The Adam Family

The Addams Family was a t.v. show about a fictional family that had the characters Gomez, Morticia, Uncle Fester, Lurch, Grandma, Wednesday and Puglsly. They were an eccentric wealthy family. Marriage is the most debated subject in post modern society.

What does the Word of God say about family? God's intention of the family is found in Genesis, the pre-fall, Gen 1-2. God's original intent. After chapter 2 comes the fall of man. Before then he was perfect like God.

Genesis 1:26-28

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²⁶ Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; and let them rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky and over the cattle and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.”²⁷ God created man in His own image, in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them. ²⁸ God blessed them; and God said to them, “ Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it; and rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky and over every living thing that moves on the earth.”


If you grew up in a dysfunctional family don't let the dysfunction become functional and a way of life. If you grew up in a Christian household you are very blessed.

The Adam Family


Male and female God created. There are hermaphrodites but because of sin it affected the body.

1.God made man.

He needs a spirit filled man who hears God, takes care of his family. We are not talking about a perfect man. This man of God wants to do things God's way.

Genesis 2:7

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⁷ Then the Lord God formed man of dust from the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living being.



2. God placed Adam

God put Adam to work. This was before sin. Every kingdom man needs a job. In this day and age women also have to work. You need to know what God is doing in your life right now.

Genesis 2:15-17

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¹⁵ Then the Lord God took the man and put him into the garden of Eden to cultivate it and keep it. ¹⁶ The Lord God commanded the man, saying, “From any tree of the garden you may eat freely; ¹⁷ but from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat from it you will surely die.”

3. God commanded Adam.

A man that can be commanded by God is needed. The love of his wife may not keep him but the fear of God will.

Ladies, don't be in such a rush to get married. I know it is hard but it is better to wait than to marry the wrong person.

Genesis 2:18

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¹⁸ Then the Lord God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone; I will make him a helper suitable for him.”


God told him he needed a wife. It's okay to want companionship. Learn to manage your desires. Singles are having more sex than the married people and it shouldn't be that way. That is dysfunction in the church!


God wants the family to be a spiritual unit.People want the same sex because they are not seeing enough happy heterosexual marriages. Work it out and deal with it.

Sometimes we have feelings that are contrary to the Word of God. What are you going to do with your feelings? If we did what we feel we would be in a mess. Come out of your feelings. Feelings are real and no one can tell you how to feel but what are you going to do with what you feel? Will you live according to the Word of God. If you live with your feelings you will have 

ungodly dealings. Feelings come and go. Only the Word of God sustains.

Genesis 2:21-25

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²¹ So the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and he slept; then He took one of his ribs and closed up the flesh at that place. ²² The Lord God fashioned into a womanthe rib which He had taken from the man, and brought her to the man. ²³ The man said,

“ This is now bone of my bones,
And flesh of my flesh;
She shall be called ^[c]Woman,
Because she was taken out of Man.”

²⁴  For this reason a man shall leave his father and his mother, and be joined to his wife; and they shall become one flesh. ²⁵ And the man and his wife were both naked and were not ashamed.

Being a helper doesn't diminish who women are. Helper means "Just like God." When you help God honors that.

Homosexuality is not natural. Animals were with animals. God had to put Adam to sleep to create Eve.

Read R.A Vernon's book 10 Rules of Dating as well as Gary Chapman's book Things I Wish I'd Known Before We Got Married.

4. God picked Adam's spouse.

Men should be guided by God concerning whom to marry. Men should also set the spiritual tone in the house. Stop letting the women lead. You have to pray about whom to marry.

5. Adam and Eve became one flesh.

Leave and cleave. Keep all outside parties away from your marriage.

Genesis 2:24

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²⁴  For this reason a man shall leave his father and his mother, and be joined to his wife; and they shall become one flesh.

