What’s In A Name

What’s in a name

November 20, 2016
Amazing Life Church
“What’s In A Name?”
Greet People
It has been another awesome week in the presence of
God. I continue to pray for revelation, awakening, and
healing for the land. Every day in His presence I believe
for great things. As I have said many times I believe in
dreaming big, expecting more, and walking in His
Kingdom authority.
Shallow water doesn’t move me. Neither do I preach the
safety and comfort of just simply getting your feet wet
with a watered down theology. The power and presence
of God would call us out from the safety of the boat, the
safety of the shore, and bring us into the depths of His
Kingdom living.
What an awesome experience it is when we realize the
depth of His love and His grace. It is knowing Christ in
that depth, that makes us who we are.
We will go forward with another message on who we
are and what God has done to make us in His image.Page 2
I want to share some thoughts titled, “What’s In A
Name?”
Psalms 91 does not name an author. For thousands of
years the Jewish Doctors of theology have attributed it
to Moses because he wrote Psalms 90. Explain
Satan used portions of this Psalm to tempt Christ in the
wilderness. Please read the entire chapter when you can.
It is awesome.
Psalms 91:1-4 NASB
1 He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High
Will abide in the shadow of the Almighty.
2 I will say to the L ORD , “My refuge and my fortress,
My God, in whom I trust!”
3 For it is He who delivers you from the snare of the
trapper And from the deadly pestilence.
4 He will cover you with His pinions, And under His
wings you may seek refuge; His faithfulness is a shield
and bulwark.
I want to skip down to verse 14.
Psalms 91:14 NASB
Because he has loved Me, therefore I will deliver him;
I will set him securely on high, because he has known
My name.Page 3
What awesome care and protection defined by the
author. Whoever penned this Psalm knew God. It speaks
of shelter, refuge, trust, deliverance, and faithfulness.
Preach-In His Arms
Verse 14 speaks of those who know Him He will deliver
and set them securely on high. Two words need some
attention. The word high comes from a Hebrew word
which means, “inaccessibly high, too high for capture,
and it means to be exalted by God.” The word name
comes from a Hebrew word which means, “reputation,
fame, and glory.”
Preach Preach Preach-An enemy can’t live in my
atmosphere. Preach knowing a name (intimacy)!!!!
This stuff may seem simple but it is something we
overlook all too often. If God cares this much, took this
much intricate detail in our creation, and our protection.
If He lives in us as a loving Father, Redeemer, and
lifelong Spiritual Helper.
Shouldn’t we from time to time evaluate ourselves and
ask if we are living up to His expectations.
OK-On we goPage 4
Psalms 110:1-7 Amplified
1 The L ORD (Father) says to my Lord (the Messiah, His
Son), “Sit at My right hand Until I make Your enemies a
footstool for Your feet [subjugating them into complete
submission].”
2 The L ORD will send the scepter of Your strength from
Zion,(the church) saying, “Rule in the midst of Your
enemies.”
3 Your people will offer themselves willingly [to
participate in Your battle] in the day of Your power;
In the splendor of holiness, from the womb of the dawn,
Your young men are to You as the dew.
4 The L ORD has sworn [an oath] and will not change
His mind: “You are a priest forever According to the
order of Melchizedek.” (Priest and King)-Why?
5 The L ORD is at Your right hand, He will crush kings in
the day of His wrath.
6 He will execute judgment [in overwhelming
punishment] among the nations; He will fill them with
corpses, He will crush the chief men over a broad
country. (prince and power of air)
7 He will drink from the brook by the wayside;
Therefore He will lift up His head [triumphantly].Page 5
Portions of this Psalm are the most quoted words from
the OT in the New. Particularly This sentence, “Sit at
My right hand Until I make Your enemies a footstool for
Your feet.” Peter shared it in his first sermon found in
Acts 2:35. Luke penned it in Luke 20:43, and the writer
of Hebrews in 1:13, and 10:13.
In Psalms the word enemy means to be hostile, either
personally or nationally. Footstool means, to stomp
upon, or footstool. In the NT the passages I mentioned,
the word enemy means, “hated, odious, hateful, hostile,
opposing another.” It is also used to define the devil as
the most bitter enemy of the Divine government.
The word footstool is used metaphorically. “It is taken
from the practice of conquerors who placed their feet on
the necks of their conquered enemies.”
So what is this lengthy history lesson about. Let me read
from the beginning.
Psalms 91:14 NASB
Because he has loved Me, therefore I will deliver him;
I will set him securely on high, because he has known
My name. (name meaning, reputation, fame, and
glory)Page 6
John 14:11-14 NASB
11 Believe Me that I am in the Father and the Father is
in Me; otherwise believe because of the works
themselves.
12 Truly, truly, I say to you, he who believes in Me, the
works that I do, he will do also; and greater works than
these he will do; because I go to the Father.
13 Whatever you ask in My name, that will I do, so that
the Father may be glorified in the Son.
14 If you ask Me anything in My name, I will do it.
The word name in verses 13-14 comes from the Greek
word, (on’om ah), and it is defined this way.
“the name is used for everything which the name
covers, everything the thought or feeling of which is
aroused in the mind by mentioning, hearing,
remembering, the name, i.e. for one’s rank, authority,
interests, pleasure, command, excellences, deeds etc.”
Preach Preach-What does the name of Jesus arouse in
your mind?
Let me share before I close how others responded to His
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In Jeremiah 20:9, referring to God, the prophet said he
would not speak in His Name. It became a fire shut up
in his bones and he could not hold it in.
Matthew 12:21-the Gentiles find hope In His Name.
Luke 24:47-Repentance and forgiveness to all nations in
His Name.
John 1:12-In His Name those who believe become
children of God.
John 2:23-many believed in His Name because of His
miracles.
John 20:31-You have life in His Name.
Acts 3:16-Faith in His Name brought healing to the
lame man. The 1 st miracle of the new church.
Let me ask you again.
Preach Preach-What does the name of Jesus arouse in
your mind?

