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Sunday Service Jan 26, 2025 message at Covenant Word Church, 5580 McDonald Ave, Key West FL 33040.
10/06/2024
Sunday's message with Pastor Kevin Kerr at Covenant Word Church, Key West Fl
Sundays message June 16, 2024 at Covenant Word Church, Key West FL 33040. Happy Father’s Day!
Sunday morning message from Pastor Kevin Kerr at Covenant Word Church, Key West FL on October 1, 2023
The strength from joy is rooted in God's will. Not yours. We get our strength from the presence of God.
God is not for individuals,, He is for His body the Church
Mostly, we don’t need strength and courage for the things that are familiar to us. We need strength and courage to follow God in things we haven’t done before.
To do the things we haven’t done before
Pray: Lord, don’t let us fail the assignment, don’t let us get weak…help us to accomplish this task.
Strength courage and joy are tied together
When we embrace fear, we take the path of weakness not strength.
Faith must occur before courage manifests and strength can win!
Either fear or faith…. both are a choice. Easier to fear. Anyone can do that. More hearty to exercise faith, listen to God, obey, and do or build what he told you.
-Give God something to work with, God then will bless it and use it for His glory!
Regardless of the numbers, God will defeat His enemies and His foes when God can trust the courage and strength of the man or person he is working with.
-He will
God said, Find me a man after my heart!! Then He will move
-Seeing beyond the present circumstance, situation or problem in front of us, most often is the key to victory.
-Strength Courage and Joy is OUR responsibility..not God’s
Courage to face the battle
Strength to win the battle
Joy is to seal the victory
-joy also becomes the faith victory before the battle begins
His call and obedience has to lead past our own understanding
Self-doubt often hides and masquerades itself as false humility when God wants you to forge ahead.
When feelings of self doubt come in, a sense of fear takes over and a false sense of humility wants to take over and rob you of completing God’s assignment
Start on the approach.
-Any blessing or success in our life is often tied to our obedience to the Lord. It's a yielding to our purpose over our own will.
Isaiah 1:19
If you are willing to hear and obey the Lord our God you will eat from the good of the land.
God has created us each one with a plan and a purpose and destiny that we can seek hard after and follow.
-We need the willingness to do what He said and not expect an explanation of everything. If you can hear and do -this is the key to victory.
God providence comes as we follow God's plan
Providence is not a gimme
Providence is not favor
Providence is God's guidance and protection as you are following him.
If the lord has led me not a spiritual conflict then he has equipped me to win.?
1Thess 4:11
Working with your own hands and accomplish
Your tasks at hand
Fear worship and trust are connected
Hear today about how Nehemiah fought through distractions to accomplish God's will, His purpose, and destiny for Nehemiah and God's people for future generations. Be blessed
-If you want to get limitations removed from your life you have to ultimately give something. You have to repent. You will have to change your mindset
Those who say, you never know what God will do, -But He reveals His will to His church.
Life’s forward progress most of the time includes the limitations that are set against you. So how do you overcome those limitations?
How God removes Limitations
Disciples needed limitations removed so they could accomplish their assignments. To do what Jesus told them to do.
Probably most of the time you cannot have limitations removed if you have the spirit of fear
-Radical Transformation cannot occur when there is fear
-Whenever the Lord leads us into conflict he has already equipped us for victory.
-When we are under an open Heaven we have more authority from our encounter with God than we might know.
God: Us vs the impossible and our promise
God’s people should be about God’s promises and get it done. Joshua and Caleb
Rom12:
Sacrifice: present your bodies as a living sacrifice
If you do not have a renewed or enlightened mind on the Word of God, it’s difficult if not impossible to have hope. (Eph 1:18)
Geography, the place where God says to be is important when it comes to receiving God’s promise, purpose, direction and blessing.
Description:
Hope brings perspective and value to the sacrifice
Hopelessness robs our reason to obey 1Cor15
Lev4:6 -Describes how the high priest was to sprinkle the blood on the mercy seat
Also:
-7 places Christ was pierced
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Back -Whipping post
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Crowned with Thorns
3-4. Hands
5-6. Feet
- Side
Palm Sunday was the declaration of victory of Jesus when He rode into Jerusalem. We celebrate and declare victory with Jesus as we work and co-labor with him.
Your creativity is tied to a number of things. Creativity begins with renewing your mind on the word of God. You give opportunity for radical transformation when you make space to hear the word of the God. Creativity continues in your relationship with the Lord. A sound mind is a renewed mind. Your best decision making comes out of the realm of your renewed mind.
When you are faced with the tyranny of oppression and confusion, like the craftsmen in Zachariah, prepare and build something and overcome your enemies.
We go through seasons
Daniel 2:21-23
God controls the times and the seasons
Sometimes it’s easier to handle the defeats than it is to handle the victories
Leviticus 9
-The Lord starts the fire, but it’s up to us to keep it burning
And it’s up to the priests to keep it burning
Instead of imitating the culture around you, that is most likely destroying you, instead be transformed by the Holy Spirit
We encourage you the use the faith that you have over the prophecies given to you and use your prophecies as a weapon of your warfare and a clean conscience. God gave us weapons that are custom made for you.
Be blessed
The designer creates design, design has purpose
Jesus was tempted to give up His identity in the wilderness; instead he turned the tables on the devil even in his weakened state.
You will not determine what God is trying to do buy following and listening to the devil
Follow and listen to God; then do what he says
Let today's message bless you
The way you measure will be measured back to you.
The more we grow the more mature we get the more He can deposit
-Our approach to difficulties is how we’re prepared for increase
-How we handle loss is how we can be trusted with success
-How we handle disappointment prepares us for fulfillment
-How we handle criticism is how we can be trusted with praise
-Betrayal well prepares us to be loyal friends
if we’re not changing we’re not growing
Ps105:24 He increased His people greatly, He makes His people more mighty than His enemies.
-for the purpose of growth
What God has for you is more important and has more authority
Don’t let the devil attack your identity
Listen to the Word
Let God speak into you
Then let your understanding eventually catch up
Stir yourself up in the Holy Spirit
The power of God along with the Word is the only things the can change and transform your life.
Paul puts the responsibility on us
the responsibility is on us to move things forward
Better to be Holy Spirit Lead than pressured
-do not allow a season to be defined by your problems
A good year or season is one that blessed by God, not necessarily trouble and problem free
The devil is a good interrupter..if you allow him
Jesus never invited people to follow Him that He would promise to “bless them”
-He told Peter, come and follow me and I’ll make you a fisher of men.
Who do you say I am?
Learn how to laugh at yourself.
Two verses that explain God’s plan for the reality of His Church
Gen28:11
God gave Jacob a dream on this verse
-he saw angels ascending and descending from and to heaven
Jn1:51
Jesus said, most assuredly you will see the ascending and descending angels on the Son of Man
God’s plan for man became to give him revelation through His portal (Jesus). This represents why the angels were ascending and descending.
God’s plan and purpose is for Him to reveal to you your plan and purpose. So you don’t have to wander and stagger through life aimlessly.
-2Peter1:3 says we have been given all things for life and godliness.
We bid you to chose life, and be blessed.
glory to glory is the manifested presence of Jesus in our lives when we submit to it. if we lose the focus of our call, we lose the glory of His call the son of man can do nothing on his own, but the Son of God can do everything. One thing is for sure, if we focus on the problem our faith will be an uphill battle -the son of man can do nothing of himself, however the Son of God can do all things 1Cor3:16 When one turns to the Lord the veil is taken away. You are reading and doing things out of religion, that’s why you’re not going anywhere Rom12: being transformed by the renewing of our mind so we can move from glory to glory, and faith to faith Many are called, will you be one of the chosen? (54:37)
What can we find out so we can understand what God’s purpose is for your life.
The compass rose:
Always points to the north
-We often try to change God's assignment over our lives b/c we don’t like the assignment
-Make disciples is the command (not converts, followers, subscribers)
-To change the planet, -make disciples is the mandate from Jesus
-That has to be a priority
We’re going to have to rise above and overcome every situation, every circumstance in order to do it
Luke 2:52 Jesus grew and increased in grace -this is not unmerited favor, but co-laboring w/God to be able to do the next thing God wants done
Normal Routine without surrender is just religion -it has no power
Finish strong 💪
That is where radical transformation begins -when people start ask questions about themselves and what they are doing
Col2:2-8
We are eternal people
Don’t let anyone cheat you out of the real meaning of Christmas
Be blessed
The greater works key is abiding in Him’
Jn15
You abide in me and I in you, ask anything in my name and it will be done for you
Stay tuned stay encouraged and stay in church
Most miracles are connected to your point of obedience
When we understand the purpose maybe then sometimes we can move on in God's purpose for us?
Jn9:6 Man who was born blind Was it because of the sin of his father or mother…neither said Jesus but for the glory of God
Go-wash in the pool of Siloam. All the way across the city in the Kidron Valley. That was a lot of effort for a blind man -He was healed by a process following the process Jesus told him to do -if he wanted his healing.
Are we willing to do the same to receive our miracle?
What is our ability to stay in the game and stay forging ahead?
How can I find out how to enforce my victory in Christ?
Aggressive Obedience
Our winning and losing doesn’t determine our spiritual standing with God
Our obedience does
-Man may reject you and your work. But regardless of that we need to complete our work. The work God assigned to us to establish our destiny, purpose, inheritance and legacy.
When and if it is done, be willing to shelve our work and efforts and take a step back. If your labor is done, now it is the time for God. God will take the action. You stay in faith. It may not be the way you want, but that is not your victory. Doing what God asked you to do is your victory whether men decide to embrace it or not.
Embracing the process of your journey with Thankfulness
With Thanksgiving in all diverse situations
Never ending journey
- Your purpose was created and known by God from the beginning
- How we embrace this process from God is how we fare
There’s a posture we come into when we give praise
Psalm of Thanksgiving
Psalms 100:1-5 I will enter his gates with Thanksgiving in my heart
Make a joyful shout unto the Lord
Come before His presence with singing
Hebrew “Praise”
I will enter his gates with tôdâh, and his courts with tehillâh.
“tehillâh” means glorifying praise
“tôdâh” means to extend the hand for a friendly greeting
Extended hands is shaking God’s hand
How does God expand His kingdom ?
He expands your capacity through your praise to receive more blessing.
-Be blessed
1Sam30
David encouraged himself in the Lord, then he asked for the ephod (prayer shawl -prayer closet), THEN he inquired of the Lord.
We believe David remembers (was aware of ) his divine prophetic appointment for kingship as his purpose and destiny. He took responsibility, faced it, and did not faint or back down.
Jesus had a disturbing way of issuing challenges in order for your faith to grow
Faith and trust,
How can I find out what the Lord wants me to do?
Sanctified means to be set apart
1Thes 5:23
Now may the God of peace Himself sanctify you completely; and may your whole spirit, soul, and body be preserved blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Soul is your mind intellect and character
If we can be effective, our sanctified intellect works together with our sanctified character
Be blessed
Today's message is learning how to stay in the game with God when everything around you screams get out.
Acts 11:23
When Barnabus came to Antioch he saw grace (the power of God) moving in God’s people.
2Pet1:3 His divine power has given us all things exceedingly great and precious promises, theat through these you may be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.
Satan's desire is to sift and take the best part of you out of your life and your purpose
He wants to destroy your desire in order to defeat you
Strengthen means getting rid of the things that weaken you, your character , and your soul.
God has predetermined that you will reign in power in life
You are the governing factor of your life
We have the power to overcome by His grace given to us
Today's message is about being able to stand without fear with patience and waiting on the Lord even in the face of aggressive persecution. If your in Gods will and plan you will win.
Is 49:31 They that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength
Wait: to stand in anticipation
-The spirit of anticipation
Patience
My brethren
1Jn4:4 Count it all joy my brethren as you enter into diverse trials and temptations
Unyielding, defiant, not reserved to suffering, not given over to fear, cowering in the face of aggressive persecution
Abraham waited 25 yrs before he received his promised child. The promise of God wound up working
Our relationship with God and willingness to obey with our sacrifices which is pleasing to God allows the promise of Abraham's blessing to fall upon us Gentiles.
Bezalel is a little know Old Testament Patriarch that was filled with the Spirit of God to do mighty things God wanted.
Exodus 31:1-10 1Then the Lord said to Moses, 2“See, I have chosen Bezalel son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah, 3and I have filled him with the Spirit of God
Joshua 1:9 The key to prosperity and success is to meditate on the Word of the Lord night and day
God will bless it as you know what you’re contemplating is according to what he’s telling you and showing you, and as it matches up with what he is saying in His Word.
