"A Fresh Perspective" - Stephanie Ike

so I'm very interesting you know when they were worshiping and they're singing you know lead me where my trust is Without Borders and I'm singing it and the Holy Spirit checked me real quick because every time I come every time I speak I love having my notes you know that's like my thing I like I need my notes you know and he told me to trash it I said what and they're singing I like and so you know I was like no that's not that's not right you know I would give the enemy but but I had to listen and so I'm actually I'm really excited because it's so much more it's more you know it's it's better when the Holy Spirit takes over because like the word says not by power you know not by mine but by my spirit says the Lord so that I have got to have his way there are certain passages I was gonna bring up if you know God permits me that I did want you to have but thank God for Google so if you hear something you like and I can't remember where it is so today we're gonna be talking about you know I hope I remember the name of this ladder all right that's the word right there fresh perspective now you know two days we're two days away from Christmas and so when it comes to Christmas I was talking to my mom and I was telling her the message and she's like Stephanie we're his baby in this message and the beautiful thing about when we talk about the life of Christ is we talk about purpose right because he was sent on this boat for a reason he wasn't just sent here so that we could talk about him in the manger he came here for a reason and two things in particular you see when he started his ministry one of the first things he preached about was repent and repent simply means to renew your mind so in other words I need you guys to look at life differently and so today we're gonna be talking about looking at some old things and some present things in a new way you see we're going into a new year and a lot of times what happens is when we're entering the new year were expecting God to do a new thing but God doesn't wait for a new year to do a new thing he goes ahead of the year okay so the new thing is already taking place but the thing is that we need to have a fresh perspective because if we're not aware the present thing that God calls the new thing you see there's a passage in the Bible that says behold I do a new thing do you not perceive it right and so when we are thinking that okay Lord January 1st is coming up you know New Year's resolutions doesn't mean God resolutions or something you know he's not waiting for that day to do something the shift has already happened and so we need to see things in a new way and so another thing one of the things that Jesus came to do is to reconcile man to the original image you see when we talk about Adam and Eve you know let's move from Adam you know in the garden we see two people that had intimacy with Christ now there's a passage that tells us that you know God said let us make man in our own image and after our likeness what's interesting is that that word likeness when you break it down in the Hebrew text the root word of that word means dama and that translates to thoughts so ultimately God is saying let man think like us and what can I loved about God is that at the end of creation at the end of six days it talks about how he looked at all he has done and saw that it was good so there was you know even though I mean God has got everything he makes us great but he was precious even what had here just created and ultimately he did the same thing with man and I want us to go to a scripture I believe this is in Genesis 2 or something like that is back there alright so let's look at this real quick right so God creates man in His image after his thought and now he's gonna test things out right so let's we did I'm sure you guys I read this passage probably a lot of times so it says out of the ground the Lord God formed every beast of the field and every bird of the air and brought them to Adam to see somebody says to see what he would call them that is so interesting and then it says and whatever Adam called each living creature that was its name it didn't say that whatever Adam called them that you know then it docked out that big you know or whatever that was named or at that moment or something but all that became the name right it says that was its name so ultimately we see a picture that God had already named the animals okay it was the name that those names were already given to the animals by God so God is watching Adam he's observing Adam he's like let me see what you know let me see what we just created I hope we got it right and so ultimately Adam does get it right because whatever he names them that was its name and so there's something so powerful with what you call a thing you see in my culture I'm Nigerian in a lot of different cultures we take names very seriously even in the Bible when we see God doing something new with a person we often see a name change you know when we look at Jacob and then changes his name to Israel because who God was forming Jacob to become no longer fit the name fit the meaning of that name and so if you call something wrong so if Adam for example you know called the lion or sheep we're gonna have wild beasts acting stupid right things that we would take away the potential from things when name it wrongly and so and so when when you are able to perceive things when you're able to perceive what God is doing when you're able to have a God perspective you're able to engage with the blessings of God you're able to receive what God has for you and so ultimately we name things wrong and so we're not able to engage what God is doing in this time so in the spirit of baby Jesus we can't forget his mother Mary now it's very interesting that Jesus's first miracle was initiated by his mother and I want us to read this passage before we go into it I believe this isn't Holy Spirit John - maybe come on somebody all right so we're gonna read this real quick okay so it says on the third day there was a wedding in Cana of Galilee and the mother of Jesus was there now