone to bed crying, but wake up with joy.
- God does great exchanges. Mourning for dancing.
- Don't get the big head! It will cause a separation from God and bring sadness.
- As God lifts us up, we have to lift Him up.
- Just because some people have the physical posture of humility, does not mean they have a humble heart.
- Don't try to get rid of haters, ask God to let you triumph over them.
- We need to ask God for help. Though He sees us, there are yet times that we need to cry out to Him.
- There is a difference between praying and crying out.
- Sometimes when we cry out to God, God will show us something, turning our bitter into sweet...
- Crying out is an act of desperation that you carry out in the spirit of humility and total surrender.
- God never moved, David moved - when he got prideful.
- When we thank God to His face that's direct thanks. That's intimate thanks.
- Thank God to His Face
- We need to thank people to their face.
- When we do something to someone's face, that makes it personal.
- If God has done anything for you, thank Him to His face.
- Sep 20, 2020Thank God To His Face
Sep 20, 2020Thank God To His FaceSeries: General
Psalm 30, 50:15, 34:7, 56:9; James 4:10: 1 Peter 5:6; Exodus 15:24; Hebrews 13:5
- Many nights we may have gone to bed crying, but wake up with joy.
- God does great exchanges. Mourning for dancing.
- Don't get the big head! It will cause a separation from God and bring sadness.
- As God lifts us up, we have to lift Him up.
- Just because some people have the physical posture of humility, does not mean they have a humble heart.
- Don't try to get rid of haters, ask God to let you triumph over them.
- We need to ask God for help. Though He sees us, there are yet times that we need to cry out to Him.
- There is a difference between praying and crying out.
- Sometimes when we cry out to God, God will show us something, turning our bitter into sweet...
- Crying out is an act of desperation that you carry out in the spirit of humility and total surrender.
- God never moved, David moved - when he got prideful.
- When we thank God to His face that's direct thanks. That's intimate thanks.
- Thank God to His Face
- We need to thank people to their face.
- When we do something to someone's face, that makes it personal.
- If God has done anything for you, thank Him to His face. - Sep 16, 2020Warning for the Lazy
Sep 16, 2020Warning for the LazySeries: Bible Study
2 Thessalonians 5:14-15, 3:10-12; Psalm 127:1-3, 121:2; Proverbs 13:4, 22:13,29
- God requires order in our lives, in the church. And if we are not in order, there are consequences.
- God wants us to work but He doesn't want us always working.
- While God frowns at laziness, He yet does not want us to work all the time.
- It is out of order not to walk, and not to be productive.
- If we find ourselves getting into other people's business, we are probably not being productive.
- We are to warn people of laziness, not put them on blast, not criticize them, not belittle them.
- A life of laziness will lead to things pouncing on you.
- We can be active and not be productive.
- When we are diligent and work it will lend to a different outcome.
- Laziness causes us to waste good resources.
- A lazy person's path is blocked.
- A lazy person is an excuse maker.
- The one who is at work will stand before kings. - Sep 13, 2020God Is Working On Me
Sep 13, 2020God Is Working On MeSeries: General
Philippians 2:12-13; Hebrews 13:20-21; Micah 7:8; Romans 8:28; Jeremiah 1:4-8
- God put something on the inside of us and itis up to us to work it out.
- God never intended for us to work out our salvation on our own.
- We don't need a self-help book if we have the help of God.
- Figuring things out makes us frustrated because we are not working with God.
- When we know that God is working on us, we stop figuring on what to do.
- When we know that God is working on us, we realize that life is a process.
- We are a work of progress.
- God is always working.
- When we know that God is working on us, our life isn't defined by temporary setbacks.
God is giving us the desire to work things out.- We stop trying to work on our own strength.
- We can be patient with ourselves. God causes everything to work together for the good.
- Before we were born, God appointed us to do certain things. The things that God set us apart to do are the things we want to do.
- We must not diminish what God has done on the inside of us and limit what we can do.
- Sep 9, 2020Getting To A Place of Believing
Sep 9, 2020Getting To A Place of BelievingSeries: Bible Study1 Thessalonians 5:20-21; 1 John 4:1; Matthew 7:15-16; Acts 17:10-12; Philippians 2:16; 2 Timothy 4:1-5
- As we receive the Word we have to be active participants.
- Don't scoff at the Word.
- We can despise the teaching of the Word if we disregard it.
- We need to try the Spirit to see if they are of God.
- Getting to a place of believing requires work.
- Hold on to what is good. - Sep 6, 2020A Place Called Rest
Sep 6, 2020A Place Called RestSeries: General- Unrest- state of dissatisfaction, of agitation. There is a rest for the people of God.
- If we know God only because of what He does, then we know His acts. If we know God by His character, then we know His ways.
- If we know God's ways, we won’t get so caught up in His acts- when He doesn't.
- If we can hold onto knowing God by His ways, it will sustain us until we see His acts.
- He that comes to God MUST believe. Unbelief takes us away from God.
- When we know about God nothing can make us doubt Him.
- We enter into the rest by believing.
- We must not allow ourselves to get comfortable with our unbelief.
- Guilt, shame, condemnation are all designed by the enemy to keep the people of God out of rest.
