KINGDOM FAMILY CIRCLE - Kingdom Family Series. 03.25.18

The Only Way To Show People The Kingdom Of God Is To Show Them Christ As The Head Of A Supernaturally Powerful Family.

Romans 8:15-18

For you have not received a spirit of slavery leading to fear again, but you have received a spirit of adoption as sons by which we cry out, “Abba! Father!” 16The Spirit Himself testifies with our spirit that we are children of God, 17and if children, heirs also, heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ.

The Biblical Transition Into Adulthood Is Spiritual Adoption Into The Kingdom Family Of God.

Adulthood Is Adoption!

1 Corinthians 12:14-27 (NIV)

14Even so the body is not made up of one part but of many.

15Now if the foot should say, “Because I am not a hand, I do not belong to the body,” it would not for that reason stop being part of the body. 16And if the ear should say, “Because I am not an eye, I do not belong to the body,” it would not for that reason stop being part of the body.

17If the whole body were an eye, where would the sense of hearing be? If the whole body were an ear, where would the sense of smell be? 18But in fact God has placed the parts in the body, every one of them, just as he wanted them to be. 19If they were all one part, where would the body be? 20As it is, there are many parts, but one body.

21The eye cannot say to the hand, “I don’t need you!” And the head cannot say to the feet, “I don’t need you!”

22On the contrary, those parts of the body that seem to be weaker are indispensable, 23and the parts that we think are less honorable we treat with special honor. And the parts that are unpresentable are treated with special modesty, 24while our presentable parts need no special treatment. But God has put the body together, giving greater honor to the parts that lacked it, 25so that there should be no division in the body, but that its parts should have equal concern for each other. 26If one part suffers, every part suffers with it; if one part is honored, every part rejoices with it. 27Now you are the body of Christ, and each one of you is a part of it.

BELONGING IS AN INSIDE JOB!

Meet Jon.

Jon was a star basketball player in high school and college. Although Jon was tall he wanted to increase his strength. His hobby of weightlifting and overall good health continued to develop throughout the years. He became a certified cardiovascular technologist and a personal trainer assisting others in obtaining their physical best through his knowledge of fitness and nutrition. He has worked with a Nutraceutical company maintaining and developing pro athletes performance. Jon was first introduced to the Strength Team while on a mission trip to Port-au-Prince, Haiti. The Strength Team quickly found that Jon was much more than physically strong. His love for his family, God and others were what impressed us the most. Jon's life has been radically changed by Jesus Christ and he lives to tell others about God's Love and Forgiveness. Jon's family is originally from the Dominican Republic, he is the only Strength Team member that speaks fluent Spanish.

Trusting Christ in Transitions

Pastor Travis Hester

March 11, 2018

Key Text: Matthew 27: 45-54 (NLT)

Jesus’ Death was Transitional….. A Shift…. A Season Change!

Jesus’ has the most dramatic picture of Transition in history:

The curtain in the temple tears from top to bottom

The earth shakes

Rocks split open

Tombs open and dead people come out of the grave

When dead people come out of the grave because of you, then that is a dramatic picture of a True Transition.

Before all of this, he agonizes on the cross and cries out twice

Announcement: We are ALL in Transition!

Birth Date – Death Date (the dash represents our transition)

There’s nothing more exciting in transition than when you’re hoping and believing for something special.

Planning for school/college

Planning for that first date

Planning for a new job

Planning for marriage

Planning for a new born

Planning to get out of debt (Imagine the transition if this happened!)

When you don’t get what you’re hoping for, you’re disappointed. (Prov. 13:12 NLT)

Transition: the process or a period of changing from one state or condition to another.

It comes from the Latin word “transire” which means “to go across”

Where were you when Christ came and saved you? Just remember what He had to go across to get to you!

Why so Dramatic of a Transition?

Penalty of sin is now Paid!

Gen 2:17 NLT “…the day you eat of it, you shall surely die”

Two Deaths: physical and spiritual

Now we have Eternal Life (John 3:16 NLT)

Punishment of sin is now Removed!

No more condemnation (Romans 8:1 NLT)

No more fear… No more shame… No more separation (Genesis 3:10 NKJV)

Position of sin is now Replaced! (2 Corinthians 5:21)

God now sees you as Righteous

“Jesus did not come to Comfort, He came to Confront!” (Steven Furtick)

Matthew 10:34-39 NKJV

The church is in a season marked by confrontational encounters!

