Intense-Desperate-Decisive

Intense 12 11 16

December 11, 2016
Amazing Life Church
“Intense-Desperate-Decisive”
Greet People
Betty and I want to thank everyone for your attendance
and help at the banquet. I want to especially thank Betty
for her hard work. She puts so much effort into making
this a beautiful and hospitable event. She is awesome.
An amazing Pastor’s wife.
I am so looking forward to the next season of ministry
in this church and the things that I believe that God is
doing and will do.
As we enter the new year I am praying about some
improvements that are on my heart. Already thinking on
an introductory message for 2017.
I still have huge dreams, and huge expectations for
God’s greatness in this house and our lives. I also am
aware that huge dreams and expectations will require
consistent faith and hard work.
“God honors consistent and deliberate faith.”Page 2
I want to share some thoughts today titled, “Intense-
Desperate-Decisive”
The word intense is defined this way, “Having or
showing strong feelings or opinions. Extremely earnest
or seriousness.”
Desperate is defined as , “showing or involving a
hopeless sense that a situation is so bad, impossible to
deal with.”
Decisive is defined as, “having the ability to make
decisions. Strong minded-determined”
Keep this in your mind, “Intense-Desperate-Decisive”
There are times that I will hear a word from scriptures
that I have already preached. I don’t believe that I
preach the same thoughts but likely some find their way
into the message. It is just at times you can read a
passage and something jumps out that needs some more
attention.
Psalms 51 is familiar to many. It is the Psalm David
wrote in repentance for his affair with Bathsheba.Page 3
I want to share 4 verses from it.
Psalms 51:14-17 NASB
14 Deliver me from blood guiltiness, O God, the God of
my salvation; Then my tongue will joyfully sing of Your
righteousness.
15 O Lord, open my lips, That my mouth may declare
Your praise.
16 For You do not delight in sacrifice, otherwise I would
give it; You are not pleased with burnt offering.
17 The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; A broken
and a contrite heart, O God, You will not despise.
Verse 17 Amplified
My only sacrifice acceptable to God is a broken spirit;
A broken and contrite heart broken with sorrow for sin,
thoroughly penitent, such, O God, You will not despise.
The word broken comes from a Hebrew word which
means, “to break in or down, rend violently, wreck-
crush-quench.”
The word spirit literally means breath or wind. It is used
metaphorically to mean, “disposition, bitter,
discontented, unaccountable, and uncontrollable”.
Continue definitions.Page 4
The word contrite comes from a Hebrew word which
means, “to be crushed, broken, crushed to pieces.”
The word heart means, “inner man-mind-will-
understanding”
This condition that David found himself in would have
required a prayer that came from the heart. Not a lay me
down to sleep prayer. In fact this prayer was most likely
prayed with extreme seriousness, in a desperate frame
