Complete Promise - April 30, 2014

Scripture: Genesis 16-19

1 When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the Lord appeared to him and said, “I am El-Shaddai—‘God Almighty.’ Serve me faithfully and live a blameless life. 2 I will make a covenant with you, by which I will guarantee to give you countless descendants.”
Instead, you will be called Abraham,[a] for you will be the father of many nations.6 I will make you extremely fruitful. Your descendants will become many nations, and kings will be among them!
7 “I will confirm my covenant with you and your descendants[b] after you, from generation to generation. This is the everlasting covenant: I will always be your God and the God of your descendants after you. 8 And I will give the entire land of Canaan, where you now live as a foreigner, to you and your descendants. It will be their possession forever, and I will be their God.” - Genesis 17
Messsage:

The complete Promise of GOD is the fulfillment of His word.

Observation/Promise:

GOD is a merciful GOD. At this time, Abraham had already laid with Sarah's servant girl Hagar to fulfill the promise that GOD gave to them which is to have a son. But this is not what GOD said, it is through Sarah that Abraham will have a son not Hagar. Inspite of Abraham's sin, GOD comes to Abraham and tells Him to serve Him and be Holy. GOD knows we are not holy on our own but GOD wants us to be Holy by obeying HIS covenant and so His promise comes with a command we ought to follow. Our responsibility is to obey the terms of His covenant.

Application/Command:

GOD is faithful and when He gives us a promise it is always complete. It is complete with giving us all we need to be successful in following GOD. GOD has provided His son Yeshua for us as a sacrifice and His assurance of the promise. We cannot receive the promises of GOD if we do not do our part in the covenant of GOD. Our responsibility is to obey. And we are not perfect just as Abraham was, but when we always cling to GOD, never turning back from Him, He will always be there to save us and equip us so that we can have the victory for the fulfillment of His promise. 

Ask Unlimited - April 24, 2014

Scripture: Joshua 16-20
1 The lot fell to the children of Joseph from the Jordan, by Jericho, to the waters of Jericho on the east, to the wilderness that goes up from Jericho through the mountains to Bethel,2 then went out from Bethel to Luz, passed along to the border of the Archites at Ataroth, 3 and went down westward to the boundary of the Japhletites, as far as the boundary of Lower Beth Horon to Gezer; and it ended at the sea.
4 So the children of Joseph, Manasseh and Ephraim, took their inheritance.

- Joshua 16
17 And Joshua spoke to the house of Joseph—to Ephraim and Manasseh—saying, “You are a great people and have great power; you shall not have only one lot, 18 but the mountain country shall be yours. Although it is wooded, you shall cut it down, and its farthest extent shall be yours; for you shall drive out the Canaanites, though they have iron chariots and are strong.” - Joshua 17

Message:
The Inheritance of the Lord towards His people, the fulfillment of His promise, the answer to our asking.

Observation/Promise:
When we ask something from GOD, HE will give to us even more than what we could ever ask or imagine. Because HE is a good GOD and is a loving Father, He will give to us a promise when we ask from Him, for the time that we have to wait for what we have asked for. And when HE gives His word, it is as sure as done because He never backs out on His word. Just like the children of Joseph, they were given what they asked for and even more because they asked.

Application/Command:

Ask and expect from GOD to give, this is an act of faith. Do not treat faith as a matter of play or doubt GOD because GOD is the most powerful being on earth. I am asking GOD for my inheritance of not just land but of houses, of children, of sound health, of successful business, of adventurous vacations, of great positive influence to people around me to the place where He has called me to be. We are only limited by our faith, increase your faith and let GOD do great things as HE is a great GOD! Do not limit GOD. HE is Unlimited!

Move with GOD

Caleb said to Joshua, “Remember what the Lord said to Moses, the man of God, about you and me when we were at Kadesh-barnea. 7 I was forty years old when Moses, the servant of the Lord, sent me from Kadesh-barnea to explore the land of Canaan. I returned and gave an honest report, 8 but my brothers who went with me frightened the people from entering the Promised Land. For my part, I wholeheartedly followed the Lord my God. 9 So that day Moses solemnly promised me, ‘The land of Canaan on which you were just walking will be your grant of land and that of your descendants forever, because you wholeheartedly followed the Lord my God.’
10 “Now, as you can see, the Lord has kept me alive and well as he promised for all these forty-five years since Moses made this promise—even while Israel wandered in the wilderness. Today I am eighty-five years old. 11 I am as strong now as I was when Moses sent me on that journey, and I can still travel and fight as well as I could then. 12 So give me the hill country that the Lord promised me. You will remember that as scouts we found the descendants of Anak living there in great, walled towns. But if the Lord is with me, I will drive them out of the land, just as the Lord said.”
...14 Hebron still belongs to the descendants of Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite because he wholeheartedly followed theLord, the God of Israel.

- Joshua 14

The story of Caleb is a great example of faith and application. He lived what he believed. He believed that GOD would give Israel His promise to them even though it was hard to believe. He and Joshua were the only ones who truly followed GOD and so GOD kept His promise by giving Caleb the strength and vitality of a young man so that after 45 years, after 45 years since the LORD gave HIS promise, Caleb was able to claim the Promises of GOD by acting out in faith. When GOD gives us a promise, we have to our part, we just not only believe HIS promises, we also have to remember HIS promise, we have to remind GOD of it, we have to ask GOD of it and we have to act out on it. It takes a lot of strength to have the faith of Caleb and Joshua. But it takes a child like heart to have child like faith like these men. It also takes a lot of patience to wait for the fulfilment of HIS promise because what GOD promises now may be fulfilled 50 years from now or a year from now. We have to understand and know GOD's season in our lives so that we are able to move with GOD in every season in our lives.