What does Trusting CHRIST Look like?

Trusting is Confronting – Allowing Christ to confront you!

Trusting is Following – Allowing Christ to lead you!

3 Similar Confrontations in Luke 9:57-62

We are always tempted to compare current realities with past familiarities.

You Follow without looking back (Luke 9:62)

You Finish without looking forward (Galatians 6:9)

He will Fulfill without looking elsewhere (Philippians 1:6 NKJV)

Repeat with me:

You Follow!

You Finish!

He Fulfills!

God’s Kingdom Is A Family, Kingdom Family Series - Pastor David Rathel 02.04.18

God Is Building A Family! Story that led to Billy Graham Salvation - 15 Modecia Ham.

Who Replace Billy Graham? Dies? ---- Billy Graham Crusade - 1994

Franklin Graham Crusade In Columbus ----- 1996 - Me and Melanie Met!

First time preached week revival Hannah ----- Graham Name - Our 20th Wedding Anniversary

Howle - pray who will replace? ----- Anne Graham Lotz - Feb 21 Moses Liberator - Joshua Next, Yeshua, Saviour. KINGDOM AT HAND

The Only Way To Show People The Kingdom Of God Is To Show Them Christ As The Head Of A Supernaturally Powerful Family.

GOD’S DELIVERY ROOM - 2 Corinthians 5:11-17

11Therefore, since we know what it means to fear the Lord, we try to persuade men. What we are is clear to God, and I hope it is clear to your conscience as well. 12We are not commending ourselves to you again. Instead, we are giving you an occasion to be proud of us, so that you can answer those who take pride in appearances rather than in the heart. 13If we are out of our mind, it is for God; if we are of sound mind, it is for you. 14For Christ’s love compels us, because we are convinced that One died for all, therefore all died. 15And He died for all, that those who live should no longer live for themselves, but for Him who died for them and was raised again. 16So from now on we regard no one according to the flesh. Although we once regarded Christ in this way, we do so no longer. 17Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away. Behold, the new has come!

Principle #1: The Kingdom Family Is A Resting Place For Sons And Daughters. (Illus. My memory on dads chest)

Who You Are, In Your Identity As A Son Or Daughter, Is More Valuable Than Anything You Could Ever Do Or Not Do.

BE A BILLY!

I. Believe In Your Calling

II. Be Humble

III. Be Bold

IV. Be A Bringer

Matthew 3:16, 17 - Jesus’s Baptism In The Jordan River By John

16“And when Jesus was baptized, immediately he went up from the water, and behold, the heavens were opened to him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and coming to rest on him; 17and behold, a voice from heaven said, “This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased.”

“Then John testified, “I saw the Holy Spirit descending like a dove from heaven and resting upon him.” John 1:32 NLT

Romans 8:15-17

For you have not received a spirit of slavery leading to fear again, but you have received a spirit of adoption as sons by which we cry out, “Abba! Father!” 16The Spirit Himself testifies with our spirit that we are children of God, 17and if children, heirs also, heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ, if indeed we suffer with Him so that we may also be glorified with Him.

“While I was embroiled in all that, my parents were just very patient. They expressed concern and displeasure over the behavior, but never once did they make me feel they rejected me as a person. Their love for me was always unconditional. Their home was always open, no matter what condition I was in. They gave themselves to me….. Eventually, their grace and love were just irresistible.” -Ned Graham

Vow of Priority

I promise to make God my number 1 priority and you my 2.

Vow of Pursuit

I promise to pursue my 2.

Vow of Partnership

I promise to make my marriage about “we” not “me”.

Vow of Purity

I promise to confide in you and not hide from you.

Nothing grows in the dark

“11 Take no part in the unfruitful works of darkness, but instead expose them.”

-Eph 5:11

Every person should confide in their mate, because of the effects confiding has on a person.

“24 Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.25 And the man and his wife were both naked and were not ashamed.” Genesis 2:24-25

It’s Effect on Intimacy

Secrecy is the Enemy of Intimacy

“7 Then the eyes of both were opened, and they knew that they were naked. And they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves loincloths.” -Genesis 3:7

It’s Effect on Integrity

27 “You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall not commit adultery.’ 28 But I say to you that everyone who looks at a woman with lustful intent has already committed adultery with her in his heart.” - Matthew 5:27-28

Set the line far from the sin

It’s Effect on Identity

13 Whoever conceals his transgressions will not prosper,

but he who confesses and forsakes them will obtain mercy.

