Spiritual Fitness
1Ti 4:7-8 NLT Do not waste time arguing over godless ideas and old wives' tales. Instead, train yourself to be godly. (8) "Physical training is good, but training for godliness is much better, promising benefits in this life and in the life to come."
1Ti 4:8 AMP For physical training is of some value (useful for a little), but godliness (spiritual training) is useful and of value in everything and in every way, for it holds promise for the present life and also for the life which is to come.
Isa 40:31 AMP But those who wait for the Lord [who expect, look for, and hope in Him] shall change and renew their strength and power; they shall lift their wings and mount up [close to God] as eagles [mount up to the sun]; they shall run and not be weary, they shall walk and not faint or become tired. [Heb. 12:1-3.]
The Way to think
We have control over what were thinking
Satan can target our mind
We have to re direct our thoughts
The Way you choose
1st Corinthians 9:27
1Co 9:27 AMP But [like a boxer] I buffet my body [handle it roughly, discipline it by hardships] and subdue it, for fear that after proclaiming to others the Gospel and things pertaining to it, I myself should become unfit [not stand the test, be unapproved and rejected as a counterfeit].
As christians we have to be discplined in our minds, thoughts, emotions, and everything
Heb 12:11 ESV For the moment all discipline seems painful rather than pleasant, but later it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it.
If we don't discpline our minds and our emotions we are going to live in ruin
We have to have a balanced spiritual diet
You can't exercise your way out of a bad diet
Being spiritual fit is a journey not a destination
God just wants us to spend time with him
1Ti 4:7-8 MSG Stay clear of silly stories that get dressed up as religion. Exercise daily in God--no spiritual flabbiness, please! (8) Workouts in the gymnasium are useful, but a disciplined life in God is far more so, making you fit both today and forever.
We become healthy physically and spiritual the exact same way we have eliminate what is harmful and cultivate what is helpful
Bad food and friends can bring us down
Wednesday, November 25, 2015
Saturday, November 14, 2015
Can You Be Grateful In ALL Things?
Rarely are things as they first appear, not what happens but how we
respond… Thank God no matter what happens… The challenge = Can you be
grateful “in” all circumstances?
Remember what I have been teaching all month: What you appreciate, appreciates… When you learn to appreciate more of what you already have, you will find yourself having more to appreciate.
1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 (NIV), “Be joyful always; pray continually; give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus.”
1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 (MSG), “Be cheerful no matter what; pray all the time; thank God no matter what happens. This is the way God wants you who belong to Christ Jesus to live.”
V23, “May God himself, the God who makes everything holy and whole, make you holy and whole, put you together—spirit, soul, and body—and keep you fit for the coming of our Master, Jesus Christ. The One who called you is completely dependable. If he said it, he'll do it!”
God has a “BIG LIFE” for you!! He has designed a blessed & successful life for you to enjoy, one that has: Peace & Purpose, Joy, Goodness & Wholeness, Wealth & Health.
3 John 2 (KJV), “Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper (Greek means: “succeed in reaching, have a successful journey”) and be in health, (Greek means: “be well, to be safe, sound & whole”) even as thy soul prospereth.”
I want you to see it- A BIG GOD… BEING big IN YOU… & DOING big THROUGH YOU! A life of : Vitality, energy & stamina, Clarity, Love, value & significance, Provision & Supply, Purpose, meaning & fullness… AND SO MUCH MORE!
Jeremiah 32:27 (KJV), “Behold, I am the Lord, the God of all flesh: is there any thing too hard for me?”
Something is going to shift in you that KNOWS – you cannot go to a higher ground if you are hanging on to a lower level. A Big God doesn’t live in little places, therefore, God does His part & I must do mine.
Look for What is Right and Appreciate It: The word “appreciate” has several meanings- To be thankful or show gratitude; To raise or increase in value.
Think of everything you criticize regularly and you will see where you have failed to appreciate or find value. The moment you participate in the “depreciation” process (you stop valuing) and that is the moment you block your ability to experience gratefulness and ultimately abundance.
Catch people doing something right! THEN tell everyone about it! The Law of Recognition: What you don’t recognize will eventually exit your life. What you celebrate, appreciates. Anything unrecognized remains uncelebrated- a gift, a miracle, a person. And what you respect, you attract!