It's A New Season

Isaiah 43:18-21

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¹⁸ “Do not call to mind the former things,
Or ponder things of the past.
¹⁹ “Behold, I will do something new,
Now it will spring forth;
Will you not be aware of it?
I will even make a roadway in the wilderness,
Rivers in the desert.
²⁰ “The beasts of the field will glorify Me,
The jackals and the ostriches,
Because I have given waters in the wilderness
And rivers in the desert,
To give drink to My chosen people.
²¹ “The people whom I formed for Myself
Will declare My praise.

Seasons change all the time. Leaves fall off a tree in a certain season. Seems like you are missing or lost something when that happens. God is taking you through transition. The leaves fall for a reason.  They are there only for a season. You have to know who is a season friend, acquaintance or who is there for life. We know a brand new season is coming. Don't give up on God Yo are in transition. What you lost God will replace with something new. When your seasons change you have to praise God for the old and  the new. If you saw that was on the way you wouldn't cry over what is old, brown and dead. The new blessing that is coming won't compare to the old.

¹⁸ “Do not call to mind the former things,
Or ponder things of the past.
¹⁹ “Behold, I will do something new,
Now it will spring forth;
Will you not be aware of it?
I will even make a roadway in the wilderness,
Rivers in the desert.

This thing is getting ready to happen so fast that you won't believe it. Some of you are in a  wilderness. He will make a way in the wilderness. In the midst of your struggling , your condition, lies being told on you, God is getting ready to bless you. Stop worrying about how people feel about you. You won't get anywhere in life being a people pleaser. He will send rivers in the desert. The desert is that dry place. God can wink and water will start flowing. He can blow on your and your finances can change or whatever you are dealing with will change.

If you put a saint a in the desert He knows how to put you in the top. IF you just hold on God will turn the water on. He's getting ready to fix that thing.

Ezekiel 11:19

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¹⁹ And I will give them one heart, and put a new spirit within them. And I will take the heart of stone out of their flesh and give them a heart of flesh,

1. When God does something God will give you a brand new heart.

When you go to the next level you start to love your enemies.

Proverbs 16:7

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⁷ When a man’s ways are pleasing to the LORD,
He makes even his enemies to be at peace with him.

You have to walk in love. It's hard because people try to kill you. You don't have half of what they think you got. Gthey hate the potential, what's on the way. Your potential is putting presssure on them.

2 Corinthians 5:15,17

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¹⁵ and He died for all, so that they who live might no longer live for themselves, but for Him who died and rose again on their behalf.

Cross references:

1. 2 Corinthians 5:15 : Rom 14:7-9

Cross references:

1. Proverbs 16:7 : Gen 33:4; 2 Chr 17:10

¹⁷ Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creature; the old things passed away; behold, new things have come.

There is a new way of walking and talking. You don't do the things you used to do. You can be minding your own business and people are attacking you. You want people  to see God bless you that you curse them. Stop reversing the curse and bless the other

Romans 12:14

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¹⁴ Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse.

Be the bigger person. You have to do it because you have God. It's not that the person. It is the devil. You can't fight flesh against spirit. Fight with prayer. Get som kneeology. Speak in tongues.

2. You have to have a new confidence.

Have the audacity to believe God will do what He said He will do. You don't believe because you are caught up in sin.

Hebrews 10:35

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³⁵ Therefore, do not throw away your confidence, which has a great reward.

The devil knows how to condemn you. There is no just man (Ecclesiastes 7:20). We have an advocate (1 John 2:1). We don't have to fall but if you do fall get yourself back up. We have something in our closets. Don't leave church because people judge you.

3. God will give you a new voice.

Cross references:

1. Hebrews 10:35 : Heb 10:19
2. Hebrews 10:35 : Heb 2:2

The people were able to walk to the Promise Land. Listen to the voice that will get you over the hump. Moses took them as far as he could. The next man was at the bottom of the mountain. When you get to the top make sure you have someone holding your ladder. Learn to be a blessed #2 and not a blessed #1. Joseph was always a #2. The position fell on Joseph. Are you stuck because you can't hear the new voice.

4. You just need a brand new Word.

Psalm 105:17-19

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¹⁷ He sent a man before them,
Joseph, who was sold as a slave.
¹⁸ They afflicted his feet with fetters,
He himself was laid in irons;
¹⁹ Until the time that his word came to pass,
The word of the LORD tested him.

