CHRISTMAS SERIES 2024 pt 1
RUDOLF THE RED-NOSED REINDEER
(represents “ALL OF US”)
Acts 2:17
17 And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams:
The “SEER ANOINTING” WILL INCREASE…
- SEEING THINGS THE WAY GOD WANTS THEM TO BE SEEN.
- SEEING SPIRITUAL TRUTH IN NATURAL MOMENTS.
2 Corinthians 10:12 - 13 NLT
12 Oh, don’t worry; we wouldn’t dare say that we are as wonderful as these other men who tell you how important they are! But they are only comparing themselves with each other, using themselves as the standard of measurement. How ignorant!
13 We will not boast about things done outside our area of authority. We will boast only about what has happened within the boundaries of the work God has given us, which includes our working with you.
WHEN YOU PUT THE PRESSURE ON YOURSELF TO TRY TO FULFILL A PURPOSE GOD NEVER INTENDED FOR YOU TO HAVE THE CONSEQUENCES ARE:
- IT STRESSES YOU OUT
- YOU CAN NOT SLEEP
- IT CREATES A YOKE AROUND YOUR NECK!!!
YOU HAVE BEEN MADE DIFFERENT so DO NOT COMPARE.
COMPARISON IS THE DEATH OF JOY.
The greatest tragedy in life is when our own insecurities stop us from following God opportunities.
GOD IS LOOKING FOR PEOPLE WILLING TO SAY:
“WHATEVER I GOT - YOU CAN USE GOD!”
1)
1 Corinthians 1:27 - 29 NIV
27 But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong.
28 God chose the lowly things of this world and the despised things—and the things that are not—to nullify the things that are,
29 so that no one may boast before him.
THE ENEMY WANTS YOU TO CONFORM, SO YOU FORGET WHO YOU ARE
and YOU FORGET WHAT YOU ARE HERE FOR.
~~ YOU WILL NEVER BE SUCCESSFUL IN LIFE…
IF YOU JUST LOOK, SOUND, ACT and THINK LIKE THEM… ~~
1 Peter 5:8
8 Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:
The enemy is an accuser and an intimidator.
HEBREWS 11th CHAPTER - the “FAITH HALL OF FAME” IS FILLED WITH:
MESSED UP PEOPLE WHO SUCCEEDED IN LIFE BY REALIGNING THEMSELVES WITH THEIR PURPOSE and CALLING.
You are a ROYAL WARRIOR PRIEST!
“NORMAL” is a LIE FROM THE DEVIL TO GET US OUT OF PURPOSE!
1 John 2:20 AMPC
20 But you have been anointed by [you hold a sacred appointment from, you have been given an unction from] the Holy One, and you all know [the Truth] or you know all things.
ANY TOOL THAT GOD HAS PLACED IN YOUR HAND IS ANOINTED!
COMPLETELY COMMIT TO:
- WHAT GOD HAS CALLED YOU TO DO
- WHERE GOD HAS CALLED YOU TO BE
- WHO GOD HAS CALLED YOU TO BE
GOD HAS NOT PRESERVED YOU TO BE “NORMAL”.
Being spirit lead means that you were going to be easily
THE GREATEST TEMPTATION FOR CHRISTIANS IS TO TRY TO BE “NORMAL”!
We need to understand, that we are not called to be perfect people,
We are called to be people who RELY on GOD’S PERFECTION to make up our differences.
2) MADE MESSIAH’S
Romans 12:1 - 2
1 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.
2 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
Something that does not conform… does not fit in.
Daniel 3:10 - 28 Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego
- NO MATTER WHO IS IN CHARGE…
- NO MATTER WHAT POLICIES ARE BROUGHT…
- NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS TO THE WORLD AROUND US…
MAN DOES NOT HAVE THE POWER TO MAKE YOU BOW DOWN TO FOLLOW!
Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, by contrast, placed absolute value, not on their lives and on saving them, but on God and their relationship with him.
As much as they feared dying a horrible death, they LOVED God MORE than they FEARED the consequences of BEING DIFFERENT!
In all his years as king of the most powerful nation, Nebuchadnezzar never met anyone like that. Everyone else he had met placed an absolute value on their lives.
3) MY CONFIDENCE IS
Philippians 4:7 NLT
7 Then you will experience God’s peace, which exceeds anything we can understand. His peace will guard your hearts and minds as you live in Christ Jesus.
1 Corinthians 10:11 - 12 (MSG)
These are all warning markers— danger!—in our history books, written down so that we don’t repeat their mistakes. Our positions in the story are parallel—they at the beginning, we at the end—and we are just as capable of messing it up as they were. Don’t be so naive and self-confident. You’re not exempt. You could fall flat on your face as easily as anyone else. Forget about self-confidence; it’s useless. Cultivate God-confidence.
Matthew 1:20 - 24 NIV
20 But after he had considered this, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, “Joseph son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary home as your wife, because what is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit.
21 She will give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus,[c] because he will save his people from their sins.
22 All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had said through the prophet:
23 “The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel”[d] (which means “God with us”).
24 When Joseph woke up, he did what the angel of the Lord had commanded him and took Mary home as his wife.
JOSEPH’S CONFIDENCE WAS ON THE
JOSEPH’S GIFT =
be a servant ~ parent someone not your child… protect them…
MARY’S GIFT =
be a servant ~ mother to Jesus… even when the world looks at you weird…
The question for each of us is:
Will we trust that what God gives us will be good for us—whether it is what we want or not?
Trusting that God knows what he is doing, is one of our main challenges as Christians.
- WE ARE CALLED TO BE DIFFERENT!
- TO SEEK TO BE DIFFERENT!
Acts 4:29 - 31
29 And now, Lord, behold their threatenings: and grant unto thy servants, that with all boldness they may speak thy word,
30 By stretching forth thine hand to heal; and that signs and wonders may be done by the name of thy holy child Jesus.
31 And when they had prayed, the place was shaken where they were assembled together; and they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and they spake the word of God with boldness.
- The disciples did not pray that God would give them a normal life.
- They did not pray that everyone was going to like them.
THEY PRAYED THAT THEY WOULD TAKE THESE UNEXPECTED GIFTS AS MESSIAH’S MISFITS TO LIVE A DEEPLY DIFFERENT LIFE!
- WE ARE NOT NORMAL BECAUSE OUR GOD IS NOT NORMAL!
- WE ARE ROYAL WARRIOR PRIESTS WITH DIETY DNA IN OUR BLOOD!
LET THE WORLD SAY WHEN THEY SEE US LIVING OUR LIVES FULLY FOR JESUS….
“THAT’S NOT NORMAL!!”