2 Timothy 3:5 says,” Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof…” Denying what power? The power that dances in fiery furnaces and seals the mouths of hungry lions. The power that heals and brings the dead back to life. All power belongs to God, but the same power that raised Jesus from the grave is in us. Remember who your Source is.
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the book of Deuteronomy is the last book
that Moses writes before he climbs Mount
neibo and walks into
eternity and throughout the Book of
Deuteronomy he uses this phrase
remember remember
remember he’s writing to the
grandchildren and the children of those
that he led out of Egypt and the reason
that he’s writing to these individuals
is because their parents and their
grandparents
forgot Moses came to Egypt and God
worked a mighty miracle in the Passover
he worked a mighty Miracle at the Red
Sea he worked miracles in the wilderness
with Mana and With A Cloud by day and a
fire by night and water from a rock and
yet just a few days after seeing all of
this the children of Israel forgot where
all of those good things came from and
when they went to the promised land they
decided not to possess what God had
promised them because they didn’t
believe that he had the power to deliver
them from what they
saw and so when Moses comes to the end
of his life and his ministry he wants to
make sure that the Next Generation that
is going to get to go to the promised
land does not repeat the same mistake as
their predecessors and he tells them
don’t forget where it comes from
remember this remember that remember the
law remember to obey remember the
Commandments it doesn’t matter why
you’re walking in circles around your
problems today whether you’re afraid to
confront it or you’re comfortable with
it or you’ve just become used to it you
need to recognize that as a child of God
you’re not created to walk in circles
with Jesus Christ you are more than a
conqueror through Christ the Bible says
greater is he who is in you than he who
is in the world when you understand that
power don’t forget where it came
from
remember Moses tells the children of
Israel in this chapter of
Deuteronomy and you shall remember say
that with me and you shall
remember with these words he makes it an
individual
responsibility he didn’t say y’all
remember
now if he did that it would be upon some
of us and not all of us because that’s
what y’all
means Moses is very
direct and
you it’s an individual responsibility to
remember and you shall remember when we
forget things we love
excuses at work when we forget a meeting
or we forget something oh I didn’t get
that
email my goodness let me check my junk
file the problem with these kinds of
excuses is they’ll work with your
friends and your family but in this
context in this situation when the word
of God says and you shall remember the
individual that you’re making excuses
with is almighty
God a god who has perfect knowledge he
knows
everything and he’s the one who’s
holding you accountable for the things
that you’re either going to remember or
forget make excuses with whomever you
wish but remember what the Bible says
God is Not mocked as a man SWS so shall
he reap God
knows God knows all he knows where you
were when you cried out and asked him
for deliverance he knows everything he
brought you you through and everything
he delivered you from and everything
that he blessed you with God knows what
you don’t
know God knows where you’d be without
him I’ve heard people all of my life say
I just don’t know where I’d be without
god well guess what God knows right
where you’d be without
him God knows God knows how your life
would have turned out if he would have
answered every prayer you ever asked him
to answer oh God give me and he said
no why because he knows what you
don’t he knows you so well that the
Bible says he formed you in your
mother’s womb literally he knit you
together how many of you used to ever be
fascinated by your grandmother when
she’d
knit my grandmother would focus on each
Stitch and tell me the difference
between this one and that one and what
it was going to do and how it was going
to
work and when I hear this that he formed
you in your mother womb it means that
God is so intimately connected with the
fine details of your life he literally
stitched every part of your being
together and all that he wants in return
is simply this
remember remember where it came from
remember who was there for you when
everyone else walked away remember who
came to your rescue when you thought it
was all over remember who found you when
you felt so lost that you didn’t think
you could be redeemed remember remember
who brought you out of the hand of the
enemy remember who restored what others
tried to destroy remember who cancelled
that doctor’s diagnosis the day that
they gave it to you in the office
remember who opened up doors that no man
could open and blessed you with
blessings that you could not contain
remember who silenced the voices of
those who were accusing you remember who
broke the hands of those that held the
weapons that were intended for your
destruction remember remember who gave
his angels charge over you remember who
cancelled the debt of sin and the cost
of the Grave which would have been your
life when he sent his son to Calvary
Church what I’d like to know today is
