In a series of sermons
shared during church camp, the first shared was unlocking our thinking.
7 keys points to
unlock our thinking and embrace Kingdom values:
1. Change self :
don't carry briefcases; remove our old nature & mindsets that hinders our
walk with God and His promises.
2. Take a long
range look : don't waste time; rise up & be counted and useful for
God.
3. Sense God's
timing : He makes all things beautiful; God opens door in His timing.
Be alert and be still to know His calling.
4. Be specific:
don't generalize; be focus in our Godly endeavor.
5. Consultation
and confirmation : consult your leaders who are accountable and will
guide you. Together in unity.
6. Build
bridges/not barriers: don't cut off our relationship with one another and
people.
7. Have faith
in God: trust Him and press in; Believe. Phil 1:6 He will bring to
completion.
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Second
Sermon: When God says "No"
Knowing
that God has destiny in our life.
Acts
16:6-9
Rejection: when God closes
door; He also opens door for their children. God's heart is for the good of His
children.
Some
principles to takeaway:
1.
Our carnal (often selfish, 'I') must die
to embrace God's vision.
2.
Knowing God as our Father; book of
John chap 3, 5, 20; focus on our Father.
3.
Claim your sonship; we are God's
precious; heirs; reject the orphan spirit.
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Third
Sermon what does the picture of God
looks like to you
Luke
15:1-2; 3-5; 8-10;28-30
God loves us
because of who He is
He
did not love us just because of how good we are; smart; poor; our past
background etc. He has accepted us as we decided to follow Jesus in our heart.
Some
takeaways:
1.
Do not live in self-condemnation; guilt; destruction; lies of Satan; entangle.
2.
Do not live with a spirit of religiosity; religiosity is the enemy of
relationship.
Are
you struggling to try to do good to please God?
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Know that God loves you because of who He is;
-
God is love; unconditional sacrificial love.
-
Don’t let the person next to you rob you of a divine encounter with Jesus
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Don’t hold not to stumbling blocks in your life; start to embrace God;
Hold
on, cling on to Him with all your heart.
Know
Him - our loving Father, a good good Father.
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Fourth
sermon Drama of Redemption
Eph
3:10; 5:22-25
Outline
of Ephesians
1.
Eph 1-3 worship
2.
Eph 4:1-6; 9 walking
3.
Eph 6:10. warfare
The
above sums up what submission to Christ means for every one of us.
Key
takeaways:
1.
Worship and Walk leads to effective
warfare against the enemy through Jesus Christ.
2.
When we walk with God Closely and
abiding in Christ, we declare our authority of Christ against the enemy to
stay away.
Mankind
submit to God's love; His command and
commandment of Redemption.
Eph
5:22; 23-27
#Wives,
submit to husbands..
Make
her holy; means set apart for
ministry; thru' the Word of God
#Men
to love your wife unconditionally; sacrificially and purposefully
3.
Spiritual covering for one another
#
our fight is not against fresh and blood; but against dark principality
Eph 6:10-20 put on our armour
of God
#
dont provoke your children; teach then in the ways of Christ. Eg
leadership and submission
Children
to obey their parents in the Lord
for that is right.
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Fifth
sermon Spiritual Inheritance
Eph
1:5 He predestined us for adoption to sonship through Jesus Christ, in
accordance with his pleasure and will
Takeaways:
How
do we transfer the secret of our marriage?
1.
building family altars; meaning
family coming together regularly; impartation of the Word; worship and praise;
praying together; setting apart for Christ.
2. sharing
of your passion for Christ to the
children and during family time.
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Sixth
sermon Passion for Presence
Gen
28:12-19
He
had a dream in which he saw a stairway resting on the earth, with its top
reaching to heaven, and the angels of God were ascending and descending on it.
There
above it stood the LORD, and he said: “ I
am the LORD, the God of your father Abraham and the God of Isaac. I will give
you and your descendants the land on which you are lying.
Your descendants will be like the
dust of the earth, and you will spread out to the west and to the east, to the
north and to the south. *All peoples on earth will be blessed through you and
your offspring*
I am with you and
will watch over you wherever you go, and I will bring you back to this land. I
will not leave you until I have done what I have promised you.
When
Jacob awoke from his sleep, he thought, Surely the LORD is in this place, and I
was not aware of it.
He
was afraid and said, “ How awesome is
this place! This is none other than the house of God; this is the gate of
heaven.”
Early
the next morning Jacob took the stone he had placed under his head and set it
up as a pillar and poured oil on top of it.
He
called that place Bethel, though the
city used to be called *Luz*.
Key
takeaways:
1.
Jacob life transformation & divine encounter with God begins as his hip was
broken, a reminder Gen 32:25 ; He
builds altars in his life; in particular, he builds 2 altars in the city of
'Luz*
Luz
a certain place
Bethel
House of God
El
Bethel God of the house of God
Is
our focus on House of God 'Bethel'; or God of the house of God 'El Bethel'?
Lesson
learn:
Turning
an ordinary place/certain place to an awesome place. what do we need to know:
1.
We need a revelation of the person of
God; experience the manifested presence of God
Presence of God
comes in 3 dimensions
1.
Omnipresence of God
2.
Practical presence of God; eg
worship, ack God; bible study; prayer
3.
Manifested presence of God; divine
experience - with our heart condition right & timing of God is right; we
meet God in a tangible way.
