Dancing in the Rain

Covenant#1: Edenic Covenant

Genesis 2: 15 – 17 (Amp)
¹⁵ So the Lord God took the man [He had made] and settled him in the Garden of Eden to cultivate and keep it. ¹⁶ And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, “You may freely (unconditionally) eat [the fruit] from every tree of the garden;

 ¹⁷ but [only] from the tree of the knowledge (recognition) of good and evil you shall not eat, otherwise on the day that you eat from it, you shall most certainly die [because of your disobedience].”

• You can enjoy my presence… (Bi-lateral covenant).
• Calls for Eternal rulership.

Unclutter your Mind

Philippians 4:6, 7 

⁶ Don’t be pulled in different directions or worried about a thing. Be saturated in prayer throughout each day, offering your faith-filled requests before God with overflowing gratitude.

Tell him every detail of your life, ⁷ then God’s wonderful peace that transcends human understanding, will guard your heart and mind through Jesus Christ. 

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#1:   Unclutter the physical environment

• We saw how we need to unclutter the house, garage, desk and so on

#2:  Unclutter your anxiety, worry and fear

• Replace them with Prayer, Petition, Thanksgiving and requests known to God
  
  

#3:  Unclutter the things that you love

• Too much of those will lead to destruction as well.
• We need to seek Him first – with all your heart, mind and soul.
  
  

5 and 2 - That’s all Lord needs from us!

How is your waiting coming along?

The hardest part in the Christian life – is the waiting period… you know the promises, and you know that you are standing for the right thing – but you are not sure, because God is not answering your prayers…

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1Kings 18:38 says... 

Then the fire of the Lord fell and consumed the burnt sacrifice, and the wood and the stones and the dust, and it licked up the water that was in the trench. 

Our life is sooo fragile… in a moment’s notice, our life can be changed upside down… we can get to a place, of real desperation… our strength dries up…

Why did he put his face between his knees…

• This is birthing position in those days…
• When you are ready to give a birth à Then you have to shut down the outside noise
  • Shut down your Facebook, Instagram, twitter, likes… tiktok, youtube,
    whatsapp, snapchat à 132+ social media sites…
  • We want to shut down every voice, that contradicts the word of God…
• Elijah’s prayed carried mighty punch…
  
  
• Don Carson – in his book says, Pray yourself into prayer.
  • Begin to pray in your prayer.
  • Prayer that grows as you pray. We have to be in it
  • While you are praying – you are praying for things that you have never thought – before you started praying.
  • There is an energy that takes over your prayer.

Elijah - Prayer Life (Part 1)

The effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much. 

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#1 Quality – that God is looking for in a person is, nothing but Prayer.

If God wants something to be done, He will be comfortable giving it to the one, who prays…

The man, who is not going to compromise.               

• Make room in your schedule for prayer.
  
  
• Be specific about your motivation in asking for the miracle…

 

We cannot go down without a fight in our faith!

We cannot go down without a fight in our faith - Nothing is done, unless the father says – it is done.

Have you prayed and prayed…– nothing seems to move the hand of the Lord?   Then you are in the right place…

We are in a spiritual battle… but here is the fact - 

• When God decides to do something through your life – There is nothing, the enemy can do.
• No Season, No mistake, No Mess, No Argument nor any Human limitation can stop Him.
• When Jesus said, Lazarus, come out of the grave… then grave had no choice but to let Lazarus go…
• There is a break through, waiting to happen in your life and mine.

I am hoping and praying that the truths unpacked in the miracle - of Jesus Healing the Paralytic man - will give you strength and energy for your soul …

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Matthew 9:1–8, Mark 2:1–12, and Luke 5:17–26

 

Father, Open my ”Spiritual Eyes”...

Couple of weeks ago, we saw Jesus open the eyes of the blind man…   the whole chapter is about the healing and how the leaders of the temple trying to disprove that this happened…. And how Jesus led the blind man, the salvation.
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Opening of the eyes – is not new… in fact, Bible records how Jesus healed the blind man/men – 3 times…

God is not just opening the physical eyes, He wants to open our spiritual eyes…

In Luke 4:18 – Jesus says…

“The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me, Because He anointed Me to preach the gospel to the poor. He has sent Me to proclaim release to the captives, And recovery of sight to the blind,  To set free those who are oppressed...

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Today – we are going to talk about opening – our spiritual eyes…

God has to open our spiritual eyes to see what He sees…

Paul teaches us to pray in Ephesians 1:18,

And [I pray] that the eyes of your heart [the very center and core of your being] may be enlightened [flooded with light by the Holy Spirit], so that you will know and cherish the ^[a]hope [the divine guarantee, the confident expectation] to which He has called you, the riches of His glorious inheritance in the ^[b]saints (God’s people),

It is like God saying – I am going to give eyes to your heart to see… Then your heart begins to see.   Even though you feel like – He is far away… You can know that He is close to you.   Your heart will know – how our God loves you like Crazy.

 

 

We cannot put God in a box…

2 Kings 5: 1 – 19  -- Naaman,  the leper healed.

• God is reminding us – about our position in Him is more important than what others sees us (Look at the little girl)
  
  
• God is reminding us – about staying humble, don’t write your own prescription - because His grace is available only to the humble…
  • Naaman listened to the little girl
  • He spoke to the King, taking the words
  • He listened to the servant who was traveling with him.

 

• God is reminding us this morning to create the memory stone.
  • Don’t leave the place of miracle, without taking the dirt from that place.
  • The place where we are standing is a holy ground.

Miracle #2: Jesus Heals a Man Born Blind

John 9:1 - 5

As he went along, he saw a man blind from birth. ² His disciples asked him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?”

³ “Neither this man nor his parents sinned,” said Jesus, “but this happened so that the works of God might be displayed in him. ⁴ As long as it is day, we must do the works of him who sent me. Night is coming, when no one can work. ⁵ While I am in the world, I am the light of the world.”

 

Do you believe that suffering we go through, can bring God’s glory in your life?

Sometimes, God allows certain things to happen – so He can turn his light… He has a purpose.  To equip us, To strengthen and mature and To correct us!

All things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose. Romans 8:28

Jesus Miracle: 10 Lepers Healed

Miracles – Shows, there is Nothing is impossible, for the Alpha and Omega… Name above every name.

• A miracle is an unusual manifestation of God’s power in which He intervenes in human affairs.

Luke 17:14 says... 

When he saw them, he said, “Go, show yourselves to the priests.” And as they went, they were cleansed.

Jesus had a radar for pain… He sees them.     We need to ask God to turn on that antenna – so we can also see what Jesus sees… and cry for things what breaks His heart.

This leper would say, Jesus saw me.