there anybody in this Sanctuary that
says I didn’t come to be restored I just
came to remember just remember how good
God has been to me remember what he has
done for me remember how he made a way
from me he’s been so merciful I just
can’t keep quiet he’s been so gracious
I’ve just got to shout to him with
praise I’ve got to lift up my hands I’ve
got to raise my voice and I’ve got to
say God you’re worthy you’re worthy
you’re worthy to be
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praised Moses said Remember the
Lord who gives say that with me remember
the Lord who gives the god that we’re
remembering is a
giver are
you it amazes me that people profess to
believe in God who gives and they
don’t you cannot believe in God and not
be a
giver everything that God controls
gives and if there’s something in you
that does not like to give then that
thing in you is not of
God when your mind is transformed giving
is a
blessing why because in the Kingdom
there is always more than
enough and when you give in the Kingdom
you qualify to be able to receive
more but in this world if you give it’s
gone now which one of those do you want
a kingdom mindset that says my father
has more than enough or a carnal mindset
that says whenever I give it is
gone Deuteronomy is Moses’s warning to
the children of Israel don’t forget
where it comes
from in verse 12 he says when you’ve
eaten and you’re full and you’ve built a
beautiful house don’t forget when your
herds and your flocks they multiply and
your silver and your gold increases
don’t forget when you log in to your
401k and you see a pile of money don’t
forget when your heart is lifted
up and you might
say that you forgot the Lord who brought
you out of the land of Egypt Moses in
verses 14- 17 says it was him who led
you through the Wilderness it was him
who fed you it was him who gave you
water and he says when your heart is
lifted up and you say in your heart my
power and my might have gained me
this he says then you shall remember
that it is the Lord who gives you the
power to get
wealth now church as ancient as this
story is it’s as relevant as today’s
headlines because we live in a world
filled with people who wake up and look
in the mirror and say my power and my
might have brought me need this my
business my home my
family and we’ve forgotten that it’s all
because of
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God it is the Lord who gives you the
power to get well now the reason why I
want to make that so pointed and so
clear is because wealth is an
uncomfortable
topic you bring it up and it brings
division those who have it and those who
don’t those who want it and those who
wish they had
more in the world we live in wealth is
something everyone’s interested in but
nobody likes to talk about and yet the
Bible clearly says it is the Lord who
gives you the power to
get in this
world we don’t like to talk about wealth
because we don’t have the right
understanding of it we believe that if
it’s our our power and it’s our might
that builds wealth then we can accuse
those who have it of doing something
wrong in order to get
it you hear this all the time
politicians actually run campaigns on it
they
cheated and then the other side says
you’re
lazy and these perspectives come from a
carnal concept of wealth which says you
did something to get it that’s not what
the Bible says the Bible says it is who
the Lord who G gives you the power to
get wealth now the Bible’s very clear
God is no respector of persons so if he
has a way to give one the power to get
wealth he will give it to all who
qualify to get
wealth it’s not you it’s him in you that
does this and one of the reasons that
people do not receive the wealth that
the Bible is speaking of is because they
forget get where it comes from Moses
says step one remember when you eat and
are full with your belly full say thank
you God you did that when you lay down
in your beautiful home don’t sit there
and look at that house like it’s yours
say thank you God this is your house
when you have silver and gold and your
cattle and your sheep they all multiply
don’t talk to the world about your
business practices and how good you are
at what you do look up to heaven and say
God you gave me all of these wonderful
things and I want to tell you how much I
appreciate your goodness and your mercy
in my life because you cannot Escape it
God is the source of it
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all as the world around us seems to take
a very dark turn you might ask yourself
is it possible to prosper in every area
of life even in such perilous times the
answer is yes are you trusting him to
lead the way and show you what steps to
take next in him you have the ability to
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storm our problem is that we focus more
on the resource than we do the
source and when you focus on the wrong
thing you come to the wrong
conclusion
whenever you focus on the
resource which in this world is
money if you don’t think it’s money try
paying for lunch in seashells and see
what
happens when you focus on the resource
you either have an overinflated value of
money or you look at money like it’s
evil you either look at possessions as
if they are the prime priority or you
say oh no no no money’s evil money is
not evil that’s a ridiculous
notion people can do evil things with