Therefore,
What should our heart's condition
be?
1.
Be humble and thirst for God.
Matthew 5:6
2.
A revelation of the purpose of God;
knowing we are blessed to be a blessing.
Psalm
67:1-2; Gen 28:14; Psalm 2:8
Why
did Christ came? His main key - Jesus not just to redeem us; to restore the
Kingdom back to God (fallen mankind); therefore, the Gospel of His Kingdom has
to be preached.
3.
Response from a person of passionate
heart/pursuit.
Jacob
was passionate (birthright; 14 yrs work in exchange to have his wife, Rachel)
We are to be
passionate for God and His Kindgom values.
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Seventh
sermon Passion for prayer
Generally,
all of us pray; wants to pray; dissatisfied with our prayer life; hunger for
more;
Then
How do we breakthrough in our prayer
life?
3 key things hinder
our prayer life:
1.
Bed of Laziness
1
Peter 4:7 The end of the world is coming soon. Therefore, be earnest and disciplined
in your prayers.
Clear
away distractions in life; be of clear mind for things of God.
2.
Climb out from valley of doubt
Believe
to see (John 11:40)
Without
faith; impossible to please God (Heb 11:6)
Know
that Prayers cannot be answered until they are prayed.
3.
Conquer the absence of passion
Rom
12:11 Never be lacking in zeal, but
keep your spiritual fervor, serving the Lord
Stay
Hot for Jesus!
Some
practical solutions to develop our prayer
life:
1.
Watch and Pray
2.
Walk and Pray
Objectives of
Prayer:
1.
Develop authentic prayer life
2.
Keep company with God through prayer; communicating; keep it simple; heart's
matter.
Draw
from the Holy Spirit that dwells within us; His oil; anointing and Power.
The
Key to prayer is to have a right view of
God; know who are we praying to - God , the Source.
Luke
11:1-13 The Disciples were looking for a formula/method to pray; Jesus not only
taught them how to pray (handles); he helped
them understand a parable to able to know who God is.
Prayer helps us:
#
See Picture of an issue/someone;
#
Mirror of ourselves; state of our heart; #Window to see who God is.
Key Principles to
learn
1.
We serve a God who is more than willing to give; how much more we can come to
Him in gladness to pray and seek His face.
Luke
11:9
And I tell you,
ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will
be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds,
and to the one who knocks it will be opened...
Understand
that God is willing and God is able to answer our prayers above and
exceedingly.
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Eighth
sermon Passion for God's power
Neh
8:1-18
Well
infrastructure, sounds systems etc are good; above all and most importantly,
Spirit of God must be blown (God's Power, Presence) are essential; it is God
who brings dry bones to life; revival; signs of transformation in life.
3 signs in every
revival
1.
A return assembly of God's people
-
lost sheep returns; longs to be amongst hot
believers
Stay
connected and be amongst the church; cells groups. Acts 2:42-47
He,
who stays out and chose to be isolated is liken to the banana that leaves the bunch and gets eaten.;
like a man who
chose to be a soldier but refuse to serve nationl service
Outcome:
become vulnerable target of the enemy.
2.
A restoration of the Word of God
Saturate
God's Word at homes, nations...
Water
is like a picture of the Word of God;
An
illustration of taking bath every day liken the reading of His Word.
#Bath
every day with His Word; *Soak in*; chapters
#Taking
Shower - reading trickles of verses and scriptures bits and pieces
#Dry
clean - reading sporadically; as and
when
#Once
a week shower- on sundays only.
we are called to
bath and soak in the Word
3.
A rediscovery of the feast of the tabernacle
The former rain is the feast of the
Pentacost; the latter rain is the
feast of the tabernacle.; where in the
latter there is havest of plentiful, overflow, fruits, oil..
Joel 2:21-27
the
people will experience the presence of God's power in the latter rain where:
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fresh, in-filling of the Holy Spirit; baptism of the Holy Spirit..
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Ninth sermon overflow
1 Corinthians 10:31
Phil 1:21
Key point: Giving God all the glory in all things helps us able to handle all situations
4 takeaways to give God all the glory.
1. His Glory demands See who God is in the following perspective:
His Is worthy
(defines us)
I am a worshipper
He is holy
(motivates us)
God sets us apart
He is good
(establish trust)
He is all wise
(sets our Direction & Purrpose)
He is Father
(sets our relationship)
He is soon coming King (Victory)
2. His Glory demands *seek to glorify God by enjoying Him forever*
Enjoy His presence; Dwell in Him; In-filling of the Holy Spirit
Learning to enjoy God helps us overcome many life issues; lean on Him
3. His Glory demands fight His battles
Understand the following:
Wrong battle at the wrong time leads to Chaos
Wrong battle at the right time leads to tolerated
Right battle at the wrong time leads to hurts and misunderstanding
Right battle at the right time leads to victory
Lessons:
#Move on from past hurts, discouragement etc baggages
#God has won; Satan defeated; God is in-charge of our destiny;
Matthew 6:33
#Don't take hurts personally;
God is able; He uses us to come out strong and able to comfort others.
4. His Glory demands I see His vision
To live is Christ; To die is gain
The secret to long life don't die before you die
Takeaway:
Press in; overflow; minster out of the overflow; serve God faithfully; building strong godly family for Christ.
