The River

7 Blessings:

1. Blessings on your kids

2. Wealth in your home

3. Vision in dark seasons

4. The goodness of God (in your business)

5. Evil won't befall your dwelling

6. Peace

7. Legacy & Purpose

- Pursuing God is a Marathon

- Desire to be to lead not driven

- The Spirit of God lives within you

- Our paths can be rerouted as simple as Google or Siri can reroute your driving route

How to Make an Arrow

It's work: labor intensive, it's detailed, it's meticulous, it's thoughtful, it's purposeful, it's repetitive

1. Make the shaft: the wood is straightened out, its heated, its bent--We all need straightening out, we are a chosen generation

2. Fletching: stabilizes the arrow in flight--We are all just a few steps away from bringing stability to our life

3. The point: must be sharp to make an impact--God wants to make us sharp

4. It is released

It's the warrior that has to send the arrow down range

4 Ways to guard our heart:

-Guard what we see

-Watch what we hear

-Watch what we say

-Watch what we do

-Keep a steady absorbing gaze on Jesus

-There is a difference between convenience and inconvenience

-Don't get distracted in your time with the Lord. Bring it into focus

-Oil sticks--water evaporates

-The oil/the anointing is the setting apart

-The oil is an awareness--be aware of the unseen, pray in awareness, worship in awareness

-Not everything is automatic and is as easy as an app. Manual application is also required.

-The day you accepted Christ you received the robe of righteousness. Did you just leave it in the dirt and only carry a thread back with you?

-We have a part to play also, we must get our mouth moving and speaking the word over our life. Don't get stuck in old habits and old ways of thinking.

-God is anticipating our metamorphoses from caterpillar to butterfly

-Our part is the application of it, how we apply everything Jesus taught to our life

-Jesus is trying to make me a new creature

-Heaven's Language: Love, Mercy, Honor

-Heaven's Language is your 1st Language

-The oil is vital

-Shepherds carry their sheep on their shoulders to protect them like Jesus carries us on His shoulders

-God cares about the little things

-God will the 99 to find the 1