Embracing God's Greater Plan for Your Life
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"Your impression is far short of what God has for you. He has something so much higher. As a matter of fact, the scripture says it's not even entered into your heart yet to understand fully or to see the things that God has prepared for you because you love Him. He's got something sovereign for you. He's got something unique for you. He's got something that only He could do through your life. That's what makes it a supernatural life, and that's how you know that He lives." [00:00:26]
"Remember Lot's wife. Now Lot was a man who was taken out of a perishing city. I don't want to go into all the details. It doesn't matter for those that are listening online in particular, but it was a perishing place. It was a place it was really under the judgment of God, and God in His mercy sent messengers to take a man called Lot and his wife and two daughters out of this place before He judged it." [00:03:31]
"Lot's wife turned around and in a sense, longing and longingly looked back and hoped in her heart, I think, to preserve what God had told her to leave behind. And this is the dilemma that a lot of people face today. There's something in your life that you want to preserve. There's something that God is trying to draw you out of where you are, and you have a vision in the sense of what happiness is." [00:04:59]
"The problem with this early generation is that they didn't want to go in to what God had for them. They wanted to come out of what was oppressing them, but they didn't want to make the journey in. And a lot of people are like that today. They want out of addiction, they want out of a bad relationship, they want out of unforgiveness, they want out of all this stuff." [00:06:00]
"If we seek to save what we think our life should be, we will lose the life that God has for us. Isn't that something? And think about Lot's wife, for example. She turned around, she looked behind, and what happened because of that looking behind? She brought incredible loss not only to herself but also to her family." [00:06:42]
"Whoever desires to save his life will lose it. Whoever loses his life for my sake will find it. I mean, that's loses it in a sense, let it go. Let go what I thought my life should be, let go what I thought was going to make me happy, let go what I thought would bring me fulfillment and just say, God, I don't know what you have for me, but whatever it is is better than anything that my own heart or mind can come up with." [00:08:40]
"Paul the Apostle says in the book of Philippians chapter 3, verses 12 to 15, he says not that I have already attained or I'm already perfected, but I press on that I may hold lay hold of that for which Christ Jesus has also laid hold of me. In other words, I've been called for a purpose that only God fully understands what that purpose is." [00:12:37]
"Paul says, brethren, I do not count myself to have apprehended, but one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind and reaching forward to those things which are ahead, I press toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus. And therefore let us as many as are mature have this mind, and if in anything you think otherwise, God will even reveal this to you." [00:13:44]
"Self-preservation is at the core of the weakness of today's church. Theologically we live to preserve ourselves going to church. What's in it to make me happy today? What's in it to make me more comfortable today? What's in it to bless me today? And because of that focus, the church, the testimony is very weak in this generation." [00:16:34]
"It's time to get up, it's time to get out, it's time to go in, not just get out of addiction but go into what God has for your life. Go into the fullness of the spirit for you, go into whatever that journey is going to be and wherever it's going to lead. It's in a sense throwing our head in the ring, it's a figure of speech, but we throw out in the ring and so I'm into the fight for the glory of God and for the souls of men." [00:17:20]
"I believe in my heart that a lot of people are not free because you're not ready to go in yet. You remember Hannah, the Bible talks about this woman who was empty inside, she was barren and she bore no life, and for her it was like a shame, it was an ache inside her, she felt her life was so unfulfilled and she would come to prayer meeting." [00:19:33]
"She finally said these words, if you will give me life, I will bring it back to you for your glory. And it was at that point that Eli the priest told her go home and the Lord grant you your petition, and the scripture said she went home and was no more sad, and from her empty life was born the prophet Samuel who led the nation for 40 years." [00:20:35]
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"Remember Lot's wife. Now Lot was a man who was taken out of a perishing city. I don't want to go into all the details. It doesn't matter for those that are listening online in particular, but it was a perishing place. It was a place it was really under the judgment of God, and God in His mercy sent messengers to take a man called Lot and his wife and two daughters out of this place before He judged it." [00:03:31]
"Lot's wife turned around and in a sense, longing and longingly looked back and hoped in her heart, I think, to preserve what God had told her to leave behind. And this is the dilemma that a lot of people face today. There's something in your life that you want to preserve. There's something that God is trying to draw you out of where you are, and you have a vision in the sense of what happiness is." [00:04:59]
"The problem with this early generation is that they didn't want to go in to what God had for them. They wanted to come out of what was oppressing them, but they didn't want to make the journey in. And a lot of people are like that today. They want out of addiction, they want out of a bad relationship, they want out of unforgiveness, they want out of all this stuff." [00:06:00]
"If we seek to save what we think our life should be, we will lose the life that God has for us. Isn't that something? And think about Lot's wife, for example. She turned around, she looked behind, and what happened because of that looking behind? She brought incredible loss not only to herself but also to her family." [00:06:42]
"Whoever desires to save his life will lose it. Whoever loses his life for my sake will find it. I mean, that's loses it in a sense, let it go. Let go what I thought my life should be, let go what I thought was going to make me happy, let go what I thought would bring me fulfillment and just say, God, I don't know what you have for me, but whatever it is is better than anything that my own heart or mind can come up with." [00:08:40]
"Paul the Apostle says in the book of Philippians chapter 3, verses 12 to 15, he says not that I have already attained or I'm already perfected, but I press on that I may hold lay hold of that for which Christ Jesus has also laid hold of me. In other words, I've been called for a purpose that only God fully understands what that purpose is." [00:12:37]
"Paul says, brethren, I do not count myself to have apprehended, but one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind and reaching forward to those things which are ahead, I press toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus. And therefore let us as many as are mature have this mind, and if in anything you think otherwise, God will even reveal this to you." [00:13:44]
"Self-preservation is at the core of the weakness of today's church. Theologically we live to preserve ourselves going to church. What's in it to make me happy today? What's in it to make me more comfortable today? What's in it to bless me today? And because of that focus, the church, the testimony is very weak in this generation." [00:16:34]
"It's time to get up, it's time to get out, it's time to go in, not just get out of addiction but go into what God has for your life. Go into the fullness of the spirit for you, go into whatever that journey is going to be and wherever it's going to lead. It's in a sense throwing our head in the ring, it's a figure of speech, but we throw out in the ring and so I'm into the fight for the glory of God and for the souls of men." [00:17:20]
"I believe in my heart that a lot of people are not free because you're not ready to go in yet. You remember Hannah, the Bible talks about this woman who was empty inside, she was barren and she bore no life, and for her it was like a shame, it was an ache inside her, she felt her life was so unfulfilled and she would come to prayer meeting." [00:19:33]
"She finally said these words, if you will give me life, I will bring it back to you for your glory. And it was at that point that Eli the priest told her go home and the Lord grant you your petition, and the scripture said she went home and was no more sad, and from her empty life was born the prophet Samuel who led the nation for 40 years." [00:20:35]
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