San Davis
Sermon for November 14, 2011
(Part 1 of 2) GOD IN HIS INFINITE MERCIES SAVED YOU, SO PURSUE HUMILITY WITH MUCH PATIENCE AND PERSEVERANCE BECAUSE GOD GIVES GRACE TO THE HUMBLE!!!
Precious saints of God, the word says in James 1:12, "Blessed is the one who perseveres under trial because, having stood the test, that person will receive the crown of life that the Lord has promised to those who love him. Don’t be deceived, my dear brothers and sisters.”
Do you feel worn out or spiritually dry? Do you feel as if the enemy is working overtime distracting you with things of the world and cares of this world? I know many of you are currently in the wilderness, many of you may be living alone, or feeling alone and overwhelmed because of the trials you are facing. Many of you do not have any friends who can relate to you and some of you are facing giants in the wilderness. Perhaps some of you are walking through a dark valley right now, with all types of problems and trouble facing you. You desperately need of a miracle…and may need strength and sanity while waiting for your miracle. Some of you are desperately in need of peace and need God to hear you right now.
Be encouraged God says in Psalm 20:1 "The LORD hear you in the day of trouble; the name of the God of Jacob defend you”
The truth of the matter is, the enemy is pulling every punch to distract and deceive you. He uses many types of entertainment to distract you for example, outdoor activities movies, video games, professional sports, children, family, work, internet and many other things to keep you busy and distracted
He makes every effort to make sure you are busy with other things, so you will not have adequate time to spend with the Lord. More and more time is being given to everything else, and less time with the Lord. Its time to take a closer look at your life, and see what is standing between you and Jesus Christ. Cry out to Jesus and let Him know you are being hindered and ask Him for help. He's merciful and is quick to forgive you, if you come before Him humbled and with repentance.
Satan wants to defeat you, he wants to see you go to hell, it's one of his many tactics to keep you worried with anxiety attacks and less focused on your faith in God. Did you know that the opposite of faith is doubt? Synonymous with worry or unbelief, both of which are sins, because their roots are in doubt about God's character. When we take our focus off of Jesus, we are pretty much telling Him we do not trust Him to intervene in our circumstances or His ability to take care of that which burdens us. When a Christian displays unbelief, or an inability to cope with life, he actually doubts the ability of God.
Mark 11:24 "When you pray, believe that you receive them, and you shall have them." (Spiritual insight = Do not believe what you see in the flesh; rather trust the Word of God!)
Matthew 21:22 "All things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive."
Mark 9:23 Jesus said to him, "If you can believe, all things are possible to him who believes."
Luke 12:22-26 “Then Jesus said to his disciples: "Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat; or about your body, what you will wear. Life is more than food, and the body more than clothes. Consider the ravens: They do not sow or reap, they have no storeroom or barn; yet God feeds them. And how much more valuable you are than birds! Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life? Since you cannot do this very little thing, why do you worry about the rest? “
Thanks be to God, Who gives us the victory over sin, which is the sting of death, over the law, which is the strength of sin, and over death and the grave; Oh, listen brethren, no one can make it on their own without God. His Laws in His Holy word, will keep us from sin, if we fear God enough to obey Him!!!
I Corinthians 15: 57-58 "But thanks be to God, which gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye steadfast, unmovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, for as much as ye know that your labor is not in vain in the Lord"
Brethren, if you are not 100% sure that you are going to heaven, then the solution to your dilemma is found in the Old, Time Proven, Trustworthy, Inspired and Preserved Word of God. Now more than ever, you need to be in the word of God, Now is the time to be seeking the Lord, seeking Him with your whole heart, mind and spirit. God's Word gives us the promise of the assurance of final victory over the power and presence of sin in your Christian life... Laying aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset you.
Hebrews 12:1 "Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us"
When discouraged, feeling like a failure, don’t believe the lies of the enemy. Do not strive to be perfect in your flesh, because you will lose every time. There is constant war waging between our flesh and the spirit. You will only win when Jesus lives through you. So strive to follow after Jesus, the author and perfecter of the faith and His righteousness and all else will be added unto you.
Each of us are born with two natures, the human nature (personal habits and make up) and the sin nature or fallen nature which is the lust of our flesh. It dominates who we are and what we do...the apostle Paul talks about the sin nature...a natural inclination to do things contrary to the will of God
Romans 6:12 "Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof.".
