Overcoming Lukewarmness

1. OVERCOMING
LUKEWARMNESS

2. WORD OF GOD:
Revelation 3:14 “To the angel of the
church in Laodicea write: These are the
words of the Amen, the faithful and true
witness, the ruler of God's creation.”
Revelation 3:15 “I know your deeds, that
you are neither cold nor hot. I wish you
were either one or the other!”
Revelation 3:16 “So, because you are
lukewarm--neither hot nor cold--I am
about to spit you out of my mouth. ”

3. intro:
video clip #1: intro of War
Room ( show before
mentioning the topic )
video clip #2: Clara served
elizabeth a cup of lukewarm
coffee

4. WHAT TO DO TO
OVERCOME
LUKEWARMNESS
1) DESIGNATE A WAR ROOM
WHERE YOU CAN
DO MEANINGFULLY YOUR
DANIEL PRAYER DOING YOUR
WARFARE PRAYER BINDING
THE WORKS OF THE ENEMY.

5. Matthew 6:6
But when you pray, go into
your room, close the door and
pray to your Father, who is
unseen. Then your Father,
who sees what is done in
secret, will reward you.

6. Daniel 6:10
Now when Daniel learned that the decree
had been published, he went home to his
upstairs room where the windows opened
toward Jerusalem. Three times a day he
got down on his knees and prayed, giving
thanks to his God, just as he had done
before.
John 10:10 The thief comes only to steal
and kill and destroy; I have come that they
may have life, and have it to the full.

7. note:
video clip #3: Clara showing
her favourite room to Elizabeth
which she called “War Room "
#4: Elizabeth began to pray and
read verses ( John 10:10, 2 Thess
3:3, James 4:7 )
#5: Danielle checked prayer
request in her own War Room.

8. 2) POST ON WALL OF
REMEMBRANCE ALL YOUR
ANSWERED PRAYERS TO
EASILY REMEMBER THAT
GOD ANSWERS PRAYERS
WORKING MIRACLES TO
STRENGTHEN YOUR FAITH
DURING TIMES OF CRISES.

9. Jeremiah 33:3
'Call to me and I will
answer you and tell
you great and
unsearchable things
you do not know.'

10. Joshua 4:4 So Joshua called together the
twelve men he had appointed from the
Israelites, one from each tribe,
Joshua 4:5 and said to them, "Go over before
the ark of the LORD your God into the middle
of the Jordan. Each of you is to take up a
stone on his shoulder, according to the
number of the tribes of the Israelites,
Joshua 4:6 to serve as a sign among you. In
the future, when your children ask you, 'What
do these stones mean?'

11. Joshua 4:7 tell them that the flow of the Jordan was cut
off before the ark of the covenant of the LORD. When it
crossed the Jordan, the waters of the Jordan were cut off.
These stones are to be a memorial to the people of Israel
forever."
Joshua 4:8 So the Israelites did as Joshua commanded
them. They took twelve stones from the middle of the
Jordan, according to the number of the tribes of the
Israelites, as the LORD had told Joshua; and they carried
them over with them to their camp, where they put them
down.
Joshua 4:9 Joshua set up the twelve stones that had been
in the middle of the Jordan at the spot where the priests
who carried the ark of the covenant had stood. And they
are there to this day.

12. •note:
•video clip #6: Clara
showed the “ Certificate of
Answered Prayer" on the
wall to Elizabeth

13. •3) COMMIT TO
WEEKLY “DISCIPLESHIP" IN
YOUR CAREGROUP OR WITH
YOUR MENTOR.
•Acts 2:42 And they continued
steadfastly in the apostles' doctrine
and fellowship, in the breaking of
bread, and in prayers.

14. •NIV. They devoted themselves
to the apostles' teaching and to
the fellowship, to the breaking of
bread and to prayer.
•note:
•video clip#7: Clara doing
discipleship on Elizabeth
explaining “ grace "

15. • 4) SUBMIT TO GOD
WHOLEHEARTEDLY OBEYING
AND TRUSTING HIM DURING
TIMES OF CRISES.
• James 4:7 Therefore submit to God.
Resist the devil and he will flee from you.
• note :
• video clip #8: Elizabeth reading the
verses esp James 4:7.

16. • 5) FORGIVE IMMEDIATELY AS AN ACT
OF EXTENDING GRACE TO
OFFENDERS.
• Colossians 3:13 bearing with one another,
and forgiving one another, if anyone has a
complaint against another; even as Christ
forgave you, so you also must do.
• note:
• video clip #9: Tony helping his mean former
boss fix the flat tire

17. •6) MAKE NEW DISCIPLES
TEACHING TO CHASE THE
LORD JESUS MORE THAN
MATERIAL THINGS.
•Colossians 3:2 Set your mind
on things above, not on things
on the earth.

18. •Matthew 6:20 but lay up for
yourselves treasures in heaven,
where neither moth nor rust
destroys and where thieves do
not break in and steal.
•Matthew 6:21 For where your
treasure is, there your heart will
be also.

19. •note:
•video clip #10: Elizabeth talking
to Tony saying that she would
rather have husband chasing The
Lord Jesus more than material
things.
•video clip#11: Clara instructing
Elizabeth to disciple younger wives
with her confessions that she and
Leo were not in good terms when
the latter died.

20. •CONCLUSION:
•VIDEO CLIP #12: Clara
praying to raise an army of
believers in our generation
that hate to be lukewarm.