Seasonal Doors....Part 1
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We got a new word above the word doors...
SOMEONE SAY....
SEASONAL
WE HAVE BEEN TALKING FOR ABOUT THE LAST 6 WEEKS
ON THE TOPIC OF DOORS
I WANT TO KEEP WITH THIS, HOWEVER
I WANT TO CHANGE THE WAY I APPROACH IT
AND WHAT I’M TALKING ABOUT REGARDING…DOORS
oh come on….are you ready
HOW MANY OF YOU BELIEVE GOD IS ABOUT TO DO SOMETHING GREAT?
I AM BOLD ENOUGH TO BELIEVE THAT ....
GOD IS GOING TO USE THIS CHURCH TO DO SOMETHING GREAT
TURN WITH ME THIS MORNING TO....
ECCLESIASTES 3.
THE WISEST MAN CLAIMED TO HAVE EVER LIVED
BY CHRISTIANS AND NON-CHRISTIANS ALIKE
IS A MAN NAMED SOLOMON
HE WROTE THE BOOK OF PROVERBS
THEN HE WROTE THE SONG OF SOLOMON
IF YOU HAVE NEVER READ THE SONG OF SOLOMON
I WOULD ENCOURAGE EVERY MARRIED COUPLE IN HERE TO READ THIS BOOK
AND ROLE PLAY WHILE YOU DO IT…LOL
SO HE WROTE SONG OF SOLOMON AND THEN WENT ON TO WRITE ECCLESIASTES.
THESE BOOKS WERE CALLED THE WISDOM BOOKS.
I HAVE ALWAYS TRIED MY BEST TO OPERATE MY LIFE USING WISDOM.....WHY?
BECAUSE I DON’T KNOW ABOUT YOU BUT….
I DON’T WANT TO SPEND MY WHOLE LIFE CLEANING UP MY MISTAKES
oh come on somebody….
CAN I GET AN AMEN?
I HAVE MADE A LOT OF MISTAKES IN MY LIFE
BUT MY GOAL IS TO STRIVE TO GROW IN WISDOM
I WANT TO BE A WISE PERSON
UNDERSTAND THIS...
SMART IS NOT WISE!
hello? I said….
YOU CAN HAVE MORE DEGREES THAN A THEMOMETER AND NOT BE WISE
WISDOM IS…APPLICATION OF WHAT YOU KNOW
I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO KNOW THE BIBLE
BUT THEY DON’T KNOW THE AUTHOR
IT WOULD BE WISE IF YOU WOULD GET TO KNOW THE PERSON WHO WROTE THE BIBLE
THEN THE BIBLE MEANS A WHOLE LOT MORE TO YOU
YOU SEE WHAT I’M SAYING???
WISDOM IS THE ABILITY TO KNOW DIFFERENCE
THERE WERE 2 THIEVES HANGING ON A CROSS
ONE DID NOT RECOGNIZE HE WAS HANGING BY THE MESSIAH
THE OTHER LOOKED AT HIM AND SAID ...
“REMEMBER ME IN PARADISE”
oh my lord…
IT’S THE ABILITY TO KNOW THE DIFFERENCE..
IN A ROOM
IN AN ATMOSPHERE
WHERE YOUR AT
WHAT YOU NEED TO SAY
WHEN YOU NEED TO HOLD YOUR PEACE
WHEN YOU NEED TO SPEAK
THIS IS ALL WISDOM
THE BIBLE SAYS IN JAMES
5 If any of you lacks wisdom, you should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to you.
GOD GIVES WISDOM FREELY
IT’S IMPORTANT TO ALWAYS BE SEEKING AND PRAYING FOR WISDOM
can I get an amen?
DOORS = OPPORTUNITIES
DOORS DON’T ALWAYS LOOK LIKE DOORS.....
BIG OPPORTUNITIES DON’T ALWAYS SHOW UP AND SAY
“I’M A BIG OPPORTUNITY
I HEARD A STORY THE OTHER DAY....
ONE OF THE RICHEST NAIL MODELS IN AMERICA
SHE MODELS NAILS, FINGERS AND TOES
SHE WAS SITTING ON AN AIRPLANE
A MOTHER OF 3 AND A STAY AT HOME MOM
SHE HAPPENED TO HAVE BEAUTIFUL NAILS
AND THE PERSON SITTING NEXT TO HER ON THE PLANE
WAS THE OWNER OF THE BIGGEST NAIL COMPANY IN THE WORLD
AND THAT OWNER NOTICED THIS WOMANS NAILS
AND NOW, THAT WOMEN IS A NAIL MODEL
MAKING A GAZILLION DOLLARS A YEAR
BECAUSE SHE KNOWS HOW TO PAINT HER TOE
I’M SURE WHEN SHE PUT THAT TOENAIL POLISH ON HER TOE AND GOT ON THAT AIRPLANE
SHE WAS NOT THINKING HER TOE WAS GONNA BE A BIG DOOR
OH COME ON SOMEBODY...
