YOUR PRESSURE IS PUSHING YOU INTO PURPOSE ROM. 4:16-21

INTRODUCTION

DID YOU HEAR THAT?

THE GIFTS AND CALLINGS OF GOD ARE WITHOUT REPENTANCE

WHEN THE LIFESTYLE DOESN’T MATCH THE GIFTING, IT MEANS THAT YOU ARE NOT LIVING RIGHT

YOU MAY BE GIFTED, BUT THAT DOESN’T MEAN THAT YOU ARE LIVING A CLEAN LIFE

GIFTINGS ARE NOT A REFLECTION OF INTEGRITY

THE WORD REPENTANCE IS NOT REFERRING TO MAN, BUT IS REFERRING TO GOD

IF GOD GIVES YOU A GIFT, HE DOESN’T REPENT, HE DOESN’T CHANGE HIS MIND

IF GOD GIVES YOU A CALLING, HE DOESN’T CHANGE HIS MIND

HE IS THE SAME YESTERDAY, TODAY, AND FOREVER

WHEN GOD GIVES YOU A GIFT OR CALLING, IT BELONGS TO YOU

NO DEVIL IN HELL CAN TAKE IT AWAY

NO HUMAN BEING CAN TAKE IT AWAY

IT BELONGS TO YOU

PAUL IS TALKING IN ROMANS THAT GOD HAS NOT FORSAKEN ISRAEL

BUT, HE HAS PUT THEM TO THE SIDE, SO THAT WE MAY BE GRAFTED INTO THIS CHOSEN GENERATION, A ROYAL PRIESTHOOD, A PECULIAR PEOPLE, WHICH ACTUALLY MEANS A PEOPLE THAT BELONGS TO CHRIST THAT YOU SHOULD SHOW FORTH THE PRAISES OF HIM WHO HATH CALLED YOU OUT OF DARKNESS INTO HIS MARVELOUS LIGHT

2 Corinthians 4:6 KJV 1900

For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

HOWEVER THERE ARE MOMENTS WHERE WE FEEL FORGOTTEN, FORSAKEN, AND REJECTED

RICH PEOPLE, POOR PEOPLE, CONFUSED PEOPLE, HANDSOME OR OTHERWISE

DOESN’T MATTER YOUR ETHNICITY, NICELY DRESSED, HORRIBLY DRESSED, CEO

OF COMPANIES

IT DOESN’T MATTER WHAT YOU ARE IN LIFE, NO ONE ESCAPES PROBLEMS

EVEN WITH A SMILE ON YOUR FACE, EVERYONE HAS PROBLEMS

WHEN YOU GET A TASTE OF A BLESSING AND THAT BLESSING IS NOT PRESENT IN YOUR LIFE, YOU FEEL, “GOD, WHY DID YOU GIVE ME A TASTE”

SINGLE PEOPLE LAYING IN THE BED ALONE THINKING IF I WAS ONLY MARRIED

MARRIED PEOPLE THINKING, IF I COULD ONLY GET THAT PERSON OUT OF THE BED I COULD

A TASTE OF LIFE, LOVE, VICTORY, JOY, AND THEN SOMETHING COMES AND DISRUPTS IT

SKINNY PEOPLE DRINKING WEIGHT GAIN DRINKS

I WONDER HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE HAD A TASTE AND THEN IT WAS GONE?

BIGGER PEOPLE DRINKING WEIGHT LOSS DRINKS

DAVID SAYS, HIDE NOT THY FACE FROM ME

DON’T TAKE YOUR SPIRIT AWAY FROM ME

JOB SAYS, I NEED THE WORD MORE THAN I NEED MY NECESSARY FOOD

ONE WORD WILL HEAL CANCER, ONE WORD WILL LIFT YOU UP, ONE WORD WILL BREAK FRUSTRATION, ONE WORD WILL HEAL YOUR MARRIAGE, ONE WORD WILL POSITION ME FOR YOUR POWER

SINCE ONE WORD CAN SOLVE YOUR FEAR, YOUR PROBLEM,

YOU SHOULD OPEN YOUR MOUTH WIDE AND WAIT FOR GOD TO FILL IT

YOU SHOULD OPEN YOUR MOUTH WIDE WITH PRAISE UNTIL HE FILLS IT WITH HIS GLORY

THE PROBLEM IS THAT IS GOD WORKING IN YOUR LIFE AND YOU ARE NOT AWARE

DOES IT SEEM LIKE YOU ARE LIVING IN BETWEEN PROMISE AND FULFILLMENT?