As I have stated before- You can’t conquer what you don’t confront, and you can’t confront what you don’t identify! So LET’S LOOK AT SOME OF THE OBSTACLES TO BEING GRATEFUL:
Familiarity can be fatal, It’s where you begin to take things for granted. It’s when you go through life unaware of the multitudes of blessings and gifts that are here each and every moment .
Psalm 90:12 (NIV), “Teach each of us to number our days aright, that me may gain a heart of wisdom”
Romans 3:23-24, “For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God; Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus”
You must extend yourself and others the same love and mercy that God extended to you!
Ephesians 2:4-5, “But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us, Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, by grace ye are saved.” That means I must live the same patterns and practices of Jesus (to be non-judgmental) and practice forgiveness.
Gratitude comes with forgiving any offense, hurt, pain, anything... Letting it all go and extending grace & love! By walking in forgiveness you relieve yourself of the burden of carrying the hurt, anger pain, isolation, and all that occurred as the result of an “act” against you.
“We must develop and maintain the capacity to forgive he who is devoid of the power to love. There is some good in the worst of us and some evil in the best of us… –Martin Luther King Jr.
Once you make compassion a higher priority then judgment, it makes sense to forgive. So to be a person of non-judgment means to be a person of grace. This doesn’t mean you have compromise and no conviction, that you just “trust” everything and every one.”
Romans 6:1, “What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound?” No – because we died to ‘sin” in Christ, therefore how can we live IN IT any longer?
“Fault-finding” is not a matter of what you observe in your world but when you choose a critical or angry point of view! Its what you do with what you see. It’s what you do with what you see.
Counteract Complacency: Consciously be grateful for the good in your life. The brain is wired to filter out the good and hold on to the ‘bad’. Whatever isn’t hurtful, fearful or physically moving the brain filters causing us to take for granted and forget all our blessings.
Make a list of what you are thankful for. Keep it before you daily! Keep a “gratitude journal.” Have gratitude ‘flings” – be grateful for little things, big things, EVERY THING!
Cultivating an Attitude of Gratitude- Develop an awareness of yourself as a recipient, not a victim. Philippians 4:13 (KJV), “I can do all things through Christ which strengthens me.” Say, “Thank you” - Psalm 100:4 (KJV), “Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise: be thankful unto him, and bless his name.” Tell those around you how much you appreciate them! John 15:12 (KJV), “This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you.”
Cut off complaining and criticizing- Psalm 34:13 (NIV), “keep your tongue from evil and your lips from speaking lies.”
Proverbs 10:31-32 (NIV), “The mouth of the righteous brings forth wisdom, but a perverse tongue will be cut out. The lips of the righteous know what is fitting, but the mouth of the wicked only what is perverse.”
Change your way of thinking to powerful and positive! Philippians 4:8 (KJV), “Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.”
Remember, it’s the nature of thought to increase. The more your thoughts center on what is missing, the more deficient you will feel. Attitudes create atmospheres, which create actions. The natural extension of being grateful is the development of a generous heart.
If it’s too much to give, it’s too much to receive!
Remember what I have been teaching all month: What you appreciate, appreciates… When you learn to appreciate more of what you already have, you will find yourself having more to appreciate.
1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 (NIV), “Be joyful always; pray continually; give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus.”
1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 (MSG), “Be cheerful no matter what; pray all the time; thank God no matter what happens. This is the way God wants you who belong to Christ Jesus to live.”
V23, “May God himself, the God who makes everything holy and whole, make you holy and whole, put you together—spirit, soul, and body—and keep you fit for the coming of our Master, Jesus Christ. The One who called you is completely dependable. If he said it, he'll do it!”
God has a “BIG LIFE” for you!! He has designed a blessed & successful life for you to enjoy, one that has: Peace & Purpose, Joy, Goodness & Wholeness, Wealth & Health.
3 John 2 (KJV), “Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper (Greek means: “succeed in reaching, have a successful journey”) and be in health, (Greek means: “be well, to be safe, sound & whole”) even as thy soul prospereth.”
I want you to see it- A BIG GOD… BEING big IN YOU… & DOING big THROUGH YOU! A life of : Vitality, energy & stamina, Clarity, Love, value & significance, Provision & Supply, Purpose, meaning & fullness… AND SO MUCH MORE!
Jeremiah 32:27 (KJV), “Behold, I am the Lord, the God of all flesh: is there any thing too hard for me?”
Something is going to shift in you that KNOWS – you cannot go to a higher ground if you are hanging on to a lower level. A Big God doesn’t live in little places, therefore, God does His part & I must do mine.
