Sermon

POWER OF PERFECTION: It makes us complete for every good work (Heb. 13:20-21, NKJV). Hebrews 13:20-21 “20 Now the God of peace, that brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant, 21 Make you perfect in every good work to do his will, working in you that which is well pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ; to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.”

Obstacles are like giant rocks between you and your goals. Some of these obstacles are definable, like difficult circumstances, negative people, and your own bad emotions. Others are harder to define. Sometimes you don’t know what’s standing in your way. Maybe all you need is a little more information or one more connection, but you can’t see it. And you can’t see anything changing. You keep throwing yourself against the obstacle over and over again but nothing is happening.

Psalm 116:12-15 “12 What shall I render unto the Lord for all his benefits toward me? 13 I will take the cup of salvation, and call upon the name of the Lord. 14 I will pay my vows unto the Lord now in the presence of all his people. 15 Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his saints.

Songs: What shall I render/3x to you Oh Lord! I will praise THEE oh Lord and shout Halleluya,…

We define ourselves by many things: career, family, status or success. When we fail in any one of those categories, we only find condemnation and burden. Here comes the question? What if your identity was meant to be in something else or someone else? How would your life change if you discovered how God sees you?

Psalms 68:1-2 “Let God arise, let his enemies be scattered: let them also that hate him flee before him. 2 As smoke is driven away, so drive them away: as wax melteth before the fire, so let the wicked perish at the presence of God.”

Introduction: The word “arise” in spiritual terms could mean: to prove oneself, to defend, to justify, to put to an end, or to condemn.

When God visited Solomon, he was blessed with wisdom and wealth of unprecedented magnitude 1Kings 3:5-13. God is present all the time, but this season makes us more aware of that presence for our benefit.

                                                                     DIVINE SETTLEMENT

1 Peter 5:10”10 But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you.”