Never see your problem as too big for God to handle
Facing the impossibility is more God than you might think
You can create your own season if you’re a tree planted by the waters
We are designed for increase
Subduing is
Everyone God gave each one talents according to their gifting
Co-laboring with God
Your will be done in the earth as it is in heaven
Think about this: By you not sowing your talent you have abandoned your brethren
Our basic sacrifice is to be in the house of the Lord giving and sowing our talent(s)
What is or should be our approach to Kingdom Promise?
-Consider this:
Trust God even though we may not be able to explain it
-We give to get -the kingdom of God
-Humble ourselves
Childlike trust is an absolute
-I don’t know how it’s going to work out, but dad always comes through
God has a specific declared purpose for us to realize, endure and overcome obstacles for our victory and His glory.
Today's message focus is on Gideon and what his mission became to deliver God's people by overcoming the spirit of fear and finally defeat the Midianites.
How does God deal with fear? Often He’ll reduce numbers and use His remnant.
The remnant that doesn't fear the enemy.
Gideon found 300 men who wouldn’t drink from the brook like a dog. Why did God recognize this as important?
Be blessed
When rejections and defeats want to put you into a pit of despair, your victory is in God. If God has shown you the answer, and shows you what He wants done. Ultimately He wins, what he says will come to pass. That means you will win.
Be blessed
Todays message focuses on casting aside our mindsets and failures to pursue victory by the Spirit and Authority of God according to His plan and your relationship with Him.
-His plan includes warfaring a good warfare over the prophecies spoken over you as Paul charged Timothy?
The idea of hermiting yourself from the Body of Christ is not God’s idea. Where will you find the authority for that in His Word?
The spirit of fear:
The spirit of fear takes away the soundness of mind
As a Christian as we dwell in the the inferior it’s seems to take the place of the superior
Hebrews 8:6.
But in fact the ministry Jesus has received is as superior to theirs as the covenant of which he is mediator is superior to the old one, since the new covenant is established on better promises.
Gal 1:8
Nothing separates us from the authority power and love for God’s purpose
Real determination comes when we stop being impressed with the size of our enemy or our problem. Or my ideas or ideals
Parables: Jesus taught them so those who had a heart for him would understand it
The Unjust Judge:
Luke 18: 1 Men ought to pray and not lose heart
Real determination has to be rooted in faith or it winds up being … not self destination that most often winds up carnal and fleshly.
Determination usually comes from something we like to do
My faith
3 leaven’s Mindsets
Pharisees / religious
Herod / political
Heaven / Kingdom of God
Today, we had at CWC at heart stirring message from Pastor Robert Gay.
Restored Vision and Renewed Dreams
From Joseph in Genesis
This is about prevailing in and through processes to get to the palace
Be blessed
Todays message is a prepatory message for and about Courage and Impartation. Receive this if you can
Romans 1:11-
-I long to see you so that I may impart to you some spiritual gift to make you strong
Impartation: to give over and to share
Paul is writing to the church in Rome
This is is necessary for concrete architecture to the church
Grace: you have the grace of God
The enabling power of the Holy Spirit for you to become who you were created to be and then do what you were created to do
Eph 4:29
-Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen.
unwholesome and gossip corrupt talk can send you off the course you’re supposed to have
2Kings
Elijah's impartation to Elisha through his coat
When Elijah was taken up in the whirlwind his coat fell to Elisha for his double portion. Elisha was on the edge of his seat from the moment he asked for Elijah's double portion
Gen 2:18
God had created Adam, and here He says, “it is not good for man to be alone”.
God’s design for us is the same, it is not good for man to be alone
-Where two or three are gathered together there I am
It is not good for us to be alone
Is 41:10-13 Co-laboring with God for the kingdoms common good
10So do not fear, for I am with you;
do not be dismayed, for I am your God.
I will strengthen you and help you;
I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.
11“All who rage against you
will surely be ashamed and disgraced;
those who oppose you
will be as nothing and perish.
12Though you search for your enemies,
you will not find them
Those who wage war against you
will be as nothing at all.
13For I am the Lord your God
who takes hold of your right hand
and says to you, Do not fear;
I will help you.
Acts 4:29
29Now, Lord, consider their threats and enable your servants to speak your word with great boldness. 30 Stretch out your hand to heal and perform signs and wonders through the name of your holy servant Jesus.``
-the religious usually do not like and hate miracles
Be blessed
Going into the next season
We don’t control the seasons, God does
God may move not according to common sense rules.
Ex4:4 The Lord commands Moses to pick up the serpent by the tail
-Note: Usually you do not want to do this.....But God specifically instructed Moses..
Do you trust me with your life?
Modeling Ministry
The key to ministry is to not look at your surroundings
To serve from him, not for him
Ministers advice: If one principal doesn’t work, then try another
Some ministry works better than others...according to the season you're in
Binding and loosing?
We may be coming into a season of violence. Violent faith..?
Mercy? Receiving?
-Wisdom which you will need is knowing the difference
Which battles are yours co-laboring with God, and which ones are God’s alone?
Not changing anything in this new season, could lead to disaster
If you don’t see the necessity, then you won’t change
How bad do we want it?
Lk 18:17
Whoever does not receive the kingdom of God as a little child will not enter into it.
Lk 18 The Rich Young Ruler
Lazurus at Bethany
It’s impossible to hunger for something that doesn’t exist?
How impossible is it to hunger for something that doesn’t exist?
Ex 4:4 Moses picks up\ a snake by its tail from the Lord’s command
God is looking for people who can move with the seasons
Not necessarily ones who do it by the book or their own ideals, but those who will listen to His way. Picking up a snake by the tail goes against rules of common sense
Enduring Faith
-Will cause us to live in the consciousness of the Father
Ps 103:1-5
-“Bless the Lord all my soul and all that is within me, bless his holy name
Who was he talking to?
-Soul..
David commanding his heart and mind, his being to be consumed by the presence of God
-To have our heart and mind live in another dimension-In spite of what’s going on around you
Self listen up…we’re going to do this RIGHT NOW
For the sake of explanation
Jesus can’t undo what He did
He redeems our lives from destruction
-to believe God has put a sickness or disease on us to teach us a lesson
God is trying to build character in us when our prayers go unanswered
There are times God wants us to endure
Unanswered prayer sometimes is God wanting to build endurance in us
Sometimes we get an instant miracle, sometimes and many times we have to go to war to get to get the victory
Lk 18:1 The Unjust judge and the persistent widow
He then spoke a parable. That men ought to not lose heart
1One day Jesus spoke to his disciples a parable to show that they should always pray and never give up
Lk 18:2
Spiritual warefare is not giving up when it gets tough, or real tough. When you have God’s word on the matter, and you’re in constant fellowship with God. God will prevail, and so you will prevail even if it has to go all the way to the end
My 9:23 The demon that would not come out
How can this be?
The father said, Lord i can believe, help me with my unbelief
and Jesus did honor his request.
Design, purpose, destiny
Everyone should know who God says they are
Every sacrifice is a step beyond our convenience
Keep at it keep at it and keep at it
Watchman Née:
If the life of a Christian is to be pleasing to God then it must be properly readjusted in all things
Quote:
Evil things only become appealing when we forget who we are
Jesus 40 days in the Wilderness
When the tempter came
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If you be the SOG turn these stones..
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Throw yourself off this cliff and let the angels catch you
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I will give you all these kingdoms if you fall down and worship me
We say we believe in God, but so does the devil.
Satan comes to question and contradict the Word of God
If he succeeds in getting you to doubt, he can get you off your purpose
If he gets you off your purpose
We keep doing it until we get it right
When the Lord leads you into a conflict, He’s not trying to punish you
He’s trying to equip you to win to bring Him glory, and second it’s always punishment for the devil.
The enemies will always try to attack the last thing God said
Who we are, and what we should be comes from the presence of God
Season your speech with salt
Mat 5:13 Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savor, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men.
Col 4:6 Let your speech be alway with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man.
Mat 5:14 Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on a hill cannot be hidden.
Jesus taught 3 leaven’s
-Leaven is a mindset
Leaven needs a heat source to work
Herod (political arena)
Pharisees (religious arena)
Kingdom (Gods domain)
When delivering a word on a matter…you are turning the heat up
This is Pentecost Sunday!
-Today's message is about Authority and Power and where it comes from, and what we can do about it.
Matt 3:11 “I baptize you with water for repentance, but he who is coming after me is mightier than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.
Power and Authority
-Authority is from Jesus
-Our power should come from the Holy Spirit
Lev 23
You shall count for yourselves
Count 50 days after the sabbath
Jn 14
Jesus -This is imperative for you that I go and the Holy Spirit comes
Zeph 3:9
I will restore them with one language to a pure language
Is 28:11
With stammering lips and another tongue He will speak to his people
One accord
Acts 19:6
-this event happens 24 years after Pentecost
The Holy Spirit came upon them
Paul asked if they had been baptized..They said we were baptized with John’s baptism
Paul told them that was the baptism of repentance
Suddenly the Holy Spirit descended on them and began to speak in other tongues
40 days Jesus showed himself to many after his resurrection
10 days the 120 huddled together in the Jerusalem upper room waiting for they didn’t know what to expect
50 days total
Matt 24:14 ―And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come
Gospel of the kingdom
After he preached the Kingdom, He healed all kinds of sickness and diseases
Where the gospel of the Kingdom of God is preached, then the healing and miracles come
One difference between nurseries and a graveyard
One has order the other has life
The Measured Life
Provision or Promise?
Romans 2:4
Maybe this should be our prayer
Pray this:
Lord make me a vessel, so I can be used as an instrument 🎷 🎻 🎺 with the anointing to break yokes of bondage
Mostly if we’re honest, we want to pray for God to equip us before the battle..maybe so we think we know how to win..?
God is looking to equip you during the battle. So which one is more of faith? -Yeah
-Fear can masquerade as wisdom
God is not always looking for our correctness
Numbers 13:2
-The 12 spies relied on wisdom… all 12 of them were correct
God only considered only 2 spies a good report
2Kings 13 Elisha
The measure -King tapping his arrow on the ground only 3 times.
Mark 4The measure
Matthew 7:2
A Measure is:
-We are given a just a limited portion of a much greater standard
We set the standard ourselves for our blessing
-When we apply the enthusiasm..that is where our measure is
-By the measure WE say yes is tied to our promises that God wants to pour out on us
When God asks us to do more he wants to pour out more blessings on those who do
Fear keeps you out of the promise
Fear interferes with your assignment
Fear can masquerade itself as wisdom
-One minister said, “To live cautiously your friends might call you prudent and wise -but you wont move any mountains”.
My portion is the life of following Christ came for…with greater promise
Not even Jesus could do it on His own
-Jesus entrusted His life totally to God the father in His death. The Father sent the Holy Spirit to raise Him
Romans 8:11
Romans 2:4
The goodness of God leads you to repentance.. is Gods plan A….hellfire and brimstone preaching is plan B. Usually reversed..why? Do we really believe
Today's message Deacon Jason Sisco talks about our communication with God and each other.
Colossians 3:16
Let the message about Christ, in all its richness, fill your lives. Teach and admonish each other with all the wisdom he gives. Sing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs to God with thankful hearts.
Our lack usually is tied to lack of preparation
The answers to our prayers sometimes many time don’t come in the way we want them
Our answers usually come in seed form
Mark 4
Are we willing to prepare ourselves for the answer
The sower sows the word (is the seed)
Persecution and tribulation comes because of the words sake
1kings 18 Elisha and Ahab
Get excited about the small things you see…small manifestation..is this the seed you should be looking for?
Ephesus
The word “Revelation” means lifting or tearing the veil
-Gifts are free, maturity is expensive
Prayer changes the conditions on the decisions God makes for you
Elisha asked the Lord to show the man more be with us than them
2 COR 3:4-18
When we come into His presence He lifts away the veil.
Consider this:
When I get to go to church, as a privilege, -this adds to my life in ways that couldn’t by design any other way.
When I get involved in the process of someone that gets changed and transformed, I get blessed
Heb 10:20 The tearing of Jesus flesh as the veil.
When the veil was rent the revelation of God was poured out to the entire world. The Jew being the first.
Eph 1:16-17
Paul's prayer that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ the father of glory, my give to the the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him,
Transformation doesn’t always happen on the outside as much as happens on the inside
Often God doesn’t want to destroy people as much as He wants to restore people through repentance. So the people of Nineveh had repented. They changed their mindset. Can we change our thinking so God can work something good through us? So is it all about God and His sovereignty? It’s also about you/us. Co-laboring. Ultimately, who you are first and then what you do second.