DOORS DON’T ALWAYS LOOK LIKE DOORS
YOU HAVE TO BE LOOKING AND PREPARED
UNDERSTAND THIS...
WE ARE ABOUT TO READ A BOOK FROM A WISE MAN
I’M GONNA TRY MY BEST TO BREAK IT DOWN FOR YOU
SO THAT IT’S USER FRIENDLY BEFORE YOU LEAVE
ARE YOU READY???
1 To everything there is a season,
A time for every purpose under heaven:
2 A time to be born,
And a time to die;
A time to plant,
And a time to pluck what is planted;
3 A time to kill,
And a time to heal;
A time to break down,
And a time to build up;
FOR THE SAKE OF TIME…LET’S SKIP DOWN TO VERSE 10
10 I have seen the God-given task with which the sons of men are to be occupied.
OK.....SO, THERE IS A TASK FOR WHICH YOU ARE TO BE OCCUPIED.
THE LAST WORD THAT JESUS SPOKE TO SOME BEFORE HE ASCENDED BACK INTO HEAVEN.....
WAS “OCCUPY TIL I COME”
CENTURY’S BEFORE THAT...
THE WISEST MAN SAYS....
“I HAVE SEEN THE TASKS FOR WHICH WE ARE TO BE OCCUPIED”
IN OTHER WORDS..
THERE IS SOMETHING THAT EVERYONE HAS BEEN PUT HERE TO DO
OH MY LORD...
UNDERSTAND THIS...
YOUR FULFILLMENT IN LIFE COME FROM….THAT!
I HAVE DONE A LOT OF THINGS IN MY LIFE WHERE I DID NOT FEEL FULFILLED IN DOING THEM.
GOD HAS CALLED YOU TO DO SOMETHING
AND THE EMPTINESS YOUR FEELING WILL NOT CEASE
UNTIL YOUR DOING WHAT GOD HAS CALLED YOU TO DO
NOTHING ELSE WILL SATISFY YOU
NO TROPHIES
NO PLAQUES
NO MONEY
NO SUCCESS
NOTHING WILL SATISFY
ONLY THAT WHICH GOD HAS PUT YOU HERE TO DO.
CAN I GET AN AMEN???
Ecclesiastes 3:11 (NKJV)
11 He has made everything beautiful in its time. Also He has put eternity in their hearts, except that no one can find out the work that God does from beginning to end.
SO THERE IS NOTHING MORE BEAUTIFUL THAN...
SEEING SOMETHING HAPPENING IN THE RIGHT SEASON
IN OTHER WORDS...
THERE IS NOTHING MORE BEAUTIFUL THAN YOU KNOWING...
WHAT SEASON YOUR IN
LET ME FLIP THAT FOR A SECOND...
THERE IS NOTHING THAT CAN GET MORE UGLY
IF YOU DON’T KNOW WHAT SEASON YOUR IN
YOU CAN DO A GREAT THING AT THE WRONG TIME
AND IT CAN END UP CRUMBLING RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOU
IF YOUR 19 YEARS OLD
YOU PROBABLY DON’T NEED TO BE A LIFE COACH
OH COME ON SOMEBODY....
CONT.
Ecclesiastes 3:11 Also He has put eternity in their hearts, except that no one can find out the work that God does from beginning to end.
SO, THE PROBLEM IS NOT “A” AND THE PROBLEM IS NOT “Z”
THE PROBLEM IS ALWAYS…L,M,N,O,P
OH COME ON....
THAT L,M,N,O,P
IS A BEAST
YOU KNOW WHERE YOU ARE
YOU KNOW WHAT YOU THINK GOD WANTS TO DO
BUT THE STUFF IN THE MIDDLE
SO HE SAID,
ETERNITY IS IN YOU
EVERYTHING IS BEAUTIFUL IN IT’S TIME
THE PROBLEM NOBODY CAN FIGURE OUT
WHAT GOD IS DOING IN THE MIDDLE
15 That which is has already been,
And what is to be has already been;
And God requires an account of what is past.
17 I said in my heart,
“God shall judge the righteous and the wicked,
For there is a time there for every purpose and for every work.”
I WANT TO TALK ABOUT DOORS OR OPPORTUNITIES..
THAT ONLY COME WHEN IT’S YOUR SEASON
can I get an amen?
THE REST OF MY SERMON IS VERY INFORMATIONAL
I NEED YOU TO PAY ATTENTION TO GET IT
ASK YOUR NEIGHBOR...
ARE YOU READY?
AFTER READING AND STUDYING THIS WEEK...
THERE ARE NOW.... 2 REVELATIONS IN THE BIBLE THAT HAS CHANGED MY LIFE
THE FIRST...
