out of the world
02 September 2023
Pastor Daniel
There is time of refreshing in the presence of the Lord
I am in His presence, there shall be time of refreshing (recovery)
Do I need to be recover from something?
Recovery and revival
God's heart is for me to recover me and revival me in His presence
Face to face to meet Him who made me completely whole
God is never done with my story
He keeps on writing
God is in my life, God always grows me from glory to glory, strength to strength
Ecclesiastes 3:11
He has made everything beautiful in its time.
The same Jesus who is here today, who meet with me, beauty and glorious of Jesus Christ
God is here to meet me in the point of my need
I shall live and I shall not die, I declare the glory of the Lord
God is a good God
His heart is always be to do good for me
Acts 3:18-21
18 But those things which God foretold by the mouth of all His prophets, that the Christ would suffer, He has thus fulfilled.
19 Repent therefore and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, so that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord,
20 and that He may send Jesus Christ, who was preached to you before,
21 whom heaven must receive until the times of restoration of all things, which God has spoken by the mouth of all His holy prophets since the world began.
"repent" => to change mind
"converted" => to return
God wants to blot up my sin in Jesus' name
Refreshing => recovery revival
Restoration of all things
God's heart is to restore all things to me
God will restore double the quality and quantity to me
He don't restore just 1 or 2 things
God will not stop until all things have restore to me
His desire is to restore
Believe that I will receive things out of this world
God is writing my story, He continue to write in Jesus' name
Father's house => a place a prodigal son came back (Luke 15:11-32)
prodigal son more conscious of his feelings and done wrong, he came back, he was ambush with embrace, knock out by kisses and it was his father
God is not angry with me, He have already forgiven me. God don't condemn me
Most people conscious of lack, hard to themselves, think God is hard on them
God is no longer angry with me. He loves me
He wants to restore me everything that I have lost
Prodigal son's father saw him from afar. The father have been searching the horizon all times everyday
I'm conscious about my sin/ lack, God is actually running towards me
3 John 1:2
Beloved, I pray that you may prosper in all things and be in health, just as your soul prospers.
God tells me "Beloved I wish above all things, prosper in all things even as your soul prosper"
God's wishes that I am blessed
God is concern healing of my body and healing of my heart
things in my life, I am struggling with, God is here at the point of my need
Feel defeated, Spiritual maths, God's way of maths is very different
Bible have 2 feedings:
1) feeding of 4000; 7 loaves of bread and few small fish
2) feeding of 5000; 5 loaves of bread and 2 small fish
To feed 4000 people, Jesus see the multitude, when Jesus saw the multitudes, He saw sheep without shepherd. His heart beats with compassion. He went above healing all, doing good, delivering oppression of devil
Less bread for more people
*He uses less for more
I think I need to have more to bless, God is looking for less, God is looking to bless me
Doesn't matter how many zero I have, look into Jesus and He will bless me
1,000,000 => look into the one
Paul 2 Corinthians 12:9-10
9 And He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore most gladly I will rather boast in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.
10 Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in needs, in persecutions, in distresses, for Christ’s sake. For when I am weak, then I am strong.
I can bring my weakness to God
God will make my weakness to strength and all glory to God
Pastor Prince used to be a stutterer, along the way, give God this weakness, Lord, if you can use nothing, use it. God touch his mouth and he started talking and preaching so well now
Hope is greater than my strength
There's a God who wants to exchange my weakness and give me the strength
Theme of the Year
1 man 1 woman
Mark 5:1-20 man- day and night crying, cutting himself, demon possess, leave on other side of Galilee, pain inside of him so great that he have to find some thing to release
he cries day and nigh it reached the heart of compassion Jesus Christ, needed love to break the wall of pain
During the journey to meet the demon possessed man, there's a storm, disciples cries, Jesus was sleeping. He rebuke the storm, peace, be still and the storm became perfect calm
He step out of the boat, demon possessed man came and kneel down the feet. Jesus looked at the man and ask "what is your name?"
the man name is Legion (number of demons in this man)
Legion means army (number of soldiers 2000-6000)
demons begged Jesus, do not send them back to hell but into the pigs. Jesus asked them to get out of the man. Legion was seated with Jesus, he was clothed in his right mind, God restore his mind)
God's desire is to restore me in my right mind
Heaven is created for me
John 14:2-3
2 In My Father’s house are many [a]mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.
3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself; that where I am, there you may be also.
hell is made for devils and fallen angels
Beyond any shadow of doubt, I will be with Him in Heaven
Jesus dries all those storm away
Jesus cares for my family and friends
With Jesus in my life, God will restore me to my family and friends
Luke 13:10-17 woman stuck in whole of pain for 18 years, no power to raise herself, bow down for 18 years. Jesus saw her and called for her
back days none of the girl is infant, all women will be at last row. Immediately, she is straighten up
Jesus told her, "woman you are loose from the power of darkness"
No power of darkness can stand against Jesus Christ
He is out of this world, He loves me, He will set into the world to set me free
Matthew 11:28-30
28 Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
29 Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.
30 For My yoke is easy and My burden is light.”
God's heart is to give me rest today
My rest will cause restoration to come, everything will change and transform
Rest is mentioned 2 times
Rest in the beginning, rest at the end, sandwich by His rest
Jesus is talking "Take my yoke, learn from me"
Yoke in-between 2 oxens, 1 old and 1 young
Only time Jesus have yoke on Him physically is when He was carrying the cross upon His back
Luke 23:26 Simon of Cyrene was beside Him
Find rest for my soul, really wants to rest, rest that Jesus gives me, there is a place by Jesus' side "for I am meek and lowly"
Side by side, no distance
Every step Jesus take, Simon was there
Jesus saying "This cross is not one, is yours. I carry for you. This wounds, I carry for you"
Luke 23:34 He opened up His hands, "Father, forgive them, they don't know what they are doing"
My sin put Jesus on the cross
There is an invitation to let me know there is a love so consume with my freedom
Jesus crucified, Simon looking up the Lord
Jesus told the jews "don't cry for me", He thinks of others
Love is always sacrifice
See the cross, See Jesus
That's love inviting me to come
John 3:16
"For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life."
Receive everlasting life
When Jesus steps in, every struggling ends
John 10:10
"...I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly."
Jesus tells me => "I am the light of the world, I am the bread of the life, I love you"
Jesus so love me that He laid down His life for me
Thank you Jesus!
Amen!
