Wednesday 12/28/16
Message – 2016 Year in Review
2016 Year in Review
Below are the highlights we covered…
- Living in His Kingdom
- Pray with fervency like Jesus or Elisha
- Pray with respect to God and His will like David & Jesus (daily bread,…AS we forgive our debtors, for Your great name/goodness sake…etc.)
- Faith w/ patience like David
- Persistence in Hope – Like Jacob (or Joshua/Caleb)
- Joy
- We are encouraged to pray always.
- Because prayer is communion with God it should never be a chevalier experience, but felt deeply and passionate.
- Theophan the recluse (a Bishop of the Russian Orthodox church in the 1800’s) said,
“To pray is to descend with the mind into the heart, and there stand before the face of the Lord, ever present, all-seeing, within you.”
- We need to pray with God’s goals in view, not just our own.
- Prayer should be kingdom focused, not self-focused.
- We need to trust in Him, believe that even though He may tarry, He will answer – so persistence and patience are our soul’s best friends in prayer.
- JOY, JOY, JOY!
- The enemy tries to make it about you and NOT about intimacy with God – this robs us of our joy and turns our prayers (communion) into self-seeking.
- Remember the exhortation James gave us, “Count it all JOY my brethren when you fall into various temptations, KNOWING that the testing of your trust produces patient endurance.”
- Deliverance from unforgiveness
- Pursuing Him and responding to His pursuit of us
- Living in Union with God Our co-partnership with Him
- 1 John 1….”and truly our fellowship is with God.”
- 1Cor. 1:9 “God is faithful, by whom you were called into the fellowship of His Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.” United with God in purpose as we live in the Kingdom (used Lazarus as an example).
- The Fear of the Lord
- Overcoming sin by my spirit says the Lord
- Giving (Tithe, to ministers, in general)
- to brothers in need
- missions
- minister support
- Fellowship with the Spirit
- Being living witnesses
…Blessings!
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Blessings!