Preparing For A Move Of God

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Introduction

PREPARING OUR HEARTS FOR MIRACLES AND MINISTRY
Summary:
THIS MESSAGE IS ABOUT PREPARING OUR HEARTS FOR MIRACLES AND MINISTRY AND HIGHLIGHTS THE FOLLOWING:
1. PRAYER
2. FAITH
3. HOLY SPIRIT
4. PREPARING FOR MIRACLE DELIVERANCE
5. HUMILITY
6. A PURE HEART
7. PREPARING OUR HEARTS TO BE USED BY GOD

1.PRAYER

The Lord urges us to call unto Him and He promises to answer us. Often we waste our time and efforts calling on people who are unable to help us. The Lord asks to call upon Him and He will answer us in a great and amazing way because He is a great and amazing God. If we find ourselves all alone in the day of trouble , it is an opportunity for us to rely on God alone .We will experience His deliverance and we will give all the glory to God alone. We would not be under any obligation to any man because it was the Lord alone who delivered us.
SCRIPTURE REFERENCES
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Jeremiah 33:3 NKJV
‘Call to Me, and I will answer you, and show you great and mighty things, which you do not know.’
Psalm 50:15 NKJV
Call upon Me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you shall glorify Me.”

2.FAITH

The Lord wants us to be strong in faith when we face mountains in our life.
Our faith in God can move mountains.
Our prayers must be full of faith in order to receive answers.
We must also be free from bitterness and unforgiveness in order to receive amazing answers to our prayers.
We must be patient and not give up until we receive the fulfillment of the promises of God.
The Lord wants us to live by faith.
We must believe in the faithfulness of God and His promises even before we can see the answer to our prayers.
We please God by our faith in God even in the face of trials and tribulations.
We grieve the Holy Spirit when allow fear and doubt and worry to fill our hearts.
God has not given us the spirit of fear but of power and love and sound mind.
SCRIPTURE REFERENCES
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Mark 11:22–26 NKJV
So Jesus answered and said to them, “Have faith in God. For assuredly, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, ‘Be removed and be cast into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that those things he says will be done, he will have whatever he says. Therefore I say to you, whatever things you ask when you pray, believe that you receive them, and you will have them. “And whenever you stand praying, if you have anything against anyone, forgive him, that your Father in heaven may also forgive you your trespasses. But if you do not forgive, neither will your Father in heaven forgive your trespasses.”
Hebrews 10:35–39 NKJV
Therefore do not cast away your confidence, which has great reward. For you have need of endurance, so that after you have done the will of God, you may receive the promise: “For yet a little while, And He who is coming will come and will not tarry. Now the just shall live by faith; But if anyone draws back, My soul has no pleasure in him.” But we are not of those who draw back to perdition, but of those who believe to the saving of the soul.
Hebrews 11:1 NKJV
Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.
Hebrews 11:6 NKJV
But without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him.
2 Timothy 1:7 NKJV
For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.

3.HOLY SPIRIT

The Lord wants to deliver us by the power of the Holy Spirit.
We should not rely on human might or power to move the mountains in our life.
The Lord will remove the obstacles through the power of the Holy Spirit .
He will make the mountains into level ground.
When the enemy comes like a flood, the Holy Spirit will raise up a standard against him.
SCRIPTURE REFERENCES
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Zechariah 4:6–7 NKJV
So he answered and said to me: “This is the word of the Lord to Zerubbabel: ‘Not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit,’ Says the Lord of hosts. ‘Who are you, O great mountain? Before Zerubbabel you shall become a plain! And he shall bring forth the capstone With shouts of “Grace, grace to it!” ’ ”
Isaiah 59:19 NKJV
So shall they fear The name of the Lord from the west, And His glory from the rising of the sun; When the enemy comes in like a flood, The Spirit of the Lord will lift up a standard against him.

4. PREPARING FOR MIRACLE DELIVERANCE

The Lord wants us to prepare our hearts so that He can move mightily on our behalf.
The eyes of the Lord are running throughout the whole earth to show Himself strong on behalf of those whose hearts are loyal to Him.
If we humble ourselves and turn from our sins and seek the face of God, the Lord will hear our cry and forgive our sins and heal our land.
When our hearts are sanctified the Lord will do amazing wonders in our life.
SCRIPTURE REFERENCES
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2 Chronicles 16:9 NKJV
For the eyes of the Lord run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to show Himself strong on behalf of those whose heart is loyal to Him. In this you have done foolishly; therefore from now on you shall have wars.”
2 Chronicles 7:14 NKJV
if My people who are called by My name will humble themselves, and pray and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal their land.
Isaiah 59:1–2 NKJV
Behold, the Lord’s hand is not shortened, That it cannot save; Nor His ear heavy, That it cannot hear. But your iniquities have separated you from your God; And your sins have hidden His face from you, So that He will not hear.
Proverbs 28:13 NKJV
He who covers his sins will not prosper, But whoever confesses and forsakes them will have mercy.
1 John 1:7–9 NKJV
But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanses us from all sin. If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
Joshua 3:5 NKJV
And Joshua said to the people, “Sanctify yourselves, for tomorrow the Lord will do wonders among you.”

