★ MY SERMON NOTES
@ Ecumenical Christian Centre,
Central Area,
Behind Central Bank of Nigeria - Abuja,
7th May, 2016
☆ Marriage Between
Barr. Prizing Binwai & Grace Barde
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| Evangelist Lewis Dam |
SERMON
* Speaker: Evangelist Lewis Dam
* Topic: The will of God
* Text: 1 John 2:17 →"And the world is passing away, and the lust of it; but he who does the will of God abides forever." (NKJV)
* In this generation, many marriages are 'upside down' because they do not understand nor walk in the will of God
★ Ecclesiastes 12:13 →''The last and final word is this: Fear God. Do what he tells you." (MSG)
* The most damnable thing in life is not death
→ It is life outside the will of God
* It is impossible for a man to find fulfilment outside the will of God
* Foolish people think they are free to do whatever they like outside of God
* Gone are the days whereby young people travel into marriage on their knees. Today, they travel into marriage on their feelings
* Many people do not take the time and the pains to discover God's will for marriage before they make the commitment
* Many marriages in Church are founded on deciet
* One of the most foolish questions in life is "what will people say?"
→ Because of other people's opinions, many become frustrated and even kill themselves
→ The people whom you worry about their opinions do not really care about you
* Fulfillment and genuine success does not come from man's ingenuity, but by walking in God's will
* You must be mindful of what God says, not what people think
★ Hebrews 10:36 → "You need to persevere so that when you have done the will of God, you will receive what he has promised."
* There is a promise for those who do and obey the Word of God
★ 1 John 2:17 → "The world and its desires pass away, but whoever does the will of God lives forever."
* Most Church marriages end in divorce (or separation) because of selfishness
→ Many people enter into marriage only to please themselves.
→ They lie to themselves, their friends, their families and the Church that they are God's will for each other
★ John 6:38 → "For I have come down from heaven not to do my will but to do the will of him who sent me."
★ John 16:13 → "But when he, the Spirit of truth, comes, he will guide you into all the truth. He will not speak on his own; he will speak only what he hears, and he will tell you what is yet to come."
★ Jeremiah 23:21 → "I did not send these prophets, yet they have run with their message;I did not speak to them, yet they have prophesied."
* God was upset at Priests that ran with messages when they have not heard from God
* A good sermon is comprised of a message from God delivered to a targeted audience by a faithful messenger
* There is no marriage that succeeds without the ability to hear God clearly
* Each day you will be confronted with decisions either to do your will or God's will
* The Holy Spirit helps us to hear and obey God always
* The best and most successful couples are those who wake up every day, ready to die to themselves and submit to God's will
★ Is doing God's will easy?
→ It is not easy, but it brings the best rewards in the end
* God rewards a believer for doing what asks him/her to do
→ You cannot decide to do what you want to do and expect God to reward or bless you
* The greatest pleasure in life is to know and do God's will
* Some people live through life only labouring for their stomachs
* Do not allow the history of your life to be written on the lives of others
→ Allow God to write your own history for you
* You can hear what people say, but do not listen to them
* NOTE: Anything done with the spirit of unforgiveness does not have God's blessings
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| Barr. & Mrs. Prizing Binwai |
