Enosh Sermons

       DESTINY AWAITS NO ONE

Genesis 12:1 

• God never told Abram what he was to do in Canaan but he was given a promise.

• In a place of self-discovery, only promises are given.

• Going to church, fellowships and events doesn’t guarantee a blessing. 

Verse 7&8 

• Self-discovery starts by changing the altar. (your heart) check Hebrew 8:10-11

Genesis 10:

• God never told Abraham there was a famine

• Learn to move if season has ended

• God expected Abraham to use his mind and find a way out

• Seasons of God should not pass a man without its manifestation

Esther 4:13-16

• Esther was a Jewish queen in the Persian court.

• Her uncle Mordecai urged her to save her people from a plot to exterminate them.

• Remaining silent doesn’t save people

Listen to Esther’s response

• Go, gather together all the Jews who are in Susa, and fast for me. Do not eat or drink for three days, night and day. I and my attendants will fast as you do. When this is done, I will go to the king, even though it is against the law. And if I perish, I perish.

Why do we have delays in our prayers? When 2nd Corinthians 1:20 says “ For no matter how many promises God has made, they are ‘yes’ in Christ. And so through Him the ‘Amen’ is spoken to us to the glory of God.

Thing is, some people will die asking and never realize there is a seeking level Zeteo in greek. We should get locked in a revelation to a point of knowing why a prayer wasn’t answered.

For instance, the children of Israel had only achieved a certain level Aiteo in Greek which is the asking level. The secret is not in asking.

At a point in our lives, we have to forget ourselves and see our future generations being saved and delivered. Because God reveals things to us that He may redeem through us.

2nd Kings 7:3-4

• A story of the four men with leprosy.

• They made a decision to face fear and terror rather than sit back and let fear devour them.

• “If they spare us, we live: if they kill us, then we die.”

Psalms 91:5

• You will not fear the terror by night, nor the arrow that flies by day,

• There will  be a probability to die but even so, I’ll still try

THE GOD VISION

Introduction: There is a place in God where our visions starts to catch up with his vision because His becomes faster. We should ask ourselves this question – “Are you in the human dream or God dream?” , “What is God’s dream about you?”

Sometimes, we invest too much time in prayer asking for very small things that sometimes God doesn’t know how to fit into it.

Sometimes, He is quiet, not because He doesn’t love you, but because He is still trying to figure out how he will fit in your small dream.

Ephesians 3:20

1.   “…according to the power that works in us.” – The thing He has put in us, provokes His dream concerning us.

2.   “…dare to ask.” – the things you fear to ask of Him because they scare you.

1st Samuel 16:13-14

1.   The day the Spirit of God settled on David, God had exchanged authority in the Spirit but Saul maintained the Office.

2.   God can judge a matter now, and its manifestation could take years. “Ecclesiastes 8:11 …because the sentence against evil work is not done speedily.”

3.   Also, Hannaniah was judged but he died six months later.

4.   In the Story of David, most people fail to see what stayed in his heart.

·         “….I always sought that the presence of God may return to Israel.”

·         He understood the power of dwelling in the presence of the Lord.

1st Samuel 16:16

Ø  They knew if a certain spirit hits a king, its only a man with a worshipping hand that can deliver him.

1st Samuel 16:17-19

Ø  Is servants mention clearly who David is.

1st Samuel 16:20-23

Ø  David gained favor in the eyes of Saul. And whenever Saul was invaded with the evil spirit, David would play the harp and Saul would be refreshed.

1st Samuel 17:25 (Vision of man to man)

Ø  We see the vision of man towards another man.

Ø  The verse outlines Saul’s vision for David. He promises him great riches, is daughter for marriage, and his house’s exemption in Israel.

1st Samuel 17:26-58 (Vision of a man with the heart of God)

Ø  He didn’t look for riches as a reward.

Ø  He wasn’t looking for a wife.

Ø  He wasn’t looking for freedom of his father’s house.

Ø  His vision was on the deliverance of Israel, the bigger picture.

Ø  And when David asked “…who is this uncircumcised…” David tapped into a covenant, connecting with the divine purpose of God.

Ø  Even when David was at Saul’s, Saul only knew him because he played harps. Saul only thought David was a boy who played harps, no more, no less.

Ø  But when it came to the point of proving David, Saul clothed him with his own armor but David removed them.

Ø  Later on when David says “…you come to me with a sword, a spear, and a javelin. But I come to you in the name of the Lord of Hosts, the God of the armies of Israel whom you have defied.”   He maintains the covenant of God.

Ø  From then onwards, David was another man. Verse 55

God can do something in our lives that even your parents will ask “Are you our child?” . It is called the anointing. “When anointing shall come upon you, you shall become another man”.

The bigger vision will always answer the lesser.

EFFECTIVE MEDITATION

INTRO

Many Christians have given in to the deception of the world and meditating according to the world. Check 1st Timothy 4:1 – “ The Spirit clearly says that in latter times some will abandon the faith and follow deceiving spirits and things taught by demons”

Christians aren’t supposed to do yoga. Mostly because, meditation of the world focuses on emptying the mind. On the other hand, biblical meditation says a mind must be filled first.

You should understand that in your realm, you are strong. Check Genesis 6:3 – “ …My Spirit will not contend with humans forever, for they are mortal…”

God cannot force a man to say yes…That’s why He gave everyone ‘Free will”

1.   The thought process

“…As a man thinketh, so he is…” Proverbs 23:7

·         Your thought process is not where you go/ or physically are, but it is where your mind is.

·         Whatever you desire or seek to walk into, you have to first become it in your mind.

·         God has not designed the way of man to speak into the future, for things to come. “ …things which be not as though they were.” Romans 4:17

·         Any form of meditation is judged. Psalms 19:14

·         Meditation should be of understanding. Psalms 49:3

·         It is possible to meditate outside God’s will.

·         The things to meditate are listed by Paul to Timothy in the book of Philippians 4:8 “…on whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable – if anything is excellent or praiseworthy – think about such things.”

·         Any man who knows to meditate from the secret of the scripture shall profit. Isaiah 48:17 “….I am the Lord thy God which teacheth thee to profit.”

·         Timothy was taught the right way to meditate, because there are things you shouldn’t meditate upon eg. Your problems – sickness, poverty, joblessness, loss. You should meditate on the solution.

·         Become in thought and speak yourself into the manifestation of the solution to the problem.

·         God has not designed us to meditate on a way to answer the devil. Luke 21:14-15 “…Settle it therefore in your hearts, not to meditate before what ye shall answer…” Our meditations should be fixed in the way of the truth.

2.   Three realms of meditation

·         Realm of Precepts ( Meditating on God’s law )

Psalms 119:99 – “….I have more understanding than all my teachers: for thy testimonials are my meditation….”

: 100 – “ …I understand more than the ancients , because I keep thy precepts…”  It is important the mindset you carry right now., disciplining your spirit as you hear.

There are people who can’t sit under sound teaching. And you should also note that your spiritual age is different from your physical age. You can be young physically but spiritually, by grace, you are more advanced. And that all comes by meditating on His precepts.

·         Realm of His Testimonies ( experiences )

There is a realm where we are given grace to meditate experience we receive from God. Check Acts 10:10-18

·         Realm of God’s Works

Psalms 143:5 – “…I remember the days of old; I meditate on all thy works; I muse on the work of thy hands…”

When you exercise your spirit to a place of total surrender, you don’t create that reality but your spirit is carried to that reality.

There is so much power when your spirit eyes can see the works of God. “…I do as I see my Father do…” John 5:19

Anytime David’s soul was in trouble, he would remember God’s works…Psalms 42:5-6