PRAYING FOR A SPIRITUAL BREAKTHROUGH
MATTHEW 6: 9-13 - JESUS SAID, IN THIS MANNER, THEREFORE, PRAY: OUR FATHER IN HEAVEN, HALLOWED BE YOUR NAME. YOUR KINGDOM COME. YOUR WILL BE DONE ON EARTH AS IT IS IN HEAVEN. GIVE US THIS DAY OUR DAILY BREAD. AND FORGIVE US OUR DEBTS, AS WE FORGIVE OUR DEBTORS. AND DO NOT LEAD US INTO TEMPTATION, BUT DELIVER US FROM THE EVIL ONE. FOR YOURS IS THE KINGDOM AND THE POWER AND THE GLORY FOREVER. AMEN.
THERE ARE TWO SPIRITUAL ACTIVITIES WHICH ARE TO BE AN UNCEASINGLY PART OF A BELIEVER'S LIFE. -- THERE ARE TWO GREAT PILLARS THAT HOLD UP THE BELIEVER IN THE MATTER OF DAILY LIVING. -- ONE IS THE STUDY OF THE WORD OF GOD AND TWO IS PRAYER. -- THE APOSTLES DECLARED IN ACTS 6:4 - WE WILL GIVE OURSELVES CONTINUALLY TO PRAYER, AND THE MINISTRY OF THE WORD. -- PRAYER IS OUR SPEAKING TO GOD. STUDYING THE WORD IS GOD SPEAKING TO US.
THERE ARE TWO BIBLICAL PRINCIPLES THAT WILL CAUSE A SPIRITUAL BREAKTHROUGH.
LET US BEGIN BY DISCOVERING THE FIRST BREAKTHROUGH – PRAYER.
OUR FATHER: TRUE PRAYER BEGINS BY RECOGNIZING GOD – WE FORGET ABOUT OURSELVES AND WE GLORIFY GOD.
OUR – NOT MY FATHER BY OUR FATHER. OUR IS PLURAL – MORE THAN ONE! WHO IS THIS PLURAL?
IT IS JESUS – WHEN WE COME TO GOD WE COME WITH JESUS – GOD WILL NOT HEAR OUR PRAYER WITHOUT JESUS WHEN GOD LOOKS AT US, HE DOES NOT SEE US, HE SEES JESUS.
DO YOU THINK GOD WILL HAVE ANY PROBLEM HEARING AND ANSWERING JESUS’ REQUEST? THAT IS WHAT IT MEANS… WHATEVER YOU ASK OF THE FATHER IN JESUS NAME HE WILL GIVE IT TO YOU. (JOHN 14:14)
IT ALSO MEANS THAT WE PRAY IN AGREEMENT WITH OUR BROTHER AND SISTERS IN CHRIST. – WHERE TWO AGREE TOUCHING HEAVEN IT SHALL BE DONE. IT IS GOING TO GOD WITH OUR ARMS AROUND ALL OUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS. WE ARE TO PRAY FOR ONE ANOTHER -- A PRAYER LIST CAN HELP US TO PRAY FOR ONE ANOTHER.
IF WE ARE GOING TO TALK ABOUT PEOPLE LET US DO IT ON OUR KNEES. WHAT A BEAUTIFUL PICTURE IF WE COULD SEE ALL OF GODS CHILDREN TALKING TO HIM ALL AT ONE TIME!
FATHER – GOD IS NOT THE FATHER OF EVERYONE – HE IS CREATOR OF ALL BUT NOT THE FATHER. IN ORDER FOR GOD TO BE OUR FATHER, WE MUST RECEIVE JESUS AS OUR LORD AND SAVIOR -- JOHN 1:12 - BUT AS MANY AS RECEIVED HIM, TO THEM GAVE HE THE POWER TO BECOME THE SONS OF GOD, EVEN TO THEM THAT BELIEVE ON HIS NAME.
EPHESIANS 5:1 – BE IMITATORS OF GOD AS DEAR CHILDREN! -- YOU HAVE HEARD THE SAYING, LIKE FATHER, LIKE SON! IT SHOULD CHALLENGE US TO LIVE AS A GOOD EARTHLY FATHER TO HONOR OUR FATHER IN HEAVEN!
GOD IS THE PERFECT FATHER: MATTHEW 5:48 – BE YE THEREFORE PERFECT AS YOUR FATHER IN HEAVEN IS PERFECT
IN FATHER GOD THERE IS RELATIONSHIP:
YOU CANNOT HAVE A PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP WITH AN IDOL. AN IDOL HAS EYES BUT CANNOT SEE; EARS BUT CANNOT HEAR; A MOUTH BUT CANNOT SPEAK; HANDS BUT CANNOT REACH OUT TO US AND MEET OUR NEEDS! --- OUR FATHER HAS EYES AND CAN SEE; HE HAS EARS AND CAN HEAR; HE HAS A MOUTH AND CAN SPEAK; AND HANDS THAT WILL REACH DOWN AND COMFORT US AND MEET OUR NEEDS!
GOD IS SOMEONE WE CAN GO TO IN TIME OF NEED; SOMEONE TO TALK; SOMEONE WHO WILL LISTEN WHEN NO ONE ELSE SEEMS TO CARE; SOMEONE WHO LOVES AND CARES FOR US LIKE NO ONE ELSE! PRAYER SHOULD BE LIKE A CHILD JUMPING IN A FATHERS LAP TO SAY I LOVE YOU!
IN FATHER GOD THERE IS LOVE & FORGIVENESS; MERCY & GRACE.
PSALM 103 – AS A FATHER PITIES HIS CHILDREN, SO THE LORD PITIES THEM THAT FEAR HIM.
IN FATHER GOD THERE IS GUIDANCE (JOHN 16:13)
IN FATHER GOD THERE IS PROTECTION & PROVISION (PS. 121:4-8)(PHIL. 4:19)
IN FATHER GOD THERE IS DISCIPLINE (HEB. 12:6 – THOSE WHO GOD LOVES HE DISCIPLINES OR CHASTENS)
IN FATHER GOD THERE IS NO FEAR (2 TIM. 1:7 - GOD HAS NOT GIVEN US THE SPIRIT OF FEAR; BUT OF POWER, AND OF LOVE, AND OF A SOUND MIND)
IN FATHER GOD THERE IS HOPE (1 TIM. 1:1 – THE LORD JESUS WHICH IS OUR HOPE)
IN FATHER GOD THERE IS NO LONLINESS -- LO I AM WITH YOU ALWAYS – STICKS CLOSER THAN A BROTHER! IN A CHILDS LIFE IT IS IMPORTANT FOR THE FATHER TO ALWAYS BE THERE
IN FATHER GOD WE MUST OBEY -- I SAMUEL 15:22
GOD IS EVERYTHING FOR EVERYBODY, EVERYWHERE, EVERY TIME, AND IN EVERY WAY HE IS GOD. HE IS FAITHFUL - I AM HIS, AND HE IS MINE. GOD IS IN CONTROL - I AM ON HIS SIDE. ALL IS WELL WITH MY SOUL!
IN HEAVEN - THIS STATEMENT IS NOT TRYING TO TELL US WHERE GOD IS BECAUSE GOD IS EVERYWHERE. IT IS A STATEMENT THAT THERE IS NO OTHER GOD LIKE GOD – IT IS THE GOD ABOVE EVERY GOD. HE IS THE TRUE AND LIVING GOD!
