Project Description
2016
The Lord is
Preparing and equipping us
For His
Unfolding Plan for Revival
We’ve been looking at
I said as a Christian
you have
a calling
a ministry
a destiny
your calling is connected to your ministry
your ministry is connected to your destiny
Pt 1
I said it’s very important that we begin
with very important statements
You will never be able to function in the full capacity of your ministry to the Lord ; to others ; and in defeating the powers of the enemy, unless you understand the dynamics of God’s Grace.
The understanding of God’s Grace enables the Holy Spirit to be released in full potential.
When the Lord brought this revelation to me it changed my ministry.
Let’s lay the foundations in order to receive the new revelation of grace and ministry that the Lord has for the upcoming season of Revival.
2 Cor 9:8
Eph 2:8
Heb 4:16
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 (MINISTRY).
For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith — and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— (PERSONAL)
Let us then approach the throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need. (PERSONAL / MINISTRY)
Grace
(Important)
We often say that God’s GRACE is His Unmerited Favor
But it goes far beyond this simple statement
It means LIVING in His GRACE
LIVING IN GRACE means…
The awareness of the Lord is with us
Understanding that we have access to God
The forgiveness of sin and freedom from condemnation
No longer being bound to WORKS for His favor (earning approval)
No longer neutralized by our failures
Defeats the tactics of the enemy
Releases the power of the Lord through us
Unmerited “Favor”
His Grace HAS BEEN released for you and your ministry
Important
Understanding Grace is a KEY receiving the Lord’s provision and living in His overcoming life.
Understanding Grace will enable you to see who you are and
live victoriously in your ministry and destiny
Insights
The purpose of receiving God’s Grace is releasing God’s Grace (good work- ministry)
We are to become agents through which God’s Grace is released.
Acts 1:8
But you will receive power (God’s provision –Grace) when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses (releasers of Grace) in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”
When God’s Grace is released the Kingdom of God is established.
The Lord’s gift to us is His Grace
Luke 2:40 And the child grew and became strong; he was filled with wisdom, and the grace of God was upon him.
John 1:16 From the fullness of his grace we have all received one blessing after another.
John 1:17 For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.
Acts 15:11 it is through the grace of our Lord Jesus that we are saved,
Rom 5:15 God’s grace and the gift that came by the grace of the one man, Jesus Christ, overflows to the many!
Insights
God’s Grace is expressed through
Healing
God’s Favor
Provision
Miracles
Freedom
Acts 14:3
They spoke boldly for the Lord and He confirmed the message of his grace by enabling them to do miraculous signs and wonders.
We said
Grace Definition
New Covenant
The unmerited, undeserved unearned gift of God’s favor and blessings released through the completed sacrifice of Jesus Christ on the cross
And then through the believer to
continue the ministry of Jesus on earth
We continue
The importance of
Speaking
God created the world by speaking
Gen 1:3 And God said, “Let there be light,”
God told Moses to speak to the rock for water (Num. 20:8)
Joshua spoke to the sun (Josh. 10:12)
Elijah spoke and commanded fire from heaven (1 Kings 18:38)
Jesus spoke to demons, sickness, to the storm (Luke 8:24)
Jesus commanded his disciples to speak the mountain (obstacles) (Mark 11:22-23)
Insights
The purpose of receiving God’s Grace is releasing God’s Grace (good work- ministry)
We are to become agents through which God’s Grace is released.
Acts 1:8
But you will receive power (God’s provision –Grace) when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses (releasers of Grace) in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”
Insights
The Lord releases His grace to us and we are to release His grace to others
We are to become agents through which God’s Grace is released in our lives and others.
Matt 16:19 I will give you the keys (God’s Grace) of the kingdom of heaven; whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.
Mark 11:22-23 22 “Have faith in God,” Jesus answered. 23 “I tell you the truth, if anyone says to this mountain , ‘Go, throw yourself into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart but believes that what he says will happen, it will be done for him.
When God’s Grace is released the Kingdom of God is established.
Insights
When “Grace” is released …
“Grace releases”
One of the key purposes of God’s grace is to be proclaimed in and through our lives
Grace to you…
Grace through you
A key to releasing grace is proclaiming grace.
Speaking “grace” releases God
An example from the Bible
We looked at
Zech 4:6-10
So he said to me (Zec), “This is the word of the Lord to Zerubbabel: ‘Not by might nor by power, but by my Spirit,’ says the Lord Almighty.
“What are you, O mighty mountain? Before Zerubbabel you will become level ground. Then he will bring out the headstone to shouts of “Grace ! Grace!”
Then the word of the Lord came to me:
“The hands of Zerubbabel have laid the foundation of this temple; his hands will also complete it. Then you will know that the Lord Almighty has sent me to you.
Do not despise these small beginnings, for the Lord rejoices to see the work begin
Speaking grace into your situation
is an important part of
seeing your prayers answered
The IMPORTANCE
Releasing Grace
Acknowledges our dependency on God
The Lord is our source
Not a “cop out”
The Lord created us dependent
Zech 4:6 “This is the word of the Lord to Zerubbabel “Not by might nor by power , but by My Spirit, ‘Says the Lord
2 Cor 12:9 My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me.
2 Tim 2:1 be strong through the grace that God gives you in Christ Jesus
Phil 4:13 I can do everything through him who gives me strength .
The importance
Releasing Grace
Neutralizes the enemy
The spoken Word defeats the enemy’s lies
Re-establishes authority in any area the enemy has entered
1 Peter 5:8
Be self-controlled and alert. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour
Luke 9:1-3
When Jesus had called them together, he gave them power and authority to drive out all demons and to cure diseases, 2 and he sent them out to preach the kingdom of God and to heal the sick.
1 Tim 5:14
…Then the enemy will not be able to say anything against them
The importance
Releasing Grace
Releases the Kingdom of God
Releases the Lord into the situation
God works on a +
“Thy kingdom come…on earth..heaven.”
Matt 16:19 I will give you the keys (God’s Grace) of the kingdom of heaven; whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.
Matt 6:10 your kingdom come , your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.
Matt 10:7 As you go, declare this message: ‘The kingdom of heaven is near.’
To be continued