The atmosphere
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Theres a blessing in the atmosphere
Theres a blessing in the atmosphere
1 How wonderful and pleasant it is when brothers live together in harmony!
2 For harmony is as precious as the anointing oil that was poured over Aaron’s head, that ran down his beard and onto the border of his robe.
3 Harmony is as refreshing as the dew from Mount Hermon that falls on the mountains of Zion. And there the Lord has pronounced his blessing, even life everlasting.
I. intro
i belive that Tasha Cobbs sings a song that says… the atmosphere is changing now....for the Spirit of the Lord is here.. the evidence is all around.. that the Spirit of the Lord is here...
when the presence of the Lord comes into the service… into the church.. into your home or your car… sometimes you might get chill bumps and the air conditioning is not on… when the presence of the Lord comes into a particular place…there is an arresting of wicked spirits that takes place…
like a sgt major walking into a room full of privates.. everything that is not in order is rectified and placed in order...
when the presence of the Lord comes into the room .. there is a calming that takes place.. that falls .. like a blanket into the room…and at that one moment in time .. your spirit is unified with God.... those who have the baptism of the Holy Ghost.. 9 times out 10.. will begin to speak in unknown tongues.. move or rock .. run around the room… shout glory… and possibly startle the person sitting next to them...
not because they are trying to be deep.. but because there spirit that is in them… has been unified with God himself....
41 And it came to pass, that, when Elisabeth heard the salutation of Mary, the babe leaped in her womb; and Elisabeth was filled with the Holy Ghost:
42 And she spake out with a loud voice, and said, Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb.
43 And whence is this to me, that the mother of my Lord should come to me?
44 For, lo, as soon as the voice of thy salutation sounded in mine ears, the babe leaped in my womb for joy.
in luke .. when mary was still carrying jesus in her womb.. went and greeted her cousin ..Elizabeth… the bible says the babe jumped… john the baptist jumped.. and when he jumped.. mary was filled with the Holy Ghost....
when the presence of God enters into the room… and when we have been inpregnaated with the Holy Ghost.. because we are supposed to be like John the bapsitst… screaming from house to house… telling the world .. there is a man..that can heal you.. deliver you… save your soul from hell...
if we have the Holy Ghost..and have been doing what we know to do…when the Spirit of the living God comes into where ever we are… something down inside of you will leap…
1 On the day of Pentecost all the believers were meeting together in one place.
when they we all on one accord… when they were all unified...
II. atmosphere
the right Atmosphere is something we are all affected by! ......may not know exactly how to describe it, but you can recognize it.. some places P Have Distinct Atmospheres ..... How Many Know There’s a Major Difference 5 star restaurant vs McDonald’s.......Football game vs Hospital.......Whatever The Atmosphere – Your Life Is Affected By It ...... the right atmosphere is vital to your personal growth ..naturally and Spiritually...
how many of you know that.. -- WE ARE ALL AFFECTED BY OUR ATMOSPHERES WE CREATE ....Today – I want to deal with a difficult one – UNITY!
1 How wonderful and pleasant it is when brothers live together in harmony!
2 For harmony is as precious as the anointing oil that was poured over Aaron’s head, that ran down his beard and onto the border of his robe.
3 Harmony is as refreshing as the dew from Mount Hermon that falls on the mountains of Zion. And there the Lord has pronounced his blessing, even life everlasting.
Life forevermore. THERE
-- Somebody say There --
God COMMANDED A BLESSINGThe THERE God is talking about is NOT Mt. Hermon -- BUT it is found in the PLACE OF UNITY...
I Want to talk about UNITY TODAY .... The Place of the Commanded Blessing.. I REALIZE -- when your talking to people -- you are breaking the natural mold -- because people are NOT BY NATURE UNIFIED..
IN FACT BY NATURE WE ARE COMPETITIVE -- by NATURE WE ARE JEALOUS -- BY NATURE WE ARE UNTRUSTING -- BY NATURE what we don’t know about somebody else makes us stay away from them..
HOW MANY OF YOU KNOW THAT There’s Certain People That People just Don’t Like ...But they Have Never Met them..- But They’ve Already Prejudged Them Because Of What They Think About Them Or A Certain Situation.....
in genesis 11 .. the people had came together.. and decided to build a tower to heaven… they started To build the first sky scraper .. and and the Lord said.. and the Father the Son and the Holy Ghost said..beasue the word says in Gen 11:7.. let us go down and confound thier language.. that they may not be able to understand each other speech...
and afterwards because there was no more unity.. because they could not longer understand each other they left and went separate ways...
There’s NOTHING IMPOSSIBLE for people who learn to LIVE IN UNITY
God’s assessment – people in UNITY can accomplish anythingThink about in a Marriage when they both get on the same page ....How About in a business when everyone dreams the same thing and want to complete it.....HOW ABOUT OUR CHURCH -- In UNITY we can accomplish anything..
14 But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth.
15 This wisdom descendeth not from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish.
16 For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work.
LISTEN -- when you live in discord -- you don’t even have to wonder if hell is going to target you -- beCAUSE when you’re living in Strife with others and jealousy and you make it ALL about You .....- there is going to be evil working...
lISTEN -- when there is jealousy, strife, selfishness, self centeredness, bitter feelings -- the devil gets to work in that place!!!I
it doesn’t matter how many times you shout or run around the building or prophesy -- if you have attitudes about others or go home and fuss & fight == you’ll never get that ....that devil to leave your house.... UNTIL YOU CHOOSE TO LIVE IN HARMONY ....