GOD IS NOT LIKE IDOL GODS: THE OVER-RIDING THEME OF THE BIBLE IS THAT GOD IS THE ONE TRUE GOD, AND THAT MEN, INCLUDING THE PEOPLE OF ISRAEL, HAVE SUBSTITUTED FOR HIM GODS OF THEIR OWN MAKING. EARTHBOUND GODS. POWERLESS GODS.
WHEN WE ADDRESS GOD AS OUR FATHER IN HEAVEN WE ARE EXPRESSING THAT GOD IS HIGHER THAN ANY OTHER GOD. HE IS A HOLY GOD. HE IS NOT A COMMON GOD. HE IS NOT A FABRICATION OF HUMAN HANDS OR OF HUMAN MINDS. HE IS OVER AND ABOVE AND BEYOND ALL OTHER IDOL GODS. DEUTERONOMY 10:17 – HE IS CALLED “THE GOD OF GODS.
THE FIRST OF THE TEN COMMANDMENTS – YOU SHALL HAVE NO OTHER GODS BEFORE ME. GOD IS ANGRY WITH OTHER GODS – HE IS A JEALOUS GOD – TO PUT GOD SECOND AND EXPECTING HIM TO LIKE IT, IS LIKE TRYING TO BE MARRIED AND HAVE ANOTHER WOMAN AND GETTING YOUR WIFE TO EXCEPT IT.
GOD IS NOT LIKE THE OCCULT:
THE GOD TO WHOM WE PRAY - OUR FATHER IN HEAVEN IS NOT SOME PSYCHIC OR OCCULT POWER: HE IS SO FAR OVER AND ABOVE THESE SUPPOSED POWERS THAT HE CAN TURN THEIR COUNSEL INTO FOOLISHNESS FOR HIS OWN PURPOSES. THUS THE CHRISTIAN WHO KNOWS THE ONE, TRUE GOD BY KNOWING JESUS CHRIST HAS NO NEED TO PURSUE GUIDANCE FROM ANY OF THESE SOURCES, OF WHICH THE MODERN EXPRESSIONS ARE SUCH THINGS AS ASTROLOGY, TAROT CARDS, OUIJA BOARDS, PALMISTRY, SÉANCES, AND SO ON. IN FACT, AS FAR AS THE BIBLE IS CONCERNED, TO SEEK HELP FROM SUCH SOURCES IS SIN.
IN HEAVEN – THE GOD OF HEAVEN - GOD IS NOT LIMITED; FINITE; OR WEAK.
THE OMNIPOTENT; ALL POWERFUL, MAJESTIC, SOVEREIGN KING OF ALL:
2 CHRONICLES 20:6 – YOU ALONE ARE THE GOD WHO IS IN HEAVEN. YOU ARE RULER OF ALL THE KINGDOMS OF THE EARTH. YOU ARE ALL POWERFUL AND MIGHTY; NO ONE CAN STAND AGAINST YOU!
GENESIS 18:14 – IS ANYTHING TOO HARD FOR THE LORD?
JOB 42:2 – I KNOW THAT YOU CAN DO EVERY THING, AND THAT NO THOUGHT CAN BE HIDDEN FROM YOU.
PSALM 33:9 – FOR HE SPOKE, AND IT WAS DONE; HE COMMANDED, AND IT STOOD FAST.
JEREMIAH 32:17 - AH LORD GOD, YOU HAVE MADE THE HEAVENS AND EARTH BY YOUR GREAT POWER AND OUTSTRETCHED ARM. NOTHING IS TOO HARD FOR YOU.
MARK 10:27 – WITH GOD ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE.
EVEN SATAN IS UNDER THE CONTROL OF GOD! (REV. 20:2 – ONE DAY GOD WILL CAST SATAN IN THE EVERLASTING LAKE OF FIRE)
GOD SPOKE THE UNIVERSE INTO BEING!
GOD HAS ALL POWER OVER NATURE; OVER ALL DISEASES; OVER ALL SIN AND DEATH.
NO MATTER WHAT YOU MIGHT BE FACING, GOD CAN HELP YOU. NOTHING IS TOO HARD FOR HIM. NO NEED IS TOO GREAT FOR HIM TO MEET.
NO PROBLEM IS TOO COMPLICATED FOR HIM TO SOLVE. NO FOE IS TOO STRONG FOR HIM TO CONQUER. NO PRAYER IS TOO DIFFICULT FOR HIM TO ANSWER.
EPHESIANS 3:20 – NOW TO HIM WHO IS ABLE TO DO EXCEEDINGLY ABUNDANTLY ABOVE ALL THAT WE ASK OR THINK, ACCORDING TO THE POWER THAT WORKS IN US.
THE OMNISCIENT; ALL KNOWING, WHO SEES ALL THINGS:
2 CHRONICLES 16:9 - FOR THE EYES OF THE LORD RUN TO AND FRO THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE EARTH.
PSALM 139: 1-6 – O LORD, YOU HAVE EXAMINED MY HEART AND KNOW EVERYTHING ABOUT ME. YOU KNOW WHEN I SIT DOWN OR STAND UP. YOU KNOW MY EVERY THOUGHT WHEN FAR AWAY. YOU CHART THE PATH AHEAD OF ME AND TELL ME WHERE TO STOP AND REST. EVERY MOMENT YOU KNOW WHERE I AM. YOU KNOW WHAT I AM GOING TO SAY EVEN BEFORE I SAY IT … SUCH KNOWLEDGE IS TOO WONDERFUL FOR ME, TOO GREAT FOR ME TO KNOW.
PROVERBS 15:3 - THE EYES OF THE LORD ARE IN EVERY PLACE, KEEPING WATCH ON THE EVIL AND THE GOOD.
GOD KNOWS THE ANSWERS TO ALL OF LIFE’S QUESTIONS. GOD IS NEVER SURPRISED OR BEWILDERED BECAUSE HE IS ALWAYS COMPLETELY AWARE OF ALL EVENTS PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE. HE ALSO KNOWS EVERYTHING ABOUT YOU-YOUR DESIRES, MOTIVES, AND THOUGHTS. GOD KNOWS MORE ABOUT YOU THAN YOU WILL EVER KNOW ABOUT YOURSELF.
WHEN YOU FACE CHALLENGES OR DIFFICULTIES, YOU CAN BE ENCOURAGED THAT GOD UNDERSTANDS WHAT YOU ARE GOING THROUGH. HE KNOWS ABOUT YOUR PRESSURES AND PROBLEMS, AND HE ALSO KNOWS THE PURPOSE FOR YOUR TRIALS. GOD PROMISES, I KNOW THE PLANS I HAVE FOR YOU … THEY ARE PLANS FOR GOOD AND NOT FOR DISASTER, TO GIVE YOU A FUTURE AND A HOPE. (JEREMIAH 29:11). WHATEVER YOUR CIRCUMSTANCES, WHATEVER YOUR NEED, GOD HAS THE ANSWER. HE KNOWS EVERYTHING ABOUT YOUR SITUATION AND WANTS TO HELP YOU.
THE OMNIPRESENT; EVERYWHERE PRESENT.