Unbroken Path

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November 13, 2016
Amazing Life Church
“The Unbroken Path”
I continue to pray for you guys everyday. God is our strength and our purpose. To reveal Him in our world as
individuals and as a unified group. The church has a mission to be the light of Christ in the world. The church is also a Mission. A place of prayer and safety. Healing and encouragement. Teaching and challenging. Equipping people to live a powerful, fruitful life in the Kingdom of God. I love this stuff. It is the source of strength and faith that moves Betty and I forward every day. We do not have small normal dreams and expectations. My dreams and
expectations change as current ones near fulfillment. I will never stop expecting, believing, praying, loving and encouraging. I will never stop challenging myself, and all of you to move beyond your perceived limitations
and believe in what seems impossible. It’s no fun for me to be normal. I crave controversy. “Controversy defined this way”

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The definition of controversy, from the Latin word controversia, which comes from the Latin word
controversus; is, “turned in an opposite direction.” Going with the flow isn’t my thing. Following Christ
is, and that has never been a popular movement, particularly in religious circles. This definition of the word controversy is akin to the Greek definition of repent. met-an-o-eh’-o, which
means “To turn from and turn towards with the implication to change the way you think.”
I have been absorbed this week with a phrase that came to me last week. “Horizontal movement.” For the purpose of the phrase the word horizontal used as an adjective means, “applied uniformly or equally to all members of a group.” Movement is defined this way, “a group of people working together to advance their shared ideas.”
I pray you never get tired of hearing this but it all depends on us coming to accept and believe who we are
in Christ.

Page 3 I want to share some thoughts today titled, “The Unbroken Path”
I love Psalms 139. It is difficult to carve out relevant passages because the whole Psalm is awesome. Please
read it when you get a chance. I have 6 passages I want to share.
Psalms 139:13-18 NASB
13 For You formed my inward parts; You wove me in my mother’s womb.
14 I will give thanks to You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; Wonderful are Your works, And my
soul knows it very well.
15 My frame was not hidden from You, When I was made in secret, And skillfully wrought in the depths of
the earth;
16 Your eyes have seen my unformed substance; And in Your book were all written The days that were ordained
for me, When as yet there was not one of them.
17 How precious also are Your thoughts to me, O God! How vast is the sum of them!
18 If I should count them, they would outnumber the sand. When I awake, I am still with You.
Preach-His skillful, precise attention to our creation