HOW MANY KNOW IT HAPPENS IN A CHURCH -- BIBLE SAYS “Where Unity is nothing is impossible” -- There’s nothing as a church we can’t do if we’re of ONE MIND IN ONE ACCORD -- God never said there had to be a 1,000 or 10,000 -- in fact the beginning of the early church was small -- but they were in ONE ACCORD … AND…guess what...BAM -- SUDDENLY THERE CAME A SOUND!!!!GOD CAN DELIVER BY A FEW OR MANY -- ..it DEPENDS ON WHO IS WILLING TO WALK IN UNITY OF THE SAME COMMITMENT.....
HEROD & PILATE hated each other UNTIL they got Unified to Kill Jesus -- they became best of friends & partners to accomplish A NEGATIVE WORK....Have you ever noticed (whether in school, work, or church) that whenever people get offended they seem to find each other -- it’s like they have a homing signal -- may not even liked each other before but now they’re best friends…
PAUL & SILAS experienced UNITY in prison together in a very positive way -- they didn’t sit around and fuss -- they began to SING, SHOUT IN UNITY & SAW GOD MOVE.....I’m talking to all of us today -- moms, dads, kids -- anybody can complain about their situations BUT WHEN WE DECIDE TO GET IN UNITY -- WE CAN BE SUPERNATURALLY RELEASED FROM our PRISONs... AND DECIDE WE WILL BE OVERCOMERS TOGETHER!!I
III. unity affects the atmosphere
‘Behold, how good and how pleasant …’Behold – something to pay attention to, gaze at ‘HOW’ is used twice – inexhaustible ...Not just good – ‘HOW good’....Not just pleasant – ‘HOW pleasant....NEXHAUSTIBLE -- you can’t figure out How Good Or How Pleasant ...When You Quit Striving,
stop Fighting, Fussing, Complaining And Pursue HARMONY In All Your Relationships -- YOU WILL BE AMAZED AT HOW GOOD IT IS... -- how much power you will have..I.
you have to wonder if that’s why JESUS had to put some people out of a room before HE would pray for someone… when ‘LOVE’ exists in the body of Christ – the mission of the church becomes believable and tangible! ‘By this shall all men know …”
SOMEBODY SHOUT -- HOW GOOD, HOW PLEASANT
IV. The criteria that ESTABLISHES unity
IV. The criteria that ESTABLISHES unity
‘Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for BRETHREN to dwell together in unity …”‘BRETHREN’ – not natural, blood relatives.... PEOPLE who have a common Father ..-- given themselves over completely to JESUS ..
UNITY is a product of the Spirit -- so that even when I disagree with you, I don’t walk away from you.... you SEE -- when we truly LIVE IN UNITY -- I may not understand your head but I’m connected to your HEART -- I may not get what you’re thinking but I KNOW who you are..
When We Have Made A Total Commitment To God to be The Lord Of Our Lives -- Our Common Ground Is Not Our Doctrine … Worship Styles … Ethnicity … Social Standing – It Is Our Faith In Christ Jesus!
3 Make every effort to keep yourselves united in the Spirit, binding yourselves together with peace.
Through the peace that ties you together, do your best to maintain the unity that the Spirit gives.... iN OTHER WORDS -- we don’t create Unity -- we are called to maintain it & protect it -- GOD creates it, You guard it..
The ENGAGEMENT needed to discern unity
The ENGAGEMENT needed to discern unity
“Behold, how good and pleasant it is for brethren to DWELL TOGETHER in unity …”Everyone can live in unity as long as they don’t have to be TOGETHER..
YOU can’t ever experience UNITY if you never bump up against each other.. .. That’s why The enemy delights in keeping people separated
!Mark 3:25A house divided against itself can not stand’That’s a natural house -- a church house -- a schoolhouse -- a work house -- a national house....ANY HOUSE divided against itself cannot stand -- the greatest threat against America isn’t ISIS -- it is the internal fighting that keeps our leaders divided..
The Devil Desires to divide –• Husbands & Wives• Parents & Children• Blacks & Whites & Latinos• Rich & Poor• Political Parties• Churches – worship styles• Generations – old from young
14 Yes, the body has many different parts, not just one part.
15 If the foot says, “I am not a part of the body because I am not a hand,” that does not make it any less a part of the body.
16 And if the ear says, “I am not part of the body because I am not an eye,” would that make it any less a part of the body?
17 If the whole body were an eye, how would you hear? Or if your whole body were an ear, how would you smell anything?
18 But our bodies have many parts, and God has put each part just where he wants it.
19 How strange a body would be if it had only one part!
20 Yes, there are many parts, but only one body.
21 The eye can never say to the hand, “I don’t need you.” The head can’t say to the feet, “I don’t need you.”
”Who can we tell – ‘we don’t need you?. ’I’ll tell you who we do it to -- THE DIFFICULT PEOPLE.... Please give me the privilege of making an announcement this morning Everybody In The Building Is One Of Those Difficult People -- You Are A Difficult Person To Somebody…
SMALL PROBLEM –•Remove all difficult people and the building would be empty•… Remove all difficult people and we’d never grow / mature… It is in our TOGETHERNESS that we find our PURPOSE … our VOICE … our STRENGTH..
!When we are ‘together’ – we make up for what someone else is lacking...That is Why hell is fighting against the church getting together..
thats Why demonic forces seek to divide saints over politics, money, worship, etc – there is power in partnership!“….
For there God commands the blessing, life forevermore....
”When people live in UNITY – the atmosphere is established for a COMMANDED BLESSING..
WHEN GOD COMMANDS A BLESSING – NOTHING CAN STOP IT FROM TOUCHING YOUR LIFE …
What Would Happen In Your House – If You Started ‘Dwelling Together’ In Unity?
what would happen at GFT… If We Started ‘Dwelling Together’ In Unity?
COMMANDED BLESSINGS!!!