WHAT GOT YOU HERE WON’T GET YOU THERE

Part 4

 

If You’re Scared By The Of The ,

Then You’ll Forfeit The Of The

 

If We’re Not Prepared To, God Is Under No Obligation To .

 

1 Samuel 3: 1 Meanwhile, the boy Samuel served the Lord by assisting Eli. Now in those days messages from the Lord were very rare, and visions were quite uncommon. 2 One night Eli, who was almost blind by now, had gone to bed.  3 The lamp of God had not yet gone out, and Samuel was sleeping in the Tabernacle[a] near the Ark of God.  4 Suddenly the Lord called out, “Samuel!” “Yes?” Samuel replied. “What is it?”  5 He got up and ran to Eli. “Here I am. Did you call me?” “I didn’t call you,” Eli replied. “Go back to bed.” So he did. 6 Then the Lord called out again, “Samuel!” Again Samuel got up and went to Eli. “Here I am. Did you call me?” “I didn’t call you, my son,” Eli said. “Go back to bed.” 7 Samuel did not yet know the Lord because he had never had a message from the Lord before.  8 So the Lord called a third time, and once more Samuel got up and went to Eli. “Here I am. Did you call me?” Then Eli realized it was the Lord who was calling the boy.  9 So he said to Samuel, “Go and lie down again, and if someone calls again, say, ‘Speak, Lord, your servant is listening.’” So Samuel went back to bed. 10 And the Lord came and called as before, “Samuel! Samuel!” And Samuel replied, “Speak, your servant is listening.”

God Is

Sometimes Your Best Is Your .

 

How Does God Speak:

  1. Sometimes Through His

2 Samuel 22:14 – The LORD thundered from heaven, And the most High uttered his voice.

  1. Sometimes Through His

Hebrews 4:12 – “For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart.”

  1. Sometimes Through A or

1 Corinthians 2:10 – But it was to us that God revealed these things by his Spirit. For his Spirit searches out everything and shows us God’s deep secrets.

  1. Sometimes Through A

Joel 2: – 28 “Then, after doing all those things, I will pour out my Spirit upon all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy. Your old men will dream dreams, and your young men will see visions. 29 In those days I will pour out my Spirit even on servants—men and women alike.

  1. Sometimes Through A

Luke 10:33 – “Then a despised Samaritan came along, and when he saw the man, he felt compassion for him.”

Mother Teresa – “I don’t feel called, I just see the need”.

Exodus 4 –  1 But Moses protested again, “What if they won’t believe me or listen to me? What if they say, ‘The Lord never appeared to you’?” 2 Then the Lord asked him, “What is that in your hand?” “A shepherd’s staff,” Moses replied. 3 “Throw it down on the ground,” the Lord told him. So Moses threw down the staff, and it turned into a snake! Moses jumped back. 4 Then the Lord told him, “Reach out and grab its tail.” So Moses reached out and grabbed it, and it turned back into a shepherd’s staff in his hand. 5 “Perform this sign,” the Lord told him. “Then they will believe that the Lord, the God of their ancestors—the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob—really has appeared to you.”

What’s In ?

 

God’s Given You To Do Everything He’s Calling You To Do.

 

WHAT GOT YOU HERE WON’T GET YOU HERE
Part 3

 

Change Is

Genesis 8:22 – As long as the earth remains, there will be springtime and harvest, cold and heat, winter and summer, day and night.

There Is No Change Without

Romans 5: – 3 We can rejoice, too, when we run into problems and trials, for we know that they help us develop endurance.  4 And endurance develops strength of character, and character strengthens our confident hope of salvation.

There Is No Without Change

 

DURING TIMES OF CHANGE, WE CLING TO

Romans 8:28 – We know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.”

Genesis 3:5 – “God knows that your eyes will be opened as soon as you eat it, and you will be like God, knowing both good and evil.