Proverbs 29:18

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¹⁸Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth the law, happy is he.

Don't neglect the old Word. Timothy was instructed to to stir up the gift ( 2 Timothy 1:6). Don't let doubt doubt and fear rob you of your prophecy. Prophecy is neither old or new. It's predetermined. Some of us are so talented but doubt and fear have robbed us from the manifestation.

Mark 4:3-9

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³ “Listen to this! Behold, the sower went out to sow; ⁴ as he was sowing, some seed fell beside the road, and the birds came and ate it up. ⁵ Other seed fell on the rocky ground where it did not have much soil; and immediately it sprang up because it had no depth of soil. ⁶ And after the sun had risen, it was scorched; and because it had no root, it withered away. ⁷ Other seed fell among the thorns, and the thorns came up and choked it, and it yielded no crop. ⁸ Other seeds fell into the good soil, and as they grew up and increased, they yielded a crop and produced thirty, sixty, and a hundredfold.” ⁹ And He was saying, “He who has ears to hear, let him hear.”

 

Some of you should be further along in life but fear and doubt got in the way.

 

Matthew 9:16-17

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¹⁶ But no one puts a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment; for the patch pulls away from the garment, and a worse tear results. ¹⁷ Nor do people put new wine into old wineskins; otherwise the wineskins burst, and the wine pours out and the wineskins are ruined; but they put new wine into fresh wineskins, and both are preserved.”

Don't get caught up in the old stuff. There is no one way of doing things. Don't let people talk you into tradition that will hold you back.

New wine caused the old skin to burst. When you get a new idea and you are shot down that is confirmation new wine can't be put into old wineskin. Don't slap God in the face by trying to put new wine into old wineskin. You can't be put into a box. There is no sense in God giving you new ideas and you put it to the side. Don't let a day go by without embracing the new idea. God will give you someone for what's on the way that's new. Don't cry over the last man or woman. He will give you someone who is not jealous.God knows how to make lemonade from lemons. He knows how to make a testimony from a test.God will not leave you in the old predicament and not give you an opportunity to walk into the new season.

Stewardship

Psalm 24:1

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¹ The earth is the LORD’S, and all it contains,
The world, and those who dwell in it.

We all can't be poor. Otherwise we can't help others.

Proverbs 13:22

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²² A good man leaves an inheritance to his children’s children,
And the wealth of the sinner is stored up for the righteous.

There are two keys to your blessing:

1) Stewardship

2) Obedience

Stewardship:

1 Timothy 6:6-7

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⁶ But godliness actually is a means of great gain when accompanied by contentment. ⁷ For we have brought nothing into the world, so we cannot take anything out of it either.

Cross references:

1. 1 Timothy 6:6 : Luke 12:15-21; 1 Tim 6:6-10
2. 1 Timothy 6:6 : 1 Tim 4:8
3. 1 Timothy 6:6 : Phil 4:11; Heb 13:5
4. 1 Timothy 6:7 : Job 1:21; Eccl 5:15

We don't own anything. The earth is the Lord's our lives are like a vapor:

James 4:14

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¹⁴ Yet you do not know what your life will be like tomorrow. You are just a vapor that appears for a little while and then vanishes away.

A steward manages another's property or financial affair. Why should God give you more when you don't do anything with what you have now? We are not going to be here forever. We should be good stewards over time, talent and treasures.

Psalm 63:1

¹ O God, You are my God; I shall seek You earnestly;
My soul thirsts for You, my flesh yearns for You,
In a dry and weary land where there is no water.

You've got to manage your time. Your day will be better when you seek God 1st in the day. Instead we seek other things.  There are 24 hours in a day. What are you doing with your time other than complaining? You have to have the attitude that yo are too blessed to be stressed. Life will not be perfect. Life happens. If you are not a good steward life happens sooner (i.e death from not eating right).

God does not want exclusivity. He wants priority. He doesn't mind you living life.