Jonah had a difficult time with this. He wanted his enemies (Nineveh and the Assyrians) destroyed. He knew God was merciful. And God was merciful to the Assyrians. God caused peace to be with Israel by ministering a word of the Lord that did not include repentance from Jonah. Evidently the Assyrians knew how to repent perhaps without being told.
The ones who Jonah ministered to went to heaven, and will rise up in judgement against those who chose to be part of an evil generation. When and where the Word of God was ministered.
God has a wonderful plan for your life. We urge you to choose life
Be Blessed
2Cor1:20 for no matter how many promises God has made, they are “Yes” in Christ. And so through him the “amen? Is spoken by us to the glory of God.
The Significance of Blessing
The Amen is spoken by us as the promise
“Blessed” is to invoke a prosperity upon you
The blessings enable the promises. The “amen” is your agreement to pursue the promise assured by the blessing. The blessing is to increase your prosperity to establish His kingdom
The blessings of God are conditional, if we’re able to walk in the way God wants us to.
If the blessings of God are conditional, how we receive the blessing and react to it is the key to prosperity
The purpose of blessing is prosperity.
How you handle prosperity determines many things.
So what are the keys to prosperity?
Additional work usually is the result of blessing
This brings glory to God
504 times KJV references blessings
The idea of blessing is to invoke a benediction to impart blessing upon the favored of God to bestow prosperity
-The blessings of God often breed entitlement in God’s people if they don’t remain humble and practice discipline
Mount of Olives blessing at His ascension
Jesus blessed them to go forth and make disciples
So is the main emphasis for prosperity seeking the presence of God?
Happy Resurrection Day!
-This is another non-traditional message derived from blood covenant teaching that doesn't fit the norm and is not often understood
Numbers 19:4
Leviticus 16:14
7 times the priest was to dip the blood on the mercy seat
7 times Jesus shed blood from different parts of His body
Ps 31:5 Into thy hand I commend my spirit: Thou hast redeemed me, O Jehovah, thou God of truth. ... To you I have committed my spirit, and you have saved me, LORD JEHOVAH
Have a blessed day!
Palm Sunday
The taking of the donkey, was the sign of approval from the Father
Jeremiah 31:38 The Temple will be rebuilt for the Lord
It is not at our discretion to choose what we want
You get blessed according to your account..according to what you can handle
Our maturity will determine how God will bless us
If you need more then mature more
God did not give Joshua all the land at once
Take on more responsibility as God puts on you
-Is the kingdom of God your first priority? Today's message is meat for the church disciples ..-Miracles can change a city
Matt 11:20-24
-If I cast out demons by the Spirit of God, then surely the kingdom of God has come upon you
Luke 11:20 But if I drive out demons by the finger of God, then the kingdom of God has come upon you.
Exodus 8:18 after pharaoh's magicians threw down the snakes next to Moses, they said…”surely this was done by the finger of God”.
Matt 11:21-23 Woe unto you Bethsaida and Corazin
Jesus did the most miracles in theses cities
21“Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the miracles that were performed in you had been performed in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes. 22But I tell you, it will be more bearable for Tyre and Sidon on the day of judgment than for you.
23And you, Capernaum, will you be lifted to the heavens? No, you will go down to Hades. e For if the miracles that were performed in you had been performed in Sodom, it would have remained to this day.
-Today's Revelation: Miracles can change a city
Jesus said, Tyre and Sidon would have repented if they had the same kind of miracles performed for them
Hebrews 1:3 …He upholds all things by the word of His power,
Hebrews 12:2 if we lose the focus of Jesus, we lose the power of our faith
Where we choose to focus is where we win or lose as it comes to our faith and our purpose
Focus is everything
Eph 1:18 Where our heart is focused is where our xyz is going to be
Why does God let us or allow us go through the problem
-To gain strength. The next time we see that problem we know most of the answer…though we may not like it
-Paul is
Somehow Paul was able to gain spiritual strength though some of the most infeasible problems
God’s righteousness completely surrounds us
Eph 6:10-11 Finally my brethren be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might
Having done all to stand, therefore stand
God is looking to co-labor with us..so the devil is looking to fight anyone who takes a stand
Acts 16:22 then the multitude rose up against them.; and the magistrates tore off their clothes and commanded them to be beaten with rods.
-and when they laid many stripes on them into inner prison and fasted their feet in the stocks.
Paul and Silas began to do harp and bowl (Rev5:8)
-And when he had taken it, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb. Each one had a harp and they were holding golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of God’s people.
Phillipians 4:11 -I can do all things through Christ who strengthens you
God wanted to do something through Paul instead of to Paul. Paul was able to follow that lead by the plan of God. How?
Exodus 13:
God doesn’t often take us around the conflict
Because and as He has equipped us to win the conflict
Mark 6:52 The loaves and fishes
-For they did not understand (Jesus disciples) because their hearts were hardened (about the leaven)
What hardened their hearts…(ours too)
Beware of the leaven of—which is a mindset
When we hold back thanksgiving we hold back our understanding and our faith
Rom 1:xy Professing themselves to be wise they became fools
-how do we get in the front door? With thanksgiving and praise
Our enemy combats us with lies and excuses to make the problem seem way bigger than it turns out to actually be
Prov 16:2 All the ways of man are pure in his own eyes, but God weighs every matter by the spirit
If you’re in His word, God wants you to declare what needs to be done
Often times half-way through we run into opposition that discourages us from accomplishing what God told us to do. So we face decisions we must make. Do we go back, stay there take the abuse or get killed, or move forward?
2 things that can weaken our Spirit
Bitterness and disappointment
Navigating through tough times can be done
1Thess 5:17-18 Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, and in everything give thanks
Acts of our will, particularly in times of weakness and uncertainty
3 Key Tools that attract heaven here; we should do this
Rejoice
Pray
Give thanks
Be blessed
David did a lot wrong, but he would not move his heart off the Lord
Ziklag, is measured pressed down shaken together, more than you think
Hebron means friendship
How long did it finally take for David to become king?
-10-13yrs for David to become king, after the oil was poured on him
1Sam30:
Matt 10:38 take up your cross daily and follow me
Rom 14:7 None of us lives to himself, nor dies to himself
For none of us lives for ourselves alone, and none of us dies for ourselves alone.
Is 26:3
How many of us have had impossible tasks to complete?
-You will keep in perfect peace those whose minds are steadfast, because they trust in you.
God many times gave the command to complete tasks that with man alone were impossible. But, he did not rescind his command.
-Are you looking for peace?
John 14:12
Most assuredly, I say to you, he who believes in Me, the works that I do he will do also; and greater works than these he will do, because I go to My Father.
Greater -means larger, stronger, better with age and over a long period of time
Acts 19:11 God moved in unusual miracles by the hand of Paul
-When the main goal of our faith is to remain safe from the devil, it diminishes God's ability to prove his power through you.
-we embrace what’s inferior instead of the superior
For God to meet your needs is not the greater works
Luke 11:1 Lord teach us to pray
The disciples already knew what prayer was, and did pray
-but they asked Him, (You Lord) teach us to pray
Our Father
God wants us to keep ahead of the steps of our enemies
We get an opportunity to come together to build up and encourage one another before we have to go back out in the world
Leaven in the NT:
4 types:
Sadducee’s
Pharisees
Herod
Kingdom of Heaven
Matt 13:33
The Leaven of the Kingdom of Heaven
-Leaven as we have learned is a mindset
Ex 6:3
He told Moses He did not make himself fully known to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob
Matt 6:33
All your problems have a kingdom solution
God wants us to seek him and expect solutions as we face these problems and the answers will come
Most people's priority list
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God
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Family
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Church
-No real good biblical base for this
God asked us to seek him first then all these things will be added to you
This is intended through relationship with God from an open heaven,
and a renewed mind (yours)
Words that come out of our mouths are either from either love or out of fear
We can speak words from the throne room of heaven if you’re on the right mountain and in God's will.
How will you really know?
Today's message is meat not milk and a marking stone for the church
Dealing with the Spirit of Rejection
God will give you a supernatural grace to deal with those who reject you
Rom12:1
I beseech you therefore brethren to present yourself a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God,
Rom12:2
And do not be conformed to this world,but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is good and acceptable and the perfect will of God.
God must violate our logic to focus on Him and what is possible
The Renewed Mind is the right path to take
Stewardship is the main key to prosperity
Faith comes not from our understanding but from our hearts
Phil4:7 The peace of God will guard your hearts and your minds
May you and your family be blessed
Truth For the Road
Wisdom=Creativity, Integrity, and Excellence
Jn15 I no longer call you servants but friends
There’s more room on the inside than there is on the outside (of the kingdom of God)
The straight and narrow represents Jesus and the way in (the door) to the kingdom
Narrow=Jesus
After that, we should strive to learn how to live in the Kingdom of God now. Versus exercise just enough faith to get into the kingdom
The creative power from the words and ideas of Heaven are still largely untapped
There is much more
Some of the greatest ideas and inventions came from Christians..
1Sam17:37 David wanted to take out the Philistine
In Hebrew culture you were not respected as a man until you were 30 years old
David had integrity of heart
At what moment did Saul concede to David and let him try to take him out?
Through overcoming all those afflictions David became the greatest King of Israel
Saul made him (David) the man and the King he became
Mark 6:5
-He could do no mighty works there (Nazareth) except heal a few sick people
-Out of own reasoning can shut down the works of God
Wisdom=Creativity, Integrity, and Excellence
Hearing direction and ideas from the voice of God through relationship, and putting hands and feet to it
Eph 3:10 God’s intent for man
-His intent was that now, through the church, the manifold wisdom of God should be made known to the rulers and authorities in the heavenly realms,
Most of us don’t see the point of this scripture..with one of the secrets of living in the kingdom of Heaven
Water pistol faith or
Water Canon faith
John 15:20
From now on I no longer call you servants but friends
Luke 10
Mary, Martha, and Jesus
Are we positioned in his presence?
Martha was standing up
Jesus was sitting down?
Mary was at his feet
-from a posture standpoint Mary was in position to carry out what Jesus wants done. Martha's head was above Jesus.
Now where are the Mary's that should get up and be (and do) what Jesus wants.
Ideas
Our function changes
Are we working with him or for him?
Where we get our identity is what the father says we are; not from necessarily from what someone else says
Working from his presence is better than working for his presence.
Anytime we take a dysfunction then spiritualize it and becomes spiritual sin. That dysfunction becomes empowered by the demonic
Hence Religion
An intellectual gospel is always dangerous that creates a god that looks like us
Let's see if we can get the right posture with Jesus and then go from there
More faith and belief is exercised for getting into the gate of the kingdom than how to live in the kingdom
Be blessed, much more to follow
Today's message is Refining Focus in Times of Trial
keeping your focus that moves through trials, temptations, and challenges.
Matt 14: 22 immediately Jesus made his disciples to go to the other side
Peter made a decision to get distracted (on the water)
But Jesus was right there to help up shortly after his faith failed
At least he got out of the boat.
He did something the other disciples didn't
How do you grow and mature?
From the tree of life (vs the tree of knowledge)
-My words are spirit and are life
God has trials and tribulations in our lives so our faith can be tried and perfected and (mature in the faith)
For those who want to be spiritually mature, "we" can’t mature without them (trials and tribulations)
-We should say the positive God things over our life so these things should come to pass (instead of focusing on the negative).
Life and death is in the power of the tongue.
Be blessed
Design can’t have a design without a designer
Gen1:28
God has not changed his mind about this
Be fruitful and multiply; fill the earth and subdue it; have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over every living ting that moves on the earth”
Fear short circuits our faith
Fear will cause us to fall short
Sympathy only agrees with the problem
Compassion fixes the problem
Like:52
Jesus increased in stature and favor from God and man
Jesus had to grow in grace
So do we
Fear seems normal and natural, but it isn't when it comes to faith
Finally, Phil1:27 whatever happens conduct yourselves in a manner worthy of your calling
The Kingdom of God or Heaven is receiving and apprehending the kingdom
The Kingdom of God is 4 things
Righteousness peace and joy in the Holy Spirit and Power
Most Christians have more faith in waiting till Jesus comes back than they do about preaching or apprehending the gospel
Satan steals more from us because we do not apprehend
We have to apprehend the abundant life if we want to have the life Jesus wants us to have
Enjoy
The Great Commision
Gen1:28 The original commision to Adam
- Be fruitful and multiply
- Be productive in life
- Prosper
- Fill the earth
- Bring influence of God
- Subdue the earth
- Conquer
- Take authority over chaos
Assignment is individual
Commision is corporate
A good place to start is to see where you have the most opposition and then run towards it
Avoid the battles we have no grace (empowerment) for
There are those who have greater faith in the return of Jesus than they do in the power of the gospel
Church is more rapture focused, than they are in the power of the gospel to change their lives
He has given us power to go into the world to take dominion over the world
To receive means to seize
John1:12 we have been given a superpower
Thru intercession, your assignment might be tied to where you have the most opposition
Be who what and where the father tells us to be and do
Assignment
Mark28 Assignment is to make disciples of all nations
Teach all the nations about my kingdom
Mark 16 Preach the gospels
Lay hands on the sick and they will recover
to preach the gospels and lay hands on the sick is the Mandate
John 20 As the Father sent me so I send you
You shall receive power to be my witnesses and ….