both Jesus and His disciples were invited to the wedding so real quick at this point this is like Jesus is out of the restrainer out of the wilderness he started his ministry he gathers disciples so this is the third day and he goes to Cana and it seems a safe whoever is having the wedding might be a family friend of the family because Jesus is there the mothers there his brothers are there and all that stuff and so let's continue and when they ran out of wine the mother of Jesus said to him they have no wine and then let's look at what you said jesus said to her woman what does your concern have to do with me my hour has not yet come okay let's continue his mother said to the servants whatever he says to you do it this is very funny because obviously Jesus is like yo don't trip so this is not my time you know but Mary they say it's very amazing because Jesus has never done the miracle but Mary did not need see Jesus do something for her to perceive him as someone that can do it and so Mary was not bothered she's like I don't care if your time hasn't come on it has whatever you have the ability to do what I'm asking you and so you see from a mother perspective and I'm gonna talk about children in two aspects because we can see children like if you're a mother you have a child and even in this spirit a lot of times and some of you might have dreams like this when you're about to birth something in the natural like a project or an idea sometimes in a dream you see yourself pregnant and it doesn't mean you're gonna be you know just knocked up but but that is showing you that there's something that you're about to birth in the natural and so on two sides what do we call our children you see Mary was able to to call out the authentic side of Jesus she was able to see him like know what son I don't care if I've never seen you do this before but I know you have the ability to and that thing came forth and so a lot of times what are we calling the things that we are handling you know do you call it a burden do you call it and significant do you call it small do you call it this thing with never you know ultimate for something whatever it is that's what nothing you know that's what you produce because although Jesus said my hour has not yet come but because the mother called out who he is he just had to respond right so let's look at this now there were you know they sat there they sat six waterpots oh please go to the next one we're just looking at how it happened and Jesus said to them next one fill it up the whole mathematics behind this miracle let's go to the next one and y'all can read this on your spare time okay Wendell Wendell Meister so now you know if they've had the wine and all that stuff and in this passage let me even read it - amazing wonder my serve the feast had tasted the you know tasted the water that was made wine and did not know where it came from but the servants who had drawn the water knew the master of the feast called the bridegroom and he sat to him every man at the bridegroom sits out you know the good wine and when the guests have when the guests have well drunk then think one guess about drunk then inferior you have kept the good wine until now that is just the power of God because when we are able to see things for what they truly are they perform better than the things we know okay so if that's the next one and it's not at the beginning of science Jesus did in Cana and all the translations talked about the first of science that he did so why why we why we know we bring this up is because there's certain areas that God pressed on my heart to speak today about the places in our lives that we need to have a fresh perspective about and so there are five things and thank you Holy Spirit for reminding me of all those five and so there are five things in particular and it begins by itself okay now when it comes to self we look at a man named David for example now we know the story of David David was a shepherd who was anointed as king but it took David around 15 years to actually be king now one thing always ought to God is that why do you inform us of things that I still you know out there and what he spoke to me about is that you see when he tells you about certain positions or certain places that would reveal your authenticity he's telling you so that you can live according to that you see a lot of times you know when you judge your life by circumstances and you know trials and all that stuff we we get desperate and we do things out of desperation that ultimately could threaten our authenticity that ultimately could be a threat because you see when God is calling you to let me let me say for example actually lady won't talk about David see there's a time that David he meant saw saw was the previous King before him they had some issues and so David runs and he lives in the enemy's camp he lives with the Philistines but what's interesting is that while David was there he was still carrying out duties as though he was the king of he was killing Israel's enemies behind their back and so if David out of desperation gave into the enemy's camp and gave in with the Philistines and said you know what I just need to survive I just need someone to live I'm gonna join them and kill my people how would he have remained a king if he came back to Israel and said you know what the Lord has anointed me King now I'm gonna become King obviously yes the Word of God will stand but they might have killed him because the news would have gone across that this same man murdered our people out of desperation and so one thing that God really pressed on my heart for us not to do is do not do things that you don't want to be heard of do not step into rooms or take offers that ultimately in life you don't want that thing to be connected to your name and so and so when you look at yourself see yourself the way God sees you you see there's a gentleman in this stretchy you know and what was really incredible there was a particular day we were praying and at this time of his life he was homeless and we're praying and he's talking about the project and he's here he knows