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Pastor Jim wished all the mothers in the congregation and online a very happy Mother’s Day. It was a day dedicated to the celebration of motherhood, acknowledging the great devotion mothers have toward their families. He pointed out there was one specific thing at which mothers are very good—how to feed their children the Bread of Life like no one else can.
Pastor Mac taught a message entitled, “The Accuser of Brethren.” “This message is important,” he said, “because it encapsulates our challenge in this life and summarizes things in a significant way.” His subject? How to avoid deception! The basic truth of this message is this: If the enemy can’t deceive you, he can’t defeat you!
Pastor Jim preached a message subtitled, “The Holy Spirit Leads You Out of the Dominion of Sin.” This is his 33rd message in his teaching series on the book of Romans called “Unveiled Grace.” The message was based on Romans 8:13, “For if you live according to [the dictates of] the flesh, you will surely die. But if through the power of the [Holy] Spirit you are [habitually] putting to death (making extinct, deadening) the [evil] deeds prompted by the body, you shall [really and genuinely] live forever.” (Amp.) This verse tells us that through the Holy Spirit, we have the power to put to death the evil deeds of the body.
Pastor Mac taught a message on the celebration of Easter. He said, “The kingdom of God is based upon the Word of God. In fact, the kingdom of God is a manifestation of the Word of God and His purposes on the earth.” The celebration of Easter is a centerpiece of all that He’s done to enable humanity to rise to the level only possible in Him—and to escape the realm of death!
Pastor Jim taught the 31st message in his series on Romans: “Unveiling Grace.” The Bible is clear, under the New Covenant, there is no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus. Yet many believers are walking around under the weight of condemnation. Pastor Jim explains these believers are trying to absolve themselves of their sins through their own self-effort, which is another way of saying “through their flesh.” What they’re trying to do is live under Old Covenant laws. There’s a word for Christians like that—miserable!
We Shall Reap, Part #3 | Keith Moore | November 6, 2022
Recap:
What a weekend we had with guest minister Keith Moore! It was a blessing as we listened to his various messages on reaping and harvesting what God has prepared for us. This was a weekend where you may want to listen to ALL three messages to get the full picture of what Keith was sharing. When you sow into God’s kingdom, you are planting financial seed into the ground. It is your job, however, to expect and reap a harvest! God has given you the ability to do so. In fact, your harvest is often waiting, and too many Christians don’t realize that they are supposed to actively get it by faith!
Dive Deeper:
Faith is the hand that takes what God has so graciously given. In fact, it is our responsibility to be on the lookout for our harvest. How? We need to pay attention to the leading of the Holy Spirit on the inside of us. We need to be aware of when He leads us to our harvest, and we need to be ready to obey and take our harvest.
Think for a moment about the power of the seed. If you plant seed, a multiplication process begins. A seed always works to produce miraculously more than it initially had. Reaping, however, is not automatic. We need to learn to take our harvest by faith. Claim what you need. Claim your harvest. Don’t leave your harvest up to God. Believe it. Claim it. Listen to God for His direction as to where you shall reap it!
The first generation of Israelites didn’t possess the Promised Land. They felt sorry for themselves and didn’t embrace the courageous faith that they needed to reap their rewards. On the other hand, the lady with the issue of blood pressed through the crowd and took a healing from Jesus. She didn’t even ask if it would be okay. Faith is not for the wimpy!
Religion makes beggars out of men. God wants you to possess all He has prepared for you by faith! What you bind on earth will be bound in heaven and what you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.
Read About It:
Galatians 6:9 KJV
And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.
1 Timothy 6:12 KJV
Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, whereunto thou art also called, and hast professed a good profession before many witnesses.
Mark 11:24 KJV
Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them.
Luke 8:43–48 KJV
And a woman having an issue of blood twelve years, which had spent all her living upon physicians, neither could be healed of any, came behind him, and touched the border of his garment: and immediately her issue of blood stanched. And Jesus said, Who touched me? When all denied, Peter and they that were with him said, Master, the multitude throng thee and press thee, and sayest thou, Who touched me? And Jesus said, Somebody hath touched me: for I perceive that virtue is gone out of me. And when the woman saw that she was not hid, she came trembling, and falling down before him, she declared unto him before all the people for what cause she had touched him, and how she was healed immediately. And he said unto her, Daughter, be of good comfort: thy faith hath made thee whole; go in peace.
Proverbs 10:5 KJV
He that gathereth in summer is a wise son: but he that sleepeth in harvest is a son that causeth shame.
Discussion Questions:
1. Have you planted seed in the ground?
2. Have you reaped a harvest?
3. How does God lead you to a harvest?
4. How do you take your harvest by faith?