CWC Message with Pastor Kevin Kerr

Today's message focus is on Gideon and what his mission became to deliver God's people by overcoming the spirit of fear and  finally defeat the Midianites.

How does God deal with fear? Often He’ll reduce numbers and use His remnant.

The remnant that doesn't fear the enemy.

Gideon found 300 men who wouldn’t drink from the brook like a dog. Why did God recognize this as important?

Be blessed

Todays's message focuses on Psalm 23 in a way you haven't heard before.

When rejections and defeats want to put you into a pit of despair, your victory is in God. If God has shown you the answer, and shows you what He wants done. Ultimately He wins, what he says will come to pass. That means you will win.

Be blessed

Todays message focuses on casting aside our mindsets and failures to pursue victory by the Spirit and Authority of God according to His plan and your relationship with Him.

-His plan includes warfaring a good warfare over the prophecies spoken over you as Paul charged Timothy?

The idea of hermiting yourself from the Body of Christ is not God’s idea. Where will you find the authority for that in His Word?

The spirit of fear:

The spirit of fear takes away the soundness of mind

As a Christian as we dwell in the the inferior it’s seems to take the place of the superior

Hebrews 8:6.

But in fact the ministry Jesus has received is as superior to theirs as the covenant of which he is mediator is superior to the old one, since the new covenant is established on better promises.

Gal 1:8

Nothing separates us from the authority power and love for God’s purpose

Real determination comes when we stop being impressed with the size of our enemy or our problem. Or my ideas or ideals

Parables: Jesus taught them so those who had a heart for him would understand it

The Unjust Judge: 

Luke 18: 1 Men ought to pray and not lose heart

Real determination has to be rooted in faith or it winds up being … not self destination that most often winds up carnal and fleshly.

Determination usually comes from something we like to do

My faith

3 leaven’s Mindsets

Pharisees / religious

Herod / political

Heaven / Kingdom of God

Today, we had at CWC at heart stirring message from Pastor Robert Gay. 

Restored Vision and Renewed Dreams

From Joseph in Genesis 

This is about prevailing in and through processes to get to the palace

Be blessed 

Todays message is a prepatory message for and about Courage and Impartation. Receive this if you can

Romans 1:11-

-I long to see you so that I may impart to you some spiritual gift to make you strong

Impartation: to give over and to share

Paul is writing to the church in Rome

This is is necessary for concrete architecture to the church

Grace: you have the grace of God

The enabling power of the Holy Spirit for you to become who you were created to be and then do what you were created to do

Eph 4:29

-Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen.

 unwholesome and gossip corrupt talk can send you off the course you’re supposed to have

2Kings

Elijah's impartation to Elisha through his coat

When Elijah was taken up in the whirlwind his coat fell to Elisha for his double portion. Elisha was on the edge of his seat from the moment he asked for Elijah's double portion

Gen 2:18

God had created Adam, and here He says, “it is not good for man to be alone”.

God’s design for us is the same, it is not good for man to be alone

-Where two or three are gathered together there I am

It is not good for us to be alone

Is 41:10-13 Co-laboring with God for the kingdoms common good

10So do not fear, for I am with you;

do not be dismayed, for I am your God.

I will strengthen you and help you;

I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.

11“All who rage against you

will surely be ashamed and disgraced;

those who oppose you

will be as nothing and perish.

12Though you search for your enemies,

you will not find them

Those who wage war against you

will be as nothing at all.

13For I am the Lord your God

who takes hold of your right hand

and says to you, Do not fear;

I will help you.

Acts 4:29

29Now, Lord, consider their threats and enable your servants to speak your word with great boldness. 30 Stretch out your hand to heal and perform signs and wonders through the name of your holy servant Jesus.``

-the religious usually do not like and hate miracles 

Be blessed

Going into the next season

We don’t control the seasons, God does

God may move not according to common sense rules.

Ex4:4 The Lord commands Moses to pick up the serpent by the tail

-Note: Usually you do not want to do this.....But God specifically instructed Moses..

Do you trust me with your life?

Modeling Ministry

The key to ministry is to not look at your surroundings

To serve from him, not for him

Ministers advice: If one principal doesn’t work, then try another

Some ministry works better than others...according to the season you're in

Binding and loosing?

We may be coming into a season of violence. Violent faith..?

Mercy? Receiving?

-Wisdom which you will need is knowing the difference

Which battles are yours co-laboring with God, and which ones are God’s alone?

Not changing anything in this new season, could lead to disaster

If you don’t see the necessity, then you won’t change

How bad do we want it?

Lk 18:17

Whoever does not receive the kingdom of God as a little child will not enter into it.

Lk 18 The Rich Young Ruler

Lazurus at Bethany

It’s impossible to hunger for something that doesn’t exist?

How impossible is it to hunger for something that doesn’t exist?

Ex 4:4 Moses picks up\ a snake by its tail from the Lord’s command

God is looking for people who can move with the seasons

Not necessarily ones who do it by the book or their own ideals, but those who will listen to His way. Picking up a snake by the tail goes against rules of common sense

Enduring Faith

-Will cause us to live in the consciousness of the Father

Ps 103:1-5

-“Bless the Lord all my soul and all that is within me, bless his holy name

Who was he talking to?

-Soul..

David commanding his heart and mind, his being to be consumed by the presence of God

-To have our heart and mind live in another dimension-In spite of what’s going on around you

Self listen up…we’re going to do this RIGHT NOW

For the sake of explanation

Jesus can’t undo what He did

He redeems our lives from destruction

-to believe God has put a sickness or disease on us to teach us a lesson

God is trying to build character in us when our prayers go unanswered 

There are times God wants us to endure

Unanswered prayer sometimes is God wanting to build endurance in us

Sometimes we get an instant miracle, sometimes and many times we have to go to war to get to get the victory

Lk 18:1 The Unjust judge and the persistent widow

He then spoke a parable. That men ought to not lose heart

1One day Jesus spoke to his disciples a parable to show that they should always pray and never give up

Lk 18:2 

Spiritual warefare is not giving up when it gets tough, or real tough. When you have God’s word on the matter, and you’re in constant fellowship with God. God will prevail, and so you will prevail even if it has to go all the way to the end

My 9:23 The demon that would not come out

How can this be?

The father said, Lord i can believe, help me with my unbelief 

and Jesus did honor his request.

Design, purpose, destiny

Everyone should know who God says they are

Every sacrifice is a step beyond our convenience

Keep at it keep at it and keep at it

Watchman Née:

If the life of a Christian is to be pleasing to God then it must be properly readjusted in all things 

Quote:

Evil things only become appealing when we forget who we are

Jesus 40 days in the Wilderness

When the tempter came

1. If you be the SOG turn these stones..

2. Throw yourself off this cliff and let the angels catch you

3. I will give you all these kingdoms if you fall down and worship me

We say we believe in God, but so does the devil.

Satan comes to question and contradict the Word of God

If he succeeds in getting you to doubt, he can get you off your purpose

If he gets you off your purpose

We keep doing it until we get it right

When the Lord leads you into a conflict, He’s not trying to punish you

He’s trying to equip you to win to bring Him glory, and second it’s always punishment for the devil.

The enemies will always try to attack the last thing God said

Who we are, and what we should be comes from the presence of God

Season your speech with salt

Mat 5:13  Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savor, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men.

Col 4:6  Let your speech be alway with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man.

Mat 5:14  Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on a hill cannot be hidden.

Jesus taught 3 leaven’s

-Leaven is a mindset

Leaven needs a heat source to work

    Herod (political arena)

    Pharisees (religious arena)

    Kingdom (Gods domain)

When delivering a word on a matter…you are turning the heat up