Replace The Need To Know In Your Life With

The Only Thing You Need To Know…

 

GOD IS GOOD AND THAT IS A

Psalm 145:5-7 – 5 I will meditate on your majestic, glorious splendor and your wonderful miracles. 6 Your awe-inspiring deeds will be on every tongue; I will proclaim your greatness.

7 Everyone will share the story of your wonderful goodness; they will sing with joy about your righteousness.

 

GOD IS GOOD AND THAT IS MY

James 1: – 2 Dear brothers and sisters, when troubles of any kind come your way, consider it an opportunity for great joy. 3 For you know that when your faith is tested, your endurance has a chance to grow. 4 So let it grow, for when your endurance is fully developed, you will be perfect and complete, needing nothing.

 

GOD IS GOOD AND THAT IS MY

Philippians 4:8 – And now, dear brothers and sisters, one final thing. Fix your thoughts on what is true, and honorable, and right, and pure, and lovely, and admirable. Think about things that are excellent and worthy of praise.

 

GOD IS GOOD AND THAT IS MY

Psalm 25 – 1 O Lord, I give my life to you. 2  I trust in you, my God! Do not let me be disgraced, or let my enemies rejoice in my defeat. 7 Do not remember the rebellious sins of my youth. Remember me in the light of your unfailing love, for you are merciful, O Lord.

 

GOD IS GOOD AND THAT IS MY

Romans 8: – 37 No, despite all these things, overwhelming victory is ours through Christ, who loved us. 38 And I am convinced that nothing can ever separate us from God’s love. Neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither our fears for today nor our worries about tomorrow—not even the powers of hell can separate us from God’s love. 39 No power in the sky above or in the earth below—indeed, nothing in all creation will ever be able to separate us from the love of God that is revealed in Christ Jesus our Lord.

 

WHAT GOT YOU HERE WON’T GET YOU THERE
Part 2

 

Genesis 39: 1 When Joseph was taken to Egypt by the Ishmaelite traders, he was purchased by Potiphar, an Egyptian officer. Potiphar was captain of the guard for Pharaoh, the king of Egypt. 2 The Lord was with Joseph, so he succeeded in everything he did as he served in the home of his Egyptian master. 3 Potiphar noticed this and realized that the Lord was with Joseph, giving him success in everything he did. 4 This pleased Potiphar, so he soon made Joseph his personal attendant. He put him in charge of his entire household and everything he owned. 

5 From the day Joseph was put in charge of his master’s household and property, the Lord began to bless Potiphar’s household for Joseph’s sake. All his household affairs ran smoothly, and his crops and livestock flourished. 6 So Potiphar gave Joseph complete administrative responsibility over everything he owned. With Joseph there, he didn’t worry about a thing—except what kind of food to eat! Joseph was a very handsome and well-built young man, 7 and Potiphar’s wife soon began to look at him lustfully. “Come and sleep with me,” she demanded.

8 But Joseph refused. “Look,” he told her, “my master trusts me with everything in his entire household. 9 No one here has more authority than I do. He has held back nothing from me except you, because you are his wife. How could I do such a wicked thing? It would be a great sin against God.” 10 She kept putting pressure on Joseph day after day, but he refused to sleep with her, and he kept out of her way as much as possible. 11 One day, however, no one else was around when he went in to do his work. 12 She came and grabbed him by his cloak, demanding, “Come on, sleep with me!” Joseph tore himself away, but he left his cloak in her hand as he ran from the house.

13 When she saw that she was holding his cloak and he had fled, 14 she called out to her servants. Soon all the men came running. “Look!” she said. “My husband has brought this Hebrew slave here to make fools of us! He came into my room to rape me, but I screamed. 15 When he heard me scream, he ran outside and got away, but he left his cloak behind with me.”

16 She kept the cloak with her until her husband came home. 17 Then she told him her story. “That Hebrew slave you’ve brought into our house tried to come in and fool around with me,” she said. 18 “But when I screamed, he ran outside, leaving his cloak with me!”

