We Gonna Have A Baby Part 5

Preparing For Birth Part 3 (Now You Know)

THIRD TRIMESTER ---- Now You Know...

SPIRITUAL

The Dilema....Now You Know...

It’s ScaryYou are not sure what to do next.

1. You Know You Are Called

You know for sure you are called to something bigger than yourself…! A BABY IS COMING!

Your excited but challenged… Another level of faith is coming

Heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ

Romans 8:17 NIV - Anglicised

Now if we are children, then we are heirs—heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ, if indeed we share in his sufferings in order that we may also share in his glory.

Live a life worthy of the calling you have received

Ephesians 4:11 NIV - Anglicised

It was he who gave some to be apostles, some to be prophets, some to be evangelists, and some to be pastors and teachers,

Esther Maybe you were born for such a time as this.. A difficult time because the baby hasn’t come Uncomfortable because you know birth needs to happen but it hasn’t happened yet

2. You Stand Out In The Crowd

Out In The Croud You no longer fit in with the “crowd” You Are Different!You look different- you feel different.We are destined to make a real difference and everybody can see it

You no longer fit in with the “crowd” You Are Different!You look different- you feel different.We are destined to make a real difference and everybody can see it

. Born not of corruptible seed but of incorruptible seed

1 Peter 1:23 NIV - Anglicised

For you have been born again, not of perishable seed, but of imperishable, through the living and enduring word of God.

I have been crucified with Christ

Galatians 2:20 NIV - Anglicised

I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.

Playing with sin and living for self is no longer an option

(NASB) Beloved, I urge you as aliens and strangers to abstain from fleshly lusts

1 Peter 2:11 NIV - Anglicised

Dear friends, I urge you, as aliens and strangers in the world, to abstain from sinful desires, which war against your soul.

3. You Prepare For Birth (real preparation)

You Start Nesting You know something needs to be birthed out of you, but it is scary and seems impossible.The need for serious preparation becomes a reality

Run in such a way as to get the prize

1 Corinthians 9:24–27 NIV - Anglicised

Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one gets the prize? Run in such a way as to get the prize. Everyone who competes in the games goes into strict training. They do it to get a crown that will not last; but we do it to get a crown that will last for ever. Therefore I do not run like a man running aimlessly; I do not fight like a man beating the air. No, I beat my body and make it my slave so that after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified for the prize.

But if by the Spirit you put to death the misdeeds of the body

Romans 8:13 NIV - Anglicised

For if you live according to the sinful nature, you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the misdeeds of the body, you will live,

To man belong the plans of the heart

Proverbs 16:1 NIV - Anglicised

To man belong the plans of the heart, but from the Lord comes the reply of the tongue.

People who are not even apart of the church begin to sow into it because they can sense the baby coming..

4. You Begin To Live The Life Of Servant hood

He who wants to be first will be last and servant of all

Mark 9:35 NIV - Anglicised

Sitting down, Jesus called the Twelve and said, “If anyone wants to be first, he must be the very last, and the servant of all.”

The greatest among you will be your servant People out of the blue begin to make comments about our pregnancyIt’s obvious you are pregnant… How far along are you… Becoming less focused on the church and more focused on the people

Matthew 23:11 NIV - Anglicised

The greatest among you will be your servant.

I am in travail until Until Christ is formed in you

Galatians 4:19 NIV - Anglicised

My dear children, for whom I am again in the pains of childbirth until Christ is formed in you,

CHURCH

TAKE HOME TRUTHS

1. You Are Called

2. You Are Supposed To Stand Out In The Crowd

3. When it’s time to birth you need to prepare

4. You Will Begin to Live The Life Of A Servant

MY RESPONSE TO GOD’S TRUTH

1. Are you willing to trust God with the cycles of your life?

2. Are you willing to accept that when God kicks you out of the nest that it is all about your faith.

3. Are you willing to let God teach you

a. Surrender b. Repentance c. Obedience

b. Repentance

c. Obedience

4. Are you willing to be used by God to give birth to his purpose on earth?