Identification

Matt.13:24-30

Are you awheat or tare? Can you identify yourself? Jesus said it in Matt.13:30 letboth grow together until the harvest, and at the harvest I will say to thereapers, first gather together the tares and bind them in bundles to burn them,but gather the wheat into my barn. If you are doing well, keep up withwhat you are doing; if you are doing evil keep up with what you are doing becausenone is hidden under the heaven and there is an account for all doings. Yourgrowth while you continue to do evil or pretending to be good is not anindication of escape. There is an appointed time in GodÕs entire plan. There isa set time when your evil will declare you. Yes, you have not seen anydifference in the life of one that is committed to doing good and one that ispretending to be doing good. Yes, you can see some with evil doing gettingbetter than ones that are doing well. Jesus said let them grow together, notseparately. The time for separation is not now. Identify how you are growing, askGod to deliver you from pretending to be doing. God cannot be deceived He seesyou from inside to outside.Ê It is never too late to identify how you aregrowing.

TRUE PRAISE

Truepraise comes from man’s spirit or heart and is expressed through his lips, apraise from a man’s heart to God’s heart.

Truepraise penetrates deeply in the realm of the Spirit and pleases God

Truepraise is appreciating God for His person

Truepraise accompany with musical instrument is to draw people into a state ofreverence, praise and worship to God in their spirits

Truepraise draws men closer to God

Truepraise glorifies God not man

Truepraise is motivated and spirit led, ought to be spontaneous.

Truepraise releases the power of God

Truepraise brings us into the presence of God

Truepraise releases your faith to God

Truepraise is not mechanical

Truepraise is not routine singing

Truepraise is not mouthing words

Truepraise is not keeping time to the music with our hands

Truepraise is not staying on beat

Truepraise is not going through the motions of praising God , when the heart is farfrom God

Truepraise is not performance

Truepraise is not drawing our attention to music or man

Truepraise is not reciting nice words with a catchy beats

Truepraise is not music that appeals to our emotions

Truepraise is not superficial excitements

Truepraise is not singing certain song in a certain way

Truepraise is not from the head

Aboveall God is Spirit and those who worship Him, must worship Him in Spirit and inTruth.

Payattention

Rm.15:4,1Cor.10:11, Heb.11:21

Listen tothis, Rm.15:4 say for whatever things were written before were writtenfor our learning, that we through the patience and comfort of the Scripturesmight have hope. If that is the case, there is a need for a devotedattention to every single word in the Scriptures. For example, Heb.11:21 mentionedthat by faith Jacob, when he was dying, blessed each of the sons of Joseph, andworshiped, leaning on the top of his staff. At a dying age hedemonstrated an act of endurance that was powered by faith. The old man worshipedGod leaning on the top of his staff. Today, you walk into some ground ofworship and there is no energy in young and able body to stand through praiseworship. It meant so much for Jacob, to hallow the LORD God of creation bystanding to worship God when he was dying. How do you worship Him? Do youworship God with all your strength, with all you soul, with all your heart? ÊTheScriptures is written for our learning. Is there anything that you have learnedin this one verse? Be patient, listen, and pay attention to every word of God. TheLORD God will attend to your entire journey. ÊÊÊ

Stepforward

Mk.3:1-6

It allhappened in the synagogue. Does it happen in your church? A man who had awithered hand was in the right location to receive healing but the population aroundhim was back ward. He was around a very religious population and very stronggroup of lookers. Mk.3:2 so they watched closely, whether He would healhim on Sabbath so they might accuse Him. Religion will not do it foryou and religion cannot do it. Get out of religion and get into Jesus reality.Despite there looking, it is written in Mk.3:3 Jesus said to the man whohad the withered hand to Òstep forwardÓ. Do you think your situationdemands stepping forward? There is a need to step forward from a group ofpeople that are only religious. Jesus called the man with the withered hand tostep forward because He knew his environment was a stagnant environment, notone with motion. You have a need to reassess your congregation and determine ifit is a congregation that is set for motion in Christ Jesus, or one that isbound for stagnation. When he stepped forward, they all kept silent. Stepforward into your miracle and keep your obstacle silent. Ê

Appearance

1Sam.16:1-13

It wastime for Samuel to go to Bethlehem and anoint David as King. WhenSamuel got to Jesse (the father of David), he called for JesseÕs sons. 1Sam.16:6,7 so it was when they came, that he looked at Eliab and said, ÒSurely the LORDÕsanointed is before Him!Ó

Butthe LORD said to Samuel, ÒDo not look at his appearance or at his physicalstature, because I have refused him. For the LORD does not see as man sees; forman looks at the outward appearance, but the LORD looks at the heart.Ó ÊIn every situation that isconfrontational, the right place to look at is the one that sees beyond how yousee. Samuel, a giant in the LORD looked at the appearance of Eliab (DavidÕsbrother). In his looking, he would have missed it and the purpose of hisassignment could have been in vain. Where or how you are looking in dealingwith all of your confrontations is what will make the difference not theappearance of your confrontation. Stop looking at the appearances of yourconfrontations; begin to look up to God for direction. In GodÕs direction, youcannot fail.