Look for What is Right and Appreciate It: The word “appreciate” has several meanings- To be thankful or show gratitude; To raise or increase in value.
Think of everything you criticize regularly and you will see where you have failed to appreciate or find value. The moment you participate in the “depreciation” process (you stop valuing) and that is the moment you block your ability to experience gratefulness and ultimately abundance.
Catch people doing something right! THEN tell everyone about it! The Law of Recognition: What you don’t recognize will eventually exit your life. What you celebrate, appreciates. Anything unrecognized remains uncelebrated- a gift, a miracle, a person. And what you respect, you attract!
As I have stated before- You can’t conquer what you don’t confront, and you can’t confront what you don’t identify! So LET’S LOOK AT SOME OF THE OBSTACLES TO BEING GRATEFUL:
Familiarity can be fatal, It’s where you begin to take things for granted. It’s when you go through life unaware of the multitudes of blessings and gifts that are here each and every moment .
Psalm 90:12 (NIV), “Teach each of us to number our days aright, that me may gain a heart of wisdom”
Romans 3:23-24, “For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God; Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus”
You must extend yourself and others the same love and mercy that God extended to you!
Ephesians 2:4-5, “But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us, Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, by grace ye are saved.” That means I must live the same patterns and practices of Jesus (to be non-judgmental) and practice forgiveness.
Gratitude comes with forgiving any offense, hurt, pain, anything... Letting it all go and extending grace & love! By walking in forgiveness you relieve yourself of the burden of carrying the hurt, anger pain, isolation, and all that occurred as the result of an “act” against you.
“We must develop and maintain the capacity to forgive he who is devoid of the power to love. There is some good in the worst of us and some evil in the best of us… –Martin Luther King Jr.
Once you make compassion a higher priority then judgment, it makes sense to forgive. So to be a person of non-judgment means to be a person of grace. This doesn’t mean you have compromise and no conviction, that you just “trust” everything and every one.”
Romans 6:1, “What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound?” No – because we died to ‘sin” in Christ, therefore how can we live IN IT any longer?
“Fault-finding” is not a matter of what you observe in your world but when you choose a critical or angry point of view! Its what you do with what you see. It’s what you do with what you see.
Counteract Complacency: Consciously be grateful for the good in your life. The brain is wired to filter out the good and hold on to the ‘bad’. Whatever isn’t hurtful, fearful or physically moving the brain filters causing us to take for granted and forget all our blessings.
Make a list of what you are thankful for. Keep it before you daily! Keep a “gratitude journal.” Have gratitude ‘flings” – be grateful for little things, big things, EVERY THING!
Cultivating an Attitude of Gratitude- Develop an awareness of yourself as a recipient, not a victim. Philippians 4:13 (KJV), “I can do all things through Christ which strengthens me.” Say, “Thank you” - Psalm 100:4 (KJV), “Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise: be thankful unto him, and bless his name.” Tell those around you how much you appreciate them! John 15:12 (KJV), “This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you.”
Cut off complaining and criticizing- Psalm 34:13 (NIV), “keep your tongue from evil and your lips from speaking lies.”
Proverbs 10:31-32 (NIV), “The mouth of the righteous brings forth wisdom, but a perverse tongue will be cut out. The lips of the righteous know what is fitting, but the mouth of the wicked only what is perverse.”
Change your way of thinking to powerful and positive! Philippians 4:8 (KJV), “Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.”
Remember, it’s the nature of thought to increase. The more your thoughts center on what is missing, the more deficient you will feel. Attitudes create atmospheres, which create actions. The natural extension of being grateful is the development of a generous heart.
If it’s too much to give, it’s too much to receive!
Wednesday, November 11, 2015
Keys to life pt 9 Self Esteem
Keys to life pt 9
Self Esteem - The foundation of life
Deu 30:19 I call heaven and earth to witness against you today, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and curse. Therefore choose life, that you and your offspring may live,
Deu 30:20 loving the LORD your God, obeying his voice and holding fast to him, for he is your life and length of days, that you may dwell in the land that the LORD swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them."
prayer - the power of life
relationships- the network of Life
change- the way of life
desire- the motivation of life
vision - the blue print of life
faith - the force of life
discpline - the strength of life
8th Key Self Esteem - The foundation of life
Pro 23:7 For as he thinks within himself, so he is. He says to you, "Eat and drink!" But his heart is not with you.
