The Shaking is for Shifting

Pastor Joel @ Lakewood Church

The Pandemic is shaking things in reality causing us to be shaken on the inside. It doesn't take a pandemic, this happens with any change: a death, a layover, etc...

It may look like a setback but it's a setup.

Saul approved the stoning of Stephen. Some faithful followers of the Lord buried Stephen and mourned very much for him. At that time the church in Jerusalem suffered terribly. All of the Lord's followers, except the apostles, were scattered everywhere in Judea and Samaria. Saul started making a lot of trouble for the church. He went from house to house, arresting men and women and putting them in jail.

Acts 8:1‭-‬3 CEV

Jerusalem. A holy city for Jews (see also Jews), Christians (see also Christian), and Muslims; the capital of the ancient kingdom of Judah and of the modern state of Israel. The name means "city of peace." Jerusalemis often called Zion; Mount Zion is the hill on which the fortress of the city was built.

You're on the verge of something better than ever.

Therefore those who were scattered went everywhere preaching the word. Then Philip went down to the city of Samaria and preached Christ to them. And the multitudes with one accord heeded the things spoken by Philip, hearing and seeing the miracles which he did. For unclean spirits, crying with a loud voice, came out of many who were possessed; and many who were paralyzed and lame were healed.

Acts 8:4‭-‬7 NKJV

If Philip hadnt left Jerusalem then none of that wouldn't have happened.

And there was great joy in that city.

Acts 8:8 NKJV

The best is still out on front of you. 

He will yet fill your mouth with laughing, And your lips with rejoicing.

Job 8:21 NKJV

For You have armed me with strength for the battle; You have subdued under me those who rose up against me.

Psalms 18:39 NKJV

God can shift your desires.

Delight yourself also in the Lord , And He shall give you the desires of your heart.

Psalms 37:4 NKJV

Flourishing can come out of a shaky time.

A good man leaves an inheritance to his children's children, But the wealth of the sinner is stored up for the righteous.

Proverbs 13:22 NKJV

God doesn't change and he is the giver of all good the thing. Source vs. Resource

They shall not be ashamed in the evil time, And in the days of famine they shall be satisfied.

Psalms 37:19 NKJV

God keeps track of the decent folk; what they do won't soon be forgotten. In hard times, they'll hold their heads high; when the shelves are bare, they'll be full.

Psalm 37:18‭-‬19 MSG

God is into multiplication.

God won't let you get into a situation 

Suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken; and immediately all the doors were opened and everyone's chains were loosed.

Acts 16:26 NKJV

New doors, new relationships, etc...

Devon Franklin at Lakewood Church

Marriages and communication is having to be readjusted.

Put up with each other, and forgive anyone who does you wrong, just as Christ has forgiven you. Love is more important than anything else. It is what ties everything completely together.  Each one of you is part of the body of Christ, and you were chosen to live together in peace. So let the peace that comes from Christ control your thoughts. And be grateful. Let the message about Christ completely fill your lives, while you use all your wisdom to teach and instruct each other. With thankful hearts, sing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs to God. Whatever you say or do should be done in the name of the Lord Jesus, as you give thanks to God the Father because of him.
Colossians 3:13‭-‬17 CEV

• Ask what your spouse is afraid of. Underneath a lot of curt comments is fear and that fear needs to be unearthed.

• Ask for forgiveness and give forgiveness. With all of the unknowns an unstable environment had been created but let love be the connective tissue that holds your relationship together.

• Accept your spouse for where they are not where you want them to be. When we have a "why can't you just" POV that creates more tension. Acceptance can be the key to propelling your spouse to where God wants you to be.

Nick Nilson at Lakewood Church

I will give you treasures hidden in dark and secret places. Then you will know that I, the Lord God of Israel, have called you by name.

Isaiah 45:3 CEV

Dark places can be scary but often that's where valuable things are buried.

When the COVID pandemic started shutting things down the rodeo was one of the first things hit. That hurt a lot of vendors because the HLSR was a resource they used to make income. Someone decided to create an online market for those vendors and now they are seeing more income than before.

Don't confuse a resource with The Source

Tasha Cobbs at Lakewood Church

Don't be moved by what you see, be moved by what you know. 

Until we rock again,
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-Pound Pro Jenny

You have the cure.

