Sunday Northfield VT – 09/08/2013

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Speakers:

• Steven Atherton
• Karen Hocker
• Robin Atherton

Scriptures used:

• Romans 8:35
• Philippians 4:8
• Matthew 7:7
• James 1

Subject:

• Who separates us from God?  Us.  Not Him.
• Vain repetition is empty.
• Start your day by faith in Christ Jesus.
• We have the responsibility of having faith in The Lord.
• Battle to believe notwithstanding our day.
• He gives us the opportunity to enter in, war a good warfare and not back down.  We partake in that victory by faith.
• Count it all joy when we fall.  It’s not about us.
• We know our weaknesses, we can know His strength.
• Submit to the Word.
• Forget those things that are behind but don’t forget God.
• Virtue:  power.
• We are supposed to believe in the power of God to believe he will bring us through.
• Stand up and take God at his word, enter in and partake of the fullness  of the provision of The Lord by faith notwithstanding our flesh.
• These things you have heard and seen, do, and the God of peace shall be with you.
• We have seen that God is with those above you, you  have the opportunity to learn, take that responsibility to learn and grow.
• Matt 7:7 – Ask and it shall be given you…
• God’s love is an absolute
• Do you believe that if you ask you will receive?
• If you don’t believe you won’t ask
• Wisdom, understanding, knowledge, power, love are all there for us to receive.
• You’re evil, so if you want to give good things to your children, how much more will God want to do that for you?
• Did we dream of becoming a slave when we were young?
• Begin the day with recognition of our need for him.
• James chose to become a slave unto him who can do all things.
• The master provides everything for the slave.
• James, half brother of Jesus
• Jude, another half brother of Jesus
• Temptations don’t separate us from the love of God – good news for us!
• Count it all joy.  We have to count it joy because it doesn’t feel good
• If we wrong someone, we need to apply the blood of Jesus to wash it all away.  We could never do this ourselves.
• He takes what is un-redeemable and turns it around.
• Be patient and hope in his grace, love, kindness.
• Have patience with ourselves, or we would give up.
• You can be perfect, the world says nobody’s perfect.  We can’t be perfect in the flesh but we can in the faith.
• The word says I can do all things through Christ , so we can do anything through Him.
• He promises we can partake of His life.
• If we lack wisdom – He gives to all men liberally.  It SHALL be given him.
• Have we ever asked him?
• Upbraideth not -He loves us and wants us to have these things.
• Ask in faith nothing wavering… Wavering is unbelief
• And if you are double minded, we will not receive.
• Do we want God’s approval or man’s?
• You can’t have both.
• God is black and white.
• The world is everywhere in between those.  Put off what the world says and put on what the Word says.
• Don’t ask for things to consume it upon our lusts.  That is pride, God resists  the proud and gives grace unto the humble.
• We try every way but His way to get what we want, then we say it’s His fault
• Don’t stop till you get it.  He wants us to get it.
• Thank God he is merciful.