-Proverbs 28:13

Be Real

Be Open

Be Loving

THE VOW OF PARTNERSHIP, THE VOW SERIES 3, 02.18.18 Pastor David Rathel - Preaching Notes

VOW #1: I PROMISE THAT GOD WILL FIRST PRIORITY

AND MY SPOUSE WILL BE MY SECOND.

VOW #2: I PROMISE I WILL ALWAYS PURSUE MY TWO.

VOW #3: I PROMISE OUR MARRIAGE WILL BE ABOUT “WE” AND NOT “ME.”

ILLUS: Laws For Women / Men (Printed)

That is why a man leaves his father and mother and is united to his wife, and they become one flesh. Genesis 2:24

Hebrew: ‘Echad (ekh-awd’):

United, Completely Joined As One.

...‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh’? 6So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate.” Matthew 19:4-6

MARRIAGE IS A COVENANT NOT A CONTRACT

• A Contract Is Based On Mutual Distrust.

It protects me from your wrong-doing. I’m only in as far as you’re in.

• A Covenant Is Based On Mutual Submission.

COVENANT: Hebrew: Beriyth (ber-eeth)

Cutting, A Binding Agreement, A Blood Covenant. (Expl.)

Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ. Ephesians 5:21

ABOUT ALL IN: Richer - Poorer /

Sickness - Health / Death - Part

ILLUS: ME...For-Ever!

ILUS:”I Can’t Imagine Being Married Same Man 50 Yrs.”

NOT: 50%- 50%…100% - 100%

Marriage isn’t

dividing everything in half.

It’s giving everything you’ve got.

I. MUTUAL SURRENDERING.

Wives, submit yourselves to your own husbands as you do to the Lord. Eph. 5:22

Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and

gave himself up for her. Eph. 5:25

If we have two visions — We have Di-Vision.

A lifetime of discovering and surrendering your most vulnerable self.

The most important thing about mutual surrender is _______.

The most important thing about mutual surrender is TRUST .

Early In Relationship… Trust Is Easier…

Sometimes Trust Like Sculpture...Sometimes Trust Is Like Chain...

How do you Rebuild? 100% Proven / 100% Given

I can only trust you if I trust God more than you.

Is there something you know, been refusing…???

Something you want, afraid to ask…. Vulnerable?!?!?

Panel of Women…perfect man…Actor? Athlete? Wealthy? Righteous? MR POTATO HEAD.

4 Reasons: ‘He’s TAN, he’s CUTE, importance of ACCESSORIZING,

If he ever breaks your trust you can rearrange his face.”

II. MUTUAL SERVING.

Five Stages Of Having A Cold In Marriage

So what sustains desire, and why is it so difficult?

And at the heart of sustaining desire in a committed relationship, I think is the reconciliation of two fundamental human needs... security and adventure.

- Esther Perel

ILLUS: COUPLE RUN OUT OF GAS...

“But I’m not happy…Don’t love…Out of love.”

Getting divorced because you ran out of love is like selling your car because you ran out of gas. [BAND COME]

“be tenderly affectionate one to another;

outdo one another in showing honor.” Romans 12:10

[BAND START]

ILLUS. THING THAT CAME OVER ME IN WEDDING.

Portion Of Pure Soul…

I promise our marriage will be about WE and not ME.

BY NATURE, WE PURSUE WHAT WE DON’T HAVE.

VOW #1: I PROMISE THAT GOD WILL BE MY FIRST PRIORITY AND MY SPOUSE WILL BE MY SECOND.

VOW #2: I PROMISE TO ALWAYS PURSUE MY TWO.

VOW #2: I PROMISE TO ALWAYS PURSUE MY TWO.

24 That is why a man leaves his father and mother and is united to his wife, and they become one flesh. Gen 2:24

There’s only one letter difference between the words United and Untied. It’s where you put the “I.”

united—(root word) dabaq (daw-bak'); cling or adhere; to catch by pursuit, to pursue hard with affection and devotion.

DABAQ IS TRANSLATED:

I follow close behind you… Psalm 63:8 TLB

…They are joined fast to one another; they cling together and cannot be parted. Job 41:17 NIV

They…pursued hard after them… Judges 20:45 KJV

Famous Story of Pursuit

Genesis 29:16-17, 19-20 NKJV

Now Laban had two daughters: the name of the elder was Leah, and the name of the younger was Rachel. Leah’s eyes were delicate, but Rachel was beautiful of form and appearance.

