Christian Living that honors God

Galatians 5:15-26

People should look at your life and see the glory of the Lord.

You become what you are connected to.

There are things that when you plug into, you start to live a holy life.

You cannot live a life beyond the revelation of yourself.

Its easy for you to know sin, but you still go ahead and sin.

Psalm 119:133

Let not iniquity have dominion over you. Sin has potential to rule over you.

Let the word of the Lord guide me... Order my steps according to your word.

1. Your life has to be ordered by the Lord
2. You need to delight in the Lord

The word of God establishes a saint and whatever he does, prospers.

You demand your entire being to obey the Lord.

Magnify the word of God Psalm 138:2

"I have magnified my word and exalted it above my name" ~God

1. Every knee will bow before the name Jesus.
2. Whoever calls upon the name of the Lord shall be saved

Yet he says he has magnified His word above His name.

Make the word of the Lord workable in your life

Sometimes your defenses are so broken, but every time you realize it, magnify the Word of God.

Stop living a life of mixture.

Mathew 16

Your leader becomes to you what you call him.

Mathew 16:17-18

When the Holy spirit came upon Peter, 3000 people gave there lives to Christ

You need to come out if those intoxicating environments

1. Build Character
2. You become a reflection of your company
3. Change counsel, it matters who you are listening to.

The fruits of the flesh continued

Isa.54: Do not hold back, some are tired of being;

Last in class; children being disobedient; etc still don’t hold back stretch out

The fruit of the flesh can fail us to attain what God has planned for us. It is pleasing to meet someone who is righteous and very fulfilling.

The fruit of the flesh stands between the enlargements of your tent- the song am so glad that Jesus set me free makes sense when you know what God has saved you from.

Rom.7:25.

The reason the weeds comes back in our lives is because we believe when we got saved the rest is a smooth walk. But the Psalmist said; Search me O Lord Ps.139:23

Gal.5:19- The works of the flesh are Obvious,  when I allow these fruits to be manifest in me, how much has the blood washed out of me, what is the effect of this blood in my life?

Eccl.2:4—11 The fruit of the flesh causes us to focus on material things- but all will come to nothing

The fruit of the flesh leads us to unquenchable desire and pleasure

There is nothing of the fruit of the flesh that will cause satisfaction.

The fruit of the flesh causes you to believe yourself partly and you cannot trust God that much. 

Where this fruit prevails we trust the devil with certain terms. When it comes to what the devil can 

do, no believer can’t doubt it.

On the contrary, God is faithful and He gave us a helper. The only problem each one of us has the pressure of Marah Exo.15:22. The only thing you need to do is to EXAMINE ourselves. Matt. 21:19.

After doing what we are supposed to do, do we see the fruit or the leaves of the, the fruit of the Spirit will always prevail over the fruit of the flesh.

When you are isolated from the good and rosy picture of a glow- which fruit will be manifest in our lives?

Lets us uproot the fruit of the flesh, not only through your prayer, but total surrender to the Lordship of Jesus.

Stretch out

Stretch out.

Isaiah 54

We have to stretchout in the knowledge of the word

God's love is sufficient.

Stretch out in love

Stretch out in your business
Use what you have and the Lord will bless you, He will not jet you be humiliated.

Worry, or not worry the Lord will provide, so why worry ?

The Lord will provide.

We need to stretch out as family too, as a family, you can do something out of the ordinary, for example, go preach the good news to the community.

The prayer of a righteous person avails much, let's stretch out in our prayer life too.

Don't be driven by fear, buy by the love if God. He calls you to trust Him.

Galatians 4:1

Once you are a child of God, you are a partaker of His belongings.

Embrace the Vision (Stretch out, don't hold back)

1. The vision is for an individual
2. The vision is for our families
3. The vision is for the church 

Isaiah 54:1~ Sing oh childless woman. Sing oh you barren person.

Zachariah 9:12 God renders you double, he has heard your affliction, he has heard your cry.

God is permitting you to have many children.

A woman abandoned by her husband cannot bear children. God had abandoned Israel, but He still called Israel His own.

If you want to shutout God's blessing, then don't prepare. You don't want to be taken by surprise

Examples of how barrenness was handled.

1. Abraham Genesis. The blessing is in blessing others. "I will bless those who bless you" At the Lord's word, Abraham moved. 
2. Sunamite Woman ~ 2 Kings 4:9... Speak your situation to the Lord ad He will bless you.
3. Hannah  ~ 1 Samuel 1... Prninah used to mock Hannah. Hannah would be reduced to tears each time until one day Hannah said enough is enough and she started groaning unto the Lord, the priest thought she was actually drunk. 

