December 13, 2020
Sunday services
Exodus 33:1-3 Then the Lord said to Moses, “Depart and go up from here, you and the people whom you have brought out of the land of Egypt, to the land of which I swore to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, saying, ‘To your descendants I will give it.’ 2 And I will send My Angel before you, and I will drive out the Canaanite and the Amorite and the Hittite and the Perizzite and the Hivite and the Jebusite. 3 Go up to a land flowing with milk and honey; for I will not go up in your midst, lest I consumeyou on the way, for you are a stiff-necked people.”
What do you do when knowledge is not enough? There is a difference in having knowledge of God and actually knowing Him for yourself.
John 17:3 And this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent.
Pain is weakness leaving the body. Just as physical exercise is painful, but produces results. Praying in the Holy Spirit is a spiritual exercise that gives you strength. God needs a people who know who they are and what belongs to them. For your knowledge of God to work, you have to know Him for yourself! God wants us to know Him! He wants to make Himself known to you! God wants a personal relationship with you! To have that you have to slow down and spend time with Him! We are busier than we should be in this present reality. Right now, in your life, you have what you want. You have the level of relationship with God that you want. He wants more! A lot more! An unchanging God will always be making change in us. His motive in that, is this: He changes us, so that He can give us more of Himself! He only wants to add to your life! Anything He asks us to do, and anything He asks us to give up, is only to bring more of Himself into our lives!
If the people want God, He will come! Everyone says they want God. But your words do not prove that! Not many people will do the things that prove they want God. Set apart your time with Him every morning!! You cannot spend time with the Almighty God, and not come out a changed person! Life is better with God! And having a relationship with Him, is available to every born again Christian! What will set you apart in life will be whether or not you have God with you.
Exodus 33:16-23 For how then will it be known that Your people and I have found grace in Your sight, except You go with us? So we shall be separate, Your people and I, from all the people who are upon the face of the earth.” 17 So the Lord said to Moses, “I will also do this thing that you have spoken; for you have found grace in My sight, and I know you by name.” 18 And he said, “Please, show me Your glory.” 19 Then He said, “I will make all My goodness pass before you, and I will proclaim the name of the Lord before you. I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion.” 20 But He said, “You cannot see My face; for no man shall see Me, and live.” 21 And the Lord said, “Here is a place by Me, and you shall stand on the rock. 22 So it shall be, while My glory passes by, that I will put you in the cleft of the rock and will cover you with My hand while I pass by. 23 Then I will take away My hand, and you shall see My back; but My face shall not be seen.”
God gave us a helper to guide us into the truth of His word! We need help to understand it! It has to be taught! So, He gave us a teacher and a book. We have to grow up to the place in life that we only run to God because we need something! Run to Him because you want to know Him! Run to him because you want more of Him! If we can do things that are pleasing to Him, He will be among us!
Part 2
Sunday PM
Let’s split our prayer time into two parts. And discuss the benefits of installing this habit in your life. We have a tendency as humans to lean heavily on one of these and not spend as much time on the other. If you picture it as a table, and these are the legs, you want them to be equal so that you have balance! You don’t want a long leg and a short leg!
1- Tongues
2- Worship
Start where you are! 15 minutes each! If you fall short of your time, it is okay! Consistency is what’s important. You WILL get something every time you spend time with Him! Our time is our life. The enemy will do anything to steal your time from you. He wants to steal your time so that you won’t devote that time to your personal relationship with God! God isn’t looking for perfection, He is looking for you to give Him just something!
Exodus 5:1-9 Afterward Moses and Aaron went in and told Pharaoh, “Thus says the Lord God of Israel: ‘Let My people go, that they may [a]hold a feast to Me in the wilderness.’ ” 2 And Pharaoh said, “Who is the Lord, that I should obey His voice to let Israel go? I do not know the Lord, nor will I let Israel go.” 3 So they said, “The God of the Hebrews has met with us. Please, let us go three days’ journey into the desert and sacrifice to the Lord our God, lest He fall upon us with pestilence or with the sword.” 4 Then the king of Egypt said to them, “Moses and Aaron, why do you take the people from their work? Get back to your labor.” 5 And Pharaoh said, “Look, the people of the land are many now, and you make them rest from their labor!” 6 So the same day Pharaoh commanded the taskmasters of the people and their officers, saying, 7 “You shall no longer give the people straw to make brick as before. Let them go and gather straw for themselves. 8 And you shall lay on them the quota of bricks which they made before. You shall not reduce it. For they are idle; therefore they cry out, saying, ‘Let us go and sacrifice to our God.’ 9 Let more work be laid on the men, that they may labor in it, and let them not regard false words.”
When you were born again, you were delivered from darkness into light. God didn’t save you so that you can go to heaven one day. Thank God that is part of redemption, but he saved you so that you would be free from the devil and you could worship Him! When you worship Him, He comes into your life and enables you to enjoy the salvation and redemption that He bought and paid for, for you! You are going to have to deal with the things that steal your time. If you don’t purposefully schedule your time with God, the enemy will step in and make sure you don’t find the time for it. But, when you have already made your decision that no matter what, you will spend that time, the enemy has less control. Put yourself if a position to do what you need to do to have success in your life! You’re going to have success in your life to the degree that you have God in your life!
1 John 4:16 And we have known and believed the love that God has for us. God is love, and he who abides in love abides in God, and God in him.
God is love. We are all looking for love. Usually, we look in the wrong places for that love.
More often than not, it’s in human beings. Human love will always fall short of what we are truly looking for. We are on this planet to be love and give love. Love attracts God!
1 John 4:17-18 Love has been perfected among us in this: that we may have boldness in the day of judgment; because as He is, so are we in this world. 18 There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear involves torment. But he who fears has not been made perfect in love.
When you were born again, the very nature of God was placed inside you. That nature gives you a capacity to know, understand, and discern spiritual things. In that nature is the love of God and the ability to love like God loves. Let God remove the limitations in your mind and the things you believe about yourself! The more consistent you become, the faster these things will take place! You must let your teacher teach you! As you spend time with God, your capacity for love will expand and grow.