A Mind to Thrive [ 1:03:27 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

(Made to Thrive #2)

Pastor Carroll L. Scott

phil 2.5

• let this mind b n u
  

as believers we need a certain mindset, a mind 2 thrive

wut we c on the outside is 1st made on the inside

pro 23.7

• as a man thinketh
  

• a mind 2 thrive goes deep, thriving takes roots
  
  • heb 5.12.14
    
    • deep calls to deep
      
  • album cover
    
  • sumtimes we try to do mastery work w/ elementary education/skills
    
  • Jesus taught the dicsiples
    
    • Mark 9.17.18 i brought him 2 ur…
      
      • they got sum results but not on that level
        
  • shallow ground won’t hold it down
    
    • matt 13.20 sower parable
      
• a mind 2 thrive is confident
  
  • 2 thrive we have to have confidence B4 our faith goes into action
    
    • confidence comes fr knowing whose u r & thr4 who u r. time w/ God
      
    • Dan 3.13.18 fiery furnance 
      
      • they were confident enuff to tell the king no
        
    • rom 8
      
      • we must confident of our connection b4 
        
    • acts 3.1.8 silver and gold have we not
      
      •     confidence is n vs 4, faith in vs 7
        
• a mind 2 thrive is combative
  
  • combative= ready or willing to engage in battle
    
  • jos 14.11.13
    
    • caleb said give me this mountain
      
  • peter was combative b4 (john 18.10) & after Jesus. fr cutting the ear off 2 standing up after Pentecost. (acts 2.14)
    
  • Jesus called them a brood of vipers, & went thru samaria john 4.4
    
  • we need to go looking for a fight. we just need to b ready.
    
    • 2tim 4.2 instant in & out of season
      
    • ready doesn’t mean prepparING, its preparED
      

Faith Prepares [ 1:05:11 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Faith Prepares

Proverbs 21:31

Matthew 16:18

In our community there are two gates of hell that we as the church in this area need to prevail against. In a time where 72.3 percent of every black child and 55 percent of every Hispanic child is born to an unwed mother, we need to take this gospel to the men, the fathers. Equally and secondarily in a age where divorce is so commonplace that nearly half of every marriage ends in divorce we need to preach this gospel to the married and the single.

Your hearts desire

Mark 9:23

All things are possible to him that ? Believes. You can have the ideal marriage.

But it’s going to require faith.

If you learn how to use your faith to get them you’ll know how to use your faith to keep them.

Hebrews 11:6-7

You start with your hearts desire. Then you prepare.

James 2:14-26

Every where you see the word “works” I ask you to substitute the word “preparation” and sense how it reads.

Psalm 10.17

Mark 10:40

Both of these were tied together in the message about your hearts desire. Preparation is important to faith.

Proverbs 16:1

Trans. Preparations of the heart belong to man. That means it is your responsibility to prepare yourself and to allow God to get you ready for the very thing you desire.

Two kinds of preparation: spiritual and physical.

Spiritual Preparations

Find scriptures that promise you the thing you desire. (General desires)

Song of Solomon 7.10

In a marriage there ought to be a romantic love. Here is a scripture that you can stand on in faith to rekindle the flame.

2 Corinthians 6:14

Unequally yoked is a receipt for frustration. Here is a scripture that reveals the will of God for your life and marriage and you can stand in faith to be in unity with your mate.

Colossians 3:19

Unconditional love expressed. Bitterness will cause the expression of your love to be insufficient. You love your wife but you are not communicating it to her in a way reaches her deepest need.

Side note: Bitterness is betrayal’s baby. Betrayal occurs with failed expectations.

This is a scripture that you can stand on in faith for unconditional love to be expressed.

Ephesians 5:33 AMP

Unconditional respect given. When a husband acts selfishly or irresponsibly she loses respect. When she loses respect she begins to respond to him like an equal or as to a boy, but not as a man.

Proverbs 4:7

1 Peter 3:7

Books. Love and Respect. Love Busters. Love Languages. Marriage on the Rock.

Physical Preparations

Hebrews 11:7

Noah got some words from the Lord then he immediately began to prepare. And it took him quite some time to prepare for what was to come.

Act as though they already are

Act as though you are about to be brought or presented; to find or be found.

Make a list.

Moses wrote out what God had given him. Write the vision. Make a list. Know what it is that you want AND that you need to work on.

If you have ever been divorced, did you learn from your mistakes; did you learn from their mistakes?

Can you specify with accuracy where the break down was in them and in you?

