You Are a Gift - December 10, 2023
12.10.2023 Pastor Kendon
You Are a Gift
Matt 1:23
23 Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us.
◦ We do not serve a God that is demanding us to give him things in order for Him to give us things
John 3:16
16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
◦ My God is a giver
◦ Jesus took a towel and wrapped himself in the towel and washed the disciples feet!
◦ He knew one would doubt and betray Him, but He still washed their feet and lived on them.
◦ Joseph sold to slavery and thrown in Prison and forgotten, but he still was a gift!
◦ God has prepared a way for you!
◦ Peter denies Jesus. Even after He rose, Jesus said go tell the disciples and Peter! Why??? Because Peter was a gift!
◦ You’re not a failure, but you’re a gift! You’re not a mistake, but a gift!
◦ God formed you from your mother’s womb and has a purpose for you! A Gift!!!
◦ No weapon formed again will prosper.
◦ Eggs- broken
◦ Chocolate Chips- chip on the shoulder
◦ Flour- by itself leaves a bad taste in the mouth.
◦ Vanilla- smells great but is bitter! The outside is great but inside is bitter! Holding onto things from the past.
◦ Many of us are stuck in a cycle of insanity. (Expecting a different result)
Matthew 2:12
12 And being warned by God in a dream that they should not return to Herod, they departed into their own country another way.
◦ Herod wanted to destroy them!
◦ You have to go another way!
◦ If you go back to “NORMAL” there’s a trap in “NORMAL” the enemy has set for your demise!
◦ God is saying I’m ready to take you another way! Going back to the same friends..same relationship…stuck in a cycle of insanity. LET GOD TAKE US ANOTHER WAY
Joshua 3:4
4 Yet there shall be a space between you and it, about two thousand cubits by measure: come not near unto it, that ye may know the way by which ye must go: for ye have not passed this way heretofore.
◦ You cannot be stuck in Normal! Let it Go! Get rid of that phone number.
◦ If they want to talk away let them.
◦ Will you allow Him to have total surrender over your life???
◦ Not my will but let Your will be done!
◦ When you go a different way people question what you are doing.
◦ Stirring The Pot.
◦ I’ll take the worst and I’ll begin to do something new and in another way!
◦ When you go another way, people will question!
◦ Caught in depression, a cycle, of anger, and judgment.
◦ Not stirring the pot—-but instead God is working!
◦ When you allow God to keep working then He takes all those things you thought would destroy you and now you can be a gift to someone else!
◦ The gift is if I can make it then you can make it!