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JAMES 5:17-18

Elijah was a man with a nature like ours; yet he prayed earnestly that it would not rain, and for three years and six months it did not rain on the land.w 18Then he prayed again, and the sky gave rain and the land produced its fruit.

ACTS 7:30-32

After 40 years had passed, an angel appeared to him in the wilderness of Mount Sinai, in the flame of a burning bush. When Moses saw it, he was amazed at the sight. As he was approaching to look at it, the voice of the Lord came:  I am the God of your fathers—the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob. So Moses began to tremble and did not dare to look.

3 The boy Samuel served the Lord in Eli’s presence. In those days the word of the Lord was rare and prophetic visions were not widespread.

2 One day Eli, whose eyesight was failing, was lying in his room. 3 Before the lamp of God had gone out, Samuel was lying down in the tabernacle of the Lord, where the ark of God was located.

4 Then the Lord called Samuel,[a] and he answered, “Here I am.” 5 He ran to Eli and said, “Here I am; you called me.”

“I didn’t call,” Eli replied. “Go back and lie down.” So he went and lay down.

6 Once again the Lord called, “Samuel!”

Samuel got up, went to Eli, and said, “Here I am; you called me.”

“I didn’t call, my son,” he replied. “Go back and lie down.”

7 Now Samuel had not yet experienced the Lord, because the word of the Lord had not yet been revealed to him. 8 Once again, for the third time, the Lord called Samuel. He got up, went to Eli, and said, “Here I am; you called me.”

Then Eli understood that the Lord was calling the boy. 9 He told Samuel, “Go and lie down. If He calls you, say, ‘Speak, Lord, for Your servant is listening.’” So Samuel went and lay down in his place.

10 The Lord came, stood there, and called as before, “Samuel, Samuel!”

Samuel responded, “Speak, for Your servant is listening.”

HEBREWS 11:6

Now without faith it is impossible to please God, for the one who draws near to Him must believe that He exists and rewards those who seek Him.

Rewards: Paying What Is Due. ? 

What is due when someone calls on you? You respond. What is due when you seek out relationship? Relationship is due. 

God REWARDS those who seek Him.

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Ephesians 3:14-21

14 For this reason I kneel before the Father, 15 from whom every family in heaven and on earth derives its name. 16 I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being, 17 so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, 18 may have power, together with all the Lord’s holy people, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, 19 and to know this love that surpasses knowledge—that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God.

20 Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, 21 to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen.

1 John 3:1

Consider the kind of extravagant love the Father has lavished on us—He calls us children of God! It’s true; we are His beloved children. And in the same way the world didn’t recognize Him, the world does not recognize us either.

Extravagent: exceeding what is reasonable or appropriate; absurd...lacking restraint in spending money or using resources.

1 John 4:18-19

18 There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears is not made perfect in love. 19 We love because he first loved us.

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From Disciple Community @ The Source Church Wichita in Wichita KS - 9/9/18 Sermon on Remaining In Christ w/ a practical tool for abiding worksheet downloadable at : http://bit.ly/tsw-remaining-worksheet

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The Lord wants to address our thinking again. 

At the prayer service, we were praying “Your will on earth as it is in heaven.”

The Lord began showing me that we are:

• Carriers of Heaven! 
• The Lord wants to release the Kingdom of God through us, every where we go. Living in sync with his heart and his ways, obedient to the spirit in us, releasing heaven on earth in all things. 
• Oaks of righteousness, on display for his glory. 
• Vessels carrying his glory into the earth / sourced from a heavenly place. 
• But because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, 5made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions—it is by grace you have been saved. 6And God raised us up with Christ and seated us with him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus,
• Ephesians 2:4

BUT DO WE REALLY BELIeVE THIS?! 

What have we believed about who we are in Christ?

What thoughts do we have toward ourselves?

•   Our abilities
•   Our inadequacies 
•   Our lack?

We need to bring our thoughts under the judgement of the word. 

Hebrews 4:12-13

For the word of God is alive and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart. Nothing in all creation is hidden from God’s sight. Everything is uncovered and laid bare before the eyes of him to whom we must give account.