Matt 10: 7-8 jesus said
7As you go, proclaim this message: ‘The kingdom of heaven has come near.’ 8Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse those who have leprosy, a drive out demons. Freely you have received; freely give.
Know this: Success in the Lord is your obedience to your call
1Cor7:17
Eph 3:20 the two promises are ours if we have the power of the spirit working within us
What we tolerate will ultimately dominate your life
4 inferior things that war against our faith:
A. Self Pride
B. Reluctance to move forward
C. Temptation is to justify ourselves by our own works
D. Consistent temptation to withhold or drawback exercising faith
Faith is a “fruit” and also a “gift”
Gal 5:22 Faith is a fruit 🍉🍌 🍎
1Cor12:9 Faith is also a gift (what we often forget)
1Sam30
Samuel saw David come from afar off and said he’s the one
God had Samuel anoints David (not any of his brothers)
God always gave David allies to overcome Saul
King of Gath gave David Ziglac
Joushua was given
David was given South of Judea 30:6-8
Ziklag
David and 600 men were granted Ziklag
David strengthened himself in the Lord, we still are trying to understand what happened with David here
David had the priest bring the ephod
David got ahold of himself before he inquired the Lord
Being yoked together with Jesus
-We need to get our thinking out of man and his religious systems, and into God and his assignment for us
Pr:14:4 where no ox are the trough is clean…(there’s no mess)
much increase comes with the strength of the ox
Where there are no ministers of the Gospel there is no food for the soul
The ox becomes a symbol for hard work and labor
The hard parts of the word…and our work that’s supposed to be easy yoke and His burdens light.
Question we ought to ask ourselves is, So what am I attached to that’s affecting my lifes direction? That affects my oil?
To understand is by use of learning
We’re still working on it..more practice
Either we’re straining against the yoke of Jesus Or we’re pulling his way
Our focus should not be on Satan and what he’s doing b/c we ought to know by now it's going to be bad
Our focus should be on Jesus and what his purpose He wants you to accomplish and fulfill
God did not pour out his wrath on the earth until the only righteous man (Noah) fulfilled his assignment and was complete. Then God showed up
The question maybe we ought to be asking is how are our oil reserves?
What are we doing to keep the joy in our lives
Jesus says we’re supposed to have oil. This is expected
Where do we/you get your reserves from?
Christianity has very little to say to the world if they don’t change
Christianity is about change
Speak the word and my servant will be healed
Jesus marveled at his faith
Great faith
Acts 10:38
God was with him
We are all called to invade the realm of the impossibility
God has designed it that way to reveal to us His will and to demonstrate it that way
We cannot operate without him
Treasures in heaven
Means God has already allocated wealth beyond your imagination to get the things done beyond shape and form
With men it is impossible, but with God all things are possible
Rich Young Ruler
What must I do to be saved?
When we come to the place with absolute surrender, is where God will really move in your life
Self confidence is second to faith
Is 61: the spirit of the Lord is upon me to proclaim the gospel to poor and to set the captive free
Readjusting Our Perspective
James5:16
The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much
-To exercise force
-To prevail
Deborah was both a prophetess and a judge
Confronting the impossible to make it possible
El Shaddai
If I’m overwhelmed by the problem I’ve lost sight of the presence of God
You have to get to a mountain make the effort
Many things are only understood through a relationship
In Deborah’s time
The men were wimps
Tackling the impossible
In bible times if you wanted information you paid the price to get it
The attitude of Joshua and Caleb was "Our giants become our bread"
We are only going to find our design through His promises
Gen1:28
Be fruitful and multiply
Don’t fret yourself about ones's outward appearance
The inward is what we’re after
He equips and trains us for war, then yeah He introduces conflict
You have to be in the high places to get there…not the slums
Ps84
I would rather spend a day in your courts than a thousand elsewhere
Better to be a door keeper in the house of the Lord than a prince in satan's kingdom
Sun, 05Dec21
We ask God for our needs but when are we going to get to the (our) assignment?
Is it out of our needs or out of our assignments?
God usually always takes what is common to man and uses it
Deut6:5
You shall love the Lord thy God with all thy heart all thy might
Love, Soul, Loyalty
Soul is your life
Love in Hebrew means loyalty
I shall be loyal to my lord with all my life all my heart and all my strength
When our assignment is impossible, God expects us to take the little end (like moses picked up the tail of the snake) and he picks up the big or tough end (the head of the snake)
Ez44:17-18
The Priests were not to wear wool just linen garments so they wouldn't bring their sweat or perspiration into the presence of the Lord. Through their own efforts
Be blessed
The flawed mindset can be our worst enemy. We find revelation in the battle between David and Goliath, and the meaning of Goliath's head as David brought it through different towns and then to present it to King Saul.
This goes beyond the Renewing of the Mind which is at the beginning
Romans 6
The un renewed mind is at enmity with God
The renewed mind has to put up a guard against the un-renewed mind
It it the degree of effort we put forth is what it comes down to
Are we just looking for God to rebuild or are we looking to be restored
Restoration of what God intended
The renewing of the mind becomes key
We need to be looking for ways to address the problems without making the problems grow
Its not that we don’t know, it’s we don’t go far enough
From change to revelation
From revelation to change
Faith to faith is revelation
Glory to glory is change
Hab2:4
The just shall live by faith
Faith bring the revelation
Glory brings the change
Grace to grace
Enablement to enablement
Glory changes
Faith reveals
You might need your seatbelt and a cup of coffee or tea for this one.
The battle in your mind
If we do not have a renewed mind we are at enmity with God (Rom8:7)
Wisdom is from here or from above which one do you have?
Meekness -is yielded strength
In our minds we’ve created shortages that exist in our mind
Passion translation (Rom12;1-2)
Prov23:7 As a man thinks in his heart so is he
Rom12:1-2
James 3:13 who is wise and understanding among you,
2Cor4:16-17 The Weight of His Glory
Weight is abundance or authority
-Or burden
Man’s perception of scripture, in this case you choose. Is it abundance or burden?
2Sam7
"Glory"
Dignity honor and worship
"Weight"
It can mean Abundance and authority
or it can be a Loaded burden, or heavy
-For our light afflictions
Moment
This instant immediately for a second, an instance
We live in two realities at the same time
The awful here and now (in the natural), and (through renewing our minds) determining our destiny happening now for eternity
Paul was able to sail through life even though life was giving him the business
Are we able to determine if
Is it God’s opportunity for abundance
Or is it a pain or a burden?
3 things we should be teaching our children
Identity
Purpose
Destiny
Who they are
Why they’re alive
Where they’re going
God’s intended impact for they’re life
"Sozo" means prosperity and healing in our salvation
Repent for the Kingdom of Heaven is a at hand
Change the way you think for the kingdom of God is within your reach
Col 3:2
Set your minds on things above, not on things of this earth
2Sam7
King David, set out to build a house for God
And when you rest with your fathers
Let’s start looking at heavenly things above instead of the the worldly things that cause stumbling into the kingdom
We are to be, “A new creation that never before existed” 2Cor5:17
In the Garden of Eden
God gave Adam and Eve the purpose to “subdue” the earth
Gen 28:17
Adams purpose: To extend the boundaries to the entire planet until it becomes under God’s Dominion
Meaning of "Subdue":
In the Greek stir up the key to Subdue an Open Heaven
-to provoke, wake up, arouse, render active, activate
Speaking in Tongues is meant in part to “stir you up”
Stirring yourself up is part of subduing your dominion on earth
We’re usually looking for God only to comfort to us
-We cannot justify unbelief because of fear or disappointment
It does not change God's mandate just because of or due to our failures
Be Blessed
The focus for today's message is making a pathway from our house to God's House.
This is actually found with Solomon where he did this
2Chron9:11 King made of Algum trees to make a pathway from his house to Gods house
We have been created in the image and the likeness of God
Jesus said, If I cast out demons by the Spirit of God which is heaven, then the kingdom of God is at hand for you.
Kingdom of God or Kingdom of Heaven is not found in the Old Testament
John6:63 the words become spirit the reality of the kingdom becomes present
God would come to the earth in the cool of the day to visit and openly fellowship with Adam and Eve. That changed after they sinned. The heavens closed after that. 2nd heaven blocked the 3rd
Matt6:10 Thy kingdom come they will be done on earth as it is in heaven
God's Soverinty two words
1st word “Bulimia ” (sp) God is going to do this regardless whether you like it or not; this is going to happen no matter what you say think or do
2nd word “Thelema” (sp) Gods desire
Same word that opened heaven, split boulders in two, and rent the temple veil in two (top to bottom)
Acts2 120 in the upper room
Pentecost -50 days after Passover
Inefficiencies and insecurities
Today I change
Awareness
There comes a time and place where
The devil has little or nothing to do with your life
Starts with
Matt12:10 surely if I cast out demons by the spirit of God, the kingdom of God has come unto you
Colossians 3:2
If you’re risen with Christ set your mind on things above
Let this message bless you today.
Do you have Impossible tasks to complete?
Good chance you may be right where Jesus wants you
Our ability to do the greater works is the same as Jesus under open heaven
One of the keys as Peter discovered was "Boldness"
Jesus never pandered to the devil. Only concerned Himself with His Fathers will
Open heaven occurs at least 14 times in the bible (Old and New Test)
Our ability to learn and recieve God's ways, His will, and His Word will be done under an open heaven
What God’s about to do next
Ps 103:7
7He made known His ways to Moses,
His deeds to the sons of Israel.
The Israelites only saw the deeds of God but never knew his ways
-When you say “Amen” -you are yielding to a co-laboring partnership role
He’s going to make known his ways to this church
Two baptisms Red Sea and Jordan River the promise was on the other side of the 2nd crossing - 2nd baptism (yes two baptisms)
Paul talked about being baptized into Moses (1Cor10:2)
Circumcision of heart 1st baptism - crossing the Red Sea
Out of your heart flows rivers of living waters - 2nd baptism crossing the River Jordan
-A 2nd circumcision also took place after the jordan crossing. Prosperity occurred after they entered the promised land. Manna ceased after they ate from the first planted crops, from then on manna ceased
The manna stopped Joshua 5:12 right after they ate from the first crop of the land
Hanna's persistent prayers
Get in line with God with what he wants
Hanna prayed to receive a son. God wanted a prophet. Hannas prayer was granted
God is moving us from our mundane attitudes to moving into more than we have and are now
What if we start lifting people up instead of continually stomping them down for what they are not?
What would our church look like?
Finally,
Do this everyday and your life will change. Your persistent Hanna prayer will come in-line with God
Rejoice always
Pray without ceasing
In everything give thanks
Jesus testimony of healing, healing by the spirit of God
2 Kings 20 Hezekiah looked at the House of God as the answer not the problem
Give testimonies so your word lines up with Jesus in every area so that you are overcoming and successful
Let’s testify Jesus is the same yesterday, today and forever
Isaiah told Hezekiah in 3 days to go show himself to the temple
His boil was infectious and evidently deadly
Hezekiah tried to pay a ransom to Sennacherib so he’d leave him alone
Hezekiah striped the gold off the pillars of the temple to pay Sennacherib
Same temple Isaiah told him to show himself
But Sennacherib reneged
God told the prophet Isaiah this battle belongs to the Lord because Sennacherib cursed God directly. God said this one's mine. So Go sent an angel and killed 185,000 Assyrians and Sennacherib's two sons killed after he returned
Ps 78:5-6 For he shall establish a law in Jacob. Tell your children so that in every generation that they may set their hope in God and keep his commandments
Testimony means do it again. Why? so others can gain the encouragement and the strength they need to have God do the same for them
2Cor10:6
The weapons of our warfare are mighty to the pulling down strongholds
-Strongholds can be either good or bad and are reasons or excuses we make for justifying our lifestyles
Paul was responding in the defense of Defending his ministry
False Apostles had come in to sow in a bunch of discord in his ministry
-Every excuse we have builds a stronghold
-What is God's Redemptive solution for Key West?
