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2025 Focus - NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE

“SO BE IT”

WELCOME

Good morning and welcome to Oasis Church, I’m glad you have made it here today, to be with the family and to worship our King of Kings and Lord of Lords, it is amazing to be in the presence of God.

Welcome to Oasis Church Moura and our online family. If you are visiting with us, we welcome you and look forward to chatting with you around morning tea.

LET’S PRAY

Prayer: Father we thank You for Your grace and love toward us. We pray that we would be filled with Your Spirit, Your strength and Your power, so that we can walk in all that You have called us to. We ask Your Holy Spirit to bring revelation of Your word that we can apply it to our lives and live it out. Father bless Your people in Jesus name. Amen

INTRODUCTION

As we have entered the last month of 2024 and we begin to celebration Christmas and the birth of Jesus, the holiday season. It is at this time of year that we tend to switch off, wind down and enjoy the rest. I want to encourage all of us, it is ok to rest and recover, but let us not switch off our relationship with Jesus, let us continue to build our relationship with God and not step into next year trying to catch up on were we could be.

As we are all aware our word for 2024 was ACTIVATED, and as we move into 2025 we feel God has impressed on our hearts that “NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE”.

Equipped

Activated

NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE

We can confidently do what God has called us to do, knowing that He is with us and that in Him Nothing is impossible.

Ephesians 3:20–21 AMP

20 Now to Him Who, by (in consequence of) the [action of His] power that is at work within us, is able to [carry out His purpose and] do superabundantly, far over and above all that we [dare] ask or think [infinitely beyond our highest prayers, desires, thoughts, hopes, or dreams]— 21 To Him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations forever and ever. Amen (so be it).

SO BE IT

idiom. used to say that one is resigned to the fact that one can do nothing to change something

The meaning of: “NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE”

The inspirational and upbeat phrase "Nothing is impossible" implies that there are no fundamental restrictions on what can be accomplished. It promotes a vision of limitless opportunities and tenacity in the face of difficulties.

Philippians 4:13 AMP

13 I have strength for all things in Christ Who empowers me [I am ready for anything and equal to anything through Him Who infuses inner strength into me; I am self-sufficient in Christ’s sufficiency].

Matthew 19:26 NKJV

26 But Jesus looked at them and said to them, “With men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.”

Mark 9:23 NKJV

23 Jesus said to him, “If you can believe, all things are possible to him who believes.”

Mark 9:14–27 NKJV

14 And when He came to the disciples, He saw a great multitude around them, and scribes disputing with them. 15 Immediately, when they saw Him, all the people were greatly amazed, and running to Him, greeted Him. 16 And He asked the scribes, “What are you discussing with them?” 17 Then one of the crowd answered and said, “Teacher, I brought You my son, who has a mute spirit. 18 And wherever it seizes him, it throws him down; he foams at the mouth, gnashes his teeth, and becomes rigid. So I spoke to Your disciples, that they should cast it out, but they could not.” 19 He answered him and said, “O faithless generation, how long shall I be with you? How long shall I bear with you? Bring him to Me.” 20 Then they brought him to Him. And when he saw Him, immediately the spirit convulsed him, and he fell on the ground and wallowed, foaming at the mouth. 21 So He asked his father, “How long has this been happening to him?” And he said, “From childhood. 22 And often he has thrown him both into the fire and into the water to destroy him. But if You can do anything, have compassion on us and help us.” 23 Jesus said to him, “If you can believe, all things are possible to him who believes.” 24 Immediately the father of the child cried out and said with tears, “Lord, I believe; help my unbelief!” 25 When Jesus saw that the people came running together, He rebuked the unclean spirit, saying to it, “Deaf and dumb spirit, I command you, come out of him and enter him no more!” 26 Then the spirit cried out, convulsed him greatly, and came out of him. And he became as one dead, so that many said, “He is dead.” 27 But Jesus took him by the hand and lifted him up, and he arose.

Matthew 17:14–21 NKJV

And when they had come to the multitude, a man came to Him, kneeling down to Him and saying, “Lord, have mercy on my son, for he is an epileptic and suffers severely; for he often falls into the fire and often into the water. So I brought him to Your disciples, but they could not cure him.” Then Jesus answered and said, “O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you? How long shall I bear with you? Bring him here to Me.” And Jesus rebuked the demon, and it came out of him; and the child was cured from that very hour. Then the disciples came to Jesus privately and said, “Why could we not cast it out?” So Jesus said to them, “Because of your unbelief; for assuredly, I say to you, if you have faith as a mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move; and nothing will be impossible for you. However, this kind does not go out except by prayer and fasting.”

LIVING A VICTORIOUS LIFE!

Some of these ways are as follows.

1. Being led by the Holy Spirit.

2. Having the power of the Holy Spirit.

3. And overcoming by the word of God.

Let us take a closer look at these, starting with being led by the Holy Spirit.

1. Being lead by the Holy Spirit.

Let us turn in our bibles to:

Luke 4:1–2 NKJV

1 Then Jesus, being filled with the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness, 2 being tempted for forty days by the devil. And in those days He ate nothing, and afterward, when they had ended, He was hungry.

Just previous to this scripture we see that Jesus was baptised in water and the Holy Spirit descended upon Him. John’s recount of this in John 1:32 is as follows.

