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Sunday Jan 08, 2023
Sunday Jan 08, 2023
We want every person in this region to experience God!
Great things start small.
What if God sends great awakenings through the conduit of small pockets of renewal, and these small pockets must then be stewarded by us in order to grow into the mature revival we seek? What if the great revival we cry out for has already been sent to us…but we didn’t recognize it because it was in a seed form?
But sometimes we miss what God is doing because it starts small.
Don’t despise the day of small beginnings!
We must be careful not to despise a move of God because it doesn’t come packaged in a fully mature delivery.
Revival is Now! Don’t despise it because it’s not fully mature!
Revival begins with a group recognizing they are in revival, yet craving more. There is a difference between blowing out a flame and fanning a flame.
What if we despised the seeds of revival by saying things like:
a. “You’ll lose your excitement when you hit the real world”
b. “Your eventually grow out of this childlike faith”
c. “This is weird, unusual”
d. “Where do I see that in the Bible?”
This mindset prevents it from growing into miraculous event we desire? It squelches revival rather than fans it.
Sunday Jan 01, 2023
Sunday Jan 01, 2023
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Kings 4:8-16
1. Keep the flame of hope alive!
We have to walk in confidence, filled with faith, knowing the truth of Jesus’ words in Mark 9:23 which says, “All things are possible to those who believe!”
2. While you are waiting, allow God to work in you and through you.
I am convinced that part of the reason we are often invited to wait is to reveal to us what’s in our hearts. To show us if the true object of our affection is God himself or the object of our affection.
What we do in the waiting will reveal the true condition of our heart. How have you been waiting for God to answer your prayer?
Isaiah 40:30-31
I don’t know who or what you are waiting for today, but may I encourage you to do so actively.
Do what you can for Him while He works on what you can’t.
- Get connected to God and Godly community
- Find an area to use your gifts and talents
- Develop your knowledge on the area of your unanswered prayer
Ephesians 3:20-21
3.There is an appointed time for your prayer to be answered.
Habakkuk 1:2
When God gives revelation stay faithful and watchful for the realization of that promise.
Revelation 3:20
Sunday Dec 18, 2022
Sunday Dec 18, 2022
-God entered our world so that we could enter his.
-The beauty of Immanuel is not that He rescues us from every hard time, but that He is with us in every hard time.
1. God’s will for your life is rarely a straight line.
-God’s plan for your life sometimes looks more like a maze than a straight path.
-Trying to find God’s will and doing the right thing can be confusing.
2. God may be advancing His purpose in your life even when it seems you’re going the wrong way.
3. With or without God we are still going to experience great tragedy.
-Everything that God wanted to do in the world came with great
-Opposition is NOT evidence of being out of God’s
-You are not out of God's will just because something bad happens to you. You are out of God's will when you are out of relationship with God
3. God will use your painful seasons to forge your character and unfold his-story. -You will become as strong as life’s challenges forge you to be.
-The beauty of the Christmas story is that it is forged on the canvas of human pain. -Our pain and difficulties is what teaches us what we are and how we will respond to things.
-If Jesus had to take the long and winding road, how much more will you and I end up on the long and winding road
Sunday Nov 27, 2022
Sunday Nov 27, 2022
We are in this battle SPIRIT VS FLESH
Galatians 5:17 "For the flesh desires what is contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit what is contrary to the flesh. They are in conflict with each other, so that you are not to do whatever you want."
WHAT YOU CULTIVATE IN YOUR LIFE WILL GROW ARE YOU FEEDING THE FLESH IN YOUR LIFE OR THE SPIRIT?
Galatians 5:19- 21 "When you follow the desires of your sinful nature, the results are very clear: sexual immorality, impurity, lustful pleasures, idolatry, sorcery, hostility, quarreling, jealousy, outbursts of anger, selfish ambition, dissension, division, envy, drunkenness, wild parties, and other sins like these. Let me tell you again, as I have before, that anyone living that sort of life will not inherit the Kingdom of God."
Galatians 5:22-23 "But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control."
So how do we cultivate the fruit of the spirit? By abiding and remaining in the Spirit.
Faithfulness on a practical level looks like consistency and loyalty to Jesus.
By abiding in Jesus – We cultivate FAITHFULNESS
Galatians 6:9 "And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up."
Gentleness is not weakness. Gentleness is strength contained. Gentleness is strength surrendered.
It is easy to be a Christian, but it is hard to die. In our life boundaries in our life making sure we stay inside the perimeters God has set for us.
Sunday Nov 20, 2022
Sunday Nov 20, 2022
Galatians 5:22-23 But the fruit The fruit is singular of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control.
1. God’s character is good.
Can you be good without God?
The world’s standard of goodness is actually just being better than the person next to you.