Matthew 6:31-33

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³¹ Do not worry then, saying, ‘What will we eat?’ or ‘What will we drink?’ or ‘What will we wear for clothing?’ ³² For the Gentiles eagerly seek all these things; for your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things. ³³ But seek first His kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.

God wants to be put 1st. We are no better than the next person and we all have struggles. You can tell where your heart is by looking  at the check book. God wants to know when He is going to get His sacrifice, the 1st fruit. God will show you what will happen later on in the day because you sought Him. 

When you think you got it together and arrive that is when you are in trouble. The devil can't make you do anything. Cast those seeds/thoughts down. When you let the devil drop a seed of offense it will be magnified. Cast it down. You will always be offended.

Luke 6:26

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²⁶ Woe to you when all men speak well of you, for their fathers used to treat the false prophets in the same way.  

Let people talk about you. Watch jealousy. Your time is coming. Can you handle someone being blessed in front of you?

Obedience:

Genesis 12:1-3

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¹ Now the LORD said to Abram,

“Go forth from your country,
And from your relatives
And from your father’s house,
To the land which I will show you;
² And I will make you a great nation,
And I will bless you,
And make your name great;
And so you shall be a blessing;
³ And I will bless those who bless you,
And the one who curses you I will curse.
And in you all the families of the earth will be blessed.”

Obedience is complying with and submitting to authority. You sometimes just don't want to listen to anyone. You can't even be obedient to the law of the land.

To the single ladies: you want to be married. The Bible says to submit yourselves to your husband (Ephesians 5:22). This is not to say you don't have anything to contribute. There is order. The husband is the head. Dating is important and finding out about the other person. IF you are not on the same page financially, spiritually, emotionally that may be a red flag. Kids are not above the parent/step-parent.

If you don't submit to anyone submit to your pastor. The pastor is the shepard.  We return the honor by giving our gifts/talents.

In the last scriptures there are several points to look at:

1. Get out of the country.

Get away from the familiar, the comfortable. You have to make a change.

2. Get away from the kindred.

Get away from family members who will try to talk you out of God's blessing. We are in a new day and time. Sometimes they may not understand what God is telling you to do.

3. Get away from your father's house.

Get away from your father's house. Get away from the place of protection and learn to fend for yourself. It also represents stability. You have to leave by faith. When your season change don't let your attitude change. Some of us will get the blessing for enduring the pain.

4. A land that I will show thee.

Abraham didn't know where he was going. You have to take a few steps and believe He will show you the way.

You have to be excited about the end of the story. God has a blessing with your name on it. You will be the head and not the tail (Deuteronomy 28:13). God will do it. It's the year of total recovery.

Another Chance

Luke 13:6-9

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⁶ And He began telling this parable: “A man had a fig tree which had been planted in his vineyard; and he came looking for fruit on it and did not find any. ⁷ And he said to the vineyard-keeper, ‘Behold, for three years I have come looking for fruit on this fig tree without finding any. Cut it down! Why does it even use up the ground?’ ⁸ And he answered and said to him, ‘Let it alone, sir, for this year too, until I dig around it and put in fertilizer; ⁹ and if it bears fruit next year, fine; but if not, cut it down.’”

2011 was the year of struggles, sadness, disappointments, situations, and circumstances weighed you down. You said you would pray,fast , read your bible more but you couldn't get yourself together. All the hell you went through you have another chance. Anyone can die whether they are righteous or not. You can die at any given time. The devil could have take you out last year but God told the devil no. He has given you another chance. Another chance to live right, holy, righteous, etc.

If your fruit doesn't show judgment comes (v6-7). If you can't get yourself together God will get upset after all the sparing He did. We are in danger of being cut down. The man said in the above scriptures to give it another year and if no fruit comes then to cut it down. God's giving us another year. Make up in your mind you will bear fruit in 2012.