2Co 3:18 All of us! Nothing between us and God, our faces shining with the brightness of his face. And so we are transfigured much like the Messiah, our lives gradually becoming brighter and more beautiful as God enters our lives and we become like him.
My thoughts about myself control my actions toward others, my faith in God and how far I go in life.
The greatest difficulties come from unbiblical self image
An ubiblical self image breeds inferiority, and inferiority breeds insecurity breeds fear and anxiety and defensiveness and arrogance and then a controlling attitude and all that goes along with that
A healthy self image produces:
confidence without arrogance
discipline without legalism
generosity without strings attached
leadership without control
wisdom without manipulation
conviction without independence
To lead others and ourselves we must walk in his image
I will love God and serve God in proportion to how I love myself
Mat 22:36-40 ESV "Teacher, which is the great commandment in the Law?" (37) And he said to him, "You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. (38) This is the great and first commandment. (39) And a second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself. (40) On these two commandments depend all the Law and the Prophets."
1Jn 4:16 So we have come to know and to believe the love that God has for us. God is love, and whoever abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him.
Poor Self-esteem casuses many to have a weak faith in God and a negative view of their world
Ex. Israel in the wilderness
Num 13:29-33 ESV The Amalekites dwell in the land of the Negeb. The Hittites, the Jebusites, and the Amorites dwell in the hill country. And the Canaanites dwell by the sea, and along the Jordan." (30) But Caleb quieted the people before Moses and said, "Let us go up at once and occupy it, for we are well able to overcome it." (31) Then the men who had gone up with him said, "We are not able to go up against the people, for they are stronger than we are." (32) So they brought to the people of Israel a bad report of the land that they had spied out, saying, "The land, through which we have gone to spy it out, is a land that devours its inhabitants, and all the people that we saw in it are of great height. (33) And there we saw the Nephilim (the sons of Anak, who come from the Nephilim), and we seemed to ourselves like grasshoppers, and so we seemed to them."
Never see yourself as a minority, special group or one who needs others to take care of them
God had to change Gideon's view of himself before he could enable him to fulfill his destiny
Jdg 6:6-16 ESV And Israel was brought very low because of Midian. And the people of Israel cried out for help to the LORD. (7) When the people of Israel cried out to the LORD on account of the Midianites, (8) the LORD sent a prophet to the people of Israel. And he said to them, "Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel: I led you up from Egypt and brought you out of the house of slavery. (9) And I delivered you from the hand of the Egyptians and from the hand of all who oppressed you, and drove them out before you and gave you their land. (10) And I said to you, 'I am the LORD your God; you shall not fear the gods of the Amorites in whose land you dwell.' But you have not obeyed my voice." (11) Now the angel of the LORD came and sat under the terebinth at Ophrah, which belonged to Joash the Abiezrite, while his son Gideon was beating out wheat in the winepress to hide it from the Midianites. (12) And the angel of the LORD appeared to him and said to him, "The LORD is with you, O mighty man of valor." (13) And Gideon said to him, "Please, sir, if the LORD is with us, why then has all this happened to us? And where are all his wonderful deeds that our fathers recounted to us, saying, 'Did not the LORD bring us up from Egypt?' But now the LORD has forsaken us and given us into the hand of Midian." (14) And the LORD turned to him and said, "Go in this might of yours and save Israel from the hand of Midian; do not I send you?" (15) And he said to him, "Please, Lord, how can I save Israel? Behold, my clan is the weakest in Manasseh, and I am the least in my father's house." (16) And the LORD said to him, "But I will be with you, and you shall strike the Midianites as one man."
The image, picture or thoughts I have about myself must be based on what my father says about me!
Self Esteem - The foundation of life
Deu 30:19 I call heaven and earth to witness against you today, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and curse. Therefore choose life, that you and your offspring may live,
Deu 30:20 loving the LORD your God, obeying his voice and holding fast to him, for he is your life and length of days, that you may dwell in the land that the LORD swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them."
prayer - the power of life
relationships- the network of Life
change- the way of life
desire- the motivation of life
vision - the blue print of life
faith - the force of life
discpline - the strength of life
8th Key Self Esteem - The foundation of life
Pro 23:7 For as he thinks within himself, so he is. He says to you, "Eat and drink!" But his heart is not with you.
2Co 3:18 All of us! Nothing between us and God, our faces shining with the brightness of his face. And so we are transfigured much like the Messiah, our lives gradually becoming brighter and more beautiful as God enters our lives and we become like him.