BODY

A. DIVINE INTERRUPTIONS

IF YOU WALK WITH GOD LONG ENOUGH, THERE WILL BE INTERRUPTIONS

IF YOU ARE WALKING IN A BLESSING, THERE WILL BE INTERRUPTIONS

IF YOU ENJOY A JOB, THERE WILL BE INTERRUPTIONS

IF YOU ENJOY A MARRIAGE, THERE WILL BE INTERRUPTIONS

WHEN GOD CALLED ABRAHAM, IT WAS A DIVINE INTERRUPTION

WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND GOD IN THE GAPS OF OUR LIVES

ABRAHAM AND HAGAR ARE KNOWN

ABRAHAM AND SARAH ARE FAMOUS

BUT AFTER SARAH DIED ABRAHAM TOOK A WIFE BY THE NAME OF KETURAH

GOD BLESSED ABRAHAM AND SARAH WITH A LONG, INTIMATE, TRUSTING, LOVE LIFE TOGETHER

WE HEAR A LOT ABOUT THE MIRACULOUS BIRTH OF ISAAC

ABRAHAM HAS BEEN BLESSED TO BE STRONG AND POWERFUL

WE ARE THE SEED OF ABRAHAM THROUGH FAITH IN JESUS CHRIST

WE HAVE BEEN ADOPTED INTO THE COVENANT AND HEIRS OF THE PROMISES BECAUSE WE ARE ABRAHAM’S SEED

ABRAHAM WAS SO BLESSED, POWERFUL, AND RICH THAT HE NEEDED A SEED TO INHERIT THE OVERFLOW THAT HE HAD

HE NEEDED A KID TO CATCH IT

WE ARE THE SEED OF ABRAHAM

ABRAHAM’S SEED IS FAMOUS

HAGAR CAUGHT ABRAHAM’S SEED AND CONCEIVED A CHILD AND CALLED HIS NAMED ISHMAEL AND EVEN THOUGH HE WAS NOT A SEED OF THE PROMISE, HE WAS BLESSED IN AN ACCIDENT

I DON’T THINK YOU HEARD THAT, ISHMAEL WAS WAS BLESSED BY AN ACCIDENT

GOD TOLD ABRAHAM, DON’T WORRY ABOUT HAGAR AND ISHMAEL

SINCE THEY ARE YOUR SEED, I WILL BLESS THEM ANYWAY

I WILL BLESS YOUR MISTAKE

YOU WERE OUT OF MY WILL, PLAN, BUT I STILL HAVE A PLACE TO BLESS YOU

EVEN IN YOUR MISTAKE, I WILL BLESS YOU

REGARDLESS OF YOUR CIRCUMSTANCE, REGARDLESS OF YOUR MISTAKES, GOD STILL HAS A BLESSING FOR YOU

THROUGH YOUR SEED WITH SARAH, ALL NATIONS OF THE EARTH SHALL BE BLESSED

THE PROBLEM WAS THAT HE HAD A CHILD WITH HAGAR, BECAUSE OF THE BARRENNESS WITH SARAH’S WOMB

SARAH IS THE WIFE, HAGAR IS THE MAID

YOU CANNOT GIVE YOUR FORTUNE TO YOUR MAID’S CHILD

SARAH SAYS TO ABRAHAM, PUT HER OUT AND HER CHILD

ABRAHAM IS FORCED TO PUT AWAY THE BONDWOMAN AND HIS SON

AND WAIT FOR THE PROMISE THAT WOULD COME THROUGH SARAH

THE PROBLEM IS THAT SARAH’S WOMB IS DEAD

IT IS NOT WITH ABRAHAM BECAUSE HAGAR BIRTHED HIS CHILD

AND ABRAHAM WAS STRONG EVEN WHEN HE WAS WRONG

BUT GOD DOESN’T SEND THE PROMISE WHEN ABRAHAM IS STRONG

ROMANS TELLS US THAT ABRAHAM WAITED UNTIL HIS OWN BODY WAS DEAD

THEY ARE BOTH OLD

SARAH WAS PAST CHILDBEARING AGE, AND EVEN IF SHE WAS YOUNG SHE WAS BARREN

ABRAHAM IS OLD AND SARAH’S WOMB IS DEAD

THEY ARE AT THE MERCIES OF GOD AND GOD ALONE

WHY DOESN’T GOD GIVE US THE OPPORTUNITIES WHEN WE HAVE THE STRENGTH?