-God is very unreasonable
-Certainly he expects for us to believe the impossible
-Your circumstance may have changed but God's idea about you hasn’t changed
-The world does not owe you encouragement, and they won’t give it to you
Casting down, vain imagination holding it captive
Today's message focus is hearing the Voice of the Lord.
One scripture may surprise you
Jn7:7 If anyone seeks to do His will, he will know if the doctrine, whether it is from God or whether I speak on My own authority.
Consider this: If I endeavor to do the will of God I will hear what he is saying to me
If a person has a problem with change, being a Christian is almost impossible
Heb5:14 solid food belongs to the mature, those who are looking for discernment, to those who by good reason train themselves to understand the difference between good and evil
Ps 110 The Lord said to my lord sit at my right hand
Strength is gained when you go through the conflict
Luke 10: Mary and Martha
Martha did not recognize the time or the season
Joshua 1:9 Meditate on the Word of God and you will make your way prosperous
Be strong and courageous
The strength God is talking about is the strength that come from prevailing through problems
Cup becomes a duty or responsibility before the Lord
Ps16:5-6 O Lord you are the portion of my inheritance and of my cup You maintain my lot. The lines have fallen on me
God’s provisions stopped after they crossed back over into the promised land
Eph 1:18
-In the New Testament prosperity begins from the inside out (vs the outside in) from the Old Testament
Matt 6:33; Seek first the Kingdom of God and His righteousness
-Take on the problem head on and see how much strength you recieve and how it gets solved
John 15 I am the Vine and you are the branches
Jn15:5 If you “abide”
Stay, continue, dwell, be present, remain, stand and tarry
Let’s not get comfortable with Kadesh Barnea
You’re my bread you’re my food
The fulfillment of our design is found in work
Scale of metaphors that refer our relationship w/God
-Clay and He’s the Potter
-Sheep and the shepherd
-Children (but not grow up)
-Servant (no longer do I call you servant)
-Friend Jn15:15 I call you friend: a servant does not know what his master is doing
-Bride (place where everyone wants to be, but few get there)
If we choose to operate in fear, we will no longer or not be able to do the work
Kadesh Barnea
Spy out the land, but not be willing to go into the land
The generation that receives the promise for generations
Numbers 14:9
Joshua commanded the people, "Don’t fear the people of the land for they are our bread, they have no protection", but the Lord is with us"...
God the Lord rewards maturity with increased responsibility
Why did Jesus take the time and opportunity to wash his disciples' feet?
John13 you do not understand now, if I don’t do this now, you have no part of me
This was serious
Jesus told them you do not understand know, but you will after I'm gone
Adam Clark commentary Rom1:15
Feet are used to minister
v15 How will they preach unless they’re sent?
Is52:7 upon the mountains how good are the feet of those who proclaim good news
Mountains are always synonymous with authority
Ps1:1 blessed is the man who walks not with the counsel of the ungodly
Compromise invites conflict
Rom 16:20 and the god of peace will crush satan under your feet shortly
Gen28 Jacob laid his rock on a pillow/ and showed him Jacob's ladder
Luz means separation of departure
He changed the separation between the rock and the gate of heaven
Why does Jesus say the gates of Hell?
A gate metaphor is a transition of reality
The realities of Hell will not override my church
Our prayer less ness you can be confronted with a temptation
Jacob means “Replacer”
Luz was the city’s name…meaning a "place of separation|
Jacob renamed city Luz to the new city of his rock pillow Bethel or “God's House”
He replaced Essau as the first born
Going to church is our birthright
Going to work and excusing yourself as selling our birthright (Essau)
God has no respect for quitters
Quitters bring themselves to pity when they could have had blessing
The Gate call belonging to the right time, and season flourishing
Abortion is a gate of hell
Gen28 V17 How awesome is this place the house of God and the gate of Heaven
The rock pillow was the house of God
Jacob renamed the place to Bethel was the rock pillow
A true marker of significance
Petra/Petros
Upon this rock…He didn’t say upon this revelation I will build my church
And the gates (realities) will not prevail against my church
Satan has created his own delusion to pervert God’s reality
Every Hebrew name has a meaning
The very last thing Nehemiah had to do is set the gates of Jerusalem in place
The gates again represent a "change of reality"
His enemies tried to kill him even though Nehemiah had legal right to be there
The enemy tried to lure him away to from Nehemiah's purpose which was to rebuild the temple and reset the gates
Good day everyone,
In this message, not for the faint of heart
Pastor Keven talks the Power and Authority of God
Today he talks about Signs, Wonders and Miracles as a mandate for Christians to pursue as commanded by Jesus
You may want to listen 2-3 times. This is uncommon
Mark4:1-41
V9 He who has ears let him hear (hear -means understand)
Understanding this parable is the key to all the other parables
Water softens the soil
The Word is the water
Word is sown to soften our hearts
Now when sown has a better chance to sprout
The seed
Everything is contained in the seed
-Fruit can be developed with use
You’ll know it’s God by its fruits
4 soil/heart conditions
To know the parables -this means a season of revelation
What’s locked up in the seed is future harvests
Mark 4:20 is the good ground
The dryness cure is water
Word is the water
Satan sows doubt -that the word’s really going to work
Full meat will prepare you for discernment
Meat will confront
Meat are for the full age
Better questions have a chance for better answers
Is61:1
Is40:31 They that wait on the Lord shall renew their strength
A binding twisting
in twisting and whirling in the dance
God desires to share us in the process
Is it possible we're looking for God to do something that we are responsible for our own circumstances?
Ps 17:13-14 wait patiently on the Lord
-Meaning Twirling in the dance -ever heard that one before?
Pr21:31 we prepare the horse for battle, but deliverance is of the Lord
Refining our focus, make sure you're on the right target
Today’s message is about coats
Joseph's coat of many colors, gambling for Jesus coat, Elijah's coat transferred to Elijah, what it means in covenant terms and more
Galatians 3:27 Paul talked about putting on the coat of Christ as we’re baptized
God puts his coat on us to serve his purpose and this is the only way it works
Ps100:4 Enter his gates with thanksgiving
If God isn’t in our praises, whose presence do we enter when we complain?
What gate to we enter with complaints
Giving up gives the illusion of relief….you say it’s over and you try to convince yourself it's okay
Have to keep serving the Lord, have to keep going
Do not let the fear of failure keep you from keep going
Jn15
Every branch in me that does not bear fruit I will cut off
Every branch that is in me will be pruned
Unless and when you don’t have a drive to do something better for the Lord a church like CWC seems useless
Luke9:
Disciples argue who is the greatest
How did Jesus handle these kinds of things
Whoever is the greatest must become the least
1Sam17:52 David and Goliath
-the least likely to succeed was David
If you have that forward motion do not stop
The forward momentum of that breakthrough event carried him through
We should see the enemy fleeing as the enemy flees
Breakthrough isn’t the time to rest, but the time to keep pursuing the enemy
If you knew god’s purpose for your life, you wouldn’t want to do anything else
Many are called few are chosen
We think God likes us when we put on false humility
God likes us when we put on the things he created us to be
When God exposed Gideon, that’s when Gideon changed and started to become who God wanted
He’s in us to help us
He’s around us to help others
Luke9:
Jesus laid hands on the 12
Disciples argued amongst themselves who is the greatest
Jesus said who is the greatest servant among you is the greatest
Weakness in prayer exposes me to temptations I don’t need to face
Eph1:18
May the eyes of your understanding be enlightened so you may know the hope of his calling
Ps22:3 God you are holy and you are enthroned in power by the praises of his people
If God is enthroned in power by my praises, then who is empowered by my complaining?
4 points to prosperity
Generosity
Contentment (not greed)
Illustrate values -do we value the same thing God values
Excellent in our purposes
-Laborers in the Vineyard Parable
Fair wage?
Extreme Grace?
Luke6:38
-The same measure you use will be measured back to you
Give unto the Lord -the same measure-is a promise
Jn7:
Anyone comes to me thirsty will drink rivers of living waters
Matt6:33 Seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness and all these things will be added to you
Matt19 Rich Young Ruler
Matt20:1 Vineyard workers
Vineyard in the Bible means right here right now
:10 work for a denarious…could buy about 10 donkeys
V15 Or is your own eye evil because I am good?
What Jesus was trying to say is how we will handle it when and how others get blessed
If you can’t handle the fair wage when it’s given you, how will you handle extreme grace when it comes?
Heb4:2 for indeed the gospel was preached to us as well as to them; but the word which they heard did not profit them, not being mixed it’s faith in those who heard it
This is another one of the must listen to messeges.
People by and large are listening
Restoration instead of Renovation
Nehemiah
Was being enticed by people from Israel to be disobedient to God
Nehemiah means comforter
Size of a wall determines the strength of the city
Restomods instead of Restoration
Today, Pastor Kevin talks about God's Dominion...that is the Kingdom of God
Be sure to listen to this. It make take a few times to digest.
Matt6:10
If two or three of you gather in my name there I am in the midst of you
Fear often masquerades itself as wisdom
Leaven is a mindset
Matt13:33
Kingdom of Heaven is like leaven,
Leaven of Pharisees
Leaven of Herod
Leaven of the Kingdom of Heaven
With Christ more is not an advantage
God’s dominion is the kingdom of God
Ps 119:111
We are made for
Freedom is the ability to do right
Established Landmarks
Ancient Boundaries
Boundaries and boundaries
Jn16:12
I still have many things to say to you
When Jesus speaks he’s not just revealing he’s creating
Any thought process about what I don’t have, don’t allow what God’s wants to happen
Prov22:20
Do not move the ancient landmarks that your fathers have set
When God is be speaking to us he is doing two things:
Revealing truth
Revealing inheritance
Our ears have something to do with what we can contain
For the same measure you use
Whatever measure you use..we set the measure not God
God doesn’t give us information to make us smarter
He doesn’t care how smart you are
He takes the foolish things of this world to confound the wise
Supernatural wisdom is better than hard knocks wisdom
Speak to the situation rather than bang your head against the wall
How God withholds or conceals truth from people
½ and ½. God won’t reveal to those who aren’t making effort to get with Him
Mark 4:
Luke 8:12
What does it mean to get into the presence of the Lord
We are under attack
Mark 4:18
Four Soils
All four heard the word but only one heard the word
The choking stops when we …when we produce fruit
When did the sowers plow
Key: How do we break hard ground? ask God for his blessings (rain so you can plow and sow seed)
Seek the Lord for opportunities
2Cor4:8-12
Prov 25:2
It is the glory of God to conceal a thing but glory of kings to reveal things
Did you ever think about God concealing truth from you?
God conceals and reveals according to the condition of our heart 💜 ❤️
God gives us an opportunity to pursue him not to condemn us
Sunday, 23May21
We are not suggested to declare his deeds, we are ordered to do this
Being in the right place at the right time
Ps9:11
Jeremiah 50:2
Is 12:4
Proclaim and do not conceal it
Matt 4:23
Matt 9:35
Matt 24:14
How do we deny the Holy Spirit? By not declaring his wonderful deeds, not spending time with Him
After his resurrection Jesus appeared to 500 people before his ascension
God wants to bring us to our next
Prov 21:31 31 The horse is made ready for the day of battle,
but victory rests with the Lord.
We have been born for victory
Therefore we have been born for battle
Deliverance comes from the Lord
Prepare the horse and do not forget the Deliverer
Absalom used horses against David and failed
Deut 17:16-17
Leviticus 19:19
1Kings 4:26 Solomon had 4,000 horses and 12,000 horsemen
Ps 33:17-18
A horse is a vain hope for safety
1kg1: 9-10
God blesses his church
If you struggle with the thoughts of everything is impossible and need a clear understanding and how to transition to all things are possible with Christ then this is the message you are looking for!
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As God has dealt each one a measure of faith Rom 12:3
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Faith the size of a mustard seed Matt 17:20
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O ye of little/or great faith never an in-between
-Both seem to be measurable
-Duration of Faith
For Peter his duration was short -see Matthew 14:22-36; Mark 6:45-56; John 6:16-24
He did well when his eyes remained on the Lord
Phrases that are indicators for our faith measurement
A. Mark 9:23 The man's son who needed healing
“If you can faith”
B. Matt 8:1-4 The Lepers faith
“If you are willing” faith
C. Mark 8:22 The Blind man at Bethsaida
“If you touch me” faith
D. Matthew 9:20–22: Woman with issue of blood
“If I can touch him” faith
E. Matthew 8:5-13 | Luke 7 The Centurion
"Just say the word" faith
F. Matt 15 Canaanite/Phoenician Woman -This one everyone should take note
“Overcoming offense” faith -Even dogs eat the crumbs from the table kind of faith
The Phoenician Woman asked and was begging Jesus
Matt 15: 23 But he did not answer her a word.
