seasonal doors....part 2
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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.
GOD CREATED TIME!!!
IN THE BEGINNING.....GOD
THAT MEANS...
WHEN GOD STARTED TIME
HE LOOKED AT HIS WATCH AND TOLD TIME....
YOUR LATE…WHERE YOU BEEN?
TIME HAS A BEGINNING AND IT HAS AN END
HE’S AUTHOR FINISHER
GENESIS, REVELATION
ALPHA OMEGA
BEGINNING AND END
ALL OF THIS FITS INSIDE OF....GOD
WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND THAT...
GOD IS NOT IN TIME
HE CREATED TIME
WE ARE IN TIME
WE WERE CREATED FOR A PURPOSE
AND EVERY PURPOSE THAT LEAVES HEAVEN
COMES TO EARTH AND HAS A.....
TIME ...ATTACHED TO IT
THIS IS WHY WE DON’T HAVE TIME....
TO WASTE TIME
YOU HAVE AN OBLIGATION TO FIND OUT....
WHAT THE PURPOSE IS....
FOR WHICH GOD PUT YOU HERE
AND YOU GOTTA MAKE THE BEST USE OF YOUR TIME
OH COME ON SOMEBODY....
YOUR ABOUT TO GET SICK OF HEARING ABOUT TIME TODAY
YOU HAVE TO KNOW WHAT TIME YOU ARE IN
AND WHAT PURPOSE YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO FULFILL IN YOUR TIME
BECAUSE THIS IS WHEN LIFE REALLY GETS BEAUTIFUL
WHEN YOU ARE FULFILLING EVERY PURPOSE IN IT’S…TIME
OH COME ON.....
LIFE CAN BE UGLY AND OUT OF SYNC
WHEN YOU ARE IN YOUR TIME
BUT WHEN YOU GET IN GOD’S TIME
EVERYTHING BEGINS TO GET MORE BEAUTIFUL
EVEN WHEN STUFF AROUND YOU BEGINS TO GET OUT OF SYNC
YOUR STILL IN PEACE
BECAUSE YOU KNOW…IF IT’S BAD
DOESN’T MATTER....
YOUR STILL IN HIS TIMING
IF IT’S GOOD YOUR IN HIS TIMING
IF YOUR UP, YOUR IN HIS TIMING
IF YOUR IN A LOW PLACE, YOU IN HIS TIMING
CAN I GET AN AMEN???
THERE IS A PEACE THAT COMES FROM KNOWING
THAT YOU ARE RIGHT WHERE GOD WANTS YOU TO BE
WITH WHO GOD WANTS YOU TO BE WITH
DOING EXACTLY WHAT HE WANTS YOU TO DO
IN THE RIGHT TIME THAT YOU ARE CALLED TO DO IT
CAN ANYBODY AGREE WITH ME???
HAVE YOU EVER BEEN THERE?
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LISTEN TO HOW WE TALK TO GOD
WHEN WE PRAY
WE TALK TO GOD AS THOUGH...
GOD IS WALKING THROUGH TIME WITH US
OH COME ON....
WE TALK TO HIM LIKE...
WE’RE GIVING HIM INFORMATION HE DOESN’T ALREADY POSSESS
(EXAMPLE)
NOW GOD YOU KNOW I GOT THIS MEETING TOMORROW…LOL
NO! I DON’T HAVE NO IDEA,
TELL ME ABOUT IT
OH COME ON....YOU KNOW IT’S TRUE
YOU CAN SEE...
PAST
YOU ARE IN THE PRESENT
BUT NO MAN CAN FIND OUT WHAT GOD DOES FROM BEGINNING TO END
WE GOT THIS TOMORROW THAT WE’RE CLUELESS ABOUT
SO WE PRAY ABOUT THIS STUFF THAT IS FRUSTRATING US
AND IT FRUSTRATES US....
WHEN WE CAN’T GET GOD FRUSTRATED
OH COME ON....
BECAUSE IF I’M FRUSTRATED
I WANT HIM TO BE FRUSTRATED ABOUT IT WITH ME
SO I PRAY TO HIM IN A WAY...