UNDERSTANDING BODY, SOUL, AND SPIRIT
THE FACT THAT I AM 3 DIMENSIONS
AND GOD SAVES ME DIMENSION BY DIMENSION
MY SPIRIT HAS BEEN SAVED
MY SOUL IS BEING SAVED
AND MY BODY SHALL BE SAVED
WHEN I UNDERSTOOD THIS....IT CHANGED MY LIFE
WHY??
IT FREED ME FROM CONDEMNATION
THE SECOND THING....IS WHAT I WANT TO TALK ABOUT TODAY
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN TIME AND ETERNITY
GOD LIVES IN ONE AND WE LIVE IN THE OTHER
IF I TOOK YOU TO 1 CHRONICLES 12 THERE IS A TRIBE OF MEN CALLED
THE MEN OF ISSACHAR
THESE MEN WERE A TRIBE OF MEN FROM ISRAEL
THE BIBLE SAYS ONE THING ABOUT THEM
I WANT YOU TO CATCH THIS....IT SAID...
THEY UNDERSTOOD THE TIMES AND THEY KNEW WHAT TO DO
oh come on…..
we need men who understand the times and know what to do….that is the man I want to be
THEIR ONLY JOB WAS TO UNDERSTAND THE SEASON
THAT THE NATION OF ISRAEL WAS IN
AND HELP THE GOVERNMENT MAKE DECISIONS
UNDERSTAND THIS...
IT WOULD DO YOU GOOD TO KNOW YOUR SEASON
WHERE ARE YOU?
WHERE AM I AT IN LIFE?
WHAT IS GOD DOING RIGHT NOW?
SOME OF YOU THINK YOUR FIGHTING A DEVIL IN YOUR LIFE
IT’S NOT A DEVIL
THE SEASON YOU WERE IN IS JUST OVER
I USE TO THINK FRIENDS ARE FOR LIFE.
I TRY TO EXPLAIN THIS TO MY KIDS….KAMRYN ESPECIALLY STRUGGLES EITH IT AS A GIRL.
WHAT I REALIZED WAS....
MOST FRIENDS ARE FRIENDS FOR A SEASON
AND I NEED TO LET THEM GO JUST AS PEACEFUL AS THEY CAME
JUST BECAUSE THEY MOVE ON DOESN’T MEAN I NEED TO TRASH THEM
OH COME ON SOMEBODY
THE BIBLE SAYS...
THERE IS A TIME FOR EVERY PURPOSE UNDER HEAVEN
PURPOSE IS DETERMINED IN HEAVEN
THE BIBLE SAYS IN ROMANS 8:29-30
29 For whom He foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, that He might be the firstborn among many brethren. 30 Moreover whom He predestined, these He also called; whom He called, these He also justified; and whom He justified, these He also glorified.
NOTICE GOD IS TALKING ABOUT YOU
AND HE IS TALKING ABOUT YOU IN PAST TENSE
EVERYTHING HE IS SAYING ABOUT YOU IS PAST TENSE
BECAUSE IN HEAVEN, EVERYTHING IS COMPLETED
JESUS SAID, “IT IS FINISHED”
WHEN JESUS BOWED HIS HEAD ON THE CROSS AND SAID
IT IS FINISHED
HE GAVE LEGAL RIGHT
TO EVERY THING ACCOMPLISHED IN HEAVEN
TO NOW ENTER IN THE EARTH
THE BIBLE SAYS..
YOU WERE CHOSEN IN CHRIST
BEFORE THE FOUNDATIONS OF THE WORLD
THE BIBLE SAYS..
THE LAMB, JESUS
WAS SLAIN BEFORE THE FOUNDATIONS OF THE WORLD
IN OTHER WORDS...
GOD HAS ALREADY PREDETERMINED OUR SALVATION
HE PREDETERMINED THAT JESUS WAS GONNA BE THE LAMB
THAT WAS GOING TO BE SLAINED TO SAVE THE WHOLE WORLD
THAT’S SOMETHING TO SHOUT ABOUT
IN HEAVEN ALL OF TIME IS COMPLETE
HEAVEN IS NOT OPERATING IN TIME
HEAVEN IS OPERATING IN ETERNITY
TIME IS INSIDE OF ETERNITY
GOD IS NOT GOING THROUGH TIME....
TIME IS INSIDE OF GOD
OH COME ON SOMEBODY...
YOU GOTTA GET THIS THIS MORNING
GOD IS
ALPHA AND OMEGA
HE’S BEGINNING AND END
HE’S GENESIS, HE’S REVELATION
HE’S AUTHOR AND HE’S FINISHER
AND HE IS ALL OF THIS AT THE SAME TIME
GOD DOES NOT HAVE A PAST, PRESENT OR FUTURE
GOD IS IN A PERPETUAL STATE OF.....IS
GOD SHOWS UP TO MOSES IN A BUSH THAT WAS BURNING AND IT WAS NOT CONSUMED
MOSES DOESN’T KNOW GOD
GOD SAYS TO MOSES...
