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THE COST OF THE CROWN – HIGHLIGHTS

[Psalm 126:1-6]

1. ALONENESS – THE 1ST EXPENSE!

Prepare For Seasons of Aloneness, [Gen. 32:24]

Prepare To Be Alone & Praying, [Matt. 26:36]

Prepare To Pray Thru the Darkness, [Matt. 26:41].

Know That Even the Best of Friends Get Tired, [Matt. 26:43].

Prepare To Feel a Little Pain, [Luke 22:44].

Prepare For a New Level When It’s Over, [Gen. 32:31].

2. EMBARASSMENT – THE 2ND EXPENSE!

Prepare To Be Falsely Accused, [Gen. 40:15].

Prepare To Be Mysteriously Tested, [Gen. 39:22].

Prepare For Your Surprising Destiny, [Gen. 41:41].

Prepare To Be Gloriously Vindicated, [Luke 23:43].

3. FAITHFULNESS – THE 3RD EXPENSE!

Prepare For Weeping & For Self-Encouragement [1 Sam. 30:4,6].

Prepare For Refinement, [Dan. 3:20].

Prepare For Recovery, [1 Sam. 30:8].

Prepare For New Decrees, [Dan. 3:28-30].

4. WORDS OF COUNSEL:

Keep Wrestling and Whatever You Do, Don’t Stop Praying, [Deut. 31:6].

Be Encouraged God Is with You, Morning Does Come [Deut. 31:8].

Be Humble in Low Places Your Day of Exaltation Is Coming, [Matt. 23:12].

Keep Denying Self and Keep Following Jesus, [Matt. 16:24].

Keep Your Head High No Matter What You’re Passing Through, [Isa. 43:2].

Keep Your Faith High No Matter What Is Fighting Against You, [Isa. 54:17].

PRAYER: Father, In Every Season, Help Me To Remain Faithful, in Jesus’ name!

THE COST OF THE CROWN – PART 3

[1 Corinthians 4:1-2]

FAITHFULNESS – THE 3RD EXPENSE!

1. Prepare To Keep Going:

a. David – Faithful in Failures:

Ziklag: The Place Where Everyone Is Tested, [1 Sam. 30:3].

Prepare For Your Faithfulness Test.

Stoning: The Frustration Caused by Time & Loss, [2 Sam. 30:4-6].

Prepare For Weeping.

Ephods: Connected To God Thru It All, [ 2 Sam. 30:6b-7].

Prepare For Self-Encouragement.

Encouragement: God’s Word = Recover All! [ 2 Sam. 30:8]. 30:17-19

Prepare For Recovery.

b. The Hebrew Boys – Faithful in Fires:

Statues & Songs: The Pervasiveness of Conformity, [Dan. 3:9-12].

Prepare To Stand Out.

Furnaces & Fires: The Place of Refining, Not Destruction, [Dan. 3:19-20].

Prepare For Refinement.

Fires & Figures: The Place of Revelation, [Dan. 3:24-25].

Prepare To See Jesus.

Smoke & Smells: The Place of Miracles, [Dan. 3:27-30].

Prepare For New Decrees.

c. Words Of Counsel:

Keep Your Head High No Matter What You’re Passing Through, [Isa. 43:2].

Keep Your Faith High No Matter What Is Fighting Against You, [Isa. 54:15-17].

PRAYER: Father, in every season, help me to remain faithful, in Jesus ‘ name!

THE COST OF THE CROWN – PART 2

[1 Corinthian 4:9-14]

EMBARASSMENT – THE 2ND EXPENSE!

1. Prepare For Moments of Embarrassment:

a. Joseph – The Shame of Prison[s]:

Pits: The Low Places of Jealousy, [Gen. 37:11, 23-24].

Prepare To Be Unjustly Envied.

Potipher’s: The Low Places of Mischaracterization, [Gen. 40:15].

Prepare To Be Falsely Accused.

Prisons: The Low Places of Unplanned Stewardship, [Gen. 39:20-23].

Prepare To Be Mysteriously Tested.

Palaces: The High Places of The Lowly, [Gen. 41:41-46].

Prepare For Your Surprising Destiny.

b. Jesus – The Shame of Crosses:

Pilates: The Irony and Truth of Unbelief, [Matt. 27:37].

Prepare To Be Stubbornly Doubted.

Passerbys: The Irony and Truth of Ignorance, [Matt. 27:39-40].

Prepare To Be Ignorantly Mocked.

Priests: The Irony and Truth of Religiosity, [Matt. 27:41-43].

Prepare To Be Religiously Chastised.

Paradise: The Destiny of Those Who Hang In There! [Luke 23:42-43].

