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Fasting For The Power Of God

  Sermon Notes: love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God. Eph 3:19 Isaiah 58:7-8 Fasting is the act of coming to God It is a pursuit  Jer 29:13 1 Chron 28:9 Ps 14:2 Being Weaned Ps 131:1 Acts 13:2,14:23  Fasting is feasting on God drawing deep on his presence depend on His power enjoying His goodness gazing on His beauty Fasting is motivated by desire Ps 139:23-24,John 4:32,Luke 5:35(return) Fasting is not for God Ps 56:12,1 Samuel 7:3,1 Kings 21:29 Fasting means God is better Eph 3:19, Psalm 84:10, Psalm 63:5, 1 Tim 4:3 Fasting should glorify God John 4:32 It opens our antennas Acts 13:2,14:23 It is a weapon for spiritual warfare Mat 4:2-3 It is the crucible to mold us Mat 4:2-3 With love for Sam Storms (Practicing the power, The Beginner's Guide to Spiritual Gifts) God sees us fasting and knows that we are motivated by a deep longing in our hearts for him and for his purposes to be fulfilled in the earth. He knows ...

Submission

Sermon / Podcast Notes: Submission : Google's dictionary defines submission as "the action or fact of accepting or yielding to a superior force or to the will or authority of another person." Submitting means putting others before yourself; it means not always doing what you want to do.  1 Peter 3:3-6 2 Likewise, wives, be subject to your own husbands, so that leven if some do not obey the word, they may be won without a word by the conduct of their wives, when they see your respectful and pure conduct.  3 Do not let your adorning be external—the braiding of hair and the putting on of gold jewelry, or the clothing you wear—  4 But let your adorning be the hidden person of the heart with the imperishable beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which in God’s sight is very precious. 5 For this is how the holy women who hoped in God used to adorn themselves, by submitting to their own husbands,  6 as Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord. And you are her children, if you ...