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This Is The Time Of The Lord's Favour :god Will Turn Your Situation Around
Contributed by Dr. Stanley Vasu on Jul 3, 2005 (message contributor)
Summary: THIS SERMON IS ABOUT HOW THIS IS THE TIME OF GOD'S FAVOUR AND GOD WILL TURN OUR SITUATION AROUND . HE WILL DELIVER US FROM OUR AFFLICTIONS AND GRANT US JOY AND HAPPINESS AND PROSPERITY AND FRUITFULNESS.
THIS IS THE TIME OF THE LORD'S FAVOUR - GOD WILL TURN YOUR SITUATION AROUND
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OUTLINE
1. THE LORD IS BRINGING US INTO A TIME OF FAVOUR WHERE OUR PRAYERS WILL BE ANSWERED AND WE WILL RECEIVE THE HELP THAT WE NEED FROM THE LORD . THE EARLY CHURCH EXPERIENCED SUCH A TIME OF FAVOUR . AFTER A SEASON OF PERSECUTION THE LORD GRANTED PEACE TO HIS PEOPLE. AND THEY GREW DURING THE TIME OF PEACE AND WALKED IN THE FEAR OF GOD . THE HOLY SPIRIT COMFORTED THEM AND HEALED ALL THE WOUNDS IN THEIR HEARTS.
2. THE LORD WANTS TO TURN OUR WILDERNESS INTO A BEAUTIFUL GARDEN . HE WANTS TO COMFORT US AND HEAL OUR BROKEN HEARTS. HE DOES NOT WANT US TO LIVE IN FEAR OF THE ENEMY.HE WILL REMOVE THE CUP OF AFFLICTION FROM US AND GIVE IT INTO THE HANDS OF OUR ENEMIES.
3. THE LORD WILL POUR OUT HIS SPIRIT UPON US AND CAUSE US TO BECOME CHANNELS OF BLESSING AND HEALING TO OTHERS.HE WILL CAUSE THE BROKEN DOWN AREAS OF OUR LIFE TO BE REBUILT. HE WILL GRANT US DOUBLE HONOUR FOR ALL THE SHAME AND HUMILIATION WE HAVE FACED.
4. THE LORD WANTS TO BE GLORIFIED IN OUR LIVES . HE WANTS TO USE US AS A SPLENDID CROWN IN HIS HAND. HE WANTS US HAVE A NEW NAME. HE WANTS TO CHANGE OUR REPUTATION AND WE WOULD BE KNOWN AS BLESSED PEOPLE.
5. THE LORD WANTS US TO RISE AND SHINE. HE PROMISES ABUNDANT PROSPERITY TO ENABLE US TO BUILD HIS KINGDOM . HE WILL GRANT US FAVOUR WITH AUTHORITIES AND SEND US ABLE HELPERS TO FULFILL OUR TASK. HE WILL CAUSE US TO GROW INTO A MIGHTY NATION.
6. GOD BLESSES US AND DELIVERS US FROM OUR SUFFERING AND HE HEALS OUR MEMORIES . HE MAKES US FRUITFUL IN THE SAME LAND WHERE WE FACED AFFLICTION AND PAIN. HIS DELIVERANCE CAN COME AS A SURPRISE AND LOOK LIKE A DREAM .WE MUST EXPECT MIRACLES TO HAPPEN IN OUR LIVES.
7. THE LORD WANTS US TO CELEBRATE WITH JOY AND HAPPINESS WHEN HE TURNS OUR CAPTIVITY. WE SHOULD NOT CONTINUE TO BE IN MOURNING ALWAYS.
THE MESSAGE
THIS IS THE TIME OF THE LORD'S FAVOUR - GOD WILL TURN YOUR SITUATION AROUND
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1. THE LORD IS BRINGING US INTO A TIME OF FAVOUR WHERE OUR PRAYERS WILL BE ANSWERED AND WE WILL RECEIVE THE HELP THAT WE NEED FROM THE LORD . THE EARLY CHURCH EXPERIENCED SUCH A TIME OF FAVOUR . AFTER A SEASON OF PERSECUTION THE LORD GRANTED PEACE TO HIS PEOPLE. AND THEY GREW DURING THE TIME OF PEACE AND WALKED IN THE FEAR OF GOD . THE HOLY SPIRIT COMFORTED THEM AND HEALED ALL THE WOUNDS IN THEIR HEARTS.
SCRIPTURE REFERENCES
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This is what the LORD says: "In the time of my favor I will answer you, and in the day of salvation I will help you; I will keep you and will make you to be a covenant for the people, to restore the land and to reassign its desolate inheritances,
to say to the captives, �Come out,� and to those in darkness, �Be free!� "They will feed beside the roads and find pasture on every barren hill.
They will neither hunger nor thirst, nor will the desert heat or the sun beat upon them. He who has compassion on them will guide them and lead them beside springs of water.
I will turn all my mountains into roads, and my highways will be raised up.
See, they will come from afar— some from the north, some from the west, some from the region of Aswan."
Shout for joy, O heavens; rejoice, O earth; burst into song, O mountains! For the LORD comforts his people and will have compassion on his afflicted ones.
You will arise and have compassion on Zion, for it is time to show favor to her; the appointed time has come.
"The church then had peace throughout Judea, Galilee, and Samaria, and it grew in strength and numbers. The believers were walking in the fear of the Lord and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit. "
2. THE LORD WANTS TO TURN OUR WILDERNESS INTO A BEAUTIFUL GARDEN . HE WANTS TO COMFORT US AND HEAL OUR BROKEN HEARTS. HE DOES NOT WANT US TO LIVE IN FEAR OF THE ENEMY.HE WILL REMOVE THE CUP OF AFFLICTION FROM US AND GIVE IT INTO THE HANDS OF OUR ENEMIES.
SCRIPTURE REFERENCES
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"Listen to me, all who hope for deliverance--all who seek the LORD! Consider the quarry from which you were mined, the rock from which you were cut!
Yes, think about your ancestors Abraham and Sarah, from whom you came. Abraham was alone when I called him. But when I blessed him, he became a great nation.
