Taking Ground
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· 371 viewsPastor Kevin speaks on the importance of taking ground in our life as believers. God is calling us to grow from glory to glory. Now is not the time to loose ground but it is the time take ground in the advancemence of the Kingdom of God.
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Gods' plan has always been about momentum.
Gods' plan has always been about momentum.
Define Momentum
Momentum means something has already started. Something is already moving.
Momentum means something has already started. Something is already moving.
My vision
Recently while I was sharing the vision of this church with a new friend. I said to him I was wondering how to implement it. He said something interesting... Pastor you have already begun... He said every tree starts with a seed.
Sources of Momentum
Sources of Momentum
People are a source of momentum
People are a source of momentum
By and emotional appeal
By encouraging
By challenging
By fear
Situations are a source of momentum
Situations are a source of momentum
Economic Changes
Financial Changes
Physical Changes
God is a source of momentum
God is a source of momentum
The Word of God
A Consistent Prayer Life
Read: Ephesians 2:1, 5 Colossians 2:13, 1 Peter 3:18
And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins;
Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;)
And you, being dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of your flesh, hath he quickened together with him, having forgiven you all trespasses;
For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit:
We were dead, He made us alive
We were dead, He made us alive
While we were dead, He connected us to Christ There we found life
While we were dead, He connected us to Christ There we found life
Sin killed us, He made us alive, He forgave us first.
Sin killed us, He made us alive, He forgave us first.
Christ suffered in our behalf. He brought us to God through his death. He made us alive by his Spirit.
Christ suffered in our behalf. He brought us to God through his death. He made us alive by his Spirit.
Read Genesis 1:1
IN the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
God is Creator.
God is Creator.
God is an initiator.
God is an initiator.
It's just the beginning
It's just the beginning
Read: Philippians 1:6
Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ:
We must maintain the momentum. We must capitalize on what the Lord has started. We must take our faith to the next level.
We must maintain the momentum. We must capitalize on what the Lord has started. We must take our faith to the next level.
It is time to take ground.
It is time to take ground.
The Starting Point
The Starting Point
Read: 1 Corinthians 9:24
Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain.
It is said that races are won and lost at the starting point
It is said that races are won and lost at the starting point
Taking ground starts with an encounter
Taking ground starts with an encounter
And he said, Draw not nigh hither: put off thy shoes from off thy feet, for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground.
Moses's encounter would change his life.
Moses's encounter would change his life.
How we start is important.
How we start is important.
Read: Hebrews 12:2
Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.
Just as Moses journey started with God, Our Journey must start with God
Just as Moses journey started with God, Our Journey must start with God
The Bible says that Jesus is the author and the finisher of our faith.
The Bible says that Jesus is the author and the finisher of our faith.
An author
An author
Writes the narrative - Beginning, Middle and Ending
Writes the narrative - Beginning, Middle and Ending
Creates the story line
Creates the story line
The author selects the characters, determine the plot and sets all of the circumstances.
The author selects the characters, determine the plot and sets all of the circumstances.
The author knows the outcome.
The author knows the outcome.
Jesus is the finisher, the completer of our faith
Jesus is the finisher, the completer of our faith
He makes his work perfect in us.
He makes his work perfect in us.
God having provided some better thing for us, that they without us should not be made perfect.
And being made perfect, he became the author of eternal salvation unto all them that obey him;
Jesus is our destination, the finish line, the goal
Jesus is our destination, the finish line, the goal
Read Philippians 3:4
I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.
Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.
The race has begun. The Starting gun has fired. We have left the mark
The race has begun. The Starting gun has fired. We have left the mark
Now it is time to take ground.
Now it is time to take ground.
We are children of the most High God.
We are children of the most High God.
We have been bought with a price.
We have been bought with a price.
We are not our own
We are not our own
I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.
Until we know who we are we will never take ground
Until we know who we are we will never take ground
We will not know who we are until we know who He is.
We will not know who we are until we know who He is.
Now it is time to take ground
Now it is time to take ground
We are in a race to the finish line
We are in a race to the finish line
We have got a good start
We have got a good start
We are on the right path.
We are on the right path.
God has started something
God has started something
Read: Deuteronomy 11:24
Every place whereon the soles of your feet shall tread shall be yours: from the wilderness and Lebanon, from the river, the river Euphrates, even unto the uttermost sea shall your coast be.
Taking ground is not automatic. It was a vision of privilege, God allowed it. It was an unexpected part of the story. God gave the promise and Abraham provided the feet.
Taking ground is not automatic. It was a vision of privilege, God allowed it. It was an unexpected part of the story. God gave the promise and Abraham provided the feet.
God has made some promises to us. Only those that's willing to step out of the stands, step into the starting blocks, and with every step keep moving toward the vision will have the privilege of taking Ground.
God has made some promises to us. Only those that's willing to step out of the stands, step into the starting blocks, and with every step keep moving toward the vision will have the privilege of taking Ground.
2017 can be a year of harvest if all of God's people begin to take ground.
We have been given a benefit of Taking Ground
We have been given a benefit of Taking Ground
Not everybody knows how to handle a benefit
Not everybody knows how to handle a benefit
A benefit is an opportunity
A benefit is an opportunity
A benefit is a grace
A benefit is a grace
A benefit is a that policy signed in Jesus blood naming you the beneficiary of his power.
A benefit is a that policy signed in Jesus blood naming you the beneficiary of his power.
He Give Power to us the power of Evangelism CompassionWorshipDiscipleship
He Give Power to us the power of Evangelism CompassionWorshipDiscipleship
God continues to want to use people that don't want to be used by him.
God continues to want to use people that don't want to be used by him.
But to Israel he saith, All day long I have stretched forth my hands unto a disobedient and gainsaying people.
Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.