PSALM 139:7-12 - WHERE CAN I GO FROM YOUR SPIRIT? OR WHERE CAN I FLEE FROM YOUR PRESENCE? IF I ASCEND INTO HEAVEN, YOU ARE THERE; IF I MAKE MY BED IN HELL, BEHOLD, YOU ARE THERE. IF I TAKE THE WINGS OF THE MORNING, AND DWELL IN THE UTTERMOST PARTS OF THE SEA, EVEN THERE YOUR HAND SHALL LEAD ME, AND YOUR RIGHT HAND SHALL HOLD ME. IF I SAY, SURELY THE DARKNESS SHALL FALL ON ME, EVEN THE NIGHT SHALL BE LIGHT ABOUT ME; INDEED, THE DARKNESS SHALL NOT HIDE FROM YOU, BUT THE NIGHT SHINES AS THE DAY.
GOD IS ALWAYS WITH US. BECAUSE HE IS AN INFINITE SPIRIT, HE IS NOT RESTRICTED TO BEING IN ONE LOCATION AT A TIME.
WE LIVE IN HIS GLORIOUS PRESENCE EVERY MOMENT OF EVERY DAY. WHEN WE ARE ALONE, GOD WATCHES WHAT WE DO.
HEBREWS 4:13 - NOTHING IN ALL CREATION CAN HIDE FROM HIM. EVERYTHING IS NAKED AND EXPOSED BEFORE HIS EYES.
GOD WANTS US TO CONSCIOUSLY LIVE IN HIS PRESENCE EACH DAY. HIS EVER-PRESENCE MAKES IT POSSIBLE FOR US TO LIVE IN CONSTANT COMMUNICATION WITH HIM AND TO DEPEND ON HIM IN EVERY SITUATION.
GOD'S MAGNIFICENT PRESENCE IS ALL WE NEED FOR ANY CHALLENGE THAT MAY COME OUR WAY. NO PERSON OR CIRCUMSTANCE CAN EVER REMOVE US FROM THE PRESENCE OF OUR LOVING GOD. HE IS ALWAYS WITH US, HEARING OUR CRIES FOR HELP. HE IS ALWAYS WITH US, PROTECTING US FROM DANGER. HE IS ALWAYS WITH US, WATCHING WHAT WE DO. HE IS OUR EVER-PRESENT GOD, SAVIOR, LORD, AND MASTER-OUR DEAREST FRIEND.
THE ETERNAL: THERE HAS NEVER BEING A TIME WHEN GOD WAS NOT NOR EVER A TIME THAT GOD WILL NOT BE – HE IS ETERNAL!
GEN. 1:1 - IN THE BEGINNING GOD…..
PS. 90:2 - BEFORE THE MOUNTAINS WERE BROUGHT FORTH, BEFORE YOU FORMED THE EARTH AND THE WORLD, EVEN FROM EVERLASTING TO EVERLASTING, YOU ARE GOD.
I TIM 1:17 - NOW UNTO THE KING ETERNAL, IMMORTAL, INVISIBLE, THE ONLY WISE GOD, BE HONOR AND GLORY FOR EVER AND EVER.
REV. 22:13 – I AM ALPHA AND OMEGA, THE BEGINNING AND THE END, THE FIRST AND THE LAST.
THE ALL POWERFUL, ALL KNOWING, EVERYWHERE PRESENT, ETERNAL, UNCHANGING, HOLY, RIGHTEOUS, MERCIFUL, LOVING, FAITHFUL, GLORIOUS, LONGSUFFERING, COMPASSIONATE., UNSEARCHABLE GOOD, TRUE, GREAT, INCORRUPTIBLE, CONSUMING FIRE, GRACIOUS, JEALOUS, UPRIGHT, NO DARKNESS IN HIM, PERFECT, IMMORTAL, NONE LIKE HIM… AND SO MUCH MORE TRUE AND LIVING GOD!
PSALM 34:1 - I WILL BLESS THE LORD AT ALL TIMES; HIS PRAISE SHALL CONTINUALLY BE IN MY MOUTH, MY SOUL SHALL MAKE HER BOAST IN THE LORD!
I WILL BLESS THE LORD AT ALL TIMES BECAUSE GOD IS GREAT: GOD IS GREATER THAN ALL MY PROBLEMS; GREATER THAN ALL MY SINS; GREATER THAN ALL MY SICKNESS; GREATER THAN ALL MY FAILURES GREATER THAN ALL MY FEARS; GREATER THAN ALL MY NEEDS; GREATER THAN ALL THE POWERS OF THIS WORLD THAT COME AGAINST ME. MY POWER TO OVERCOME ANY SITUATION COMES ONLY FROM GOD, BECAUSE GREATER IS HE WHO IS IN ME THAN HE THAT IS IN THE WORLD -- I CAN DO ALL THINGS THROUGH CHRIST WHO GIVES ME STRENGTH; I HAVE BEEN MADE MORE THAN A CONQUEROR THROUGH CHRIST JESUS; I CHOOSE TO FOCUS ON THE PROBLEM SOLVER RATHER THAN THE PROBLEM! -- GOD WILL NEVER LEAVE ME, NOR FORSAKE ME; WHEN I FALL, HE LIFTS ME UP; WHEN I SIN, HE FORGIVES ME; WHEN I AM WEAK, HE IS STRONG - WHEN I AM AFRAID, HE IS MY COURAGE - WHEN I STUMBLE, HE STEADIES ME WHEN I AM SICK, HE HEALS ME - WHEN I AM BROKEN, HE MENDS ME - WHEN I CAN'T SEE, HE LEADS ME - WHEN I AM HUNGRY, HE FEEDS ME WHEN I AM THIRSTY, HE GIVES ME DRINK - WHEN I FACE TRIALS, HE IS WITH ME - WHEN I FACE PERSECUTION, HE SHIELDS ME; WHEN I FACE PROBLEMS, HE COMFORTS ME, WHEN I FACE NEEDS, HE PROVIDES FOR ME - WHEN I FACE DEATH, HE WILL CARRY ME HOME.
HALLOWED BE THY NAME:
HALLOWED MEANS – SET APART, TO BE REVERED, TO BE ADORED.
WHEN YOU PRAY HALLOWED BE THY NAME – YOU ARE SETTING GOD APART FROM ANYTHING OR ANYONE ELSE. YOU ARE RECOGNIZING HIM AS THE ONLY TRUE AND LIVING GOD. YOU ARE RECOGNIZING HOW IMPORTANT GOD IS TO YOU AND YOUR LIFE. YOU ARE RECOGNIZING THAT GOD IS A HOLY GOD AND MUST BE APPROACHED IN FEAR AND REVERENCE!
ISAIAH 6 - I SAW THE LORD SITTING ON A THRONE, HIGH AND LIFTED UP, AND I HEARD A VOICE SAYING: HOLY, HOLY, HOLY IS THE LORD OF HOSTS; THE WHOLE EARTH IS FULL OF HIS GLORY! SO I SAID; WOE IS ME, FOR I AM UNDONE! I AM A MAN OF UNCLEAN LIPS, AND I DWELL IN THE MIDST OF A PEOPLE OF UNCLEAN LIPS; FOR MY EYES HAVE SEEN THE KING, THE LORD OF HOSTS. ALSO I HEARD THE VOICE OF THE LORD, SAYING: WHOM SHALL I SEND, AND WHO WILL GO FOR US? THEN I SAID, HERE AM I, SEND ME.
TO HALLOWED HIS NAME MEANS THAT WE SEE HIM AS THE SUPREME LORD OVER ALL!
THE ALL POWERFUL, ALL KNOWING, EVERYWHERE PRESENT, ETERNAL, AND HOLY GOD AND WHEN HE CALLS US – WE CAN NEVER SAY – NO LORD WE CAN NEVER SAY NOT ME LORD BUT WE MUST SAY YES LORD! HERE AM I, SEND ME!