The fig tree was planted wither it liked it or not. Other trees had the same light, exposure, etc. How long are you going to let other people around you produce fruit and they are not as gifted? Be determined to not let those who are not saved out do you. You have to the same opportunities and chance as others. It takes 3 years for fig trees to produce fruit but the one in the parable did not. How much fruit is supposed to be there but has not manifested? Get yourself together.

We have a black president which caught us by surprise. What would you do if things happened in your life that wasn't suppose to happen?

1 John 3:2

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² Beloved, now we are children of God, and it has not appeared as yet what we will be. We know that when He appears, we will be like Him, because we will see Him just as He is.

 

Don't let one day go by in 2012 with out taking advantage of 2012.

 

2 Kings 6:5-7

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⁵ But as one was felling a beam, the axe head fell into the water; and he cried out and said, “Alas, my master! For it was borrowed.” ⁶ Then the man of God said, “Where did it fall?” And when he showed him the place, he cut off a stick and threw it in there, and made the iron float. ⁷ He said, “Take it up for yourself.” So he put out his hand and took it.

Cross references:

1. 1 John 3:2 : 1 John 2:7
2. 1 John 3:2 : John 1:12; 11:52; Rom 8:16; 1 John 3:1, 10
3. 1 John 3:2 : Rom 8:19, 23f
4. 1 John 3:2 : Luke 17:30; Col 3:4; 1 John 2:28
5. 1 John 3:2 : Rom 8:29; 2 Pet 1:4
6. 1 John 3:2 : John 17:24; 2 Cor 3:18

If he didn't reach out for the axehead he would have missed it. IF you don't reach out and grab it you can't blame anyone but yourself. There's so much potential but you killed it with doubt and unbelief.

 

Luke 13:8-9

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⁸ And he answered and said to him, ‘Let it alone, sir, for this year too, until I dig around it and put in fertilizer; ⁹ and if it bears fruit next year, fine; but if not, cut it down.’”

 

All the hell you went through could have been fertilized. Jesus could have been preparing you for the next 365 days. Jesus said not to cut you down so you could have another chance.

 

John 15:8

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⁸ My Father is glorified by this, that you bear much fruit, and so ^]prove to be My disciples.

 

Your prayer life doesn't prove you are a disciple. It's your love walk. You have another chance to be like Him. 2012 will be the best year of your life. You have to have your mind made up that you will bless the Lord at all times.

 

 

 

 

Total Recovery

2 Kings 6:4-7

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⁴ So he went with them; and when they came to the Jordan, they cut down trees. ⁵ But as one was felling a beam, the axe head fell into the water; and he cried out and said, “Alas, my master! For it was borrowed.” ⁶ Then the man of God said, “Where did it fall?” And when he showed him the place, he cut off a stick and threw it in there, and made the iron float. ⁷ He said, “Take it up for yourself.” So he put out his hand and took it.

 

You are getting ready to recover all. Everything you lost was set up for your good. There were some things that weren't good for you. Stop crying over relationships. They couldn't handle where you were going. Baggage slows you down.

 

Recovery = The gaining of something you lost or taken away.

 

God has the last word.

 

Isaiah 55:8

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⁸ “For My thoughts are not your thoughts,
Nor are your ways My ways,” declares the LORD.

 

We see several things in 2 Kings:

 

2 Kings 6:4

 

⁴ So he went with them; and when they came to the Jordan, they cut down trees.

 

1. If you don't recover everything admit you lost it. Evaluate your life. You may have lost a weapon. 

    The axehead represents power of the Holy Ghost. You didn't pray, fast, read your Word like you

    said you would. You couldn't find the  strength or hold onto it. What did you lose?

 

Cross references:

1. Isaiah 55:8 : Is 65:2; 66:18
2. Isaiah 55:8 : Is 53:6

2 Kings 6:5

 

 ⁵ But as one was felling a beam, the axe head fell into the water; and he cried out and said, “Alas, my master! For it was borrowed.”

 

2. He admitted that it was borrowed. Your blessings belong to God and not you. We think it is our

    own selves when things go right.

