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A FLOOD IS COMING

He sends forth [rains], and they overwhelm the land or transform it. – Job 12:15, AMP. Sometimes on the news, the weather person will announce that we’re under a Flash Flood Warning. That means conditions are ripe for possible flooding. Water could get out of its normal boundaries. It could overflow and increase in such a way that drainage and bayous are overwhelmed. Just like that weather person, I’m here to announce to you today that you’re under a Flash Flood Warning. Conditions are just right. You’ve honored God. You’ve been faithful. You’ve passed the test. Now God is saying, “There’s about to be a flood, but not with water. You’re going to see a flood of My goodness, a flood of opportunity, a flood of healing, a flood of good breaks to where you are overwhelmed with God’s favor. It’s beyond your expectations. It puts you into overflow.” Today, get ready! Get your expectancy up. Be on the lookout for His goodness because a flood of favor is coming your way! PRAYER: Father, thank Y...

THE NEW BIRTH

 As we have borne the image of the man of dust, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly Man.-1 Corinthians 15:49 Jesus spoke to Nicodemus and told him that this new birth is not flesh and blood; it is the life of God. It is a spiritual life, as real as God, as true as God. We are formed in God's very image. He has quickened us and made us to be like Him with an in[1]ward, spiritual life. Just as we have our humanity, so the new nature, the new power, is continually forming a new man in us after the order of Him. The first Adam was formed, and we are in the vision of him; the last Adam, the new creation, is going to have a vision and expression like Him. I was once exactly where Nicodemus was; I said, "How can these things be?" (John 3:9). Then there came by faith a regenerating power that made me know I was born of God. It came like the wind. I could not see it, but I felt it. It had a tremendous effect upon my human nature, and I found that I was a new creation. I f...

THE NITTY-GRITTY SAVIOR

  Bible Reading: Mark 6:1-6 A prophet is honored everywhere except in his own hometown and among his relatives and his own family. Mark 6:4 “LISTEN,” DANIEL SAID as he shook a wrench in my face, “you can’t tell me that some guy who lived two thousand years ago and walked around in a white robe telling stories is going to make a difference to me today.” He swept his arm around him to indicate the garage and the cars on blocks. “I don’t have time,” he continued. “I mean, this Jesus stuff is okay for some people like women and kids who like the stories and might even get something out of them. But for me? I don’t think so. Jesus has nothing to do with a guy who has a timing chain to set on one car and a cracked block to replace on another.” Daniel echoes the way lots of people feel about Jesus. They see him like a plastic statue on a car dashboard-smiling, robed, a halo suspended above his head. “Jesus is fine,” they say, “for people with their heads in the clouds. But he really doesn...

JOHN G. LAKE'S SERMON ON A TOPIC; "REALITY"

Date: Feb. 11, 1917 When I read this chapter there is a thrill that goes down through my soul, and I would to God that the real spiritual truths of it could forever be established in the minds of men. I once listened to an eminent divine preaching from the text, "What is man?" and when he got through I had a feeling that man was a kind of whipped cur with his tail between his legs, sneaking out to throw himself into the lake saying, "Here goes nothing." I said, "He has never caught the fire of the thing Jesus is endeavoring to teach through the apostle - that man was the crowning creation of God. That God endowed him with a nature and qualities that by the grace of God can express more of God than any other of God's creations. That God purposed by the Holy Spirit to make the salvation of Jesus Christ so real in the nature of man that 'He that sanctifieth (Jesus Christ) and they that are sanctified' through His grace are both of one nature, of one su...

CALL YOURSELF A RESCUE RANGER

 "I try to find common ground with everyone so that I might bring them to Christ." 1 Corinthians 9:22 “ISN’T IT a bit much,” Kalie argued, “that Jesus tells us to reach the world? I mean, there are five hundred kids just in my grade at school. How can I even make a dent in that much less do something good for the rest of the world? Where am I supposed to start?” (I expected you to ask such a great question) Think about your best friends. Are any of them non-Christians? Think about the people you spend the bulk of your time with each day at school, office or your trading ground, Are any of them non-Christians? Think about your neighbors. Are any of them non-Christians? If you nodded yes to any of those questions, you’re in the perfect spot to join God in his rescue mission. But there are some crucial things to remember as you re­spond to God’s invitation to share Christ with others: BE SENSITIVE TO GOD’S SPIRIT LEADING YOU THINK ABOUT IT:  God has already put people all around...

NOW THAT I UNDERSTAND THE NATURE OF WISDOM

Basically, according to the definition of Wisdom from the Oxford dictionary; wisdom is the quality of having experience, knowledge, and good judgement. It is the quality of being wise. Wisdom is the body of knowledge and experience that develops within a specified society or period. It is the state of being wise. According the the scriptures, the word WISDOM simple means; "the wisdom of God." It is the supernatural impartation of facts, guidance, and solutions.  The result is always beyond human intelligence because it is purely by a supernatural download from above. THERE ARE THREE TYPES OF WISDOM. a. Human Wisdom - Ecclesiastes 1:9, 3:19-20, 7:16-17. The Wisdom of this age is the wisdom we acquire through books, experience and observations. This type of Wisdom can be acquired by anybody whether they have the Holy Spirit or not. This is a kind of wisdom you acquire from the Universities or any learning environment, it is natural. Anyone can attend medical school and become a...