who I'm talking knows himself and we're praying he was talking about the project and so someone else prayed and said Lord you know give him Millions and then he joked and said no billions and in that moment God spoke to me and said he will be a billionaire I said what I never got that word and so when he told me that I said this is definitely from the Lord you know and he downloaded to me certain you know the things that God would use him to do and so he was like I need you to talk to him to build him up because the enemy wants to attack his identity but this is who I'm calling him to be because of the things that he would do later on this gentleman you know he reach he approach was like I want to tell you about my vision I said oh you know tell me the vision the vision matched exactly what God told me I said god this thing is for real this guy but but what I'm saying is that we have to search in God who what are the things that you've called us to do who are we really right because if not the frustrations of life can choke you because remember at this time this man is homeless we look at someone like Tyler Perry we honor who he is today but we don't know the struggle when he was living in his car and imagined someone who saw him in that state and could speak to him and build him up and say look I know this is where you are but God is gonna use you to do great and mighty things in this world and so no matter where you think you are in life never given because the enemy is gonna bring offers your way and the truth is if it does not look like that it is not God okay sometimes we try to convince ourselves and you know do a lot of convincing but if these are things that you do not want to come out in your life back away from it right don't don't wait to like God when it's you know in that time I will handle it just step away from it now I'll also talk about how we view God how we view God's love you see there's a passage that we're very familiar with and it talks about Jesus weeping you know Jesus wept and I want to see one looking that I believe that is John it 11 come on all right now it says now a certain man was sick now this is nicely done' destroy this is when Lazarus died and Jesus raised him up now a certain man was sick Lazarus of Bethany the town of Mary and her sister Martha it was that Mary who anointed the Lord with fragrant and wiped his feet with her hair whose brother Lazarus was sick therefore the sisters sent to him saying Lord behold he whom you love is sick when Jesus heard that he said the sickness is not unto death but for the glory of God but this is very interesting because he still died Frank you know Jesus said the sickness is down to death but when he's talking about it he C knows what it's about to happen he's like you know what I see you know you guys are panicking but it's gonna glorify God but for someone receiving this for someone on the receiving end you would assume oh he's not gonna die he's gonna be good even have you ever been in a situation and people tell you it's gonna be good God got you you know but then nothing the very thing that you were worried about still happens and a lot of times we take it out on God but let's continue that the Son of God may be glorified through it now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus so I love this you know we're not all English scholars but we know what so happens because so it's connected to the last thing so they're telling us that Jesus loved these people so when he heard he was sick he stayed two days he states more two days in the place where he was now I'm like Lord so you love them so you waited you waited for the thing that they didn't want to happen and happens right you see a lot of times in our lives we go through things and it's like okay Laura you know where are you even I need you to come like today right and because of his love for you his silence and we don't get that because we're like God if you if you really love us then this thing should happen like I don't need to wait to be evicted I don't need to wait I don't need a somebody my family before you know something happens more than that we're gonna get into some things right so they said because he loved him he waited so let's go to the next verse you know two days two days all right then after that he said he said to disciples let us go to Judah again okay okay no we don't need to go let's go to verse I believe it's 33 to 35 or so but Oh 32 so now okay Jesus is going over there now we're gonna catch up when Jesus arrives there right then when Mary came where Jesus was and saw him she fell on she fell down at his feet saying to him Lord if you had been there my brother would not have died how many of us can just be honest and say we felt this way sometime in our lives alright and it's like Lord if you have been there this thing would not have happened Lord if you answered me when I pray to you about this it would not have happened now before we go into rest of it something to clarify we say Jesus said that this thing will not lead to death right but it will glorify God now restoration happens in different ways in this passage for those of us that know the story we see that Lazarus came back to life but for you know when he called Lazarus is like you know Lazarus get up or something like that or awake or something right that means wake up and so one thing that God taught me is that wake up is not always directly to the situation wake up could be it could let me even use my personal example as a baby my father was murdered for many years I was like God why did you allow this to happen like why did you allow this to happen and so one day I had a dream and in the dream it was like a conference room and so I see a man that I knew to be Jesus and I see other people in the conference room and they're having a conversation about why my father had to die and so one of the things in particular that was mentioned to me a man said you know at the age of his death was supposed to was supposed to be at 54 which would be next year and then another man said so there is like a congressman I'm just watching and another man