19 When his master heard the story his wife told him, saying, “This is how your slave treated me,” he burned with anger. 20 Joseph’s master took him and put him in prison, the place where the king’s prisoners were confined. But while Joseph was there in the prison, 21 the Lord was with him; he showed him kindness and granted him favor in the eyes of the prison warden. 22 So the warden put Joseph in charge of all those held in the prison, and he was made responsible for all that was done there. 23 The warden paid no attention to anything under Joseph’s care, because the Lord was with Joseph and gave him success in whatever he did.

If Waiting Feels Like Imprisonment, Understand It’s .

A Huge Portion Of Walking With God Is .

Lamentations 3:26 – it is good to wait quietly for the salvation of the Lord.

#1 – GOD IS .

  • Trust is the distance between the and the .
  • Trust only works .
  • Don’t waste the waiting season, .

#2 – GOD IS .

  • Sometimes God is waiting on your maturity to .
  • It’s possible that God hasn’t given you what you’re praying for because it would destroy you since .

#3 – GOD IS .

  • If we can’t steward the correctly, why would He entrust us with the .

Isaiah 40: 27 Why do you say, O Jacob,
And speak, O Israel:
“My way is hidden from the Lord,
And my just claim is passed over by my God”? 28 Have you not known?
Have you not heard?
The everlasting God, the Lord,
The Creator of the ends of the earth,
Neither faints nor is weary.
His understanding is unsearchable. 29 He gives power to the weak,
And to those who have no might He increases strength. 30 Even the youths shall faint and be weary,
And the young men shall utterly fall, 31 But those who wait on the Lord
Shall renew their strength;
They shall mount up with wings like eagles,
They shall run and not be weary,
They shall walk and not faint.

 

WHAT GOT YOU HERE, WON’T GET YOU THERE!
Part 1

 

Numbers 13:1-3, 23, 25-33 – 1The Lord now said to Moses, 2 “Send out men to explore the land of Canaan, the land I am giving to the Israelites. Send one leader from each of the twelve ancestral tribes.” 3 So Moses did as the Lord commanded him. He sent out twelve men, all tribal leaders of Israel, from their camp in the wilderness of Paran

23 When they came to the valley of Eshcol, they cut down a branch with a single cluster of grapes so large that it took two of them to carry it on a pole between them! They also brought back samples of the pomegranates and figs.

25 After exploring the land for forty days, the men returned 26 to Moses, Aaron, and the whole community of Israel at Kadesh in the wilderness of Paran. They reported to the whole community what they had seen and showed them the fruit they had taken from the land. 27 This was their report to Moses: “We entered the land you sent us to explore, and it is indeed a bountiful country—a land flowing with milk and honey. Here is the kind of fruit it produces. 28 But the people living there are powerful, and their towns are large and fortified. We even saw giants there, the descendants of Anak!  29 The Amalekites live in the Negev, and the Hittites, Jebusites, and Amorites live in the hill country. The Canaanites live along the coast of the Mediterranean Sea and along the Jordan Valley.”

30 But Caleb tried to quiet the people as they stood before Moses. “Let’s go at once to take the land,” he said. “We can certainly conquer it!”

31 But the other men who had explored the land with him disagreed. “We can’t go up against them! They are stronger than we are!” 32 So they spread this bad report about the land among the Israelites: “The land we traveled through and explored will devour anyone who goes to live there. All the people we saw were huge. 33 We even saw giants there, the descendants of Anak. Next to them we felt like grasshoppers, and that’s what they thought, too!”

 

WHAT YOU SEE IS INFLUENCED BY WHAT
  • v. 32 So they spread this bad report about the land among the Israelites….
  • v. 30…“Let’s go at once to take the land,” he said. “We can certainly conquer it!”
  • My Determines The .
  • Proverbs 18:21 – Death and life are in the power of the tongue.
  • Don’t Let Fear Cause You To

 

WHAT YOU SEE IS INFLUENCED BY WHO
  • Recognize The Source Of The Self-Defeating Thoughts.
  • Psalm 34 – Oh magnify the Lord with me and let us exalt his name together.
  • If you focus on the obstacles, you’ll miss the blessings.