 

2 Kings 6:6

 

⁶ Then the man of God said, “Where did it fall?” And when he showed him the place, he cut off a stick and threw it in there, and made the iron float.

 

3. He went back to the place where he lost it. Where did you lose it? Did you lose it through

    fornication? When you bought the last rap album? When you went to the club? Admit where you

    lost it. Where did your tithe, anointing, prayer life go? You have to analyze your life.

 

4. He also trusted in divine power. What happened to your life you stopped believing in the   

    supernatural? He believed God. You've been taking it out of His hand.

 

1 Peter 5:7

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⁷ casting all your anxiety on Him, because He cares for you.

 

Matthew 11:28

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²⁸ “Come to Me, all who are weary and heavy-laden, and I will give you rest.

 

Cross references:

1. 1 Peter 5:7 : Ps 55:22; Matt 6:25

Why are you taking it into your hands?

 

5. He hooked up with the man of God. Hook up with someone who has power. Certain blessings

    won't hit your life until you hook up with the man of God. The Children of Israel didn't get their

    blessing until Moses lead them.

 

6.  The axehead did swim. Iron isn't suppose to do that. God will do things in your life that's not

     suppose to happen. You may not know how it will happen but He will blow the mind of your

     enemies.

 

7. 2 Kings 6:7

 

⁷ He said, “Take it up for yourself.” So he put out his hand and took it.

 

 Some of you think total recovery will just come and you don't have to do anything. He put out his hand out and took it. Put out your hand. Your miracle is in the motion. God already released your miracle. You have to put your hand out and let the Holy Ghost pass you by.

It's New To Me

This message was preached by Elder Osiris McClough

Joshua 3:5-8,13-17

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⁵ Then Joshua said to the people, “Consecrate yourselves, for tomorrow the LORD will do wonders among you.” ⁶ And Joshua spoke to the priests, saying, “Take up the ark of the covenant and cross over ahead of the people.” So they took up the ark of the covenant and went ahead of the people.
⁷ Now the LORD said to Joshua, “This day I will begin to exalt you in the sight of all Israel, that they may know that just as I have been with Moses, I will be with you. ⁸ You shall, moreover, command the priests who are carrying the ark of the covenant, saying, ‘When you come to the edge of the waters of the Jordan, you shall stand still in the Jordan.’”

¹³ It shall come about when the soles of the feet of the priests who carry the ark of the LORD, the Lord of all the earth, rest in the waters of the Jordan, the waters of the Jordan will be cut off, and the waters which are flowing down from above will stand in one heap.” ¹⁴ So when the people set out from their tents to cross the Jordan with the priests carrying the ark of the covenant before the people, ¹⁵ and when those who carried the ark came into the Jordan, and the feet of the priests carrying the ark were dipped in the edge of the water (for the Jordan overflows all its banks all the days of harvest), ¹⁶ the waters which were flowing down from above stood and rose up in one heap, a great distance away at Adam, the city that is beside Zarethan; and those which were flowing down toward the sea of the Arabah, the Salt Sea, were completely cut off. So the people crossed opposite Jericho. ¹⁷ And the priests who carried the ark of the covenant of the LORD stood firm on dry ground in the middle of the Jordan while all Israel crossed on dry ground, until all the nation had finished crossing the Jordan.

Joshua was the foot of the river. He was with Moses when the Red Sea was parted. God will do something new to the people but it is not new to Him. This was a brand new group that came to the Jordan. Joshua had already seen God move. He had faith. Sometimes God will do something new for you all over again. Joshua was being pursued. A river represents a situation or a problem that is to block your path to your promise. There are risks in jumping in the water to soon. When we jump head first we drown. We need to prepare and not move too fast. When you rush it doesn’t work out. Here are other situations we can come across:

1.     Cloudy water – It’s hard to see. You can’t see where you are going. We can get caught up and miss what is going on with all that is going on.

2.     Steep Banks – They prevent exits. When you get down too far you can’t get out. We move too fast and we get stuck.

3.     Undercurrent – We can get swept away and possibly dragged under the water. We feel overwhelmed with what’s going on and we became depressed, miserable, have suicidal thoughts.