- Rest is not inactivity. It's ceasing from our own work. - Sep 3, 2020“Quench Not the Spirit” (Part 2)
Sep 3, 2020“Quench Not the Spirit” (Part 2)Series: Bible Study
1 Thessalonians 5:19; 1 Kings 19:12; Ephesians 4:30, 5:18; Galatians 5:17-18; Romans 7:14-25; James 4:7; Hebrews 11:24-25; Romans 8:1-2,5-6
- If we allow ourselves to be led by the Spirit, we will not grieve it.
- If we allow ourselves to be led by the Spirit, we don't have to worry about do's and dont's.
- Becoming a Christian does not remove sin and temptation from our lives.
- Becoming Christ-like is a walk of faith that is exercised over the course of a lifetime.
- Becoming a Christian is an act of faith in a moment.
- The order is important in submission.
- If we are going to resist the devil, we need the Holy Spirit.
- If we are going to resist the allure of sin, we need the Holy Spirit.
- We are only tempted by the things we like.
- Temptation only comes in the area that is enticing to us.
- We must not do things to excess.
- when we follow after the Spirit, our walk is upright-kingly. Our talk is edifying. And we see things.
- Being filled with the Holy Ghost is not how much of the Holy Ghost we have, it is how much the Holy Ghost has us. - Aug 30, 2020Staying Focused In These Times
Aug 30, 2020Staying Focused In These TimesSeries: General
Psalm 34:4-7, 112:4-5,7; 1 Corinthians 6:12, 10:23; 2 Corinthians 4:8-12
- Some of the things that we are choosing to do are designed to take us off of our course.
- The enemy has been setting up distractions from the beginning - he wants us to satisfy our desires instead of staying focused.
- The enemy is always trying to divert us from our course.
- All diversions are not evil, but can yet be diversions, and yet present a need for us to be mindful.
- We have to be aware of whether or not the activity is building us up.
- We must examine our lawful activities to see if they are diversions.
- Keeping our mind on God is better than staying away from problems.
- Are our diversions going to deliver us from our problems?
- We can be troubled on every side, but we don't have to be stressed.
- We have to maintain our connection to Jesus. - Aug 26, 2020How God Wants Us To Live (Part 2) “Don’t Stifle the Holy Spirit”
Aug 26, 2020How God Wants Us To Live (Part 2) “Don’t Stifle the Holy Spirit”Series: Bible Study
1 Thessalonians 5:19; 1 Corinthians 12:1 -13; Romans 8:9,14, 7:14-25; Ephesians 1:13-14, 4:30; Galatians 5:17-18
- The Holy Spirit is a Teacher.
- The Holy Spirit reminds us of things.
- The Holy Spirit comforts us.
- The Holy Spirit convicts us.
- For us to operate in all the power that is available to us by the Holy Spirit, we have to cooperate with Him.
_ To be led is to voluntarily submit.
- Being filled with the Holy Spirit is allowing Him to lead you.
- If we allow the Spirit to lead us, we won't need the Law. - Aug 23, 2020Getting the Answers You Need
Aug 23, 2020Getting the Answers You NeedSeries: GeneralGenesis 1:1 -4, 2 Corinthians 11:14-15, 4:3-4,6; John 3:19, 8:12, 15:13-15; Romans 13:12; Ephesians 5:11; Psalm 27:1, 25:14; 1 Peter 2:9; Matthew 5:16, 22:2-13; Deuteronomy 29:29; Amos 3:7; Proverbs 3:32; Jeremiah 33:3
- God wants to answer us.
- The first recorded act of God was speaking light into the darkness.
- God is light and God is good. Light is good. The enemy is dark. Darkness and evil go hand in hand.
- Darkness is associated with sin; evil, condemnation, spiritual blindness.
- It's not whether we are good or not we have to have on the right attire. with the robe of righteousness.
-Light is symbolic of salvation. Light is symbolic of Jesus.
- Light is symbolic of revelation.
- God wants us to see so He is dispelling darkness.
- God reveals things to me.
- God spoke to His prophets. Jesus speaks to His friends, I am a friend of God's. God gives His friends answers.
- God's friendship is for God's worshippers. They are the ones He confides in. ( Psalm 25:14 msg)
- The enemy blinds the mind, God enlightens the heart. - Aug 19, 2020The Way God Wants Us To Live
Aug 19, 2020The Way God Wants Us To LiveSeries: Bible Study1 Thessalonians 5:16-18; Philippians 4:4; John 15:9-11; Luke 18:1; Romans 12: 12; Ephesians 6:18; Numbers 11:1; Psalm 100; Romans 8:28, Philippians 4:4; Isaiah 3:10
- Joy, a settled contentment, confidence and hope.
-Contentment says whether I have or don't, I'm good.
- We have to have confidence.
- Joy is tied to God. Happiness is connected to things.
- We have to know that God loves us.
- We can have a praying spirit.
- When we pray we experience God's love in prayer.
- If we gave thanks for everything, it would do away with complaining.
- No matter how bad things are, the story is not over.
- We need to have a real appreciation for other people's suffering.
- Things don't have to be greatest in the world, in order to be thankful.