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In verse 14 the word fearfully and wonderfully occur. Fearfully from the Hebrew means, “to cause
astonishment and awe, to inspire reverence or Godly fear.” The word wonderfully from the Hebrew means,
“to be distinct, be separated, to be distinguished.” You could read the verse this way. I will give thanks to
You, for I am created to cause astonishment and awe, to inspire Godly fear, and to be distinct, to be separated,
and be distinguished; Wonderful are Your works, And my soul knows it very well. We were created to Give Him Glory. I want to read 17 and 18 again from the Living Bible.
Psalms 139 17-18 TLB
17 How precious it is, Lord, to realize that you are thinking about me constantly!
18 I can’t even count how many times a day your thoughts turn toward me. And when I waken in the
morning, you are still thinking of me!
Preach the WOW of His eternal care. He did this for a reason. The reason is, He wants to live within us.

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John 14:16-17 NASB
16 I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may be with you forever;
17 that is the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it does not see Him or know Him, but
you know Him because He abides with you and will be in you.
Christians often live their lives in a vertical way. Looking for God to come down and minister to them. Yes, God is in the heavenly realm. Jesus very plainly told us that His representative who was with the disciples, would soon be in them, and moving forward in us as well.
Romans 8:9-11 NASB
9 However, you are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God dwells in you. But if anyone
does not have the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to Him.
10 If Christ is in you, though the body is dead because of sin, yet the spirit is alive because of righteousness.
11 But if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, He who raised Christ Jesus from the
dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit who dwells in you. “Preach In You”Page 6
Romans 8:11 Message
It stands to reason, doesn’t it, that if the alive-and- present God who raised Jesus from the dead moves into
your life, he’ll do the same thing in you that he did in Jesus, bringing you alive to himself? When God lives
and breathes in you (and he does, as surely as he did in Jesus), you are delivered from that dead life. With his
Spirit living in you, your body will be as alive as Christ’s! It has been significant down through time for all
different religions to build temples. Places to worship and places where their respective god would live.
Solomon built a multi billion dollar temple for our Lord God to dwell. It has never been our destiny to only find
God in a building or in the heavens. From the beginning His Divine plan was to live in us. Paul said this in his sermon on Mars Hill.
Acts 17:26-28 Message
26 Starting from scratch, he made the entire human race and made the earth hospitable, with plenty of time and
space for living.

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27 so we could seek after God, and not just grope around in the dark but actually find him. He doesn’t play
hide-and-seek with us. He’s not remote; he’s near.
28 We live and move in him, can’t get away from him! One of your poets said it well: ‘We’re the God-created.’
Preach-He created us for a dwelling place. Let me finish with this.
1 Corinthians 6:19-20 Message
19-Or didn’t you realize that your body is a sacred place, the place of the Holy Spirit? Don’t you see that you can’t
live however you please, squandering what God paid such a high price for? The physical part of you is not some piece of property belonging to the spiritual part of you.
20 God owns the whole works. So let people see God in and through your body.
There is an eternal unbroken path to God. He keeps it open for everyone to find Him. It is much more than
freedom from sin. It is about Him living in us, and living through us. It is a horizontal movement. Preach- That is an important distinction. Preach responsibility

 

 

Find Out Later

Find Out Later 11 6 16 (PDF download)

November 6, 2016
Amazing Life Church
“You Will Find Out Later”
Greet people
I love what God is doing in this season of life. Ministry across the globe is finding new traction. Religious walls
are falling as people have returned to the truth of the Gospel. I believe this to be true, but I am fully aware that there is much resistance to the truth. There will likely always be a group of people who will go to their grave focused on sin. Instead of focusing on the story of Jesus. The only thing that can change the heart of a sinner and restore them to eternal life. I would encourage you to enjoy every moment of your life. In sadness, turn to Him for comfort. In storms, remember that He is your peace. In failure, when the enemy is condemning you. You feel unworthy and alone. Remember that He loves you, and He will never leave you nor forsake you. In your joy, give Him all the glory. Be strengthened and empowered by His amazing love for you. Praise God from whom all blessings flow. Prayer

