GOD'S PLAN IS PROGRESSIVE OVER YOUR LIFE! (082211)

Intro: There are no shortcuts. Our mind is being conditioned w/ instant foods(noodles, coffee, cocoa, coconut milk, ginger, computers, etc.) but our blueprint, God's plan towards our destiny is progressive, little by little we're taking ground.


Key verses:
     Mark 4:30 Then He said, "To what shall we liken the kingdom of God? Or with what parable shall we picture it? It is like a mustard seed w/c, when it is sown on the ground, is smaller than all the seeds on earth, but when it is sown, IT GROWS UP and becomes greater than all herbs, and shoots out large branches, so that the birds of the air may nest under its shade."


Luke 16:10 "Whoever can be TRUSTED W/ VERY LITTLE CAN ALSO BE TRUSTED w/ much, and whoever is dishonest w/ very little will also be dishonest w/ much."


Job 8:7 "Though your BEGINNING WAS SMALL, yet YOUR LATTER END WOULD INCREASE ABUNDANTLY."
        "Though you STARTED WITH LITTLE, you will END WITH MUCH."


I. YOU MUST IDENTIFY WHAT GOD HAS PUT INTO YOUR HANDS AND BE FAITHFUL TO USE IT FOR HIS GLORY.
Exodus 4:2
1. Can perform miraculous signs w/ it.
2. Through it they drink from a rock when it was struck by the rod.
3. Through the rod Nile river turned into blood.
4. It divides the Red Sea.
5. It leads the people of Israel.
*Moses' hand was nothing, but the Lord put His Word that carried His authority and power that performed the miraculous.


-through you the blind will see, the lame can walk, the deaf can hear
-through you the people are being led to His presence and in their destiny


II. THERE ARE CONDITIONS TO ENTER INTO THE PROGRESSIVE PLAN OF GOD
A. WE MUST CHOOSE THE PATHWAY OF RIGHTEOUSNESS
Prov 4:18 "But the path of the [uncompromisingly] just and righteous is like the light of dawn, THAT SHINES MORE AND MORE (BRIGHTER AND CLEARER) until [it reaches its full strength and glory in] the perfect day [to be prepared].


Job 17:9 YET THE RIGHTEOUS WILL HOLD TO HIS WAY, AND HE WHO HAS CLEAN HANDS WILL BE STRONGER AND STRONGER.


Example: Joseph. Look at God's progressive plan to him.
              -loved by his father. Gen 37:3-4
              -his brothers threw him into the cistern. v.23
              -sold him into the Ismaelites. v.28
              -sold in Egypt to Potiphar. v.36
                        -Gen 39:2-6 The Lord was with Joseph and he prospered
              -Joseph was tempted. v.6-7, 11
              -he was put into prison. v.20
Gen 41:39-44 "Since God has made all this known to you, there is no one so discerning and wise as you. You shall be in charge of my palace, and all my people are to submit to your orders. Only with respect to the throne will I be greater than you."


              -He has two sons. Gen 41:50-52 Manasseh ---"It is because God has made me forget all my trouble and all my father's household," Ephraim "It is because God has made me fruitful in the land of my suffering."
              -God's plan for Joseph. Gen 50:20-21 ---"Don't be afraid. You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good to accomplish what is now being done, the saving of many lives. So then, don't be afraid, I will provide for you and your children."
              -Joseph chose the pathway of righteousness that he chose not to be buried in Egypt. Gen 50:24-25.


B. WE MUST CHOOSE TO WALK IN THE LIGHT OF HIS WORD
Isaiah 2:5 "O Israel, come, LET US WALK IN THE LIGHT OF THE LORD and be obedient to His laws!"


We need to obey and follow His Word because God knows us. We don't copy on another's calling.The Lord said, "For I know the  plans I have for you, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." (Jer 29:11)


Psa 119:105


C. WE MUST WALK IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF THE FAITH


Heb 11:8.
Gen 12:1-4.


