Bethel Church "Sermon of the Week"

In order for us to advance the Kingdom, we must operate in the spirit of wisdom which has the ability to create, do things with excellence, and take something that is useless and make it useful. When wisdom partners with revelation it searches for the solution and confronts the problem. We need to know who we are, know God's wisdom, and complete the tasks that we are given with His wisdom. Key Words/Scriptures: wisdom, revelation, excellence, Colossians 1:27, Proverbs 8:22, Exodus 31-39, Zachariah 1:18-21, Ephesians 3:10

The value we have for the Kingdom is reflected in how we honor the least and people that can't give anything in return. We are to keep our minds full of the things of God and deal with negative mindsets and attitudes. The way that we think has a positive or a negative affect on the atmospheres around us. It is important to recognize the value of an individual before they are saved or deserve it and to see them as God sees them. Key Words/Key Scriptures: Honor, Children, Matthew 18:10-11

Anticipation is positioning yourself for what might happen because all things are possible for him who believes. How close we are to miracle breakthrough! Let's lean into the possibilities before us with great expectation and great faith. key words/scriptures: resurrection, breakthrough, witness, John 19: 31, John 20:1, John 20:14, John 20:30

If we are to see revival spring up in every culture, sphere of influence and generation, we must continually develop these four foundations. First, we must learn to co-labor with God by stewarding His Presence. Second, we must protect our perspective on life, peers and situations by stewarding our own hearts. Third, we must seek to understand and demonstrate the Kingdom through indulging our curiosity and activating our minds. Fourth, we cannot neglect to stir up hunger in the hearts of the people who surround us in our daily lives. Let our ministry not be what we do but who we are! key words/scriptures: Proverbs 4:23, hunger, stewardship, Presence, ministry, Kingdom, heart

We cannot afford to lose trust in the One who is perfectly good. God's power manifests through our ability endure in our faith regardless of the circumstances. Though we may find ourselves surrounded by enemies, they are the ones who are powerless as the Lord invites us to sit down at His table and feast on His Presence! key words/scriptures: trust, endurance, faith, strength, hope, Rimans 8:28, Hebrews 10:31, Proverbs 3, Psalm 23

We will always celebrate that He is a good God no matter what is in front of us. When faced with disappointment and defeat, we will not change the subject! We will do whatever it takes to see more breakthrough because the greatest cause of all is to let the world know that God is good. Key Words/Scriptures: culture, perspective, mystery, Solomon, David, Numbers 13

There is creative synergy in thanksgiving: it unleashes the hidden armies of the Lord of Hosts; it demonstrates the reality of God as your defender; it turns your battleground into your blessing-ground! Thanksgiving grants God instant access to your world. Invite Him into your situation through praise and worship! Key Words/Scriptures: thanksgiving, praise, worship, Presence, 2 Chronicles 20, Psalm 104

Ministry is not what you do; it is who you are. In this season, the Sower is spreading abroad seeds in the form of new ideas and revelation about the nature of ministry. How could Christ in YOU, the hope of glory, manifest in the world? It's time to find out so don't put God or yourself in a box! Key Words/Scriptures: Mark 4:13, Colossians 1:27, ministry, revelation, humility, patience, obedience

As you gaze upon the glory of God, you are transformed into His likeness in ever increasing measure! What you behold you become. Respond to the Lord's invitation to come deeper into HIs Presence because it is transformed people that transform cities. Key Words/Scriptures: 2 Corinthians 3, Psalm 19, worship, glory, Presence, revelation

We were designed to be glorious. Jesus's radiant experience with glory on the Mount of Transfiguration is a picture of what the renewed mind of a believer looks like. Jesus is the prototype of a glorious people. As He is, so are we in the world! Key words/scriptures: glory, transfiguration, mind renewal, presence, revelation, Romans 12, 1 Corinthians 12, 1 Corinthians 14:1, 1 John 3, Luke 9:27, Luke 9:29, Psalm 73

Hope is the confident expectation that good is coming and faith is the ability to see the good that is not yet visible. Hope is the seedbed in which faith grows! Watch your faith flourish as you place your hope in who God is and what He has done. key words/scriptures: hope, faith, 1 Corinthians 13:13, Hebrews 11:1, Lamentations 3:21, Jeremiah 29:11, Psalm 37:17, Matthew 6, Proverbs 13:12, Psalm 42:5, Romans 4:18, 1 Thessalonians 1:2, Hebrews 10:23, 1 Peter 1:13, 1 John 3:1-4, testimony

The Bible is not a fence that contains God; it reveals Him! The canon of Scripture is designed to lead us into an encounter with the Holy One and it is through abiding in His word that we are positioned to receive what He has in store for us next. Access to unlimited increase is directly related to how we abide in what He has already said. key words/scriptures: John 5:24, John 5:38, John 15:7, John 5:39, John 5:44, bible, faith, belief, life, abide, encounter

The Lord only knows how to build so He has designed you to go forward and move from glory to glory. He has removed the veil from your face and invited you to explore the Kingdom for the rest of your days and on into eternity. Just go for it! key words/scriptures: Isaiah 9:7, 2 Corinthians 3:3,16, zeal, kingdom, glory to glory

Embrace the assignment that the Lord has given you by stewarding it well and it will have external impact. Being in the glory of God is of paramount importance to completing this task because it is in His Presence that you are enabled to see eternity. No giant looks big in the glory!

2013