MAKE ME A CHAIR

WE ARE SITTING ON THE GROUND IN THE FOREST BEGGING FOR A CHAIR!

Mark 6:3 (NKJV)

Is this not the carpenter, the Son of Mary, and brother of James, Joses, Judas, and Simon? And are not His sisters here with us?” So they were offended at Him.

JESUS WAS THE CREATOR AND THE CARPENTER

Jesus grew a tree to make a chair

JESUS CREATES THE SOLUTION BEFORE THE PROBLEM

YOUR PROBLEMS COME WITH SOLUTIONS BEFORE THEY ARRIVE!

Jesus creates with the intention of building something functional and practical.

There’s too many trees and not enough furniture in the kingdom today. *show a generation how to turn a tree into a chair!

tired of sitting on the ground

WE ARE LOST IN A FOREST OF INSPIRATION WHILE NEGLECTING THE TREES OF APPLICATION

1 Kings 2:12 NKJV

Then Solomon sat on the throne of his father David; and his kingdom was firmly established.

IT’S TIME TO BUILD A GENERATION A CHAIR!

KILL GIANTS, CONQUER POWERS AND PRINCIPALITIES, OVERCOME OUR CARNAL APPETITES, MENTOR, DISCIPLINE, ENCOURAGE, BUILD SOMETHING STRONG.

Hebrews 2:1–3 (NKJV)

Therefore we must give the more earnest heed to the things we have heard, lest we drift away. For if the word spoken through angels proved steadfast, and every transgression and disobedience received a just reward, how shall we escape if we neglect so great a salvation, which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed to us by those who heard Him,

WE HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY APPLY THE GOSPEL!

SALVATION IS MORE PRACTICAL THAN INSPIRATIONAL TO THOSE WHO ARE TIRED OF SITTING ON THE GROUND!

James 1:23–25 (NKJV)

For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man observing his natural face in a mirror; for he observes himself, goes away, and immediately forgets what kind of man he was. But he who looks into the perfect law of liberty and continues in it, and is not a forgetful hearer but a doer of the work, this one will be blessed in what he does.

THE WORD WORKS FOR THOSE WHO WORK IT!

THE WORD WILL MAKE YOU A CHAIR IF YOU APPLY IT!!!!

BLESSING COMES FROM APPLICATION!

“TEACH ME TO MAKE A CHAIR!”

DEVELOPING A LIFE THAT APPLIES THE PRINCIPLES OF THE WORD:

AMBITION - REQUIRES DISCIPLINE OF THE WORD!

YOUR AMBITION WILL NEVER EXCEED YOUR DISCIPLINE

CHAIRS DON’T EMERGE FROM DESIRE

Proverbs 10:4 (NKJV)

He who has a slack hand becomes poor,

But the hand of the diligent makes rich.

John 4:35 (NKJV)

Do you not say, ‘There are still four months and then comes the harvest’? Behold, I say to you, lift up your eyes and look at the fields, for they are already white for harvest!

WORK THE HARVEST! WORK THE WORD!

DEVELOP AND MAINTAIN THE SPIRITUAL DISCIPLINE OF STUDY, PRAYER, FELLOWSHIP.

MAKE A CHAIR TO SIT IN!

2. SKILL - REQUIRES DISCIPLESHIP

YOU NEED A MENTOR THAT KNOWS HOW TO MAKE A CHAIR

FIND SOMEONE WHO TOOK A TREE AND TURNED IT INTO A CHAIR!

*EXPERIENCED WORD WORKERS NEEDED!

1 Kings 5:6 NKJV

Now therefore, command that they cut down cedars for me from Lebanon; and my servants will be with your servants, and I will pay you wages for your servants according to whatever you say. For you know there is none among us who has skill to cut timber like the Sidonians.

STOP RUNNING FROM CORRECTION!

MENTORS EXIST TO TEACH YOU HOW TO BRING DOWN THE BIG TREES!

BIG TREES MAKE BIG CHAIRS!

3. TOOLS - REQUIRES INVESTMENT

GIVE ME 4 HOURS TO CUT DOWN A TREE AND I WILL SPEND 3 HOURS SHARPENING MY AX

WHAT SACRIFICE ARE YOU WILLING TO MAKE TO PAY FOR THE TOOLS

TIME, MONEY, ENERGY, TALENT

CRY NOW OR CRY LATER - LATER IS MORE PAINFUL THAN NOW.

2 Samuel 24:24 (NKJV)

Then the king said to Araunah, “No, but I will surely buy it from you for a price; nor will I offer burnt offerings to the Lord my God with that which costs me nothing.” So David bought the threshing floor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver.

4. VISION - REQUIRES A PLAN

Habakkuk 2:2–3 (NKJV)

Then the Lord answered me and said:

“Write the vision

And make it plain on tablets,

That he may run who reads it.

For the vision is yet for an appointed time;

But at the end it will speak, and it will not lie.

Though it tarries, wait for it;

Because it will surely come,

It will not tarry.

VISION IS DAYDREAMING UNLESS IT HAS A PLAN

WRITE DOWN YOUR VISION WITH A PLAN ATTACHED THIS WEEK.

GIVE YOURSELF SOMETHING TO RUN TOWARDS!

VISION DEMANDS OBEDIENCE *OBEY THE PLAN! APPLY THE PLAN.

CLOSE:

THE CROSS WAS IN THE TREE THAT HAD A PLAN TO SAVE ALL MANKIND!

CARRY YOUR CROSS!

FLESH MUST DIE