GOD WITH HOLDS THE BLESSING, BUT WHEN ALL THE DOORS ARE CLOSED AND YOU CAN’T SEE A WAY THE PROMISE CAN HAPPEN

HOPE HAS BEEN GONE AND YOUR HEART HAS BEEN SICK, THEN GOD SAYS, “NOW”

NOW I WILL BLESS YOU

WHEN EVERYTHING WAS GOING FOR YOU I WOULDN’T TOUCH YOU

BUT, NOW THAT YOU ARE PRESSURED AND BACKED INTO A CORNER

WHEN YOU SAY IN MY FLESH DWELLS NO GOOD THING

I CAN’T DO IT ON MY OWN

GOD SAYS NOW I’M GOING TO BLESS, NOW YOU WILL PRODUCE

B. GOD’S MERCIES

IN WHAT AREAS ARE YOU AT THE MERCIES OF GOD?

HAS YOUR MARRIAGE GONE WRONG?

HAVE YOU KNOCKED ON EVERY DOOR THAT YOU CAN KNOCK ON AND NO JOB IS OPENING FOR YOU?

WHAT AREA ARE YOU FACING BARRENNESS?

HAVE YOU TRIED EVERYTHING THAT YOU COULD AND NOTHING IS WORKING

YOU’VE PRAYED ABOUT IT, FASTED ABOUT IT, GIVEN TOWARDS IT, BUT STILL NOTHING IS WORKING?

WHEN YOU ARE IMPOTENT, GOD IS OMNIPOTENT

HIS STRENGTH IS MADE PERFECT IN YOUR WEAKNESS

THAT MEANS HE WILL MANIFEST POWER OVER REALITY IN A SUPERNATURAL WAY

AND IT WILL BE MADE PERFECT (TELEO), IT WILL BECOME ENTIRELY ACCOMPLISHED, PERFECT, AND COMPLETE

GOD BROUGHT ABRAHAM’S BODY BACK TO LIFE

WHEN HE WAS AN OLD MAN

BECAUSE OF HIS PURPOSE

OH, YOU DIDN’T HEAR THAT BECAUSE OF YOUR PURPOSE

TO ACCOMPLISH HIS PURPOSE, GOD WILL TAKE LESS AND DO MORE WITH IT, HE WILL TAKE SOMETHING BROKEN AND DO SOMETHING WHOLE, HE WILL USE A STICK AGAINST 600 CHARIOTS, USE THE JAWBONE OF AN ASS TO BRING DOWN YOUR ENEMIES, HE WILL TAKE A LITTLE BIT OF OIL AND FILL ALL THAT YOU CAN FIND, HE WILL TAKE 5 LOAVES AND 2 FISH AND FEED 5,000 MEN

