Date: 31-May-2024
Name: Josh
Topic: 9. BECOMING GOD'S BATTLE AXE-UNLOCKING GOD'S VOICE THROUGH THE MIND
Content:
1. Pre-sermon declarations:
- Psalms 118:24
This is the day the Lord has made; We will rejoice and be glad in it.
2. Psalm 150
Praise God in his sanctuary;
praise him in his mighty heavens.
2 Praise him for his acts of power;
praise him for his surpassing greatness.
3 Praise him with the sounding of the trumpet,
praise him with the harp and lyre,
4 praise him with timbrel and dancing,
praise him with the strings and pipe,
5 praise him with the clash of cymbals,
praise him with resounding cymbals.
6 Let everything that has breath praise the Lord.
Praise the Lord.
Prayer points 1 – Thanksgiving.
Introduction
Good morning – In the last 8 series of becoming Gods battle axe we covered knowledge, surveillance, the spirit of the lord, the word, oh hide me lord, covenants, altars and sacrifice, tender-hearted warrior, gifts of the holy spirit and today I have the pleasure to share on the reflections for unlocking Gods voice. I would like to point out these series could be delivered in whatever order, am delivering them based on how God is speaking to me and the advancement that am putting through prayers and in the secret place with God.
- Thank you again.
- What does it mean by Gods voice – All spiritual channels that God uses to communicate his will and intent.
Fire scriptures:
Job 33:14
For God does speak—now one way, now another— though no one perceives it.
- God speaks in many ways – dreams, visions, his word, through Jesus, prophets, miracles, wonders
- Are we hearing his voice?
- Once we hear his voice are we processing the voice in the correct manner.
Psalm 29: 4 – 9
The voice of the Lord is over the waters;
the God of glory thunders,
the Lord thunders over the mighty waters.
4 The voice of the Lord is powerful;
the voice of the Lord is majestic.
5 The voice of the Lord breaks the cedars;
the Lord breaks in pieces the cedars of Lebanon.
6 He makes Lebanon leap like a calf,
Sirion
[b] like a young wild ox.
7 The voice of the Lord strikes
with flashes of lightning.
8 The voice of the Lord shakes the desert;
the Lord shakes the Desert of Kadesh.
9 The voice of the Lord twists the oaks[c]
and strips the forests bare.
And in his temple all cry, “Glory!”
Ezekiel 43: 1 - 6
43 Then the man brought me to the gate facing east,
2 and I saw the glory of the God of Israel coming from the east. His voice was like the roar of rushing waters, and the land was radiant with his glory.
3 The vision I saw was like the vision I had seen when he
[a] came to destroy the city and like the visions I had seen by the Kebar River, and I fell facedown.
4 The glory of the Lord entered the temple through the gate facing east. 5 Then the Spirit lifted me up and brought me into the inner court, and the glory of the Lord filled the temple.
Hebrews 1: 1 -3
God’s Final Word: His Son
1 In the past God spoke to our ancestors through the prophets at many times and in various ways, 2 but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, and through whom also he made the universe. 3 The Son is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of his being, sustaining all things by his powerful word.
John 1: 5
The Word Became Flesh
1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was with God in the beginning. 3 Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. 4 In him was life, and that life was the light of all mankind. 5 The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome[a] it.
John 6:38 – 40
38 For I have come down from heaven not to do my will but to do the will of him who sent me. 39 And this is the will of him who sent me, that I shall lose none of all those he has given me, but raise them up at the last day. 40 For my Father’s will is that everyone who looks to the Son and believes in him shall have eternal life, and I will raise them up at the last day.”
Mathew 6:10
9 “This, then, is how you should pray:
“‘Our Father in heaven,
hallowed be your name,
10 your kingdom come,
your will be done,
on earth as it is in heaven.
11 Give us today our daily bread.
12 And forgive us our debts,
as we also have forgiven our debtors.
13 And lead us not into temptation,
[a]
but deliver us from the evil one.
[b]’
Lessons
1. God will always speak one way or another. He never stops speaking.
2. His power doesn’t not operate outside his will.
The mind
Romans 12:2
2 Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will.
8 Keep this Book of the Law always on your lips; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. Then you will be prosperous and successful.
63 He went out to the field one evening to meditate, and as he looked up, he saw camels approaching
Isaiah 26:3
3 You will keep in perfect peace those whose minds are steadfast, because they trust in you.
Philippians 4:8
8 Finally, brothers and sisters, 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.
Psalms 1:2
2 but whose delight is in the law of the LORD, and who meditates on his law day and night.
Psalms 19:14
14 May these words of my mouth and this meditation of my heart be pleasing in your sight, LORD, my Rock and my Redeemer.
Psalms 63:6
On my bed I remember you; I think of you through the watches of the night.
3 My mouth will speak words of wisdom; the meditation of my heart will give you understanding.
Prayer points
1. Rest
2. Contentment
3. Let’s pray God will in situations – Family, work, health
4. Wisdom
Conclusions
1. God never stops speaking he is speaking constantly.
2. We need to be in a place of stillness and contentment to be able to process what God is saying.
3. Do we read God’s word?
4. Are we meditating on the word?
5. Becoming an effective battle axe. We need to be transformed in the mind.
Prayer Points:
Prayer points
1. Rest
2. Contentment
3. Let’s pray God will in situations – Family, work, health
4. Wisdom
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