This is your time, don't let God pass you buy, God remembered Hannah and she delivered Samuel.

Enlarge your house. God is commanding you to enlarge your house. 

Stretching out of the comfort zone

2Kings 13
Getting out of the comfort zones
The fruitfulness that comes with spiritual fruitfulness comes with process.
Lk. 13 a man with a vineyard planted a fig tree 3 years with no fruit.
Matt. 25 a man with the talent that yielded nothing was under a comfort zone
Mark. 11 Jesus finds a tree full of leaves but no fruit, he curses it.  How then that he was expecting fruit of this tree?
John. 16 there is fruit that lasts and also fruit that is fruit so a true should never be ever green but ever fruitful.
Is it possible to produce fruit that lasts, yes it is a matter to stretching
The life of Jesus is a matter of stretching from the time he came from heaven when he left his glory.

PLACES JESUS WENT
Jesus grew up in a town called GALILEE a form of comfort, a place we find identity, no challenges, there's no time to stretch.

GETHSEMANE is that place that will pull you out of the comfort zone. This was a place of betrayal, all his disciples ran away from him but Jesus was only moved by knowing the will of God for His life- the salvation of mind-kind, the fruit that lasts that motivated him. what happens when we get to Gethsemane. John.19-1 Many people think the zone of discomfort has many displeasing things but Ps. 23 tells us those are shadows. God says he is with us. Jesus came out with a crown of thorns and a purple robe. The spirit world was seeing a king unlike the world. He received the robe from Herod and this was symbolic of a King.
There are good things in a place of discomfort, you have to wait for them. 

Within the midst of the discomfort there is a robe, there is a crown

He went to GOLGOTHA
here he was confirmed as the King of suffering but will come again a glorious King

The GRAVE to glory
1Cor. 15 speaks to us of the victory he won in the grave

Even Jesus began to say, father can this cup be take from me.

for all of us to be fruitful especially of fruit that lasts, we must sow seed

Matt:4 Jesus was tempted but in all this He made reference to His Father and what was written, this is the seed that we must sow to bear lasting fruit.

It is necessary to move into discomfort zones, we must also know that these zones will not consume us but make us strong

Are we ready to move into these zones of discomfort, shall we stretch ourselves?

Thanks giving

Thanks giving..

John 3:16

Psalm 106:2

Give thanks to the Lord for He is good.

Is He good to you? Then give Him thanks.

Deuteronomy 8:10

When u've eaten and are satisfied, praise the Lord.

There is a time God rebuked the

Children of Israel for not giving thanks.

Luke 19:34-37

Give thanks.

The commitment of God to bless His people.

Numbers 6:22-27

Its easier to be given birth to, but its a journey to grow up.

There are valleys that are difficult to cross and some times people give up along the way, the the time you Ned the blessing of God upon your life.

There r times people go through though times and start to loose trust in what God said but God is committed to blessing you.

God wants to bless you for the glory of His name. John 15... Whatever you pray in my name will be given to you for the glory of God's name.

God wants to bless you so that His name will be glorified, there is need for the evidence of God's blessing upon your life. He wants to bless you so that they may know that He is great.

Per take of the blessing of God so that you will make Him known.

God wants all men to see the difference between His people and other people who don't know Him, 

He is so interested in blessing you. He is blessing you so that you will be a different people.

God wants to show a difference between you and your neighbor, That's why 1000 may fall on your 

left and many more at your right, but you will not be harmed.

The Lord will prosper you in the time of dryness so that the nations will know that He is God.

You need to trust the Lord.

God is able to bless you from nothing, to show the difference between you and other people.

If you walk with God, he will walk with you, if you hold on to him, He will hold on to you and He will bless you.

The priestly blessing used opon your life is to preserve you, so that you will even in the most hostile situation,  will survive. Nothing shall come your way that you cannot handle, nothing will be able to 

destroy you.

The Lord blesses you to show mercy, he is not holding you according to your ways. He wants to show His goodness upon you. You r blessed because you hold onto God.

The walk of salvation is not perfection, but commitment unto the Lord. If you walk with God, He will preserve you, you will be peaceful.

So the name of God will be put upon you. God putting His name upon you means that everyone who wants to touch you is touching God. The Lord's name is upon you. Nothing can harm you for the Lord protects His own.

Every battle the Lord goes to, He wins, when God's name is upon you, nothing by any means will defeat you.

The blessing of the Lord will prosper you, don't give up... For the blessing if the Lord is upon you.

