CTWG week 2 – Pastor James – notes & video 01/08/12

CTWG: “Consistent” week 2

notes and video

• God wants to hear from you and spend time with you. Not just once, but consistently.
  • He’s happy with anything you give Him. Theres not a requirement of the amount of time that you have to spend. I always tell the students, God is excited about every second that you spend with Him.
  • The hardest part for most people is “consistency”
• We get caught up with our work, schedule, or sleep and we can’t seem to get our quiet time in. Maybe we even pray on the way to work and call it good. You see God loves that, but there’s more for you.
  • Caught up “doing” instead of “being”
    • Doing
      • Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says. (James 1:22-25 NIV)
        • Doer of the Word…without the Word
        • Running ahead without checking in
        • Getting your hands dirty before knowing where to put them
      • Being
        • The righteousness of God in Christ (2 Corinthians 5:21)
        • All wisdom and revelation is yours (Ephesians 1:17-19)
        • The head and not the tail (Deuteronomy 28:13)
  • The battle is between your ears, but you’ve been trying to handle it with your hands
• Mindset- fixed mental attitude that predetermines an interpretation of a situation
  • Perception is reality…that’s scary
  • Consistency will change your mindset
  • Knowing His intent, knowing His will, thinking like He thinks…through His Word
    • Jesus and the Word are one in the same. (John 1:1) When you spend time in the Word, you are implanting Jesus, His thoughts, intentions, and motives into yourself.

• Matthew 6:33 (KJV)- But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
  • “seek” – to aim; to strive after
  • “first” – proton- the positive part of the group/molecule
    • Seeking Him “first” puts a positive, Jesus type spin on everything that you think and experience.
    • First is the key. Even your giving is considered a first fruit. It puts a positive spin on your finances.
    • This is why many people do their CTWG in the morning. It’s “first” in their schedule.
  • “kingdom” – not to be confused with an actual kingdom but rather the right or authorityto rule over a kingdom
    • God wants His territory back! And its gotta come through you.
    • The kingdom on earth was designed to be ruled by you. In the garden was the original intent. So, there was a setback in the garden. There was a push forward at the cross and resurrection.
      • It’s time to take back the kingdom, take back the educational system, take back our workplace, take it back!
      • You are in authority in this kingdom here on earth.

• All these things will be added unto you:  It’s not just about you being blessed, it’s about you finishing your course. If you were to quit ministry today, God would still bless you. But the course set before you wouldn’t be completed.
  • Added unto you is a byproduct of your consistent walk with God. It’s not the purpose, but it’s absolutely the byproduct.

Elijah:

The Lord appeared to Elijah and asked, “What are you doing HERE, Elijah?” (1 Kin. 19:9). Elijah wasn’t “THERE” anymore. His place called “THERE” was back in Samaria.

That means Elijah failed in two-thirds of the things the Lord told him to do.

Elijah went on to prophesy (1 Kin. 21:17-24), and he called the fire of God down two more times (2 Kin. 1:9-12).

• When I think about Elijah, I don’t know about you, but in my life 2/3rds would be a pretty good accomplishment. Maybe the saints in the room have done better, but for me this is great news.
  • It reminds me of the movie Dumb and Dumber. “so, you’re saying there’s a chance…”
    • Much more than a chance…there’s a promise.
    • You didn’t screw up enough to deny you the promise.
    • You didn’t screw up enough to not be blessed. You are God’s blessing to this society that you live in.
      • Consistency gets you back in this mindset. The mindset of Jesus and how He feels about you!

(KJV) Luke 22:31-32 And the Lord said, Simon, Simon, behold, Satan hath desired [to have] you, that he may sift [you] as wheat: But I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not: and when thou art converted, strengthen thy brethren.

• “Sift as wheat“ – shaken to overthrow
• Satan’s desire is to overthrow you. He works on you in ways that shake your faith. He tells you that you missed it. He gets in your head.
  • But Jesus has prayed even for your faith to be strong.
  • Your consistency cancels that overthrow. It puts you in Jesus’ mindset. It keeps you believing what Jesus believes about you.
• Jesus prayer for His disciples
  • John 17:6-19 – Jesus prays for you and I
    • You’ll see Jesus’ heart in the way He prays for you in John 17.
    • He believes in you, because you are Him here.
    • (John 17:6-8 NIV) – “I have revealed you to those whom you gave me out of the world. They were yours; you gave them to me and they have obeyed your word. Now they know that everything you have given me comes from you. For I gave them the words you gave me and they accepted them. They knew with certainty that I came from you, and they believed that you sent me.
      • Very interesting here, Jesus isn’t telling God about all the mistakes that His guys made. He isn’t telling God about their shakeable faith (at times). He doesn’t mention that it took them awhile to get it.
      • He sees the good in His people. Even as imperfect as they (and we) were/are.
        • “They have obeyed your Word…and they know.”
        • He sees you finished through His finished work.

• Application (where to start in consistency?):
  • The Model (Lord’s) Prayer – prior to Him completely wiping out the enemy
• Worship
  •   Our Father in heaven, Hallowed be Your name.
• Speak to the Mountains:Mark 11:23-24
  •  ¹⁰ Your kingdom come. Your will be done  On earth as it is in heaven.
• Supplication: Matt 7:7 (asking from the position that God already has released it!)
• • ¹¹ Give us this day our daily bread.
• Speak to the mountains in our country, state, family, work, community, church
  • See ourselves forgiven through the finished work of the cross
  • ¹² And forgive us our debts, As we forgive our debtors.
  • Protection: Psalm 91
  • ¹³ And do not lead us into temptation, But deliver us from the evil one.
  • Praise/thanks giving
  • •For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen

That’s your “How to” guide for this year and to start your CTWG.

 

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