My thoughts about myself control my actions toward others, my faith in God and how far I go in life.
The greatest difficulties come from unbiblical self image
An ubiblical self image breeds inferiority, and inferiority breeds insecurity breeds fear and anxiety and defensiveness and arrogance and then a controlling attitude and all that goes along with that
A healthy self image produces:
confidence without arrogance
discipline without legalism
generosity without strings attached
leadership without control
wisdom without manipulation
conviction without independence
To lead others and ourselves we must walk in his image
I will love God and serve God in proportion to how I love myself
Mat 22:36-40 ESV "Teacher, which is the great commandment in the Law?" (37) And he said to him, "You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. (38) This is the great and first commandment. (39) And a second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself. (40) On these two commandments depend all the Law and the Prophets."
1Jn 4:16 So we have come to know and to believe the love that God has for us. God is love, and whoever abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him.
Poor Self-esteem casuses many to have a weak faith in God and a negative view of their world
Ex. Israel in the wilderness
Num 13:29-33 ESV The Amalekites dwell in the land of the Negeb. The Hittites, the Jebusites, and the Amorites dwell in the hill country. And the Canaanites dwell by the sea, and along the Jordan." (30) But Caleb quieted the people before Moses and said, "Let us go up at once and occupy it, for we are well able to overcome it." (31) Then the men who had gone up with him said, "We are not able to go up against the people, for they are stronger than we are." (32) So they brought to the people of Israel a bad report of the land that they had spied out, saying, "The land, through which we have gone to spy it out, is a land that devours its inhabitants, and all the people that we saw in it are of great height. (33) And there we saw the Nephilim (the sons of Anak, who come from the Nephilim), and we seemed to ourselves like grasshoppers, and so we seemed to them."
Never see yourself as a minority, special group or one who needs others to take care of them
God had to change Gideon's view of himself before he could enable him to fulfill his destiny
Jdg 6:6-16 ESV And Israel was brought very low because of Midian. And the people of Israel cried out for help to the LORD. (7) When the people of Israel cried out to the LORD on account of the Midianites, (8) the LORD sent a prophet to the people of Israel. And he said to them, "Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel: I led you up from Egypt and brought you out of the house of slavery. (9) And I delivered you from the hand of the Egyptians and from the hand of all who oppressed you, and drove them out before you and gave you their land. (10) And I said to you, 'I am the LORD your God; you shall not fear the gods of the Amorites in whose land you dwell.' But you have not obeyed my voice." (11) Now the angel of the LORD came and sat under the terebinth at Ophrah, which belonged to Joash the Abiezrite, while his son Gideon was beating out wheat in the winepress to hide it from the Midianites. (12) And the angel of the LORD appeared to him and said to him, "The LORD is with you, O mighty man of valor." (13) And Gideon said to him, "Please, sir, if the LORD is with us, why then has all this happened to us? And where are all his wonderful deeds that our fathers recounted to us, saying, 'Did not the LORD bring us up from Egypt?' But now the LORD has forsaken us and given us into the hand of Midian." (14) And the LORD turned to him and said, "Go in this might of yours and save Israel from the hand of Midian; do not I send you?" (15) And he said to him, "Please, Lord, how can I save Israel? Behold, my clan is the weakest in Manasseh, and I am the least in my father's house." (16) And the LORD said to him, "But I will be with you, and you shall strike the Midianites as one man."
The image, picture or thoughts I have about myself must be based on what my father says about me!
Possessing our inheritance
Possessing our inheritance
Pastor Bracken
Eph 3:1 This is why I, Paul, am in jail
for Christ, having taken up the cause of you outsiders, so-called.
Eph 3:2 I take it that you're familiar
with the part I was given in God's plan for including everybody.
Eph 3:3 I got the inside story on this
from God himself, as I just wrote you in brief.
Eph 3:4 As you read over what I have
written to you, you'll be able to see for yourselves into the mystery of
Christ.
Eph 3:5 None of our ancestors understood
this. Only in our time has it been made clear by God's Spirit through his holy
apostles and prophets of this new order.
Eph 3:6 The mystery is that people who
have never heard of God and those who have heard of him all their lives (what
I've been calling outsiders and insiders) stand on the same ground before God.
They get the same offer, same help, same promises in Christ Jesus. The Message
is accessible and welcoming to everyone, across the board.