 

WHAT YOU SEE IS INFLUENCED BY HOW YOU FEEL
  • v. 33 … Next to them we felt like grasshoppers.
  • The Easy Way Out Is Not What You Think It Is.
  • If You’re Scared By The Weight Of The Work, Then You’ll Forfeit The Volume Of The Harvest

 

INTENSIONAL MARRIAGE
Part 3 – Pursue Purity
*Text “Marriage” and your question to 22333.*

 

WE COMMIT TO:

                                                                                                     1. PURSUE

       2. PURSUE

                                                                                                     3. PURSUE

                                                                                                     4. PURSUE

 

Hebrews 13:4 – Marriage should be honored among all, and the marriage bed kept pure, for God will judge the adulterer and all the sexually immoral.

Matthew 19 – 4“Haven’t you read that in the beginning the creator made them male and female.’ 5“for this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united with his wife and the two become one flesh.” 6They are no longer two but one. Therefore, what God has joined together, let no one separate.’

What God , Satan .

 

The Only Person You Are Allowed To Share Sexual Intimacy With And

Get Sexual Fulfillment From Is The One You Are In With.

 

Why Is Impurity So Rampant?

More Than Ever.

                                                                                             Getting Married .

                                                                                             Sense Of .

 

Physical Intimacy Makes A Great For Relationship But A Poor .

1 Corinthians 6: 12 “I have the right to do anything,” you say—but not everything is beneficial. “I have the right to do anything”—but I will not be mastered by anything. 13 You say, “Food for the stomach and the stomach for food, and God will destroy them both.” The body, however, is not meant for sexual immorality but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body. 14 By his power God raised the Lord from the dead, and he will raise us also. 15 Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ himself? Shall I then take the members of Christ and unite them with a prostitute? Never! 16 Do you not know that he who unites himself with a prostitute is one with her in body? For it is said, “The two will become one flesh.” 17 But whoever is united with the Lord is one with him in spirit. 18 Flee from sexual immorality. All other sins a person commits are outside the body, but whoever sins sexually, sins against their own body. 19 Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; 20 you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your bodies.

We Trade What We Want For What We Want .

 

HOW TO PURSUE PURITY:

  1. DON’T BELIEVE THE
    • “If It , Do It”.
      • 1 Corinthians 6:12 – “I have the right to do anything,” you say—but not everything is beneficial. “I have the right to do anything”—but I will not be mastered by anything. 
    • “It’s Not A .”
      • Matthew 5:28 – But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman lustfully has already committed adultery with her in his heart.
      • CYCLE: – – –
    • “I Can Do What I Want ”.
      • 1 Corinthians 6: 15 Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ himself?  Shall I then take the members of Christ and unite them with a prostitute? Never! 
  2. KEEP MARRIED THINGS IN
      • Hebrews 13:4 – Marriage should be honored among all, and the marriage bed kept pure, for God will judge the adulterer and all the sexually immoral.
      • 1 Corinthians 6: 16 Do you not know that he who unites himself with a prostitute is one with her in body? For it is said, “The two will become one flesh.” 17 But whoever is united with the Lord is one with him in spirit.
  3. DON’T JUST FIGHT SEXUAL SIN, FLEE FROM IT.
      • 1 Corinthians 6: 18 Flee from sexual immorality. All other sins a person commits are outside the body, but whoever sins sexually, sins against their own body.
    • Many People Fall Into Sexual Sin Not Because They Lack Will Power, But Because They Lack Wisdom.
    • Set Boundaries.
  4. RELY ON GOD’S POWER.
      • 1 Corinthians 6: 19 Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; 20 you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your bodies.
    • God Will Never Require You To Do Something Without Empowering You To Do It.
      • 1 Corinthians 10:13 – No temptation has overtaken you except what is common to mankind. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can endure it.

