BUILT - Part 4
BUILT
When the storms of life come, are you BUILT?
When the rains descend, floods rise and winds blow, are you unshakeable and unmovable; are you unstoppable?
Is the storm:
A relationship
A disappointment
A fear
A compulsive and destructive behavior
An under resourced vision
A biological weakness
PSALM 127:1-5 NKJV (Solomon said) Unless the LORD BUILDS the house, They labor in vain who BUILD it;
QUESTION: HOW DOES THE LORD BUILD THE HOUSE?
MATTHEW 7:24-27 NKJV (Jesus said) Therefore WHOEVER hears these SAYINGS OF MINE, and DOES THEM, I will liken him to a WISE MAN who BUILT his HOUSE ON THE ROCK: 25 and the rain descended, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house; and it did not fall, for it was founded on the rock. 26 But everyone who hears these sayings of Mine, and does not do them, will be like a foolish man who BUILT his house on the sand: 27 and the rain descended, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house; and it fell. And great was its fall.
TO BE BUILT MEANS I MUST…
THINK it till I FEEL it,
FEEL it till I DO it,
and DO it till I LIVE it!
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MANY PEOPLE …
SING the Word
TALK the Word
QUOTE the Word
ANALYZE the Word
Put the Word on magnets and BUMPER stickers
TATTOO the Word to their arms
STUDY the Word (Greek/Hebrew)
WRITE PAPERS on the Word
Set Word promises on SMALL CARDS around their house
Listen to the Word on Cd and MP3
Go to CONFERENCES for the Word
YET still refuse TO DO THE WORD!
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THINK IT
HEAR IT
IMAGINE IT
DECLARE IT
[TILL I FEEL IT]
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Real Faith in the Word says, “If God says it is true, it is.” If God says He is the strength of my life, He is. So I go about doing my work because He is what He says He is, and I am what He says I am.”
If He says I am STRONG, I am.
If He says I have JOY, then I do.
If He says SERVING OTHERS gives meaning to my life, then that is what I do.
If He says that GIVING FINANCIAL to His Kingdom is what multiplies my own resources, then I give.
If He says that MY FORGIVENESS OF OTHERS is a choice of obedience that frees up my life, then I forgive.
If He says that I HAVE BEEN FORGIVEN and guilt has been removed, then I am forgiven and act as though no more guilt exist.
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TODAY’S SERMON NOTES
JOSHUA 1:8 NKJV (God said to Joshua) This BOOK OF THE LAW (Word of God) shall not depart from your MOUTH, but you shall MEDITATE in it day and night, that you may OBSERVE TO DO according to all that is written in it. For then you will make your way PROSPEROUS, and then you will have GOOD SUCCESS.
HOW TO INTEGRATE, REGULATE AND ACTIVATE
THINK IT
HEAR IT
IMAGINE IT
DECLARE IT
[TILL I FEEL IT]
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To be BUILT means I must…
INTEGRATE God’s Word into my THINKING
REGULATE God’s Word into my EMOTIONS
ACTIVATE God’s Word into my DOING
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TO BE BUILT MEANS I MUST…
THINK it till I FEEL it,
FEEL it till I DO it,
and DO it till I LIVE it!
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DECLARATIONS – DECLARE IT!
FACING PRESSURE - I am of God and have overcome him (satan). For greater is He that is in me, than he that is in the world. (I John 4:4)
FACING PRESSURE - I am far from oppression and fear does not come near me. (Isaiah 54:14)
FACING PRESSURE - No weapon formed against me will prosper, for my righteousness is of the Lord. But whatever I do will prosper for I’m like a tree that’s planted by the rivers of water (Isaiah 54;17; Psalm 1:3)
PEACE - The peace of God which passes all understanding keeps my heart and my mind through Christ Jesus. And things which are good, and pure, and perfect, and lovely, and of good report, I think on these things. (Philippians 4:7-8)
REACH POTENTIAL - The Lord will perfect that which concerns me. (Psalm 138:8)
GAINING WISDOM - I am a new creation in Christ, I am His workmanship created in Christ Jesus. Therefore I have the mind of Christ and the wisdom of God is formed within me. (II Corinthians 5:17; Ephesians 2:10; I Corinthians 2:16)
FREEDOM/GUILT - And I, having received the gift of righteousness do reign as a king in life by Jesus Christ. (Romans 5:17)
FREEDOM DARK - I am delivered from the power of darkness and I am translated into the kingdom of His dear Son. (Colossians 1:13)
REDEEMED KIDS - Great is the peace of my children for they are taught of the Lord. (Isaiah 54:13)
PROTECTION - No evil will befall me neither shall any plague come near my dwelling. For the Lord has given His angels charge over me and they keep me in all my ways, and in my pathway is life and there is no death. (Psalm 91:10-11; Proverbs 12:28)
SECURE DECISIONS - I do follow the good shepherd and I know His voice and the voice of a stranger I will not follow. (John 10:4-5)
SECURE DECISIONS - The Lord enlarges my steps and establishes my thoughts. Therefore I will make healthy Holy Spirit-led decisions. (Psalm 18:36; Proverbs 16:3)
REDEEMED DECISIONS - The Lord redeems my life from destruction and crowns me with tender mercies. The Lord satisfies my mouth with good things. My steps are ordered by the Lord. Even if I were to fall down, He upholds me with his hand. (Ps 103:4; Ps 37:23-24)
SUCCESS AND PROSPERITY - The Lord makes my way prosperous and gives me good success. Jesus has redeemed me from the curse of sin and given me the grace (power in human weakness) to have unlimited available resources. (Joshua 1:8; Gal 3:13; 2 Cor 8:7)
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HOW WILL I…
BUILT
THINK IT?
FEEL IT?
DO IT?
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OTHER SCRIPTURES:
PROVERBS 4:20-23 NKJV My son, give ATTENTION to my WORDS; Incline your EAR to my SAYINGS. 21 Do NOT let them DEPART from your EYES; KEEP them in the midst of your HEART; 22 For they [are] LIFE to those who find them, And HEALTH to all their flesh. 23 KEEP your HEART with all DILIGENCE, For out of it [spring] the issues of life.
PROVERBS 23:7 NKJV For as he THINKS IN HIS HEART, so [is] he…
JAMES 1:2-8 NKJV My brethren, count it all joy when you FALL INTO VARIOUS TRIALS, 3 knowing that the TESTING OF YOUR FAITH produces PATIENCE. 4 But let PATIENCE have [its] PERFECT WORK, that you may be PERFECT AND COMPLETE, LACKING NOTHING. 5 If ANY OF YOU LACKS wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach, and it will be given to him. 6 But let him ASK IN FAITH, with NO DOUBTING, for he who doubts is like a wave of the sea driven and tossed by the wind. 7 For LET NOT THAT MAN suppose that he will RECEIVE ANYTHING from the Lord; 8 [he is] a DOUBLE-MINDED MAN, UNSTABLE in ALL his ways.
JAMES 1:22-25 NKJV But be DOERS OF THE WORD, and NOT HEARERS ONLY, DECEIVING YOURSELVES. 23 For if anyone is a HEARER OF THE WORD and NOT A DOER, he is like a man OBSERVING his natural face in a MIRROR; 24 for he OBSERVES himself, goes away, and IMMEDIATELY FORGETS what kind of man he was. 25 But he who LOOKS INTO the perfect law of liberty and CONTINUES [IN IT], and is NOT A FORGETFUL HEARER but a DOER OF THE WORK, this one will be BLESSED in WHAT HE DOES.
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HOW WILL I…
BUILT
THINK IT?
FEEL IT?
DO IT?