Eph 3:11 All this is proceeding along
lines planned all along by God and then executed in Christ Jesus.
Col 1:12 thanking the Father who makes us
strong enough to take part in everything bright and beautiful that he has for
us.
2Pe 1:2 Grace and peace to you many
times over as you deepen in your experience with God and Jesus, our Master.
2Pe 1:3 Everything that goes into a life
of pleasing God has been miraculously given to us by getting to know,
personally and intimately, the One who invited us to God. The best invitation
we ever received!
2Pe 1:4 We were also given absolutely
terrific promises to pass on to you--your tickets to participation in the life
of God after you turned your back on a world corrupted by lust.
Act 26:16 But now, up on
your feet--I have a job for you. I've handpicked you to be a servant and
witness to what's happened today, and to what I am going to show you.
Act 26:17 "'I'm sending you off
Act 26:18 to open the eyes of the
outsiders so they can see the difference between dark and light, and choose
light, see the difference between Satan and God, and choose God. I'm sending
you off to present my offer of sins forgiven, and a place in the family,
inviting them into the company of those who begin real living by believing in
me.'
Act 20:32 "Now I'm turning you over
to God, our marvelous God whose gracious Word can make you into what he wants
you to be and give you everything you could possibly need in this community of
holy friends.
Rom 8:16 God's Spirit touches our spirits
and confirms who we really are. We know who he is, and we know who we are:
Father and children.
Rom 8:17 And we know we are going to get
what's coming to us--an unbelievable inheritance! We go through exactly what
Christ goes through. If we go through the hard times with him, then we're
certainly going to go through the good times with him!
Gal 3:29 Also, since you are Christ's
family, then you are Abraham's famous "descendant," heirs according
to the covenant promises.
Gal 4:6 And because you are sons, God
has sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, crying, "Abba!
Father!"
Gal 4:7 So you are no longer a slave,
but a son, and if a son, then an heir through God.
Rom 4:13 For the promise to Abraham and
his offspring that he would be heir of the world did not come through the law
but through the righteousness of faith. 1Co 2:9 But, as it is written, "What no eye has
seen, nor ear heard, nor the heart of man imagined, what God has prepared for
those who love him"—
1Co 2:10 these things God has revealed to
us through the Spirit. For the Spirit searches everything, even the depths of
God.
1Co 2:11 For who knows a person's
thoughts except the spirit of that person, which is in him? So also no one
comprehends the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God.
1Co 2:12 Now we have received not the
spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we might understand
the things freely given us by God.
1Co 10:11 Now these things happened to
them as an example, but they were written down for our instruction, on whom the
end of the ages has come.
In the old testament Canaan is a type of inheritance
today.
They had a promised land - we have a land of promises
they were lead by Joshua we are lead by Jesus
Caleb
meands bold 4 Truths concerning Caleb's life
The
Spirit of Dominion
The
Spirit of Declaration
The
Spirit of Determination
The
Spirit of Demonstration
Jos 14:6 Then the
people of Judah came to Joshua at Gilgal. And Caleb the son of Jephunneh the
Kenizzite said to him, "You know what the LORD said to Moses the man of
God in Kadesh-barnea concerning you and me.
Jos 14:7 I was forty years old when Moses
the servant of the LORD sent me from Kadesh-barnea to spy out the land, and I
brought him word again as it was in my heart.
Jos 14:8 But my brothers who went up with
me made the heart of the people melt; yet I wholly followed the LORD my God.
Jos 14:9 And Moses swore on that day,
saying, 'Surely the land on which your foot has trodden shall be an inheritance
for you and your children forever, because you have wholly followed the LORD my
God.'
Jos 14:10 And now, behold, the LORD has
kept me alive, just as he said, these forty-five years since the time that the
LORD spoke this word to Moses, while Israel walked in the wilderness. And now,
behold, I am this day eighty-five years old.
Jos 14:11 I am still as strong today as I
was in the day that Moses sent me; my strength now is as my strength was then,
for war and for going and coming.
Jos 14:12 So now give me this hill country
of which the LORD spoke on that day, for you heard on that day how the Anakim
were there, with great fortified cities. It may be that the LORD will be with
me, and I shall drive them out just as the LORD said."
Jos 14:13 Then Joshua blessed him, and he
gave Hebron to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for an inheritance.
Jos 14:14 Therefore Hebron became the
inheritance of Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite to this day, because he
wholly followed the LORD, the God of Israel.