EVERYTHING DOESN’T HAVE TO BE WORKING RIGHT FOR GOD TO BLESS YOU

TO ACCOMPLISH HIS PURPOSE HE USED PROSTITUTES AND WHOREMONGERS

LIKE RAHAB AND TAMAR

HE WILL USE IDOLATERS LIKE RUTH TO ACCOMPLISH HIS PURPOSE

EVERYTHING DOESN’T HAVE TO BE LINED UP

GOD WILL USE NEBUCHADNEZZAR OR CYRUS, TO FULFILL YOUR PURPOSE

SO, GOD TOUCHED ABRAHAM’S BODY AND AS AN OLD MAN, HE FELT THE GLORY

GOD GAVE LIFE BACK TO ABRAHAM TO ACCOMPLISH HIS PURPOSE

BECAUSE THROUGH ABRAHAM’S LINEAGE SHALL COME JESUS CHRIST

EVERYTHING COULDN’T DIE BEFORE JESUS STARTED COMING DOWN THROUGH 42 GENERATIONS

GOD WILL NEVER LET THE DOOR CLOSE ON HIS DIVINE PURPOSE

WHATEVER HE HAS TO DO TO RESURRECT HIS PURPOSE

WHAT GOD HAS SPOKEN SHALL SURELY COME TO PASS

AFTER MANY FAILED ATTEMPTS, HE GOT IT BACK

IF HE WOULD HAVE BELIEVED THE FAILURES, HE WOULD HAVE MISSED THE OPPORTUNITY

HE HAD TO HAVE THE FAITH TO TRY IT ONE MORE TIME

TRY IT AGAIN

AFTER MANY FAILURES, WE DON’T EVEN WANT TO BRING IT UP

FAILURE CAUSES FEAR, IT IS FRUSTRATING

HAVE YOU BEEN THROUGH A TIME WHERE YOU HAVE TRIED OVER AND OVER AGAIN AND FAILED, AND NOW YOU ARE FRUSTRATED

TRY AGAIN BECAUSE GOD SAYS, THIS TIME I’M GOING TO BLESS YOU

REBUKE THE SPIRIT OF FEAR AND TRY IT AGAIN

GOD CAME TO ABRAHAM AND GAVE HIM A SEED

GOD CAME TO ABRAHAM AND GAVE HIM A SEED

A SEED SO STRONG THAT WHEN IT HIT ABRAHAM’S OLD BODY, IT STRENGTHENED HIM

WHEN GOD GIVES YOU A SEED, THE BOWED DOWN ARMS AND THE FEEBLE KNEES WILL BE STRENGTHENED

YOU NEED TO LET GOD’S SEED HIT YOUR DEAD AND FAILED AREA

LET GOD’S WORD PENETRATE TO YOUR AREA OF HOPELESSNESS

III. HELP IS COMING

I FEEL MY HELP FOR SUNDAY MORNING COMING ON FRIDAY

I FEEL MY HELP COMING TO MOVE THE MOUNTAINS STANDING IN MY WAY

I FEEL MY HELP COMING TO RAISE UP MY VALLEY

I FEEL MY HELP COMING TO MAKE THE CROOKED WAYS STRAIGHT

GOD GAVE ABRAHAM A SEED SO STRONG AND SO DIVINE, NOT ONLY WAS THE SEED ALIVE, IT BROUGHT LIFE TO EVERYTHING THAT IT HAS TOUCHED

IT PASSED THROUGH ABRAHAM’S BODY AND BROUGHT IT BACK TO LIFE

IT ENTERED SARAH’S DEAD WOMB AND IT RESURRECTED IT

I KNOW IT WAS GOD’S SEED, BECAUSE 42 GENERATIONS LATER JESUS WOULD SAY, I AM THE SEED OF ABRAHAM

THERE IS SOMETHING COMING THROUGH ME RIGHT NOW THAT EVERYTHING I TOUCH IS GOING TO GET BLESSED

ABRAHAM HAS 1 CHILD BY HAGAR AND 1 CHILD BY SARAH

THE QUESTION REMAINS, IS ABRAHAM ABLE TO FUNCTION AFTER THE ASSIGNMENT IS OVER

DOES GOD JUST USE ME FOR WHAT HE WANTS AND LEAVE ME WHEN HIS WILL IS DONE

SARAH HAS ISAAC, AND SOMETIME ATER DIES.

ISAAC IS GROWN AND MARRIED AND ABRAHAM DECIDES TO GET MARRIED AGAIN

HE MARRIES A WOMAN THAT YOU HEAR NOTHING ABOUT AND THROUGH THIS WOMAN, HE HAS SIX SONS

HE IS BLESSED BEYOND PURPOSE

HIS GIFTS AND CALLINGS ARE WITHOUT REPENTANCE

IF JESUS KNEW THAT HE WAS GOING TO RESURRECT LAZARUS FROM THE DEAD, THEN WHY DID HE DIE

I AM THE LORD THY GOD, I CHANGE NOT

JAMES SAYS,

James 1:17 KJV 1900

Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.

Psalm 119:89 KJV 1900

LAMED. For ever, O Lord, Thy word is settled in heaven.