Your Hearts Desire [ 1:03:32 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Your Hearts Desire

Psalm 37.4-8

Review the highlights from each previous message

Part 1 – having faith for someone else

Part 2 – certain restrictions apply

Part 3 – Stay in Faith

Part 4 – your hearts desire

“Where do I start?” Let’s start with the word so we can finish in faith.

It’s not good that man should be alone. It’s true for me, and it’s true for you.

Two are better than one. (Eccl. 4:9) You can do bad all by yourself yes, but you can do better WITH somebody else.

It is God’s will for you to be married.

It is God’s will for you to be married to the person that you are now married to.

(Keys – bind)

“Where do I start?”

What is your hearts desire?

And can you use your faith to receive your hearts desire?

Mark 11:24

God wants you to have your hearts desire. He really does. And Jesus teaches us that you’ll have to use your faith to get it. Marriage is a thing. A person has a will – a person vs a marriage. You can not use your faith to override a person’s will. However you can use your faith to receive your hearts desire, even if that involves a person.

John 15:7

You start with your hearts desire. What is it that you want? Notice I did not say who is it that you want?

It’s wrong to want someone else’s wife

Deuteronomy 5:12

Don’t desire your neighbors wife

So it’s not cart-blanch. But if His words abide in you…

Of the many things that His word says, one thing is clear is that He wants you to have your hearts desire.

So what kind of marriage do you desire?

Deuteronomy 21:11

See someone that you desire they must desire you. However, what you should take from this scripture is that God wants you to have your hearts desire. In other words, its ok for you to want what you want.

Psalm 10:3,17

The hearts desire of the wicked is talked about but notice this.

The hearts desire of the humble. God will hear, and has heard. And will prepare your heart! (For your hearts desire.)

Psalm 21.2

God will give you your hearts desire. And what you request.

My heart desires: love me unconditionally & children

Her list

Psalm 145:14-17

God will satisfy your hearts desire for your marriage or future marriage.

There is a due season

He will fulfill the desire of your heart. You can rest assured.

Proverbs 10:24

Your hearts desire shall be granted. Be the Deborah in your husbands life. Don’t be the Delilah. He is an Alpha Male. Even if right now he looks like a knucklehead. Do you dress him like boy? Or do you ad-dress him like a man? With the right technique you can get a man to do almost anything you want him to. Think about Sampson and John. (Mark 6:22-24)

Proverbs 11:23

Only good, that’s important. The reason why God can comfortably say to His righteous children that He would give them the desires of their heart is this. Righteousness is having rightstanding with God.

Genesis 3:16 NLT

Desire to control your husband is not good.

1 Timothy 6:4 nlt

An unhealthy desire is not good. So don’t let your heart desire something beyond what the word gives you the right to desire. If you abide in Jesus and His word abides in you. Make sure you stay in the word to keep your desires healthy.

Proverbs 13:12,19

Desire cometh, accomplish is sweet

Song of Solomon 7:10

A mutual desire

Romans 10:1

Your hearts desire may be for someone else that God’s will may prevail in their life. You have a scriptural precedent then to pray.

Mark 10:35-45

It’s understandable. You see someone youd like to marry.

That person may be prepared for someone else.

Do you know what happens when you marry someone who is prepared for someone else? Divorce or unhappiness happens.

Remember he prepares the heart…

Others reacted to them negatively, dont.

It’s understandable.

Psalm 37.4

Desires of the heart

ILL: My hearts desire…

(Its not good for man to be alone. A pastor needs a wife. I want to introduce to you Ms. MarQuita Yarbrough. She and I are and have been in a dating relationship that today I am making publiclly known. The purpose of dating is marriage. And it is our plan to be married sometime late in the first quarter of 2015. She is the best thing that has ever happened to me in my life. Your pastor getting married is the best thing that could have ever happened in this church to this day. Why? He who finds a wife finds a good thing and obtains favor of the Lord. Like Priests, Like People. The dew upon the mountain and the oil upon the head of aaron. So let me encourage you to rejoice with us, for what God has done!)

Hebrews 6:11 NLT

Keep your heart open to love so that what you hope for will come true. The open heart charm. “If your heart is open, love will always find its way in.”

Psalm 20:4

Let me pray this over you today, “May He grant…”

Deborah or Delilah pt. 1 [ 46:16 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Minister Toni Tyler

“Deborah or Delilah: Which Woman are You? Pt. 1″

8:30 Service

Introduction:    How many of you are being blessed by the Fishers of Men

series? We’ve been learning what God’s target is for the Kingdom of God. We

learned about three areas the devil uses to get our men off track WWW (Work,

Wealth and Women). I want to spend a little more time today on the Woman

factor. While we may just be gaining revelation of God’s intended target, I don’t

believe it is new revelation to the devil.