said but that would have been an age of death in the family and so I'm like what what does that mean age of death and then someone says you know what when you and I was aware that I was in the dream I saw says you know when you're awaking ask your mother who died at 54 I said okay but then what the man who represented Jesus said to me was because it's like because of what happened the year that he was supposed to die would be a new platform in your family and so when God was showing me his that he was going to tell my father he was gonna say the same thing wake up but not directly to my father but to something within us and so the manifestation of restoration is not always the way we want it to happen but God is a good God and he will cause everything to work for your good you see when I woke up asked my mom I said mom who died at 54 and she told me her oldest brother I said oh wow you know I said you know I guess that was you know little things like that God is trying to confirm to you that indeed is the one talking to you when he gives you some you know facts like that but it was just something to shared because we get so upset with God when things don't go our way we get so upset like why did this person have to die why did I have to go through this why did I have to all these things but Jesus is saying that I'm gonna say tell something to wake up it might not be directly what you want me to say but there's gonna be something that is for your good and will glorify the father okay so let's go to the next verse and it says therefore when Jesus saw her her weeping and he okay okay and oh and the Jews who came with her weeping he got in there he got hey you know Jesus my eyesight is good he groaned in the spirit and was troubled and he said where have you laid him they said to him Lord come and and the famous passage jesus wept it's so interesting that Jesus would weep even though he knew that few minutes later he's gonna tell Lazarus to wake up because God isn't even with our pain and that's what we have to know to know to know that when you're going through something it's not because God doesn't want you know to answer you or whatnot he has a plan for you here's a plan that's gonna be greater than whatever you could have imagined but he wants you to know that he's in tune with your pain Jesus did not have to repeating you it was about to happen he knew that few minutes from now this is the very reason that these people are crying I'm gonna cause it to stop but in that moment he was so in touch with us he was so in tune with Mary and Martha and the rest of the Jews weeping and he wept as well okay and even talking about love this is a very personal story but you know one of the things growing up I used to see fathers you know when they were like twirled like they're girls around and stuff like that and I was like lord I want to be twirled but like I just want to be turned like I saw I'm not asking for another daddy I just want to be told and this is one thing that usually you know it gets me emotional and so one day cuz dreams are for me it's it's a lot of ways that God normally speaks to me it's a one day in a dream I'm in this garden and this huge man I couldn't really see his face and he picks me up and started hurling me around and I woke up crying I was crying in the dream I woke up with the tears in my face and it's just little ways and it's not how God can speak to one person is not always the same way that he may speak to you but it's always a symbol of his love it's always a testimony of his love for us that's something as twirling I think that God would even give in to them and said I would soar you if if it means that much to you I know so what one of the other things that we also have to have a fresh perspective about is the people amongst us right now we talk about there's a man named Moses now we know Moses this is that spoke face to face with God but you see there was a point where Moses father-in-law his name was Jethro he comes to visit Moses and Moses is telling him about all these people he has to speak to and he has to judge over their cases and so at that time Moses was the only one judging people's cases no matter how you know small it wasn't no matter how big it was and Jethro gives him advice he's like this thing you're doing is gonna burn you out basically and he tells Moses you know gather some people who are who did not accept bribe or you know who fear the Lord teach them you know the commandments of God and all that stuff and have them judge over the small cases and you judge the bigger ones and Moses listened to his advice it's really interesting because Moses is a man that speaks face-to-face he was a man that spoke face-to-face with God if there was an issue in this camp if it was us were like you know what God would have told me if I need to do that the way you're telling me to do that when you have an attitude just about nothing but Moses was humble enough that despite the fact that he could speak to God face to face he was able to receive advice from a man who I don't know if he ever spoke to God because the thing is that we never know the channels that God can speak to us and that's what we have to always come in humility we have to always come in a humble mindset because when we talk about what we talk from the beginning that Jesus came to reconcile us to the original image that we talked about Adam Adam had intimacy with God in those moments and intimacy leads to Revelation there's some things that in the moment God will show you something I said listen to this person speak to this person let this person speak into your life it's not about status because that always changes but we live in a world where we're so consumed with the now perception we're so consumed with presently who what do you bring to my life you see one thing is that never adopt a mantra or a principle that is not divinely inspired you see a lot of times we say you know this one just cracks me up when they talk about you know if you have five broke friends you're the fifth one or you're the sixth one right and so if you're the broke friend trying to be in