Manifestation of Spiritual Gifts

Mark 16:17-18

The scripture is speaking to all who believe. The signs will follow all who believe.

Ephesians 1:3,15-21

God has not blessed us with some spiritual blessings but all spiritual blessings. God is not a Store Master, He is not a Custodian. He has released every blessing in heaven for us.
We don't need to work very hard to earn these gifts.

Religion has blinded our minds and spirits to think that we must work really hard to attain these gifts.

In Christ, we have revelation, wisdom and the eyes of our understanding enlightened and many more gifts as in 1 Corinthians 12

When you're standing, you are in control of your body. When you sit, you surrender your weight and safety to the chair. Jesus Christ is seated at the Right Hand of God, everything in the heavenly places is in Christ and He has surrendered everything to the Father.

Christ is the head of the church,  and if all things are under His feet, where does that place the church?
The power, inheritance and blessing that is in Jesus Christ is in us because we are seated together with Him in the heavenly places. We must walk in these blessings. This is our time!

Ephesians 2:4-6, Ephesians 3:10

God has raised us with Christ. We have been hiding for a long time, we have dynamite power in us. The world is waiting for our manifestation. There has to be a demonstration of power!

As long as we are still struggling in the flesh , we shall cast out demons all night. We must operate in the spiritual realm. Our lives are supposed to be a living testimony, a demonstration that there is a God, and in Him, there is life, power and authority.

Ephesians 6:10-18

If we knew how powerful our prayers are, we would never stop praying! We have to let go of sin. Sin stops our prayers from getting to the heavenly places but when they do, we cannot desire to leave the presence of God!

Break through to the heavenly places!!!

It's not because you have been in salvation for many years, not because you have worked for it, it's a gift for free not a reward!

We are designed to be supernatural. We should not be ignorant about these Spiritual Gifts.

If you don't operate in the new, the old begins to reappear. Old habits for hard. (2 Corinthians 5:17) but Christ in you is enough!!

It's time for manifestation of the Spirit. It's given to each one of us!

The gifts of the Holy Spirit

1 Corinthians 12:4-10

Gifts of tongues

The Spirit of God can come upon you and give you utterance for the purpose of communicating with other people.

1 Corinthians 14:2-3 When you speak in tongues, you speak to God, for the Spirit speaks to God.... Its a very powerful way of praying.

The Spirit of the Lord can put words in your mouth to speak to people that understand a language that you have never learnt in order to use you to pass on a message through you.

God can also use who spoke in tongues to also interpret them in order for the people listening to also be edified.

1 Corinthians 14:15

Romans 8:26....

We need to allow the Holy Spirit to pray through us. When you pray in the Spirit, you make intersessions according to the will of God, for He knows the mind of God.

Prophesy.

A prophet is a spokes man for God~ In the old testament.

A prophet according to the new testament

1 Corinthians 12:10
1  Corinthians 14:3
A prophet edifies the Church.

1  Corinthians 12:20... Let 2 to three speak and others wheigh what has been said because; there are three sources of prophesy:

From the person~ human source.

From the devil, that's why there are false prophets, the prophesy from the devil kills, steals and destroys

From God, the effect of a prophesy from God causes you to draw closer to God.
We should judge the prophesy, test every prophesy, don't just follow them, of it's for you, it will be confirmed and you will follow it and it will come to fulfillment.

Knowledge truth.

Word of wisdom

Word of Wisdom is an utterance from the Holy Spirit applying God's word to a specific situation. Its also the ability from the Holy Spirit to give advice for a specific situation.

We need a word of Wisdom, so that we can be able to apply wise counsel to a situation at hand.

Mark 12:14

Married men need wisdom as they talk to their wives.

Wives need wisdom as they talk to their husbands.

You need to know how to speak, and when to say, and how to say it...

Word of knowledge

This utterance from the Holy Spirot revealing information about people, circumstances and the word of God.

God can reveal truth to you for your own consumption, or for someone else, but we ned wisdom.
We need the gift of Wisdom. If you are God fearing, put things right before God.

Discernment of Spirits

Acts 16:15...

We need discerning gifts to know what spirits are behind an act, they might even seam right,but by the Spirit, we can discern what is right or wrong.

The Holy Spirit wanst to use you, but you need to be whose.

The purpose of the gospel is not to embaras people, but it's for life.

Acts 15:19

How to use the Spiritual gifts.

You can only write abuse by proper use

Use the Spiritual gifts when you are rightly motivated by the love of God.

Never sell the gifts of the Holy Spirit.

Mathew 7:15-23, Don't follow gifting, but you will know them by their fruit.