money but they can do evil things with
pencils
too money is in
adamant if money is evil why do you look
forward to
Payday oh no not
money don’t give it to me it’s
evil
wrong
money is not evil and the Bible doesn’t
say it’s
evil money according to the word of God
is a tool it’s a resource it’s not The
Source 1 Timothy 6:10 it says the Love
of Money say that with me the love of
money and then it doesn’t say is evil it
says the love of money is the root and
it still doesn’t say
evil it says the love of money is the
root of all
kinds of
evil it said when you want to find out
why some people do what they do it’s
because they love money more than they
love
God and when money becomes your priority
when it’s in the lead it takes an
opportunity to create all kinds of evil
but that’s not the only thing that
people can love more than they love
God the Bible’s very clear love the Lord
your God with all of your heart with all
of your soul with all of your mind with
all of your strength your love for him
should be your top priority always end
of
story so when you understand Heaven’s
perspective on wealth and your
possessions you’ll recognize very
quickly that you and I do not own
anything the Earth is the Lord’s and the
fullness
thereof in the Bible the Lord said all
of the gold and all of the silver are
mine it says he owns the cattle on a
thousand hilltops all you get to do is
feed what he
owns you and I own nothing but we are
expected to be stewards over everything
that we are
given read what Paul said in first
Timothy we brought nothing into this
world and it is for certain that we can
take nothing out job said it this way
naked I came from my mother’s womb and
naked I shall
return everything you think you possess
you need to understand that’s only
temporary there are no U-Haul trailers
getting pulled behind the
hearse and everything that you think you
possess you need to understand where it
came from because Jesus said in John
15:5 apart from me you can do
nothing we’re not the independent
dynamos that many people want to think
we are we are dependent upon God for
everything if you don’t think so try
breathing without him so when we say we
want to be prosperous do we want to
prosper according to the world’s system
or do we want to prosper according to
God’s
system God’s system is where you get the
power to get wealth the world system is
where everyone will try to take it from
you in God’s system wealth doesn’t just
include your bank account wealth
includes your physical body your
spiritual body your your soul and all
aspects of your being the work of your
hands is blessed in the Kingdom model
the work of your life is blessed your
children and your children’s children
are
blessed the world will limit Prosperity
God says I will not put a limit on your
Prosperity I want you to prosper and be
in good health even as your soul
prospers so how does biblical and
Kingdom Prosperity work look at
Deuteronomy 28 13 it says there the Lord
shall make you the head and not the
tail and whenever we talk about the head
and not the tail people get all excited
and they go woo promotion we’re going
from here to
there
no this verse is not about going from a
low place to a high place this verse is
about
control who’s in charge the head or the
tail the
head we actually have a phrase when
everything gets out of order we say
that’s the tail wagging the what
dog the head means that God is going to
take you from a position of being
controlled to putting you in
control and this is what kingdom
prosperity and Kingdom wealth is about
it’s not about possessions possessing
you but you being in control of your
possessions David said it this way in
Psalms 1119 direct my steps by your word
and let no iniquity have dominion over
me David was saying God do not let
anything be in control of my life except
for
you because if you’re in control you’ll
Lead Me In Paths of righteousness if
you’re in control I’ll be where you want
me to be if you’re in control I’m not
going to be overwhelmed by my
circumstances but I’ll be able to be in
charge of my circumstances because
you’re in
control David wanted to prosper but
that’s a lot more than money because
money will not solve every problem
consider the fear he faced when he was a
Shepherd boy and the lion and the bear
came to eat the
Sheep what’s he going to do write him a
check hey Mr bear what’s it going to
cost for you to leave my dad’s flock
alone money’s not going to solve that
problem money doesn’t solve problems on
the battlefield with Goliath or with the
amalekites or with the Philistines money
doesn’t solve problems with King Saul
who tries to kill David over and over
and over again what’s wealth to a King
The King has all the wealth he wants
what he wants is David dead money’s not
going to solve that
problem so when David says Lord let
nothing have dominion over me he’s
saying Lord if you are in control then I
will prosper and be in good health
wherever I
go how do you gain that control in your
life first first
remember remember that you cannot
Prosper without
God it is the Lord who gives you the
power to get
wealth and once you receive this power
it is your responsibility to use it for
his
glory utilize Kingdom management
principles to find some of those
principles look at Joshua the first
chapter Joshua is the success essor to
Moses and the first principle that God