One of the problems with the Corona Virus is that there are no antibodies.

Diseases that were treated years ago aren't around anymore. Once you have the cure you don't have to worry about the disease anymore.

2000 years ago the antidote to spiritual diseases was developed by our Savior.

My child, pay attention to what I say. Listen carefully to my words. Don't lose sight of them. Let them penetrate deep into your heart, for they bring life to those who find them, and healing to their whole body.

Proverbs 4:20‭-‬22 NLT

For the hurt of the daughter of my people am I hurt; I am black; astonishment hath taken hold on me.  Is there no balm in Gilead; is there no physician there? why then is not the health of the daughter of my people recovered?

Jeremiah 8:21‭-‬22 KJV

Sheep's blood provides rattlesnake anti-venom

The blood of sheep in South Australia is being used to develop rattlesnake anti-venom for a UK-based biotechnology company. Protherics is developing the treatment at a property at Mintaro in South Australia's Clare Valley. About 2,000 sheep are injected with rattle snake venom each month and the venom anti-bodies are collected later from their blood. Protherics operations manager Rob Mugford says Australian sheep are being used because they are free of diseases like scrapie and foot and mouth. "You could not guarantee that if you took scrapie free sheep from out of Australia and put them onto a property in the UK that you'd be able to maintain that scrapie freedom," he said. "Our company did look at it, but it was a lot easier to have the sheep in Australia do all the work here and we ship the serum back to the UK for processing. "We start with a much lower dose and slowly ramp it up, so that they increase their amount of antibodies they produce until we get a hyper-immune animal that is producing a significant quantity of rattlesnake anti-venom or anti-bodies," Mr Mugford said. 

Inasmuch then as the children have partaken of flesh and blood, He Himself likewise shared in the same, that through death He might destroy him who had the power of death, that is, the devil,

Hebrews 2:14 NKJV

So the Lord sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people; and many of the people of Israel died. Therefore the people came to Moses, and said, "We have sinned, for we have spoken against the Lord and against you; pray to the Lord that He take away the serpents from us." So Moses prayed for the people.

Numbers 21:6‭-‬7 NKJV

But he shook off the creature into the fire and suffered no harm. However, they were expecting that he would swell up or suddenly fall down dead. But after they had looked for a long time and saw no harm come to him, they changed their minds and said that he was a god.

Acts 28:5‭-‬6 NKJV

A honey bee sting is a suicide mission for the worker. Because of the barbs on the stinger, it becomes embedded in whatever they have stung. When the bee pulls away from the victim, the stinger and venom sac are left behind. This is catastrophic for the bee and will cause its death.

O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?  The sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law.  But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.  Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.

1 Corinthians 15:55‭-‬58 KJV

Until we rock again,
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-Pound Pro Jenny

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Power Thinking

It's easy to go around thinking things will never get better. We draw in what we constantly think about.  Think power thoughts. 

Victory starts in our minds. Success and new levels start with our thinking. 

No weapon formed against me will prosper. Favor is surrounding me like a shield. I've been armed with strength for every battle.

Keep your heart with all diligence, For out of it spring the issues of life.

Proverbs 4:23 NKJV

Pay attention to what your dwelling on. Don't think about any thought that enters your mind.

If you can be defeated in your thoughts you can be defeated in life. Pay attention to what's going on in your mind.

God had already promised the Israelites the land but they came back with weak thoughts. 

God spoke to Moses: "Send men to scout out the country of Canaan that I am giving to the People of Israel. Send one man from each ancestral tribe, each one a tried-and-true leader in the tribe." They presented themselves before Moses and Aaron and the whole congregation of the People of Israel in the Wilderness of Paran at Kadesh. They reported to the whole congregation and showed them the fruit of the land. Then they told the story of their trip: "We went to the land to which you sent us and, oh! It does flow with milk and honey! Just look at this fruit! The only thing is that the people who live there are fierce, their cities are huge and well fortified. Worse yet, we saw descendants of the giant Anak. Amalekites are spread out in the Negev; Hittites, Jebusites, and Amorites hold the hill country; and the Canaanites are established on the Mediterranean Sea and along the Jordan." Caleb interrupted, called for silence before Moses and said, "Let's go up and take the land—now. We can do it." But the others said, "We can't attack those people; they're way stronger than we are." They spread scary rumors among the People of Israel. They said, "We scouted out the land from one end to the other—it's a land that swallows people whole. Everybody we saw was huge. Why, we even saw the Nephilim giants (the Anak giants come from the Nephilim). Alongside them we felt like grasshoppers. And they looked down on us as if we were grasshoppers."

