TCA-YWAM Austin
December 29, 2019
Topic: God gives YOU grace to do the impossible
(Compiled by Jon Dorris – permission granted to use this info freely)
Intro
-Q Do the promises of God seem impossible?
-Q Even hopeless?
YOUR DISCUSSION Q – How will I adjust my life to receive God’s blessings?
Start new in 2020 believing in God that gives abundance of grace
Hebrews 4:16 (AMP) Therefore, let us [with privilege] approach the throne of grace [that is, the throne of God’s gracious favor] with confidence and without fear, so that we may receive mercy [for our failures] and find [His amazing] grace to help in time of need [an appropriate blessing, coming just at the right moment].
-moved to farm, which was last LOCAL phone line and was 1209
-saw 1209 everywhere and asked God WHAT IS THIS ABOUT
2 Corinthians 12:09 but He has said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you [My lovingkindness and My mercy are more than enough—always available—regardless of the situation]; for [My] power is being perfected [and is completed and shows itself most effectively] in [your] weakness.” Therefore, I will all the more gladly boast in my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ [may completely enfold me and] may dwell in me.
1209 Story continued
-1986 real estate recession
-God gave us Jubliee Tent Rental Idea
-God gave us 5K to buy 3 tents and box of business cards
2 Corinthians 8:9 (amp) For you are recognizing [more clearly] the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ [His astonishing kindness, His generosity, His gracious favor], that though He was rich, yet for your sake He became poor, so that by His poverty you might become rich (abundantly blessed).
-God was re-fathering me out of self-reliance and total trust in Him for everything
-Self-reliance = 1 mess after the other
EX – expanded JTR with loan = 7 years of bondage to trying to do it myself. MESS!!!
-God’s loving sovereignty allowed me to go through 7 long hard years
-So that I KNOW the best way is to rely on him.
-His love was so wonderful during the 7 years
-You all remember my June 27, 1998 story
-DON’T fear and worry over finances – TRUST GOD INSTEAD
-DON’T worry over your precious family – TRUST GOD…
-Tanya’s cardinal/red bird story every time things looked bleak
-DO YOU SEE GOD’s SOVEREIGNTY here – He did not relieve financial circumstances during the 7 years.
-He did something much better – GAVE US GRACE TO TRUST HIM
EX. Graham Cook – God said for a whole year you will not need 1 dollar
-DO YOU SEE WHY GOD is allowing evil during this age?
-So we never go there again!!!
-So we NEVER go the SELF-RELIANCE path again.
-God is re-fathering us out of that and into a peaceful, grace-filled trusting Him for everything.
Matthew 5:3 amp - “Blessed [spiritually prosperous, happy, to be admired] are the poor in spirit [those devoid of spiritual arrogance, those who regard themselves as insignificant], for theirs is the kingdom of heaven [both now and forever].
2 Corinthians 9:8 amp - And God is able to make all grace [every favor and earthly blessing] come in abundance to you, so that you may always [under all circumstances, regardless of the need] have complete sufficiency in everything [being completely self-sufficient in Him], and have an abundance for every good work and act of charity.
Q-CAN AND WILL YOU LET GOD RE-FATHER YOU THIS WAY?
-From now on can you trust Him for grace for everything you walk through?
2 Corinthians 1:20 For as many as are the promises of God, in Christ they are yes; therefore also through Him is our Amen to the glory of God through us.
Q-Can you see how God’s grace can keep you out of life-devastating temptations?
James 4:6-8 But He gives a greater grace. Therefore it says, “God is opposed to the proud, but gives grace to the humble.” 7 Submit therefore to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you. 8 Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify your hearts, you double-minded.
Jesus will help you by giving you GRACE – Cry out to Him
Hebrews 4:15 For we do not have a High Priest who is unable to sympathize and understand our weaknesses and temptations, but One who has been tempted [knowing exactly how it feels to be human] in every respect as we are, yet without [committing any] sin.
God re-fathered David and turned him into a giant-killer King David
-Listen what David learned
Psalm 34:4-8 NASB - I sought the Lord, and He answered me,
And delivered me from all my
fears.
5 They looked to Him and were radiant,
And their faces will never be
ashamed.
6 This poor man cried, and the Lord heard him
And saved him out of all
his troubles.
7 The angel of the Lord encamps around those who fear Him,
And rescues
them.
8 O taste
and see that the Lord is good;
How blessed is the man who takes refuge in
Him!
Psalm 37:5-7 AMP - Trust [rely on and have confidence] in the Lord and do good;
Dwell
in the land and feed [securely] on His faithfulness.
4
Delight yourself in
the Lord,
And He will give you the desires and petitions of your
heart.
5
Commit your way to the Lord;
Trust in Him also and He will do
it.
6
He
will make your righteousness [your pursuit of right standing with God] like the
light,
And your judgment like [the shining of] the noonday [sun].
7
Be
still before the Lord; wait patiently for Him and entrust yourself to
Him;
Do not fret (whine, agonize) because of him who prospers in his
way,
Because of the man who carries out wicked schemes.
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
Q-CAN AND WILL YOU LET GOD RE-FATHER YOU THIS WAY?
-From now on can you trust Him for grace for everything you walk through?
Q – How will I adjust my life to receive God’s blessings?
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