But her belief, action, right demeanor, tone, and persistent-tenacity got her daughters deliverance from a demon
Pls note: She had to overcome Jesus offense to receive from Him
He called her a dog
She refused to be offended and persisted
She saw Jesus as her last and only hope for the deliverance of her daughter
Maybe we’re not desperate enough (and maybe should be) to receive the things of God?
-Also note: Jesus healed all 5 levels of faith
-High level of obedience doesn’t mean high faith levels
2Chro 20:20
Jehoshaphat urged the people, "Believe the prophets and you will prosper"
In Hebrew prosper here means to “push forward”
Ezra 6:14
Ezra prophesied and the Elders prospered
Ps 103:7
Moses: He made known his ways to Moses, and He made His acts known to the children of Israel
-The two co-labored
More notes:
-Fear is misdirected faith
-What you fear is what you worship
-find the areas of fear that are preventing you from extending your faith
Hearing the voice of the Lord
Why didn’t Jesus closest people to him recognize him? Even right after His resurrection?
How God speaks in the moment
How do you recognize His voice speaking to you?
He’ll get our attention with his presence
Then he prunes us with his word
There’s a time to grow in that moment (for us) after God speaks
Jn17 If anyone will to do my will he will know what my will is
Pr 25:2 It is the glory of God to conceal matters
Lk8:18
So how do we hear from God
So how do you recognize the presence and voice of God when His presence shows up and how He speaks to you?
Recognize hearing from God
Jesus just feed the 5000
Jesus appeared to His disciples in the midst of a storm
Because of fear they did not recognize Jesus as he approached the ship
Jn20:1-31 Mary Magdalene thought the person she was talking to was the gardener (after His ressurection)
Jn15:15 Now I call you friend..phileos means love
A main key for looking for His presence...Hunger
Hungry enough even though the food isn’t in the form that you like
The Hershey bar melted on your car dashboard example.
Your blessing or provision didn't come in as you expected it
5 examples of where Jesus was not recognized even by his own people after His ressurection
They’re are many things that can only be understood by seeking the presence of God
If anyone who wants to do the will of God?
Why do you speak in parables?
Parables were spoken and written in code
Truth can be hidden from those who have no intention of obeying it
Truth is revealed most often to those who will seek him and obey him
Jn8:18
So pay attention to how you hear. Those who think they do but do not do what I ask, even what they have and what they think they know will be taken away
To those who hear my teachings
As long as we have the desire, he will give us more
Our having revelation depends proportionately with our hunger for it
Stop comparing yourself with yourself or how it used to be
IF you're listening to God, it’s better than you think
Jesus gets our attention with our circumstances, but he works with our circumstances thru his (logos and rhema) words
And we need to be able to hear, understand and carry out
The Bible is coded for those who will carry it out
Salvation is continuous. It continues on (or not)
God’s blessings require change
Remember this:
-God will bless the vilest of sinners before he will bless a religious person or a Luke-warm Christian
Jesus gets our attention with our circumstances, but he works with our circumstances thru his (logos and rhema) words
And we need to be able to hear, understand and carry out
The Bible is coded for those who will carry it out
Salvation is continuous. It continues on (or not)
God’s blessings require change
Matt4:4
Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every (rheama-spoken) word by the mouth of God
Deut 8:3..same verse in OT
Jesus would not conceded to what the devil wanted to do.
The Holy Spirit comes upon you specifically to benefit others
CWC is in a season of worship of God
Worshiping God keeps our prayers from complaining
The church has a problem taking disobedience and making it "spiritual"
Church should become an oasis of sanity
Matt: Two afflictions
Blind and lame
They needed something at the temple, because they couldn't go into the temple
John 12 woman with the alabaster box broken over Jesus feet
If the church broke like the alabaster box woman?
What would it be like?
Ps8:2
Out of the mouth of babes and nursing infants came perfect praise
You have ordained strength for perfected praise
Appointed established strength
Acts10:46
The magnification of God happens in us
Breakthrough begins when we stop being impressed with how big your problems are compared to Christ
Jn21:12 Mary Magdalene was the first one there at the tomb and found two angels. One at the head the other at the foot of Jesus' absent body.
Just as the Mercy Seat, in the holy of holies. But the body of Jesus wasn't there. Wrap your mind around that one
More revelation coming forth..be blessed
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The “two” donkeys ride (Matt21:2)
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The Coats and the Palm Branches (Matt 21:7)
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Was it God’s will that Israel have a king? The answer might surprise you (Gen17:6) Most of us have missed this veiled truth and the answer has been there since God spoke to Abraham. Understand covenant and realize why
-When Jesus rode into east gate of Jerusalem on the two donkeys he was announcing to the whole world who He was. This was the first time. Many flocked to to this event and laid down their coats and Palm frans. Before this Jesus operated on the "sly" often warning his disciples and people who received miracles from Him to be careful and not tell anyone
So why do we call this “Palm Sunday”?
-Instead of “Coat Sunday”
Matt21:7 and a very great multitude spread their clothes on the road; others cut down branches from the trees and spread them on the road
Olive branch tradition
What is the significance of the coat and the branches?
Palms:
Palm was a symbol of honor
Hosanna to the Son of David! Meaning, “Save us now please!”
‘Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord!’
Zach 9:9 (500 yrs earlier the ride on the donkey was prophesied by Zachariah)
-Say to Daughter Zion,
‘See, your king comes to you,
gentle and riding on a donkey,
and on a colt, the foal of a donkey.’ ”
The Coat:
-The coat became the symbolism of that persons life
So why weren't their more coats laid down than palm branches? hmm
In covenant relationship, the coat exchange becomes symbolic for life for life
Jeremiah 31:31
-I will make a new covenant between the house of Israel and the house of Judah
2Cor3:1-18 Mirror of God's glory to others
Strongs We move from honor to honor God and our willingness to reflect to others
We move from praise to praise
Worship to worship reflecting God's grace and presence to others
Thayers
Most glorious state
Simply by letting God's glory reflect off me and onto others
We are as a mirror to image God’s glory to glory to others
Where God's blessing is
Is60:
Arise shine for the light is come
God moves according to your faith not according to His ability
When we come before God we owe him a response of faith
When we stand in unbelief we stand in defiance
Do you sometimes strain as a believer to hear the voice of the Lord?
How do you know the voice of the Lord is speaking to you?
Jeremiah 5:22 the oceans are held back by the command of perpetual decree (from the Lord)
2Cor3:16-17 “But whenever anyone turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away”.
Veil is not a curtain
When you open your hearing the veil is taken away
Religious habits will keep the veil over your heart
3:17 Now the Lord is Spirit and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty
When we act on his intention(s) the veil is removed off that area
Benjamin Franklin quote
Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety."
Matt15:11 He who has ears let him “hear”
-The highest intention given to listening
7 times Jesus said this in the book of Revelation
Rom10:17 Faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the Word of God
Old timers saying, “Keep reading the Word until you "hear" from God
Gen22 Abraham
The father of many nations
Mount Moriah ivo Salem (Jerusalem)
Had two Words..
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I want you to lay down your son
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Stop do not kill your son
-Those two words appear contradictory, but are not -if you understand covenant
The Bible says Abraham had the faith to raise Isaac back up from the dead
Where Abraham offered his son, then God was willing to offer His
Fair to say God was waiting for a man to believe and obey him, and take action first. Then He was willing
2Kings 7:1-20
4 Lepers
Syrians were the enemy
The family was going to starve to death
Samaria was resorting to cannibalism
3 ways to die, and 1 hope to live...Surrender to the Syrians
They had decided to surrender themselves to the enemy hoping they might live
-there was no faith here
But God decided to have mercy
-the Syrians thought the Hittites and the Egyptians were hired to fight against them
-This happened from word of one man who prophesied to the King
7:1-2 Elisha prophesies
The Promises of God is yes and amen
-Yes means I heard, and will carry out the plan
If God gives you the promise are you willing to carry out the plan
When you say amen, you say you’re willing to carry it out
Why would God give a bunch of words, phrases for doing nothing?
Our relationship with God.
So how did the 5 virgins see to it they were able to have enough oil? Their love for Christ they were willing to pay the price to have enough or extra oil.
Under an open heaven all things are possible
From Jesus baptism Jesus operated under an open heaven
We operate under open heaven when
Malachi 3:10
Bring your offering and tithe into the storehouse so there may be meat 🥩 🍖 in my house
-You have the double portion because of Christ and an open heaven
If God is your servant you will be constantly frustrated
If you are God’s servant you will be constantly amazed
Jesus started by standing up at the feast of Tabernacles
Let anyone drink of me out of your belly will flow rivers of living water
will expand your capacity
A drink from the Rock (Jesus) turns into a river
Galatians (Read)
Gal3:13 Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law
They (The Galatians) picked up religion
Redeemed - comes with our improved opportunity to excel
Redemption is stopping the cycle of sin
The words of our mouth send seed
We planted all the bad seed, everything I have will be given to you
Gal 2:21 Frustrate the Grace of God
Gal2:20-21 Frustrating the Grace of God
Frustrate means to cast off, come against, rejecting it, and despising it
Laws of religious acts, aligned with the Law of Moses
-Grace is God's empowerment for you to become and do what He created you for
If you have relationship with him
If you could do any of this in your strength his crucifixion is in vain
Jn16:7 it is to your advantage that I go away
I showed you how to do it, now it will be to your advantage that I go
Luke11:20 By the finger of God I cast out devils, no question the Kingdom of God has come upon you
Exodus:
By the finger of God the law was written
Ex:8:31 Plagues of Egypt were unleashed to the Egyptians
Ex 31: The law of Moses was written by the finger of God
Redemption
Revive me of your loving kindness
Testimony meaning is to do it again and again
Your testimony should encourage others to do overcome like you did
God wants to do it again!
The pandemic has given a unique opportunity to present the savior like no other
You see an epidemic I see an opportunity
If you only embrace your problem you will continue to have problems
Breakthroughs coming
The Church is coming in to a new season
The plows to spears or swords to plowshares paradox?
- 2Sam5:20 David is praying to God for a plan
When did God reveal the plan to David
The philistines you shall confront them and you shall prevail
God usually does not operate that way. We need to go back to Him for the plan
Baal Perisim is the place David had a new plan from God to defeat and become victorious over the Philestines
- Heb5:12 Meat vs Milk and Planning?
Where’s the time?
-You should be teachers, instead you have need of milk instead of strong meat
V13 those who need milk are unskilled in the word
Those who can digest meat are more mature
So what is the:
Milk -Comforts and soothes
Meat -Provokes change
He’s changing our method of breakthrough
Strategy in different situations...how will you do it?
Teachers don’t just transfer knowledge
Impart methods and power
Strong meat requires monumental change
- Joel 3:10 Last times paradox
The Church is coming in to a new season
The plows to spears - swords to plows paradox? The Bible says both
What season and time are we in?
