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How to Stay (live) in the Miracle Zone Pt.4
Hebrews 2:4
Mark 10:27
Matthew 6:33
And God confirms His Word by giving signs and wonders and various miracles and gifts of the Holy Spirit.
All things are possible with God.”
Let God’s desires be your main focus in life. Then all your needs will be taken care of by His miraculous provision
2017 THE YEAR OF BREAKTHROUGH
Our focus for 2017 : Releasing the power of God through your life
First a quick… Review
We’re building on: Releasing the Miraculous in 2017
Turn to someone and say “It’s all about the Spiritual
TODAY (rebellion, riots, division, social changes, family, our nation, etc)
We set the stage for
How to stay in the place where MIRACLES HAPPEN
Important: When We Bind the Enemy’s Involvement – Miracles Are Free to Happen
Matt 16:19
I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven; whatever you bind (forbid)
on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose (permit) on earth
will be loosed in heaven.”
Luke 10:19
I have given you authority…to overcome all the power of the enemy;
nothing will harm you.
Word says..
Heb 13: 8
Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever
John 14:12
I tell you the truth, anyone who has faith in me will do what I have been doing. He will do even greater things than these, because I am going to the Father.
Do you need a Miracle?
There is a way and a position we must take to be in a place to receive miracles.
Key
“You must believe that God will demonstrate His grace (unmerited favor) n the situations you are believing Him for”
We must believe
that God not only… …
- Can Do Miracles (able)
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- Does Miracles
But..
- Will Do Miracles
Format:
God’s desire
Luke 12:32 “So don’t be afraid, little flock. For it gives your Father great happiness to give you the Kingdom. .
Matt 7:11 If you, then, though you are sinful, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good gifts to those who ask him!
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Our request
Matt 7:7-8 “Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. 8 For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened.
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Our Believing
Matt 21:22 If you believe , you will receive whatever you ask for in prayer.“
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Miracles
The most important ingredient for Miracles-
They require Faith to be released
Important facts about miracles
- God uses our life challenges to release His miracles
Challenges
Job
Relational
Things beyond our control
- God has a miracle for every challenge
Sometimes it supernatural
Sometimes it’s natural
No challenge to cause us to fail
- God has a part for you to play in the miracle process
You’re involved
Miracles depend upon our response to God
Last time we began
How to stay (live) in the “Miracle Zone” Pt.1
- Think victoriously (spirit-not soul)
Not just positively
No doubt allowed
Temptation to give in
Rom 12:2 be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what Gods will is-his good, pleasing and perfect will.
1 Cor 2:16 But we have the mind of Christ.
Prov. 23:7 for is a man thinks in his heart, so is he.
Matt 21:21-22 Jesus replied, “I tell you the truth, if you have faith and do not doubt, not only can you do what was done to the fig tree, but also you can say to this mountain, ‘Go, throw yourself into the sea,’ and it will be done. If you believe, you will receive whatever you ask for in prayer.”
Matt 19:26 With God all things are possible.”
- Look for God’s doorway in the midst of the challenge
What is it you would have me learn-at the beginning
Miracles unfold
1 Cor 10:13
No temptation has seized you except what is common to man. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can stand up under it.
Ps 37:23 The steps of a good man are ordered by the LORD, And He delights in his way.
Ps 143:8 Show me the way I should go, for to you I lift up my soul.
Ps 138:7-8 Though I walk in the midst of trouble,
you preserve my life; you stretch out right hand you save me. The LORD will fulfill
your love, O LORD, endures forever–
- Don’t let circumstances rob your faith
Bad news
Economy
No way out
“but God”
Rom 8:14 those who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God
2 Cor 5:7 We live by faith, not by sight.
Josh 1:9 Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be terrified by what you see; do not be discouraged, for the LORD your God will be with you wherever you go
Today we continue
How to stay (live) in the “Miracle Zone” Pt.2
- Faith as a “lifestyle”
Live faith
Speak faith
2 Cor 9:8 And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that in all things at all times, having all that you need, you will abound in every good work.
Heb 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.
Phil 4:19 And my God will meet all your needs according to his glorious riches in Christ Jesus. For out of the overflow of the heart the mouth speaks.
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- God’s way the only way
Rom 12:2 Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world
Romans 12:1 – 2 So here’s what I want you to do,
God helping you: Take your everyday, ordinary life—
your sleeping, eating, going-to-work, and walking-around life—
and place it before God as an offering. Embracing what God does for you
is the best thing you can do for him.
- God’s Word settles it
What God says on the subject.
Daily-first
Ps 18:30 As for God, his way is perfect; the word of the LORD is flawless
Ps 119:89 Your word, O LORD, is eternal ;it stands firm in the heavens
Ps 119:105 Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light for my path.
Col 3:16 Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom,
Heb 4:12 For the word of God is living and active
- Keep Filled with the Holy Spirit
Eph 5:18 be continually being filled with the Spirit.
Lam 3:22- His mercies fail not. They are new every morning;
Great is Your faithfulness.
Ps 143:10 Teach me to do your will, for you are my God; may your good Spirit lead me on level ground.
Ps 16:11 You have made known to me the path of life; you will fill me with joy in your presence each day, with eternal pleasures at your right hand
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Forgive quick, love long
Unforgiveness binds up.
Love releases
Matt 6:14- For if you forgive men when they sin against you, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.
1 Cor 13:1 If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal.
Rom 5:5 And hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured out his love into our hearts by the Holy Spirit, whom he has given us.
1 Cor 13:13 And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.
- Give Freely
Your life
Your witness – testimony
Finances
Matt 10:8 Freely you have received, freely give.
2 Cor 9:12 This service that you perform is not only supplying the needs of God’s people but is also overflowing in many expressions of thanks to God.
Luke 6:38 Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over, will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.”
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Stand in your authority
Declare the Word of God into …
Defeat the enemy – Robber of Miracles
Establish the Kingdom
Luke 10:19 I have given you authority over all the power of the enemy,
John 10:10 The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.
Acts 1:8 But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”
- Be available for Ministry
Word and deed
Salt and light
WWJD
2Tm 4:2 Be ready to minister the Word whenever there is the opportunity
Matt 5:13-14 “You are the salt of the earth…You are the light of the world.
Acts 22:15 You will be his witness to all men of what you have seen and heard.
Acts 1:8 But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”
- Stand in your Destiny
Destiny
Purpose
Ministry- Reveal Jesus
Rom 8:16-17 The Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God, and if children, then heirs–heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ,
Phil 4:13 I can do everything through him who gives me strength.
Jer 29:11-12 11 For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.
Est 4:14 But who knows but that you are in this position for such a time as this?”
1 John 4:4 the one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world.
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Do everything for the glory of God
In all things
Matt 5:16 Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven
Eph 6:7-8 Serve wholeheartedly, as if you were serving the Lord, not men, 8 because you know that the Lord will reward everyone for whatever good he does,
Ps 96:3 Declare his glory among the nations, his marvelous deeds among all peoples.
Ps 108:5 Be exalted, O God, above the heavens, and let your glory be over all the earth.
Matt 6:24 You cannot serve both God and Money.