WHEN GOD IS HALLOWED WE LOVE TO SERVE HIM AND GIVE HIM ALL THE HONOR AND GLORY AND MAJESTY THAT DUE HIS NAME!
GOD HAS THREE PRIMARY NAMES:
ELOHIM – THE MIGHTY CREATOR (GEN. 1:1)
YAHWEH – THE COVENANT KEEPING GOD
ADONAI – MASTER OR LORD!
WHEN JEWISH SCHOLARS COPIED THE SCRIPTURES FROM THEIR ORIGINAL STATE, WHEN THEY WOULD WRITE THE NAME OF GOD THEY WOULD USE A NEW PEN TO WRITE IT AND AFTER THEY WROTE GOD’S NAME THEY BROKE THE PEN AND THREW IT AWAY SO IT COULD NEVER BE USED AGAIN.
THE JEWS TOOK THE TWO NAMES YAHWEH AND ADONAI AND PUT THEM TOGETHER TO MAKE THE NAME JEHOVAH.
THERE IS PROVISION IN THE NAME - JOHOVAH JIREH - THE LORD WILL PROVIDE. -- JOHN 14:14 IF YOU ASK ANYTHING IN MY NAME, I WILL DO IT. -- JOHN 16:23 – WHATSOEVER YOU SHALL ASK THE FATHER IN MY NAME, HE WILL GIVE IT TO YOU!
THERE IS PROTECTION IN THE NAME - JEHOVAH ROI – THE LORD IS MY SHEPHERD - WHEN THE SHEPHERDS ON THE JOB THE SHEEP DON’T WORRY. --- PROVERBS 8:10 – THE NAME OF THE LORD IS A STRONG TOWER – THE RIGHTEOUS RUN INTO IT, AND ARE SAFE.
THERE IS PEACE IN THE NAME - JEHOVAH SHALOM – THE LORD OUR PEACE.
THERE IS POWER & STRENGTH IN THE NAME - JEHOVAH TSURI – THE LORD OUR STRENGTH. I SAMUEL 17:45 – DAVID SAID TO GOLIATH – YOU COME TO ME WITH A SWORD AND A SPEAR AND A SHIELD, BUT I COME TO YOU IN THE NAME OF THE LORD!
THERE IS HEALING IN THE NAME - JEHOVAH ROPHE – THE LORD IS MY HEALER.
THERE IS PRAISE IN THE NAME: PSALM 8:1 – HOW EXCELLENT IS YOUR NAME IN ALL THE EARTH
PSALM 63:4 – I WILL LIFT UP MY HANDS IN YOUR NAME
ACTS 4:12 - NO OTHER NAME UNDER HEAVEN GIVEN AMONG MEN WHEREBY WE MUST BE SAVED!
PHIL. 2:10-11 - GOD HAS GIVEN HIS SON A NAME ABOVE EVERY NAME – THAT AT THE NAME OF JESUS EVERY KNEE SHALL BOW AND EVERY TONGUE SHALL CONFESS THAT JESUS IS LORD!
REMEMBER WHEN YOU PRAY THIS PRAYER – GOD DOESN’T JUST HAVE WHAT WE NEED, HE IS WHAT WE NEED!
THY KINGDOM COME
THE WORD KINGDOM DOES NOT REFER TO A GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION, BUT IT REFERS TO RULE AND DOMINION IT IS A REQUEST FOR GOD’S RULE TO BE OVER US. THE KINGDOM OF GOD MEANS THE PLACE WHERE THE KING HAS DOMINION. WE ARE ASKING GOD TO HAVE SUPREME RULE IN OUR LIVES. IT IS A REQUEST FOR THE KINGDOM PRINCIPLES TO BE LEARNED AND APPLIED IN OUR LIVES!
BEFORE WE BECAME A CHRISTIAN – WE SIT ON THE THRONE OF SELF AND RULED OUR OWN LIFE AND DID AS WE PLEASED. THE ISSUE OF SALVATION IS WHO WILL SIT ON THE THRONE OF MY LIFE? WILL YOU SIT ON THE THRONE OF YOUR OWN HEART OR WILL YOU LET JESUS SIT ON THE THRONE?
WHEN YOU BECOME A BELIEVER YOU LET JESUS TAKE RULE OF YOUR LIFE. YOU DECLARE LIKE PAUL IN PHIL. 1:21 – FOR ME TO LIVE IS CHRIST! IT MEANS MY KINGDOM GO AND THY KINGDOM COME!
THE FIRST KINGDOM PRINCIPLE IS: SEEK FIRST THE KINGDOM OF GOD AND HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS AND ALL THESE THINGS SHALL BE ADDED UNTO YOU (MT. 6:33)
IF GOD IS FIRST EVERYTHING ELSE ADDS UP!
MATTHEW 13:45-46 – JESUS SAID, THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN IS LIKE UNTO A MERCHANT MAN, SEEKING GOODLY PEARLS, WHO, WHEN HE HAD FOUND THAT ONE PEARL OF GREAT PRICE, WENT OUT AND SOLD ALL THAT HE HAD, AND BOUGHT IT!
I AM WILLING TO GIVE UP ALL THAT I HAVE -- IN ORDER TO HAVE JESUS!
JESUS GAVE EVERYTHING UP FOR YOU – YOU HAVE TO GIVE EVERYTHING UP FOR HIM!
IT ALSO MEANS THAT I AM TO BE A WITNESS AND TRY TO WIN OTHERS TO JESUS THAT THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN WILL BE ENLARGED!
WHEN A NEW SOUL IS BROUGHT TO JESUS IN SALVATION – GOD’S KINGDOM IS BROUGHT TO THE EARTH.
ANOTHER SOUL IS LOST FROM THE KINGDOM OF DARKNESS – ANOTHER TEMPLE IS FILLED WITH THE HOLY GHOST AND THE LIGHT OF THE GLORY AND PRESENCE OF GOD.
THIS COMING KINGDOM ALSO POINTS AHEAD TO THE TIME WHEN JESUS WILL RULE AND REIGN UPON THE EARTH IN PERFECT GLORY, PEACE AND RIGHTEOUSNESS! THY WILL BE DONE, IN EARTH, AS IT IS IN HEAVEN:
THIS STATEMENT DECLARES THAT GOD HAS A WILL AND PLAN FOR YOUR LIFE! WE NEED TO FIND OUT WHAT THAT PLAN IS AND STRIVE TO ACCOMPLISH IT!
MANY PEOPLE THINK THAT THE WILL OF GOD IS SOMETHING VERY DIFFICULT. PERHAPS BECAUSE OF JESUS IN THE GARDEN OF GETHSEMANE, PRAYING, FATHER IF IT BE YOUR WILL LET THIS CUP PASS… NEVERTHELESS NOT MY WILL BUT YOUR WILL BE DONE. AND FROM THAT SURRENDER WE SEE JESUS CRUCIFIED ON THE CROSS OF CALVARY.
SOME THINK OF JOB AND HIS SUFFERING OR PAUL AND ALL HIS SUFFERINGS – SO IT SEEMS LIKE THE WILL OF GOD IS LIKE A CHILD GOING TO THE DOCTOR AND HAVING TO HAVE A SHOT OR GOING TO THE DENTIST TO HAVE A TOOTH PULLED. -- YET DO YOU THINK HAPPINESS IS BEING OUT OF THE WILL OF GOD?
