Scriptures and Key Points:
For Times Like This
- When people with a passion for God gather together, God does something unique.
- God is preparing the Church (Bride) for the coming of the Lord.
- Every day is eternity for someone.
- Consecration, Commitment, Action
- In the most difficult times, God shows up.
- The Church needs to be prepared to be an ark of refuge.
Hebrews 11:7 NKJV By faith Noah, being divinely warned of things not yet seen, moved with godly fear, prepared an ark for the saving of his household, by which he condemned the world and became heir of the righteousness which is according to faith.
- Preparation
- Obedience is the highest form of worship.
- We don’t belong to ourselves anymore.
- “Don’t call me ‘Lord’ anymore unless you’re willing to live for Me.”
James 2:19 NKJV You believe that there is one God. You do well. Even the demons believe—and tremble!
- “I can’t be your savior if I’m not your Lord.”
- All sin God hates, but not all sin is the same.
- Hāṭā’: to miss the mark, ʿāôn: iniquities, peša: willful disobedience
John 8:36 NKJV Therefore if the Son makes you free, you shall be free indeed.
Hebrews 10:26 NKJV For if we sin willfully after we have received the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins
Hebrews 10:29 NKJV Of how much worse punishment, do you suppose, will he be thought worthy who has trampled the Son of God underfoot, counted the blood of the covenant by which he was sanctified a common thing, and insulted the Spirit of grace?
Spend Time in the Word
Ephesians 5:26 NKJV That He might sanctify and cleanse her with the washing of water by the word
1 John 1:9 NKJV If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
1 Corinthians 6:19-20 NKJV Or do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and you are not your own? For you were bought at a price; therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God’s.
Isaiah 6:5 NKJV …“Woe is me, for I am undone! Because I am a man of unclean lips…
- When you’ve spent time in the presence of a holy God, you’re undone.
1 Kings 8:27 NKJV “But will God indeed dwell on the earth? Behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain You. How much less this temple which I have built!
- The first time the word “worship” is mentioned in the Bible was the time Abraham offered Issac on the altar. (Genesis 22 NKJV)
Press in to Jesus
Mark 5:25-29 NKJV Now a certain woman had a flow of blood for twelve years, and had suffered many things from many physicians. She had spent all that she had and was no better, but rather grew worse. When she heard about Jesus, she came behind Him in the crowd and touched His garment. For she said, “If only I may touch His clothes, I shall be made well.” Immediately the fountain of her blood was dried up, and she felt in her body that she was healed of the affliction.
- The woman desperately sought after Jesus and found her healing.
- We don’t have to take by force what God already wants to give to us.
- There’s something different about those who are pressing in to meet Jesus.
- In the places of your adversity, cry out to Jesus.
Romans 8:28 NKJV And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose.
- If we are going to make it through this season and walk in the fullness of God’s promises, we as the Church need to prepare ourselves as an ark of refuge.
- First, stay low.
- Second, draw near to hear.
- Third, move quickly when God speaks.
- His authority comes from that posture of humility.
- Perspective, Protection, Peace, Purpose
Psalm 61:1-2 NKJV Hear my cry, O God; Attend to my prayer. From the end of the earth I will cry to You, When my heart is overwhelmed; Lead me to the rock that is higher than I.
- The written Word has no life without the Living Word.
2 Corinthians 3:6 NKJV … for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.
- Legalism or license can both cause death.
We need to keep our eyes on our destination.
- Furthermore, miracles don’t keep us in the Way. A passion for His presence does.
- We worship the “El” in Bethel, not the institution itself.
Numbers 21:4 NKJV Then they journeyed from Mount Hor by the Way of the Red Sea, to go around the land of Edom; and the soul of the people became very discouraged on the way.
Zephaniah 1:12 NKJV “And it shall come to pass at that time that I will search Jerusalem with lamps, and punish the men who are settled in complacency…
- God is exposing first in His people the areas of compromise and complacency.
- Likewise He will also put a spotlight on those who are not putting up with the wickedness in the house of the Lord.
- Implosions
- Rebuilding on the foundations of the Lord
- Also, Explosions of God’s presence
- Our suddenlies are not sudden to God.
- These are great times to be living.
- You can’t change the past, but the decisions you make today determine your future.
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