3 John 2 Dear friend, I pray that you may enjoy good health and that all may go well with you, even as your soul is getting along well.  John 5:1-6 Afterward Jesus returned to Jerusalem for one of the Jewish holy days. Inside the city, near the Sheep Gate, was the pool of Bethesda, with five covered porches. Crowds of sick people—blind, lame, or paralyzed—lay on the porches. One of the men lying there had been sick for thirty-eight years. When Jesus saw him and knew he had been ill for a long time, he asked him, “Would you like to get well?”  

Do you want to get HEALTHY? 

Health: FREE and FULLY alive, COMPLETE  

4 Health Crisis in our world: 

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This will be your BEST year yet when it is your best year SPIRITUALLY.  

21 DAYS OF PRAYER AND FASTING  

Prayer connects you with GOD.  

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John 5:7 “I can’t, sir,” the sick man said, “for I have no one to put me into the pool when the water bubbles up. Someone else always gets there ahead of me.”

1. You can make EXCUSES or you can make PROGRESS, but you can’t make both.  

Exodus 3:7,10-11 Then the Lord told him, “I have certainly seen the oppression of my people in Egypt. I have heard their cries of distress because of their harsh slave drivers. Yes, I am aware of their suffering. Now go, for I am sending you to Pharaoh. You must lead my people Israel out of Egypt.” But Moses protested to God, “Who am I to appear before Pharaoh? Who am I to lead the people of Israel out of Egypt?”

Fear responds to God with “BUT”.  

John 5:8-9 Jesus told him, “Stand up, pick up your mat, and walk!” Instantly, the man was healed! He rolled up his sleeping mat and began walking! But this miracle happened on the Sabbath,

2. You focus on doing the NATURAL, and trust God to do the SUPERNATURAL. NAHSHON The FIRST step is always the HARDEST step.  

Habakkuk 2:2 Then the Lord answered me and said: “Write the vision and make itplain on tablets, that he may run who reads it.

My life would be healthier if I started or stopped ____________________.  

John 5:9-14 Instantly, the man was healed! He rolled up his sleeping mat and began walking! But this miracle happened on the Sabbath,   so the Jewish leaders objected. They said to the man who was cured, “You can’t work on the Sabbath! The law doesn’t allow you to carry that sleeping mat!” But he replied, “The man who healed me told me, ‘Pick up your mat and walk.’” “Who said such a thing as that?” they demanded. The man didn’t know, for Jesus had disappeared into the crowd. But afterward Jesus found him in the Temple and told him, “Now you are well; so stop sinning, or something even worse may happen to you.”  

3. A healthy life starts with a MIRACLE but is sustained through our HABITS. We are all one HABIT away from a HEALTHIER life. 

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Galatians 6:7-9 Don’t be misled—you cannot mock the justice of God. You will always harvest what you plant. Those who live only to satisfy their own sinful nature will harvest decay and death from that sinful nature. But those who live to please the Spirit will harvest everlasting life from the Spirit.  So let’s not get tired of doing what is good. At just the right time we will reap a harvest of blessing if we don’t give up.  

Bad habits always come back to BITE us.  

Good habits always come back to BLESS us. 

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This weekend's message from Pastor Josh, "God Given Desires" is available online now: https://youtu.be/ZmjObmCBUB8

DESIRE to learn X WILLINGNESS to change = your level of TEACHABILITY

God's promises are clear, worry makes things cloudy. 

God is not protecting your PLAN; He's protecting His PROMISES.

When it's not going according to what you planned, keep focused on HIS promises. Don't panic! 

Proverbs 19:21, "Many are the plans in a person’s heart, but it is the LORD’s purpose that prevails."

Psalm 37:4 NKJV Delight yourself also in the Lord, And He shall give you the desires of your heart.   

How do we DEVELOP the right DESIRES?  

Ezekiel 11:19-20 NIV 19 I will give them an undivided heart and put a new spirit in them; I will remove from them their heart of stone and give them a heart of flesh. 20 Then they will follow my decrees and be careful to keep my laws. They will be my people, and I will be their God.  