4.     Strong weeds – Legs can get entangled. People in your life you drag them where you go. They become a burden and you sink. Cut them off.

Let's look at Joshua again:

⁵ Then Joshua said to the people, “Consecrate yourselves, for tomorrow the LORD will do wonders among you.”

 Get yourself together. You can’t take some things into 2012.

⁸ You shall, moreover, command the priests who are carrying the ark of the covenant, saying, ‘When you come to the edge of the waters of the Jordan, you shall stand still in the Jordan.’” 

You have to take God with you wherever you go. We lead too much and don’t want God to lead.

¹³ It shall come about when the soles of the feet of the priests who carry the ark of the LORD, the Lord of all the earth, rest in the waters of the Jordan, the waters of the Jordan will be cut off, and the waters which are^]flowing down from above will stand in one heap.”

God is in the middle of your problem and situation. The waters become still when God moves first and become subject to Him.

¹⁴ So when the people set out from their tents to cross the Jordan with the priests carrying the ark of the covenant before the people,

When it is time to move it’s time to move. You can’t stay stagnant.

¹⁵ and when those who carried the ark came into the Jordan, and the feet of the priests carrying the ark were dipped in the edge of the water (for the Jordan overflows all its banks all the days of harvest), 

After God leads you get yourself right. You let God get into the middle of the thing you get to your harvest.

¹⁶ the waters which were flowing down from above stood and rose up in one heap, a great distance away at Adam, the city that is beside Zarethan; and those which were flowing down toward the sea of the Arabah, the Salt Sea, were completely cut off. So the people crossed opposite Jericho.

When God lifts everything up everything that hinders us will get cut off. God is ready to move for all of us. 

¹⁷ And the priests who carried the ark of the covenant of the LORD stood firm on dry ground in the middle of the Jordan while all Israel crossed on dry ground, until all the nation had finished crossing the Jordan. 

Sweatless victory. He is ready to do anew thing before you.

2 Corinthians 5:7

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⁷ for we walk by faith, not by sight—

Reruns- God will do it all over again. There’s a new season after the rerun. You get double for your trouble. If you can just hold on God is getting ready to do something new.

Psalm 37:25

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²⁵ I have been young and now I am old,
Yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken
Or his descendants begging bread.

You're Too Legit To Quit

2 Corinthians 2:14

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¹⁴ But thanks be to God, who always leads us in triumph in Christ, and manifests through us the sweet aroma of the knowledge of Him in every place.  

Psalm 47:1

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¹ O clap your hands, all peoples;
Shout to God with the voice of joy. 

You’ve come too far to quit. You can’t throw in the towel in December. Don’t let the devil play with your mind. This is the last day you pay him any attention. Do not let him drive.

See yourself on the top. He wants you to leave your church, family. Say NO! If you can hold on a little while longer. IF you hold on your family will hold on. IF you throw in the towel the devil has won. If he takes you out he won a whole nation. It’s not about you.

Joshua 24:15

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¹⁵ If it is disagreeable in your sight to serve the LORD, choose for yourselves today whom you will serve: whether the gods which your fathers served which were beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living; but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.”

Cross references:

1. Joshua 24:15 : Judg 6:10

We will not have a pity party. You’ve come too far to look back. Don’t lose your testimony this time of the year. It will cost you too much.

Proverbs 24:6

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⁶ For by wise guidance you will wage war,
And in abundance of counselors there is victory.

You have to have the voice of triumph. There’s your victory. You may be broke on the outside but you’ve been speaking prosperity. Learn how to speak like a millionaire. Speak life.

Proverbs 18:21

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²¹ Death and life are in the ^]power of the tongue,
And those who love it will eat its fruit.  

Use your tongue to speak life. Stop cursing people and cussing people out. Is your vocabulary lining up with your situation or what’s on the way? You can’t live in the right now. You’ll go to the grave early. Believe in yourself. Have faith for yourself. Learn how to speak the language.

