Thank you Rev. Roy Simpkins
How bad do you want it?
This is my second jab at Substance........
I preached this SUnday Morning.... My notes stink, and I stink in writing notes, but I did on this one......it's a simple message, not too deep..But went over really good!
How Bad do you want it?
James 4:6-10
6 But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble.
7 Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
8 Draw nigh to God , and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded.
9 Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness.
10 Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up.
Drug attics
Alcoholics
Smokers
Addicted to pornography
They just cant wait to get their next fix¦.and they want it real bad..and they will do what it takes to get it.
If you want something bad enough you will pay the price to get it.
Naaman wanted something real bad..a healing
2 Kings 5:1-14
5:1 Now Naaman, captain of the host of the king of Syria, was a great man with his master, and honourable, because by him the LORD had given deliverance unto Syria: he was also a mighty man in valour, but he was a leper.
*Naaman was a great man, but he had a problem, and he knew it!
*There is a lot of great people in the world, some realize their problem, some dont
*There is a lot of great people in the church, and they sometimes have problems too.
*The first step to getting what you need from God, is realizing you have a need.
7 And it came to pass, when the king of Israel had read the letter, that he rent his clothes, and said, Am I God, to kill and to make alive, that this man doth send unto me to recover a man of his leprosy? wherefore consider, I pray you, and see how he seeketh a quarrel against me.
8 And it was so, when Elisha the man of God had heard that the king of Israel had rent his clothes, that he sent to the king, saying, Wherefore hast thou rent thy clothes? let him come now to me, and he shall know that there is a prophet in Israel.
9 So Naaman came with his horses and with his chariot, and stood at the door of the house of Elisha.
When Naaman heard the man of God wanted to see him, he probably came with speed to the Prophets house to get a answer for his need..hoping to get his answer
After all, he was, a Captain, of course he was going to get right on in to see the preacher
10 And Elisha sent a messenger unto him, saying, Go and wash in the Jordan seven times, and thy flesh shall come again to thee, and thou shalt be clean.
11 But Naaman was wroth, and went away, and said, Behold, I thought, He will surely come out to me, and stand, and call on the name of the LORD his God, and strike his hand over the place, and recover the leper.
*But he never even got to see the preacher, all he got was a message go wash your self in the ole nasty Jordan.blah
*He was madder than a ole wet hen
*Who does this preacher think he is? Telling me to wash in the Jordan?
*Doesnt he know “That I am a Captain of the Host?
*Sometimes we think just like ole Naaman, we want the easy way out for what we need from God.
*We dont want to be put out.we Have too much pride. After all Naaman was a Captain.We have people who think just because they are 3rd Generation Pentecostals that they should get a easy out
*They dont want to get messed up
12 Are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? may I not wash in them, and be clean? So he turned and went away in a rage.
*He was willing to leave the same way he came with the same problem
*So many times we as Apostolics leave the same way we came because we didnt like what the preacher had to say
*Make it easy on me preacher
*Tickle my ear preacher
*Say a prayer to give me goose pimples man!
*But dont make me give up, or belittle my postion in the church by looking Humble
*Remember God Resists the proud, but giveth Grace to the humble
*Ive never seen God fill a person with the Holy Ghost who wasnt willing to humble them self
*Ive never seen God fill a person with the True Holy Ghost that had a dry eye
*But to those Who was willing to sob and cry before God, and forget who was around them those are the ones he bestows Grace unto
* Recount my Conversion into Pentecost
13 And his servants came near, and spake unto him, and said, My father, if the prophet had bid thee do some great thing, wouldest thou not have done it? how much rather then, when he saith to thee, Wash, and be clean?
*a lot of people are looking for the easy way out
*They think there social status should mean something
*The only way Naaman was going to get healing was GODS way
*The only way your going to get what you need is Gods way
*The only way to get to heaven is Gods way
*Its Gods way or the Highway..and Namaan almost chose the highway
*How many people has come to church and chose the highway, because Gods way looked to dirty
*How many missed out on a blessing because they let pride, and selfishness get in the way
*How many churches missed out on Revival because it wasnt the way they thought it should have been?
14 Then went he down, and dipped himself seven times in Jordan, according to the saying of the man of God: and his flesh came again like unto the flesh of a little child, and he was clean.
*And when you do it Gods way..see what happens
*When you humble yourself
*When you really want Revival
*When you really want a Blessing
*When you really want a Healing
*When you really want it bad enough..etc.
*Jacob wanted the things of God more than his brother Esau.
*Jacob wanted it real Bad
Gen 32:24-32
24 And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day.
25 And when he saw that he prevailed not against him, he touched the hollow of his thigh; and the hollow of Jacob's thigh was out of joint, as he wrestled with him.
26 And he said, Let me go, for the day breaketh. And he said, I will not let thee go, except thou bless me.
27 And he said unto him, What is thy name? And he said, Jacob.
28 And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed.
29 And Jacob asked him, and said, Tell me, I pray thee, thy name. And he said, Wherefore is it that thou dost ask after my name? And he blessed him there.
30 And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.
31 And as he passed over Penuel the sun rose upon him, and he halted upon his thigh.
32 Therefore the children of Israel eat not of the sinew which shrank, which is upon the hollow of the thigh, unto this day: because he touched the hollow of Jacob's thigh in the sinew that shrank.
*The woman with the Issue of Blood.......
*Blind Bartimaeus had a need I his life and he needed God to move in his life real Bad
Mark 10:46-52
46 And they came to Jericho: and as he went out of Jericho with his disciples and a great number of people, blind Bartimaeus, the son of Timaeus, sat by the highway side begging.
47 And when he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to cry out, and say, Jesus, thou Son of David, have mercy on me.
48 And many charged him that he should hold his peace: but he cried the more a great deal, Thou Son of David, have mercy on me.
49 And Jesus stood still, and commanded him to be called. And they call the blind man, saying unto him, Be of good comfort, rise; he calleth thee.
50 And he, casting away his garment, rose, and came to Jesus.
51 And Jesus answered and said unto him, What wilt thou that I should do unto thee? The blind man said unto him, Lord, that I might receive my sight.
52 And Jesus said unto him, Go thy way; thy faith hath made thee whole. And immediately he received his sight, and followed Jesus in the way.
