June 14, 2020
Sun AM
2 Kings 3:1-15
God only works in atmospheres. God works in particular atmospheres. The atmosphere that God works in is an atmosphere of peace, faith, praise, and joy. Positive atmospheres. As the church we are called to affect atmospheres. You’re not going to be effective in affecting atmospheres if you don’t do it in your own private life. When you yield to hysterics and negativity you are creating atmosphere that attracts devils. When everything is going wrong, that’s when you need to stand up and start doing something right. “I refuse to be a part of the confusion and chaos in my day! I will not enter into it, and I won’t let it get in me. “ Don’t sit and watch the news all day! It creates an atmosphere and you will carry that wherever you go! Just like you can carry a negative atmosphere, you can carry a positive atmosphere. God works in an atmosphere of praise! You don’t have to walk around all day saying, “praise the Lord, praise the Lord, praise the Lord,” But, you CAN have that attitude about you! Develop an attitude of thanksgiving to increase your capacity to receive from God. No one on earth deserves anything from God. He gives it to us though because He is a God of grace. He doesn’t have to give it to us, he WANTS to give it to us. We must recognize this and be thankful. He wants us to be blessed and our lives to be better. When you cultivate a life of thanksgiving, it affects atmosphere. You cannot be depressed and thankful at the same time. If you develop a habit of being negative, it will take time to break that habit! If you intentionally cultivate a life of thanksgiving, your attitude about life will change! You will see everything differently! Being thankful will affect your health in a positive way!
Mark 11: 22 So Jesus answered and said to them, “Have faith in God.”
You have the faith of God because you got your faith from God. It’s the same faith God has.
Mark 11: 23 For assuredly, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, ‘Be removed and be cast into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that those things he says will be done, he will have whatever he says.
Constantly be aware that what you say comes to pass! We walk by what we believe, not by what we feel! Feelings are nothing until acted upon! “Be ye angry, but sin not!” You can have the emotion but don’t act upon it!
God has always worked through the remnant! He don’t need the majority! He needs a small group of people to work through. We have the authority to change the atmosphere in our region! God is raising up a remnant of people! He will use that handful of people to change regions!