Is2:4 Beat your swords into plowshares
Micah 4:3 Beat your swords into plowshares
Joel 3:10 Beat your plowshares into swords
- Prov18:9 those who are slack in their work is brother to the one who destroys
-We have more resources, than we have people to carry out
-We should be demonstrating what hope looks like
- John 20:
Doubting Thomas...they were (disciples) afraid that the government was going to come after them. In the midst of that Jesus appears. Peace be with you...and He Breathed on them and said, “Receive ye the Holy Spirit”
-Thomas reach your finger in here my hand and my side
-I will not believe unless I see
- Prov 18:21
Life and death are in the power of the tongue
-some people have mis-used this to their own advantages
Acts4:29 Lord look on their threats, and grant to us the boldness to stand up against them
1.Because God is better than I think I must change my thinking
I must readjust my thinking to his ways
Doesn’t bother God that we’re unsettled as long as we’re relying on Him
When he allows us to follow him we arrive in His time
We want what we want as we want it
Millennial Mikes
No correction, no rebuke
- Isaiah “My house will be called a house of prayer”
Isaiah 56:7 I will bring them to My holy mountain and make them joyful in My house of prayer. Their burnt offerings and sacrifices will be accepted on My altar, for My house will be called a house of prayer for all nations (people)
Make them joyful for your house is a house of prayer
My House will be a house of “intervention”
Where someone stands in front of or the middle of
When you intervene someone who steps in the middle
The intervention happens in our hearts and minds
We the church are the house of intervention
Intercessory prayer
Prayer means “intervention”
You stand in the way of something happening
- Burn Offerings are voluntary offering that surrenders everything and complete devotion
You will not have mercy AND grace with religion
God’s call for us is to function in grace
Jesus never debated with religious leaders...he usually used questions they had to answer
The church has to get the burnt offerings to God down
a. Burn them
b. And go on with God
c. If we become all huffy and puffy our sacrifice becomes tainted and blemished
d. God's law required perfect unblemished sacrifices to receive his blessing
Jesus said he's coming back for a church without spot or wrinkle
2Cor10
Casting down vain imaginations
Casting down arguments, imaginations, moving on our own reasonings
Strongholds begin and are made on one thought
Satan will watch your patterns, then try and make his move
Strongholds are protection for an army
Patterns of behavior is what Satan is observing
People who debate the Pastor, build strongholds in their mind
Jesus temptation: Three areas satan always attack people (similar to Jesus)
Matt 4
-3 attacks
- Gods Provision
Stones to loafs
Attacks our Identity
If you’re a Christian you’d be this or that
You would have this or that
- Attack against provision which is also protection of God
-Once we get our identity established and fixed the whole characterization of the battlefield changes (for you)
- God’s Service
Our service describes our purpose for being on the planet in the first place
Your identity then must be established
Then fixed (cemented)
You won’t be easily moved if you get this far
When it comes to service to the Lord is where most get lost
The few who find it (their service to the Lord) will find their identity
Mark 8: The Leaven of the Pharisees and Herod
He charged them saying, “beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and leaven of Herod”
Thayer's Greek dictionary:
-Mental and moral corruption viewed in its tendency to infect and affect others
In religion, God is impersonal and powerless
- Leaven of the Pharisees
a. Puffing up of knowledge
b. Tendencies toward the worship of knowledge
c. Have the need to be right or correct in winning arguments
d. Calling it spiritual without the presence of God
e. Correctness on the Word without the Presence of God
- Leaven of Herod
a. Political Systems
b. Getting caught up in politics
Jesus the bread Mk8:16
-They (disciples) reasoned among themselves (even after the feeding of the 4 and 5000)
-The disciples still reasoned how are we going to do this?
-Jesus interestingly ends the dialog with a question. “Do you still not understand?”
07Feb21 Sunday
Today's message is about persistent faith.
Every response we have to deal with life's problems it’s either out of love or fear (think about that)
- Lk18:8 faith here means persistence
When Jesus returns he asked if will he find faith on the earth?
- Acts 4:29 -30
29And now, O Lord, hear their threats, and give us, your servants, great boldness in preaching your word. 30Stretch out your hand with healing power; may miraculous signs and wonders be done through the name of your holy servant Jesus.
When we withdraw from the world we are withholding God’s blessing to them
Are you pursuing what’s precious to God or to you
Prov 9:8 rebuke a scoffer and he’ll you, rebuke a wise man and he’ll love you
What you see me do it comes from the Father who tells me
- Nehemiah 's Persistent faith
Enduring Faith produces character
- Mark 9: Another example of Persistent Faith
The boy with the unclean spirit
“However, when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on the earth?”
-Jesus was giving a parable about the Unjust Judge and the widow woman
The woman persisted with the Unjust judge and she prevailed
-Here he is talking about “Persistent Faith”
-3 kinds of faith
- Little Faith
Mark 9:24
Immediately the boy's father exclaimed, "I do believe; help me overcome my unbelief!"
Even in this event the Jesus moved on the boys father’s little belief
May not be the place we want to be in, but Jesus still moved on his action
- Reaching or medium Faith
Matthew 9:20–22, Mark 5:25–34, Luke 8:43–48
She said “If I can only touch the hem of His garment”
This is an example of Reaching faith
Better
- Great Faith
Matthew 8:5-13
The Roman Centurion
“Just say the Word faith”
One of the only places in the Bible where Jesus was “amazed” at his faith
He wasn’t even a Jew but a Roman Gentile
His miracle was granted, his servant was healed that hour
Ephesians
Sit Walk Stand, Watchman Née
Think about this: The least seated in the Kingdom of God -the most immature Christian who is seated with Christ, is greater than anyone who might be considered great in this world.
- Eph2:6 Sit
We are seated in heavenly places at the right hand of the Father
Getting rid of things, are not sitting in heavenly place
Every Christian has to begin their life from a place of rest
The place of rest starts before walking
Seating position experience
We are seated at the right hand of the Father
What does this mean as far as our stance with God
We have to learn how to sit before we can walk run or stand
Psalms: Be still and know that I am God
- Eph4:1 Walk
-Walk worthy of your calling
He didn’t say go our and get a decent job, and carry on with life (in the world)
- Eph6:14 Stand
Flesh and blood is not your enemy
“Take a stand” means to dig in and not be pushed back
To have that peace your have to give up your right to understanding everything
If and when God instructs you to do something, he may be actually be willing to obey
If you try to understand may be when you lose your peace of God
Enemy can take you out
Stand forth in the Gospel not in your own doctrine
Prayer has the power to overcome temptation
Our spirit has an appetite to pursue the spirit, but our flesh can shut it down
What is the opposition there doing?
He doesn’t take it away (opposition), but he causes a way for you to go thru around or above your effects of opposition
The supernatural is motion-activated
Lesser laws give way to greater laws
If you don’t run towards your opposition, your opposition will run over you
Why would we run towards our opposition unless you know something your opponent doesn’t
Acts 27:14 Pauls Shipwreck and dealing with overcoming his opposition and pursue towards his purpose. Amazing story
3Jn2 Beloved I wish above all things that you would prosper as your soul prospers and be in good health
Prosperity: all things...not talking
Health:
What does a prosperous soul look like?
The prosperity soul mirror the kingdom
A prosperous soul is a joyful soul
Joy comes much easier when we value what he values
Bitterness and regret have a negative effect on the soul and cause illness and diseases
We get joy from rejoicing in the kingdom
From thanksgiving to the Lord
90pct of mental illness is caused by attempts to avoid pain
There is something to be said about being able to rise up and praise above the opposition causing you problems
This something is praise flowing out of joy
Not praise for the negative, but praise of who He (God) is
Is54:17 No weapon formed against me will prosper. Every tongue that rises up against me
:14 in righteousness you will be established -(fixed prepared prosperous and certain)
Our prayers usually are rooted in fear
Pr18:9
The complacent believer is the same as an opponent to the gospel
We’re accountable to prove testimony for God’s miracles
Prayer should change things
Prayers of a son or daughter are different than the prayers of a servant
Prayers without action are the same as faith without works is dead
Prayers without changing anything is the same as
Consumer venue vs relationship venue is where the church is today
Authority
God has given us authority
The little things will make the big difference
It takes faith to get healed
Church has to wake up and start serving God again
Those who will, will be blessed
Elijah, 1Kings 18
I hear the sound of the abundance of rain
Restoring the Tabernacle of David 1Sam6, Amos 9: 11-12, Acts 15
The Tabernacle of David? Praise and worship
David praised like no other person
At the point we celebrate we understand what God has done for us
Jesus expects us to change the world around us, not to accept it and just to live in it the way it is
God is trying to get into the earth when most are trying to get out of it
Galatians 5:5 Amp
-For we [not relying on the Law but] through the [strength and power of the Holy] Spirit, by faith, are waiting [confidently] for the hope of righteousness [the completion of our salvation].
God's Will, purpose and mission for you and those around you
Action causes us to hope
Our declaration needs to be in line with his plan and his word
If it is through co-laboring with Christ
Jesus: Say what I said
Stop praying and start declaring
Jn 16:14
He will glorify me for what is mine and declare what it is to you
Jesus Spoke to the Storm
The turmoil could not stop the peace that Jesus was declaring to it
Praise
To verbally give credit to that one to exalt that one for His works, to express admiration
-We prophesy our our own doom through our own declarations
Decrees
Say, "Pain be gone in Jesus name"
The person or thing you give mouth to is who you’re giving praise to
If you talk negatively that’s who you’re giving praise to
If you talk positively that’s who you’re giving praise to
Overcome procrastinations in 2021
- Hard-pressed means “troubled” 2Cor4:8-9
We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed.
There’s a process of time in there
Find out from God what your purpose is
Have that purpose with all you got
And watch life come to you
- Acts 20:24
None of these things trouble me
The Holy Spirit should be the only thing that moves us
People at this hour should focus on their call and purpose on this planet
- Be willing to stand up to authority
1Kg22:5-6; 2Ch18
Micaiah prophesied the word of the Lord to Ahab, was punched in the face by another false prophet in front of the kings (Ahab & Jehoshephat)
When you’re in your hiding you will then know whose word is true
Put this fellow in prison and feed him the bread of affliction
Micaiah said to Zedikiah, “If he returns, I have not spoken from the Lord correctly"
- Pursue and Receive Wisdom and Understanding
Pr2:1-5
My son if you receive my word, and incline your ears to wisdom and apply your heart to understanding. If you seek her as silver and understand her as a hidden treasure
What does it take to overcome your problems. Problems are a part of life
What am I willing to do to become an Overcomer?
Does your affliction become more of a god than He is?
- Look back over the year 2020
What happened these last 10 years 2010-2020?
How do you characterize them?
How do you see the next 10 years? In your life?
2021 is the start of a new decade how do you get into the game?
From today's message
What can I do to change my circumstances that can make it favorable to elevate the success of my purpose?
One of the main keys: Forgiveness
The Lord's (Apostles Prayer) example and your prayers being effective if you're in forgiveness
Never lower exceptions to the level of your experience
As in Gideon's example, God let him go near the camp of the enemy and hear the enemies words before beginning their attack. Gideon ran back to his 300 men. They broke the pots (old man), lit their torches (new man), and were able to run off and defeat the enemy.
God rather wants his people to be full of hope and continuing to face evil, and prevail
Instead of preparing for underground churches and end times waiting to be raptured out
Get your head out of the world and get it back into the game
If prayer or declaration of faith doesn’t work, don’t blame anyone, don’t blame God. Change something find the deficiency and get it right so you might discover, receive, and get on with the purpose of your life God has designed for you
Excuses nullify and take us out of our expected transformation process He has for our life
Our life is set up to be victorious, the answers are in God, we need to find the wherewithal to stay on course
Today's message is about living in the present and focusing on God's purpose for your life by staying positive and reinforcing your call. So many times we are tempted to glorify the devil and his works only to forget our main objective God has us to become.
From Psalm 23 Pastor Kevin encourages what is on our "table" in the midst of our enemies when we stay in covenant with God. Stable and healthy marriages and families, divine health, prosperity in our work and financial prosperity. We're supposed to win and not lose or take what the devil tries to palms off and our enemies to try to discourage us. We're supposed to run the devil off.
Psalms 127:2 He blesses us even in our sleep (NASB)
-This often and many times means we can wake up with answers to our problems we hadn't thought about before. God can take care of our needs even this way.
Also, we are admonished
Lk 18:1
Men ought always to pray and not lose heart
Where we set our mind is where where we set our affections
Where we set our affections our heart and mind will follow
Today's message Pastor Kevin deals with a key point we often do not want to consider in our walk in God's presence
-There is a measure of presence for you that you will not have if you do not do the will of God for your life. Consider two bible examples. Both who finally listened to God after persuasion from God
- Gideon
-Judges 6:12; Gideon made many excuses and needed several signs from God to finally carry out Gods plan to deliver the Israelites out of the Midianite's
- Jonah; Everthing for Jonah was going well right up to the point where he decided to run from God's calling in his life to prophesy to Ninevah. Once he made things right with God and got out of the belly of the whale, his turmoil for ruin became a memory. And God temporarily spared Ninevah
Todays message is practical, life impacting and not for the faint of heart. We urge you to listen in
1Cor2:9 However, as it is written: “What no eye has seen, what no ear has heard, and what no human mind has conceived the things God has prepared for those who love him. for those who love him.. -Notice ”For those who love him”, and not for those whom he loves as is often perceived
2Cor10 We cast down every vain imagination that exalts itself against the knowledge of Christ. -Cast down also means "to demolish" or to obliterate
When we take thoughts that are against the knowledge of God WE take ourselves out of God’s redemption plan for us and can put ourselves into the plan of the enemy
This is what happens when we get into fear (vs faith) we remove ourselves from Gods redemptive plan for us
Fear always attracts information it needs to legitimize their situation (from people)
When we legitimize our dysfunctions we give place to our failures
How about IF we could legitimize our faith instead, fight through and overcome dysfunction and pursue the hope of our calling?