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I want to share some thoughts today titled, “You Will Find Out Later” Ecclesiastes was written approx. 937 BC. Which means it was written approx. 2953 years ago. It is considered one of the poetry books. Written by Solomon, who called himself the preacher, the theme of the book is the vanity of life. The word from the original Hebrew means gatherer. Chapter 3 begins this way.
Ecclesiastes 3:1 NASB
There is an appointed time for everything. And there is a time for every event under heaven.
Following is the text of the next 7 verses.
“A time to give birth and a time to die;-A time to plant and a time to uproot what is planted.-A time to kill and a
time to heal;-A time to tear down and a time to build up. A time to weep and a time to laugh;-A time to mourn
and a time to dance.-A time to throw stones and a time to gather stones;-A time to embrace and a time to shun
embracing.-A time to search and a time to give up as lost;-A time to keep and a time to throw away.-A time to
tear apart and a time to sew together;-A time to be silent and a time to speak.-A time to love and a time to hate;
A time for war and a time for peace.”

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Covers everything pretty well. Following these verses are 7 remarkable verses where we will spend some time.
Ecclesiastes 3:9-15 NASB
9 What profit is there to the worker from that in which he toils?
10 I have seen the task which God has given the sons of men with which to occupy themselves. God Set Eternity in the Heart of Man
11 He has made everything appropriate in its time. He has also set eternity in their heart, yet so that man will not find out the work which God has done from the beginning even to the end.
12 I know that there is nothing better for them than to rejoice and to do good in one’s lifetime;
13 moreover, that every man who eats and drinks sees good in all his labor—it is the gift of God.
14 I know that everything God does will remain forever; there is nothing to add to it and there is nothing to take
from it, for God has so worked that men should fear Him.
15 That which is has been already and that which will be has already been, for God seeks what has passed by.
Preach-I love this stuff

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Verses 9 and 10 seem to be in conflict with God and His purpose. There is questioning the relevance of it. Message says, “But in the end, does it really make a difference what anyone does? I’ve had a good look at what God has given us to do—busywork, mostly.” Could it be that Solomon was having the same issues we have. The process is taking too long. I don’t like the process. God just has me working at it all day long and I can’t see any results. “I love this passage!!!” Now get this one as we read verse 11 again.
Ecclesiastes 3:11 NASB
He has made everything appropriate in its time. He has also set eternity in their heart, yet so that man will not
find out the work which God has done from the beginning even to the end.
Amplified
He has made everything beautiful and appropriate in its time. He has also planted eternity, a sense of divine
purpose, in the human heart, a mysterious longing which nothing under the sun can satisfy, except God, yet man cannot find out, comprehend, grasp, what God has done, His overall plan, from the beginning to the end. WOW

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If you have any of the characteristics of ADHD or OCD this is torture. “Why is it taking so long?” Kids, Job, Finances, Healing, Church etc, etc. Joseph, Abraham, David, Daniel. Nehemiah, Esther, On and on. Some knew the end, but some didn’t. They had a beginning which committed them to a process. Not knowing what would happen in between. Preach-If we knew every step we wouldn’t need Him. We would not need to pray. To have faith. To build
relationships. At times the process seems like it is just busy work. Accomplishing very little or nothing at all. Job is an excellent example. Another poetry book.
Job 23:8-10 NASB
8 “Behold, I go forward but He is not there, And backward, but I cannot perceive Him;
9 When He acts on the left, I cannot behold Him; He turns on the right, I cannot see Him.
10 “But He knows the way I take; When He has tried me, I shall come forth as gold.
Preach-He knows the way

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We must hold the same confidence in God that the Apostle Paul had. I want to share 4 verses from the Message Bible that He wrote to the church in Rome.
Romans 11:33-36 Message
33 Have you ever come on anything quite like this extravagant generosity of God, this deep, deep wisdom? It’s way over our heads. We’ll never figure it out.
34 Is there anyone around who can explain God Anyone smart enough to tell him what to do?
35 Anyone who has done him such a huge favor that God has to ask his advice?
36 Everything comes from him; Everything happens through him; Everything ends up in him. Always glory! Always praise!-Yes. Yes. Yes.
The process you are going through may seem much like the cry of Solomon. I am so busy doing stuff that the big
stuff goes undone. My results seem insignificant. On and on we go wondering when and why. Here is your answer. “You Will Find Out Later”