Let your next relationship be the last one because soul ties are something serious. You are still trying to deal with stuff from years ago while trying to deal with this one. If it doesn’t have potential to get to the altar break it off.

Triumphant is the act of be triumph, significant success, going through obstacle course. The devil will play a movie to get you off course when you see it speak triumphantly.

Galatians 6:9

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⁹ Let us not lose heart in doing good, for in due time we will reap if we do not grow weary.

 

Psalm 71:16

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¹⁶ I will come with the mighty deeds of the Lord GOD;
I will make mention of Your righteousness, Yours alone.

 

2 Chronicles 20:15

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¹⁵ and he said, “Listen, all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem and King Jehoshaphat: thus says the LORD to you, ‘Do not fear or be dismayed because of this great multitude, for the battle is not yours but God’s.

Cross references:

1. 2 Chronicles 20:15 : Ex 14:13; Deut 20:1-4; 2 Chr 32:7, 8
2. 2 Chronicles 20:15 : 1 Sam 17:47

You are weary because you are fighting in your strength. The children of Israel felt like grasshoppers when they went to spy out the land (Numbers 13:33). Joshua went in the strength of the Lord (Joshua 1). No matter how big the situation is you have to believe God and live by faith. Are you the type of Christian that praise God because He did it or because you don’t know when He is going to do it but you will praise Him anyhow? To faint is to fall out. Some of you are there spiritually. You are too close to the house. GO to the enemy’s camp and take it back.

Matthew 11:12

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¹² From the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffers violence, and violent men ^[take it by force.

We have to be aggressive and not take everything.  The devil knows where to throw the dart, what button to push. Life is like a 100m dash with hurdles. Some of you are about to walk into the greatest blessing. Don’t kick people out of your life. They are being used by the devil. Just love on them. You will be victorious whether the devil likes it or not. Walk around and declare that the bills will be paid. Stay away from the dram killers. They can be anywhere. Don’t walk another day without the authority of Jesus.

Exodus 12:7,22-23

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⁷ Moreover, they shall take some of the blood and put it on the two doorposts and on the lintel of the houses in which they eat it.  

²² You shall take a bunch of hyssop and dip it in the blood which is in the basin, and apply some of the blood that is in the basin to the lintel and the two doorposts; and none of you shall go outside the door of his house until morning.  ²³ For the LORD will pass through to smite the Egyptians; and when He sees the blood on the lintel and on the two doorposts, the LORD will pass over the door and will not allow the destroyer to come in to your houses to smite you.

Acts 7:48

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⁴⁸ However, the Most High does not dwell in houses made by human hands; as the prophet says:

Cross references:

1. Acts 7:48 : Luke 1:32

When the blood is on your life the devil will come but he has to walk on by. Don’t let the devil rest on you, lay a nest and hatch eggs. In your prayer time Satan will make you feel like your prayers are bouncing off the wall. He’s a liar. Your prayers are shaking heaven. Faith it until you make it no. Not fake it.

Hebrews 11:1

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¹ Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.

It’s in you and you have to believe it until it manifests. Don’t let the devil have what is not his: joy, happiness, peace, mind, anointing, ministry, body. If God is in it the devil can’t destroy it. If it is not of God it will crumble. 

Exodus 14:13

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¹³ But Moses said to the people, “Do not fear! Stand by and see the salvation of the LORD which He will accomplish for you today; for the Egyptians whom you have seen today, you will never see them again forever.

What is God given, flesh given, or devil given? God throws you in the court of life for you to score in the scheme of the play. Just don’t step out of bounds. As long as you are not bringing shame do what you know to do. Don’t let your current circumstance rob you of seeing the bigger picture. Start putting the pieces together. Don’t pick up another wrong piece. You can’t afford to date the wrong person, work at the wrong place, go to the wrong church. If you make the wrong decision you will disqualify yourself.  There will be a corporate blessing over L.O.G.I.C. 

Get the right people around you and get rid of the wrong people. You can’t carry dead weight this season. You may think it is too late. It is never too late. You still have time to start fresh.