Psalm 119: 9How can a young man keep his way pure? By living according to your word. 10 I seek you with all my heart; do not let me stray from your commands. 11 I have hidden your word in my heart that I might not sin against you.

 

INTENSIONAL MARRIAGE

Part 2

*Text “Marriage” and your question to 22333.*

 

WE COMMIT TO:

1. PURSUE

2. PURSUE

3. PURSUE

4. PURSUE

 

Hebrews 13:4 – Marriage should be honored among all, and the marriage bed kept pure.

Matthew 19: 4“Haven’t you read that in the beginning the creator made them male and female.’ 5“for this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united with his wife and the two become one flesh.” 6They are no longer two but one. Therefore, what God has joined together, let no one separate.’

MARRIAGE IS A BETWEEN ONE MAN AND ONE WOMAN BEFORE GOD FOR LIFE.

 

3 Marriage Approaches:

 

It’s better to live alone in the corner of an attic than with a quarrelsome wife in a lovely home. Proverbs 25:24

The only thing more painful than childbirth is living with a husband who is a jerk.  1 Lauren 4:2

 

HEALTHY COUPLES FIGHT FOR .

UNHEALTHY COUPLES FIGHT FOR .

 

19… Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry, 20 for man’s anger does not bring about the righteous life that God desires.  James 1:19-20

HOW TO PURSUE PEACE:

INTENTIONALLY

19… Everyone should be quick to listen. James 1:19

A fool finds no pleasure in understanding but delights in airing his own opinions. Proverbs 18:2

 

INTENTIONALLY

Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak. James 1:19

Watch your tongue and keep your mouth shut, and you will stay out of trouble. Proverbs 21:23

Communication = Right + Right + Right + Right

 

            10 Commandments Of Conflict

  1. Don’t Call .
  2. Don’t Your Voice.
  3. Don’t Use .
  4. Don’t Get .
  5. Don’t Get .
  6. Don’t Attack The . Attack The .
  7. Don’t Automatically . Look In The Mirror.
  8. Don’t Use ‘’ Or ‘s’.
  9. Don’t Threaten .
  10. Don’t Quote Your .

 

INTENTIONALLY

… Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry… James 1:19

26“In your anger do not sin”: Do not let the sun go down while you are still angry, 27 and do not give the devil a foothold. – Ephesians 4:26-27

 

1 Corinthians 13: 4 Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. 5 It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. 6 Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. 7 It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. 8 Love never fails.

 

INAL MARRIAGE

Part 1

*Text “Marriage” and your question to 22333.*

 

A Great Marriage Is , But It’s Not

If You Do What Everybody Else Does.

 

WE COMMIT TO
                                                                           1. PURSUE
                                                                           2. PURSUE
                                                                           3. PURSUE
                                                                           4. PURSUE

 

 

PURSUE GOD

God Is Your And Your Spouse Is Your .

Matthew 22: 36 “Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?” 37 Jesus replied: “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ 38 This is the first and greatest commandment. 39 And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’

HOPING TO MARRY: I Will Seek The One For My Two!

Matthew 6:33 – But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.

ALREADY MARRIED: I Will Seek The One My Two!

 

CHALLENGE: PRAY FOR THE NEXT 7 DAYS.

2 Chronicles 7:14 – if my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land.

 

PURSUE EACH OTHER

Is The Reward Of Pursuit!

Fun Is To A Healthy Relationship

Ecclesiastes 9:9 NLT- Live happily with the woman you love through all the meaningless days of life that God has given you under the sun.

Ecclesiastes 9:9 NIV – Enjoy life with your wife, whom you love…

 

3 TYPES OF FUN IN MARRIAGE
TO FUN

Song of Solomon 7: 1How beautiful your sandaled feet, O prince’s daughter! Your graceful legs are like jewels, the work of an artist’s hands. 2 Your navel is a rounded goblet that never lacks blended wine. Your waist is a mound of wheat encircled by lilies.