the circle of the rich folks and they have the same mentality I don't think you're going to be long there either right and so when we have when we when we come up with all these principles and we come up with all these mantras and whatever is that inspired by the Bible right obviously you have to be wise you need to have people around you that have vision right but don't be so consumed with a person's present situation that you miss out and someone that God has sent to your life and another thing and this is uh know who this is for but you know I was like but but it was so interesting because there even some people who when it comes to relationships you know you're like I'm just looking for whatever and it's funny because some of these people are in your corner some of these people that your prints are got about they're right in front of you but you just can't see that and I don't know this is like this might not be for everybody okay don't let this no leather enemy use this against you my if it's for you you will feel convicted if you don't feel convicted it's not for you but this is real because you see a lot of times we come before God because we see God is very chilling with us the Bible tells us how even he has numbered the hairs in our head so he's very into with every detail of your life even when it comes to relationships and literally there's some people that the problem is because there's a perception there's an idea that it's not of God that you have there is this false thing that is driven by the world and not of God you see I should be told I remember eyes to be like lord I need a man with you know a beard you know he has to be this high and I think I gave my list to the Lord I said God and you know the funny thing is that we use the Bible to support our stupidity I said Lauren you can do all since I can't do often still Christ nothing is impossible for the Lord and we start singing I get my list ain't no and in that moment you know because truly if when you when you have a relationship with God he would check you not God is not always gonna say yes to your stupidity it's tender and in that moment he told me he said I never mentioned that in my word the only thing in my word is that husbands love your wife as Christ loved the church and so the person you're looking for is someone that would love you in this manner I'm not sure if it's gonna have a beard and so we have these ideas that is so worldly inspired and God wants to bring us back to his truth and so in every area of your life a fresh perspective a fresh perspective even over the people that is there are amongst you and while you're looking elsewhere the answer might just be within your group right and not just relationships in the romantic sense but even people that you want to work on projects with different things we're always looking for oh this person is not up to the level yet but if God is saying that this is the person I've chosen then that is the most anointed person for the job than any other person okay now another thing that was mentioned to me was about location now we see we see someone like Abraham right now Abraham when he reached you know so obviously you know the story got told him move you know moved to a land I'm calling her and all that stuff and Abraham brings with him lots now lot is what we call baggage right baggage that the Lord never intended you to carry and so as all along while Abraham is with lot the moment they separated and if you're interested in this googling I wanted to give you the scriptures but it's in the trash and Abraham the moment that they separated from each other then God tells him Abraham look up from where you are for this you know this is the land that I would give to you and your descendants now in particular the other areas were in particular God even spoke to me about the house of God the church you see a lot of times we even come here with worldly baggage you see we come here with God and maybe because a lot of us a single that's like God keeps focusing on relationships but sometimes we come here and our worship is not even genuine we are worshiping so that the person next to us I hope he sees how I worship we come into the house of the Lord with baggage and the truth of the matter is that you cannot receive from God when you're coming with other things other motives other intentions whatever it is you cannot really receive what God is doing in those moments and even in this house for example we have like the one o'clock service and now the one o'clock is its life strength right now for me that's one of my favorite services because it's you're focusing on what the message is now when we know when some people are liking right I just love and you know PCs here and stuff like that is it the presence or is it when the lights are on is that the people you can see is it about God or is it about your personal things that you want to do because when it's about God you're coming in here and you're worshiping you're receiving the word and you're growing right we cannot bring in so many petty things and all this baggage because then we cannot even receive what God is doing in our lives we say this is not a place God said that my temple will be called a house of prayer right obviously we know that there would be community and all these great things and we love that right we come in here we see each other we greet each other we have fun after church we all go you know if you go to eat you go to eat or you go home or whatever and all that stuff is great but that is not the purpose he said that this shall be called a house of prayer and so even when we come to the house of the Lord let our focus be on the Lord it should not be about anything else it should not just be you shouldn't even come here if you're just coming here because your friends are here honestly it shouldn't even be about that because you're missing it I suffered a gate keeper right and I see walking down the aisles and the whole message somebody could be on Instagram so what was the purpose of you really coming in here you see when you come into the house of the Lord is a very it's a