Sermon on making the word of God, the foundation of your life

1. Building on the rock
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2. Building on the Rock
• We welcome you once more to the Zoe
Service, where the very Life of God is stirred
up within His Children
• May your spirit come alive as you listen to the
Word of Life today.
• Let’s take our prophetic declarations

3. Our Prophetic Declarations for 2021
• Praise be to Jesus, the author and finisher of my faith, who has
called me to manifest his manifold wisdom to the powers and
authorities in the heavenlies.
• The fear of God in me, is the beginning of my wisdom
• I have the mind of Christ
• Wisdom and knowledge shall be my stability
• By wisdom I will build my glorious destiny through Christ
• By understanding I am established
• The wisdom of God in me is made manifest in my godly character

4. Our Prophetic Declarations for 2021
• By godly wisdom, I am gentle, I am easy to intreat, I am full of
mercy and good fruits.
• I have the Spirit of wisdom and revelation
• By this I administer good judgement
• By this I give good counsel
• By this I exercise dominion
• By this I provide leadership and inspiration

5. Our Prophetic Declarations for 2021
• The Lord has placed shepherds over me, who will lead me with
wisdom and understanding
• Therefore, I will incline my ear to wise instruction, and apply my
heart to understanding. The works of my hands are blessed and
beautiful
• I have the Spirit of counsel and might
• By this I will do exploits

6. Our Prophetic Declarations for 2021
• I have the spirit of knowledge and the fear of the Lord.
• By this I will excel
• I have tasted of the goodness of the Lord, and there is no turning
back .
• Amen!

7. Today, I want to share with you a
message I have titled
Building on the Rock

8. Building on the Rock
• The Lord by the mouth of His servant has declared
this year Our Year of Godly wisdom
• One of the things that wisdom is associated with in
the Word of God is the the act of building.
Proverbs 24:3 says “By wisdom a house is built, by
understanding it is established.”

9. Building on the Rock
That is where we declare- BY WISDOM, I WILL BUILD
MY GLORIOUS DESTINY THROUGH CHRIST, BY
UNDERSTANDING I AM ESTABLISHED.
• Proverbs 9:1 says “Wisdom has built her house, she
has carved out her 7 Pillars. “
• Proverbs 14:1 says “The wise woman builds her
house, but with her own hands the foolish one tears
hers down.”

10. Building on the Rock
• Wisdom is a builder
• To build means to Put something together, whether
it is our lives, marriage, career, our city, our country,
the church.

11. Matthew 7:24-27
24 “Therefore whoever hears these sayings of Mine, and
does them, I will liken him to a wise man who built his
house on the rock: 25 and the rain descended, the floods
came, and the winds blew and beat on that house; and it
did not fall, for it was founded on the rock.
26 “But everyone who hears these sayings of Mine, and
does not do them, will be like a foolish man who built his
house on the sand: 27 and the rain descended, the floods
came, and the winds blew and beat on that house; and it
fell. And great was its fall.”

12. Luke 6:46-49
46 “But why do you call Me ‘Lord, Lord,’ and not do
the things which I say? 47 Whoever comes to Me,
and hears My sayings and does them, I will show
you whom he is like: 48 He is like a man building a
house, who dug deep and laid the foundation on the
rock. And when the flood arose, the stream beat
vehemently against that house, and could not shake
it, for it was [a]founded on the rock. 49 But he who
heard and did nothing is like a man who built a
house on the earth without a foundation, against
which the stream beat vehemently; and immediately
it [b]fell. And the ruin of that house was great.”

13. Building on the Rock
• This is after the long sermon on the mount
• He is telling us about what will happen when you
put the word into use or otherwise
• The Greek word used was Petra (bedrock, large,
immovable, strong.)
• Ammos (loose soil, unstable, weak)

14. Building on the Rock
• At every point in time, you are building
something
• Both the rock and the sand are foundations
• A foundation is a basis: reason, understanding

15. Building on the Rock
• Foundation is the basis of our understanding
• It is the reason for our actions
• Even mentally challenged people on the
streets have a reason for doing what they do.
• It is the grounds on which we build our lives
• Jesus spoke about two kinds of people:

16. Building on the Rock
• The wise man and the foolish man
• They both built on a certain foundation,
• A certain basis
• A certain understanding
• But as to whether the understanding or basis
is the right one will determine the future of
their building

17. The wise man
• The word translated here means a thinking
man
• He digs deep. The rock lies beneath the
surface of the sand.
• He digs deep into the word, into issues, by
making enquiries and asking questions.
• He builds on the rock (the word), not
tradition, not culture, but the rock of the word
of God

18. The wise man
• Foundations are formed in our minds based on
our background, experiences and values.
• A wise man would think deep and examine these
foundations that have been passed on from
generation to generation
• The right foundation to build upon is the word of
God, is Christ, the rock of ages, the cornerstone.

19. The wise man
• The right foundation to build upon is the word of
God, is Christ, the rock of ages, the cornerstone.
• Foundations are the basis that inform your
actions and inactions
• Some marriages are built upon the foundation
that “men are Wicked”
• Or Women are bad
• Or Women cheat you out of your money

20. The foolish man
• Thinks loosly
• Talks loosely
• Behaves loosely
• Does not pay particular attention to anything
• Settles for the sand or what is on the surface
• They believe everything that is WhatsApped to
them
• Believes everything on u tube
• Follows all the health recipes on facebook

21. The foolish man
• Thinks loosly
• Talks loosely
• Behaves loosely
• Does not pay particular attention to anything
• Settles for the sand or what is on the surface
• They believe everything that is WhatsApped to
them
• Believes everything on u tube
• Follows all the health recipes on facebook

22. The foolish man
• Research at least 3 credible sources. Out of
the mouth of 2 or 3 witnesses a thing is
established.

23. How do we find the rock
• Some things look like rock but are actually not
rock
• 1 Peter 2:7 To you who believe, then, this stone is precious.
But to those who do not believe, "The stone the builders
rejected has become the cornerstone,"
That rock is christ (1 Corinthians 10:4)
• Christ is the rock
• How do we make the word ROCK to us

24. How do we find the rock
• Both the wise and the foolish heard
• Find the word of God that is the basis for your
situation

25. How do we find the rock
• Rain from above hit them both
• Flood from beneath hit them both
• The floods stay even after the rain is gone.
• Winds hit you on the side
• If you want to say that you took all the
pressure, but you are still standing, then build
on the word of God, on the rock.