John 1:32 NKJV

32 And John bore witness, saying, “I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove, and He remained upon Him.

Being lead by the Holy Spirit is not always going in the direction that we want to go in; there will be times when we are lead in a direction that will cause us to rely on God to sustain us and make us grow.

We have to submit to this leading, for this growth to take place in our lives, Jesus also had to submit to the leading of the Holy Spirit, to go into the wilderness.

Throughout the time that Jesus was in the wilderness He went forty days without food. The presence and the power of the Holy Spirit in Him sustained through this.

When we submit ourselves to the leading of the Holy Spirit, we find that there are seasons that he leads us into the wilderness for a time of testing. It is in our submission to Him that we are sustained through Him. Have you ever been in a situation where God has taken you to a place that seems like a barren waste land, where all your support seems like it has been removed, you don’t feel God speaking to you and you are wondering when this season will end. But today I would like to remind you that this is just a season and the Holy Spirit is with you He is leading you, teaching you and He is testing your faith.

Frank Damazio in his book the making of a leader talks about the test of ministry preparation. And before you say to yourself I am not in ministry so this does not apply to me. If you truly desire to serve the Lord, in whatever capacity He assigns you then these tests are for every individual.

These tests are to: prepare, purify, check your motivations, produce faith and to equip you with the spiritual understanding that is need to successfully help others.

Personally When the Holy Spirit has led me through these times of testing. The keys that have got me through are remembering that it is a season, that submitting to God allows the Holy Spirit to minister, sustain and grow me.

2. Having the power of the Holy Spirit.

Smith Wigglesworth in his book “On the Holy Spirit” states that Jesus, after the trials, after all the temptations, and everything else, He came out full of God, more clothed with the Spirit, and more ready for the fight. Let’s look at Luke 4:14-15:

Luke 4:14–15 NKJV

14 Then Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit to Galilee, and news of Him went out through all the surrounding region. 15 And He taught in their synagogues, being glorified by all.

It is the same for us when we come out the other side of these seasons of testing, we are better prepared for the fight and we are full of God and more clothed with the Holy Spirit. The bible tells us in:

Acts 1:8 NKJV

8 But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.”

When Jesus returned the people flocked to Him. When we learn, grow, understand and come out the other side passing the test it is God that is manifested in our lives and people will be drawn to Him because of this.

Peter and John under stood the power that they had through the Holy Spirit that when the lame man asked for help in Acts 3 their reply was “Silver and gold we do not have but what we do have we will give you, in the name of Jesus Christ rise up and walk”. We too need to understand the power that we have through the Holy Spirit and have confidence to walk in it.

3. Overcoming by the word of God.

It is the word of God that the Holy Spirit uses in our lives to overcome the works of the enemy. When Jesus was on the mountain being tempted by Satan, it was the Word of God that defeated the accusations of Satan every time.

Luke 4:3–13 NKJV

3 And the devil said to Him, “If You are the Son of God, command this stone to become bread.” 4 But Jesus answered him, saying, “It is written, ‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God.’ ” 5 Then the devil, taking Him up on a high mountain, showed Him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time. 6 And the devil said to Him, “All this authority I will give You, and their glory; for this has been delivered to me, and I give it to whomever I wish. 7 Therefore, if You will worship before me, all will be Yours.” 8 And Jesus answered and said to him, “Get behind Me, Satan! For it is written, ‘You shall worship the Lord your God, and Him only you shall serve.’ ” 9 Then he brought Him to Jerusalem, set Him on the pinnacle of the temple, and said to Him, “If You are the Son of God, throw Yourself down from here. 10 For it is written: ‘He shall give His angels charge over you, To keep you,’ 11 and, ‘In their hands they shall bear you up, Lest you dash your foot against a stone.’ ” 12 And Jesus answered and said to him, “It has been said, ‘You shall not tempt the Lord your God.’ ” 13 Now when the devil had ended every temptation, he departed from Him until an opportune time.

This is the importance of the word of God in our lives.

As we encounter situations in our lives, it is the word of God buried deep in our hearts that the Holy Spirit will bring to remembrance to overcome them.

Rachel’s grandmother would often use an analogy of a carpenter to explain the importance of knowing Gods word.

You see if you where a carpenter you would have a tool belt around your waist, and you would equip yourself with tools to fill it, hammer, chisel and screwdriver etc.

So it is with the word of God that at the right time the Holy Spirit will reach down to the tool belt and hand you the right tool for the situation.

The bible tells us in:

John 14:26 NKJV

26 But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all things that I said to you.

When we get a revelation of the power of the word and the Holy Spirit in our lives, victory over the enemy and his devices is ours!

Conclusion

It is the Holy Spirit that will lead you if you are willing to surrender and follow. He will instruct you about the Father and give you the keys to victorious living. This morning we have looked at some of the ways to live a victorious life, through the Holy Spirit

1. Being led by the Holy Spirit.

Where He leads us we need to submit and follow and allow the test to grow and mature our lives.

2. Having the power of the Holy Spirit.

Knowing the power that is within you, when you are filled with the Holy Spirit.

3. And overcoming by the word of God.

It is the word of God buried deep in our hearts that the Holy Spirit will bring to remembrance to overcome situations.

The more we seek God the more we know Him and the power that resides in us by the Holy Spirit. This morning if you are not baptised in the Holy Spirit I encourage you to seek God and allow Him to fill you with His spirit.