of mind, with a determined expected result.
Preach
Psalms 34:18 NASB
The L ORD is near to the brokenhearted And saves those
who are crushed in spirit.
Psalms 147:3 NASB
He heals the brokenhearted And binds up their wounds.
The prophet Isaiah spoke of our Lord.
Isaiah 61:1 NASB
The Spirit of the Lord G OD is upon me, Because the
L ORD has anointed me To bring good news to the
afflicted; He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted,
To proclaim liberty to captives And freedom to
prisoners.Page 5
Jesus quoted that passage also.
Luke 4:18 NASB
T HE S PIRIT OF THE L ORD IS UPON M E , B ECAUSE H E
ANOINTED M E TO PREACH THE GOSPEL TO THE POOR .
H E HAS SENT M E TO PROCLAIM RELEASE TO THE
CAPTIVES , A ND RECOVERY OF SIGHT TO THE BLIND ,
T O SET FREE THOSE WHO ARE OPPRESSED .
The word brokenhearted from the Greek means, to
“break, break in pieces, shiver, to break down, to
crush.”
Preach-“There is an adequate number of passages that
indicate the willingness of God to pick us up and heal
us from the most desperate situations.”
Here are my 3 words again. “Intense-Desperate-
Decisive”
The last few minutes I want to share some things from
my heart. I will be speaking in general but as always, if
the shoe fits.
Two things in particular really moved me.Page 6
They are first, prayer in the church. Individually and
corporately.
I believe that many prayers go unanswered because
there is no passion in the prayer. No strong feelings, no
seriousness. No desperate plea for God to answer. No
made up mind to be faithful in the prayer.
Preach
Second. I want to first read you 2 sets of passages.
Nehemiah 1:5-6 NASB
5 I said, “I beseech You, O L ORD God of heaven, the
great and awesome God, who preserves the covenant
and loving kindness for those who love Him and keep
His commandments,
6 let Your ear now be attentive and Your eyes open to
hear the prayer of Your servant which I am praying
before You now, day and night, on behalf of the sons of
Israel Your servants, confessing the sins of the sons of
Israel which we have sinned against You; I and my
father’s house have sinned.
NextPage 7
Daniel 9:4-6 NASB
4 I prayed to the L ORD my God and confessed and said,
“Alas, O Lord, the great and awesome God, who keeps
His covenant and lovingkindness for those who love
Him and keep His commandments,
5 we have sinned, committed iniquity, acted wickedly
and rebelled, even turning aside from Your
commandments and ordinances.
6 Moreover, we have not listened to Your servants the
prophets, who spoke in Your name to our kings, our
princes, our fathers and all the people of the land.
Verse 20 NASB
Now while I was speaking and praying, and confessing
my sin and the sin of my people Israel, and presenting
my supplication before the L ORD my God in behalf of
the holy mountain of my God.
What is common here. 2 Mighty men of God. Both in
captivity and praying for their people, and their sins and
rebellion against God.
They identified themselves with the sins of the people.
Preach-What If The Church Did The Same. “Intense-
Desperate-Decisive”

