How to have Great Breakthroughs in the Midst of Darkness – IV Five Supernatural Breakthroughs of Resting in the Holy Spirit The Key to Overcome your ‘fate’ Hannah – darkest time – barren years - yet Dark – difficult – time. Easy to say: Well - just got to bear – whatever – just my fate Fated – what will be will be – if chicken year – going to have chicken life Faith is of God – fate is not 2006 is not fated OT: If want to sell – priest assess – you – whatever he assess – gd or bad Today – you – royal priest hood People saying – bad year Not just hope – basis to it: Psalms 91:1-4 He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. 2 I will say of the LORD, "He is my refuge and my fortress; My God, in Him I will trust." 3 Surely He shall deliver you from the snare of the fowler. And from the perilous pestilence. 4 He shall cover you with His feathers, And under His wings you shall take refuge; His truth shall be your shield and buckler. NKJV Shelter – becos of Isa 53 – did – 54 – basis – 55 - how no weapon – prosper - heritage New strain – no weapon - prosper – their righteousness is of me. Isa 55:12 "For you shall go out with joy, And be led out with peace; The mountains and the hills Shall break forth into singing before you, And all the trees of the field shall clap their hands. Being Led forth peace and joy – your job – passive voice You job is rest – his job - lead God calls – when RESTING – Not crying – those day over – resting in finished work Holy Spirit guide you GENTLY with His joy and peace Samuel Samuel Warm and gentle - like Jesus – warm – reassuring Saul Saul – Martha Martha – Simon Simon – gentle – even Be careful people manipulating using God’s name – Oh yeh - marry – business – 5 fold – bad name – mention after If feel – like obligated – forced into it – not of God Let the Holy Spirit LEAD you to personally experience your inheritance Help – APPLY Word Watch your diet – others – eat whatever – peace and joy Fancy Diet – Protein Diet - Daniel diet – forced to – you don’t have – for what Stop – gain more than lost Been starving – learning to preserve – next intake – eat normal – gain a lot next intake – don’t spend it – preserve it Little – eat – put on more Body – afraid it will starve Without t – die He guides us through creative ideas Placed: tabernacled – placed cheribim – earliest pict of tabernacle – mercy seat Place – Cain Abel brought the offering Prob: Fire of judgement – NEWS -fall on Jesus Flaming sword – fire of God’s judgement – fell on Jesus Jesus took the sword – way to God open He placed at the east of (or before) the garden of Eden the cherubim, and a sword-like flame, which turned every way, to keep the way to the tree of life. Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown Commentary Acts 2:3 Then, what looked like flames or tongues of fire appeared and settled on their heads. TLB Acts 2:4 Then there appeared to them divided tongues, as of fire, and one sat upon each of them.4 And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance. NKJV First gift – tongues - why Proverbs 15:4 A wholesome (healing) tongue is a tree of life, but perverseness in it breaks the spirit. NKJV Two trees – midst Good and evil – law Marpay: wholesome, healing Life to body, business, relationship Thousands of years – d programmed human language – die lah – sie - cake – no one say – I living of the cake Life and death Unwholesome (negative) tongues Æ tree of death! How I know – idea fr God – 2 extreme There are two extremes here. One hand – God never speaks – on the other hand - "Every impression is from God." May have eaten too much roti – indigestion – too much acid – test it – peace – cannot be imitated How experience Holy Spirit? Genesis 3:24 So He drove out the man; and He PLACED cherubim at the east of the garden of Eden, and a flaming sword What are some of the which turned every way, to guard the tongue that we use? way to the tree of life. NKJV Page 1 of 3 unwholesome D don’t know what you think afraid Don’t know how afraid you are – until open mouth and say it Speak negative – enforce it control How have a healing tongue? Heb picture language - tithe: Maaser Rich: Asher Minus m – rest Prov 14:30 A relaxed attitude lengthens a man's life; jealousy rots it away. TLB Driving – sticker – relax – fridge computer i. Not enough – relax bro Don’t tension – maintain bal Play soccer Doesn’t help – if full of stress – don’t be stressed Just like saying to one who is sick – don’t be sick – or one who has no money – don’t have no money – ridiculous – yet we do it all the time Discuss the above: M in hebrew picturegraph – rivers of water – Holy Spirit – like 7 perfect What picture? Resting and relaxing in the Holy Spirit brings life. Key to health – not just diet or exercise Exercise – still die of heart attack Drop death – while or after running Sp Forefathers – Abraham - never run – work – not exer like hemster – gym ii. Pray – tongues - rest Karl Petersen – Brain surgeon ORU Studies on people praying in tongues Brain releases 2 chemicals Immunity increase by 40 % Show why tongues – so power Æ life 2. Great confidence in life Why is confidence and faith essential in the last days? so Luke 21:25-26 And there will be signs in the sun, in the moon, and in the stars; and on the earth distress of nations, with perplexity, the sea and the waves roaring; 26 men's hearts failing them from fear and the expectation of those things which are coming on the earth, for the powers of the heavens will be shaken. NKJV Adam to us – 6000 - age Adam 2000 – Abraham 2000 – Jesus to us 2000 yrs 1 day – 1000 yrs - 7 day What about carbon 14 dating, earth and animals – millions of years – created w age, Adam was created as a mature adult – not a baby Christ can come at anytime – borrowed time Days of completion Tsunami – sea rage Katrina Exponential – catastrophic inc of calamities – 1900 to 2005 – hurricanes, tsunamis, pestilence, earthquake, erruptions. People of world - worry – rightly so - tomorrow – wrong perfect Worry – things going wrong – doing too perfect Something wrong – few days – no problem What if - cancer – accident – interest go up – lost job Jude 20 … building yourselves up on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Spirit. NKJV When you rest in Holy Spirit – when d said – what if … - so what Lost job – so what Wherever I go – as long as The Lord is my portion – my inheritance Don’t put my security in boss - control my fut Actor - well known expert – reading classics – Shakespeare – always end 23 – great applause There once was a Shakespearean 3. Praying the perfect prayer actor who was known everywhere for his one-man Romans 8:26 shows of readings and recitations In the same way, the Spirit helps us from the classics. He would in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the always end his performance with Spirit himself intercedes for us with a reading of Psalm 23. groans that words cannot express. Each night, without exception, as Not one word wasted – touch the actor began his recitation "The Lord is my Shepherd, I root shall not want"... the crowd Not one single word is wasted – would listen attentively. And every word touches heaven! then, at the conclusion of the Dealing w root problem psalm, they would rise in Lady went to pastor for prayer: thunderous applause in pray for my husb – Lord fill this appreciation of the actor's wo with grace - root incredible ability to bring the Don’t have need to know what verse to life. you praying – thank God One nite – young man – sir – do Thank God we don’t know - Cho you mind if I recite – Ok – If God reveal all the strategies of knowing his ability to read no the d – going to break son’s leg, match etc – you will be so panic - mess But one night, just before the things up actor was to offer his customary Or if God reveal – great things – recital of Psalm 23, a young man we will also panic from the audience spoke up. "Sir, Dr Cho do you mind if tonight I recite How you build such a big church – Psalm 23"? tremendous pressures – 10 The actor was quite taken aback Koreans – 15 opinions by this unusual request, but he Close my eyes –at rest - open – allowed the young man to come stress forward and stand front and center on the stage to recite the Why is it better not to know what we Psalm, knowing that the ability are praying? of this unskilled youth would be Don’t have to drop – what doing no match for his own talent. Surgeon – don’t drop what you Soft voice – recite – no applause doing – and go grotto – standing ovation – sound of Gardening, cooking, behind weeping – moved to tears computer With a soft voice, the young man Driving – keep eyes open began to recite the words of the Open eye – saw heavenly vision – Psalm. When he was finished, angel – trust me – real thing – in there was no applause. There was heaven no standing ovation as on other nights. All that could be heard 4. Intimate relationship with was the sound of weeping. The your Shepherd audience had been so moved by the young man's recitation that every eye was full of tears. Page 2 of 3 I don’t understanding – been performing – years – lifetime of training – secret – you know the psalm – I know the shepherd Amazed by what he had heard, the actor said to the youth, "I don't understand. I have been performing Psalm 23 for years. I have a lifetime of experience and training, but I have never been able to move an audience as you have tonight. Tell me, what is your secret?" The young man quietly