Sunday Re Cap (11th Jan 2009)

The Year Of Great Favor-Living Radically II

Isa 60:1-2 Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the LORD is risen upon thee. (2) For, behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the people: but the LORD shall arise upon thee, and his glory shall be seen upon thee.

Introduction

As we begin the New Year, we want to move on in the New Things that God has prepared for us. We need to desire to move into the next level of grace and anointing over our lives. We cannot carry on as we have done in the past. The old ways of thinking and the old ways of doing things. Something must change within us. It cannot be business as usual anymore. We need to begin to arise and shine. How do we ARISE & SHINE?

Chap 59:19-21 gives us the keys:

Isa 59:19-21 19 So shall they fear The name of the Lord from the west, And His glory from the rising of the sun; When the enemy comes in like a flood, The Spirit of the Lord will lift up a standard against him. 20 "The Redeemer will come to Zion, And to those who turn from transgression in Jacob," Says the Lord. 21 "As for Me," says the Lord, "this is My covenant with them: My Spirit who is upon you, and My words which I have put in your mouth, shall not depart from your mouth, nor from the mouth of your descendants, nor from the mouth of your descendants' descendants," says the Lord, "from this time and forevermore." NKJV

The LORD lays out a foundation for us to ARISE & SHINE.

1. Remember HIS Covenant. Many times, the prophets speak about the New Covenant in the OT. See Jer 31:31-34; Heb 8:6-13 (See PPT).

2. Cultivate our walk with HIS SPIRIT

3. A commitment to HIS WORD.

4. Don't let the WORD depart from our mouth. JOSH 1:8

5. Teach it to our children and our children's children (grandchildren).

It is a common temptation of Satan to make us give up the reading of the Word and prayer when our enjoyment is gone; as if it were of no use to read the Scriptures when we do not enjoy them, and as if it were no use to pray when we have no spirit of prayer. The truth is that in order to enjoy the Word, we ought to continue to read it, and the way to obtain a spirit of prayer is to continue praying. The less we read the Word of God, the less we desire to read it, and the less we pray, the less we desire to pray.

George Muller