Numbers 13:1‭-‬2‭, ‬27‭-‬33 MSG

Joshua and Caleb saw the same thing that the other 10 spies saw. 10 men infected the rest of the people.

Now thanks be to God who always leads us in triumph in Christ, and through us diffuses the fragrance of His knowledge in every place.

II Corinthians 2:14 NKJV

Don't look at how big the problem is look at how big God is 

Behold, the Lord 's hand is not shortened, That it cannot save; Nor His ear heavy, That it cannot hear. So shall they fear The name of the Lord from the west, And His glory from the rising of the sun; When the enemy comes in like a flood, The Spirit of the Lord will lift up a standard against him.

Isaiah 59:1‭, ‬19 NKJV

Negative news spreads faster than positive news.

God spoke strongly to me, grabbed me with both hands and warned me not to go along with this people. He said: "Don't be like this people, always afraid somebody is plotting against them. Don't fear what they fear. Don't take on their worries. If you're going to worry, worry about The Holy. Fear God -of-the-Angel-Armies. The Holy can be either a Hiding Place or a Boulder blocking your way, The Rock standing in the willful way of both houses of Israel, A barbed-wire Fence preventing trespass to the citizens of Jerusalem. Many of them are going to run into that Rock and get their bones broken, Get tangled up in that barbed wire and not get free of it."

Isaiah 8:11‭-‬15 MSG

Be on the offensive when negative news comes your way.

Pastor Joel rides a bike trail often that usually takes an hour. Most of the trail is flat but there's a hill that he dreads sometimes he says negativethings like this is going to be hard, I don't want to take this hill. Once he was on the phone and went up the hill without realizing it because he was distracted.

How many times are we telling ourselves what we can't do. We're dreading things thinking weak defeating thoughts when we've been equipped with everything we need.

At the start of the day decide what you want to think before you check your phone or read email. 

Think thoughts on purpose.

O Lord , do good to those who are good, whose hearts are in tune with you.

Psalms 125:4 NLT

Your thoughts are setting the limits for your life.

Don't believe lies.

Instead of shame and dishonor, you will enjoy a double share of honor. You will possess a double portion of prosperity in your land, and everlasting joy will be yours.

Isaiah 61:7 NLT

(Saul's son Jonathan had a son named Mephibosheth, who was crippled as a child. He was five years old when the report came from Jezreel that Saul and Jonathan had been killed in battle. When the child's nurse heard the news, she picked him up and fled. But as she hurried away, she dropped him, and he became crippled.)

2 Samuel 4:4 NLT

Sometimes well meaning people can hurt you. But that didn't erase his lineage. He was still the son of a king.

Lo-debar was also considered a ghetto town in biblical times. He went from the palace to the ghetto.

Lo-debar [N] no pasture, ( 2 Samuel 17:27 ), a town in Gilead not far from Mahanaim, north of the Jabbok ( 2 Samuel 9:4 2 Samuel 9:5 ). It is probably identical with Debir ( Joshua 13:26 ). p

The king then asked him, "Is anyone still alive from Saul's family? If so, I want to show God's kindness to them." Ziba replied, "Yes, one of Jonathan's sons is still alive. He is crippled in both feet." "Where is he?" the king asked. "In Lo-debar," Ziba told him, "at the home of Makir son of Ammiel." So David sent for him and brought him from Makir's home. His name was Mephibosheth ; he was Jonathan's son and Saul's grandson. When he came to David, he bowed low to the ground in deep respect. David said, "Greetings, Mephibosheth." Mephibosheth replied, "I am your servant." "Don't be afraid!" David said. "I intend to show kindness to you because of my promise to your father, Jonathan. I will give you all the property that once belonged to your grandfather Saul, and you will eat here with me at the king's table!" Mephibosheth bowed respectfully and exclaimed, "Who is your servant, that you should show such kindness to a dead dog like me?"

2 Samuel 9:3‭-‬8 NLT

Get rid of that dead dog thinking. 

Until we rock again,
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-Pound Pro Jenny