John 20:24-29; 2 Corinthians 4:13; Hebrews 11:1,10:19-23; Jeremiah 14:9; Job 3:10; Isaiah 40:8; 1 Peter 1:8
- Believers don't operate by believing and seeing. We operate by seeing and speaking.
- Believers are to look at the not seen things.
- So much of faith is based on what we don't see.
- We have to avoid operating by our feelings.
- Feelings have a place, but we have to keep them in their place.
- God gave us our feelings, but we are not to be led by them or live according to our feelings.
- Feelings should not have supremacy over our faith.
- Jul 8, 2020Building A Foundation of Faith (Part 7)
Jul 8, 2020Building A Foundation of Faith (Part 7)Series: Bible StudyGetting out of Your Flesh
John 20:24-29; 2 Corinthians 4:13; Hebrews 11:1,10:19-23; Jeremiah 14:9; Job 3:10; Isaiah 40:8; 1 Peter 1:8
- Believers don't operate by believing and seeing. We operate by seeing and speaking.
- Believers are to look at the not seen things.
- So much of faith is based on what we don't see.
- We have to avoid operating by our feelings.
- Feelings have a place, but we have to keep them in their place.
- God gave us our feelings, but we are not to be led by them or live according to our feelings.
- Feelings should not have supremacy over our faith. - Jul 5, 2020Be Free
Jul 5, 2020Be FreeSeries: GeneralJohn 8:31-36, 12:27, 4:1; Romans 6:18,22, Galatians 5:1; Mark 5:34; Proverbs 4:23; Isaiah 26:3-4; Philippians 4:6- Bondage is not just about slavery, but it's thinking like a slave.- Jesus as the Truth, makes us free.- Freedom is liberation from slavery, or from the power of another.- Free from sin, guilt and shame.- God does not free us from, He frees us to.- Jesus made us free, me have to go and be free.- Peace should not come and go based on your circumstances.- Jesus gives us peace and our responsibility is to not let your heart be troubled.
- Jul 2, 2020Build A Foundation of Faith (Part 6)
Jul 2, 2020Build A Foundation of Faith (Part 6)Series: Bible StudyJames 1:2-4; Hebrews 11; Romans 5:3-5; Proverbs 24:10; Job 23:10, 42:5
- We need to learn how to allow adversity to strengthen our faith.
- It's not the testing only that brings the patience, it's how you take the test.
- Adversity is a revealer. It reveals where we are in faith.
- God uses adversity to accomplish His will.
- Many times adversity will drive us back to the will of God.
- He also uses it to develop the character of Christ.
- Suffering precedes the resurrection.
- Adversity is God's way of getting our attention.
- Adversity encourages us to lean on God's strength.
- Adversity purifies our faith.
- Adversity points us towards God.
- We will keep our integrity if we allow adversity to teach us.
- If we take adversity the right way, it will cause us to see God.
- Adversity is not here to destroy us - it's here to build us up.
- "Lord, do not let the pain I am going through be wasted." - Jun 28, 2020A Rude Awakening
Jun 28, 2020A Rude AwakeningSeries: General
Judges 6:25-30
- God is handing out faith and commitment test to the Body of Christ.
- Gideon's test was to pull down the altars of the false god.
- God's people were worshipping a bull, strong and might, associated with prostitution. Baal. Asherah, Baal's mistress, sexuality, male prostitution.
- Anything that is trying to replace God has to be pulled down, torn down and cut down before change
can be made.
- People know that things need to be changed, but don't know God is the author of that change.
- We may have to pull down the altars of others in our lives.
- We carefully prepare and do things for God. God has already told you what He wants to do in you and through you in the earth.
- What is God calling you to get rid of? Those things have to get out of the way first.
- People of God wanted to kill Gideon because he pulled down the altars of Baal.
- The thing that God is calling us to do to please Him are going to inflame the passions of men. - Jun 24, 2020Building A Foundation of Faith (Part 5)
Jun 24, 2020Building A Foundation of Faith (Part 5)Series: Bible Study
"What Happens When Our Mountains Don't Move"
Mark 11:20-26; Hebrews 12
-If mountains aren't moving, we need to ask ourselves the question, are we having faith? Are we walking in love? Faith works by love.
