June 21.2015 - Sunday Message - TAKING THE INITIATIVE

STRONG FAITH IN

GOD: KEY TO YOUR

MIRACLES

ROMANS 10:17• 17 Consequently, faith comes from hearing the message, and the message is heard through the word of Christ.

ROMANS 10:17 (ISV)• 17  Consequently, faith comes from listening, and listening comes through the word of Christ.

FIRST SUNDAY MESSAGE:BUI LDING A LIFE OF FAITH Matthew 9:29Then he touched their eyes and said, "According to your faith will it be done to you";

SECOND SUNDAY MESSAGE :

EXPECTING THE BEST FROM OUR

GREAT GOD

Hebrews 11:1 Faith assures us of things we expect

andconvinces us of the existence of things

we cannot see.

THIRD SUNDAY MESSAGE :

STRETCHING YOUR

IMAGINATION ( TO FULFILL GOD'S DREAMS FOR YOUR

LIFE )

• That is what the Scriptures mean when they say, "No eye

has seen, no ear has heard, and no mind has imagined what God has prepared for

those who love him."[4]

1Corinthians 2:9 NLT

With God's power working in us, God can do much, much more than anything we can

ask or imagine.

EPHESIANS 3:20 NCV ( NEW CENTURY VERSION )

TODAY’S MESSAGE :

TAKING THE INITIATIVE

• V.18b Show me your faith without doing anything, and I will show you my faith by what I do.

• V.20 …Faith that does nothing is worth nothing.

JAMES 2: 18b & 20 NCV

• FAITH IS LIKE A MUSCLE.• IT ONLY GROWS WHEN YOU EXERCISE IT.

• EXERCISE IS DIFFICULT TO START. • TAKE THE INITIATIVE TO START

EXERCISING YOUR FAITH. • GET THE STRENGTH FROM THE LORD

JESUS TO INITIATE TO DO GOD'S WILL AND DREAMS FOR YOU.

•I can do everything through him who gives me strength.

Philippians 4:13

FAITH IS MAINLY ABOUT

OBEDIENCE.

• # OBEY WITHOUT DELAY.

• # DELAYED OBEDIENCE IS DISOBEDIENCE

• NOTE: PROCRASTINATION

• ( MANANA HABIT ) IS ONE STRUGGLE AND NEGATIVE TRAIT AND BONDAGE HINDERING TO FULFILL GOD'S DREAM FOR YOU

1.) OBEY GOD IMMEDIATELY

•PSALMS 119:60

I will hasten and not delay to obey your commands..

GNB Without delay I hurry to obey your commands.

BBE I was quick to do your orders, and let no time be wasted.

DRB I am ready, and am not troubled: that I may keep thy commandments.

• Play Deaf Game • ( I cant hear you dad ! )• note: God is talking clearly to

you but pretending you can’t and don’t hear His voice

NOTE: GAMES PEOPLE PLAY IN DELAYED DISOBEDIENCE

( LIKE CHILDREN TO PARENTS )

• b.) Imagine Mom is talking to somebody else

• You mean this verse is for him or her

and not for me.• # in your delayed disobedience, you are

actually questioning God of His perfect wisdom, knowledge, love,....

• # Christians uses common excuses in delayed disobedience

a. counseling

b. prayer

c. blaming others

•# PARTIAL OBEDIENCE IS DISOBEDIENCE

2.) OBEY GOD COMPLETELY

• Psalms 119:4 You have laid down precepts that are to be fully obeyed.

NCV Lord, You gave your orders to be obeyed completely.

Psalms 119:33 (CEV) Point out your rules to me, and I won't disobey even one of them.

• James 4:11 Don't speak evil against each other, my dear brothers and sisters.[3] If you criticize each other and condemn each other, then you are criticizing and condemning God's law. But you are not a judge who can decide whether the law is right or wrong. Your job is to obey it.

note: Don’t doubt God's Words and love for you.

• Proverbs 3:5 TMSGTrust GOD from the bottom of your heart; don't try to figure out everything on your own.

• PSALMS 119:47

• (GNB) I find pleasure in obeying your commands, because I love them.

• (CEV) I love your commands! They bring me happiness.

3.) OBEY GOD JOYFULLY

1.) A LOT OF BENEFITS AND

LESS PROBLEMS IN LIFE

2.) REWARDS IN HEAVEN

3.) SO MUCH LOVE FOR GOD

3 REASONS WHY THERE IS JOY TO OBEY GOD

• 1John 5:3 This is love for God: to obey his commands. And his commands are not burdensome,

• (CJB) For loving God means obeying his commands. Moreover, his commands are not burdensome,

• (AMP) For the [true] love of God is this: that we do His commands [keep His ordinances and are mindful of His precepts and teaching]. And these orders of His are not irksome (burdensome, oppressive, or grievous).

• (TMSG) The proof that we love God comes when we keep his commandments and they are not at all troublesome.

• #JESUS CHRIST MEASURES YOUR LOVE BY

YOUR OBEDIENCE

•JOHN 14:15

"If you love me, you will obey what I

command.

• PSALMS 119:112 (GNB) I have decided to obey your laws until the day I die.

• (CEV) I have made up my mind to obey your laws forever, no matter what.

• (CJB) I have resolved to obey your laws forever, at every step.

4.) OBEY GOD CONTINUALLY

• GW PSALMS 119:33

• Teach me, O LORD, how to live by your laws, and I will obey them to the end.

• NLT Phi 3:16 But we must be sure to obey the truth we have learned already..