TO FUN

Song of Solomon 7:11 – Come, my beloved, let us go to the countryside, let us spend the night in the villages.

TO FUN

Song of Solomon 7:12 – Let us go early to the vineyards to see if the vines have budded, if their blossoms have opened, and if the pomegranates are in bloom—there I will give you my love.

 

PRAY – Praise, Repent, Ask For Your Spouse, Yourself

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Every = Date
Every = Date
Every = Date

INTENTIONALLY INTENTIONAL

Part 3 – Systemization

 

Intentional – Doing What Others Do .

Systemization = Organizing A Or To Accomplish A Goal.

 

“Every system is perfectly designed to get the results it gets“. – W. Edwards Deming

 

Exodus 18:21 – But select from all the people some capable, honest men who fear God and hate bribes. Appoint them as leaders over groups of one thousand, one hundred, fifty, and ten.

 

Numbers 3

25 … were responsible to care for the Tabernacle, including the sacred tent with its layers of coverings, the curtain at its entrance, 26 the curtains of the courtyard that surrounded the Tabernacle and altar, the curtain at the courtyard entrance, the ropes, and all the equipment related to their use.

31 … were responsible for the care of the Ark, the table, the lampstand, the altars, the various articles used in the sanctuary, the inner curtain, and all the equipment related to their use.

36 …were responsible for the care of the frames supporting the Tabernacle, the crossbars, the pillars, the bases, and all the equipment related to their use. 37 They were also responsible for the posts of the courtyard and all their bases, pegs, and ropes.

 

Luke 9:14 – Jesus replied, “Tell them to sit down in groups of about fifty each.” 

 

We Don’t Rise To The Level Of Our As Often As We Fall To The Level Of Our .

JESUS HAD A OF PRAYER.

Mark 1:35 –  It was very early in the morning and still dark. Jesus got up and left the house. He went to a place where he could be alone. There he prayed.

Set An With God And Keep It

 

JESUS HAD A OF PRAYER.

Luke 22:39 Then, accompanied by the disciples, Jesus left the upstairs room and went as usual to the Mount of Olives.

Matthew 6: 5 “When you pray, don’t be like the hypocrites who love to pray publicly on street corners and in the synagogues where everyone can see them. I tell you the truth, that is all the reward they will ever get. 6 But when you pray, go away by yourself, shut the door behind you, and pray to your Father in private. Then your Father, who sees everything, will reward you.

Find A Place Where You Can With God.

 

JESUS HAD A OF PRAYER.

Matthew 6: 7 And when you pray, do not keep on babbling like pagans, for they think they will be heard because of their many words.  8 Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him. 9 “This, then, is how you should pray: “‘Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name, 10 your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. 11 Give us today our daily bread. 12 And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. 13 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.

 

– Focus on His goodness and thank Him for what He’s done.

– Confess your sins to God and receive His grace and mercy.

– Intercede for the needs of those around you.

– Whatever you need from God, now’s the time to ask.

 

INTENTIONALLY INTENTIONAL

Part 2 – Preparation

 

Intentional – Doing What Others Do .

Preparation = Making Something .

Is How We !

Matthew 21:13 – “The Scriptures declare, ‘My Temple will be called a house of prayer,

Luke 11:1-13 – 1 One day Jesus was praying in a certain place. When he finished, one of his disciples said to him, “Lord, teach us to pray, just as John taught his disciples.” 2 He said to them, “When you pray, say: “‘Our Father in Heaven, hallowed be your name. Your kingdom come; your will be done on earth as it is in Heaven. 3 Give us each day our daily bread. 4 Forgive us our sins, for we also forgive everyone who sins against us. And lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil.’” 5 Then, teaching them more about prayer, he used this story: “Suppose you have a friend, and you go to him at midnight and say, ‘Friend, lend me three loaves of bread; 6 a friend of mine on a journey has come to me, and I have no food to offer him.’ 7 And suppose the one inside answers, ‘Don’t bother me. The door is already locked, and my children and I are in bed. I can’t get up and give you anything.’ 8 I tell you, even though he will not get up and give you the bread because of friendship, yet because of your shameless audacity he will surely get up and give you as much as you need. 9 “So I say to you: Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. 10 For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened. 11 “Which of you fathers, if your son asks for a fish, will give him a snake instead? 12 Or if he asks for an egg, will give him a scorpion? 13 If you then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!”