DESIRE to learn X WILLINGNESS to change = your level of TEACHABILITY  

2. God wants to GIVE you good things so He can TEACH you about His goodness.  "Everything worthwhile is uphill." - John Maxwell  

3. FAITHFULNESS isn’t always FUN, but OBEDIENCE leads to FRUITFULNESS 

Psalm 37:3 NKJV“Trust in the Lord, and do good; Dwell in the land, and feed on His faithfulness.   

John 15:5-8 NIV5 “I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing. 6 If you do not remain in me, you are like a branch that is thrown away and withers; such branches are picked up, thrown into the fire and burned. 7 If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you. 8 This is to my Father’s glory, that you bear much fruit, showing yourselves to be my disciples.

“It’s true that I was 44 when we opened our first Walmart in 1962…and like most other overnight successes, it was about 20 years in the making.”       ~ Sam Walton  

4. God is not protecting your PLAN; He's protecting His PROMISES.   

Psalm 37:5 NKJV Commit your way to the Lord, Trust also in Him, And He shall bring it to pass.”

God doesn’t want to simply live up to your EXPECTATIONS; He wants to EXCEED them!  

Hebrews 10:23 NIV“ Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for he who promised is faithful.”   

Psalm 51:10-12 GNT Create a pure heart in me, O God, and put a new and loyal spirit in me. 

Show Notes: http://coastalcommunity.tv/21prayer

As a church we start the New Year with 21 Days of Prayer and Fasting. We seek God and set aside distractions to see what God has for us coming up this year. This time creates a lense, a theme and a focus for us. 

Prayer: connects us to God

Fasting: disconnects us from the world. 

Ask God what he would have you do for this time. 

1 Corinthians 9:27 says “But I discipline my body and keep it under control, lest after preaching to others I myself should be disqualified.”

When the pressures of life are arising, and stresses from the season overtaking you - what will you do?

Matthew 1:18-25, "This is how the birth of Jesus the Messiah came about : His mother Mary was pledged to be married to Joseph, but before they came together, she was found to be pregnant through the Holy Spirit.

Because Joseph her husband was faithful to the law, and yet did not want to expose her to public disgrace, he had in mind to divorce her quietly.

But after he had considered this, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, “Joseph son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary home as your wife, because what is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit.

She will give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins.”

All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had said through the prophet:

“The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel” (which means “God with us”).

When Joseph woke up, he did what the angel of the Lord had commanded him and took Mary home as his wife.

But he did not consummate their marriage until she gave birth to a son. And he gave him the name Jesus.

We’re so glad you’re going us today as we reflect on the message from this weekend from Pastor Shayla! 

Weekend service, "Overcoming Worry": https://youtu.be/GyyIasSLwFo

So many of us struggle in fear based / worry mentality. What does laying worry down look like on a personal level, or on a daily basis? 

Worry is a choice. 

Be aware that 94% of our worries never happen. 

RESOURCES: Battlefield of the Mind by Joyce Meyers

Other Tools: Counseling, getting involved in good relationships, find a Bible reading plan!

Thank you for joining us online this weekend!   

2 Kings 4:21-27 She carried him up and laid him on the bed of the man of God, then shut the door and left him there.  She sent a message to her husband: “Send one of the servants and a donkey so that I can hurry to the man of God and come right back.” “Why go today?” he asked. “It is neither a new moon festival nor a Sabbath.” But she said, “It will be all right.” So she saddled the donkey and said to the servant, “Hurry! Don’t slow down unless I tell you to.” As she approached the man of God at Mount Carmel, Elisha saw her in the distance. He said to Gehazi, “Look, the woman from Shunem is coming. Run out to meet her and ask her, ‘Is everything all right with you, your husband, and your child?’” “Yes,” the woman told Gehazi, “everything is fine.” But when she came to the man of God at the mountain, she fell to the ground before him and caught hold of his feet. Gehazi began to push her away, but the man of God said, “Leave her alone. She is deeply troubled, but the Lord has not told me what it is.”  How to overcome Worry:  1. Lay it DOWN & Shut the DOOR

PHil 4: 6a Don’t worry about anything; instead, pray about everything...