THINK OF JONAH IN THE BELLY OF THE WHALE. THINK OF SAMSON WITH HIS EYES PUT OUT AND GRINDING AT THE MILL NIGHT AND DAY. -- NO ONE WOULD EVER BOW ON THEIR KNEES AND SAY, GOD I DON’T WANT YOUR WILL - BECAUSE THEY KNOW THAT GOD’S WILL MAY NOT BE THE EASIEST BUT IT IS THE BEST. – GOD’S WILL IS THE WAY TO JOY AND PEACE AND HAPPINESS AND TO THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN.
BEFORE YOU CAN PRAY THY WILL BE DONE – YOU MUST BELIEVE THAT GOD’S WILL IS THE BEST. SOMETIMES GOD’S WILL IS DIFFICULT BUT IT IS THE WAY TO THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN!
NOW CALL OUT TO GOD AND SAY:
JESUS I CONFESS YOU ARE THE LORD OF MY LIFE – I DECLARE YOUR LORDSHIP OVER MY LIFE IN EVERY AREA, IN EVERY PART AND IN EVERY WAY. YOU’RE THE LORD OF MY MIND, MY SOUL, MY EMOTIONS, MY STRENGTH, MY BODY, MY FINANCES, MY FAMILY. YOU’RE THE LORD OF MY LIFE TODAY. I ACKNOWLEDGE YOUR LORDSHIP LORD, I DIE TO MYSELF, I DIE TO MY OWN WILL, I DIE TO MY OWN OPINIONS AND MY OWN UNDERSTANDING. LORD HAVE YOUR WAY IN ME TODAY – I ASK YOUR KINGDOM COME – YOUR WILL BE DONE LORD LET YOUR WILL BE DONE IN MY LIFE.
NOW CALL FOR THE WILL OF GOD TO DONE IN YOUR FAMILY:
PRAY FOR YOUR MATE, YOUR CHILDREN, YOUR GRANDCHILDREN, CALL FOR THE WILL OF GOD OVER YOUR HOUSEHOLD - JOSHUA SAID AS FOR ME AND MY HOUSE WE WILL SERVE THE LORD. ACTS 2 SAID IT IS FOR YOU AND YOUR HOUSEHOLD. PRAY RIGHT NOW FOR YOUR FAMILY – PRAY THAT THE LORD WILL BUILD A HEDGE AROUND THEM AND KEEP THEM AND PROTECT THEM THAT THEY WILL DO YOUR WILL.
NOW CALL FOR THE WILL OF GOD IN YOUR CHURCH:
PRAY FOR YOUR PASTOR; PRAY FOR THE LEADERS; AND ALL MEMBERS. PRAY FOR ALL MINISTRIES – OUTREACH, CHILDREN, YOUTH.... PRAY THAT THE WILL OF GOD WILL BE DONE IN OUR CHURCH.
PRAY FOR SOULS TO BE SAVED WE PRAY FOR A HARVEST -- WE BELIEVE A HARVEST OF SOULS ARE COMING TO JESUS IN OUR CHURCH.
NOW CALL FOR THE WILL OF GOD OVER OUR NATION:
PRAY FOR A MIGHTY MOVE OF GOD IN OUR NATION – PRAY OUR NATION WILL RETURN TO THE WILL OF GOD – PRAY FOR A REVIVAL – PRAY FOR RESTORATION OF OUR NATION. -- YES LORD WE DECLARE TODAY THY KINGDOM COME THY WILL BE DONE ON EARTH AS IT IS IN HEAVEN IN JESUS NAME. AMEN!
GIVE US THIS DAY OUR DAILY BREAD, AND FORGIVE US OUR DEBTS AS WE FORGIVE OUR DEBTORS; LEAD US NOT INTO TEMPTATION; DELIVER US FROM EVIL.
NOTE THE CHANGING OF WORDS….. THY NAME – THY KINGDOM – THY WILL!
AND NOW IT CHANGES TO GIVE US THIS DAY OUR DAILY BREAD – FORGIVE US OUR DEBTS – LEAD US NOT INTO TEMPTATION – DELIVER US FROM EVIL.
FIRST WE THINK OF GOD – THEN WE THINK OF OURSELVES!
GIVE US THIS DAY OUR DAILY BREAD:
BREAD IS A SYMBOL WORD - THAT STANDS FOR ALL OUR PHYSICAL NEEDS AND ALL OUR SPIRITUAL NEEDS. BREAD STANDS FOR MORE THAN FOOD. BREAD STANDS FOR MATERIAL THINGS. A ROOF OVER MY HEAD AND THE CLOTHES ON MY BACK. IT STANDS FOR MY CAR THAT I DRIVE. IT STANDS FOR POWER TO COOL MY HOME IN SUMMER AND HEAT MY HOME IN WINTER -- BREAD ALSO STANDS FOR MONEY. BREAD STANDS FOR EVERY PHYSICAL NEED IN OUR LIVES. DAILY BREAD: WE ALL HAVE DAILY NEEDS – GOD SUPPLIES OUR DAILY NEEDS WE MUST ASK GOD TO SUPPLY OUR DAILY NEEDS OUR NEEDS ARE SUPPLIED DAILY GIVE US THIS DAY. WE NEED TO TAKE TODAY’S NEED TO GOD, BUT LEAVE TOMORROW’S NEED UNTIL TOMORROW. TO WORRY OVER TOMORROW IS A SIN (MT. 6:33-34)
DAILY PRAYER: PSALM 86:3 – I CRIED UNTO YOU DAILY
DAILY BIBLE STUDY: ACTS 17:11 – THEY SEARCHED THE SCRIPTURES DAILY
DAILY CLEANSING: I JOHN 1:9 – CHRISTIAN BAR OF SOAP!
DAILY BENEFITS: PSALM 68:19 – WHO DAILY LOADS US WITH BENEFITS
DAILY EXHORTATION: HEBREWS 3:13 – EXHORT EACH OTHER DAILY
DAILY CROSS BEARING: LUKE 9:13 – TAKE UP CROSS DAILY
DAILY SANCTIFICATION: I CORINTHIANS 15:31 – I DIE DAILY
DAILY STRENGTH: 2 CORINTHIANS 4:16 – OUR INWARD MAN IS RENEWED DAILY
GOD CALLS US TO REST IN HIM TODAY AND TRUST HIM FOR TOMORROW.
WE DON’T HAVE TO PRAY FOR EVERYTHING BUT WE HAVE TO PRAY ABOUT EVERYTHING.
GOD MADE US TO HAVE NEEDS SO WE WOULD LOOK TO HIM TO SUPPLY THEM.
GOD DID NOT MAKE SELF SUFFICIENT PEOPLE – HE CREATED PEOPLE THAT NEED AIR TO BREATH AND FOOD AND WATER TO GIVE THEM ENERGY. THEY NEED SHELTER FROM THE ELEMENTS. THEY NEED LOVE AND COMPANIONSHIP TO MAKE THEM HAPPY IN THE SOCIAL WORLD.
THERE IS NO SIN IN ASKING GOD TO MEET OUR PHYSICAL NEEDS.
GOD HAS PROMISED TO SUPPLY ALL OUR NEED.
PHILIPPIANS 4:19 - AND MY GOD SHALL SUPPLY ALL YOUR NEED ACCORDING TO HIS RICHES IN GLORY BY CHRIST JESUS.
PSALM 37:25 - I HAVE BEEN YOUNG, AND NOW AM OLD; YET I HAVE NOT SEEN THE RIGHTEOUS FORSAKEN, NOR HIS DESCENDANTS BEGGING BREAD.
