When God Speaks: Keep Walking

Early Sunday Morning, I read Romans 8 prior to preparing to leave for church service. Imagine my surprise when Pastor Charles referenced several verses from the chapter I read only a few hours prior to the sermon.

Life Center Ministries 7/8/2018 11:00 am service

Sermon Points: We Need Giants

• Why we need things that strengthen us.
• Some doors are obvious, some are not
• We must keep walking; we must get close
•  It's a picture of faith; it doesn't look like you can do it.
• Promises are protected from those who are half-hearted (keep walking in faith)

• Abram (Abraham) left everything to follow God's direction and promises.

• given the Promised Land
• name will be great
• will be blessed
• will be made a great nation
• will be a blessing

• Are we willing to leave or do we say, "No, I'm fine?"
• "We must change the we think, the way we inform ourselves and obey."
• The promises of God will make us into something great. 
• The promises of God release His blessing on us and cause our life to be significant.
• We become blessed and become a blessing to the world around us.
• Grace is given, we explore it by faith. 

• The 10 spies went to Canaan and 8 gave a bad report while 2 spoke in faith.
• Be careful what you say about what you see.
• When you are afraid, everything seems scary.
• Trust in God's ability to open doors for us and through us. 
• It may look like we are surrounded (by enemies), but we are surrounded by Him (God).

• Giants (enemies) are always around us.
• Trust God, He is with us (our weapon)
• Only see giants when advancing
• Our Promise Land is being conformed to Christ
•  Live our lives in love and walking and carrying the blessings of God wherever we go.
• Giants who keep us from being conformed to the image of God
• "I'm right."
• discouragement
• disappointment
• self-interest
• self-pity
• what's in it for me

Romans 8:31 Amplified Bible (AMP)

³¹ What then shall we say to all these things? If God is for us, who can be [successful] against us?

Romans 8:34 Amplified Bible (AMP)

³⁴ Who is the one who condemns us? Christ Jesus is the One who died [to pay our penalty], and more than that, who was raised [from the dead], and who is at the right hand of God interceding [with the Father] for us. 

When you are in a big trial remember Jesus is interceding for us (praying). 

Romans 8:35 Amplified Bible (AMP)

³⁵ Who shall ever separate us from the love of ^[a]Christ? Will tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or danger, or sword? 

Romans 8:38-39 Amplified Bible (AMP)

³⁸ For I am convinced [and continue to be convinced—beyond any doubt] that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present and threatening, nor things to come, nor powers, ³⁹ nor height, nor depth, nor any other created thing, will be able to separate us from the [unlimited] love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

This is our promise!