Lovely or glasses.

Now Jacob loved Rachel; so he said, “I will serve you seven years for Rachel your younger daughter.”...So Jacob served seven years for Rachel, and they seemed only a few days to him because of the love he had for her.

Wedding deception.

Genesis 29:26-30 NKJV

...Laban said, “It must not be done so in our country, to give the younger before the firstborn….we will give you this one also for the service which you will serve with me still another seven years.”...So he gave him his daughter Rachel as wife also. ...And he served with Laban still another seven years.

HE WORKED FOR WHAT HE ALREADY HAD.

I PROMISE TO ALWAYS PURSUE MY TWO.

Dating—Pursuing? Are u showing interest?

YOU ARE WORTH PURUSING.

There is a myth that the man does all of the pursuing.

No one intends bad marriage. good intentions

In a research study, 75% of Americans reported that “being married” is an important value to them.

CLOSING THE GAP BETWEEN INTENTIONS AND ACTIONS

Feel Love. Tired. How to close gap?

3 SCRIPTURALLY BASED RULES TO ALWAYS PURSUE YOUR TWO.

1: WHEN YOU THINK SOMETHING GOOD, SAY IT.

13 But encourage one another daily, as long as it is called “Today,” so that none of you may be hardened by sin’s deceitfulness. Heb 3:13

Ladies

Pursue him with words of affirmation.

He is becoming who you see him as.

Try real hard not to tell him what he is not.

Tell him who you see him becoming.

“My husband is not romantic”

“Not Spiritual Leader”

Decision Analysts did a national survey which revealed that 81.5 of men feel disrespected in marital conflict, not unloved.

Research is in Love & Respect ….realized Praise is like oxygen to him.

“What would another woman praise my husband for?” “What would she see?”

When you… I feel….

Do you look up to him that area? Motivated.

Gentlemen

Pursue her with words of affection.

Non-sexual affection. Look it up.

Food for her soul. She’s starving without it.

I LOVE YOU BECAUSE...You honor God—You are so much fun—Self-sacrificing—Best Friend

Hebrews 3:13- TODAY… Present moment

She wants to know: Do you love me today?

He wants to know: Do you believe in me today?

2: WHEN YOU THINK SOMETHING SPECIAL, DO IT.

17 If anyone, then, knows the good they ought to do and doesn’t do it, it is sin for them. James 4:17

Can’t read mind. Know… so do.

Guys:

Little Kids- Bath- Clean- Spit up

Flowers- When women around

Women:

Romantic Imagination. Bath. Nap.

Connect with Female Allure

We are hard on selves- body

You’ve got what it takes

3: WHEN YOU WANT SOMETHING DIFFERENT, BE IT.

If only…..

Not allowed to quote me to change your spouse.

Don’t gripe about what your spouse is not.

Continue grow into you are supposed to be.

ROSARITO STORY

What my husband needs right now is a happy wife.

Let Him Catch You. Be different

If we really want to add value to our r

THE PRIORITY, THE VOW SERIES — 1

Question To Groom:

John, in the sight of God and in the presence of witnesses, do you take Mary as your wife; promising to love her as your own flesh, unselfishly, as Christ loves the church, to protect her and care for her the rest of your life? (I Do)

Then turn to her and share your VOW:

I John take thee Mary / to be my wedded wife / to have and to hold from this day forward / For better or for worse / For richer or poorer / In sickness and in health / To love and to cherish / Until death do us part

Question To Bride:

Mary, in the sight of God and in the presence of witnesses, do you take John as your husband, submitting unto him as unto the Lord, showing reverence to him as the head of this union for the rest of your life? (I Do)

Then turn to him and share the your VOW:

I Mary take thee John / to be my wedded husband / to have and to hold from this day forward / For better or for worse / For richer or poorer / In sickness and in health / To love and to cherish / Until death do us part.

THE FOUR VOWS

THE VOW OF PRIORITY.

THE VOW OF PURSUIT.

THE VOW OF PARTNERSHIP.

THE VOW OF PURITY

PRIORITY: (Disney) Won’t be fulfilled in life until you meet the One. I found the ONE! Found the TWO!

