Kevin Thoman - Assisting Pastor's teaching references for 07/14/2019

Luke 5:1-11 - God of the Impossible

Life Lesson (verse Luke 5:3)

When you give glory to God in all that you do, you are able to introduce others to the heart of the Father.

Life Lesson (verse Luke 5:5)

Let go and let God.  Allow Him to become the God of your impossible today!

Life Lesson (verse Luke 5:7)

Following after God and spending time in prayer is a choice that each and every one of us has to make.

Jer 9:24 NLT

But those who wish to boast
    should boast in this alone:
that they truly know me and understand that I am the Lord
    who demonstrates unfailing love
    and who brings justice and righteousness to the earth,
and that I delight in these things.
    I, the Lord, have spoken!

Psalms 115:1 NKJV

Not unto us, O Lord, not unto us, But to Your name give glory,
Because of Your mercy, Because of Your truth.
 

1. Jesus must take you on a quest into the impossible.

Matt 19:26 (partial) NKJV

“With men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.

Prov 3:5 NKJV

Trust in the Lord with all your heart,
And lean not on your own understanding;

2. Jesus wants to blow your mind!

John 4:31-38 NLT

31 Meanwhile, the disciples were urging Jesus, “Rabbi, eat something.”
32 But Jesus replied, “I have a kind of food you know nothing about.”
33 “Did someone bring him food while we were gone?” the disciples asked each other.
34 Then Jesus explained: “My nourishment comes from doing the will of God, who sent me, and from finishing his work. 35 You know the saying, ‘Four months between planting and harvest.’ But I say, wake up and look around. The fields are already ripe[e] for harvest. 36 The harvesters are paid good wages, and the fruit they harvest is people brought to eternal life. What joy awaits both the planter and the harvester alike! 37 You know the saying, ‘One plants and another harvests.’ And it’s true. 38 I sent you to harvest where you didn’t plant; others had already done the work, and now you will get to gather the harvest.”

3. A Response is Demanded

2 Cor 13:5-6 NKJV

5 Examine yourselves as to whether you are in the faith. Test yourselves. Do you not know yourselves, that Jesus Christ is in you?—unless indeed you are disqualified. 6 But I trust that you will know that we are not disqualified.

Phil 2:10-11 NKJV

10 that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those in heaven, and of those on earth, and of those under the earth, 11 and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

4. We must believe and trust in Jesus.

Scripture quotations marked "NKJV(tm)" are taken from the New King James Version. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

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