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Positioning For Miracle Increase
Contributed by John Davis on Dec 3, 2008 (message contributor)
Summary: God is the source for the believer and He still intervenes in the lives of people who pray and call on His name.
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TEXT: Mathew 6:33 Seek first the Kingdom of God and His righteousness and all these things shall be added unto you.
God is the true source of Increase,
Gen. 1 shows us that everything exists because of Him.
Col 1:16 For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him: Col 1:17 And he is before all things, and by him all things consist (he holds all creation together).
Act 2:47 Praising God, and having favor with all the people. And the Lord added to the church daily such as should be saved.
Act 5:14 And believers were the more added to the Lord, multitudes both of men and women.)
Act 11:24 Barnabus for he was a good man, and full of the Holy Ghost and of faith: and much people was added unto the Lord.
Psa 112:1 Praise ye the LORD. Blessed is the man that feareth the LORD, that delighteth greatly in his commandments.
Psa 112:2 His seed shall be mighty upon earth: the generation of the upright shall be blessed.
Psa 112:3 Wealth and riches shall be in his house: and his righteousness endureth for ever.
Jam 1:17 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.
Phi 4:19 But my (Boss) (Job) (Intellect) (Bank) (US Economy) shall supply... NO! MY God shall supply all your need according to (My Career) (My Intellect) (My Savings) (the gold in fort Knox) (The American Economy) his riches in glory by Christ Jesus.
The same God who led 3 million Israelites through the wilderness, and their clothes & shoes didn’t wear out, the same God who rained manna from Heaven every day to feed them, the same God who brought water out of the rock like a Niagara drinking fountain, the same God who fed Elijah T-bone steak from Heaven fast food delivery by raven, the same God who caused The jar of meal not to run out and the bottle of oil not to become empty for the widow of zarephath, the same God who caused Peter to find a coin in the fishes mouth to pay his and Jesus’ taxes. Is the God who will supply all of your needs according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus.
God loves giving to His Children........
Mat 7:7 Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:
Mat 7:8 For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.
Mat 7:9 Or what man is there of you, whom if his son ask bread, will he give him a stone?
Mat 7:10 Or if he ask a fish, will he give him a serpent?
Mat 7:11 If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask him?
Who are you looking to?
You can tell by your words who you’re looking to, who your really trusting- your disappointment in people is evidence that you have been expecting from people not God. God will let people disagree with you, or persecute you, he’ll show you how little it matters to your destiny, (Joseph). Who are you blaming for lack?
Heb 11:6 But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.
Miracle- Three distinct New Testament Greek words represent miracles: seemeion, "a sign"; teras, "a prodigy"; dunamis, "a mighty work." Septuagint uses seemeion and teras for Hebrew ’owt and mopheth (Exo_7:9). Seemeion, "sign," views the miracle as evidence of a divine commission: Joh_3:2, "no man can do these signs (Greek) which Thou doest except God be with him" (Joh_9:30; Joh_9:33; Joh_15:24; Luk_7:19-22); teras, "prodigy" or "wonder," expresses the effect on the spectator; dunamis, "mighty work," marks its performance by a superhuman power (Act_2:22; 2Co_12:12; 2Th_2:9). The "sign" is God’s seal, attestation, or proof of a revelation being genuine. Jesus’ miracles were not merely wonders but signs; signs not merely of His power, but of the nature of His ministry and of His divine person.
A 5 year old excitedly told his parents what he had learned in sunday school . He told the story of Adam and Eve and how Eve as created from one of Adams ribs, a few days later he told his mom, My side hurts, I think I’m having a wife.