Possessing our inheritance part 2 Pastor Bracken
It's up to us to set in motion what
God has for us!
Eph 1:11
In him we have obtained an inheritance, having been predestined
according to the purpose of him who works all things according to the counsel
of his will,
Act 20:32 And now I commend you to God and to the word
of his grace, which is able to build you up and to give you the inheritance
among all those who are sanctified.
1Co 10:11 Now these things happened to them as an
example, but they were written down for our instruction, on whom the end of the
ages has come.
Jos 14:6 Then the people of Judah came to Joshua at
Gilgal. And Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite said to him, "You
know what the LORD said to Moses the man of God in Kadesh-barnea concerning you
and me.
Jos 14:7
I was forty years old when Moses the servant of the LORD sent me from
Kadesh-barnea to spy out the land, and I brought him word again as it was in my
heart.
Jos 14:8
But my brothers who went up with me made the heart of the people melt;
yet I wholly followed the LORD my God.
Jos 14:9
And Moses swore on that day, saying, 'Surely the land on which your foot
has trodden shall be an inheritance for you and your children forever, because
you have wholly followed the LORD my God.'
Jos 14:10 And now, behold, the LORD has kept me alive,
just as he said, these forty-five years since the time that the LORD spoke this
word to Moses, while Israel walked in the wilderness. And now, behold, I am
this day eighty-five years old.
Jos 14:11 I am still as strong today as I was in the
day that Moses sent me; my strength now is as my strength was then, for war and
for going and coming.
Jos 14:12 So now give me this hill country of which the
LORD spoke on that day, for you heard on that day how the Anakim were there,
with great fortified cities. It may be that the LORD will be with me, and I
shall drive them out just as the LORD said."
Jos 14:13 Then Joshua blessed him, and he gave Hebron
to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for an inheritance.
Jos 14:14 Therefore Hebron became the inheritance of
Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite to this day, because he wholly
followed the LORD, the God of Israel.
4 Truths Concerning Caleb's Life
1. The spirit of Dominion-Num 13:2 "Send men to
spy out the land of Canaan, which I am giving to the people of Israel. From
each tribe of their fathers you shall send a man, every one a chief among
them."
Gen 1:26
Then God said, "Let us make man in our image, after our likeness.
And let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the
heavens and over the livestock and over all the earth and over every creeping
thing that creeps on the earth."
Eph 2:5
even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with
Christ—by grace you have been saved—
Psa 8:4 what is man that you are mindful of him, and
the son of man that you care for him?
Psa 8:5
Yet you have made him a little lower than the heavenly beings and
crowned him with glory and honor.
Psa 8:6
You have given him dominion over the works of your hands; you have put
all things under his feet,
Mat 28:18 And Jesus came and said to them, "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to
me.
1Jn 4:17
By this is love perfected with us, so that we may have confidence for
the day of judgment, because as he is so also are we in this world.
God want us on a quest to become all he has for
us
You Release authority through your speech!
2. The spirit of Declaration- Num 14:24 But
my servant Caleb, because he has a different spirit and has followed me fully,
I will bring into the land into which he went, and his descendants shall
possess it.
WE all have to make some changes in life to
possess and walk in our inheritance
2Co 4:13
Since we have the same spirit of faith according to what has been
written, "I believed, and so I spoke," we also believe, and so we
also speak,
Num 13:30 But Caleb quieted the people before Moses and
said, "Let us go up at once and occupy it, for we are well able to
overcome it."
Possessing your inheritance Pt. 3
Eph 1:11
In him we have obtained an inheritance, having been predestined
according to the purpose of him who works all things according to the counsel
of his will,
Act 20:32 And now I commend you to God and to the word
of his grace, which is able to build you up and to give you the inheritance
among all those who are sanctified.
Jos 14:6 Then the people of Judah came to Joshua at
Gilgal. And Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite said to him, "You
know what the LORD said to Moses the man of God in Kadesh-barnea concerning you
and me.
Jos 14:7
I was forty years old when Moses the servant of the LORD sent me from
Kadesh-barnea to spy out the land, and I brought him word again as it was in my
heart.
Jos 14:8
But my brothers who went up with me made the heart of the people melt;
yet I wholly followed the LORD my God.
Jos 14:9
And Moses swore on that day, saying, 'Surely the land on which your foot
has trodden shall be an inheritance for you and your children forever, because
you have wholly followed the LORD my God.'
