CHANGE OR DIEpreached by Rev. Casey Treat
3 John 2
God will prosper you in your:-
spirit
soul
body
family
every part
prosper in all things and be in health.
you cannot prosper in all things if your soul dont prosper.
you may not know God,
but you have knowledge and wisdom on that matter, you would prosper.
soul:
mind
emotions
will
prosper in your mind, emotion, will and you will prosper in all things.
God's people always prosper.
Genesis 12
Abraham was very prosperous.
Genesis 13
Canaan was very prosperous.
some people are on their way to Heaven, but they are living like hell.
Getting to Heaven is NOT our purpose.
OUR purpose = fulfilling your purpose, calling and chnaging the world.
Hosea 4
3 John 3-4
prosper in the truth.
people dont get healed when they are sick, because they are not renewing their minds, not understanding the truths.
you are born of God, renew your thinking,
and your soul and every area will start to prosper.
every realm will start growing.
if your soul doesnt prosper,
your ministry doesnt prosper too.
John 8:31
If you abide in my word, then you are Jesus's disciple and you will know the truth to set you free from everything. eg, troubles, problems, worries, every limitations, etc.
Romans 12:2
Be tranformed by the renewing of your mind, and prove the good, acceptable and perfect will of God.
renew your mind by bible studies.
change the way you think.
Romans 8:5-6
to be carnally minded is death, to be spiritually minded is live.
we dont turn our minds off, walking with God means be spiritually minded.
dont be carnally minded.
spiritually mind brings us to God.
carnal minds brings us away from God.
you cannot think about something,
to be spiritually minded means to get your thoughts focused on the things of God.
the way we renew our minds is to get new thoughts or renewed thoughts.
CDs, DVDs and prayer meetings help us to renew our mind.
carnally minded = death
death = separation
spiritual mind = life and peace
Luke 15:11-16 [the story about the prodigal son]
Why does his father helped him?
They were separated
Luke 15:17
get our minds focused.
LIVING IN GOD'S ABUNDANCEpreached by Bro MJJohn 10:10
Satan = here to kill your joy and destroy you
Jesus wants us to live more abundantly.
abundant life = superior in quality and super abundant in quantity.
abundant life = the zoey life of God
He is here so we can live more abundantly.
Steps to living an abundant life:1) I must renew my mindchange your mindset, dont think negatively.
renew your mind according to God's word.
renew our mind to get breakthrough
change your thinking and your life will be changed
put away all your old thinking.
be open to be changed, dont be defensive.
eg. the show "so you think you can dance"
there was a contestant dancing,
judges said that he was wrong,
but he did not want to make a change,
and that contestant was out of the contest,
because he is not willing to change.
have a great attitude, we need to change.
your character is being challenged.
grow up in Christ.
be hungry and bold to make changes.
make the right decision so that you can have a happy life.
Eph 4:22-24
put off your former conduct,
be renewed in your mind,
put on the new man.
let us from self-centreness, change to godliness.
2) I must mix the word with faithHebrews 4:2
what they heard was the truth,
but they dint mix it with faith,
and hence, no effect. Nothing happened eventually.
eg. the first generation of children of Israel did not enter the promise land because they have no faith.
Hebrews 11:33
start putting faith into action, act on it.
3) I must act on God's spoken wordeg. there is no use in watching so much aerobics ,
you have to start working, put it into action.
Matthew 17:20
little faith + action = big result
you dont need a lot of faith to unleash the talent in you.
4) I must put Jesus first in my life. Proverbs 3:9-10
Honour the Lord with your possessions.
Jesus must be the Lord of every area in your life.
Give the Lord your best
Mark 4:15-19
"stony heart" = when persecutions begin to come or arise,
stand strong for God
deceitfulness for riches = self-centreness
we need to depend on God
desire of other things = temptation
when you cant have the things, you feel jealous for the things.
temptations come in the form of comparison too.
learn to love one another,
learn to be secure that your parents love you.
eg. Bro MJ was sitting on the train,
there were two children, even though he dint want to give up the seats to them,
but in the end, he did.
temptations always attack people.
3G tempatation:
girls/guys
glory
gold
In conclusion, God wants us to be free.