Our sin nature points us to sin and cause us to be tempted to sin. At the very moment of conversion, at the moment we say yes to Christ and invite Him into our hearts as Lord and Savior, something takes place on the inside of us that we are not always able to explain. The sin nature is then moved from the dominant seat and a new nature comes in to rule and that is the divine nature who is the Holy spirit for regeneration. Holy Spirit is our guide, He is the one who guides us and respond in our conscience when we are going against His will. We must rely on the Holy Spirit in order to do what the Lord called us to do.... This is why He said in His word, trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not to your own understanding, in all your ways acknowledge him and he will direct your path...
Proverbs 3:5-6 'Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight"
Brethren, we are in constant war with our flesh and spirit…and that is confirmed in
Acts 1:4 “Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof
Heavenly Father, we come to You in the Name of Jesus. Thank You for this Holy Spirit inspired word, which You commanded to go forth and not return void, but accomplish that which it was intended. Lord, cause us to be extremely sensitive to Your Holy Spirit and be extremely sensitive to the leading of Your Holy Spirit!
Father, protect us on our right and on our left, be our rearward guard, go before us, that we possess the gates of the enemy and take back what was stolen from us and help us to learn to walk upright in Your Righteous council all the days of our lives.
Lord, we pray that our desire and will be the accomplishing of Your total Will in our lives, word upon word, precept upon precept, line upon line, unto the full measure of the maturity of Christ, the Hope of Glory. So that we are an honor and a praise unto You all the days of our lives. We give our heart to You Lord, Please teach us to be humble. We give our feet to You Lord, Please help us not to stumble.
Our eyes belong to you Lord, To see Your Holy way. Help us to look straight ahead, and seek You every day. With our ears let us hear Lord, every time You call. We give ourselves to You Lord. We will obey Your Law. We give our hands to You Lord. We lift them up in praise. We will worship You Lord, all our blessed days. Our mouth we give to You Lord, we shout with victory. We belong to You Lord, and we hearken to Your call. We are Your humble servants, to God be the Glory, Honor and Praise, in Jesus Holy Name, Amen, Amen & Amen!
(Part 2 of 2) PATIENCE IS A VIRTUE, AND NOTHING HAPPENS BEFORE THE TIME!
At this time in our lives every one of us could use stronger faith than we have right now…the more faith an individual has, the more they are better equipped to deal with challenges.
Romans 10:17 “Faith comes by hearing and hearing by the word of God”
Psalms 20:1 May The LORD hear and answer you in the day of trouble. Think about this scripture brethren, He will answer us in the day of trouble, according to those words we are going to face trouble in this life, all of us. At times things do happen. We all have troubling days and lately it seems to be happening to most of everyone at the same time.
There are a lot of people struggling and there are a lot of folks who do not have the correct understanding they need to face their trials and to deal with their fears. Many of us need to get closer to God, but the cares of this world and the trials in this life has in many cases drown out the desire to seek God. There is a lot of need among the people of God right now and the remedy for these needs is the word of God, for out of the words of God, we need to see a harvest of faith… Enduring these days of trouble can only be possible if we have faith.
What exactly is faith, it is our trust in God. Our trust in God needs to be defined. Our understanding of God must be established. Our knowledge of God must be on a firm foundation. Our knowledge of God must be burned into our soul, it must be a part of us and affect how we act and react to the challenging circumstances we face in life.
May the name of the God of Jacob defend you and keep you from harm. Psalm 20:1 ” May the name of the God of Jacob keep you safe from all harm.... The LORD hear you in the day of trouble; the name of the God of Jacob defend you”
If Jesus should walk up to you right now, what would you want to hear Him say? Actually I believe He would say to you “Before you, I AM,, I love you, I’ve seen your repentance, I’ve heard your prayers of confessions to ME, I’ve seen your contrite heart, I AM a forgiving God and I forgive you, I hear your cries of pain and I want you to know, Its going to be ok!
Wow! Wow, that’s refreshing, some of you would love to hear that right now and that would be all you needed, just to know you are loved, just to know He hears you and understand you and the reassurance that all is going to be ok.
Now depending on what you are going through, some of you would love to have a taste or touch or an encounter with Jesus. Just to feel His love and to be forgiven and receive His compassion. Some of you are so lonely, having dealt with the rejections of life, has gotten the best of you and has overwhelmed you and you just want to the reassurance that God loves you.
He loves you my brother, He loves you my sister, He loves you. That is why He sent His Only Son into this world to save you, through His death on the cross, because He loves you and He cares about you…. He’s the great I AM, Forgiving, compassionate and HE wants you to know that He cares.
He says in His word, you will seek me and find me if you search for me with all your hear.