Embrace the Evidence

Embrace 12 4 16

December 4, 2016
Amazing Life Church
“Embrace the Evidence”
Greet People
Wow does time fly. January 1 st will begin our fourteenth
year of ministry in the city of Savannah. It has been an
awesome time in the presence of God. There are seasons
in the life of a church and we have weathered several.
Each one has been an opportunity to grow. Not always
in number; but always in our relationship with Christ,
and with each other.
The same is true as individuals. We have experienced all
kinds of life events in 13 years. Yet we stand. Wobbly at
times. Still we move forward in His extraordinary plan
for our lives.
Understanding His awesome love and grace.
Understanding the undeniable principles of the
Kingdom of God and its relevance to us. Understanding
the Kingdom authority passed on to us has been my
focus for most of this year.
With that said I want to share some thoughts titled,
“Embrace the Evidence”Page 2
In Genesis you find the story of Abraham and God’s
promise of a son. After much doubt and human
interference God reminded Abraham of what He
promised. One scripture with one question I want you to
remember throughout this message.
Genesis 18:14 NASB
Is anything too difficult for the L ORD ? At the appointed
time I will return to you, at this time next year, and
Sarah will have a son.
Preach-Is anything too difficult for the L ORD ?
Throughout our lives there are circumstances,
difficulties, trails, tragedies, sickness, on and on. I am
sure that many have wondered about the promises of
God. Promises of health and healing. Promises of
victory over our enemies. Promises of our household
being saved. Still some are not.
Are we not like Abraham and Sarah. Who wondered,
questioned, and didn’t understand. Spending years
trying to believe in the midst of all the doubt and
confusion.Page 3
I have experienced difficulties and loss. When I held the
hand of my mom when she was passing over to the
other side I told her I would see her again. That really
was not what I wanted. I wanted her to get out of that
hospital bed and go home and fix me a pot of her
horrible dumplings. She fixed them with so much love.
Even more than that I have held the hands of many
people over the years, including many of you that have
experienced major life events. In those early moments
there is little comfort, very little peace. There is only
why. Until such time that we can sense the hand of God
and know that moving forward will be possible because,
Is anything too difficult for the L ORD ?
There is one Biblical principle that seems to be so
misunderstood, or left unused.
Hebrews 11:1-3 NASB
1 Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the
conviction of things not seen.
2 For by it the men of old gained approval.
3 By faith we understand that the worlds were prepared
by the word of God, so that what is seen was not made
out of things which are visible.Page 4
Here is the definition of faith from Strong’s with some
commentary. “in the NT of a conviction or belief
respecting man’s relationship to God and divine
things, generally with the included idea of trust and
holy fervour born of faith and joined with it.”
“Faith is positively believing in the promises of God.
The Kingdom prayers He taught us to pray, and the
dreams He has placed in your heart. Believing that they
exist even when you can not see them.”
Ephesians 3:14-21 NASB
14 For this reason I bow my knees before the Father,
15 from whom every family in heaven and on earth
derives its name.
There are times that I stop and look closer at a passage
so we can understand the depth of its message. Here is
what verse 15 is saying. “Believers in Christ on earth,
the spirits of those who have passed, and all the Holy
Angels in Heaven. Make one family and God is the
Father.”
16 that He would grant you, according to the riches of
His glory, to be strengthened with power through His
Spirit in the inner man.Page 5
17 so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith;
and that you, being rooted and grounded in love,
18 may be able to comprehend with all the saints what
is the breadth and length and height and depth,
18 Amplified- “be fully capable of comprehending
with all the saints (God’s people) the width and length
and height and depth of His love [fully experiencing
that amazing, endless love];”
19 and to know the love of Christ which surpasses
knowledge, that you may be filled up to all the fullness
of God.
20 Now to Him who is able to do far more abundantly
beyond all that we ask or think, according to the power
that works within us,
20 Amplified- “Now to Him who is able to [carry out
His purpose and] do superabundantly more than all
that we dare ask or think [infinitely beyond our
greatest prayers, hopes, or dreams], according to His
power that is at work within us”
21 to Him be the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus
to all generations forever and ever. Amen.
Preach-“Embrace the Evidence”
“I know God Can Do It”–Biblical ExamplesPage 6
Commentary each passage
Job 42:1-2 NASB
1 Then Job answered the L ORD and said,
2 “I know that You can do all things, And that no
purpose of Yours can be thwarted.
Jeremiah 32:27 NASB
“Behold, I am the L ORD , the God of all flesh; is
anything too difficult for Me?”
Luke 1:37 NASB
For nothing will be impossible with God.
Luke 18:27 NASB
But He said, “The things that are impossible with people
are possible with God.
Preach Embrace the evidence of the faith that has gone
before us. The stands that great men and women have
taken by faith in God. Embrace your dreams, your
purpose. Embrace the welfare of your family and
friends.
Begin every day, every prayer, every thought with these
words. “I know God can do it”