very powerful thing because you're literally walking into you know when we talk about you know Lord let it rain open the floodgates of heaven and let it rain you're literally coming into a place that you can deposit your expectations of God as a seed and when it rains on that seed something can manifest in your life you see you don't even need to wait you don't need to wait for to be to be true you don't even need to wait for an altar call for example that calls out for healing because the moment you come into the house of the Lord you say Lord I have an expectation that you would heal me right and you have you come in with that expectation and I'm telling you there are things in the spirit that happens that we cannot see but you have to just believe it by faith because if God is saying that this shall be a house of prayer then he's saying that no matter what this is a place where I am listening to you I am listening to everything you're saying because I am the one calling in the house of prayer and so when you come here come with an expectation come with something that is between you and God you when you receive the word receive it like when that song was going on and we're like Oh trust without borders and it really spoke to me because in that moment I was like holy spirit I'm still trying to have some borders up here because I'm still trying to rely on my notes and stand behind the podium and be like hey you know what's next line two right type of thing but you see we have to be allowed the spirit to flow through us right we have to come in here and say God what is it that you want us to do what is it that you have for me on this day and let God use you freely right now also when it comes to locations even in your work environments and this is for some people because it's not about who you don't like in your work environment or who you do like it's about the purpose that God has placed you there for you see every time we're focusing on people we're focusing on this person looks at me this way you see that the interesting thing about God is that God will never come down to your level he always expects you to go to his level and God is a God of love and the one thing about love that is very difficult to accept as that love is not self-serving love is not about you love is about what flows through you and so even when God might put you in a difficult place the difficulty is not a sign of Lord maybe it's time for me the no that's why you always have to seek confirmation God what is it that I'm doing here what is it that you have me here for we everything in our lives that we question this is a time to ask our Lord I need a fresh perspective about this thing I need to know how you identify this thing in my life so I know how to proceed about it right now we're going to talk about the last thing is ideas the things that God has put in your hand you see when we enter the new year there's a lot of ideas as love things that you're pregnant with and what God wants you to understand is even to the life of Moses right Moses was a man who we see this aleni there's an encounter where we're gonna read a passage I believe I gave them something connected to that there's an encounter that God has with Moses and God tell asking he said Moses what is in your hand and he says a staff and we're gonna talk about that passage in a bit and he talks about this stuff and then God tells him to do all these things of this stuff he says you know throw the stuff on the ground the staff turns to a snake you know pick it up by the tail the staff you know turns back to the staff and all that stuff so the moment that God had an encounter it's not an accountable just gonna kind of encounter the moment that God had an encounter I personally like to say when God breeds on the thing it changes the purpose and the function of that thing you see Moses has always had that stuff but in the moment where he was in the presence of God that stuff became something else and in the passage we see that you know guard cells and and you shall take the rod in your hand with which you shall do the science and it talks about all these amazing signs that Moses would do to the staff in order to deliver the people of you know the Israelites that were in Egypt and what God spoke to me about this is done literally there are ideas and projects that have seen dormant in your life these are things you've carried on you've had for years and they just look like whatever but God is gonna breathe on it and the very thing that seemed like nothing is gonna perform mighty signs in your life you see there was an example and I love it that you know we have musicians here and producers here but as an example that came to me and it was about if anyone knows a producer for example even we have harmony and I remember he mentioned was something he mentioned what time and he talked about a certain beat he had created and it took maybe it was six or something years I can remember what he mentioned before that beat was actually used by a singer and that music went there was a hit and we hear so many stories like this but what is amazing is that for you to have a certain beat and six years later you still go back to that same beat and you're like I think this could work I think this could work and it works you have to believe in what you carry you have to believe in what you have it doesn't that the timeframe does not eliminate that God could breathe on it and cause it to be functional the timeframe does not eliminate that God could take that very thing and cause it to do mighty science Moses had always had this stuff it was just you know maybe he was you know just walking with it I don't know maybe dancing or something you know but God used this stuff and turned it to be something else even when they encountered the Red Sea it was that same stuff and God says you you know raise the stuff up raise your hand up and then the water parted and so God is going to use certain things in your life there's certain ideas and hold on to these things there's certain ideas and projects that he's gonna breathe on and these things are gonna celebrate for