PREPARING OUR HEARTS FOR MIRACLES AND MINISTRY
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OUTLINE
1. PRAYER
2. FAITH
3. HOLY SPIRIT
4. PREPARING FOR MIRACLE DELIVERANCE
5. HUMILITY
6. A PURE HEART
7. PREPARING OUR HEARTS TO BE USED BY GOD
THE MESSAGE
PREPARING OUR HEARTS FOR MIRACLES AND MINISTRY
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1.PRAYER
The Lord urges us to call unto Him and He promises to answer us. Often we waste our time and efforts calling on people who are unable to help us. The Lord asks to call upon Him and He will answer us in a great and amazing way because He is a great and amazing God. If we find ourselves all alone in the day of trouble , it is an opportunity for us to rely on God alone .We will experience His deliverance and we will give all the glory to God alone. We would not be under any obligation to any man because it was the Lord alone who delivered us.
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JEREMIAH 33:3
’Call to me and I will answer you and tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know.’
PSALM 50:15
and call upon me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you will honor me."
2.FAITH
The Lord wants us to be strong in faith when we face mountains in our life. Our faith in God can move mountains. Our prayers must be full of faith in order to receive answers. We must also be free from bitterness and unforgiveness in order to receive amazing answers to our prayers. We must be patient and not give up until we receive the fulfillment of the promises of God. The Lord wants us to live by faith. We must beleive in the faithfulness of God and His promises even before we can see the answer to our prayers. We please God by our faith in God even in the face of trials and tribulations. We grieve the Holy Spirit when allow fear and doubt and worry to fill our hearts. God has not given us the spirit of fear but of power and love and sound mind.
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MARK 11:22-26
"Have faith in God," Jesus answered.
"I tell you the truth, if anyone says to this mountain, ’Go, throw yourself into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart but believes that what he says will happen, it will be done for him.
Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.
And when you stand praying, if you hold anything against anyone, forgive him, so that your Father in heaven may forgive you your sins."
But if you do not forgive, neither will your Father who is in heaven forgive your sins.
HEBREWS 10:35-39
So do not throw away your confidence; it will be richly rewarded.
You need to persevere so that when you have done the will of God, you will receive what he has promised.
For in just a very little while, "He who is coming will come and will not delay.
But my righteous one will live by faith. And if he shrinks back, I will not be pleased with him."
But we are not of those who shrink back and are destroyed, but of those who believe and are saved.
HEBREWS 11:1,6
Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see.
And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him.
2 TIMOTHY 1:7
For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.
3.HOLY SPIRIT
The Lord wants to deliver us by the power of the Holy Spirit. We should not rely on human might or power to move the mountains in our life. The Lord will remove the obstacles through the power of the Holy Spirit . He will make the mountains into level ground. When the enemy comes like a flood , the Holy Spirit will raise up a standard against him.
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ZECHARIAH 4:6,7
So he said to me, "This is the word of the LORD to Zerubbabel: ’Not by might nor by power, but by my Spirit,’ says the LORD Almighty.
"What are you, O mighty mountain? Before Zerubbabel you will become level ground. Then he will bring out the capstone to shouts of ’God bless it! God bless it!’ "
ISAIAH 59:19
So shall they fear The name of the LORD from the west, And His glory from the rising of the sun; When the enemy comes in like a flood, The Spirit of the LORD will lift up a standard against him.
4. PREPARING FOR MIRACLE DELIVERANCE
The Lord wants us to prepare our hearts so that He can move mightily on our behalf. The eyes of the Lord are running throughout the whole earth to show Himself strong on behalf of those whose hearts are loyal to Him. If we humble ourselves and turn from our sins and seek the face of God , the Lord will hear our cry and forgive our sins and heal our land. When our hearts are sanctified the Lord will do amazing wonders in our life.
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2 CHRONICLES 16:9
For the eyes of the LORD run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to show Himself strong on behalf of those whose heart is loyal to Him. In this you have done foolishly; therefore from now on you shall have wars."
2 CHRONICLES 7:14
if my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land.
ISAIAH 59:1-2
Surely the arm of the LORD is not too short to save, nor his ear too dull to hear.
But your iniquities have separated you from your God; your sins have hidden his face from you, so that he will not hear.
PROVERBS 28:13
He who conceals his sins does not prosper,but whoever confesses and renounces them finds mercy.
1 JOHN 1:7-9
But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, purifies us from all sin.
If we claim to be without sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us.
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.
JOSHUA 3:5
And Joshua said to the people, "Sanctify yourselves, for tomorrow the LORD will do wonders among you."
5. HUMILITY
The Lord wants us walk in humility in order to experience His deliverance. When we humble ourselves and become submitted to God , we are empowered to resist the devil and cause the devil to flee. We must draw near to God and He will come close to us. When we humble ourselves , the Lord will lift us up. Manasseh humbled himself greatly before God in his time of distress and the Lord delivered him.