Better bring your seatbelt for this one. Definitely meat for mature (believers). Pastor Kevin exhorts us who may frequently say, "We're trusting God for this or that". When Paul is saying "We are approved ministers to God, who tests our hearts and He is always testing our motives". Ultimately the question we must answer is, can God trust you to continue to minister his gospel?
The second part talks about getting into the presence of God before you start asking for your own needs. God is more into "We" than "Me". Where two or more are gathered in My name, My presence there I will be in the midst (middle) of them. Getting into the presence of God in the local church can and sometimes will cause believers to accomplish the impossible
Living in the realm of the possibility
Pastor Kevin relates Peters incident of (twice) catching fish where his net almost broke. Christians are mandated for miracles. Being prepared for God's vision for you and others around you is key for the next thing God want to do in your life, and your role in the church. Impossibilities must yield to those who are trusting God. And you can do all things thru Christ who strengthens you mean means increased strength for more grace and empowerment for you to do it.
Todays message Pastor Kevin talks about if you want God's favor, it's attached to His purpose working in your life. If you're following God's purpose, he'll open doors you can't imagine and you can be blessed beyond measure.
The focus for todays message deals with a man's search for his identity. Ultimately man's search for his identity is found in the House of the Lord. The reality becomes the more you want for it (identity) the more you will find yourself in the House of the Lord. Listen and do what God says and be blessed. One of the keys of success is knowing you're in the presence of God in your decision making
Today Pastor Kevin has another timely message about Balaam. In Numbers 22-25 Baalam wasn’t a false prophet because he prophesied inaccurately, because he was very accurate. He was false because he went his own way and not in Gods's plan, presence and purpose. 2Peter2:16 talks about the “Way of Balaam”.
This is yet another unique timely message you do not hear preached. This message focuses on the Strength you need to make it through tough times and incredibly tough times to achieve your purpose, destiny and blessing in this life and the one to come. In 2Sam23 Pastor Kevin hones in on the 37 men who King David recognized with honor. Those who endured with him in the Caves of Adullam when David and his men were in hiding from King Saul and the Philistines. You'll want to hear this.
Listen to todays message about many Bible examples for not quitting. God's will is for blessing to overtake you. Blessing is the empowerment to succeed, but you still have to put your hand to the plow. It is best to not be offended. Offenses can take you out of the Church and the Kingdom. Pastor Kevin Kerr
Pastor Kevins message this week is timely for Christians seeking to fulfill their purpose. Christians will stay in the wilderness if they are filled with their own ideas. When you're ready to take up the plan of God is when you'll be ready to "cross over". You'll feel like you're there.
Listen to Pastor Kevin Kerrs message about the many examples of what is next in your life. Many examples to draw from Joshua crossing over the River Jordan, Blind Bartemeous, and the Woman with the issue of blood
Hear Pastor Kevin Kerrs timely message of having consistency in faith in God
Starting with the book of James, Pastor Kevin starts with some absolute faith essentials and winds up talking about Hezekiahs battle with the Assyrian King Senecherib who had Hezekiah surrounded with 185,000 troops. One Angel of the Lord took all of the enemy out when all looked impossible. You will not want to miss this.
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Our beloved Pastors Kevin and Dianne Kerr are the pioneers of Covenant Word Church standing firm in The Word of The Lord for 30 Years in Key West, FL. Unwavering in their faith and uncompromising in the delivery of God’s Word to His Church.
Kevin J. Kerr, Senior Pastor of Covenant Word Church in Key West, Florida, is an ordained minister with gifting of Apostle and Prophet. He is called of God to teach the Bible, to pray for the sick, to travel to the nations and to bring to others God's Word and Power. These giftings are evident when one listens to him speak. Pastor Kevin Kerr is also known for his practical and straightforward speaking.
Covenant Word Church is a body of believers, gathering to receive and share the timely truths of God about life today. It is a Christian center in Key West establishing God's purpose and kingdom.
Our Mission: To establish God's people in the Word, in victory, in righteousness and in excellence. To equip God's people with knowledge and power for their work in His service. To engage and subdue the enemy. To restore God's people to their covenant relation with Him. To restore families and promote unity in God's family. To go to the nations.
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Today's timely teaching for the Church from the book of Ezra
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Building or rebuilding on your existing foundation (Christ)
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What is the difference between a Weeper and a Praiser? Which one are you?
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How the old generation saw how good the old times where and how the new generation can't seem to kick it in.
Today's Message identifies different types of limitations in our minds that hinders us from being and doing all God made us to be and do. Pastor teaches us how to remove them and believe in the greater works that Jesus said we would do.
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Our beloved Pastors Kevin and Dianne Kerr are the pioneers of Covenant Word Church standing firm in The Word of The Lord for 30 Years in Key West, FL. Unwavering in their faith and uncompromising in the delivery of God’s Word to His Church.
Kevin J. Kerr, Senior Pastor of Covenant Word Church in Key West, Florida, is an ordained minister with gifting of Apostle and Prophet. He is called of God to teach the Bible, to pray for the sick, to travel to the nations and to bring to others God's Word and Power. These giftings are evident when one listens to him speak. Pastor Kevin Kerr is also known for his practical and straightforward speaking.
Covenant Word Church is a body of believers, gathering to receive and share the timely truths of God about life today. It is a Christian center in Key West establishing God's purpose and kingdom.
Our Mission: To establish God's people in the Word, in victory, in righteousness and in excellence. To equip God's people with knowledge and power for their work in His service. To engage and subdue the enemy. To restore God's people to their covenant relation with Him. To restore families and promote unity in God's family. To go to the nations.
www.covenantwordchurch.org
2020 All Rights Reserved Covenant Word Church
Identifying what is limiting or shrinking our capacity to receive God's Blessings and removing those limitations.
*TITHES-OFFERINGS AND SOWING INTO OUR MINISTRY: Please use this link to get setup to give your tithes and offerings https://cash.app/app/XPHLWHD **** Our CashApp Code is $CWC0013 to add us to your contacts if it doesn't automatically add us when you download the app. BE BLESSED!
Our beloved Pastors Kevin and Dianne Kerr are the pioneers of Covenant Word Church standing firm in The Word of The Lord for 30 Years in Key West, FL. Unwavering in their faith and uncompromising in the delivery of God’s Word to His Church.
Kevin J. Kerr, Senior Pastor of Covenant Word Church in Key West, Florida, is an ordained minister with gifting of Apostle and Prophet. He is called of God to teach the Bible, to pray for the sick, to travel to the nations and to bring to others God's Word and Power. These giftings are evident when one listens to him speak. Pastor Kevin Kerr is also known for his practical and straightforward speaking.
Covenant Word Church is a body of believers, gathering to receive and share the timely truths of God about life today. It is a Christian center in Key West establishing God's purpose and kingdom.
Our Mission: To establish God's people in the Word, in victory, in righteousness and in excellence. To equip God's people with knowledge and power for their work in His service. To engage and subdue the enemy. To restore God's people to their covenant relation with Him. To restore families and promote unity in God's family. To go to the nations.
Today's message, Life-Defining Moments use the story of the rich young ruler confronting his past, present, and future in one life-defining moment with Jesus.
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BE BLESSED!
Our beloved Pastors Kevin and Dianne Kerr are the pioneers of Covenant Word Church standing firm in The Word of The Lord for 30 Years in Key West, FL. Unwavering in their faith and uncompromising in the delivery of God’s Word to His Church. Kevin J. Kerr, Senior Pastor of Covenant Word Church in Key West, Florida, is an ordained minister with giftings of Apostle and Prophet. He is called of God to teach the Bible, to pray for the sick, to travel to the nations and to bring to others God's Word and Power. These giftings are evident when one listens to him speak. Pastor Kevin Kerr is also known for his practical and straightforward speaking.
Covenant Word Church is a body of believers, gathering to receive and share the timely truths of God about life today. It is a Christian center in Key West establishing God's purpose and kingdom.
Our Mission:
To establish God's people in the Word, in victory, in righteousness and in excellence.
To equip God's people with knowledge and power for their work in His service.
To engage and subdue the enemy.
To restore God's people to their covenant relation with Him.
To restore families and promote unity in God's family.
To go to the nations.
Learning to have courage in the middle of problems and finding that courage in God. Two opposing forces in our lives explained.
*TITHES-OFFERINGS AND SOWING INTO OUR MINISTRY: Please use this link to get setup to give your tithes and offerings https://cash.app/app/XPHLWHD **** Our CashApp Code is $CWC0013 to add us to your contacts if it doesn't automatically add us when you download the app. BE BLESSED!
Our beloved Pastors Kevin and Dianne Kerr are the pioneers of Covenant Word Church standing firm in The Word of The Lord for 30 Years in Key West, FL. Unwavering in their faith and uncompromising in the delivery of God’s Word to His Church. Kevin J. Kerr, Senior Pastor of Covenant Word Church in Key West, Florida, is an ordained minister with gifting of Apostle and Prophet. He is called of God to teach the Bible, to pray for the sick, to travel to the nations and to bring to others God's Word and Power. These giftings are evident when one listens to him speak. Pastor Kevin Kerr is also known for his practical and straightforward speaking.
Covenant Word Church is a body of believers, gathering to receive and share the timely truths of God about life today. It is a Christian center in Key West establishing God's purpose and kingdom.
Our Mission: To establish God's people in the Word, in victory, in righteousness and in excellence. To equip God's people with knowledge and power for their work in His service. To engage and subdue the enemy. To restore God's people to their covenant relation with Him. To restore families and promote unity in God's family. To go to the nations.
Powerful message about faith and persistence in our walk with Christ.
*TITHES-OFFERINGS AND SOWING INTO OUR MINISTRY: Please use this link to get setup to give your tithes and offerings https://cash.app/app/XPHLWHD **** Our CashApp Code is $CWC0013 to add us to your contacts if it doesn't automatically add us when you download the app.
BE BLESSED!
Our beloved Pastors Kevin and Dianne Kerr are the pioneers of Covenant Word Church standing firm in The Word of The Lord for 30 Years in Key West, FL. Unwavering in their faith and uncompromising in the delivery of God’s Word to His Church. Kevin J. Kerr, Senior Pastor of Covenant Word Church in Key West, Florida, is an ordained minister with giftings of Apostle and Prophet. He is called of God to teach the Bible, to pray for the sick, to travel to the nations and to bring to others God's Word and Power. These giftings are evident when one listens to him speak. Pastor Kevin Kerr is also known for his practical and straightforward speaking.
Covenant Word Church is a body of believers, gathering to receive and share the timely truths of God about life today. It is a Christian center in Key West establishing God's purpose and kingdom.
Our Mission:
To establish God's people in the Word, in victory, in righteousness and in excellence.
To equip God's people with knowledge and power for their work in His service.
To engage and subdue the enemy.
To restore God's people to their covenant relation with Him.
To restore families and promote unity in God's family.
To go to the nations.
Another powerful message on faith by Pastor Kevin. Does faith have size? can you measure it? is there proportion to it? and how do you activate or enact your faith. Watch today's message and find the revelation about faith to change your life. Today's message Pastor Kevin Kerr talks about Four kinds of faith 1. Great Faith 2. Little Faith 3. Measure of Faith 4. Proportionate Faith Also, 4 enablers to activate your faith from Psalms 37 1. Trust 2. Delight 3. Commit 4. Rest -Be blessed and may your faith in God's Word, your relationship with Him, and being found in His House increase!
Pastor Kevin Kerr gives four New Testement examples of Uncommon Faith that we can model. Our ability to leave behind the old self and take up the new is key
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Blind Bartimaeus
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The woman with issue of blood
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The Phoenician woman
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The Centurion
Pastor Kevin's Message on Faith and Vision. People without vision will perish. Let's get back God's vision in our lives.
Message about Faith to receive Gods promises and be doers of the Word and not just hearers establishes your foundation. "Jesus said it"
Pastor Kevin's message about thinking with your heart and not your mind
"Learning" is better than memorizing (scriptures)
-Mark 9:14-29 Demon possessed boy Jesus delivered that his disciples could not
The boys deliverance depended in this case on his fathers faith. Though it was "help me overcome my unbelief" Jesus went ahead and delivered the boy
-The disciples discovered later with Jesus this kind demon cannot be cast out except by prayer
-A persons lack of faith can be translated into their unreliability
If you have no faith you have no hope
If you have no hope you have no chance for faith
Hope can be restored
God is not necessessarily asking you to have or know, he's only asking you to to believe once you're following his will
Encouragement is the fuel for the Soul
Finding the inspiration for strength in the midst of trouble