Prepare To Be Gloriously Vindicated.

c. Words Of Counsel:

Be Humble in Low Places Expecting Your Day of Exaltation, [Matt. 23:12].

Keep Denying Self and Just Keep Following Jesus, [Matt. 16:24].

PRAYER: Father, Turn My Shame And Mourning Into Joy And Dancing, In Jesus Name!

THE COST OF THE CROWN – PART 1

[2 Timothy 4:6-8]

ALONENESS – THE 1ST EXPENSE!

1. Prepare For Seasons Of Aloneness:

a. Jacob – Alone & Wrestling: [Gen. 32:24]

Peniel: The Place Where My Past, Present, & Future Collide, [Gen. 32:27-28,30].

Prepare To Decide Who You Will Be.

Night: Fighting In Uncertainty with Certainty! [Gen. 32:26].

Prepare To Hold On Even in Uncertainty.

The Limp: The Scar That Tells My Story, [Gen. 32:25].

Prepare For an Adjustment in How You Walk.

Morning: My Night Passes, My Future Dawns, My Scars Remain, [Gen. 32:31].

Prepare For a New Level When It’s Over.

b. Jesus – Alone & Praying: [Matt. 26:36]

Gethsemane: The Place That Changes All That Is Wrong, [Matt. 26:42].

Prepare For Total Restoration.

Night: The Period Before the Light Comes, [Matt. 26:41].

Prepare To Pray Through the Darkness.

Disciples: Even The Best of Friends Get Tired, [Mark 14:27, 40].

Prepare To Lose Some Associations.

Blood: The Agony of Pushing Beyond Limits, [Luke 22:44].

Prepare To Feel a Little Pain.

c. Words Of Counsel:

Keep Wrestling and Whatever You Do, Don’t Stop Praying, [Deut. 31:6].

Be Encouraged God Is With You, Morning Does Come [Deut. 31:8]. Ps. 126:1-6

PRAYER: Father, in my aloneness, show me that You’re Still Here, In Jesus’ name!

BACK TO BASICS – PART 3

GOD’S WORD IS THE LANGUAGE OF THE KINGDOM

PSALM 138:1-5

God’s Word Is Our Source:

Kingdom Citizens Find Their Source in God’s Word, [Matt. 4:4].

Kingdom Citizens Are Sustained & Supported by God’s Word, [Ps. 119:116-117].

As Citizens Let Us Desire His Word, [Job 23:11-12].

God’s Word Is Our Seer:

Kingdom Citizens Are Guided by God’s Word, [Ps. 119:105].

Kingdom Citizens Are Illuminated by God’s Word, [Ps. 119:17-18].

As Citizens Let Us Surrender to His Word, [1 John 1:7].

God’s Word Is Our Speech:

Kingdom Citizens Speak One Language, [Zeph. 3:9].

Kingdom Citizens Speak the Word Only, [Matt. 8:8-11].

As Citizens Let Us Master the Use of the Spirit’s Sword, [Eph. 6:17].

PRAYER:

Father, Let Your Word Be Found In Our Mouths And Upon Our Lips, In Jesus Name!

BACK TO BASICS – PART 2

THE PROCESS OF KINGDOM CITIZENSHIP

Repentance:

Repentance Is a Total Mind-Change, [Mark 1:14-15].

Mind-Change Leads to A Directional-Life Change, [Phil. 3:13-14].

Kingdom Citizens Are Known for New Thinking, [Phil. 4:8].

Baptisms:

Baptizo = Dipping into Dye/Submersion of Sinking Ship.

Baptism Is Immersion into His Name, [Rom. 8:4].

Baptism Is Immersion into His Spirit, [Luke 3:16]. Acts 2:38

Kingdom Citizens Are Known for New Living, [2 Cor. 5:17].

Lifestyle:

Kingdom Citizens Are God’s Trees, [Ps. 1:1-3]. Isa. 61:1-3

God’s Trees Bear Only Good Fruit, [Gal. 5:22-23].

Kingdom Citizens Are Known for Our Love, [John 13:35].

Faith:

Kingdom Citizenship Is Realized by Faith, [Heb. 11:6].

Faith Is an Evolving Experience In God, [Mark 11:22].

Kingdom Citizens Are Known for Our Audacious Faith, [Mark 11:23].

PRAYER:

Father, Grant Each Of Us Citizenship In Your Glorious Kingdom, In Jesus Name!

Back To Basics – Part 1:

The Gospel

Our Problem:

Our Issue Is A Sin-Problem! [Rom. 3:23].

Why: God Created Us as One Race, [Gen. 1:26].

Adam/Man Is a Collective and A Singular Word, [Gen. 5:1-2].

Adam/Man Consists of Male and Female, [Gen. 1:27].