TO TRY TO GET HIM UPSET OVER WHAT I’M UPSET ABOUT
THEN IT AGGRAVATES ME THAT HE DOESN’T GET UPSET
INSTEAD ALL HE DOES IS…LOOK BACK AT ME AND SAY....
IT’S FINISHED
OH MY LORD....IS ANYBODY HEARING ME THIS MORNING???
LETS GO BACK ONE MORE TIME....
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.
15 That which is has already been,
And what is to be has already been;
And God requires an account of what is past.
THE BIBLE SAYS...
I’M LIVING IN TIMES AND SEASON
BUT I HAVE ETERNITY IN MY HEART
IN THE OLD TESTAMENT....
THE WORD HEART IS INTERCHANGEABLE WITH SPIRIT
SO....MY MIND KNOWS
WHERE I’VE BEEN
AND WHERE I AM
BUT THE BIBLE SAYS...
THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE ACCEPTED CHRIST AS SAVIOR...
YOU DIDN’T JUST GET SALVATION
THE BIBLE SAYS...
YOU WERE BORN OF THE SPIRIT
I CORINTHIANS 2 SAID...
WHO KNOWS GOD EXCEPT THE SPIRIT OF GOD
AND WHO KNOWS A MAN EXCEPT THE SPIRIT OF A MAN WHICH IS IN HIM
SO, GOD SENDS THE HOLY SPIRIT...
AT THE MOMENT I GET SAVED
OUT OF ETERNITY AND INTO TIME
AND NOW....ETERNITY LIVES INSIDE OF ME
AND JOHN 16...
JESUS SAID...
IT’S GONNA BE GOOD FOR YOU THAT I GO
THE DISCIPLES SAY...
HOW CAN THIS BE GOOD???
WE GET TO EAT WITH YOU
WE GET TO LISTEN TO YOUR TEACHINGS
HE SAID...
I AM WITH YOU BUT...
THE ONE WHO IS TO COME
SHALL BE IN YOU
WATCH THIS...
HE SAID....HE SHALL BE YOUR GUIDE
OH MY LORD....THAT SHOULD MAKE YOU SHOUT....
MY MIND DOES NOT KNOW TOMORROW
MY MIND KNOWS MY PAST
BUT NOW I HAVE GOT THE SPIRIT OF GOD
LIVING ON THE INSIDE OF ME
AND HE KNOWS MY PAST, MY PRESENT, AND MY FUTURE
OH COME ON SOMEBODY...
SO IF I WANT TO GET INSIGHT AND WISDOM ON MY TOMORROW
MY FRIENDS DON’T KNOW IT
MY FAMILY DON’T KNOW IT
MY PARENTS DON’T EVEN KNOW IT
WHY???
BECAUSE THAT INFORMATION DOES NOT COME FROM AROUND ME
IT COMES FROM THE INSIDE OF ME
BECAUSE THE BIBLE SAYS.…
NO EYE HAS SEEN
NO EAR HAS HEARD
NOR HAS IT EVER ENTERED THE HEART OF A MAN
THE THING THAT GOD HAS PREPARED FOR THOSE THAT LOVE HIM
BUT THE NEXT VERSE SAYS...
BUT IT HAS BEEN REVEALED BY THE SPIRIT.....
I WISH SOMEBODY WOULD SHOUT IN THIS PLACE....
IN OTHER WORDS...
WHEN I DON’T KNOW WHAT HOLDS MY TOMORROW
I STOP AND LOOK ON THE INSIDE OF ME AND SAY.....
HOLY SPIRIT TELL ME WHAT ROAD TO TAKE
TELL ME WHAT DECISION TO MAKE
TELL ME WHAT RELATIONSHIPS TO CULTIVATE....WHY???
BECAUSE YOU KNOW WHERE I’M GOING
HE’S PUT ETERNITY IN YOUR HEART
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CAN I GO A LITTLE DEEPER???
9 Remember the former things of old,
For I am God, and there is no other;
I am God, and there is none like Me,
GOD SAID...
GET ME OUT OF ALL YOUR CLASSIFICATIONS BECAUSE I DON’T BELONG THERE.
THEN, HE TELLS US WHAT DIFFERENTIATES HIM
THIS IS WHERE I’M DIFFERENT...
HE SAID....