MATTHEW 7:7-11 - ASK, AND IT WILL BE GIVEN TO YOU; SEEK, AND YOU WILL FIND; KNOCK, AND IT WILL BE OPENED TO YOU. FOR EVERYONE WHO ASKS RECEIVES, AND HE WHO SEEKS FINDS, AND TO HIM WHO KNOCKS IT WILL BE OPENED. OR WHAT MAN IS THERE AMONG YOU WHO, IF HIS SON ASKS FOR BREAD, WILL GIVE HIM A STONE? OR IF HE ASKS FOR A FISH, WILL HE GIVE HIM A SERPENT? IF YOU THEN, BEING EVIL, KNOW HOW TO GIVE GOOD GIFTS TO YOUR CHILDREN, HOW MUCH MORE WILL YOUR FATHER WHO IS IN HEAVEN GIVE GOOD THINGS TO THOSE WHO ASK HIM!
ROMANS 8:32 - HE WHO DID NOT SPARE HIS OWN SON, BUT DELIVERED HIM UP FOR US ALL, HOW SHALL HE NOT WITH HIM ALSO FREELY GIVE US ALL THINGS?
SPIRITUAL NEEDS – SPIRITUAL NEEDS ARE MENTIONED MORE THAN PHYSICAL. WHY? OUR SPIRITUAL NEEDS ARE GREATER THAN OUR PHYSICAL NEEDS.
OUR SPIRITUAL NEEDS:
FORGIVE US OUR DEBTS AS WE FORGIVE OUR DEBTORS
A DEBT IS SOMETHING OWED THAT MUST BE PAID BACK.
A DEBT CAN BE DESCRIBED AS SIN, TRESPASSES, INIQUITIES OR SHORTCOMINGS.
PSALM 51: 1 & 2 - HAVE MERCY UPON ME, O GOD, ACCORDING TO THY LOVINGKINDNESS: ACCORDING UNTO THE MULTITUDE OF THY TENDER MERCIES BLOT OUT MY TRANSGRESSIONS. WASH ME THROUGHLY FROM MINE INIQUITY, AND CLEANSE ME FROM MY SIN.
TRANSGRESSIONS MEANS REBELLION – WHEN DAVID KNOWINGLY DEFIED THE LAWS OF GOD HE BECAME A REBEL. DAVID BROKE THREE COMMANDMENTS!
THOU SHALT NOT COVET THY NEIGHBORS WIFE – THOU SHALT NOT COMMIT ADULTERY -- THOU SHALT NOT KILL! (WILFUL SIN IS REBELLION AGAINST THE LAW OF GOD)
INIQUITY MEANS THE CROOKEDNESS OF SIN – THE MAN THAT WAS AN HONEST AND UPRIGHT MAN BECAME A CROOK! A CROOK IS SOMEONE WHO CONTINUES TO DO YOU WRONG TIME AFTER TIME. ONE SIN LED TO ANOTHER!
SIN MEANS TO MISS THE MARK – ROM. 3:23 – ALL HAVE SINNED AND COME SHORT (OR MISSED THE MARK) OF THE GLORY OF GOD! -- DAVID A MAN AFTER GOD’S OWN HEART MISSED GOD’S BEST BY YIELDING TO SIN! – LIKE IN THE GAME OF DARTS WHEN ONE DOES NOT HIT THE BULLS EYE -- IT IS CALLED A SIN DART!
*STORY OF THE FARMER WHO HAD THE BULLS EYE ON HIS BARN WITH THE BULLET HOLE PERFECTLY IN THE MIDDLE OF THE BULLS EYE THE SALESMAN SAID WOW WHAT A MARKSMAN DID YOU HIT THE MIDDLE OF ALL THESE TARGETS? NO THE FARMER SAID I SHOT THE BULLET HOLES AND THEN PAINTED THE TARGET AROUND IT! GOD HELP US TO TRY TO DECEIVE PEOPLE AND MAKE THEM THINK WE ARE DOING OUR BEST FOR GOD!
BLOT OUT MEANS THE CANCELING OF A DEBT – SIN HAS A DEBT!
SIN CANNOT BE OVERLOOKED OR FORGOTTEN – IT MUST BE PAID FOR.
WE CAN COME AND ALLOW JESUS TO PAY THE SIN DEBT FOR US OR WE CAN SUFFER THE CONSEQUENCE OF SIN – ROM. 6:23 - THE WAGES OF SIN IS DEATH!
THROUGH SIN - DAVID HAD BECOME A REBEL – A CROOK – HE HAD MISSED GOD’S BEST – AND HAD CAUSED A DEBT! THIS IS WHY YOU SEE DAVID’S REPENTANCE…. HAVE MERCY ON ME O GOD!
WASH ME – SIN WILL MAKE YOU FEEL DIRTY – I HAVE YET TO MEET A MAN THAT SIN MADE HIM A BETTER PERSON! SIN ALWAYS DEFILES THE HEART AND MIND – DAVID FEELS DIRTY AND HE CRIES OUT WASH ME.
CLEANSE ME – SIN WAS LIKEND UNTO LEPEROSY OR IT IS LIKE CANCER TODAY.
IF YOU DON’T GET IT OUT OF THE BODY – YOU WILL DIE!
THE BLOOD OF JESUS WILL BLOT OUT OR CANCEL ALL YOUR DEBT – IT WILL WASH AWAY ALL YOUR SINS AND IT WILL CLEAN YOU UP AND GIVE YOU A VICTORIOUS, ABUNDANT, OVERFLOWING, ETERNAL LIFE. --- 1 JOHN 1:9 – IF WE CONFESS OUR SINS – HE IS FAITHFUL AND JUST TO FORGIVE OUR SINS AND CLEANSE US FROM ALL UNRIGHTEOUS. (THIS IS THE CHRISTIAN BAR OF SOAP)
AND NOT ONLY FORGIVE US OUR SINS – BUT FORGIVE THOSE WHO HAVE SINNED AGAINST US.
AN UNFORGIVING SPIRIT WILL TOTALLY DESTROY THE VICTORY IN OUR LIFE. UNFORGIVENESS WILL FILL YOU WITH BITTERNESS, ANGER, ANXIETY, DEPRESSION, ETC. PAUL CALLS IT A "ROOT OF BITTERNESS (HEB. 12:15)
THREE REASONS FOR FORGIVENESS:
1. YOU ARE NEVER MORE LIKE GOD THAN WHEN YOU FORGIVE - WHAT KIND OF GOD DO WE SERVE? HE IS LOVING, GRACIOUS, KIND AND FORGIVING! WHEN WE FORGIVE OTHERS, WE ARE EXERCISING TRUE GODLINESS, EPH. 4:32.
2. IT IS ONLY REASONABLE THAT THOSE WHO ARE FORGIVEN FORGIVE.
MATT. 18:21-35 - HE HAS FORGIVEN US A MASSIVE DEBT, WE CAN SURELY FORGIVE OUR BROTHER A MUCH SMALLER ONE!
3. FAILURE TO FORGIVE RESULTS IN CHASTENING - MT. 18:31-35 -- WHEN WE CHOOSE NOT TO FORGIVE WE WILL FACE THE CHASTENING HAND OF GOD.
LEAD US NOT INTO TEMPTATION
YOU ARE DECLARING GOD IS YOUR LEADER – THE LORD IS MY SHEPHERD… AS THE SHEPHERD LEADS THE SHEEP GOD LEADS US CONSTANTLY.
