At
my church, the pastor will sometimes give mini sermons before the actual sermon
if the Holy Spirit is leading him to touch on a subject or two. I attend Word
of Life Church in Flowood, MS. The pastor there is Joel Simms. You can find more out about my church HERE.
Last
night was so awesome and I just wanted to share the notes I took with you. The
church does download podcast and media of each service. You can listen to the
message HERE.
I tried to listen to it this morning and it was actually a guest speaker from
last week. I am sure that error will be corrected soon. But if you are
interested, keep checking that link and click on the 8.28.2013 message. It is
well worth it! It blessed me and I am sure it will you too!
Anyway,
my notes will be bullet style and will not have scripture references – but it
is good stuff so please check it out!!!
·
You
are a steward of the last instruction God gave you. You can progress or move
forward until you complete the last task.
·
Stop
making excuses and start making changes!
·
Watch
your associations
o
The
devil wants to stop you from reaching your destiny.
o
The
easiest way to do that is to get someone close to you to distract you.
o
Who
are your associations?
§ Are they
promoting God’s direction for your life?
§ Are they
turning you away from God?
§ Where are your
standards held when you are around them?
·
Watch
out for a critical and lying spirit.
o
BIND
yourself in mercy and truth (Proverbs).
o
Speak
UPLIFTING words! Words of love! Words of life!
o
If
someone is consistently critical – get away from that person.
§ This is
reflective of something deeply wrong spiritually.
§ Everyone is
your ministry; everyone is NOT your friend.
o
How
do you know if this is an association that you do not need to be around?
§ Your heart
knows.
§ Make the
necessary changes so you can grow.
o
Most
of the time, the critical person enters your life on a positive aspect and with
praise.
§ BE CAREFUL OF
THIS: there is a difference in praise and flattery.
·
Praise
gives
·
Flattery
takes away from you
·
God
knows your future better than you know your past and better than the devil
knows your past.
I
encourage you to listen to last night’s podcast and to read the points in these
notes. It is so very important to your spiritual growth!
Stay
in love,
Clare!!!
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