Division of Soul & Spirit - Is this me, or is this God? Is this the mind of Jason, of is this the Mind of Christ!? 

How am I thinking? Am I setting my mind on the flesh ( soul ) or am I setting my mind on the Spirit? 

JUDGE MY THOUGHTS LORD

Submit your thoughts and attitudes to God for judgment. 

Lord, here’s how I’m feeling. Here’s what I’m thinking. Here’t the current attitude of my heart. 

Give your judgement, Lord. 

Is this Soul? Is this Spirit? 

Are we SOUL thinking or are we SPIRIT thinking? 

For to set the mind on the flesh is death, but to set the mind on the Spirit is life and peace. For the mind that is set on the flesh is hostile to God, for it does not submit to God's law; indeed, it cannot. Those who are in the flesh cannot please God.

Is my mind set on the flesh, or is my mind set on the Spirit? 

We can’t sort out the flesh by acting in the flesh. 

We sort out the flesh by acting in the Spirit. 

2 Corinthians 10:4-5

For although we live in the flesh, we do not wage war according to the flesh, 4 since the weapons of our warfare† are not of the flesh, but are powerful† through God for the demolition of strongholds. We demolish arguments 5 and every proud thing that is raised up against the knowledge† of God, and we take every thought captive to obey Christ.

Stronghold : a fortified, military stronghold; a strong-walled fortress

Joshua 6:20

So the troops shouted, and the trumpets sounded. When they heard the blast of the trumpet, the troops gave a great shout, and the wall collapsed.† The troops advanced into the city, each man straight ahead, and they captured the city.

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 Trading our Weakness For His Strength.

32 And what more shall I say? I do not have time to tell about Gideon, Barak, Samson and Jephthah, about David and Samuel and the prophets, 33 who through faith conquered kingdoms, administered justice, and gained what was promised; who shut the mouths of lions, 34 quenched the fury of the flames, and escaped the edge of the sword; whose weakness was turned to strength; ( who found strength in weakness ) and who became powerful in battle and routed foreign armies.

Hebrews 11:32-34

They found strength In weakness,

Weakness produces dependency.

41 Stay awake and pray, so that you won’t enter into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.”

Matthew 26:41

• Our weakness is our flesh.
• Our answer is the Spirit.
• Our answer is not stronger flesh.
• Our source has never been an earthly Christ but the heavenly God head made manifest on earth.

Jesus is our Source. Jesus as the source for all things. My source of all things.

“Concerning this, I pleaded with the Lord three times that it would leave me. But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is perfected in weakness.” Therefore, I will most gladly boast all the more about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may reside in me.”

‭‭2 Corinthians‬ ‭12:8-9‬ ‭CSB‬‬

Weakness is the prerequisite for Christ's power in us.

• We are empty to be filled
• We are weak to be made strong
• Our weakness is not a flaw.
• Our weakness is our opportunity for STRENGTH in HIM!
• Weakness is an opportunity for POWER to manifest in our live

What if we took pleasure in our weaknesses?

“So I take pleasure in weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and in difficulties, for the sake of Christ. For when I am weak, then I am strong.”

‭‭2 Corinthians‬ ‭12:10‬ ‭CSB‬‬

When we're weak, he's strong.

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Sermon title : Insider Trading

“For you say, I am rich, I have prospered, and I need nothing, not realizing that you are wretched, pitiable, poor, blind, and naked. I counsel you to buy from me gold refined by fire, so that you may be rich, and white garments so that you may clothe yourself and the shame of your nakedness may not be seen, and salve to anoint your eyes, so that you may see. Those whom I love, I reprove and discipline, so be zealous and repent. Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and eat with him, and he with me. The one who conquers, I will grant him to sit with me on my throne, as I also conquered and sat down with my Father on his throne.”

Revelation 3:17-21 ESV

http://bible.com/59/rev.3.17-21.esv

 Jesus is adressing LUKEWARMNESS.

The lukewarmness was COMPLACENCY & INDEPENDENCE.

