•For the Holy Spirit to guide you, he first speaks to you.
•If you cant hear what the Spirit is saying to you, you cannot be led
•If you cannot be corrected, you cannot be directed.
•It takes light to know where you are going.
•The Apostles were baptized in Acts 2, they were filled in Acts 4 so as to be in a state where He can direct them. It takes an infilling of the Holy Spirit to make one submissive to His authority.
Every greatness is traceable to the accuracy of divine guidance.
Some of us today are at a point in life where the Holy Spirit cannot correct us. (no matter how much we have invested in doing wrong, you shall be delivered today in Jesus name)..
Until your meekness is tested and passed, your greatness is not in view
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Vision defines destination.
•Direction shows you the steps to take.
•This is a vital ministry of the Holy Spirit. He is our guide in this journey of life.
•One wrong step can set a whole destiny on the wrong path.
•No one can outgrow the need for a right direction. when you are off, you are off
•Most frustrations today are traceable to misdirection.
•When the Holy Spirit becomes your shepherd everything falls into place.
•Not all open doors are God’s doors. Many are traps in disguise. Don’t just jump at or into anything. Prov. 3.
John 16V13. Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come
•THIS IS THE MINISTRY OF DIVINE GUIDANCE
•Many of us walk this life without a guide (illustration of a wild life park)
Prov. 27:8 As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so is a man that wandereth from his place.
•This generation is blinded by head knowledge.
When you are not led, you are left alone on your own to make it work.
Until you can hear the voice of the Spirt, you can not be truly guided.
He supplies your needs wherever He sends you
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D life of a chosen is always a call into d life of conflict. A call into d unknown, into a life of d mysterious
Mary ws chosen for a "divine assignment"
An assignment dat brought"conflict" into her life
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To be chosen creates conflicts.
-“Conflict” means a clash of two or more things. ,in this context, clash of two natures.
• Mary was not the only virgin of her day.
God could have called any of the virgins of her days, but God chose Mary.
She did not ask to be chosen
3. She had to face shame, misunderstanding, & confrontation with Joseph, her friends, parents
B4 this: She was happily engaged. She was lookin 4ward to her marriage. She was anticipatin a normal life, but nw she faced d challenge of conflict bc she ws chosen–she was troubled
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D way God works is unfathomable. Sometimes, He uses humour to achieve d ultimate goal.
D king was so bored & in a twist of d discussion he was havin with "Assistant Elisha" brother Gehazi, he asked in V4
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2 Kings 8:4 MSG
The king was talking with Gehazi, servant to the Holy Man, saying, "TELL ME SOME STORIES OF d GREAT THINGS ELISHA DID."
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The king had said, tell me a story
That woman's story was not d only story Gehazi knew.
Records have it that Elisha performed 16 miracles.
Parted the waters of the Jordan River (2 King 2:14)
Purification of the water source for Jericho (2 King 2:18-22)
Protection of the prophet by two she-bears (2 King 2:23-25)
Water for the army of Israel and success over the Moabites (2 Kng 3:16-25)
He was d king of Assyria.
He was known as d "d great king"
He was so powerful nations feared him. He used d gods of d conquered territories as wood to flame the fire around him during winter.
He had other gods thrown into trash cans and burned with fire 🔥 (V19)
Mortals were no match for him.
gods too were "running" from pillar-post seeking for help from other manmade gods 😂. None could withstand him...none could stop him either.
On a day like this, he turned his attention on Israel and Israel's God. He had just finished dealing with Judah, Israel's sister.
Now, a king with such a RESUME would easily be on top of the world, after all, he had some gods behind bars, others, he used as firewood.
When it's your SET TIME on God's clock, everyone that must be involved to make it happen "lose sleep", become "uncomfortable" become "restless"
When God sets the stage, d actors or participants suddenly drop all
2. they were doing to attend to your matter.
You see, the FAVOUR of God has been highly underestimated.
It has nothing to do with your efforts, it's unexplainable. Suddenly, men begin to perceive the AROMA of God's ENDORSEMENT upon you.
When the Butler/ Cupbearer forgot about
3. the promise he made to Joseph while he was a co-prisoner with him, it wasn't Joseph's set time then, but, when his (Joseph) set time came, no one on d stage of Joseph's destiny was going to have rest.
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Gen 40:23 MSG
But the head cupbearer never gave Joseph another thought;
Theme- WHAT IF PETER HAD JUST "Pepper 🌶️ Soup Joint" only kind of friends?
Acts 12:11b MSG
The Master sent his angel and rescued me from Herod's vicious little production and the spectacle the Jewish mob was looking forward to."
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2. King Herod was playing to d gallery of d Jewish elders notably the Pharisees, Sadducees & d Scribes who were help bent on destroying d fast growing church
He had just decapitated James & this very much pleased d Jewish elders & most of d Jewish pple. He decided to raise d bar
3. He grabbed Peter, imprisoned him and was prepping him up for another show of shame before killing him too.
He so much as put Peter in a very helpless and hopeless situation, guards everywhere he turned. He had him chained and firmly demobilized. Stripped him of his sandals