Service Notes
Hallelujah
Lift your hands up and thank the Lord
Its our month of Praise
And our Praise will not end this month but continue throughout
We shared last week the different areas God expects us to increase or keep moving forward on
As children of God, God expects us to increase and move forward
He doesn't expect any of us to be stagnant
There are areas you must make conscious efforts for your growth
I know there is not any of you here that made any conscious effort to increase your height
You just grew to a certain height
I said that because there are some areas you do not need any deliberate efforts to cause growth
But there are others that we need conscious efforts to increase on
God expects us to increase our faith and also increase the strength of our faith
How do we get more faith?
By hearing God's word
The truth is every faith comes by hearing God's word
And your faith grows by hearing the word
Now that you are born again, God expects you to increase your faith
God talks to us all the time
But you have to hear Him and understand Him more to know His will
We are not just talking about Him talking to you all the time but about you making efforts to learn His word
As long as you are born again you need faith to live because we live by faith
Faith comes by hearing, seeing by the word, feeling by the word
The word now becomes the glass through which you see evey area of your life
Its not every time that you run to using panadol when you feel headache you must exercise your faith to live in health
The challenges are not to fail us they are to make us stronger and bolder to be able to take up greater responsibilities
It is the application of the word that is faith
Be quick to respond to every situation by and with God's word
It is not every time that it looks as though it is broke that you look for someone to square you up
You exercise your faith for your faith to grow
Prove God's word in your life
Secondly, God wants us to increase in grace
Grace is a gift but you can also take that grace and increase upon it
Grace can be multiplied
You can position yourself to multiply in grace
One way to do so is to be humble
Humility means being teachable or having a teachable spirit
It is true that you can know a lot of things but have the understanding that there is always something new to learn
James 4:6
When you are proud you miss out on the more grace that could have come to you
The scriptures are given to us to learn
The word of God reproves us
And it is for instruction in righteousness
The word of God also equips you
You study the word not just to know the word but you apply your life to the word
If the word of God cannot change you, then you are doomed
The reason the word of God comes to us is to change us, to make us conform to His will
God gives more grace
Another way to increase your grace is by giving
And we mean giving in every area
The reason we mostly see giving in terms of finances is because the Bible says money answers all things
Thus we can exchange the value of money for every other thing
2 Corinthians 9:8-9
Make giving part of your life
It positions you for greater blessings
The word of God is not discriminatory
Its a principle
The truth is anyone that applies His word will receive His results
Now that we are here, God wants us to bless our world
so He makes us the channel to bless our world
To increase your grace, you must learn to give
2 Timothy 2:1-2
Take good advantage of the grace
To be strengthened in grace is to use or apply the grace
Share the grace
You are hearing the message of God, share the message!
For the grace of God to increase, you must share it.
Thirdly, increase in grace by knowledge
Thus, increase in it by understanding of knowledge
2 Peter 3:15-18 KJV
Sometimes there are somethings that we have heard for a long time that sound true but are not true
So when the word of God says those things are not true people wrestle with it
Jesus was never in heaven before He was born, the word was
When you hear the word of God go and search in the scriptures, find out from the scriptures especially those that battle your theology
It is not about memorising the scriptures its about putting them to practice.
The word is principle.
So when you understand the scriptures you are at an advantage
Understanding the scriptures puts you in a better position to understand the principles of God.
I choose to grow in grace
God wants us to multiply and He has shown us the principle for multiplication
To increase your faith you must
1. Hear and
2. Exercise what you hear
To increase your grace you must
1. Be humble
2. Give
3. Understanding through knowledge
God chose me
The moment you are in the hands of God, He purifies you
Ask questions
Study God's word
Pray in tongues
2 Peter 1:1-2
In todays world we need nothing more than grace and peace
Get to know who Jesus is
Don't sweat like how every other person is sweating
There is a life that God has given to you
One word from God will let you know the source
Grace is multiplied unto me
• Increasing in knowledge: when you have an increased knowledge of the word of God it will lead you to an increasing glory
Colossians 1:9-10
When you increase in the knowledge of the word it helps reposition you in God's place of fruitfulness
Psalm 1:1-3
The order of God opens up your mind
God wants us to work
But you don't work because you want to eat but because there is goodness in the inside of you that you must allow to come out
Once you bring that out you will never look at what somebody else has
You are a blessed man
You can't know the word of God and be sad about life
Choose to increase your faith
Choose to increase your grace
Choose to increase the knowledge of God that you have
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