TAKE OFF YOUR SHOES, YOUR ON HOLY GROUND
GOD SAYS I WANT YOU TO GO TELL PHAROAH...
TO LET MY PEOPLE GO
MOSES SAYS...
I DON’T EVEN KNOW WHO YOU ARE
WHO DO I TELL THEM SENT ME
HE SAID
YOU TELL HIM.....”I AM” SENT YOU
I AM SENT YOU...
NOT I WAS
NOT…I’M GONNA BE
NOT....I’M BECOMING
HE SAID....I AM
I AM,
I AM TOMORROW
I AM YESTERDAY
GOD IS IN A PERPETUAL STATE OF....I AM
IF YOU NEED PROVISION
I AM THAT
IF YOU NEED HEALING
I AM THAT
IF YOU NEED PEACE
I AM THAT
PROTECTION
I AM THAT
WHATEVER YOU NEED......I AM
CAN SOMEBODY GIVE HIM SOME PRAISE THIS MORNING
JESUS THE SONG OF GOD
SHOWS UP TO LAZARUS’S HOUSE
LAZARUS IS DEAD
LAZARUS HAS 2 SISTER
MARY AND MARTHA
MARTHA COMES TO JESUS AND SAYS
“IF YOU WOULD HAVE BEEN HERE DAYS AGO”
“YOU COULD HAVE STOPPED THIS”
SO “YOU COULD HAVE BEEN”
IS WHAT SHES SAYING
JESUS SAID
YOUR BROTHER WILL RISE AGAIN
MARTHA SAYS....
YEAH I KNOW,
ON THE LAST DAY AT THE RESURRECTION
JESUS SAID...
IT’S NOT I COULD HAVE BEEN
OR I WILL BE
HE SAID,
I AM THE RESURRECTION
AND I AM THE LIFE
HE SAID...
DO YOU BELIEVE THIS???
I AM, I AM , I AM
RIGHT NOW
CAN I GET AN AMEN?
.....WORSHIP TEAM COME.....
GOD’S TIMING IS EVERYTHING...
OUR TIME IS NOT GOD’S TIME
YOU MAY BE IN A SITUATION WHERE...
TIME SEEMS TO BE RUNNING OUT
NOTHING SEEMS TO BE HAPPENING
AND IN YOUR CARNAL MIND
EVERYTHING AROUND YOU IS SAYING....
TIME’S UP
WHAT HAPPENS IS..WE END UP MAKING DECISIONS PREMATURELY
THAT ARE NOT IN GOD’S TIMING
AND THE RESULT IS CATASTROPHIC
IT SAID, EVERYTHING IS BEAUTIFUL
IN IT’S TIME
EVERY MOVE YOU MAKE AND STEP YOU TAKE
HAS A TIME AND SEASON
....STAND TO YOUR FEET.....
UNDERSTAND THIS…CHURCH
SEASONS CHANGE
A NEW SEASON WILL FORCE YOU TO ADAPT
WERE GONNA TALK MORE ABOUT THIS NEXT WEEK BUT,
HOW DO I KNOW IF I’M IN A NEW SEASON
YOUR HAVING TO ADAPT
THERE ARE MANY HERE
WHO DO NOT LIKE CHANGE
BUT I’M TELLING YOU THIS MORNING...
IF YOU DO NOT ADAPT TO THE SEASON YOUR WALKING THROUGH
YOU VERY WELL MAY MISS WHAT GOD IS TRYING TO DO IN YOUR LIFE
AMEN????
EVERY HEAD BOWED AND EYE CLOSED
IF YOUR HEAR AND YOU FIND YOURSELF IN A SEASON THAT’S DIFFICULT
MAYBE YOU’VE BEEN PRAYING FOR GOD TO ANSWER A PRAYER
AND YOUR IN A SEASON OF WAITING
MAYBE YOUR IN NEED OF DIRECTION IN YOUR LIFE
MAYBE THERE ARE SOME DECISIONS THAT NEED TO BE MADE AND YOUR TRYING TO WAIT ON GOD
WOULD YOU JUST RAISE YOUR HAND THIS MORNING?
THESE ALTARS ARE OPEN AND
I WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU NOT TO LEAVE UNTIL
YOU’VE LAID EVERYTHING AT HIS FEET THIS MORNING
MAYBE YOUR IN NEED OF GODLY WISDOM THIS MORNING
HE SAID ALL YOU GOTTA DO IS ASK
DESIRE GODLY WISDOM AND ASK
AND HE GIVES IT GENEROUSLY