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JAMES 4:6-10
But he gives us more grace. That is why Scripture says: "God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble."
Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
Come near to God and he will come near to you. Wash your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.
Grieve, mourn and wail. Change your laughter to mourning and your joy to gloom.
Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will lift you up.
2 CHRONICLES 33:9-13
But Manasseh led Judah and the people of Jerusalem astray, so that they did more evil than the nations the LORD had destroyed before the Israelites.
The LORD spoke to Manasseh and his people, but they paid no attention.
So the LORD brought against them the army commanders of the king of Assyria, who took Manasseh prisoner, put a hook in his nose, bound him with bronze shackles and took him to Babylon.
In his distress he sought the favor of the LORD his God and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers.
And when he prayed to him, the LORD was moved by his entreaty and listened to his plea; so he brought him back to Jerusalem and to his kingdom. Then Manasseh knew that the LORD is God.
LUKE 14:11
For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted."
6. A PURE HEART
The Lord wants us to have a pure heart. We must ask the Lord to examine our hearts and reveal the impurities within us and lead us in the eternal way. The words of our mouth and meditations of our heart should be acceptable to God. Our hearts must be free from the works of the flesh and manifest the fruit of the Spirit.
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PSALM 51:10
Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me.
PSALM 139:23-24
Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts.
See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.
PSALM 19:7-14
The law of the LORD is perfect, reviving the soul. The statutes of the LORD are trustworthy, making wise the simple.
The precepts of the LORD are right, giving joy to the heart. The commands of the LORD are radiant, giving light to the eyes.
The fear of the LORD is pure, enduring forever. The ordinances of the LORD are sure and altogether righteous.
They are more precious than gold, than much pure gold; they are sweeter than honey, than honey from the comb.
By them is your servant warned; in keeping them there is great reward.
Who can discern his errors? Forgive my hidden faults.
Keep your servant also from willful sins; may they not rule over me. Then will I be blameless, innocent of great transgression.
May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be pleasing in your sight, O LORD, my Rock and my Redeemer.
GALATIANS 5:19-24
The acts of the sinful nature are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity and debauchery;
idolatry and witchcraft; hatred, discord, jealousy, fits of rage, selfish ambition, dissensions, factions
and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like. I warn you, as I did before, that those who live like this will not inherit the kingdom of God.
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law.
Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the sinful nature with its passions and desires.
TITUS 2:11-14
For the grace of God that brings salvation has appeared to all men.
It teaches us to say "No" to ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright and godly lives in this present age,
while we wait for the blessed hope—the glorious appearing of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ,
who gave himself for us to redeem us from all wickedness and to purify for himself a people that are his very own, eager to do what is good.
1 JOHN 2:15-17
Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
For all that is in the world—the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life—is not of the Father but is of the world.
And the world is passing away, and the lust of it; but he who does the will of God abides forever.
7. PREPARING OUR HEARTS TO BE USED BY GOD
The Lord wants to use us for His glory and we must prepare our hearts in order to be used by Him. If we want to be used by the Lord ,we must be a pure vessel.Then the Lord will use us as a vessel of honor. The Lord wants to sanctify our body and soul and spirit and make us to stand before Him with joy of the Day of Judgement.
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2 TIMOTHY 2:19-21
Nevertheless, God’s solid foundation stands firm, sealed with this inscription: "The Lord knows those who are his," and, "Everyone who confesses the name of the Lord must turn away from wickedness."
In a large house there are articles not only of gold and silver, but also of wood and clay; some are for noble purposes and some for ignoble.
If a man cleanses himself from the latter, he will be an instrument for noble purposes, made holy, useful to the Master and prepared to do any good work.
1 THESSALONIANS 5:14-24
And we urge you, brothers, warn those who are idle, encourage the timid, help the weak, be patient with everyone.
Make sure that nobody pays back wrong for wrong, but always try to be kind to each other and to everyone else.
Be joyful always;
pray continually;
give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.
Do not put out the Spirit’s fire;
do not treat prophecies with contempt.
Test everything. Hold on to the good.
Avoid every kind of evil.
May God himself, the God of peace, sanctify you through and through. May your whole spirit, soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
The one who calls you is faithful and he will do it.
JUDE 20-25
But you, dear friends, build yourselves up in your most holy faith and pray in the Holy Spirit.
Keep yourselves in God’s love as you wait for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to bring you to eternal life.
Be merciful to those who doubt;
snatch others from the fire and save them; to others show mercy, mixed with fear—hating even the clothing stained by corrupted flesh.
To him who is able to keep you from falling and to present you before his glorious presence without fault and with great joy—
to the only God our Savior be glory, majesty, power and authority, through Jesus Christ our Lord, before all ages, now and forevermore! Amen.
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