Jeremiah 29:13
Don’t give up my brothers and sisters, He’s the God that says I AM going to help you, I AM here for you, I AM going to strengthen you, I will never leave or forsake you.
As He says in His word… “But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint” Isaiah 40:31
To be strengthen of God, we need to wait upon the Lord, we need to wait on Him. The Lord God Almighty is the great I AM and we need to wait on Him…The Great I AM is waiting on you, He wants to give you another chance.
When you feel alone, rest assured that God is watching over you. Once you truly get a hold of His truth and are able to grasp just how enormous His love is for you, (not wishing that any should perish but that all come to repentance,) then it will strengthen you to be able to continue on and to be strong and not give up. It will strengthen your faith in Him.
Many of you are right where you should be, in the middle of Gods plan but you are facing trouble and your faith is being tested. Even though you are in the middle of Gods plan, you may be facing difficulties and storms, you may even encounter mishaps, some inconveniences, some challenges and obstacles which will leave you wondering, how can this be Gods plan for my life? It is difficult and I see no way out.
My answer for you brethren is to hold on, hang on to God, the answer is coming, the rescue is coming, the miracle is coming. The breakthrough will come because you are in Gods plan and doing His will. There are times when discouragement will creep up, the enemy will show up and start placing doubts in your mind, telling you that you’re wasting your time, you made a mistake, you didn’t hear from God, you are speaking to yourself and continue to accuse you, don’t be discouraged, that is what he does, he’s a liar. Don’t listen to him, he is the father of all lies and that’s how you know you are doing the will of the Father.
Your faith will bring you through, you will get to completion of Gods plan but it will take faith and endurance to get there…and in order to endure you will need to spend more time speaking with God. For Prayer is the open line of communication with the Lord. We must be willing to do His will in those things he has already revealed, if we are to know His will.
Romans 8:28 “And we know that God causes all things to work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose.”
In our great big world, many people choose to serve other gods, little gods, fake gods who are limited as they do not have power to do anything for those who worship and serve them. We Christians on the other hand serve an awesome God Who is Mighty, Powerful, Holy, Faithful and we hold a Holy Reverence for Him. He’s a God Who is unlimited and with Him all things are possible.
Matthew 19:26 Jesus said, "With men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible."
All glory to our Heavenly Father God in Jesus Name Amen!!!
Sermon for November 14, 2011
(Part 1 of 2) GOD IN HIS INFINITE MERCIES SAVED YOU, SO PURSUE HUMILITY WITH MUCH PATIENCE AND PERSEVERANCE BECAUSE GOD GIVES GRACE TO THE HUMBLE!!!
Precious saints of God, the word says in James 1:12, "Blessed is the one who perseveres under trial because, having stood the test, that person will receive the crown of life that the Lord has promised to those who love him. Don’t be deceived, my dear brothers and sisters.”
Do you feel worn out or spiritually dry? Do you feel as if the enemy is working overtime distracting you with things of the world and cares of this world? I know many of you are currently in the wilderness, many of you may be living alone, or feeling alone and overwhelmed because of the trials you are facing. Many of you do not have any friends who can relate to you and some of you are facing giants in the wilderness. Perhaps some of you are walking through a dark valley right now, with all types of problems and trouble facing you. You desperately need of a miracle…and may need strength and sanity while waiting for your miracle. Some of you are desperately in need of peace and need God to hear you right now.
Be encouraged God says in Psalm 20:1 "The LORD hear you in the day of trouble; the name of the God of Jacob defend you”
The truth of the matter is, the enemy is pulling every punch to distract and deceive you. He uses many types of entertainment to distract you for example, outdoor activities movies, video games, professional sports, children, family, work, internet and many other things to keep you busy and distracted
He makes every effort to make sure you are busy with other things, so you will not have adequate time to spend with the Lord. More and more time is being given to everything else, and less time with the Lord. Its time to take a closer look at your life, and see what is standing between you and Jesus Christ. Cry out to Jesus and let Him know you are being hindered and ask Him for help. He's merciful and is quick to forgive you, if you come before Him humbled and with repentance.
Satan wants to defeat you, he wants to see you go to hell, it's one of his many tactics to keep you worried with anxiety attacks and less focused on your faith in God. Did you know that the opposite of faith is doubt? Synonymous with worry or unbelief, both of which are sins, because their roots are in doubt about God's character. When we take our focus off of Jesus, we are pretty much telling Him we do not trust Him to intervene in our circumstances or His ability to take care of that which burdens us. When a Christian displays unbelief, or an inability to cope with life, he actually doubts the ability of God.