In The Creative Order the Female Is IN The Male, [Gen. 2:21-22].

Key: As A Race What Infects the Head Affects All, [1 Cor. 15:22a]. Ps. 51:5; Rom. 5:19

Sin Is a Bloodline Issue, [Rom. 5:12].

God’s Plan:

To Solve Our Issue God Became Last Adam, [John 1:1,14].

To Solve Our Issue Last Adam Started A New Race, [John 3:16]. John 3:7

The Mystery: God Became Last Adam Without Ceasing to Be Eternal God, [1 Tim. 3:16].

The Gospel: Jesus Lived – Died – And Rose for Us, [1 Cor. 15:1-4].

God’s Power:

The Gospel Is God’s Power Revealed, [Rom. 1:16-17].

The Gospel Reveals Our New Birthplace, [John 19:32-34]. 1 Cor. 15:22b; 1 Cor. 1:17-18

The Gospel Reveals Our New Race, [2 Cor. 5:17].

The Gospel Reveals Our New Partner, [Eph. 5:30-32].

The Gospel Calls Us to Believe & Receive, [Rom. 10:6-9].

PRAYER:

Father, We Repent Of Our Sins, We Confess Jesus Christ As Lord Of Our Lives, And We Receive His Finished Work, In Jesus Name!

THE KINGDOM AT WORK – PART 3

THE WHOLE LIFE PROJECT

1 THESSALONIANS 5:23

The Project Objective:

The Whole Life Project Is A Rhema Collective Initiative To Develop Ways To Meet The Needs of People Throughout The Stages of Their Total Lifespan.

The Framework: [1 John 2:13]

The Holistic Needs of Those in the 1st Sitting Season:

The Needs of Toddlers and Infants, [Prov. 22:6].

The Needs of Young Children, [Matt. 19:13-15].

The Needs of Youth and Young Adults.

The Needs of College and University Students.

The Holistic Needs of Those in the Standing Season:

The Needs of Those Entering Their Calling/Careers, [1 Cor. 7:20].

The Needs of Newly Married Couples.

The Needs of Young Families.

The Needs of Young Singles.

The [Proactive] Needs of the Future, [Prov. 13:22].

The Holistic Needs of Those in the Last Sitting Season:

The Practical Support Needs, [Lev. 19:32].

Their Practical Relational Needs

Their Healthcare & Housing Needs.

Their Positioning and Placement Needs.

PRAYER:

Father, Equip Us To Meet Your Mandate For Whole Life Care, In Jesus Name!

THE KINGDOM AT WORK – PART 2

GOD’S ORDAINED SEASONS

ECCLESIASTES 3:1

The 1st Season of Sitting:

A Time of Formation & Developing. Shaping

A Time of Learning & Preparation.

A Time of Receiving Impartation & Inquiry.

A Time of Obscurity & Scarcity. Hiding

Jesus Sits from Birth to Age 30, [Luke 3:23, 51-52].

The Season of Standing:

A Time of Releasing & Manifestation.

A Time of Execution & Expansion.

A Time of Practice & Performance.

Jesus Stands from Age 30 – 33, [John 21:25]. Notice the brevity of the stage!

The Last Season of Sitting:

A Time of Wisdom & Experience Sharing.

A Time of Impartation & Instruction Pouring.

A Time of Legacy & Inheritance Leaving.

Jesus Sits After His Resurrection, [Mark 16:19-20].

The Holy Ghost Is Jesus’ Last Sitting, [John 14:15-18/Acts 2:1-4].

PRAYER:

Father, Align Us With The True Season Of Our Lives, In Jesus Name

THE KINGDOM AT WORK – PART 1

UNDERSTANDING THE KINDGOM

PSALM 103:19-22

Seven Biblical Truths About The Kingdom Of God:

God’s Kingdom Is Heaven’s Culture at Work in The Earth, [Matt. 6:10].

Jesus Revealed the Kingdom & Authorized Believers in It, [Matt. 4:17; 16:18-19].

God’s Kingdom Is to Be Pursued Above Everything Else, [Matt. 6:33].

God’s Kingdom Starts in The Hearts of Regenerated People, [Luke 17:20-21].

God’s Kingdom Is to Flow from Hearts into All Areas of Society, [Matt. 13:33].

God’s Kingdom Reveals God’s Right Way of Doing Things, Produces A Wholeness That Leads to Genuine Rest, And Provides True Satisfaction, [Rom. 14:17].

God’s Kingdom Will Ultimately Consume Every Worldly Kingdom, [Dan. 2:44-45].

Rev. 11:15

PRAYER:

Father, Your Kingdom Come, And Your Will Be Done In The Earth, In Jesus Name!