Jos 14:10 And now, behold, the LORD has kept me alive,
just as he said, these forty-five years since the time that the LORD spoke this
word to Moses, while Israel walked in the wilderness. And now, behold, I am
this day eighty-five years old.
Jos 14:11 I am still as strong today as I was in the
day that Moses sent me; my strength now is as my strength was then, for war and
for going and coming.
Jos 14:12 So now give me this hill country of which the
LORD spoke on that day, for you heard on that day how the Anakim were there,
with great fortified cities. It may be that the LORD will be with me, and I
shall drive them out just as the LORD said."
Jos 14:13 Then Joshua blessed him, and he gave Hebron
to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for an inheritance.
Jos 14:14 Therefore Hebron became the inheritance of
Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite to this day, because he wholly
followed the LORD, the God of Israel.
Caleb means bold
4 truths concerning Caleb's Life
The spirit of dominion
The spirit of declaration
The spirit of determination
The spirit of demonstration
Num 24:14 And now, behold, I am going to my people.
Come, I will let you know what this people will do to your people in the latter
days."
We all have to make some changes in life to
possess and walk in our inheritance
2Co 4:13
Since we have the same spirit of faith according to what has been
written, "I believed, and so I spoke," we also believe, and so we
also speak,
Num 13:30 But Caleb quieted the people before Moses and
said, "Let us go up at once and occupy it, for we are well able to
overcome it."
The spirit of declaration say's what God says in
a difficult situation
Possessing your
inheritance pt 4
Eph 1:11 ESV In him we have obtained an inheritance,
having been predestined according to the purpose of him who works all things
according to the counsel of his will,
Act 20:32 ESV And now I commend you to God and to the word
of his grace, which is able to build you up and to give you the inheritance
among all those who are sanctified.
Jos 14:6-14 ESV Then the people of Judah came to Joshua at
Gilgal. And Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite said to him, "You
know what the LORD said to Moses the man of God in Kadesh-barnea concerning you
and me. (7) I was forty years old when Moses the servant
of the LORD sent me from Kadesh-barnea to spy out the land, and I brought him
word again as it was in my heart. (8) But my
brothers who went up with me made the heart of the people melt; yet I wholly
followed the LORD my God. (9) And Moses
swore on that day, saying, 'Surely the land on which your foot has trodden
shall be an inheritance for you and your children forever, because you have
wholly followed the LORD my God.' (10) And now,
behold, the LORD has kept me alive, just as he said, these forty-five years
since the time that the LORD spoke this word to Moses, while Israel walked in
the wilderness. And now, behold, I am this day eighty-five years old. (11) I am still as strong today as I was in the
day that Moses sent me; my strength now is as my strength was then, for war and
for going and coming. (12) So now
give me this hill country of which the LORD spoke on that day, for you heard on
that day how the Anakim were there, with great fortified cities. It may be that
the LORD will be with me, and I shall drive them out just as the LORD
said." (13) Then Joshua blessed him, and he gave Hebron
to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for an inheritance. (14) Therefore Hebron became the inheritance of
Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite to this day, because he wholly
followed the LORD, the God of Israel.
4 truths concerning Caleb's Life
The spirit of dominion
The spirit of declaration
The spirit of determination
The spirit of demonstration
3. The Spirit of determination
Jos 14:11 ESV I am still as strong today as I was in the
day that Moses sent me; my strength now is as my strength was then, for war and
for going and coming.
2Co 1:20 ESV For all the promises of God find their Yes in
him. That is why it is through him that we utter our Amen to God for his glory.
Php 2:13 ESV for it is God who works in you, both to will
and to work for his good pleasure. ( Motivation & determination)
4. The spirit of demonstration
Jos 14:12 ESV So now give me this hill country of which the
LORD spoke on that day, for you heard on that day how the Anakim were there,
with great fortified cities. It may be that the LORD will be with me, and I
shall drive them out just as the LORD said."
That Mountain represented 2 things
1. What God had promised
2. That enemies had his territory- his stuff
The spirit of demonstration is not based on what
you want
Rom 8:32 ESV He who did not spare his own Son but gave him
up for us all, how will he not also with him graciously give us all things?
You are going to have capture your inheritance-
do it!
Pro 10:4 ESV A slack hand causes poverty, but the hand of
the diligent makes rich.
Pro 12:24 ESV The hand of the diligent will rule, while the
slothful will be put to forced labor.
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