5. HUMILITY

The Lord wants us walk in humility in order to experience His deliverance.
When we humble ourselves and become submitted to God, we are empowered to resist the devil and cause the devil to flee.
We must draw near to God and He will come close to us.
When we humble ourselves, the Lord will lift us up.
Manasseh humbled himself greatly before God in his time of distress and the Lord delivered him.
SCRIPTURE REFERENCES
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James 4:6–10 NKJV
But He gives more grace. Therefore He says: “God resists the proud, But gives grace to the humble.” Therefore submit to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you. Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify your hearts, you double-minded. Lament and mourn and weep! Let your laughter be turned to mourning and your joy to gloom. Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and He will lift you up.
2 Chronicles 33:9–13 NKJV
So Manasseh seduced Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to do more evil than the nations whom the Lord had destroyed before the children of Israel. And the Lord spoke to Manasseh and his people, but they would not listen. Therefore the Lord brought upon them the captains of the army of the king of Assyria, who took Manasseh with hooks, bound him with bronze fetters, and carried him off to Babylon. Now when he was in affliction, he implored the Lord his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers, and prayed to Him; and He received his entreaty, heard his supplication, and brought him back to Jerusalem into his kingdom. Then Manasseh knew that the Lord was God.
Luke 14:11 NKJV
For whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted.”

6. A PURE HEART

The Lord wants us to have a pure heart.
We must ask the Lord to examine our hearts and reveal the impurities within us and lead us in the eternal way.
The words of our mouth and meditations of our heart should be acceptable to God.
Our hearts must be free from the works of the flesh and manifest the fruit of the Spirit.
SCRIPTURE REFERENCES
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Psalm 51:10 NKJV
Create in me a clean heart, O God, And renew a steadfast spirit within me.
Psalm 139:23–24 NKJV
Search me, O God, and know my heart; Try me, and know my anxieties; And see if there is any wicked way in me, And lead me in the way everlasting.
Psalm 19:7–14 NKJV
The law of the Lord is perfect, converting the soul; The testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple; The statutes of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart; The commandment of the Lord is pure, enlightening the eyes; The fear of the Lord is clean, enduring forever; The judgments of the Lord are true and righteous altogether. More to be desired are they than gold, Yea, than much fine gold; Sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb. Moreover by them Your servant is warned, And in keeping them there is great reward. Who can understand his errors? Cleanse me from secret faults. Keep back Your servant also from presumptuous sins; Let them not have dominion over me. Then I shall be blameless, And I shall be innocent of great transgression. Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart Be acceptable in Your sight, O Lord, my strength and my Redeemer.
Galatians 5:19–24 NKJV
Now the works of the flesh are evident, which are: adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lewdness, idolatry, sorcery, hatred, contentions, jealousies, outbursts of wrath, selfish ambitions, dissensions, heresies, envy, murders, drunkenness, revelries, and the like; of which I tell you beforehand, just as I also told you in time past, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God. But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control. Against such there is no law. And those who are Christ’s have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.
Titus 2:11–14 NKJV
For the grace of God that brings salvation has appeared to all men, teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly in the present age, looking for the blessed hope and glorious appearing of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ, who gave Himself for us, that He might redeem us from every lawless deed and purify for Himself His own special people, zealous for good works.
1 John 2:15–17 NKJV
Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world—the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life—is not of the Father but is of the world. And the world is passing away, and the lust of it; but he who does the will of God abides forever.

7. PREPARING OUR HEARTS TO BE USED BY GOD

The Lord wants to use us for His glory and we must prepare our hearts in order to be used by Him.
If we want to be used by the Lord, we must be a pure vessel.
Then the Lord will use us as a vessel of honor.
The Lord wants to sanctify our body and soul and spirit and make us to stand before Him with joy of the Day of Judgement.
SCRIPTURE REFERENCES
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2 Timothy 2:19–21 NKJV
Nevertheless the solid foundation of God stands, having this seal: “The Lord knows those who are His,” and, “Let everyone who names the name of Christ depart from iniquity.” But in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and silver, but also of wood and clay, some for honor and some for dishonor. Therefore if anyone cleanses himself from the latter, he will be a vessel for honor, sanctified and useful for the Master, prepared for every good work.
1 Thessalonians 5:14–24 NKJV
Now we exhort you, brethren, warn those who are unruly, comfort the fainthearted, uphold the weak, be patient with all. See that no one renders evil for evil to anyone, but always pursue what is good both for yourselves and for all. Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, in everything give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you. Do not quench the Spirit. Do not despise prophecies. Test all things; hold fast what is good. Abstain from every form of evil. Now may the God of peace Himself sanctify you completely; and may your whole spirit, soul, and body be preserved blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. He who calls you is faithful, who also will do it.
Jude 20–25 NKJV
But you, beloved, building yourselves up on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Spirit, keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life. And on some have compassion, making a distinction; but others save with fear, pulling them out of the fire, hating even the garment defiled by the flesh. Now to Him who is able to keep you from stumbling, And to present you faultless Before the presence of His glory with exceeding joy, To God our Savior, Who alone is wise, Be glory and majesty, Dominion and power, Both now and forever. Amen.
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