I'm rich = I’m fully resourced.

RICH = 4145 ploúsios (an adjective, derived from 4149 /ploútos, "abundance") – properly, fully resourced; rich (filled), by having God's "muchness" – i.e. His abundance that comes from receiving His provisions (material and spiritual riches) through faith (4102 /pístis).    

·     I'm good. No worries.   

·     I've got all I need, I'm doing well.

·     I can solve my own issues.

·     I can handle sin on my own.

·     I can produce my own righteousness, if I simply try hard enough.

The Problem : Wretched, poor, pitiable, blind, naked.

The solution: Buy from Jesus. 

·     Gold refined by fire, so that you may be rich

·     White garments so that you may clothe yourself and the shame of your nakedness may not be seen

·     And salve to anoint your eyes, so that you may see.

He gave everything he had so we'd have everything we didn't. Christ is our solution to all of our inadequacies, faults, flaws, poverty.

For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sake he became poor, so that you through his poverty might become rich.

2 Corinthians 8:9.

How do we buy what we can’t afford?

We give anything and everything we have. We give it all. 

WE TRADE ALL OF OUR INADEQUATE RESOURCES FOR HIS!!!

We trade our brokeness to gain his wholeness.

We trade our unrefined gold for his refined gold. 

We trade our filthy rags for his white garments.

We trade our blindness for HIS SIGHT.

We trade our weakness for his strength.

We trade our less than enough for his more than enough. 

We fully surrender everything to him.

Some KINGDOM PRINCIPLES AT PLAY

The poor are made rich.

The naked are clothed.

The blind have sight.

To gain HIS riches. 

Wisdom, knowledge, understanding. Spiritual riches. 

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Rachel Bocobo shares a word on "Words". We're either creating life or death with our tongue. The tongue has the power of life and death, and those who love it will eat its fruit. - Proverbs 18:21

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Consider the kind of extravagant love the Father has lavished on us—He calls us children of God! It’s true; we are His beloved children. And in the same way the world didn’t recognize Him, the world does not recognize us either.

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Kimb & Christine are traveling to South Africa in September 2018. Hear about their mission and vision from the Father for that nation.

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Stepping into spiritual authority. 

    Prodigal son was given a ring, sandals, a robe and a meal with the Father .... 

A ring on our finger signifying authority we’ve not earned

Sandals on our feet showing Status we’ve not strived to attain , living in sonship and freedom.  

The Father's robe, clothing us in his righteousness, giving us his appearance, walking in his likeness. 

Eating at a table in intimacy, consuming food and having our fill of that which will never leave us empty.

It begins with intimacy. 

2 Chronicles 7:14

and my people, who bear my name, humble themselves, pray and seek my face, and turn from their evil ways, then I will hear from heaven, forgive their sin, and heal their land.

His will for our land.... Healing. Bringing the Kingdom come WHEREVER WE ARE!

Hebrews 6

1Therefore let us leave the elementary doctrine of Christ and go on to maturity, not laying again a foundation of repentance from dead works and of faith toward God, 2and of instruction about washings,a the laying on of hands, the resurrection of the dead, and eternal judgment. 3And this we will do if God permits.

Do we really want HIM or just the things that come along with him? 

SEEK MY FACE | Do we want to KNOW HIM? Do we want HIS HEART? 

Acts 13:22

“After removing Saul, he made David their king. He testified concerning him: ‘I have found David son of Jesse a man after my own heart; he will do everything I want him to do.‘”

Habakkuk 2:14

For the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord

    as the waters cover the sea.

Where do we have influence?

( Gaining prophetic vision for every area of our lives ) 

Our Own Lives

Our Family & Household

Our Workplace / arena of income ( businesses ) 

Our Community of Faith

Our Role to the Body and the Lost ( ministry ) 

Our City , Nation , World 

Any other place of influence 

Matthew 7

7“Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. 8For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks it will be opened. 9Or which one of you, if his son asks him for bread, will give him a stone? 10Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a serpent? 11If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask him!

Seek, find, agree, repent, declare, obey. 

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