Mark 11:24 "When you pray, believe that you receive them, and you shall have them." (Spiritual insight = Do not believe what you see in the flesh; rather trust the Word of God!)
Matthew 21:22 "All things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive."
Mark 9:23 Jesus said to him, "If you can believe, all things are possible to him who believes."
Luke 12:22-26 “Then Jesus said to his disciples: "Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat; or about your body, what you will wear. Life is more than food, and the body more than clothes. Consider the ravens: They do not sow or reap, they have no storeroom or barn; yet God feeds them. And how much more valuable you are than birds! Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life? Since you cannot do this very little thing, why do you worry about the rest? “
Thanks be to God, Who gives us the victory over sin, which is the sting of death, over the law, which is the strength of sin, and over death and the grave; Oh, listen brethren, no one can make it on their own without God. His Laws in His Holy word, will keep us from sin, if we fear God enough to obey Him!!!
I Corinthians 15: 57-58 "But thanks be to God, which gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye steadfast, unmovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, for as much as ye know that your labor is not in vain in the Lord"
Brethren, if you are not 100% sure that you are going to heaven, then the solution to your dilemma is found in the Old, Time Proven, Trustworthy, Inspired and Preserved Word of God. Now more than ever, you need to be in the word of God, Now is the time to be seeking the Lord, seeking Him with your whole heart, mind and spirit. God's Word gives us the promise of the assurance of final victory over the power and presence of sin in your Christian life... Laying aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset you.
Hebrews 12:1 "Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us"
When discouraged, feeling like a failure, don’t believe the lies of the enemy. Do not strive to be perfect in your flesh, because you will lose every time. There is constant war waging between our flesh and the spirit. You will only win when Jesus lives through you. So strive to follow after Jesus, the author and perfecter of the faith and His righteousness and all else will be added unto you.
Each of us are born with two natures, the human nature (personal habits and make up) and the sin nature or fallen nature which is the lust of our flesh. It dominates who we are and what we do...the apostle Paul talks about the sin nature...a natural inclination to do things contrary to the will of God
Romans 6:12 "Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof.".
Our sin nature points us to sin and cause us to be tempted to sin. At the very moment of conversion, at the moment we say yes to Christ and invite Him into our hearts as Lord and Savior, something takes place on the inside of us that we are not always able to explain. The sin nature is then moved from the dominant seat and a new nature comes in to rule and that is the divine nature who is the Holy spirit for regeneration. Holy Spirit is our guide, He is the one who guides us and respond in our conscience when we are going against His will. We must rely on the Holy Spirit in order to do what the Lord called us to do.... This is why He said in His word, trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not to your own understanding, in all your ways acknowledge him and he will direct your path...
Proverbs 3:5-6 'Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight"
Brethren, we are in constant war with our flesh and spirit…and that is confirmed in
Acts 1:4 “Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof
Heavenly Father, we come to You in the Name of Jesus. Thank You for this Holy Spirit inspired word, which You commanded to go forth and not return void, but accomplish that which it was intended. Lord, cause us to be extremely sensitive to Your Holy Spirit and be extremely sensitive to the leading of Your Holy Spirit!
Father, protect us on our right and on our left, be our rearward guard, go before us, that we possess the gates of the enemy and take back what was stolen from us and help us to learn to walk upright in Your Righteous council all the days of our lives.
Lord, we pray that our desire and will be the accomplishing of Your total Will in our lives, word upon word, precept upon precept, line upon line, unto the full measure of the maturity of Christ, the Hope of Glory. So that we are an honor and a praise unto You all the days of our lives. We give our heart to You Lord, Please teach us to be humble. We give our feet to You Lord, Please help us not to stumble.
Our eyes belong to you Lord, To see Your Holy way. Help us to look straight ahead, and seek You every day. With our ears let us hear Lord, every time You call. We give ourselves to You Lord. We will obey Your Law. We give our hands to You Lord. We lift them up in praise. We will worship You Lord, all our blessed days. Our mouth we give to You Lord, we shout with victory. We belong to You Lord, and we hearken to Your call. We are Your humble servants, to God be the Glory, Honor and Praise, in Jesus Holy Name, Amen, Amen & Amen!
(Part 2 of 2) PATIENCE IS A VIRTUE, AND NOTHING HAPPENS BEFORE THE TIME!
At this time in our lives every one of us could use stronger faith than we have right now…the more faith an individual has, the more they are better equipped to deal with challenges.