-At God's call, Abraham left his city and spent his life wandering in the wilderness. Moving his flocks from place to place, fighting the skirmishes and pitched battles with hostile local people, Abraham had to be strong to survive. Lots of strong nomads wandered also in Middle East. What made this particular wanderer so important?
-Abram traveled---every land he traveled...God always spoke His promise and Abram believed.
-When God spoke to him, Abraham listened. He was far from perfect. Sometimes he strayed away from the path God put him on, yet in the decisive moments of life, he listened to God and obeyed. He was willing to sacrifice anything for God---even his only son.
-What about you? Are you willing to sacrifice yourself for the cause of God's glory? Can you leave your comfort zone just to attend overnight prayer meetings? Sunday morning devotionals?


D. WE MUST BREAKTHROUGH IN THE PRESENCE OF GOD
-Every time God spoke to Abraham, "Abraham built an altar to the Lord and called on the name of the Lord."


Psa 84:7. THEY GO FROM STRENGTH TO STRENGTH [increasing in victorious power]; EACH OF THEM APPEARS BEFORE GOD IN ZION.


E. DEVELOP A LIFESTYLE TO BE FAITHFUL IN LITTLE THINGS
Luke 19:17.


Remember:
a.) Everything big starts small. If God instruct you to do something though it is small in your eyes, when you do it faithfully it is big in His sight. Be faithful to the end. God wants to reveal great things to us if we are faithful in little things the Lord gave us.
b.) This is the law of progression; success lies in our daily routine. (deevos)
c.) Our life is made up of series of assignments. Our faithfulness to our current assignment will largely determine the timing of our next assignment.
d.) We cannot go to the next level until we finish our present level. In the kingdom there is no social promotion. God gives the promotion to the faithful.
e.) To fulfill our part is to prepare our self; days of preparation are not lost of time, though it's not easy.Because there are sacrifices that we need to make. Contained in your current assignment is a preparation for your future assignment.
f.) To move outside God's timing is to move outside God's will. We must be promoted by God not by our own aggressiveness.


Be diligent in making your election sure. He will not give you something that you are not capable to handle. He cannot give you something to ruin your life. Rejoice over the small things for we are on our way to greatness, His purpose is to promote you.


2 Peter 1:10 "Therefore, my brothers, be all the more eager to MAKE YOUR CALLING AND ELECTION SURE. For if you do these things, you will never fall, and you will receive a rich welcome into the eternal Kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ."

June 27 session

Alabasters

June 27, 2011

                a.) Praise God for the victory
                b.) In Seth's dream, he killed the big snake(the old serpent) in the church,
                     but he said at the back of his mind, he knew the devil is still around, well,
                     you cannot kill him, he's alive, so don't sit back and relax

               c.) Stay on the cutting edge/ stay anointed…how?

               

                The anointing should be drawn daily(prayer, worship, Word). It sustains our relationship with God, and keep us on the edge/impact.

               

                The fresh manna was gathered every morning. Manna is an angel’s food. Then the Lord said,

“I will rain down bread from heaven for you. The people are to go out each day and gather enough for that day. In this way I will test them and see whether they will follow my instructions…Each morning every one gathered as much as he needed, and when the sun grew hot, it melted away” Exodus 16:4,21.

                Manna is a clear example of the Israelite’s enforced dependence on God; they had to rely on Him every day for 40 years, just to survive.

               

                We cannot survive without the presence of God. After the day’s toil, our anointing recedes, lessens, fades, we need to replenish it.

               

                The rabble(mixed multitude, the crowd) with them began to crave other food, and again the Israelites started wailing and said, “If only we had meat to eat! We remember the fish we ate in Egypt at no cost---also the cucumbers, melons, leeks, onions and garlic, but now we have lost our appetite, we never see anything but this manna…The lord heard you when you wailed “if only we had meat to eat! We were better off in Egypt!...Now the Lord will give you meat, and you will eat it, you will not eat it for just one day, or two days, or five, ten or twenty days, but for the whole month---until it comes out of your nostrils and you loathe it---because you have rejected the Lord…Now a wind went our form the lord and drove a quail in from the sea. It brought them down all around the camp to about three feet above the ground, as fad as a day’s walk in any direction. All the day and night and all the next day the people went out and gathered quail. No one gathered less than ten homers. But while the meat was still between their teeth and before it could be consumed, the anger of the Lord burned against the people, and He struck them with severe plague. Therefore the place was named Kibroth Hattaavah, because there they buried the people who had craved for food.” Numbers 11:4-6, 18-20, 31-34

               

                Stay with people who are anointed, rub on with them (1 Kings 17 and 2 Kings). Remember the mixed crowd who went with the Israelites.

