This morning talk about---
Where does God want me to be
What does God want me to be
Where does God want me to be
God has a road he wants us to go down----
We’ve taken the wrong exit
Like men- afraid to ask directions
There are some pot holes- curves- construction
Phillipians 3:13-17
Paul’s celebrating the call on his life
Comparing his life before chirst and after
All those other things were nothing
The stuff that matters: family friends relationship with god and being used as a vessel
Paul celebrating that he had been fully restored
God didn’t hold anything he had ever done against him
That was who God wanted him to be
Where
What
He was separated in his mother’s womb to be something
How do we do it?
Put the past and look forward to where God is and we will be
This morning I want you to put the past behind you
God wants you to be somewhere----
Can’t look forward if you’re looking back
Don’t listen to the world say who you are---I’m telling you- You’re God’s best
Put away ridicule, praise, ego titles, adoration of the world—
See where you need to be
This morning- I want to discuss our biggest obstacle
My generation and the generation before –
Problem with:
Blaming the situation around you, for where you are
You can’t keep people and things from hurting you
But you hurt yourself, when you dwell on them
Romans 4:18-21
What God promises- God performs- WHAT A DEAL!
We hear a promise and we think we have to perform
When god promise- relax and enjoy the ride
God doesn’t promise and preacher perform. Deacons, elders
If God promises he will perform
And if HE didn’t promise it, forget about it
When we get this—we’re gonna really love church
We’ll quit fighting- denominations will fall
God started- God promised it- God’ll do it
Do you know how much heartache ABE had to endure
TO UNDERSTAND- if God promises….
God promised a son……Abraham and Sarah performed
It caused Abraham years of greif- it will you too
Look at verse 19
Considered not his own body—now dead- Stop right there
The first thing we do is doubt ourselves
If you’re looking at you—missed the most important part
Why did God wait to fulfill abe’s promise- when he promise
Abe was still able—wanted to wait till he wasn’t
God performs---- DISCUSS GOD CALLING ME TO PREACH
When abe looked at his body---- Not encouraging
100 years old----everything worn out- saggin’ droopin- spotted
Not enough viagra in Jerusalem
But abe had come to the point---- If GOD PROMISES…
Quit worrying about how you’re made- look @ who made you
Or the deadness of Sarah’s womb
If Abe had been a part of this GEN.
“God said I would be the father of this nation”..BUT SARA
Excuses for our unbelief, doubt, and lack of faith in God
I’m going to see the kingdom unite---why? God promised
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Church I’ve got a call on my life- to preach freedom to the body
I want you here to be part of it--- but if your not
God still has called me to that- he will surround me w/help
How do I know? – God promised me
Situations around me can change- but my calling IS MY CALLING
Why am I saying that. Your calling is your calling
And the situations around you- don’t change that calling
Be CONFIDENT!!!!!
Quit blaming the things around you-
God’s bigger than all of that----
