What Shall I Render to the Lord?
1 Samuel 15:13-23; John 2:1-5, Ezekiel 22:30; John 2:11; Micah 6:6 -8; Hosea 6:6; Psalm 51:16-17
- If God puts us to the test, we cannot take the test and grade the test, too.
- We have to stop grading our own tests.
- With authority, comes responsibility. We cannot embrace authority without being responsible.
- We want to do for God but what is it that God wants us to do for Him.
- God does not need us to build tents, He needs us to listen.
- God does not need us to do great things, He needs us to "hear ye Him."
- We have to ask ourselves, why are we doing the things we do?
- Asking God what to do is not a bad question, but it has to come from a good place.
- We cannot decide what we are going to do, we have to ask God.
- We want to do great, but we don't want to do little.
- It's not about doing a great thing for God. It's about doing a thing for a great God.
- All God needs us to do is do what is right, be merciful unto others, and do what He says.
- God would prefer people to know Him rather than sacrifice unto Him.
- May 17, 2020What Shall I Render Unto the Lord?
May 17, 2020What Shall I Render Unto the Lord?Series: General
What Shall I Render to the Lord?
1 Samuel 15:13-23; John 2:1-5, Ezekiel 22:30; John 2:11; Micah 6:6 -8; Hosea 6:6; Psalm 51:16-17
- If God puts us to the test, we cannot take the test and grade the test, too.
- We have to stop grading our own tests.
- With authority, comes responsibility. We cannot embrace authority without being responsible.
- We want to do for God but what is it that God wants us to do for Him.
- God does not need us to build tents, He needs us to listen.
- God does not need us to do great things, He needs us to "hear ye Him."
- We have to ask ourselves, why are we doing the things we do?
- Asking God what to do is not a bad question, but it has to come from a good place.
- We cannot decide what we are going to do, we have to ask God.
- We want to do great, but we don't want to do little.
- It's not about doing a great thing for God. It's about doing a thing for a great God.
- All God needs us to do is do what is right, be merciful unto others, and do what He says.
- God would prefer people to know Him rather than sacrifice unto Him. - May 10, 2020Two Mothers, Two Babies, One God
May 10, 2020Two Mothers, Two Babies, One GodSeries: GeneralLuke 1:39-45- Once you know you are carrying a baby, you are a mother.- God told Mary Elizabeth's story to help you believe your own story.- God will share another women's story with you to help you in your story.- Of all the women in the world, God chose you to be the mother of yours. They are blessed to have you, you are blessed to have them.- When Mary stretched out her hands and said be it unto me, she allowed God to live on the inside of her.- Because she allowed God to live in her, she had the power of God to speak into Elizabeth.- Mothers carry things. Deep things. God can speak to the deep things.- It wasn't what Mary said to Elizabeth, it was the sound of Mary's greeting.- It was the sound of the Word. God's voice is like the rushing of many waters.- God's voice sounds a certain way.- We have not wrestled with God if we are walking the same way.- It's in the believing that the blessing comes.- Many mothers, same God.
- May 3, 2020The Name Above Every Name
May 3, 2020The Name Above Every NameSeries: GeneralPhilippians 2:5-11, John 14:12-14,26, 15:16, 16:23-24; Acts 3:1-16, 4:1-2,5-21, 5:15-18,23 -29, 40-41; Mark 13:34, 16:17-18; Romans 4:16-22- Because of what Jesus did, God has poured everything into this name.- In Jesus name should not simply mean the end of our prayer.- When we use the name of Jesus it needs to mean all who Jesus is.- If we get a better understanding of what is in the name of Jesus, we will more decree things rather than ask.- In Jesus name, is peace, contentment healing, deliverance. When we ask in His name, we are asking for what we are due.- The asking is based on the person, character and will of Jesus.- All of the great names of God are in the name of Jesus.- Coming in Jesus name, is not coming in anger, nor in unforgiveness.- Peter understood that Jesus name wasn't just a tagline. He understood he had something.- It's not just the name, it's faith in the name.- Jesus left the earth and left us in authority, as His servants.- It's the name, and faith in the name that gets it done.- God does not want our mental ascent, He wants us to walk it out.- We have to get to a place where we become strong in the faith.
- Apr 29, 2020Guard Your Heart
Apr 29, 2020Guard Your HeartSeries: Bible StudyHebrews 12:15, Matthew 12: 22-28; Proverbs 14:30, James 3:14-15; Ephesians 4:31-32; 1 Corinthians 13:4-8
- We get offended far too often.
- Taking an offense causes division,
- If the poison is inside of us, it hurts us more than the other person.
- The enemy tries his best to use bitterness, envy and jealousy,
- God wants us to be together.
- The struggle cannot be won alone.
- The devil is trying to poison our soul- our mind, body and emotions to cause division.
- The more we walk in love, the less we will be offended.
- Love compels us to do something we don't feel like doing.
