THE PROMISE REQUIRES THE PROCESS PHILIPPIANS 1:6 cc: pmarkham -
And I am sure of this, that he who began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ.” Philippians 1:6 ESV cc: pmarkham -
God gives us snapshots of our destiny like a Polaroid picture because there is a shaking process that must take place before the picture becomes clear.-- Pastor Isaiah The gospel transforms not only our destiny but our character along the way to our destiny--James McDonald cc: pmarkham -
THE BOTTOM LINE: The payoff to God's promise for your life requires going through the process. cc: pmarkham -
God will show you the promise but it will take years for the payoff. cc: pmarkham -
How many of us create Ishmael instead of waiting for the Isaac promise God has for you? cc: pmarkham -
The battle is this: are we trusting in our own flesh? Or are we trusting in God and His Holy Spirit? cc: pmarkham -
"And those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. If we live by the Spirit, let us also keep in step with the Spirit.” Galatians 5:24-25 ESV cc: pmarkham -
"And the child grew and was weaned. And Abraham made a great feast on the day that Isaac was weaned. But Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, whom she had borne to Abraham, laughing. So she said to Abraham, “Cast out this slave woman with her son, for the son of this slave woman shall not be heir with my son Isaac.”” Genesis 21:8- 10 ESV cc: pmarkham -
The enemy's goal is to get you to be comfortable with Ishmael so that you don't experience your Isaac promise. He wants you to be deceived..... cc: pmarkham -
"For as the rain and the snow come down from heaven and do not return there but water the earth, making it bring forth and sprout, giving seed to the sower and bread to the eater, so shall my word be that goes out from my mouth; it shall not return to me empty, but it shall accomplish that which I purpose, and shall succeed in the thing for which I sent it.” Isaiah 55:10-11 ESV cc: pmarkham -
God likes shaking things up. It's like panning for gold. God shakes us up so he can remove the mud and silt (sin). The gold carries weight. Glory carries weight. As we soak in His presence, the weighty stuff remains and everything else that detracts from our worth/value is washed away.--Christine Wright cc: pmarkham -
The Isaac promise requires us to be disciplined and patient (integrity and character) Don't refuse to pay the price in the process. cc: pmarkham -
"Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord, whose trust is the Lord. He is like a tree planted by water, that sends out its roots by the stream, and does not fear when heat comes, for its leaves remain green, and is not anxious in the year of drought, for it does not cease to bear fruit.”” Jeremiah 17:7-8 ESV cc: pmarkham -
"Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord, whose trust is the Lord. He is like a tree planted by water, that sends out its roots by the stream, and does not fear when heat comes, for its leaves remain green, and is not anxious in the year of drought, for it does not cease to bear fruit.”” Jeremiah 17:7-8 ESV cc: pmarkham -
Application: What promised life are you living? Is it the Ishmael or is it the Isaac? Do you desire the Isaac promise for your life? THE BOTTOM LINE: The payoff to God's promise for your life requires going through the process. cc: pmarkham -
THE PROMISE REQUIRES THE PROCESS PHILIPPIANS 1:6 cc: pmarkham -