SF353 - YOU HAVE TO BELIEVE GOD (1 Chronicles 14 8-16)

@PAGE NUMBER = SF353

@TITLE = YOU HAVE TO BELIEVE GOD

@LEVEL ONE = 1 Chronicles 14:8‑16

@LEVEL ONE = INTRODUCTION

@LEVEL TWO = Whenever God speaks He expect us to listen.

@LEVEL TWO = He also expects us to act.

@LEVEL TWO = God will never ask us to do anything we can do without Him.

@LEVEL THREE = This is a crises point in your life.

@LEVEL THREE = You will either obey him our turn back.

@LEVEL TWO = Four truthes about this Crises of Belief

@LEVEL ONE = 1A.  GOD'S ASSIGNMENTS REQUIRE FAITH

@ILL TEXT = "Faith is confidence that what God has promised or said will come to pass." Blackaby

@LEVEL TWO = 1B.  When God Speaks My Response Requires Faith (v.11,16)

@SCRIPTURE = Hebrews 11:6 (NIV)  And without faith it is impossible to please God, ...

@LEVEL THREE = Not reason

@LEVEL THREE = Sight is the opposite of faith

@SCRIPTURE = 2 Corinthians 5:7 (NIV)  We live by faith, not by sight.

@LEVEL TWO = 2B.  My Faith Is In A Person

"Faith is believing that the God who called us to the assignments was the One who would provide for their accomplishment." Blackaby

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@LEVEL TWO = 3B.  Obedience Indicates Faith

@SCRIPTURE = Mark 10:27 (NIV)  Jesus looked at them and said, "With man this is impossible, but not with God; all things are possible with God."

@LEVEL THREE = Beware of self‑centeredness

@LEVEL THREE = Thinking you have to accomplish the job.

@LEVEL THREE = What I believe about God will determine what I do.

@LEVEL ONE = 2A.  GOD'S ASSIGNMENTS ARE GOD‑SIZED

@LEVEL TWO = 1B.  The Only Kind Of Assignments God Gives Are God‑Sized

@LEVEL THREE = David was commanded to go against military wisdom in order to win the victory.

@LEVEL TWO = 2B.  When People See Something Only God Can Do They Come To Know God.

@LEVEL THREE = Evangelism is the product of God working in and through His people

@LEVEL THREE = Pentacost

@SCRIPTURE = Acts 2:41 (NIV)  Those who accepted his message were baptized, and about three thousand were added to their number that day.

@LEVEL THREE = Healing of the blind beggar

@SCRIPTURE = Acts 4:4 (NIV)  But many who heard the message believed, and the number of men grew to about five thousand.

@LEVEL THREE = Raising of Dorcas from the dead

@SCRIPTURE = Acts 9:42 (NIV)  This became known all over Joppa, and many people believed in the Lord.

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@LEVEL TWO = 3B.  God Is More Interested In Your Having An Expeience With Him Than He Is With Getting The Job Done.

@LEVEL THREE = He can do the job any time He wants.

@LEVEL ONE = 3A.  HOW I RESPOND WILL TELL WHAT I BELIEVE

@LEVEL TWO = 1B.  True Faith Will Be Demonstrated

@LEVEL TWO = David and Goliath

@LEVEL THREE = 1C.  David annointed (1 Samuel 16:12‑13)

@LEVEL THREE = 2C.  David encounters Goliath (1 Samuel 17:26)

@LEVEL THREE = 3C.  David confesses his faith in God (1 Samuel 17:37)

@LEVEL THREE = 4C.  David confronts Goliath (1 Samuel 17:45‑47)

@LEVEL THREE = 5C.  David conquers Goliath (1 Samuel 17:50)

@LEVEL TWO = 2B.  Unbelief Is Costly

@LEVEL THREE = Saria's Lack Of Faith

@LEVEL THREE = 1C.  She tried to accomplish God's pupose using her own method

@SCRIPTURE = Genesis 16:1‑5

@LEVEL THREE = 2C.  It caused conflict in the home

@SCRIPTURE = Genesis 16:12

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@LEVEL ONE = 4A.  TRUE FAITH REQUIRES ACTION

@SCRIPTURE = James 2:26 (NIV)  As the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without deeds is dead.

@LEVEL TWO = 1B.  Faith Without Action Is Dead

@LEVEL TWO = 2B.  Outward Appearances Of Success Do Not Always Indicate Faith.

@SCRIPTURE = Hebrews 11:35‑38

@LEVEL TWO = 3B.  A Faithful Servant In One Who Does What His Master Tells Him

@LEVEL ONE = APPLICATION

@ILL TEXT = "You Live what you really believe, everything else is just religious talk."

@LEVEL TWO = Is It Time For You To Belive God

@LEVEL TWO = Time to Walk Your Talk

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@ILL TITLE = THE PARABLE OF THE ABSENT BUSINESS MAN

@ILL TEXT = To make the value of obedience just as practical as possible, let's  play "Let's pretend."  Let's pretend that you work for me. In fact,  you are my executive assistant in a company that is growing rapidly.  I'm the owner and I'm interested in expanding overseas.  To pull this  off, I make plans to travel abroad and stay there until the new branch  office gets established.  I make all the arrangements to take my  family in the move to Europe for six to eight months, and I leave you  in charge of the busy stateside organization.I tell you that I will  write you regularly and give you direction and instructions.

@ILL TEXT = I leave and you stay.  Months pass.  A flow of letters are mailed  from Europe and received by you at the national headquarters.  I spell  out all my expectations.  Finally, I return.  Soon after my arrival I  drive down to the office.   I am stunned!  Grass and weeds have grown  up high.  A few windows along the street are broken.   I walk into the  receptionist's room and she is doing her nails, chewing gum, and  listening to her favorite disco station.  I look around and notice the  waste baskets are overflowing, the carpet hasn't been vacuumed for  weeks, and nobody seems concerned that the owner has returned.  I ask  about your whereabouts and someone in the crowded lounge area points down the hall and yells, "I think he's down there." Disturbed, I move  in that direction and bump into you as you are finishing a chess game  with our sales manager.  I ask you to step into my office (which has  been temporarily turned into a television room for watching afternoon  soap operas).   

@ILL TEXT = "What in the world is going on, man?"

@ILL TEXT = "What do ya' mean, Chuck?"

@ILL TEXT = "Well, look at this place!  Didn't yu get any of my letters?"

@ILL TEXT = "Letters?  Oh, yeah ‑‑ sure, got every one of them.  As a matter of  fact, Chuck, we have had letter study every Friday night since you  left.  We have even divided all the personnel into small groups and  discussed many of the things you wrote. Some of those things were  really interesting.  You'll be pleased to know that a few of us have  actually committed to memory some of your sentences and paragraphs.  One or two memorized an entire letter or two!  Great stuff in those  letters!"

@ILL TEXT = "Okay, okay ‑‑ you got my letters, you studied them and meditated  on them, discussed and even memorized them.  But what did you do about  them?"

@ILL TEXT = "Do?  Uh ‑‑ we didn't do anything about them."

@ILL TEXT = ‑‑ Improving Your Serve, by Charles Swindoll, p. 170‑171