Genesis 3:15

• While verse 15 says “it” shall bruise thy head and thou shall bruise “his” heel. Satan knows it’s going to be a man. I looked at 20 different translation and they all say, “he” shall or will bruise thy head. All throughout the Bible, it’s the men that have been targeted by the devil and today it is still the same today and he is using the same weapon he used from the beginning.
  

   

• Satan used women from the beginning because he knew that man would be less emotional and not easily deceived. Since, he could not influence the man, he used the one who could influence him, the Woman, Eve.
  

   

1 Timothy 2:14

• Ladies we have influence and it is important how we use it. As it said in this passage, we were deceived not Adam. Adam was influenced by someone he trusted.
  

   

I want to look at two women in particular today, Deborah and Delilah.

Now, while I am speaking expressly to my sisters, brothers you can learn from this message.

Let’s look at Judges 4:1-7

Deborah has a word from the Lord directly for Barak. She knows that God wants Barak to

take the lead on this, so she shares that word with Barak, and she finds that Barak seems to

be afraid to follow that word.

• We see here a perfect example of what goes on in the church and many homes today. The Lord has something he wants the man to do, but the man won’t step up. So, the woman does and ends up with the credit for what was done and also the blame for doing it.
  

Judges 4:8, 9

• We’re designed to PUSH. We bring life into existence by pushing. We can bring life to the dreams and destinies of the men in our lives by pushing him (not nagging and criticizing them). Come on ladies let’s get to pushing.
  

• Deborah was trying to PUSH Barak into his rightful position as leader.
  

  I’ll go, but you’re going to forfeit the credit. She agrees to go, but tells him that since he depended on a woman to do a man’s job, the glory of victory will be given to a woman!
  

   

We can see that Deborah didn’t automatically assume the role of leader, she took it by default. She was trying to encourage Barak to take the lead. Brothers we need you to step up and take your rightful place so that we can get back into our rightful place and function in peace.

1.     Deborah Fortified Barak- Verse 9 and 10

Deborah fortified Barak by being supportive of him. She fortified him with her presence. She went with him because she knew what God was calling him to do; even though he was intimidated, insecure, and fearful. Colossians 3:18 The Message

2.    Deborah turned Barak’s Attention to God- Verse 6 and 14

Notice what she’s doing. Deborah is not jumping out in front of Barak; Deborah is saying, “The Lord has already gone before you, hasn’t he?” She turns his attention to the Lord. In other words she said, “You can do this because God has gone before you.

3.    Deborah sought Barak’s Dignity-Verse 9

Deborah also sought Barak’s dignity. Notice verse 9 where she admonishes Barak that disobeying the Lord would mean he would not get the honor God intended for him. I believe she went “with” him to battle but not “ahead” of him and as a result He is mentioned in Hebrews 11:32, the Faith Hall of Fame.

Through the life of Deborah we saw that we, ladies, have the ability to encourage manhood, because she understands the order of God’s favor and blessing. She gets behind God’s order. I love this because Barak could have tucked tail and ran, but because he had the encouragement of Deborah, he hung in there another day.

• Excerpt from Woman or Wife: There is a Difference; “In Genesis God created the woman because He knew that it was not good for the man to be alone. Its not that he couldn’t survive by himself, but God knew life would be easier for him if he had help. Therefore, He created a “helper” for him; someone’s whose sole existence was to ensure the continued existence of another. Someone who would help him accomplish all that God had ordained for his life.”
  

Hebrews 10:24 NLT – Let us think of ways to motivate one another to acts of love and good works.

Deborah or Delilah Pt. 2 [ 56:49 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

“Deborah or Delilah: Which Woman are You? Pt. 2″

10:30 Service

As we saw with Deborah, the greatest accomplishment we can experience in life may be in helping somebody else achieve greatness. But, likewise, the greatest failure we can experience in life may be in hindering someone from achieving the greatness that God had ordained for their lives.

Turn to Judges 16:1-31 And Let’s look at Delilah

Traits of a Delilah:

1. Judges 16:1-6 – Consumed with GREED.
   

• From Biblical research we know that the Philistine nation was made up of 5 major cities and each had its own “Lord.” And so, although the text doesn’t state exactly how many Lords, we can estimate at least five. Enough money to set one for life.
  
