Pastor Jason
- How do I have a successful 2025?
2 Samuel 1:2-4
2On the third day a man arrived from Saul’s camp with his clothes torn and dust on his head. When he came to David, he fell to the ground to pay him honor.
3“Where have you come from?” David asked him.
He answered, “I have escaped from the Israelite camp.”
4“What happened?” David asked. “Tell me.”
“The men fled from the battle,” he replied. “Many of them fell and died. And Saul and his son Jonathan are dead.”
2 Samuel 1:14 David asked him, “Why weren’t you afraid to lift your hand to destroy the LORD’s anointed?”
A heart submitted to God’s timing.
You will never achieve God’s purpose by violating God’s command.
In 2025 your greatest temptation will be to violate God’s command in an effort to accelerte God’s promise.
A heart surrendered to God’s timing says I won’t violate God’s word in an effort to get God’s promise.
2 Samuel 2:1
1In the course of time, David inquired of the LORD. “Shall I go up to one of the towns of Judah?” he asked.
The LORD said, “Go up.”
David asked, “Where shall I go?”
“To Hebron,” the LORD answered.
2 Samuel 5:22-24
22Once more the Philistines came up and spread out in the Valley of Rephaim; 23so David inquired of the LORD, and he answered, “Do not go straight up, but circle around behind them and attack them in front of the poplar trees. 24As soon as you hear the sound of marching in the tops of the poplar trees, move quickly, because that will mean the LORD has gone out in front of you to strike the Philistine army.”
A heart that joins God’s work when He speaks.
Our job is to sense where God is moving and join His work.
David got everything so ready that when God said move, he was able to move.
You sense God calling you to deeper discipleship but there’s no space in your life for it to take place.
A heart to join God’s work when He speaks.
2 Samuel 1:11-12
11Then David and all the men with him took hold of their clothes and tore them. 12They mourned and wept and fasted till evening for Saul and his son Jonathan, and for the army of the LORD and for the nation of Israel, because they had fallen by the sword.
- If you’re going to walk in God’s plan for your life in 2025 you’ve got to have a heart for mercy and forgiveness.
Prayer
God, I give my 2025 to you. Fill me with your Spirit. Let me trust
your timing for my life. I want to hear your voice in every decision of
my life. Help me to create space for you to move. Thank you for
forgiving me, strengthen me to walk in forgiveness.