June 14.2015-Sunday message -STRETCHING YOUR IMAGINATION  ( TO FULFILL GOD'S DREAMS FOR YOUR LIFE )

1. STRONG
FAITH IN GOD:
KEY TO YOUR
MIRACLES

2. ROMANS 10:17
•17
Consequently, faith
comes from hearing
the message, and the
message is heard
through the word of
Christ.

3. ROMANS 10:17 (ISV)
•17
Consequently, faith
comes from listening,
and listening comes
through the word of
Christ.

4. FIRST SUNDAY
MESSAGE:
BUI LDING A LIFE OF
FAITH
Matthew 9:29
Then he touched their eyes
and said, "According
to your faith will it be done
to you";

5. MESSAGE :
EXPECTING
THE BEST FROM
OUR GREAT GOD

6. Hebrews 11:1
Faith assures us of
things we expect and
convinces us of the
existence of things we
cannot see.

7. TODAY’S MESSAGE :
STRETCHING
YOUR
IMAGINATION
( TO FULFILL GOD'S
DREAMS FOR YOUR
LIFE )

8. •That is what the Scriptures
mean when they say, "No
eye has seen, no ear has
heard, and no mind has
imagined what God has
prepared for those who love
1Corinthians 2:9 NLT

9. With God's power
working in us, God can
do much, much more
than anything we can
ask or imagine.
EPHESIANS 3:20 NCV
( NEW CENTURY VERSION )

10. WHAT TO DO
TO STRETCH
YOUR
IMAGINATION

11. • # Doubt is one giant hindrance to
have imagination of God's
dreams for your life.
• # Doubt your doubts and believe
your beliefs
• #Doubt is always a choice. Faith
is always a choice.
1.) LET GO OF YOUR
DOUBT

12. •JOSHUA 1:9
TODAY'S LIVING BIBLE
Be bold and strong! banish
fear and doubt! For
remember, the Lord your
God is with you wherever
you go.

13. James 1:6 But when he asks, he must
believe and not doubt, because he
who doubts is like a wave of the sea,
blown and tossed by the wind.
James 1:7 That man should not think
he will receive anything from the
Lord;
James 1:8 he is a double-minded
man, unstable in all he does.

14. • a.) Comparing your abilities
• 2Corinthians 10:12 We wouldn't put
ourselves in the same class with or
compare ourselves to those who are
bold enough to make their own
recommendations. Certainly, when they
measure themselves by themselves and
compare themselves to themselves,
they show how foolish they are..
THREE CAUSES OF DOUBT

15. • b.) Dwelling on your failures
• Isaiah 43:18 "Forget the former
things; do not dwell on the past.
• Isaiah 43:19 See, I am doing a
new thing! Now it springs up; do
you not perceive it? I am making
a way in the desert and streams
in the wasteland.

16. •c.) Lying spirits speaking
doubts to your mind
• 1Timothy 4:1 Now the Holy
Spirit tells us clearly that in the
last times some will turn away
from what we believe; they will
follow lying spirits and teachings
that come from demons.

17. • Proverbs 4:4
he taught me and said, "Lay
hold of my words with all your
heart; keep my commands and
you will live.
2. LAY HOLD OF
GOD'S PROMISES

18. • Joshua 1:3 (NLT)
I promise you what I promised Moses:
`Everywhere you go, you will be on
land I have given you--
• Joshua 23:14 "Now I am about to go
the way of all the earth. You know with
all your heart and soul that not one of
all the good promises the LORD your
God gave you has failed. Every
promise has been fulfilled; not one has
failed.

19. • A.) The Promise of God's SUCCESS
• Joshua 1:7 Be strong and very courageous. Be
careful to obey all the law my servant Moses
gave you; do not turn from it to the right or to the
left, that you may be successful wherever you go.
• Joshua 1:8 Do not let this Book of the Law
depart from your mouth; meditate on it day and
night, so that you may be careful to do everything
written in it. Then you will be prosperous and
successful.
Note: Two Valuable Promises to
Joshua in chapter 1 ( and to you ! )

20. • B.) The Promise of God's
STRENGTH
• Joshua 1:5 No one will be able to
stand up against you all the days of
your life. As I was with Moses, so I will
be with you; I will never leave you nor
forsake you.
• Philippians 4:13 I can do everything
through him who gives me strength.

21. • C.) The promise of God's
SUPPORT
• Joshua 1:5 No one will be able to stand
up against you all the days of your life.
As I was with Moses, so I will be with
you; I will never leave you nor forsake
you.
• Philippians 4:19 And my God will meet
all your needs according to the riches of
his glory in Christ Jesus.

22. • Joshua 1:5 No one will be
able to stand up against you all
the days of your life. As I was
with Moses, so I will be with
you; I will never leave you nor
forsake you.
3.) LEAN ON OUR
DEPENDABLE GOD

23. •Proverbs 3:5 Trust in the
LORD with all your heart and
lean not on your own
understanding;
•Proverbs 3:6 in all your ways
acknowledge him, and he will
make your paths straight.

24. • V.5
• (AMP)
• Lean on, trust in, and be confident in
the Lord with all your heart and mind
and do not rely on your own insight or
understanding.
• (NLT)
• Trust in the LORD with all your heart;
do not depend on your own
understanding.

25. •NOTE:
• THE FIRST STEP IS THE MOST
IMPORTANT STEP IN THE
JOURNEY, YOU CAN’T REACH
ANY DESTINATION WITHOUT
TAKING THE FIRST STEP
4.) LAUNCH OUT IN
COURAGEOUS
FAITH

26. • Joshua 1:10 So Joshua ordered
the officers of the people:
• Joshua 1:11 "Go through the
camp and tell the people, 'Get
your supplies ready. Three days
from now you will cross the
Jordan here to go in and take
possession of the land the LORD
your God is giving you for your
own.'

27. • Joshua 3:14 So when the people
broke camp to cross the Jordan,
the priests carrying the ark of the
covenant went ahead of them.
• Joshua 3:15 Now the Jordan is at
flood stage all during harvest. Yet
as soon as the priests who
carried the ark reached the
Jordan and their feet touched the
water's edge,

28. • Joshua 3:16 the water from
upstream stopped flowing. It
piled up in a heap a great
distance away, at a town called
Adam in the vicinity of Zarethan,
while the water flowing down to
the Sea of the Arabah (the Salt
Sea [2])was completely cut off.
So the people crossed over
opposite Jericho.

29. • Joshua 3:17 The priests who
carried the ark of the
covenant of the LORD stood
firm on dry ground in the
middle of the Jordan, while
all Israel passed by until the
whole nation had completed
the crossing on dry ground.

30. • NOTE:
• Adrenalin rush. Thrill
Seeker.
• The greatest thrill is doing
something big and difficult
you have never done before
that has eternal value and
deeply pleases God

31. CONCLUSION:
• Ephesians 3:20
• God can do anything, you know--
far more than you could ever
imagine or guess or request in
your wildest dreams! He does it
not by pushing us around but by
working within us, his Spirit
deeply and gently within us.