Isaiah 46:10 (NKJV)
10 Declaring the end from the beginning,
IN OTHERS WORDS....
EVERYTHING ELSE STARTS AT THE BEGINNING
AND DON’T KNOW WHERE IT’S GOING
HE SAID HERE’S WHERE I’M DIFFERENT
I DON’T START UNTIL I’M FINISHED
SO IF YOUR BOOK HAS 15 CHAPTERS
GOD DOESN’T START WITH CHAPTER 1
HE STARTS AT CHAPTER 15
AND WORKS HIS WAY BACKWARD TO CHAPTER 1
OH COME ON...
YOU START YOUR LIFE AT CHAPTER 1
AND YOU GOT ALL THIS CRAZINESS IN CHAPTER 3
THEN YOU GOT THIS ADDICTION THAT TOOK YOU OUT FOR 5 YEARS IN CHAPTER 4
THEN YOU GOT DIVORCED IN CHAPTER 7
YOU COME TO CHURCH IN CHAPTER 8
AND SAY....MY LIFE IS A MESS…
THEN I’LL SAY…NO
HE SAID....
ALL THINGS WORK TOGETHER FOR THE GOOD OF THOSE THAT LOVE GOD AND ARE CALLED.....
OH MY LORD....
UNDERSTAND THIS....
GOD WROTE CHAPTER 15
KNOWING YOU WERE GONNA BE AN ADDICT
KNOWING THEY WERE GONNA WALK OUT OF YOUR LIFE
KNOWING YOU WERE GONNA DECLARE BANKRUPTCY
AND YOU THINK THOSE YEARS HAVE BEEN WASTED
YOUR GOD WASTES NOTHING!!!
EVERYTHING GOOD BAD, UGLY, FULL, EMPTY,
GOD WORKS IT ALL OUT
AND IT ALL FITS INTO THE LAST CHAPTER
AND WHEN YOUR STANDING AND LOOKING BACK ON YOUR LIFE
YOU WILL SEE WHERE GOD TOOK EVERY THING....
HE ORDERED YOUR STEPS
NUMBERED YOUR DAYS
AND BROUGHT YOU RIGHT TO WHERE YOU ARE
SOMEBODY GIVE HIM SOME PRAISE....
GOD HAS GOT YOU..
I DON’T CARE HOW MESSED UP IT LOOKS
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SO, GOD....
DECLARES THE END
FROM THE BEGINNING
IN OTHER WORDS...
GOD DOESN’T START UNTIL HE’S FINISHED
AND I’M PRAYING FOR THINGS
LIKE, GOD IS CLUELESS ABOUT THEM
WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND...
GOD HAS ALREADY LIVED IN YOUR TOMORROW
AND HE HAS COME UP WITH VICTORIES
FOR BATTLES YOU HAVE NOT EVEN STARTED
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WE ARE IN THE EARTH...
PLAYING OUT IN TIME WHAT HAS ALREADY BEEN FINISHED IN ETERNITY
THAT’S WHY WHEN GOD SPEAKS TO YOU
HE REFERS TO YOU IN PAST TENSE
WATCH WHEN JESUS MEETS PEOPLE
WE SEE PATTERNS ALL THROUGH THE BIBLE
HE GOES UP TO ABRAM AND SAYS...
YOUR NAME IS ABRAHAM
ABRAHAM DON’T KNOW HIS OWN FUTURE
HE’S 100 YEARS OLD AND DON’T HAVE ANY KIDS
THE WORD ABRAHAM MEANS....
FATHER OF NATIONS....LOL
WHEN YOUR 100 YEARS OLD AND DON’T HAVE ANY KIDS
GOD COMES UP AND SAYS YOUR THE FATHER OF NATIONS
SOMETHING NEEDS TO START HAPPENING FAST
OH COME ON....
HE LIVES AND OPERATES IN ETERNITY.....
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GET READY TO TAKE SOME NOTES...
IN THE GREEK THERE IS 2 WORDS FOR THE WORD......TIME
GOD SAID HE HAS ORDERED YOUR STEPS
THE BIBLE SAYS THAT GOD HAS NUMBERED YOUR DAYS
HE SAID IT’S APPOINTED UNTO MAN…ONCE…TO DIE
SO....
