0891 Encounter - Challenge Status Quo

Encounter Series | Challenge the Status Quo

Sacrifice Sunday | January 27, 2019

And Abraham called the name of the place, The Lord Will Provide; as it is said to this day, “In the Mount of the Lord it shall be provided.” Genesis 22:14

Now may He who supplies seed to the sower, and the bread for food, supply and multiply the seed you have sown and increase the fruits of your righteousness 2 Corinthians 9:10

Once your spiritual life stops stretching, it becomes stagnant.

Blew my back. No Stretching. A lot of pain.

Sometimes you get prompted, but most of the times you will have to purpose in your heart!

So let each one give as he purposes in his heart 2 Corinthians 9:7

Abraham vs Solomon. Rich ruler vs Mary.

Routines can create revival but if we keep them too long they will put us into a rut.

New routines can birth revival. Old routines can bring you into a rut.

If we are in a rut, let's change the routine!

Elijah was at the brook for too long!

GYM: Bench press

>Fasting is not starving, it’s time to disconnect!

>Prayer - spend a day in prayer.

>Giving - sow in this soil.

Now after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, wise men from the East came to Jerusalem, saying, “Where is He who has been born King of the Jews? For we have seen His star in the East and have come to worship Him.” Matthew 2:1-2

The way Pharisees treated Jesus then is the way Pentecostals treat the Holy Spirit now.

Pharisees were familiar, passive, had all the answers, and settled in their ability to explain.

Wise men were fascinated, passionate, had a lot of questions, and sought to have an experience.

Encounter with the Holy Spirit begins with right information. (scripture)

Not every supernatural is scriptural.

Jocko drinking toilet water!

“Secret” “Power of Now” “Course in Miracles” “Be Here Now”. Mediums, angels, spirits and spirituality.

Wise men don’t seek spiritually outside of scripture.

Pharisees squeeze supernatural out of scripture. (John 5:39)

Encounter with the Holy Spirit is fueled by holy inspiration. (star)

We are surrounded by a cloud of witnesses to run the race Hebrews 12:1

Goal is not to be reach their height but to lead to an encounter.

Encounter with the Holy Spirit happens by right desperation. (seeking)

Encounter with the Holy Spirit ruins you for normal.

It changes your worship, giving and walk.

The reason why the encounter starts so small is because it's never meant to be the only one.

Encounter changes you. Encounters change the world.

How do you treat the Holy Spirit? Like Pharisees treated Jesus or like Wise Men?