- Bitterness and resentment is self defeating.
- Bitterness and resentment can aggravate and cause physical ailments
- Bitterness gets in and relationships will suffer.
- No one can have peace with bitterness in their heart.
- Envy, jealousy and wrath is like rottenness to the bones.
- There needs to be a new you coming out of this pandemic.
- We need to get rid of all bitterness, rage, anger and every form of malice.
- Love does not keep a record of wrongs.
- If we truly have the love of Jesus in our heart, we will not let bitterness take hold. - Apr 22, 2020Set Apart
Apr 22, 2020Set ApartSeries: Bible StudyJohn 17:17, 15:6; Ephesians 5:24, Exodus 8:20-24, 9:1 -6,25-24,11:6-7,15:3; Jeremiah 1:5, 17:7-8; Isaiah 48:17; Genesis 26:1-2,6
- What sets us apart as Christians is the Truth.
- God says we are set apart, how dare we say anything else.
- If God says He chose us, that makes us chosen.
- We cannot stay and sulk - we have to stay and sow where we are.
- God taught Isaac how to prosper in the midst of a famine.
- We only need one like.
- God anoints our head with oil. That means we are treated like an honored guest.
How do we live set apart?
- Contend for the faith.
-The Word of God sets us apart. - Apr 19, 2020Guard Your Heart
Apr 19, 2020Guard Your HeartSeries: General-John 6:59-66, Proverbs 4:23, Ephesians 4:26-27; Matthew 26:6-13, Mark 14:6-7,10-11, John 12: 4-6; Luke 22:1,3-4, Proverbs 19:1; Ecclesiastes 1:21-22, Hebrews 12:12-14
- When we take offense it causes a separation between us and God.
- When we are angry it gives the devil a place that he would not have.
- Offense gives the devil access to our heart.
- Sneaky blessing, whenever we want to we can do the poor good.
- Judas was the ringleader. He was the one Jesus had rebuked.
- When Judas got mad, satan entered into his heart.- Allowing yourself to become offended, disconnects your heart from Jesus.
- It's the person that can overlook an offense that is godly.
- Overlooking an offense makes you look good in the sight of God.
- If we hear too closely we may hear what we don't need to hear.
- Offended people not only don't walk with Jesus, they betray Him.
- When we get offended by what someone said or did, bitterness can take root.- We have to be at peace with each other- Guard your heart from taking offense.
- when we get offended we don't value
Jesus, His teachings. - Apr 16, 2020Answering the Bell
Apr 16, 2020Answering the BellSeries: Bible StudyMatthew 25:35-40, Proverbs 18:2; James 1:27, Isaiah 1:10-17; Psalm 146:9- We have to be careful in adopting the language of the world.
- Something is wrong with "social distancing." There is nothing social about distancing yourself.
- What we are doing is anti-social.
- We are being told to practice social distancing. Anything we practice we get better at.
- Follow the protocol of the science, but do not allow yourself to get better at social distancing.
- We won't know how good we have become at social distancing until God puts us in a situation not to.
- We cannot meet the needs of the least of these if we become good at social distancing.
- There is nothing normal about distancing yourself from other human beings.
' - Apr 12, 2020Now That He Lives
Apr 12, 2020Now That He LivesSeries: GeneralRomans 3:23-28, 6:4-8,23,14,9-11; 2 Corinthians 4- We all have a sin problem and the wages of sin is death.- When Jesus rose from the grave, He solved our problem.- We are freed from the penalty of our sins though Jesus Christ.- Sin has no power over us.- Now that He lives, we live for the glory of God.- The glory of God is God's goodness in our life.- When we live for the glory of God, we become vessels so that the beauty of His spirit can be revealed in the earth.- Wherever we are, we are in the land of the living, as we believe in Jesus.- Doing what we want to do is doing what is consistent with God's person and character.- We've been made free now we need to go and be free.- You have to upload the download that God gives you. Walk it out.
- Apr 8, 2020Looking Unto Jesus
Apr 8, 2020Looking Unto JesusSeries: Bible Study- True gratitude expresses itself in generosity.- When we are so grateful that God has been merciful unto us, we are so willing to give it to somebody else.- There is no place for shorthand when it comes to the word of God.- We tend to romanticize the cross.- The cross represented the ultimate in shame.- We need to work on our endurance as good soldiers.- If we don't consider what Jesus has done, we will be discouraged and faint in our sores.- When Ziklag is burning you have to encourage yourself in the Lord.
- Apr 5, 2020Prepare for the Harvest to Come
Apr 5, 2020Prepare for the Harvest to ComeSeries: GeneralProverbs 66-11, 19:15, 20:13- Sometimes we can be so spiritual, that we don't make sense.- God doesn't like laziness.- We have to do what is right even when no one is watching.- We need to be doing something, especially now.- A lot who were called in the Bible were doing natural things.- David was tending sheep when God called him.- God is preparing us in the midst.