YOU ARE NOT PRAYING - LORD DON’T TEMPT ME – BECAUSE GOD WOULD NEVER TEMPT US – HE IS A GOOD GOD -- JAMES 1:13 – GOD TEMPTS NO MAN!
YOU ARE NOT PRAYING, FATHER DON’T ALLOW ME TO BE TEMPTED – YOU ARE GOING TO BE TEMPTED OR TESTED – THAT IS A PART OF LIFE IT NOT A SIN TO BE TEMPTED – IT IS SIN WHEN WE GIVE INTO THE TEMPTATION.
MATTHEW CHAPTER FOUR - JESUS WAS TEMPTED AND IF THE DEVIL WOULD TAKE ON JESUS – WHO DO WE THINK WE ARE.
A PASTOR ONCE SAID – OPPORTUNITY ONLY KNOCKS AT THE DOOR ONCE BUT TEMPTATION WILL KNOCK THE DOOR DOWN. --- NO MATTER WHAT YOU DO – TEMPTATIONS WILL ALWAYS COME!
TEMPTATION IS EVIDENCE OF SALVATION – THE DEVIL ONLY TRIES TO GET THOSE WHOM HE DOESN’T HAVE.
THERE ARE SEVERAL REASONS WHY WE ARE TEMPTED:
1. FOR TEST: TO TEST YOUR SINCERITY, SEE IF YOU ARE REAL; TO TEST YOUR FAITH; TO TEST YOUR LOVE; TO TEST YOUR PATIENCE.
2. FOR GROWTH: EVERY TIME YOU ARE TEMPTED AND YOU DON’T YIELD,
IT CAUSES GROWTH AND WE BECOME STRONGER.
3. FOR USEFULNESS: WHEN WE GO THROUGH DIFFERENT TEMPTATIONS, IT GIVES US EXPERIENCE AND IT EQUIPTS US TO ABLE TO ENCOURGE AND WARN OTHERS.
DIFFICULT TIMES SHOULD NOT CAUSE US TO QUIT AND GIVE UP, BUT SHOULD CAUSE US TO USE IT AS STEPPING STONES TO MAKE US A BETTER CHRISTIAN AND TO HELP OTHERS! -- TEMPTATION WAS NOT DESIGNED TO HURT US - BUT TO MAKE US STRONGER AND CAUSE US TO BLESSED TWICE AS MUCH. (EXAMPLE - JOB) – NOTE SATAN HAD TO ASK PERMISSION OF GOD - THE DEVIL CANNOT JUST PICK ON US WHEN HE WANTS TO – HE HAS TO SAY MAY I TO GOD!
I COR. 10:13 - GOD WILL NOT ALLOW YOU TO BE TEMPTED ABOVE THAT WHICH YOU ARE ABLE TO BEAR BUT WILL WITH THE TEMPTATION MAKE A WAY OF ESCAPE THAT YOU MAY BE ABLE TO BEAR IT. (WEIGHT LIMIT)
GOD WILL GIVE US STRENGTH TO OVERCOME THE DEVIL, IF WE WILL ONLY PRAY AND SEEK HIS HELP!
MATTEW 26:41- JESUS SAID - WATCH AND PRAY, THAT YOU ENTER NOT INTO TEMPTATION: THE SPIRIT INDEED IS WILLING, BUT THE FLESH IS WEAK.
4. FOR CHAMPIONSHIP: HOW CAN YOU BE A CHAMPION, IF YOU NEVER PLAY AGAINST ANYONE OR YOU NEVER BEAT ANYONE? --- WHAT A WONDERFUL FEELING TO DEFEAT YOUR OPPONENT! – WHAT A JOY TO DEFEAT THE DEVIL! -- THERE IS NOTHING LIKE WINNING!
LEAD US NOT INTO TEMPTATION – WE ARE SAYING DON’T LET THE DEVIL WIN!
LEAD US NOT INTO TEMPTATION – WE ARE SAYING LORD GIVE ME STRENGTH TO STAY STRONG AND SHOW FORTH MY SINCERITY, THAT I AM REAL!
LORD AS MY FAITH IS BEING TESTED AS FIRE TEST GOLD OR AS FIRE TEST WOOD, LORD LET MY FAITH COME OUT AS GOLD AND NOT AS WOOD.
LORD WHEN MY LOVE IS TESTED LET IT BE FOUND OUT THAT I LOVE YOU NOT BECAUSE I HAVE TO BUT BECAUSE I WANT TO – NOT BECAUSE I HAVE ALL KIND OF MATERIAL THINGS BUT BECAUSE I HAVE YOU. JESUS HELP ME TO REALIZE IF I HAVE YOU THAT IS ENOUGH.
LORD HELP ME TO BE PATIENT AND WAIT ON THE LORD, KNOWING THAT THEY THAT WAIT UPON THE LORD SHALL RENEW THEIR STRENGTH; THEY SHALL MOUNT UP WINGS AS EAGLE’S; THEY SHALL RUN AND NOT BE WEARY; THAT SHALL WALK AND NOT FAINT!
5. FOR GOD’S GLORY: GOD IS GLORIFIED WHEN THE DEVIL IS DEFEATED!
LEAD US NOT INTO TEMPTATION -- YOU ARE ASKING GOD TO GUIDE YOUR STEPS ALONG A MORAL PATHWAY. FORGIVE US OUR DEBTS FOCUSED ON PAST SINS – WHILE LEAD US NOT INTO TEMPTATION FOCUSES ON FUTURE SINS.
OUR PRAYER SHOULD BE THAT GOD WILL DIRECT OUR PATHS AND LEAD US THAT WHEN WE ARE TEMPTED, THAT WE DO NOT ALLOW OUR EYES TO GET ON THE TEMPTAION OR CIRCUMSTANCES BUT KEEP OUR MIND AND EYES FOCUSED ON JESUS.
JAMES 1:14-16 - BUT EVERY MAN IS TEMPTED, WHEN HE IS DRAWN AWAY OF HIS OWN LUST, AND ENTICED. THEN WHEN LUST HATH CONCEIVED, IT BRINGS FORTH SIN: AND SIN, WHEN IT IS FINISHED, BRINGS FORTH DEATH. DO NOT ERR, MY BELOVED BRETHREN.
BUT DELIVER US FROM EVIL OR THE EVIL ONE:
THIS IS A PRAYER TO BE KEPT FROM THE EVIL ONE -- THE EVIL ONE IS SATAN OR THE DEVIL! WHEN YOU PRAY THIS PRAYER YOU ARE REMINDED THAT THERE IS AN ENEMY! -- WE ARE AT WAR – EVERYDAY 24 HOURS A DAY! LIFE IS NOT A PLAYGROUND IT IS A BATTLEGROUND. -- WE ARE NOT ON A CRUISE SHIP WE ARE ON A BATTLESHIP. EVERY DAY THE DEVIL DOES EVERYTHING POSSIBLE HE CAN TO TEAR US DOWN AND DEFEAT US. DELIVER US FROM THE EVIL ONE -- THIS IS A PLEA FOR GOD TO PROTECT US, TO HEDGE US, TO KEEP US, TO PRESERVE US AND WALK WITH US THAT WE MIGHT BE SHELTERED FROM THE POWER OF THE EVIL ONE!
SATAN IS DESCRIBED IN ISAIAH 14:12-15 AND EZEKIAL 28:12-19
V.12 – HE WAS CALLED LUCIFER, THE SON OF THE MORNING.
