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Monday, January 09, 2006

Joyce Meyer - Service 2

SERVICE 2

-when ure in Christ, u are a new creature.
-you cant have faith, without first seeing that there is hope.
2 cor 5:17, 21
-we have been made righteous in the eyes of God. Not our own righteousness, not imputed righteousness, but God's righteousness by His blood.

-God deals with us, but He still loves us and we still belong to Him.
luk 5:1-7
-if you want a bigger haul of blessings, then head for deeper water!
-Dont be shallow-christians! stop doing what YOU THINK is right, what YOU FEEL is e right thing to do, what YOU WANT to do whenever you want, etc... -> "I", "Me", "Myself" the unholy trinity.

-stop thinking its all about 'me', 'me', 'me'...no it's not about you, its about Christ!
-dont live by your flesh, dont live by your emotions/feelings, live by the Spirit, live by the Word!
-tithing may be 10%, but it didnt say you have to stop at 10%! -> start going deeper into God.
-> the depth of your love is dependent on the depth of your sacrifice.

-God always tend to asks us to do something that we are uncomfortable with, that we dont think it makes sense, that we may not totally agree on, etc.
-"but i feel..." -> stop the "I feel" attitude. its not about what you feel but about what GOD feels.
-Victory is when you choose to do the right thing while you still feel wrong about yourself.

-dont get stuck at the 'what about me' mode. if everything is about you, then perhaps you're the most selfish person in the world.
-e.g. living just to have enough for yourself is selfish when you should have more than enough; blessed to be a blessing, not telling people about the gospel is worse because you have what they dont have, etc.

-everything great that God calls you to do, He always gives it out to you in different levels. And God tests you on every level.
-dont live to get your way, live to get GOD's way!
-if you wanna go higher, go deeper.

-to go higher, sometimes we must learn to let go of other things, even those which are precious to us. -> you cant have resurrection without death, and you cant have death without first experiencing pain.
-feelings will never go away, BUT you can control it and not let it control you.
-dont think you are spiritual just because you know the Word, but when you DO the Word.

-we dont know anything if we dont do anything.
-dont obey your feelings/emotions/thoughts, obey the Word -> the SPOKEN (rhema) Word.
-> when Simon obeyed to cast down the net despite feeling discouraged and pointless to do so, he received a catch so great, more than enough, that the nets began to break. ("Because You say so (But at Your Word), i will let down the nets").

-learn to live BOLDLY! -> be bold to love God and to do what's right because God sees your heart. Dont compromise your character just because you want approval from others. dont fear men, fear God (reverential fear).
-God will promote you when He wants. (ps kong taught abt knowing the soverignty of God).
-obedience is better than sacrifice.

num 13:17-30, 31-33
-stop scaring yourself with negative thoughts about yourself, step out and obey...QUICKLY. -> david, despite knowing who Goliath was and who he was, he saw who GOD was and he RAN TOWARDS the battle.

-as believers we know that we never fight battles ourselves because God is with us. -> and He always wins. We are never alone. God is IN us, FOR us, WITH us, ABOVE us, UNDER us, and THROUGH us!

-the word 'WITH' means it takes BOTH us and God to win. -> no point in God cheering you on and fighting for you when you keep on feeling lousy about yourself!
-God is transmitting signals of blessings and encouragement to His loved ones all the time, but the problem is many of us do not know how to receive it.

Heb 4:15-16
-Because God understand us, we can come with BOLDNESS before God. -> stop thinking that you dont deserve this and that. -> because you think it that way, you will not have the blessings of God even if God tries to push them down your throat!
-look at Jacob. even though he lied, he cheated and he stole, etc...yet when He wrestled with God, he said, "I will not let you go until you bless me!"

-what kind of attitude is that? he committed wrong and detestable sins, but yet he didnt see who he was, he saw who God was. And he was bold enough to run to God and not let Him go.
-when ure feeling bad, who do you run to? do you run away from God or do you run TO God?

-God loves you for who you are, but He loves you too much to leave us the same. -> but no matter what we did, we can still come boldly before God and let our requests be made known to Him because He cares, and He understands.
-dont look at what's wrong with you, but look at what's right with God.
-dont listen to your head, listen to your heart!

-you have little lives because you ask God for little things!
-learn to pray for FAVOR and pray BOLDLY about it. dont have to be shy to God. you have not because you ask not! (let God surprise/shock you everyday).
-its not about who we are not, but about who we are in Christ.

2 sam 9:1, 6-7, 8
-God is looking for people whom He can bless. God is looking for people who are willing to RECEIVE.
-God likes people who dont let go! people who dare do ask God and run to Him even if we dont deserve it.

Be hungry, be bold.

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