Cobram More Than Enough

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Cobram Offering- $15,000

Mens steak Night Wed. 19 July

The God of More Than Enough

Illustration- In Uganda, Educate & Help 400 hundred children, 600+ more Children needing help- Tired & overwhelmed- Someone else needs to help them- Read Fishes & Loaves- Convicted

5000 Men Fed In All 4 Gospels

Matthew 14:13–21 (NKJV) 13 When Jesus heard it, He departed from there by boat to a deserted place by Himself. But when the multitudes heard it, they followed Him on foot from the cities. 14 And when Jesus went out He saw a great multitude; and He was moved with compassion for them, and healed their sick. 15 When it was evening, His disciples came to Him, saying, “This is a deserted place, and the hour is already late. Send the multitudes away, that they may go into the villages and buy themselves food.” 16 But Jesus said to them, “They do not need to go away. You give them something to eat.” 17 And they said to Him, “We have here only five loaves and two fish.” 18 He said, “Bring them here to Me.” 19 Then He commanded the multitudes to sit down on the grass. And He took the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up to heaven, He blessed and broke and gave the loaves to the disciples; and the disciples gave to the multitudes. 20 So they all ate and were filled, and they took up twelve baskets full of the fragments that remained. 21 Now those who had eaten were about five thousand men, besides women and children.

Disciples- Send Them Away-

Send- to dismiss, let die, let go

Jesus Had Compassion on The Multitude-We Cant Send Away What Jesus Loves

Jesus Leaves The 99 to find the one but He also cares deeply about the Great Mulitudes- Thats why we plant churches all over the world.

“For God So Loved The World He Sent.....”

God Sends Answers To People He Loves- Jesus

You Give Them Something To Eat- You give them what they need. They need to eat.

The Disciples Were Hungry- Mark 6:30–31 (NKJV)

30 Then the apostles gathered to Jesus and told Him all things, both what they had done and what they had taught. 31 And He said to them, “Come aside by yourselves to a deserted place and rest a while.” For there were many coming and going, and they did not even have time to eat.

God We Don’t Have Enough- Everyman For Themselves

Illustration- The last 2 trips to Uganda I have felt so overwhelmed with the need. Ive said the same words the disciple said to Jesus

“We don’t have enough” During that time when I felt so overwhelmed I read the fishes & loaves passage and was convicted.

The Process- Follow “The Jesus Plan”

1-Understand Gods Economic Plan -

Hosea 4:6 (NKJV) 6 My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge.

18 He said, “Bring them here to Me.” Give What You Have To God

Give- God Gives- We give

Luke 6:38 (NKJV) 38 Give, and it will be given to you: good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over will be put into your bosom. For with the same measure that you use, it will be measured back to you.”

Give- Bestow as an adventure- what unexpected things will happen

Give/Release What You Have Into The Hands of Jesus

Prayer “God I let go and give control over to you of my wordly wealth”

-2 Understand Intrusted With Wordly Wealth -faithful- trust worthy- believer

Luke 16:11 (NIV) 11 So if you have not been trustworthy in handling worldly wealth, who will trust you with true riches?

-3 Break The Fear of Not Enough

Christians Dont Give Because They Fear They wont Have Enough-Proverbs 29:25 (NKJV) 25 The fear of man brings a snare, But whoever trusts in the Lord shall be safe.

Poor People Fear Not Having Enough- People In Uganda

Rich People Fear Not Having Enough- Australians

Illustration-John Rockefeller being asked by a reporter, “How much money is enough?” He responded, “I Just need a little bit more.”

NKJV 2 Ti 1:7. For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.

-3 Use What You Have- Your Fish & Loaves. Don’t wait till you think you have enough to give. Faith is the ability to believe in what you dont yet have

Illustration- 40 years of following faith and using what we have

Illustration- 13 years ago Ignite Life Church was about 30-40 people with 1 campus and 1 Pastor . There are now 13 campuses- 30 + Pastors- 2 Chaplans- 2 Bible Schools- 4 schools- 1000+ children

What I have personelly doesnt make since considering what Ive earnt

Ephesians 3:20 (NKJV) 20 Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us,

4 -Understand What Heavens Touch Does

“....And He took the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up to heaven, He blessed and broke and gave....”

You Will have More Than Enough

The Chain Reaction of Blessing

Illustration- Mary in Uganda is praying for help from God for her children.

Pastor John knows her needs and is praying to God and tells me.

I tell people here and am praying

You give- Mary Is amazed & Blessed - John is .....- Keith is .....-

You are blessed