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
Name.Page 7
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

Unbroken Path 11 13 16 (PDF download)

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”

Atmosphere of Revelation

Atmosphere Revelation 10 23 16

October 23, 2016
Amazing Life Church
“The Atmosphere of Revelation”
Greet People
This has been an awesome week. God has blessed Betty
and I with strength and favor as we follow Him. It is our
consistent honor to serve this congregation. There is a
bond here that is strong. It is something that the enemy
has attacked more than once. We must all give God
praise for His consistent blessings and favor as we walk
together in His Holy purpose.
We are yet to be perfected, but the process continues to
move us forward.
I have thought much this week on the power available to
the church from the presence of God. I am hungry and I
believe that this hunger for God is stirring people
throughout the world. It is a hunger for change. Taking
down walls of doubt. Ridding our minds from the boxes
we fill with people who are not like us.
A hunger for change will require us to reject our
limitations and stretch ourselves in faith.Page 2
Augustine said, “If you want change in your world.
The change will come when the change comes
through you.”
I want to share some thoughts today titled, “The
Atmosphere of Revelation”
Before I get into my scriptures I want to share some
words from a song written by St. Bernard somewhere
around 900 years ago. “We taste Thee, oh Thou living
Bread, And long to feast upon Thee still: We drink of
Thee the Fountainhead, and thirst our souls from
Thee to fill.”
There is a hunger for His presence.
1 Samuel the 4 th chapter records a very sad event in the
history of the nation of Israel. Eli was an elderly prophet
in the land and the people were in a war with the
Philistines. The 2 sons of Eli brought the ark into the
area and the people were excited and began to shout so
that the earth was filled with the noise. The Philistines
knew the ark was there and they began to be afraid of
being destroyed. “They encouraged themselves.”
“You must believe in what you have!!!!”Page 3
1 Samuel 4:9-11 NASB
9 Take courage and be men, O Philistines, or you will
become slaves to the Hebrews, as they have been slaves
to you; therefore, be men and fight.”
10 So the Philistines fought and Israel was defeated, and
every man fled to his tent; and the slaughter was very
great, for there fell of Israel thirty thousand foot
soldiers.
11 And the ark of God was taken; and the two sons of
Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, died.
A man from the battle ran to Eli. The prophet asked
about the noise from the battlefield. He replied, Israel
has been defeated, your sons are dead, and the ark of
God has been taken.
1 Samuel 4:18 NASB
When he mentioned the ark of God, Eli fell off the seat
backward beside the gate, and his neck was broken and
he died, for he was old and heavy. Thus he judged Israel
forty years.
Eli’s son Phineas had a wife who was pregnant and
about to give birth. When she heard of the death of her
husband and father in law she gave birth and it caused
her death. Before she died she named the boy Ichabod.Page 4
The name means the glory has departed. The Hebrew
word means, no glory.
I Samuel 4:22 NASB
She said, “The glory has departed from Israel, for the
ark of God was taken.”
The word glory from the Hebrew means this, glory
honour, glorious abundance, abundance riches,
honour, splendor, honour dignity, honour reputation,
honour reverance.”
“They lost all this because they didn’t understand what
they had”
They had been a divided nation for generations.
Preach Vision
David eventually came and got the Ark. Long story in
between for another time. He brought it to Jerusalem
and put it in a tent. Many of his Psalms were written
while He worshiped in the tent, in the presence of God.
In His glory.Page 5
I will try to finish with this.
In Exodus 32 Moses had spent a long time on the
mountain talking with God. The people needed to see a
God so they had Aaron make one. This created quite a
problem and God sent Moses down to see. Near the end
of the chapter Moses said I am going back up to see if I
can fix this with God. Exodus 33 begins with God
saying the people are obstinate. I will send an angel
before you but I am not going. “Moses Intercedes”
Exodus 33:13-16 NASB
13 Now therefore, I pray You, if I have found favor in
Your sight, let me know Your ways that I may know
You, so that I may find favor in Your sight. Consider
too, that this nation is Your people.”
14 And He said, “My presence shall go with you, and I
will give you rest.”
15 Then he said to Him, “If Your presence does not go
with us, do not lead us up from here.
16 For how then can it be known that I have found favor
in Your sight, I and Your people? Is it not by Your going
with us, so that we, I and Your people, may be
distinguished from all the other people who are upon the
face of the earth?”Page 6
There has always been something different about the
people of God.
Preach
Exodus 33:17-18 NASB
17 The L ORD said to Moses, “I will also do this thing of
which you have spoken; for you have found favor in My
sight and I have known you by name.”
18 Then Moses said, “I pray You, show me Your
glory!”
Let me remind you what Moses was asking God to
show him. honour, abundance, riches, honour,
splendor, dignity, reputation, reverance.”
That is what makes glory. Moses had entered His
presence. He hungered for His presence.
Jude 1:24 AMPC
Now to Him Who is able to keep you without stumbling
or slipping or falling, and to present you unblemished
(blameless and faultless) before the presence of His
glory in triumphant joy and exultation with
unspeakable, ecstatic delight.
The word presence means, “Before the face.” The
word glory means “magnificence, excellence, dignity,
and grace.” Preach in His Glory!!!!!