God has a different view of goodness.
Mark 10:17-18 Now as He was going out on the road, one came running, knelt before Him, and asked Him, “Good Teacher, what shall I do that I may inherit eternal life?” So Jesus said to him, “Why do you call Me good? No one is good but One, that is, God.
True goodness does not come from yourself - meaning true goodness cannot be had through will power.
2. Therefore, the way God deals with us is good.
2 Peter 3:9 The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise, as some understand slowness. Instead he is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance.
3. Therefore, the way we deal with each other should be good.
Matthew 18:21-35
Tongues without temperament is toxic.
WHO CAN YOU BETTER DEMONSTRATE PATIENCE TO?
Sunday Nov 06, 2022
Sunday Nov 06, 2022
Fruition means to be brought to COMPLETION
At Arise, we value Growth: If you’re not growing, you’re dying.
Philippians 1:6 , Galatians 5:16-25, 1 John 4:16, 1 John 4:7-8, 1 Corinthians 13:2-3
The GIFTS of the Spirit are designed to function with the FRUIT of the Spirit.
1. FRUIT GROWS FROM THE INSIDE OUT -The Fruit of the Spirit IS the character of God in you.
-Fruit is designed to bring about more fruit.
-The foundational seed to build God’s character in us is love.
2. GOOD FRUIT IS LASTING FRUIT
Three types of fruit: Bad Fruit - Galatians 5:19-21 The acts of the sinful nature are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity and debauchery; idolatry and witchcraft; hatred, discord, jealousy, fits of rage, selfish ambition, dissensions, factions and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like. I warn you, as I did before, that those who live like this will not inherit the kingdom of God.
Fake Fruit- Fake fruit often looks like religion. Doing the right things for the wrong reasons.
Good fruit- Galatians 3:22-23 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self- control. Against such things there is no law.
3. RUNAWAY FRUIT ROTS
Sunday Oct 30, 2022
Sunday Oct 30, 2022
(Mark 5:1-20)
BIG IDEA: Jesus changes EVERYTHING…and uses us!
Jesus SHOWS up
(Mark 5:1-6; 1 John 4:4)
Reject all fear Jesus SPEAKS up
(Mark 5:7-13; Matthew 8:16; 29)
Don’t use RITUALS with rules…use your RELATIONSHIP with the REDEEMER
Jesus STEPS up
(Mark 5:14-17; 1 Peter 5:8; 2 Corinthians 2:11)
The Holy Spirit gives us WHAT we NEED when we NEED it!
Jesus SETS up
(Mark 5:18-20)
Don’t OUT-SOURCE the things Jesus has given you authority to LIVE-OUT
Reflection Questions: - What areas my life is given over to Jesus and which ones are still being used by the enemy? - If you came face to face with evil would you step up or step away? - Which gift of the Holy Spirit do you need today for what you are facing? (1 Corinthians 12-14)
Sunday Oct 23, 2022
Sunday Oct 23, 2022
Matthew 12:43-45
1) Your soul is a house
The property of our soul that once belonged to us for our purposes pursuits and pleasures now belongs to God for His glory and our good.
2) Your House Needs to be guarded
3) Your House Needs an alarm system If we aren't careful, a foothold will turn into a strong hold
Ephesians 6:12
REFLECTION QUESTIONS: What are the consequences of not believing in the demonic realm? If you are a Christian, do you exercise your authority over the demonic? (if not, why?) What areas of your life do you need to exercise your spiritual authority?
Sunday Oct 16, 2022
Sunday Oct 16, 2022
Matthew 10:1, 5-8, Mark 16:15-18, Luke 10:17-20
1. Demons exist. - A world that no longer believes in demons will be subject to the reign of the demonic.
2. We have been given authority over the demonic.
3. We should be exercising our authority over the demonic. The remedy for the flesh is crucifixion. The remedy for the demonic is expulsion.
4. When darkness comes to your door, shine a light!
Reflection Questions:
What are the consequences of not believing in the demonic realm?
If you are a Christian, do you exercise your authority over the demonic? (if not, why?)
What areas of your life do you need to exercise your spiritual authority?
Sunday Oct 02, 2022
Sunday Oct 02, 2022
3 Steps to help you handle stress and anxiety:
1. Come To Jesus
-Stop doing the thing that stresses you out.
-Stop feeding your insecurity
-The root of our anxiety is separation from God
2. Follow Jesus' Lead
-Implement God's plan for your life
-God doesn’t take you out of trouble, but gives you strength to make it through the trouble.
-You cannot be overwhelmed with stress at the same time you are overwhelmed with God!
3. Trust In Jesus
-Anxiety starts, lives, and flourishes in your mind.
-When you give God your stress, He gives you His peace.