IF GOD KNEW THAT HE WAS GOING TO BRING ABRAHAM’S BODY BACK TO LIFE

AND IF HE KNEW HE WAS GOING TO RAISE LAZARUS

THEN, WHY DID IT HAPPEN IN THE FIRST PLACE

IF YOU WERE GOING TO HEAL ME, WHY DID YOU LET ME GET SICK

IF YOU KNEW YOU WERE GOING TO RAISE ME UP, THEN WHY DID YOU LET ME FALL

IF THIS WOULD NEVER HAVE HAPPENED, WE WOULD NEVER BE GRATEFUL

IT IS ONLY WHEN YOU HAVE LOST IT AND GOTTEN IT BACK

IT IS ONLY WHEN YOU HAVE FALLEN AND GOTTEN BACK UP

ITS ONLY WHEN YOU CRAWLED AND TOUCHED THE HEM OF HIS GARMENT

ITS ONLY WHEN YOU ARE BENT OVER AND HE SAYS YOU ARE LOOSENED

THAT YOU START PRAISING

EVERYTIME HE TOUCHES KETURAH, HE LEARNED TO SAY, ITS NOT BY MIGHT, NOR BY POWER, BUT BY MY SPIRIT

GOD, IF YOU NEVER CHALLENGED ME, I WOULD HAVE NEVER CHANGED AND IF I HADN’T CHANGED I WOULDN’T BE PRAISING YOU

IN THE NOTHINGNESS OF MY LIFE, YOU TAUGHT ME TO PRAISE YOU, TO WORSHIP YOU, TO HONOR YOU

WHEN I LOOK BACK OVER MY LIFE, I KNOW NOW THAT IF IT HAD NOT BEEN FOR THE LORD ON MY SIDE

GOD IS NOT PLAYING WITH YOU, YOUR LIFE OR YOUR EMOTIONS

BUT, HE IS TAKING YOU THROUGH TO MAKE YOU THANKFUL

I TOOK YOU THROUGH THAT SO THAT EVERY STEP THAT YOU TAKE, YOU THANK GOD FOR WHAT YOU DIDN’T HAVE

I REMEMBER WHEN I DIDN’T HAVE A CAR, HOUSE, A CHILD, BUT NOW I THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU TOOK ME THROUGH

TO GOD BE THE GLORY FOR THE THINGS THAT HE HAS DONE

YOU SHOULD WORSHIP HIM FOR THE THINGS THAT HE RESTORED, GAVE BACK, REVIVED, RESURRECTED

IF GOD HAS EVER MADE A WAY, OPENED UP A DOOR, GAVE YOU A SECOND CHANCE, OPEN YOUR MOUTH, LIFT YOUR HANDS AND START WORSHIPPING HIM

THINK BACK OVER YOUR LIFE AND TELL HIM THANK YOU FOR TAKING ME THROUGH THIS, FOR STUMBLING THROUGH THAT, I HAD TO FIGHT FOR IT, WAIT FOR IT, RESIST MY FEARS, AND CONSUME MY DOUBTS

IF NO ONE ELSE WILL GIVE YOU THE WORSHIP, I WILL GIVE YOU THE WORSHIP THAT YOU ARE WORTHY OF

DO YOU APPRECIATE LITTLE THINGS

BE THANKFUL TO GOD

ABRAHAM’S BODY HAD BEEN BROUGHT BACK TO LIFE, BUT THAT DOES NOT MEAN THAT HE HADN’T WENT THROUGH PAIN

HE HAD LOST SARAH, THE LOVE OF HIS LIFE, BEEN THROUGH TESTS OF ALL KINDS

IF YOU EVER LOST SOMETHING AND DIDN’T KNOW HOW YOU WOULD MAKE IT DAY TO DAY

ARE YOU OVERLOOKING SOMETHING, BECAUSE YOU ARE SO BUSY ABOUT TALKING ABOUT WHAT IS WRONG

ARE YOU OVERLOOKING THE LITTLE THINGS THAT GOD BRINGS INTO YOUR LIFE

AMIDST THE THINGS THAT GOD HATES LIKE MURDER, PRIDE, LUST, IDOLATRY, ADULTERY, HE LISTS UNTHANKFULNESS

HOW COULD HE LIST UNTHANKFULNESS AMONG MURDER?

GOD SAYS, I HATE THE FACT THAT YOU ARE NOT THANKFUL FOR WHAT I HAVE DONE IN YOUR LIFE.

OUT OF YOUR SINCERITY AND SPIRIT AND THANK HIM

THANK HIM FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU HAVE BEEN THROUGH TO GET WHERE YOU ARE NOW.

OPEN YOUR WORRIED MOUTH, COMPLAINING MOUTH, YOUR GRATEFUL MOUTH

OPEN YOUR MOUTH AND PRAISE HIM FOR WHAT HE IS GOING TO DO IN YOUR LIFE

Romans 13:8 KJV 1900

Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law.

COME ON GOD WON’T OWE YOU, SO IF YOU PRAISE HIM FOR SOMETHING THAT HASN’T HAPPENED, HE WILL DO IT.