05/05/2013
Joel @ Lakewood Church
Romans 12:2 KJV
And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.
And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.
The caterpillar goes from being one of the most plain insects to one of the most beautiful, a butterfly. Like that caterpillar, we may start plain but we aren't meant to stay that way.
That caterpillar has to push himself out of the cocoon. In the same way, it's up to me to push myself out. Negative thoughts can impede the full you from coming out.
● You have to change your thinking because
inside of you is everything I need to be that beautiful butterfly soaring to places that I never imagined.
inside of you is everything I need to be that beautiful butterfly soaring to places that I never imagined.
● John Osteen grew up in a plain lifestyle but he felt the urge to do something more. His family discouraged him but he had to ignore those thoughts and renew their minds.
● A lot of the time, we get programmed by the words that other people speak over us but we need to reprogram our thoughts with what God says about us
● The enemy fights you for where you are going.
Judges 6:11-12 KJV
And there came an angel of the Lord , and sat
under an oak which was in Ophrah, that pertained unto Joash the Abi–ezrite: and his son Gideon threshed wheat by the winepress, to hide it from the Midianites. And the angel of the Lord appeared unto him, and said unto him, The Lord is with thee, thou mighty man of valour.
● God calls you what you will become, not what you are. It's up to me to come into agreement with what God knows about me not my circumstances or what I think about myself.
under an oak which was in Ophrah, that pertained unto Joash the Abi–ezrite: and his son Gideon threshed wheat by the winepress, to hide it from the Midianites. And the angel of the Lord appeared unto him, and said unto him, The Lord is with thee, thou mighty man of valour.
● God calls you what you will become, not what you are. It's up to me to come into agreement with what God knows about me not my circumstances or what I think about myself.
● A Plantation owner was throwing out dead wood when a sculptor asked if he could have the wood. The plantation owner laughed and told him to take it since it was useless. The sculptor carved an eagle. A few weeks later the Plantation owner saw the Eagle displayed at the sculptor's hut and offered to buy it for $500. The sculptor told him that it was the dead wood. The sculptor saw the Eagle on the inside it wasn't useless.
Micah 4:9 KJV
Now why dost thou cry out aloud? is there no king in thee? is thy counsellor perished? for pangs have taken thee as a woman in travail.
Micah 4:9 KJV
Now why dost thou cry out aloud? is there no king in thee? is thy counsellor perished? for pangs have taken thee as a woman in travail.
● We are children of the most High God, there are kings and Queens on the inside and it's time for them to come out.
*********Victoria Osteen***********
The Season of Graduation
The Season of Graduation
When God prepares you for a challenge you get stronger in the midst of it.
It is what it is as I get better over time.
You don't need to take from others because they don't have what I need, that's why I can rejoice when others rejoice.
You don't need to take from others because they don't have what I need, that's why I can rejoice when others rejoice.
This is a season of graduation. When you finish with one thing, it's hard to see what God has for you but like Abraham we have to follow God even though we don't know where he's going.
Hebrews 11:8-10 MSG
By an act of faith, Abraham said yes to God's call to travel to an unknown place that would become his home. When he left he had no idea where he was going. By an act of faith he lived in the country promised him, lived as a stranger camping in tents. Isaac and Jacob did the same, living under the same promise. Abraham did it by keeping his eye on an unseen city with real, eternal foundations—the City designed and built by
God.
-Sometimes like Abraham, things take a long time! In this times when we have a front row seat to the longest wait we have to remember that God has perfect timing.
By an act of faith, Abraham said yes to God's call to travel to an unknown place that would become his home. When he left he had no idea where he was going. By an act of faith he lived in the country promised him, lived as a stranger camping in tents. Isaac and Jacob did the same, living under the same promise. Abraham did it by keeping his eye on an unseen city with real, eternal foundations—the City designed and built by
God.
-Sometimes like Abraham, things take a long time! In this times when we have a front row seat to the longest wait we have to remember that God has perfect timing.
Nehemiah 8:10 NLT
And Nehemiah continued, "Go and celebrate with a feast of rich foods and sweet drinks, and share gifts of food with people who have nothing prepared. This is a sacred day before our Lord. Don't be dejected and sad, for the joy of the L ord is your strength!"
-In that time of waiting we have to praise God to strengthen ourselves. That praise needs to be stored up so it can minister to me.
And Nehemiah continued, "Go and celebrate with a feast of rich foods and sweet drinks, and share gifts of food with people who have nothing prepared. This is a sacred day before our Lord. Don't be dejected and sad, for the joy of the L ord is your strength!"
-In that time of waiting we have to praise God to strengthen ourselves. That praise needs to be stored up so it can minister to me.
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