THE VOW OF PRIORITY” (Fly)

WHO’S THE ONE?(Fly)

”I _____, in the sight of God…” (Fly)

GOD IS YOUR ONE AND YOUR SPOUSE IS YOUR TWO. (Fly)

If You Are Hoping To Marry: “I will seek the ONE while preparing for my TWO!”(Fly)

I VOW THAT GOD WILL BE MY FIRST PRIORITY AND MY SPOUSE WILL BE MY SECOND. (Fly)

That is why a man leaves his father and mother and is united to his wife, and they become one flesh. Gen. 2:24

“LEAVES” (root word azab)—loosen or relinquish.

Some Pharisees came to him to test him. They asked, "Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any and every reason?" "Haven't you read," he replied, "that at the beginning the Creator 'made them male and female,' and said, 'For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh? So they are no longer two, but one. Therefore what God has joined together, let man not separate."

Matthew 19:3-6

Vows Don’t Work! Society Now...

Why? People Not Getting Married, New Form?

You Can’t Keep Other Persons Vow -

You can’t keep Vow Good Enough To Fix For Spouse.

Marriage On The Rocks - Marriage On The Altar! …

[Alyssa VIDEO > BAND]

Covenant: Cut Covenant.

Vows And Ceremony, Portion Of Pure Soul.

“Place me like a seal over your heart…for love is as strong as death,”

~ Song of Solomon 8:6

It’s easy to make excuses. Love makes a way.

God Made A Way!

THREE WELLS AND A WORD - Reset 2018 Jan 28 - Pastor David Rathel

"My people have committed two sins:

They have forsaken me, the spring of living water, and have dug their own cisterns, broken cisterns that cannot hold water.” Jeremiah 2:13 NIV

“OH WELL” - Accepting and/or advocating others accept an atmosphere of dryness and thirst, even though you are living unsatisfied, because you believe it cannot be changed.

Overwhelmed. Needy. Passive. Victim. Powerless. No Choices. Child.

“DO WELL” - Trying to produce something only God can produce by becoming someone only God can become.

Overdone. Greedy. Aggressive. Violator. Powerplay

All Choices. Parent.

“ALTAR WELL” - John 4:5-15, 23-26 NASB

5So He came to a city of Samaria, called Sychar, near the parcel of ground that Jacob gave to his son Joseph; 6and Jacob’s well was there. Jesus therefore, being wearied from His journey, was sitting thus by the well. It was about the sixth hour. 7There came a woman of Samaria to draw water. Jesus said to her, “Give Me a drink.” 8For His disciples had gone away into the city to buy food. 9The Samaritan woman therefore said to Him, “How is it that You, being a Jew, ask me for a drink since I am a Samaritan woman?” (For Jews have no dealings with Samaritans.)

10Jesus answered and said to her, “If you knew the gift of God, and who it is who says to you, ‘Give Me a drink,’ you would have asked Him, and He would have given you living water.” 11She said to Him, “Sir, You have nothing to draw with and the well is deep; where then do You get that living water? 12“You are not greater than our father Jacob, are You, who gave us the well, and drank of it himself, and his sons, and his cattle?”

13Jesus answered and said to her, “Everyone who drinks of this water shall thirst again; 14but whoever drinks of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall become in him a well of water springing up to eternal life.”

15The woman said to Him, “Sir, give me this water, so I will not be thirsty, nor come all the way here to draw.”

“ALTAR WELL”

Knowing WHO you are, WHOSE you are, WHERE you are , WHAT you have, so you can REST in RECEIVING all you need from HEAVEN to fulfill all your calling on EARTH.

Overabundance.

FREE. Active. Valuable. Powerful. Some Choices. Adult.

23“But an hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshipers shall worship the Father in spirit and truth; for such people the Father seeks to be His worshipers. 24“God is spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth.” 25The woman said to Him, “I know that Messiah is coming (He who is called Christ); when that One comes, He will declare all things to us.” 26Jesus said to her, “I who speak to you am He.”

(Individual Slides not points)

“What comes into our minds when we think about God is the most important thing about us.” ― A.W. Tozer

What do you do when there’s no rain? Run To Your Well.

Whatever Well Most Often Refreshes Your Thirst Is Your True Altar Of Worship!

What Word Would Alter Your Altar?

You Need A Well That Alters Your Altar.

What Word Would Woo You To The Altar?

Your Word Becomes Your Water. When Your Word Becomes Your Well. Then, The Well Makes You Well.