Islands #4
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We are going to recap all the Islands series and then make space for you to share what God has shown you.
Islands #1
Islands #1
We have a world that seems to be falling apart all around us.
When Empires fall it’s islands of sanity that are the hope for humanity.
When our gut is telling us something is about to collapse what are we anointed to do?
We can get overwhelmed when all we focus on all the big things we can not change.
When our worlds around us are changing or failing, what do we do!?
Islands are the answer.
What is the best way to deal with anxiety?
Look to what you do have authority and power over.
“Hungry Remnant”
Isaiah 42:10 (NASB95)
10 Sing to the Lord a new song, Sing His praise from the end of the earth! You who go down to the sea, and all that is in it. You islands, and those who dwell on them.
God seems to see us as islands of people.
Activations:
Jesus, would You show me one island You want me to focus on?
What are You building with this island?
Islands #2 Islands of Heaven
Islands #2 Islands of Heaven
From heaven to earth. We are not called to be earthly, reaching to heaven.
Psalm 133 (NASB95)
1 Behold, how good and how pleasant it is For brothers to dwell together in unity!
2 It is like the precious oil upon the head, Coming down upon the beard, Even Aaron’s beard, Coming down upon the edge of his robes.
3 It is like the dew of Hermon Coming down upon the mountains of Zion; For there the Lord commanded the blessing—life forever.
Sung Han
You have heard it said that being to heavenly minded makes you no earthly good.
He says “Be so heavenly-minded that you are earthly awesome!”
Many people try to ascend, but we need to descend as Jesus did, and he sent us to do.
From heaven to earth. We are not called to be earthly, reaching to heaven.
His story about not feeling worship and it felt like karaoke.
He was driving in his car and a clouds showed up in his car.
What part of heaven are you sent to bring to earth?
Your testimonies are hints.
Your trials that have not yet become testimonies are hints.
Your words for the years are hints.
Your strongest clue is your identity and purpose.
Has God told you who you are and what your purpose is?
Sent from above.
Our identities are sent from above in Him, from Him, as His image to make the earth His dream.
We do this by islands of people and purpose around God’s Identity and then our identities and purpose.
We are called to be islands of people who know we have been sent to bring heaven to earth.
We know in what way we are called to do that by our identities and purpose that God has given us.
Activations:
Jesus, would you show me what part of heaven am I to bring to earth?
Jesus, would You show me a way I have not thought of to bring heaven to earth?
Islands #3 Topical Islands
Islands #3 Topical Islands
Ashes to Beauty, and Death to Life.
Isaiah 61:3–7 (NASB95)
3 To grant those who mourn in Zion, Giving them a garland instead of ashes, The oil of gladness instead of mourning, The mantle of praise instead of a spirit of fainting. So they will be called oaks of righteousness, The planting of the Lord, that He may be glorified. 4 Then they will rebuild the ancient ruins, They will raise up the former devastations; And they will repair the ruined cities, The desolations of many generations. 5 Strangers will stand and pasture your flocks, And foreigners will be your farmers and your vinedressers. 6 But you will be called the priests of the Lord; You will be spoken of as ministers of our God. You will eat the wealth of nations, And in their riches you will boast. 7 Instead of your shame you will have a double portion, And instead of humiliation they will shout for joy over their portion. Therefore they will possess a double portion in their land, Everlasting joy will be theirs.
Paul crash landed on an Island call Melita.
Enhanced Strong’s Lexicon (3194 Μελίτη, Μελιτήνη)
Melita = “honey”.
Maybe God wants you to create a Topical Island around the theme when your life felt like an end but it was just a comma.
Topical Islands around the topic that God healed you in.
Like when you lost a loved one.
When your children had to move on.
When you were overcoming addiction.
When you had your heart broken.
When you felt alone but found your true self.
Topical Islands around the topic that God healed you in.
Proverbs 16:24 (NASB95)
24 Pleasant words are a honeycomb, Sweet to the soul and healing to the bones.
Closing:
God will sometimes lead us to an unplanned island of healing that either heals us or others and sometimes both.
These times in our lives become our topical islands that are honey to those going through what we went through.
If you feel like you have just had a great ending happen, be open to the fact that God maybe planning this to be a comma not a period.
You may have felt like you crash landed in an unexpected circumstance or that may happen in your future. Do not lose heart. Stay your eyes and ears to Jesus and keep listening letting Him use you to bring healing and glory to Him.
Sometimes you will find yourself on an island or gathering and island of people for healing to happen.
Activation:
Jesus, Is there a time in my life that You meant to be a comma not a period in my life?
Who do You want me to be that healing island for?
Is their a topical island You want me to create so others can make it through their crisis?
Islands #4 Islands Of Hope
Romans 15:13 (NASB95)
13 Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that you will abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.
Colossians 1:27 (NASB95)
27 to whom God willed to make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.
1 Timothy 1:1 (NASB95)
1 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus according to the commandment of God our Savior, and of Christ Jesus, who is our hope,
Activation:
How has Jesus brought Hope in your life lately?
What testimony do you have for others?
Other Resources:
1 The Lord reigns, let the earth rejoice; Let the many islands be glad.
11 Then it will happen on that day that the Lord Will again recover the second time with His hand The remnant of His people, who will remain, From Assyria, Egypt, Pathros, Cush, Elam, Shinar, Hamath, And from the islands of the sea.
6 “So the inhabitants of this coastland will say in that day, ‘Behold, such is our hope, where we fled for help to be delivered from the king of Assyria; and we, how shall we escape?’ ”
15 Therefore glorify the Lord in the east, The name of the Lord, the God of Israel, In the coastlands of the sea.
10 Sing to the Lord a new song, Sing His praise from the end of the earth! You who go down to the sea, and all that is in it. You islands, and those who dwell on them.
12 Let them give glory to the Lord And declare His praise in the coastlands.
4 “He will not be disheartened or crushed Until He has established justice in the earth; And the coastlands will wait expectantly for His law.”
1 Listen to Me, O islands, And pay attention, you peoples from afar. The Lord called Me from the womb; From the body of My mother He named Me.
Isaiah 51:5 (NASB95)
5 “My righteousness is near, My salvation has gone forth, And My arms will judge the peoples; The coastlands will wait for Me, And for My arm they will wait expectantly.
19 “I will set a sign among them and will send survivors from them to the nations: Tarshish, Put, Lud, Meshech, Tubal and Javan, to the distant coastlands that have neither heard My fame nor seen My glory. And they will declare My glory among the nations.
5 From these the coastlands of the nations were separated into their lands, every one according to his language, according to their families, into their nations.
2 Each will be like a refuge from the wind And a shelter from the storm, Like streams of water in a dry country, Like the shade of a huge rock in a parched land.
