Sunday Re Cap (23rd March 2008)

WHAT IS FAITH?

by Daniel J.

Scriptures:

· Hebrews 11:1

1Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see.

=> Faith is something we believe with absolute certainty when we can’t prove it with our senses.

· Romans 12:3

3For by the grace given me I say to every one of you: Do not think of yourself more highly than you ought, but rather think of yourself with sober judgment, in accordance with the measure of faith God has given you.

=> Faith comes from God thru Jesus Christ. You cannot create it.

How does faith work?

Analogy –

· Faith is like a vehicle. It is used to go from point a to b. Point a is where you start. Point b is your destination which is called hope.

The starting point of every faith journey is :

1. At the cross – recognizing the Lord sacrifice and gift of salvation.

2. Realizing how much God loves us.

Faith only works when you have something you hope for otherwise it is of no use.

· The fuel for faith is the Word of God. How far your faith will take you depends on how much of the Word of God has been stored in your heart.

· The GPS for your faith journey is hearing the voice of God. He will lead you step by step. Never get upset you make a mistake, He just gently leads you.

· The driver of the faith vehicle is Love. Unless we have the right motivation in our heart we will not get to our destination.

Sunday Re Cap (9th March 2008)

Receive Your Inheritance!

by Samuel Hari

Gal 3:13-14; Gal 3:29

As Christians we are the seed of Abraham. Everything that God promised him belongs to us and has been passed down to us through Jesus.

Gen 12:2-3

When God tells someone that He’s going to bless them, He’s not just telling them to have a nice day like we do.

Definition of BLESS in W.E. Vine and Webster’s Dictionary is “to cause to prosper, to make happy, to bestow favor upon, to consecrate to holy purposes, to make successful, to make prosperous in temporal concerns pertaining to this life, to guard and to preserve.”

The ABRAHAMIC COVENANT

1. Financial Blessing
1. Read Gen 13: He had a COVENANT of blessing with God and KNEW that God would bring him to success no matter where he lived.
2. Overcomer Ability
1. Abraham knew he had a covenant with God. He knew that God had promised to be an enemy to his enemies and he dared to act on that promise. He took God at His word. Gen 15:1 AMP.
2. We are Abraham’s seed and we have the same COVENANT Gen 17:6-7
3. Beyond Human Limitations
1. No limit to what God can do to those who BELIEVE. God can make the impossible possible.
2. Sarah was barren and old (more than 90 years old). She bore Isaac and stayed alive until he was 37 years old. She not only bore him but raised him to manhood!
4. Generational Blessings
1. The blessing continued to Isaac. There was famine in the land and he considered moving to Egypt to escape. However God not only told him to stay (Gen 26:2-3) but also blessed him instead (Gen 26:12)
2. We are blessed to be a blessing. See the life of Joseph Gen 41. He started as a slave but ended up being the “savior” of Egypt when there was another famine in the land. He also ended up being the most powerful man next to pharaoh himself! The entire country was blessed because of Joseph COVENANT with God.

Abraham, Joseph and Isaac had a great inheritance but we have an even greater one through Jesus. Look at Heb 8:6

We are both recipients of the natural blessings that came through Abraham as well of the spiritual blessings that came through the new covenant that was established through our relationship with Jesus!

Rom 4:18-25 AMP

What opened the door to Abraham’s blessings? FAITH. Abraham believed. There’s no record of him moaning and grumbling and worrying and complaining. God cannot hear all this. He only hears FAITH. Faith opens the door to our INHERITANCE.

Sunday Re Cap (2nd Mar 2008)

Fighting the Good Fight of Faith by Samuel Hari

Over the process of time and trials, many of us may surrender and trust and even obey for a season but how many of us have persevered in trusting God. One of the hardest concepts to understand is “WAIT!” Notice that deep down inside, that is the one word we don’t want God to say? We don’t mind “NO” and of course we want “YES”. But “WAIT!” How long? Why?

Again let’s look at the WOG for strength and guidance in developing PERSEVERANCE.

Scriptures:

1 Tim 1:18-19

1. One aspect is personal prophecy. More importantly, what does God’s revealed word say to us everyday? We need to personalize the WOG daily. Confess it daily 1 john 5:14-15 This is the confidence….bringing our words into alignment to the word of God!
2. This will inspire us and aid us daily to wage the good warfare.
3. We know that Jesus has won the victory and we live daily by His grace but the enemy is walking about like a roaring lion seeking whom he may devour (1 Pet 5:5-10).
4. As we surrender and trust, God will give us the strength to obey and persevere. Abraham believed! He had strength to obey and persevere.

1 Peter 5:5-10; 1 Tim 6:12; 2 Cor 4:16-18

1. We need to realize that our daily life is a fight for the faith. Paul is saying that there will be circumstances (no question about it) DAILY that undermines our faith in God. That’s when we have to realize that the roaring lion is at the door. What are we going to do about it? When we pray for healing and don’t see the manifestation, when we pray for salvation of a loved one and it’s slow in happening? When we are praying for our work situation, family, etc.
2. In the presence of many witnesses. Get accountable i.e. CG, prayer group.
3. The prodigal father did not allow hatred or bitterness to grow over the years, but love intensified! He fought the good fight and won!

2 Tim 4:7-8

7 I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. 8 Finally, there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will give to me on that Day, and not to me only but also to all who have loved His appearing.

NKJV

“He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose." Jim Elliot