shares with Joshua is this fear not say
that with me fear
not now God didn’t exclusively share
this with Joshua but he said it to him
over and over and over again and it’s a
reminder to each and every one of us he
said be strong and courageous why
because he knew that as Joshua was going
to walk into the promised land fear was
going to be one of the first things that
was going to come knocking at the door
of his
heart how was Joshua supposed to
overcome
fear he was to
remember remember the God who brought
you out of Egypt remember the God who
brought you through the Red Sea Remember
The God Who was the cloud by day and the
fire by night remember the God who fed
you when you were hungry remember the
God who brought you water out of the
rock remember the God that was with you
in battle against those who rose up
against you if you will spend more time
remembering how good God’s been you’ll
worry less about where you are and you
will not be afraid of where you’re
going the second thing that you have to
do is you have got to stay in the word
of
God because he says be strong and of
good courage and he tells Joshua observe
to do all that my servant Moses
commanded you and you will prosper
wherever you go
how many of you would sign up for the
win every
time hey sign here and you get the
dub well here’s what God
said if you keep this word If You
observe to do it if you keep it in your
mind if you keep it in your mouth if you
keep it in your
thoughts you will prosper wherever you
go he said meditate upon it day and
night observe it that means keep it in
front of your eyes and then he said
speak it keep it in your mouth
Philippians 4 and8 Paul gives us this
charge whatever things are true whatever
things are noble whatever things are
just think on these things one of the
reasons why people cannot enable
themselves to receive what God has
provided one of the reasons that people
do not Prosper is because they have a
carnal mind and not a kingdom mind a
carnal mind has a bad day and says yeah
that’s just par for the course here we
go farther along sweet Jesus a kingdom
mind says all things work together for
good to those that love the Lord and are
called according to his purpose I
believe that my God is able to do
exceedingly and abundantly above all
that I could ask think or
imagine a carnal mind hears about a down
economy a carnal mind hears about people
losing their job a carnal mind hears the
individuals talking on the alphabet
media and fear reaches up and grabs them
around the throat and says you’re going
to go bankrupt you’re not going to make
it you’re going to starve the kingdom
mindset says I have never seen the
righteous forsaken nor their seed
begging bread my God shall supply all of
my needs according to his riches and
Glory I’m going to rejoice in the day in
which I live because my God sits upon
the throne he uses the Earth as a foot
stol he prepares a table before me in
the presence of my enemies he promised
he’d open up the windows of heaven and
bless me with blessings that I cannot
contain he would rebuke the devour for
my sake my leaf will not wither my seed
will sprout in its season and whatever I
do it’s going to prosper child of God
with promises like that you cannot
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fail you’ve got to remember remember
where it came
from stand to your feet in the presence
of the
Lord and I believe that there are people
in this room and those who are
watching you haven’t done a good job of
remembering
lately you’ve meditated more on what you
wish you had rather than what he’s
already
done you’ve worried about where you’re
going rather than remember what he
brought you
through and so for just a few moments I
want you to lift your hands in this
sanctuary and I want you to take a
little time and open your mouth and just
thank God as you
remember God I thank you for how good
you’ve been I thank you for the times
that you blessed me and I didn’t I
didn’t even do anything to deserve it I
thank you for the times you’ve forgiven
me of my sins and my transgressions I
thank you Lord that you loved me with a
perfect love when others abandoned me
you befriended me when others gave up on
me you poured your power out upon me you
anointed my head with oil you gave me
peace when I should have been terrified
you gave me joy when I should have been
sorrowful you gave me hope whenever I
should have been filled with despair you
gave me mercy when I deserve judgment
God you’ve been good to me you’ve been
good to me in my finances you’ve been
good to me in my health you’ve been good
to me in my family
whatever it is that you need to remember
today I want you to take a little time
and just give God thanks for who he is
and what he’s done and Jesus name we say
Amen are you trusting God today for an
answer to prayer I assure you his word
is filled with promises that you can
hold on to one of his promises is that
he will never leave us don’t be anxious
about what’s going on in your life today
our heavenly father knows exactly what
you need diligently seek Him and the
answer will come in due season Our God
will make a way where there seems to be
no way trust him the answer is just
around the corner I’m so grateful that I
chose
differently I’m so happy that I chose
you I get to see you become the person
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