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Presence Driven 2 Series
Contributed by Randy Trotter on Nov 28, 2017 (message contributor)
Summary: Being “Presence Driven” is what will Change Your Get By Experience into something Dramatic! It’ll Change Your Outlook on Church. It’ll Change Your Walk with God! It’ll bring a difference about you!
WE HAVE TO GOT TO RECOGNIZE THE “PRESENCE OF GOD” IN A “NEW WAY & MANNER!” “A NEW WAY & MANNER” THAT CHANGES WHO WE HAVE ONLY “PARTLY BECOME” & BECOME WHO WE ARE “DESTINED TO BE” IN THE “DNA/PRESENCE OF GOD!”
WE HAVE GOT TO GO BEYOND A “CASUAL EXPERIENCE & RELATIONSHIP” WITH GOD! WE HAVE GOT TO GO TO THE PLACE WHERE THE VERY “PRESENCE OF GOD” IS SO EVIDENT IN OUR LIVES THAT WHEN WE WALK ON THE SCENE THE ENEMY WILL KNOW WE ARE & CRY OUT!
IF YOU’RE NOT “PRESENCE DRIVEN” THEN YOU’RE MORE “CASUAL” THAN YOU MAY LIKE TO ADMIT!
John 14:12 Jesus said...
“Most assuredly, I say to you, he who believes in Me,
THE WORKS I DO HE WILL DO ALSO...”
Folk, the “PRESENCE OF GOD” was with Jesus in the same fashion that should be in us! Jesus said it Himself in the scripture I just read! In essence Jesus was saying; “IF THE PRESENCE OF GOD IS IN YOU, YOU WILL DO WHAT I DO...” & then He went on to say, “EVEN GREATER THINGS SHALL YOU DO!”
IN ACTS 5:15 WE SEE IT IN THE LIFE OF PETER WHEN HIS VERY SHADOW HEALED PEOPLE! BECAUSE THE “PRESENCE OF GOD” WAS WITH HIM! HE WAS “PRESENCE DRIVEN”!
People recognized the “PRESENCE OF GOD” within his life!
IN ACTS 19:11SCRIPTURE SAYS THAT “GOD WORKED UNUSUAL MIRACLES BY THE HANDS OF PAUL...SO THAT HANDKERCHIEFS & APRONS WERE BROUGHT FROM HIS BODY TO THE SICK, & THE DISEASES LEFT THEM & EVIL SPIRITS DEPARTED OUT OF THEM.”
I HAVE TO ASK “WHY?” “WHY” AREN’T WE DOING THE THINGS HE SAID WE WOULD DO!
LETS LOOK AT WHAT HE “DID NOT” SAY! HE “DID NOT” SAY:
“IF YOU’RE AN ORDAINED MINISTER!”
OR “IF YOU’RE SPECIAL” OR “IF YOU’RE A PASTOR,
EVANGELIST OR MISSIONARY!”
THERE WAS NO DISTINCTION! LET’S LOOK AT WHAT HE “DID SAY” THAT WAS SO SIMPLE & PROFOUND! HE DID SAY...
“HE WHO BELIEVES IN ME...”
AGAIN! I HAVE TO ASK “WHY?” “WHY” AREN’T WE DOING THE THINGS HE SAID WE WOULD DO! IT’S BECAUSE WE ARE NOT WALKING IN THE “PRESENCE OF GOD” THE WAY INTENDED!
WHEN WE SEE THE MIGHTY “MIRACLES, HEALINGS & DELIVERANCES” IN THOSE EVANGELISTS, MISSIONARIES & PASTORS WHO MINISTER IN THOSE AREAS WE ENTER THE “WOW FACTOR” BECAUSE THEY HAVE “CONSCIOUSLY TAPPED” INTO THE “PRESENCE OF GOD” IN THE MANNER INTENDED!
THE “WOW FACTOR” SAYS, “I WISH I COULD!” I SAY TO YOU YOU’RE SUPPOSED TO! JESUS SAID “HE WHO BELIEVES IN ME...”
I KNOW IN MY HEART THAT EACH & EVERY SINGLE PERSON IN THIS CHURCH COULD & NOT ONLY COULD BUT SHOULD TAP INTO THAT VERY “PRESENCE OF GOD” & WALK IN THE SAME POWER WE SEE A FEW OTHERS!
BUT WE HAVE TO SEEK THAT “PRESENCE OF GOD!” WE’VE GOT TO HAVE A WHOLE CHANGE OF THOUGHT! WE’VE GOT TO MAKE A CONSCIOUS DECISION TO ACTIVELY SEEK FOR THE “PRESENCE OF GOD!” DON’T JUST SAY THAT WAS A GOOD MESSAGE OR IDEA! DON’T WALK OUT OF THIS HOUSE & JUST CASUALLY THINK ABOUT IT!
When was the last time you knelt down & began to seek the “PRESENCE OF GOD?” No other agenda, nothing else, JUST THE “PRESENCE OF GOD?”
WE KNOW THAT WHAT COMES WITH THE “PRESENCE OF GOD” MAKES A “DISTINCTION” ABOUT US! THAT “DISTINCTION” THAT SHOWS WE ARE THE CHILDREN OF GOD & THAT GOD IS PLEASED W/US!
How does that happen or come to be? It is SOLELY by the ABSOLUTE MANIFEST “PRESENCE OF GOD” ALMIGHTY! Do you think that can’t happen to you? DON’T BE DECEIVED! REMEMBER WHAT JESUS SAID...”