2. Fill the GAP  

Phil 4:8-9 And now, dear brothers and sisters, one final thing. Fix your thoughts on what is true, and honorable, and right, and pure, and lovely, and admirable. Think about things that are excellent and worthy of praise. Keep putting into practice all you learned and received from me—everything you heard from me and saw me doing. Then the God of peace will be with you.  

3. Trust GOD for the OUTCOME

This weekend we talked about an important concept as a church, our LEGACY. In the weekend message, we spent time in Matthew 27. 

In that passage we read the story of Joseph of Arimathea who offered his burial tomb to house Jesus’ body after the crucifixion. His preparation lead him to be able to do something significant when he offered what he had to the Lord. It is a good thing to work on a plan for your future. Your finances, your career, ministry etc. 

The issue arises when we hold TOO TIGHTLY to what we have been blessed with. We hoard for ourselves. Oftentimes a poverty/limited mentality prevents us from living an open handed life TRUSTING God with all of our resources. 

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Matthew 27:57-60 As evening approached, Joseph, a rich man from Arimathea who had become a follower of Jesus, went to Pilate and asked for Jesus’ body. And Pilate issued an order to release it to him. Joseph took the body and wrapped it in a long sheet of clean linen cloth. He placed it in his own new tomb, which had been carved out of the rock. Then he rolled a great stone across the entrance and left.  

Matthew 27:57 As evening approached, Joseph, a rich man from Arimathea who had become a follower of Jesus,We have been BLESSED to be a BLESSING.  

2 Corinthians 9:11 You will be enriched in every way so that you can be generous on every occasion, and through us your generosity will result in thanksgiving to God.

Your BEST LIFE is a life spent being a BLESSING!  

I Timothy 6:17-19 Command those who are rich in this present world not to be arrogant nor to put their hope in wealth, which is so uncertain, but to put their hope in God, who richly provides us with everything for our enjoyment. Command them to do good, to be rich in good deeds, and to be generous and willing to share. In this way they will lay up treasure for themselves as a firm foundation for the coming age, so that they may take hold of the life that is truly life.  

Practical application: If God gives you MORE, do MORE.  

Matthew 27:58-59 went to Pilate and asked for Jesus’ body. And Pilate issued an order to release it to him. Joseph took the body and wrapped it in a long sheet of clean linen cloth. 

The greater the CAUSE the greater the COMMITMENT.  

I Corinthians 12:27 Now you are the body of Christ, and each one of you is a part of it.  Ephesians 5:25b-27 Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her to make her holy, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word, and to present her to himself as a radiant church,   The Church is God’s SOLUTION to man’s STRUGGLES.  

You can’t serve God and money, but you can serve GOD with MONEY.  “If our expenditure on comforts, luxuries, amusements, etc., is up to the common standard common to those with the same income as our own, we are probably GIVING AWAY TOO LITTLE.” -C.S. Lewis, Mere Christianity  

If our charities do not at all pinch or hamper us, I should say THEY ARE TOO SMALL.  

There ought to be things we should like to do and cannot because our charitable expenditures excludes them.” -C.S. Lewis, Mere Christianity  

Matthew 27:60 He placed it in his own new tomb, which had been carved out of the rock. Then he rolled a great stone across the entrance and left.

Our lives should BUILD something that will OUTLAST us.  

I Corinthians 3:10-14 By the grace God has given me, I laid a foundation as a wise builder, and someone else is building on it. But each one should build with care. For no one can lay any foundation other than the one already laid, which is Jesus Christ. If anyone builds on this foundation using gold, silver, costly stones, wood, hay or straw, their work will be shown for what it is, because the Day will bring it to light. It will be revealed with fire, and the fire will test the quality of each person’s work. If what has been built survives, the builder will receive a reward.“  

Only one life, ‘twill soon be PAST, Only what’s done for Christ will LAST.”  -C.T. Studd