 

  1. PRAY

1 Timothy 2:1 –  The first thing I want you to do is pray. Pray every way you know how, for everyone you know.

Rev. 2:4 – But I have this against you: You have abandoned your first love.

What’s First Becomes For What’s Next.

Reactive Prayer Can Change Your But Proactive Prayer Will Change .

 

           2. PRAY

Pray With

Luke 11:5 – Then, teaching them more about prayer…

Matthew 6:7 – “When you pray, don’t babble on and on as the Gentiles do. They think their prayers are answered merely by repeating their words again and again.

Pray When You

 

             3. PRAY

Luke 11: 9 “So I say to you: Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. 10 For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.

 

Part 1 – Consecration

 

Intentional – Doing What Others Do .

Not Intentional Or Intentionally l.

Consecration = To Be For Holy Use.

1 Peter 2: 7-8 But for those who reject him,…they stumble because they do not obey God’s word, and so they meet the fate that was planned for them. 9But you are not like that, for you are a chosen people. You are royal priests, a holy nation, God’s very own possession. As a result, you can show others the goodness of God, for he called you out of the darkness into his wonderful light. 10‘Once you had no identity as a people; now you are God’s people. Once you received no mercy; now you have received God’s mercy.’

Joshua 3: 1Early in the morning Joshua and all the Israelites set out from Shittim and went to the Jordan, where they camped before crossing over. 2 After three days the officers went throughout the camp, 3 giving orders to the people: “When you see the ark of the covenant of the Lord your God, and the Levitical priests carrying it, you are to move out from your positions and follow it. 4 Then you will know which way to go, since you have never been this way before. But keep a distance of about two thousand cubits between you and the ark; do not go near it.” 5 Joshua told the people, “Consecrate yourselves, for tomorrow the Lord will do amazing things among you.”

If You’re Not Prepared To , God May Not Be Willing To .

Exodus 19:10-11,14-15: 10 And the Lord said to Moses, “Go to the people and consecrate them today and tomorrow. Have them wash their clothes 11 and be ready by the third day, because on that day the Lord will come down on Mount Sinai in the sight of all the people. 14 After Moses had gone down the mountain to the people, he consecrated them, and they washed their clothes. 15 Then he said to the people, “Prepare yourselves for the third day. Abstain from sexual relations.”

 

  1. SAY NO TO SOMETHING TO SAY YES TO SOMETHING .

v15 Then he said to the people, “Prepare yourselves for the third day. Abstain from sexual relations.”

Fasting Us From The World And Prayer Reconnects Us With God.

1 Corinthians 9:25-27 – 25 A true athlete will be disciplined in every respect, practicing constant self-control in order to win a laurel wreath that quickly withers. But we run our race to win a victor’s crown that will last forever.  26 For that reason… 27 I train like a champion athlete. I subdue my body and get it under my control, so that after preaching the good news to others I myself won’t be disqualified.

Complete Fast        Selective Fast        Partial Fast        Soul Fast

Matthew 17:21 – That kind of spirit comes out only with prayer and fasting.

       

          2. GET RID OF THE AND PUT ON THE .

v14 After Moses had gone down the mountain to the people, he consecrated them, and they washed their clothes.

1 Corinthians 13:11 – When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I stopped those childish ways.

               Does It ?

               Does It ?

               Is It ?

 

Just Because It’s Part Of Your Doesn’t Mean It’s Supposed To Be Part Of Your .

 

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