Get Ready...

Ezekiel 38:7 KJV 1900

7 Be thou prepared, and prepare for thyself, thou, and all thy company that are assembled unto thee, and be thou a guard unto them.

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Yes this scripture is talking about Gog and Magog and enemies of Israel...

And yes, almost no two commentaries will agree on who they are or even where they are…

If you came today to get the answer to this question… I have to disapoint!

But if you came today for insight on what 2020 is going to look like then you are in the right place!

Terms and definitions:

Vision: Vision 2020, V2020 or V20

God Focused, Personal Growth, Reaching Others

We have entered into a time of redefinition!

Title: Get Ready

I have a three-fold passion for 2020 - dare I even say MANDATE!

Focus on God

Help you Grow into the best you possible

Reach Lincoln and the surrounding area

Focus on God:

Every last one of us, if we will allow it to happen, can truly put God at number one is your life!

I know it’s the natural thing to say, “God is number one!”.

What does your actions say?

What is the first thing on your mind when you wake up?

What is the last thing on your mind when you go to sleep?

When you mind wanders, where does it go?

Sports? To do list? Kids? Job? Good things? Bad things? WHAT?

What if you disciplined your mind that it naturally went to the things of God?

Not possible?

We have entered into a time of redefinition!

We are the victors! Anything we say is possible because we are the blood soaked, victorious Warriors of God!

You don’t think so?

We were probable the only church in town defaced with pentagrams and rambling statements...

Help you Grow into the best you possible

Help you Grow into the best you possible

Ephesians 4:11–16 KJV 1900

11 And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers; 12 For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ: 13 Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ: 14 That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive; 15 But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, even Christ: 16 From whom the whole body fitly joined together and compacted by that which every joint supplieth, according to the effectual working in the measure of every part, maketh increase of the body unto the edifying of itself in love.

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I am on a mission: Looking for those who want to grow! I’m going to grow you!

Dig in the dirt around your root system - it may be uncomfortable

Feed you stuff you don’t want to eat

Cut you back in places - so you can grow more in others

It is no wonder that begins teaching about the New Man!

What happens when you are perfected!

Reach Lincoln and the surrounding area

Reach Lincoln

I will have a question for you next week that will further shape and challenge you.

Bottom line is this; it’s time to grow!!

Time to sweep this area with the Gospel of Jesus Christ!

My Vision 2020 for you is that you introduce someone to Jesus this year!

Some of you

You bring someone to the alter and walk them threw repentance, baptism, Holy Ghost infilling and holy living!

That you mentor someone in the Apostolic Faith!

Thought bomb: that you will pastor someone through the process of Discipleship!

BUT to do that, we have to redefine God in our lives.

Here is the thing about God...

He is as big and impactful in your life as you want him to be!

As you will allow him to be!

Conclusion:

Life is complicated!

All these moving parts…

Boxes:

God

Family

Spouse

Job

Career

Personal Growth

Friendships

Social Media

Entertainment

Home

Buisness

Rest

Most of us live our lives responding to the greatest cry for help...

Bosses that demand too much of our time

Endless honey do list

Guilty because we don’t spend enough time with our family

All these moving parts that demand so much of us!

90 Min of church/God

That’s pretty good… an hour and a half a week when only 20% of Americans go to church weekly!

60 yrs x 52 weeks x 90 God minutes = 16,848,000 minutes

280,800 hours life

11,700 days in the House of God in a 60 year life span…

THAT’S PRETTY GOOD!

RIGHT????

Toilet:

60 yrs x 52 weeks x 90 God minutes = 280,800

8,760 minutes on the toilet

525,600 hours on the toilet

https://www.reference.com/world-view/average-time-someone-spends-toilet-8f9d1664f3023ae3

The average Christian in America to give twice the time to the toilet then God!

Further perspective:

If you only gave your boss 1.5 hours a week?

Your wife/husband?

Your other relationships?

Your hobbies?

Screen time:

60 yrs x 365 days x 600 screen minutes (10 hours/day) = 13,140,000

219,000 hours

9,125 days

25 years of your first 60 years will be spent looking at a screen!

https://sites.psu.edu/ist110pursel/2018/02/21/americans-devout-more-than-10-hours-a-day-to-screen-time-and-growing/

1 yrs = 3,560 minutes

Howard, Jacqueline. “Americans at more than 10 hours a day on screens.” CNN, Cable News Network, 29 July 2016, www.cnn.com/2016/06/30/health/americans-screen-time-nielsen/index.html.

1 yrs = 3,560 minutes

Suggestions:

Time in the car: More than 100 hours a year in your car!

38 hours a year waiting for a green light

America spends 37 billion hours waiting in lines a year!

28 minutes waiting on your doctor in the waiting area BEFORE YOU GET BACK TO THE EXAM ROOM!

13 hours on hold with customor service per year

Someone will spend 21 minutes waiting for people to get ready per year per trip

Why don’t you start redeeming the time!

Forcing your thoughts to God

Listening to His word

Praying

Have times in the car with your children of prayer

Covenant with yourself: no entertainment until I’ve grown in God and I’ve grown myself!

You can’t spend 40 hours a week at doing God’s work...

If you do it right, you will spend 168 hours a week working for God

In a 60 yr life span you will spend 60 years serving him!

Make yourself do the right things

Two things you can do to garentee success:

1. Change your thoughts

2. Come to the House of God