VS.13-14 – HIS PRIDE LED HIM TO BECOME LIKE ALMIGHTY GOD.
V.15 – HE SHALL BE BOUGHT DOWN TO HELL, TO THE SIDES OF THE PIT.
V.12 – HE WAS FULL OF WISDOM AND PERFECT IN BEAUTY
V.13 – HE WAS COVERED WITH PRECIOUS STONES, SARDIUS, TOPAZ, DIAMOND, BERYL, ONYX, JASPER, SAPPHIRE, EMERALD, CARBUNCLE AND GOLD.
V.14 – HE WAS THE ANOINTED CHERUB, THE HIGHEST ANGEL – (WORSHIP LEADER)
V.15 – HE WAS CREATED PERFECT UNTIL SIN ENTERED HIM.
V.16 – SIN AND REBELLION WAS DISCOVERED IN SATAN.
VS. 16-18 – SATAN WAS CAST OUT OF HEAVEN
V.19 – HE WOULD BE A TERROR TO THE PEOPLE OF EARTH AND WILL NEVER RETURN TO HEAVEN
YOU MIGHT ASK? WHY DID GOD CREATE SATAN? THE ANSWER IS HE DIDN’T- HE CREATED AN ANGEL CALLED LUCIFER AND LUCIFER REBELLED AGAINST GOD AND BECAME SATAN.
SATAN IS A REAL PERSON - SOME DON’T BELIEVE THAT SATAN IS A REAL PERSON.
THEY BELIEVE HE IS AN EVIL FORCE OR EVIL INFLUENCE.
JOB 1:6-12 – WE FIND SATAN TALKING TO GOD TRYING TO BRING EVIL ON THE LIFE OF JOB, AN INFLUENCE CANNOT TALK.
MT. 4:1-11 - THE TEMPTATION – JESUS WAS DEALING WITH A REAL PERSON, A REAL ENEMY, A GREAT DECEIVER! -- YES SATAN IS A REAL PERSON BUT HE IS A SPIRIT BEING LIKE THE ANGELS HE DOES NOT POSSESS A HUMAN BODY!
ONE OF THE TACTICS OF SATAN IS TO GET YOU NOT TAKE HIM SERIOUS.
GOD TOLD EVE IN THE DAY YOU EAT OF THAT FRUIT YOU WILL DIE – AND SATAN SAID, YOU WILL NOT SURELY DIE. GOD KNOWS THAT IF YOU EAT OF IT YOU WILL BE LIKE GOD! THAT IS SATANS TACTIC – LIFE IS JUST A GAME, YOU CAN LIVE LIKE YOU WANT AND DISOBEY GOD AND IT WILL BE ALRIGHT – BUT THE BIBLE SAYS THE WAGES OF SIN IS DEATH! --- SATAN DOES NOT PLAY – HIS JOB IS TO STEAL, KILL AND DESTROY --- HIS ULTIMATE GOAL IS TO SEE YOU TOTALLY REJECT THE PLAN OF GOD THROUGH JESUS AND SEE YOUR PRESCIOUS SOUL CAST INTO THE EVER LASTING LAKE OF FIRE THAT BURNS FOREVER AND EVER.
SATAN’S CHARACTER
1. HE IS THE GREAT ADVERSARY OR ENEMY OF GOD AND MAN. I PT. 5:8
2. HE IS A DECEIVER – II COR. 11:3 – SATAN DECEIVED EVE.
REV. 12:9 – AND SATAN…. WHICH DECEIVETH THE WHOLE WORLD…
3. HE IS A THIEF - JOHN 10:10 - THE THIEF COMETH NOT, BUT FOR TO STEAL
MT. 13:19 – WHEN A PERSON HEARS THE WORD OF GOD, SATAN COMES ALONG AND STEALS THE WORD FROM THEIR HEART.
4. HE IS A MURDERER – JOHN 8:44 - YOU ARE OF YOUR FATHER THE DEVIL, AND THE LUSTS OF YOUR FATHER YE WILL DO. HE WAS A MURDERER FROM THE BEGINNING.
5. HE IS A LIAR – JOHN 8:44 – FOR HE IS A LIAR AND THE FATHER OF IT.
6. HE IS THE ACCUSER OF THE BRETHREN, DAY AND NIGHT BEFORE GOD –
REV. 12:10
SATAN’S TITLES
1. AN ANGEL OF LIGHT – II CR. 11:14-15
2. HE IS AS A ROARING LION – I PT. 5:8
3. HE IS THE PRINCE OF THE POWER OF THE AIR – EPH. 2:2
4. HE IS THE POWER OF DARKNESS – COL. 1:13
5. HE IS THE GREAT DRAGON, THE SERPENT, THE DEVIL, SATAN – REV. 12:9
6. HE IS THE PRINCE OF THIS WORLD – JOHN 14:30 – GOVERNOR OR MAGISTRATE
7. HE IS THE GOD OF THIS WORLD – II CR. 4:4 – SUPERIOR TO HUMANS
SATAN’S WORK
1. TO STEAL, KILL AND DESTROY – JN. 10:10
2. TO SEEK WHOM HE MAY DEVOUR – I PT. 5:8
3. TO SOW TARES AMONG THE WHEAT AND EVIL DOCTRINE – MT. 13: 25-30
4. TO BLIND THE MINDS OF MEN – II CR. 4:4
5. TO ACCUSE THE BRETHREN – REV. 2:10 – JOB 1: 6-12
6. TO SIFT OR TEST THE CHRISTIAN – LK. 22:31
7. HIS ULTIMATE GOAL IS TO GET YOU TO REJECT JESUS AND BE LOST FOREVER.
SATAN’S DESTINY - REVELATION 20:10 - AND THE DEVIL THAT DECEIVED THEM WAS CAST INTO THE LAKE OF FIRE AND BRIMSTONE, WHERE THE BEAST AND THE FALSE PROPHET ARE, AND SHALL BE TORMENTED DAY AND NIGHT FOR EVER AND EVER.
CONCLUSION: SATAN IS MIGHTY BUT GOD IS ALMIGHTY! SATAN HAS BEEN DEFEATED BY THE BLOOD OF THE LAMB AND BY THE WORD OF OUR TESTIMONY! (REV 12:11) --- LET US EVERYDAY CLAIM VICTORY OVER SATAN THROUGH THE BLOOD OF JESUS AND BY THE WORD OF OUR TESTIMONY!
ROM 8:37 - IN ALL THESE THINGS WE ARE MORE THAN CONQUERORS THROUGH HIM THAT LOVED US.
I CR. 15:57 - BUT THANKS BE TO GOD, WHO GIVES US THE VICTORY THROUGH OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST.
1 JOHN 4:4 - YOU ARE OF GOD, LITTLE CHILDREN, AND HAVE OVERCOME THEM: BECAUSE GREATER IS HE THAT IS IN YOU, THAN HE THAT IS IN THE WORLD.
FOR THINE IS THE KINGDOM: IT IS GOD’S KINGDOM – THY KINGDOM COME, THY WILL BE DONE.
AND THE POWER: ALL POWER COMES FROM GOD – JOHN 15:5 – WITHOUT ME YOU CAN DO NOTHING.
AND THE GLORY, FOREVER. I COR. 10:13 – WHETHER THEREFORE YOU EAT OR DRINK OR WHATEVER YOU DO – DO ALL FOR THE GLORY OF GOD!
AMEN! SO BE IT!