• 1 Timothy 6:10 So when she discovered how much money she was being offered, she decided the revenue meant more than her relationship, the cash meant more than her commitment, and the silver meant more to her than Samson.
  

1. Judges 16:10-15- Skilled in Manipulation
   

• God desires that not only our vertical relationship with Him is right, but also that our horizontal relationships with other people are right.
  

1. Judges 16:18-19 – Uses Weaknesses to Hurt & Destroy You
   

• You’ve got to be careful who you share your weaknesses with. In this text, Samson was in love with a woman who wasn’t in love with him.
  
• She was trying to find out the one thing that could break him, bind him, and bring him to his knees. She took his most sensitive and sacred secrets and used them to sabotage and subdue his strength.
  

The Fatality of an Attraction to a Delilah / Judges 16:20-25

1. It costs you Physically:
   
   1. Loss of Freedom- He was bound as their slave
      
   2. Loss of Vision- They put out his eyes
      
      1. Loss of Dignity- They mocked him
         

    

2. It costs you Spiritually:
   
   1. Loss of Discernment – He wist (knew) not
      
   2. Loss of Fellowship with God- the Lord was departed from him
      
   3. Loss of Ministry – no longer Judge over Israel
      
   4. Loss of Testimony – when they mocked him, he brought mockery on God.
      

Delilah’s Demise: Judges 16:26-30

The woman who deceived the man of God did not escape, it is said that Delilah was in the house that fell that day.

Proverbs 31:11, 12 Let’s do right by the men in our lives.

The Family Order - Pastor G. F. Watkins [ 1:05:53 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

“The Family Order”

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Stay in Faith

James 1:1-8

As we continue in this series on How to Believe God for Your Mate, let me encourage you to right now count it all joy. No matter your current situation or circumstance, God is taking you through this to a place where you will be wanting nothing. Can you imagine what life will be life when you turn and look all around you and you have both everything you want and need.

This is a series about marriages. It is for those who are currently married and for those who are currently not. We left off last week teaching that Marriage is God’s idea and that it is God’s will that you be married. In the first message in the series we learned that it is possible to use your faith for somebody else and we saw several scriptures that indicated such. Then we learned that certain restrictions apply. Today I am led to talk about this subject – Stay in Faith.

James 1:6

Jesus talks about what He calls great faith. Accordidng to context, great faith is when you use your faith for somebody else. When something is missing or lacking or needful in their life and for what ever reason they are not able to secure that themselves. That is great faith!

Faith begins where the will of God is known – F.F. Bosworth. Faith ends where the will of God is unknown – S.L. Scott II.

There is a place in faith that is between the known and the unknown. You want to learn how to stay in that place.

So when it comes to believing God for your mate, we asked, “Where do we start?” We started by asking ourselves the question, is it God’s will for me to be married? Where should we find answers to questions like that? In God’s Word. The word of God is the will of God. (testament)

Genesis 2, 1 Corinthians 11, Proverbs 18, and Malachi 2 alll give us clear indication that it is God’s will.

James 2:14-26

There is something that you should be doing as well as things that you should not be doing that have an effect on your faith. Just like we talked about faith being and not being made void or of none effect by other people. Faith can be made effective or non-effective by what do or don’t do.

There are three scenarios that you want to avoid when you are “in Faith” for someone: Depression, Discontentment and Despair

1 Samuel 1:6-12

Year after year she was in depression and it had an effect on her husband and their marriage. Let me encourage you to stay in faith and don’t let depression keep you from possessing the promise you desire.

When you see or hear about someone else in a relationship that looks happy…

Proverbs 21:19

Discontentment is another thing that will take you out of faith when believing God for your mate. Don’t be another chapter in the Diary of a Mad ___ Woman. Refuse to be that way. Look at the contrast between 1 Peter 3 & this woman in Proverbs…

1 Peter 3:1-6

Meek and quiet spirit sounds like the opposite of contentious and brawling! Right?

Proverbs 27:15

Proverbs 26:21

All three of these issues are for both men and women to be watchful of. A contentious man will stir up strife.

Romans 4:16-21

Despair is essentially what happens when you lose hope. Some how they were able to hope against hope.

Hebrews 11:11

Sarah herself received strength by faith.

2 Timothy 1:13

So I encourage you today to hold fast to sound words and stay in faith.

In the mouth of two or three witnesses I am a witness

Faith prepares

Noah built an ark

Depression and discontentment

Despair

Show faith by works

In faith strong or weak