you and so never doubt what is in your hand never doubt what God has placed within you don't be so quick to go to the next thing when their unfinished businesses that God has to do with you and the things that you already have okay and to be honest but what we want to talk about today literally one thing that God told me about what the Holy Spirit is gonna do on this day is a lot of things that are gonna come to memory a lot of old ideas a lot of debt things that you just kind of you know what God I'm not I'm not you know I don't think this thing has anything and literally the word that came at the phrase that came is that God is going to open the eyes of your understanding and what is so powerful about that is that you begin to see and view things and think the way God sees things and things are going to look very random because the place that God is gonna have you pursue is not going to look like something you should be pursuing because of what the state that is in it right now in the present time but you see we have entered a season that things are going to accelerate in your life right the things that would normally take years to take months literally and so we have to be so focused on what God is doing and that's like this is the time to have to build your relationship with God that should be your number one focus intimacy with God because it's in a place of intimacy that we have revelation and God can speak to you see life is not about Lord it's not about the hours you it's not about like check-in and checkout of Prayer you know god I checked in at 5:00 a.m. I'm checking out at 9:00 p.m. it doesn't work like that because and I said prayer not in there in the context of conversation boy in the context of when you're just bringing requests to God like okay god I just need you to do this and I'm just going to keep praying for you to do this but when you have relationship you see what is so powerful with relationship is that I can if let's say a best friend for example there are things that because of that relationship there are things that I could see that she needs and if I have the ability to do it I will with her her asking and so there's you this is a time more than ever to focus on building that relationship with God because only him can guide you into the path that he has set before you plans and ideas cannot do those things and that is the place of elevation that is the place where his thoughts will actually become your thoughts that is a place you literally think like him and not thinking like the world and so now if that is you and you're like God and honestly is probably everybody it's me including and you're like God I want the eyes of my understanding to be opened up now understand I didn't even want to do Autocar but there is something about you identifying that god I need you I need your help and I know that I cannot do this thing by myself I need you to be my hand and I need you to walk with me so let's all get up and so if you're in that place of surrender if they are ideas if the things that I've spoken today touch their heart in somewhat way and the whole time the Holy Spirit has been tugging at you and saying that I need you to believe in yourself again I need you to believe that you are not your circumstance you're a noxious situation remember David was a shepherd and he was anointed king but even though he was anointed king it did not manifest for another 15 years around that but that did not change who God had called him to be and so if that is you and you're like I have lost hope in myself and but this is it's quickening you up and you're like you know I can believe in myself again I can believe in the ideas that God has given me then come on down and the beautiful prints what God is just so amazing because you know that there's a passage I believe this isn't it Ezekiel or something and it says in this time my world will not delay but what I speak shall happen and so it's not it's not going to delay like you have made might have been used to they say there's a time I was talking about how we are accustomed to waiting we're accustomed to Lord I'm just waiting on you they're doing a song about waiting something waiting on you Lord right but you know I have vocals come on somebody how about a sing up in this place but but the truth of the matter is that these things are not going to delay and so if you focus if you put your focus and commitment to the ideas that God has given you trust me it will work because this is a season where there's gonna be so much temptation to do the wrong thing there's gonna be and the wrong thing is gonna come in a way that attracts you it's gonna come in a way that it looks like the god thing and that's why this is a time where you need the sermon and that does not come by someone touching you and say receive discernment it comes with relationship with Jesus that is how that is the only way when the spirit really moves you and tells you don't go here you go here and you know that whole shenanigan right and so if that is you and you're like god I need you to open the eyes of my understanding come on down and you see there's there's some of you that when we talked about the love of God it hit you because literally there were situations that you went through and you were like god I felt like you abandoned me I felt like you you know if you had showed up if you had done something thank you I see you if you had done something then it would have been different but today you are understanding the love of God and it's not about him not being in tune with your pain or anything like that but anything God allows in your life trust that it would serve your good and we don't understand these things because the Bible tells us that the ways of God is higher than our ways his thoughts are higher than our thoughts and so if you've held that grudge and one in particular you were not even playing you have not even been here for a while but something led you here today and you've been holding that grudge against God but he wants you to know that he loves you and he sees you and he's gonna turn things around for you and safety