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ARE you sitting confortably Jonathan & Armour bearer, People who MAKE it happen 1 Samuel Chps 13 & 14 ARE you sitting confortably

The Background Context : Israel partly victorious now subdued under the Philistines 1 Sam 13 Jonathan King Saul's son stirred up by God inspires his Armour bearer to join him and attack the Philistine main Garrison 1 Sam 14: 1- 15 They win a great Victory which King Saul and his army + Others join in to consolidate 1 Sam 14: 16-52

Text 1 Sam 14:1 “ Come let us go OVER” Luke 8:22 Jesus: ( Go OVER Lake to Command Storm & Confront demons) We are INERT ( Not Willing to move ) or we INITIATE - we are Sluggish or we SET Going

1: We must INVITE the challenge v1 & 10 Garrison guarded the pass a route to trade and therefore normality & freedom NOT foolish aggression but Spirit led rising, enough is enough. Conc: God prompts a stirred spirit to invite the challenge

2: We must IGNORE the obdurate v 1 Those who are hardened against influence will talk but delay, (Vision Killers) King Saul: Gripped by Inertia repeated same error against Goliath Ditch the sandbags for lift off Conc: God enables us to graciously ignore the obdurate

3: We must INITIATE the advance v3 Make sure you advance Gods purpose not your own ambition To Advance keep: Convinced Spirit- Calm Emotions- Clear Head Present a: Clear Challenge- Honest Appraisal: God based Expectation and Optimistic Outlook Conc: God sparks initiation to advance his kingdom

4:We must INSPIRE others Visionary's inspire vision enablers An Enabler is a Co- Equal Conc: God releases Inspiration raising committed enablers

5: We must INTEGRATE Partners v 8-10 Language of Team 5 x We 3 x Our 2 x us Partners are not pushed down but propelled to next level Integrators not Isolators Church is not doing our own thing we integrate and encourage others vision CONC : God will help us INTEGRATE & be INTEGRATED

Summary: Jonathans 5 Qualities Making it happen INVITING- IGNORING- INITIATING- INSPIRING - INTEGRATING

Lets be people who MAKE it happen Sermon in a Sentence Lets be people who MAKE it happen