MY STEPS ARE ORDERED
MY DAYS ARE NUMBERED
AND SOME DAY I’M GONNA MEET HIM
WHEN YOU OPEN YOUR BIBLE AND YOU SEE THE WORD TIME
IT’S ONE OF TWO WORDS...
CHRONOS
MINUTE BY MINUTE
HOUR BY HOUR
DAY BY DAY
WEEK BY WEEK
MONTH BY MONTH
YEAR BY YEAR
CHRONOS…TIME
YOUR WATCH IS A CHRONO-METER
METER MEANS MEASURE
CHRONOS MEANS TIME
IT MEASURES TIME
CHRONOMETER
GOD DOES NOT GUIDE YOUR LIFE BY A CALENDAR
THAT IS NOT THE WAY HE OPERATES
I’VE SEEN PEOPLE WHO ARE 25 AND MATURE IN GOD
I’VE ALSO SEEN PEOPLE WHO ARE 65 AND LIKE KIDS IN GOD
2. KAIROS
KAIROS IS SEASONAL TIME
STRATEGIC TIME
MOMENTS THAT MUST BE SEIZED
THE BIBLE SAYS THAT JESUS WAS BORN IN THE FULLNESS OF KAIROS
IN OTHER WORDS...
JESUS WAS BORN AT THE MOST STRATEGIC TIME HE COULD HAVE BEEN BORN
THE MOST PERFECT TIME IN HISTORY
OH COME ON SOMEBODY...
DOORS....
KNOWING WHEN IT’S YOUR MOMENT AND SEIZING IT
THAT IS A KAIROS…MOMENT
LET SAY THAT GOD GIVES US A CALENDAR YEAR
(PICTURE THIS IN YOUR MIND)
WITH IN THAT YEAR THERE IS...
WINTER, SPRING, SUMMER, AND FALL
I’VE GOT ONE YEAR OF CHRONOS
MANAFESTING IN 4 KAIROS
YOU FOLLOWING ME???
THE YEARS OF YOUR CHRONOS
WILL HAVE MANY…KAIROS
YOU WILL HAVE MANY TIMES AND SEASONS
DURING THE SPAN OF YOUR LIFETIME
KAIROS IS WHEN...
GOD HAS PLANNED SOMETHING IN ETERNITY
THAT WILL INVADE YOUR CHRONOS
OHHH... I WISH YALL WERE LISTENING.....
GOD DON’T CARE HOW MUCH YOU’VE GOT YOUR CHRONOS PLANNED OUT
HE WILL MESS IT ALL UP
CAN I GET A WITNESS???
IT’S WHEN HEAVENS TIME ...
INVADES AND INTERRUPTS EARTH FOR A GREATER PURPOSE
OH COME ON....
I DON’T ABOUT YOU BUT I WANT GOD TO BE IN CONTROL
I WANT TO KNOW THAT I KNOW
THAT HE KNOWS…LOL
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IT’S IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHAT SEASON YOUR IN...
YOU DON’T WEAR A SWIM SUIT IN THE WINTER
AND WE DON’T WEAR A COAT AND SNOW BOOTS IN THE SUMMER
YOU HAVE GOT TO KNOW YOUR SEASON
THE VERSE SAYS.....
HE MAKES EVERYTHING BEAUTIFUL NOT IN CHRONOS
- BUT WHEN YOU UNDERSTAND KAIROS…ETERNITY
PASTOR I’M LEAVING THIS COMPANY AND I’M GONNA START MY OWN COMPANY...
THAT’S GREAT
BUT YOU BETTER KNOW TIME
I’VE KNOW HIM FOR 6 DAYS…I THINK WERE READY TO GET MARRIED
THAT’S GREAT
BUT YOU BETTER KNOW WHAT SEASON YOUR IN
OH COME ON...
YOU HAVEN’T EVEN MET HIM YET
YOUR STILL SPEAKING TO HIS REPRESENTATIVE
WHEN YOU FIRST MEET SOMEBODY....
YOUR DON’T MEET THEM
YOU MEET THEIR REP.
YOUR EATING RUTH CRIS STEAK HOUSE WITH HIS REP.