now I'm speaking to you come on down it's really amazing because the two things the enemy is always after it's for you to not know how much God loves you and for you to not know the things that he has planned for you two things always that's I mean the majority of his time that's what he's after but God loves us family like it's it's such a beautiful relationship there are things we learned culturally or whatever but God loves us and he's for us and there's nothing that could ever take away God's love from you you see even when the Holy Spirit is telling me throw away your notes the hesitation it's a lack of knowledge of God's love because I have to rely God you love me too much for me to fumble come on for me to forget what you're telling me to speak the Bible tells us that the Holy Spirit of the right and so it's always a new level it's always a new level of trust and there's some there few of you in particular and Trust is a big thing to you they're literally things that God is telling you to let go of but you don't know how am I gonna find something better and someone in particular it's even in the area of relationship you're in a relationship that's actually very abusive whether it's mentally or whatever it's really abusive to you and it's so hard for you to let that thing go because you don't trust that God this God has better for you and even when I talked about the love that God speaks that a man would have up for us you don't even believe that a man can love you in that manner and but God wants you to know that he is with you and sometimes only there's this picture I always see and is this little girl with this little teddy bear and you know there's a man that's like Jesus and he has this big teddy bear and he's hiding it and he's telling the little girl like give it to me let it go and she's panicking or she looks like she's panicking this is a picture right but it looks like she doesn't want to give it but behind him this huge teddy bear and God has so much great things in store for us but there's certain things that we have to let go up and so don't even feel don't feel embarrassed or anything like that because where they went you know where the presence of the Lord is there is freedom right and so if that is you come on down and and God is going to strengthen you to let that relationship go he's gonna strengthen you to let that thing go and the lady knows who I'm talking to he's gonna strengthen you to let that go because it's not his will that you stay into something you see ultimately a man in your life that that comes to your life as you know someone who you know whatever it's a romantic relationship that affects a lot of times how you even view God and so God is not going to place someone in your life that cannot reflect his love for you he what he would not do that we see this is not even the message but there's a passage went in the Bible and the people are talking to God about I'm talking to Jesus about divorce and they're asking him you know what do you think about this and he responds saying what God has joined together let no man put asunder he's talking about what God joins together there are things that we join to that is not what God asks for you and so don't don't stay in something don't stay in something family that is not God's best for you because until you say God I give this to you I surrender this then he can release every other thing don't name something that is not what it what you think it is right we talk about names so god is so good and if there's someone that you're just questioning so much and I'm not really sure what part of this that has been mentioned but you're questioning yourself so much but God just wants you to come down I don't know who that person is in particular but you'reyou're tugging at yourself I got not interested but whoever that is come on down we're gonna wait for you a man the biggest thing family is that God loves us and he's for us that is the whole point of the gospel to know God's love for us because such a love you would never run away from and such a love you would never hide from let us pray father God we thank you for your people today Lord we thank you that there is a fresh perspective taking place in our lives we thank you Lord that you Lord you are opening the eyes of our understanding that no longer are we gonna perceive things through the natural both perceive things the way you see it Lord Lord we thank you we love you and we just thank you for your goodness over our lives we thank you for the things that we do not even know about we thank even for the time as we complain not knowing that you have so much greater in store for us lord I pray that and I declare that you strengthen your people to let go of things that have no business in your lives to let go of relationships and all whatever it is and in certain even forms of addiction we thank you Lord because in your presence there is liberty and even addictions that have taken years can break in one second and I declare addictions to be broken over this house in the name of Jesus I declare that whatever form of addiction whether it is food alcohol drugs whatever it is Lord I declare those things broken and some people are even addicted to certain people in their lives and I declare that thing broken and that that needs shifted on to you father God in the name of Jesus Lord God we thank you for everything that you're doing in this house we thank you that your children have been set free from whatever has been holding them back Lord God we break up distractions in this house today we prayed that your children will call a distraction a distraction and they will not be held back Lord God to pursue the things that you have for them they would not be held back Lord God because this is the time for the God this is the time where things will manifest like that and so we thank you thank you lord they say that you have your way in the lives of everyone here have your way father God then we just give you the glory and thank you Holy Spirit by taking over this message

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Published: Thu Dec 24 2015