               

                The Elijah and Elisha relationship. 2 Kings 2:1-13.

               

                When the Lord was about to take Elijah up to heaven. From Gilgal-Bethel-Jericho-Jordan. Elijah always sade to his servant to “stay here” but Elisha’s response “As surely as the Lord lives and as you live, I will not leave you.”

               

                Indeed Elisha receive the double portion of Elijah’s anointing. Elijah’s anointing:

a.) Elijah: at his words, the jar of flour was not used up and the jug of oil did not run dry(during famine).

b.) At his word, there was no rain for three and a half years.

c.) At his word, the heaven gave rain, and the earth produced crops.

d.) At Mt. Carmel, Elijah doused his own altar with 12 jars of water(a precious commodity after three and a half years of drought) he called God and fire from heaven burned up the sacrifice, he killed the prophets of Baal.

e.) Take note: after that great victory, Elijah was discouraged and fled upon learning that Jezebel planned to kill him (1 Kings 19:1-18).

                The Lord appeared to Elijah and said: “What are you doing here Elijah?” He replied, “I have been very zealous for the Lord God Almighty. The Israelites have rejected Your covenant, broken down Your altars, and put Your prophets to death with a sword. I am the only one left, and now they are trying to kill me”…the Lord said “anoint Elisha to succeed you as prophet” 1 Kings 19:16

                “God cannot use a discouraged person.” That’s why we need to pray for our leaders.

                Revelation 3:11 “Behold I am coming quickly. Hold on to what you have, so that no one will take your crown.”

                “Unsay naa sa imoha karon, guniti pag-ayo para dili mailog sa uban.”

The call of Elisha: 1 Kings 19:19-21.

The miracles of Elisha, doubled than that of Elijah, that even at the touched of his bones, the man lived.

Extra Notes:

                -Everyday we should replenish our oil, our anointing

                -Just one disobedience can offend the Lord

                -Our God is a merciful God, but He’s also a warrior

                -Prayer is surrendering to the Lord

                -Elijah is the prophet of fire

                -Old anointing + New anointing = Anointing these last days(will be poured upon our generation)

                -Gadali si Lord, keep on ablazing! For Him to use us

                -Pray for our pastors, pray for our leaders, pray for our disciplers!

                -The blessing will overtake you

                -Not all opportunities are God-given

                -Hold your destiny

                

How To Tap in to the Flow

*2 Kings 3:15

And when the musician played, the hand of the LORD came upon him

*Musician should understand the importance of consecration, devotion, deepness of intimacy with the LORD

1. The musician or the team must create a worshipful conducive atmosphere so that people can feel the initial flow of the Spirit of God
->the Source is 100% clear

2. The musician/team got to sustain the flow so that the worship leader can maneuver the anointing wherever the Spirit of the Lord led him
-> press in towards what is fresh

3. Employ the prophetic gifting to add and intensify the move of God in the congregation
-> kumakapal ang glory ni Lord in that place
-> worship leader should be sensitive

4. Increase the level of expectation of the people through the prophetic word of the Lord
-> maintain the spiritual loyalty to God
-> musicians & worship leader are the John the Baptist, they prepare the way of the Lord
-> God is taking you out of familiarity
-> our heart should carry a longing for the Lord

The Secret Weapon

God has got A SECRET WEAPON – THE YOUNG PEOPLE.

God will give us A SWORD – Word of God in our mouth, proclaiming this word and it will happen.

YOUNG PEOPLE to perform mighty miracles.