THE REAL GUY WILL TAKE YOU TO MCDONALDS AND TELL YOU TO BE HAPPY ABOUT IT
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THIS IS THE LAST POINT I WANT TO MAKE.....
WORSHIP TEAM WOULD YOU JOIN ME
YOU KNOW YOU ARE COMING IN TO A NEW SEASON....
WHEN YOU ARE BEING DEMANDED TO ADAPT
I READ A STORY THIS WEEK ABOUT A MAN
HE WAS AN ARCHITECT AND WORKED FOR THE LARGEST SKYSCRAPER COMPANY IN THE WORLD
THIS GUY MADE LOTS OF MONEY
AND IT SAID THAT HE WAS A VERY GENEROUS CHRISTIAN MAN
BUT HE WAS LATE IN YEARS
LIKE 69 YEARS OLD
BUT STILL THE BEST AT WHAT HE DID AND HAD NOT RETIRED
AND THEN IN THE LATE 80’S EARLY 90’S
EVERYTHING STARTED SWITCHING TO COMPUTERS
AND THE STRUCTURAL DESIGN COMPANIES STARTING USING WHAT THEY CALLED “CAD”
(COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN)
AND HE COULD NOT ADAPT
SO HE’S SITTING THERE WITH A DRAFTING TABLE
AND EVERYBODY ELSE IS ON A COMPUTER
THIS MAN LOST HIS JOB
HE LOST HIS HOUSE
HE WENT INTO A DEEP DEPRESSION
AND SHORTLY AFTER THAT IT SAID
THAT HE PASSED AWAY
WHY????
BECAUSE A SEASON CHANGED AND HE DID NOT
THE BIBLE SAID
THE SPIRIT OF GOD LIVES WITHIN US
AND IT SAYS...
THE SPIRIT IS LIKE WIND
OH COME ON SOMEBODY
YOU HAVE TO REMAIN
MOBILE AND FLUID
IN THE WAY YOU APPROACH LIFE
LISTEN TO ME LEADERS.......
WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND....IN MINISTRY
IF WE ARE GOING TO BE RELEVANT
TO THOSE WHO WE SEEK TO SERVE
WE HAVE TO BE FLUID AND MOVE AND ADAPT
TO THE NEW SEASONS THAT DAWN ON OUR LIVES
THERE ARE TIMES WHEN WE STAND IN FRONT OF DOORS
AND A DEMAND IS BEING MADE THAT IS GOING TO REQUIRE US TO ADAPT
A DEMAND THAT CAN NOT BE STOPPED
AND NOW YOU ARE FORCED TO RE-TOOL
BECAUSE SEASONS CHANGE
JESUS AT THE WEDDING AT CANA
1 On the third day there was a wedding in Cana of Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there. 2 Now both Jesus and His disciples were invited to the wedding. 3 And when they ran out of wine, the mother of Jesus said to Him, “They have no wine.”
4 Jesus said to her, “Woman, what does your concern have to do with Me? My hour has not yet come.”
5 His mother said to the servants, “Whatever He says to you, do it.”
HAHAHA....I LOVE THIS
DON’T THINK FOR A SECOND JESUS WASN’T FULLY MAN
MAMA SAID....I NEED YOU TO DO SOMETHING
JESUS SAID.. IT’S NOT MY TIME
MAMA SAID.....OH YES IT IS.....SHE LOOKS AT THE SERVANTS AND SAYS...
WHATEVER HE SAYS.....DO IT
A NEW SEASON IS UPON JESUS
AND HE IS BEING DEMANDED TO ADAPT
OH COME ON....
OUR TIMING IS NOT GOD’S TIMING
SOME OF YOU IN HERE ARE ENTERING INTO A NEW SEASON
AND YOUR BEING FORCED TO ADAPT
AND IT’S SCARY
AND IT CAN BE STRESSFUL
BUT I CAME TO BRING YOU CONFIDENCE THIS MORNING
BECAUSE THE BIBLE SAYS.....
HE WHO HAS BEGUN A GOOD WORK IN YOU
WILL BE FAITHFUL TO COMPLETE IT
CAN I GET AN AMEN?????
....STAND TO YOUR FEET.......