Learn to Know

Learn to Know 10 16 16

October 16, 2016
Amazing Life Church
“Learn to Know”
Greet People
I love the Lord. I see with the confident eyes of faith
His greatness moving in this world. His grace has not
been depleted and His love is everlasting. What an
amazing time we live in. Fields ripe for harvest.
Footsteps ordered with favor and blessings. Trials,
tragedies, failures, and more have brought many to their
knees in prayer. Prayer is the beginning of revelation
and healing. Nothing happens until you pray. God is
moving across this land.
It is my love for Him that continues to move me
forward. I have always been in His hands, and I will
always be in His hands.
“For God so loved Marvin, that He gave His only
begotten Son, that when Marvin believed in Him, he
shall not perish, but he shall have eternal life.”
I want to share some thoughts today titled, “Learn to
Know”Page 2
There is a hunger in my life to know Him in His glory.
I believe that this is happening across the world. Young
and old. Many have served the Lord for years. There is
a hunger for His presence. I speak of an inward
anointing. It is easy to make the flesh feel good. It takes
God to move from the inside out.
I have several passages to share with the hope that as we
close, the need for more will arise in our lives.
John 17:1-5 NASB
1 Jesus spoke these things; and lifting up His eyes to
heaven, He said, “Father, the hour has come; glorify
Your Son, that the Son may glorify You,
2 even as You gave Him authority over all flesh, that to
all whom You have given Him, He may give eternal life.
3 This is eternal life, that they may know You, the only
true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent.
4 I glorified You on the earth, having accomplished the
work which You have given Me to do.
5 Now, Father, glorify Me together with Yourself, with
the glory which I had with You before the world was.
There are some things that need our attention.Page 3
The word glorify found twice in verse 1 comes from the
Greek word, dox-ad’-zo, it has several meanings. I will
share the relevant ones. “hold in honour, to make
glorious, adorn with lustre, clothe with splendour,
render it excellent, render illustrious, to cause the
dignity and worth of some person or thing to become
manifest and acknowledged”
Preach-“Father, the hour has come; glorify Your Son,
that the Son may glorify You”
In verse 5 the word glorify has the same meaning. The
word glory is taken from the the Greek word, dox’ah. It
is more specific. It means, “magnificence, excellence,
preeminence,a thing belonging to God, the kingly
majesty of the Messiah, the absolutely perfect inward or
personal excellency of Christ; the majesty”
“Preach-Now, Father, glorify Me together with
Yourself, with the glory which I had with You before
the world was.”Page 4
All of these awesome descriptions of God’s glory and,
and the glory that Christ shared with Him in Heaven.
What does all this mean to us? Let’s read verse 3 again
from the Amplified
John 17:3 Amplified
Now this is eternal life: that they may know You, the
only true supreme and sovereign God, and in the same
manner know Jesus as the Christ whom You have sent.
The word know means, “to come to know, learn to
know, perceive, to understand.”
Preach knowing Him
Philippians 3:7-11 NASB
7 But whatever things were gain to me, those things I
have counted as loss for the sake of Christ.
8 More than that, I count all things to be loss in view of
the surpassing value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord,
for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and
count them but rubbish so that I may gain Christ,
9 and may be found in Him, not having a righteousness
of my own derived from the Law, but that which is
through faith in Christ, the righteousness which comes
from God on the basis of faith.Page 5
10 that I may know Him and the power of His
resurrection and the fellowship of His sufferings, being
conformed to His death;
11 in order that I may attain to the resurrection from the
dead.
Verses 7-8 are Paul sharing the tremendous loss that he
had when he followed Christ. He was very educated in
philosophy and the law. His tent making skills could
have been a source of wealth but instead he used them
to survive and help others.
His encounter with Christ changed his thinking. “He
gave it all up to know Jesus”
There is something about an encounter with Christ that
changes our priorities.
Verse 9 is awesome. Paul is saying I am not righteous
because I obey the law. My righteousness comes from
God because of my faith in Christ.
Preach Grace-God’s undeserved favorPage 6
verse 10.
Philippians 3:10 Amplified
And this, so that I may know Him experientially,
becoming more thoroughly acquainted with Him,
understanding the remarkable wonders of His Person
more completely and in that same way experience the
power of His resurrection which overflows and is active
in believers, and that I may share the fellowship of His
sufferings, by being continually conformed inwardly
into His likeness even to His death dying as He did.
Preach
to know Him
To experience Him
Understanding Him
Jeremiah 9:23-24 NASB
23 Thus says the L ORD , “Let not a wise man boast of his
wisdom, and let not the mighty man boast of his might,
let not a rich man boast of his riches;
24 but let him who boasts boast of this, that he
understands and knows Me, that I am the L ORD who
exercises lovingkindness, justice and righteousness on
earth; for I delight in these things,” declares the L ORD .
Preach-We must learn to know Him