Feb 5 - Taking My Stand to Pressing on In My Acceptable Year/ Month of Greater Praise for Revival.

🕯 Theme: Taking My Stand to Pressing on In My Acceptable Year/ Month of Greater Praise for Revival.

📖Texts: Philippians 3: 12 - 14, 2 Samuel 23: 11 - 12

Introduction: 
  • The Quality That Satan and His Hosts Have That Gods Children Lack
  1. Patience / Endurance 
  2. Perseverance / Pressing On
  
  
   We Are Our Acceptable Year for Holiness unto Revival and Greater Works.
  
  
   
  This Month Is Our Acceptable Month for Greater Praise and Revival.
  
  A.   Greater Praise:
  • Praise/ Pray Your
  •  Testimony Alive (Until It Shows Up)
  
  
  •  Miracle Alive
  • Expectations Alive
  • Dream Alive
  • Destiny Alive
  
  
   Why Praising and Praying It Alive.
  
  • Because Jesus Is Alive
  • Because The Holy Spirit Who Make Things Happen Is Real.
  
  
  • Because It Is Already There
  • It Is Within Your Reach
  • You Are Already Surrounded by It
  • In Christ You Have Already Been Ushered into It
  
  
  B. Paul's Admonition and Example in Philippians 12 - 14.
  
  1. Paul Said He Has Not Yet Obtained It (What?) = There Is Something in Christ Ie All of Christ Here on Earth = The Level of Perfection/ Maturity in Christ.
  
  
   
  2. Paul Presses on To Take Hold of It.
  
  3. Paul Said He Has Not Yet Taking Hold of It.
  
  
  4. Paul Decides to Forget His Past:
  
  • Attacks
  • Persecutions 
  • Disappointments 
  
  
  • Setbacks 
  • Failures
  • Guilt
  
  
  • Loses
  • Shame Etc
  • The Past Stand as A Good Lesson for A Better and More Glorious Tomorrow.
  
  
  •  Why People Don't Press On
  1. What the Devil Through People Say to Them or Do to Them.
  
  2. What People Say.
  
  
  • Naa Norle Example 
  
  C. Shammah's Example In 2 Samuel 23: 11 - 13
  1. He Took His Stand Against the Incursions of the Enemy. 
  
  2. He Struck the Enemy.
  
  
   
  3. God Brought About Great Victory 
  D. Your Future in Christ Is Always Better Than Your Yesterday and Today = Facts.
  
  
  1. Your Yesterday Is Gone and Only Stands as A School for Tomorrow
   
  2. Your Today Is Your Decision Day for a Better Tomorrow
  
  
  3. Your Tomorrow Is Determined by You and God.
  
  •  Your Tomorrow Is Determined by What You Take Your Stand for Today Like Shammah.
  
  
   •  Your Tomorrow Is Determined by What You Press on Towards Today. 
  
  
  4. Other Examples:
  Jacob = Genesis 32: 22 - 34 / Hosea 12: 3 - 5
  • Jacob Wrestled with God
  
  
  • It Must End = This Nature of Mine
  
  • There Must Be a Change = Bless Me
  
  • There Must Be a Turnaround 
  
 

Mark 5: 24 - 34 / The Woman with The Issue of Blood.
   
   Mark 7: 24 - 37 / The Syrophoenician Woman Who Pleaded for Her Daughters Deliverance 
  Note That Jesus Christ Highly Commended Their Faith.
  
  
  God Highly Commends Those Who Take Their Stand to Press On.
  
  5. God Is Looking for Somebody to Take a Stand to Press On:
  
  To End a Negative Cycle 
   To End a Negative Pattern 
  
  
   To End Generational Overflow 
   To End Negative Happenings 
  
   E. Warning When Taking Your Stand to Press On
   Your Focus / What You Focus On / What Draws Your Attention and Affection = Hebrews 12: 1 - 2.
  
  1. Don't Focus On Yourself. 
  2. Don't Focus On People. 
  3. Don't Focus On The Challenges Around. 
  4. Watch Your Language And Attitude.
  
  6. Application/ Prophetic:
  • It Must End
  • It Must Change 
  • It Must Cease
  • It Must Deliver
  
  E. Communion:
   1. Eat And Dream For Grace And Strength:
  • To Take Your Stand
  • To Press On
  • To Aling To Your Acceptable Month For Greater Praise And Revival 
  • Revival Of Dead Dreams = Isaiah 26 : 19