Romans 10:17 “Faith comes by hearing and hearing by the word of God”
Psalms 20:1 May The LORD hear and answer you in the day of trouble. Think about this scripture brethren, He will answer us in the day of trouble, according to those words we are going to face trouble in this life, all of us. At times things do happen. We all have troubling days and lately it seems to be happening to most of everyone at the same time.
There are a lot of people struggling and there are a lot of folks who do not have the correct understanding they need to face their trials and to deal with their fears. Many of us need to get closer to God, but the cares of this world and the trials in this life has in many cases drown out the desire to seek God. There is a lot of need among the people of God right now and the remedy for these needs is the word of God, for out of the words of God, we need to see a harvest of faith… Enduring these days of trouble can only be possible if we have faith.
What exactly is faith, it is our trust in God. Our trust in God needs to be defined. Our understanding of God must be established. Our knowledge of God must be on a firm foundation. Our knowledge of God must be burned into our soul, it must be a part of us and affect how we act and react to the challenging circumstances we face in life.
May the name of the God of Jacob defend you and keep you from harm. Psalm 20:1 ” May the name of the God of Jacob keep you safe from all harm.... The LORD hear you in the day of trouble; the name of the God of Jacob defend you”
If Jesus should walk up to you right now, what would you want to hear Him say? Actually I believe He would say to you “Before you, I AM,, I love you, I’ve seen your repentance, I’ve heard your prayers of confessions to ME, I’ve seen your contrite heart, I AM a forgiving God and I forgive you, I hear your cries of pain and I want you to know, Its going to be ok!
Wow! Wow, that’s refreshing, some of you would love to hear that right now and that would be all you needed, just to know you are loved, just to know He hears you and understand you and the reassurance that all is going to be ok.
Now depending on what you are going through, some of you would love to have a taste or touch or an encounter with Jesus. Just to feel His love and to be forgiven and receive His compassion. Some of you are so lonely, having dealt with the rejections of life, has gotten the best of you and has overwhelmed you and you just want to the reassurance that God loves you.
He loves you my brother, He loves you my sister, He loves you. That is why He sent His Only Son into this world to save you, through His death on the cross, because He loves you and He cares about you…. He’s the great I AM, Forgiving, compassionate and HE wants you to know that He cares.
He says in His word, you will seek me and find me if you search for me with all your hear.
Jeremiah 29:13
Don’t give up my brothers and sisters, He’s the God that says I AM going to help you, I AM here for you, I AM going to strengthen you, I will never leave or forsake you.
As He says in His word… “But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint” Isaiah 40:31
To be strengthen of God, we need to wait upon the Lord, we need to wait on Him. The Lord God Almighty is the great I AM and we need to wait on Him…The Great I AM is waiting on you, He wants to give you another chance.
When you feel alone, rest assured that God is watching over you. Once you truly get a hold of His truth and are able to grasp just how enormous His love is for you, (not wishing that any should perish but that all come to repentance,) then it will strengthen you to be able to continue on and to be strong and not give up. It will strengthen your faith in Him.
Many of you are right where you should be, in the middle of Gods plan but you are facing trouble and your faith is being tested. Even though you are in the middle of Gods plan, you may be facing difficulties and storms, you may even encounter mishaps, some inconveniences, some challenges and obstacles which will leave you wondering, how can this be Gods plan for my life? It is difficult and I see no way out.
My answer for you brethren is to hold on, hang on to God, the answer is coming, the rescue is coming, the miracle is coming. The breakthrough will come because you are in Gods plan and doing His will. There are times when discouragement will creep up, the enemy will show up and start placing doubts in your mind, telling you that you’re wasting your time, you made a mistake, you didn’t hear from God, you are speaking to yourself and continue to accuse you, don’t be discouraged, that is what he does, he’s a liar. Don’t listen to him, he is the father of all lies and that’s how you know you are doing the will of the Father.
Your faith will bring you through, you will get to completion of Gods plan but it will take faith and endurance to get there…and in order to endure you will need to spend more time speaking with God. For Prayer is the open line of communication with the Lord. We must be willing to do His will in those things he has already revealed, if we are to know His will.
Romans 8:28 “And we know that God causes all things to work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose.”
In our great big world, many people choose to serve other gods, little gods, fake gods who are limited as they do not have power to do anything for those who worship and serve them. We Christians on the other hand serve an awesome God Who is Mighty, Powerful, Holy, Faithful and we hold a Holy Reverence for Him. He’s a God Who is unlimited and with Him all things are possible.
Matthew 19:26 Jesus said, "With men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible."
All glory to our Heavenly Father God in Jesus Name Amen!!!
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