- Do we have doubt? We have to guard our hearts against the infiltration of doubt.
- Many times our mountains aren't moving is because we are not speaking to it.
- Once we say something we need to believe what we say.
- Once we believe a thing, that thing becomes settled in us
- We need to acknowledge the sin that is in our life.
- We need to acknowledge that God's will is sovereign.
- Could be that God has something better for us that we are not ready to receive.
- We need to remember the importance of persistence. Keep praying. Faith looks funny.
- Keep trusting God. Absolute confidence that God will not fail
- Ask God to open our eyes.
- Stay thankful. A thankful spirit and an open heart leaves you open to receive from God at any moment.
- Don't despair.
- Resistance always makes us stronger. - Jun 21, 2020My Father Said So
Jun 21, 2020My Father Said SoSeries: GeneralLuke 5:25-26, 7:12-16; Numbers 23:19; Titus 1:2; Isaiah 31:2, 55:10-11, 64:4; Psalm 89:34; Hebrews 11: 11; Exodus 34:10; Hebrews 8:8, Matthew 9:32-33; John 9:1-3,6-7,27-33
- We are seeing strange things in these times today, but they are not necessarily God things.
God is going to do a strange thing. A God-thing, in your life.
- In this second half of 2020, we should expect to see some strange things coming down from heaven.
God is not a man that He should lie. If He said it He'll do it. If He spoke it He will bring it to pass.
- When we believe God, we receive strength. If we are tired we might have to release our faith.
- We are in relationship with God. If we honor the relationship, we'll receive the blessing.
- It's time to go back and pick up the promise God gave you. God wants to do a thing that has never
been seen before, in front of everybody.
- We can go from a dead man to a young man when Jesus speaks. God is going to make an open show of His goodness so that people will marvel.
- God does things for us, just because He sees us. Sometimes we don't have to ask. - Jun 17, 2020Building A Foundation of Faith (Part 4)
Jun 17, 2020Building A Foundation of Faith (Part 4)Series: Bible StudyMark 11:2-26; Matthew 6:33- We have to start from a position of faith.
- The first thing we have to do is say something.
- Believers speak. We cannot be a silent believer.
- We want to up our gain, but we need to up our game.
- It's not okay to have doubt if you want to move mountains.
- You can't hope for the best AND prepare for the worse.
- We have to believe when we pray.
- We have to take I exams. Examine ourselves.
- The real mountains in our lives are those things that are blocking our view from seeing God.
- In order to be added to, we have to have something.
- If we can't see the King, we won't see the Kingdom,
- The Kingdom draws things to us.
- A lot of times we look at our mountains.
- Our mountains are our additions.
- What is keeping us from seeing the King? - Jun 14, 2020Don’t Give Up Now
Jun 14, 2020Don’t Give Up NowSeries: General
Zechariah 4:1-7, 1 Kings 18:41-45; Psalm 24
- We have to remember that when are discouraged, things will not happen by anything but by God's spirit.
- We find ourselves worn out and worn down because we are trying too much to do it our own strength.
- God will complete the work He has begun in us and through us.
- To be used, to be called by God, is a privilege.
- Our natural eyes will keep us discouraged. Our spiritual eyes will give us hope.
- We have a never-ending supply of oil.
- Just because it's God's will doesn't mean it will be easy.- Discouragement doesn't mean we should not do it.
- If God called you to the thing. He wants to do the thing.- Life is hard, but nothing is too hard for God. - Jun 10, 2020Building A Foundation of Faith (Part 3)
- Jun 7, 2020Seize the Moment
Jun 7, 2020Seize the MomentSeries: General
Judges 6:1-17, 22-23,35-27; Exodus 2:1-4; John 2:16
- Faith operates in the present.
- When we hit rock-bottom, come to yourself, go back to the father.
- We hide behind a lot of things. God is calling people out of hiding. You cannot seize the moment and hide at the same time.
- People cannot hide their true sentiments anymore.
- Things that are good start with God. Failure does not start with God.
- We are living in a time that is going to be written about in the history books.
- God is looking for Gideons to fill in the gap all over the world, so that we can be agents of change in this time.
- When we seize the moment, we will have supernatural strength.
- We are not living right now by accident. It may be for such a time as this.
- We need to get rid of the idols in our life.