The promise of the Father

Understand + experience +focus = fully embrace

   -allow God to come and renew our mind

   Experiencing  God's word is directly proportion to how deep the truth of God's word sinks into our hearts
   -we need to experience God's word

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Th promise of the Father is the baptism in the Holy Spirit

Acts 2:32 picture

   -it is a supernatural experience tt can be seen and heard

Acts 2:4 picture
   -tongues is full of passion, a language.. not animal language

   -language is for creative purposes

John 6;63 picture

Genesis 1:1-3 picture
*The natural (material) is subordinate tot he spiritual (immaterial)

Our words can change of the atmosphere!
   -through our words, we can enter from nature into the supernatural..

   -life is revival!

Praying in tongues
1.edifies your spirit man
   1 Corinthians 14:4
   -edifies = to restore, to repair, increase capacity, mind is recalibrated to it's original purpose
2. speaking directly to God in mysteries
   -pray and supernatural things happen

3.  praying in tongues produces an assurance that God is by our side
Romans 8:26
   -pray in the spirit and the Holy Spirit will lead us to the right path
   -when we pray in tongues, the Holy Spirit will always be near

Acts 26:32, 27:24
We do not wait for things that God wants to happen.. Hear from God, and action on it!

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-prayer is the key

Ezekiel pic

-when God want to do something, He will look for a man who is willing to take on the burden

Intercession pic

-when we pray for a change, we usually tell God what is wrong

   -even if we don't pray tt way, we think tt way

   

-intercession: if you want to see change, we need to first learn to identify their struggle

   -stop accusing and start to understand the struggle.. only then we can pray for the person!

Jesus came to this world like us to understand us and doe for us, be our substitute

Hebrews 7:25

   -we can survive in this world cos Jesus is praying for us

Hebrews : 14-18

* Identify their struggle but don't ever make struggle our identity!

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-when we are facing with a problem. What we need to change is perspective

   -our perspectives towards life is to be upwards

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   -change how we see things

   -God wanted to let Peter to know his way he see ppl (perspectives)

   -prejudice = pre-judgement

*Don't make political identity to be our identity

   -we ought to be able to accept differences

   -theres is power in unity

       -unity is found in diversity

       -uniformity produces compliance, unity produces commitment

#3 dig deeper ourselves

Mark 2-3:4

-dig deeper inside ourselves for revelation

Dig in the valley pic

-we need to dig!

Genesis

   -Issac chose to stay in the valley

   -learn to stay in the situation and dig deeper!

   -Issac didn't dug a new well, but went back to same well and dig deeper! Don't replace or rename them with monuments!

Genesis 26;19

Rehoboth: wide open spaces

   -theres where we can be fruitful

STAY

God is the author of new things
God promises good plans for His ppl

   -abide : to remain stable or fixed in a state to continue

If do not see a breakthrough yet, we need to take the time to abide and stay in God

3 AREAS TO STAY IN OUR LIFE
1. STAY IN FELLOWSHIP

fellowship: having something in common
 

-enter into fellowship with Jesus
-it is one thing to be called out and another to be called into another

 
   

2. STAY FAITHFUL

It takes faith and trust for Noah to complete the task in building the ark

Obedience must be lived out














3. STAY FRUITFUL

*Fruitfulness comes from faithfulness to God

*Staying is an active doing until you yield results

 stay till God do it again

The pneuma of the Holy Spirit

Only  by  the Holy Spirit that we can be borned again

God breathe into man that we may have life

God created man (Adam) and provided for him
   -when God gives us a mission, God will give us what is required

Spiritual dead : separate from God
Physical death sickness
Eternal death : eternal separation from the presence of God

   -we are to be the doer of the Word and not just the listener of the Word

-our body is the temple of the Holy Spirit
-do not grieve the Holy Spirit
   -dont do anything tt will cause the Holy Spirit to leave