replied, "Well sir, you know the Psalm. I know the Shepherd." How to pray long hours effortlessly and why pray for long hours? That is why - don’t have to be aggressive – tongues. Don’t walk down park You don’t always have to pray loud or aggressive in tongues - Ok in prayer meet – not sleep Speak under your breath Honey I love you Close to Jesus - shepherd – can rest Know - Who take care of tomorrow – Lord – see - traps Put yourself - hand in the one who can see the beginning to the ends Knows all the traps 5. Releases power, love and sound mind 2 Timothy 1:7 For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind. NKJV God – not want fear - worship God doesn’t want you to be afraid of him in the wrong sense Luke 4:8; Deut 6:13 Luke 4:8 And Jesus answered and said to him, "Get behind Me, Satan! For it is written, 'You shall worship the LORD your God, and Him only you shall serve.'" NKJV Deuteronomy 6:13 You shall fear the LORD your God and serve Him, and shall take oaths in His name. NKJV Worship Respect born out of love Luke 1:74 … serve Him without fear. Why serve without fear? Whoever afraid – ultimately hate resent Try my best – not to let my staff fear me If fear will lead to hatred resentment If afraid of mum in law – Fear – give birth to hate, therefore, call mother in grace Power – dunamis Deuteronomy 8:18 "And you shall remember the LORD your God, for it is He who gives you power to get wealth, that He may establish His covenant … LXX- Not give wealth – but Power to get wealth If poverty is holy – go – places – tell me kid selling bodies – so that parents – food Tell – poverty – blessing or curse Wealthy – but not set heart on wealth but Jesus Run after Kingdom – blessing – foll – added – overtake - mean Overtake – pursuing something else God is not against wealth – greed Eyes on money instead of him God gives you power to get wealth. why May est covenant – grace and blessing Blessed to be a blessed - poor corner We cannot help poor if we are poor How send – 4 corners of earth Get – create – idea - save No money problem – idea – save lots of money – Sound mind Why is a sound mind so impt? 6 years cannot sleep - 2 another drug after 2 hr panic attacks – fear – stomach sinus stomach ulcer - doc – every week – drain sinus tongues – peace comes pray more – more peace Try – hit a gusher – joy and peace unspeakable – start days, 1 hr – 15 min hit gusher - Love to pray Sleep well? One hour before bed time – tongues – listen to Tape – health prosperous Overcome hurts and resentment. Proverbs 14:30 A sound heart is life to the body, but envy is rottenness to the bones. NKJV Envy is cancerous - Jerusalem Bible Some Arthritis – bitterness – release – go Eaten up alive by unforgiveness – resentment Tranquil Jude 20-21 But you, beloved, building yourselves up on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Spirit,21 keep yourselves in the love of God. Tongues – help rest in his love Hurt, angry, depress? – won't stuck in past Pray in the spirit - Keep in the love of Christ – won't be stuck in the mud – move on 6. Stirs up the various gifts of the Holy Spirit Why is it impt to stir up the spiritual gifts in the market place? 2 Timothy 1:6 Therefore I remind you to stir up the gift of God which is in you through the laying on of my hands. NKJV Stir up gifts of God - teh Like teh tarik – no stirred – put own sugar - Like drain water Little bit of stirring - Little corner become 6 star hotel How stir – charisma – not dorea CANDELABRA Centre lamp – lights the rest Tongues- lighting of all gifts How faithful – How you light up other gifts You light it – when praying tongues Creative ideas Need supernatural weapon – in business – word of wisdom – knowledge – discernment – etc Three simple keys to receive the gift of tongues Rest in His Grace It’s a gift! Romans 5:17 For if by the one man's offense death reigned through the one, much more those who receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness will reign in life through the one, Jesus Christ. NKJV Who made you worthy to go heaven Same way – worthy to receive Holy Spirit If not holy? – that is why you need Holy Spirit! Thirst and hungry for his presence and fullness John 7:37 … If anyone thirsts, let him come to Me and drink. NKJV Step out in faith "Lord, if it is You, command me to come to You on the water." 29 So He said, "Come." And when Peter had come down out of the boat, Don’t help God – with phrases like – praise God – hallelujah These can be said some other times No matter how strange the sound is - speak it our Page 3 of 3 Acts 2:4 “.. and they began to speak with other tongues as the Spirit was giving them utterance Peace – know – God or not
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