The Devil can imitate the gifts of the Holy Spirit, but won't be able to imitate the fruit of the Holy Spirit.

Lift up the master of the miracles, not the miracles. Lift up Jesus,He is the one performing the miracles by the power of the Holy Spirit in you.

Spiritual Gifts.

James 1:17

1 Corinthians 4:7, Spiritual Gifts.

2 Timothy 1:6, Spirit of power, love and self-discipline

1 Timothy 4:14, don’t neglect the gift that was given to you.

Worship the giver, not the given. The Lord our God is the giver, the father loved the world so much that He gave Jesus Christ. John 3:16.

Jesus came into the world to save the sinners, he took the heart of stone and replaced it with the heart of flesh, now by the grace of God, and we are able to obey the Lord, give Him glory. God loved and God gave.

We live in a world full of so many religions, the question is.. Which one is the perfect one? If you ever look for a perfect religion and you find one, then join it, it will become imperfect, because you yourself, you are perfect.

Ephesians 4:11. It’s God that gives the spiritual gifts to prepare the people of God for works of service so that the church would grow.

1 Corinthians 12: 4, Gifts of the Holy Spirit.

We serve a God who gives gifts, what a wonderful God we serve.

Hew gives the gift of the Holy Spirit, its also associated with the promise of the father. 

Acts 2:38, repent and you will receive the gift of the holy spirit, He empowers you to carry out the work of the Lord. 

Acts 1:4, Wait for the gift my father promised.. John Baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy spirit. He gives you the power to be a witness, power to live a Holy life, power to do the work of the Lord. 

Don't despise the gifts of the Holy Spirit, 1 Thessalonians 5:20, Grow your gift, so that it will be used to build the entire body of Christ. As God to reveal to you what He has deposited in you by the way of gifting, by the way of talents and He will let you know.  

Use your skill, your talent, your ability for the Glory of the Lord. The gift you have is form the Lord.

God has put in you something, discover it, find it and use it for the Glory of the Lord. You need to practice your gifting so that you can discover it, grow it. 

You never know you can do something until you try it, you need to find it out, peruse it,, 

How do you know you are gifted?

• Believe that you have a gift, act it out, stir it up, grow it

How do you sustain your gift?

1. Prayer: Pray without seizing for its the will of God in Christ Jesus Concerning you. 
2. Word of God: You need to read the word of God, read it, hear it, believe it, practice it and your ministry will continue to grow, the Lord will sustain you. Everything you need to know about God, is revealed in His word, everything you need to know about life, the devil and so much more is revealed in the word of God. 

Acts 2:4. they were all filled with the Holy spirit, they spoke in other tongues and the Holy Spirit gave then utterance. The lord will always do His part, just do your part. Pray without seizing. 

Sunday Post~Power of Prophesy

The power of Prophesy is in the word that comes after all that you know. 

1 Corinthians 1:2

The Wisdom of men will not be enough.  There are three kinds if wisdom ;

Wisdom of men
Wisdom of demons
Wisdom of God

I came to show you that Christ is real "To make Jesus real and known"

As believers,  we don't have to be surprised when miracles happen, because they will follow you.

As a believer,  you are supposed to walk in the supernatural above the ways of the world.

You just have to be a believer in Jesus Christ to live the supernatural.

When your faith connects to the power of God,  then miracles start to happen. 

There are conditions that politics/politicians, good speeches or governments can't help,  but only the power of God can change. 

The power of God is in the church of Jesus Christ. 

You can rise up to do exploits in the name of Jesus, rise up and begin to work in the power of God. 

As long as you are a believer,  you can demonstrate the power of God. 

Show that the God you believe is a miracle worker.

Tell people about God and demonstrate Him.  The only way to make Jesus real is to demonstrate His power. 

People want solutions,  and u can't blame them,  they will go to where the answer is. 

May there be an awakening in this place.. In this church. 

God wants to stir up your spirit,  He wants to bless you to walk in the power of the Lord. 

Don't fear to walk in the power of God. 

Acts 8:4-8
Preach Christ,  if you want to see the power of God.

Your message about Christ will be believed if they hear and see. Phillip preached and demonstrated. When they hear the message and they see the power of God. 

Don't only stop at speaking,  let the power of God flow to touch people.

What is impossible with man,  is possible with God. 

The purpose of Miracles

Miracles affirm the word of God
Miracles glorify God
They prove that God is real. 
Miracles build faith
Miracles bring people to Jesus
Miracles are symptoms of faith
Prove the intense presence of the Holy Spirit. 
They disqualify the devil