rhema

All the promises of God are yes and in Him, amen. In other words all the promises that  God made are for us and we must agree with it before it comes to past. This includes the promises that God has revealed to us through visions, dreams or what He has spoken to our hearts as well as the promises written in His word.

We've all had times when we struggled to know God's will. How can we grow in our understanding of God's will for our lives? In this message, Tiffany Nunnally continues the series about the Lord’s prayer and shares about the next line: "Your will be done." 

In order to say “Your will be done," we also must say "my will be gone.”
Ephesians 5:17 “So then do not be foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is.” 
You can know the will of God!
How is it in heaven? Rev. 21:4 “no more death, sorrow, crying or pain”
 
God’s general will for everyone is found in the written word of God.
“How can you know what the will of God is when you don’t know what the word of God says?” - Derek Prince
 
God’s specific will for you is found in the spoken word of God.
1 Corinthians 2:9-12 “No eye has seen, no ear has heard, and no mind has imagined what God has prepared for those who love him.”10 But it was to us that God revealed these things by his Spirit. For his Spirit searches out everything and shows us God’s deep secrets. 11 No one can know a person’s thoughts except that person’s own spirit, and no one can know God’s thoughts except God’s own Spirit. 12 And we have received God’s Spirit (not the world’s spirit), so we can know the wonderful things God has freely given us.
 
How to grow in knowing God’s will:
1. Trust that you have the mind of Christ
1 Corinthians 2:16 
Part of spiritual maturity is trusting that when your mind and thoughts are renewed you don’t need to pray about every little thing because His spirit guides you. 
 
2. Stop worrying. 
James 1:6-8 “But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for he who doubts is like a wave of the sea driven and tossed by the wind. For let not that man suppose he will receive anything from the Lord. he is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways.” 
Overanalyzing is not a fruit of the spirit. God’s will is NOT for you to be paralyzed with indecision.  Indecision leads to ineffectiveness. 

3. Take action.
Give God your action - step on the gas and ask God to steer you. “Even God can’t steer a parked car.”
Matt. 25:23 “you have been faithful with a small amount, so now I will make you ruler over more (give you more responsibilities).” 
Have you done the last thing God told you to do? 
 
4. Stay close to the Father
Colossians 3:15 “let the peace of God rule in your hearts”
God’s presence clarifies His will. You will know the specific will of God when you embrace a walk with God. 
“Don’t make knowing the will of God your goal, make knowing the person of God your goal”

When you pray, are you asking that God’s will be done?

The Bible is full of God’s wisdom, promises, truths and self revelation…it’s His Word! As believers, when we know the full (logos) word, we’ll have the specific (rhema) word of God. So in any and every situation, we will have a word.

• Hebrews 4:12,AMP- For the word of God is living and active and full of power, making it operative, energizing, and effective.
• It is sharper than any two-edged sword, penetrating as far as the division of the soul and spirit, the completeness of a person, 
• and of both joints and marrow ,the deepest parts of our nature, exposing and judging the very thoughts and intentions of the heart.

• A very important lesson every believer has to come to terms with is the reality that God’s word is living, spiritual reality.

• Jesus told us His words are Spirit and life.

• Here’s the deal, there are 2 Greek words translated word in the NT

• Logos- the written word of God. Our bible.
• Rhema- the revealed, spoken word of God. Individual revelation.

• It’s when the written becomes the revealed that it produces change in humanity.

• This is when Hebrew 4 becomes effective, showing the difference between soul and spirit.

• As well as exposing the thoughts and intents of the heart.

• Something to keep in mind, spiritual truth and natural truth don’t always agree. And this is where faith comes in.

• Accepting, believing, and acting are the fruits of faith.

• Romans 10:17,NKJV- So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.
• CEV- No one can have faith without hearing the message about Christ.

• We have to understand, the written becoming the revealed only happens through faith.

• And I cannot over emphasize the importance of speaking the rhema of God into our situation, into our physical world.

• Now when it comes to confession, it’s not simply about saying something we’ve heard or memorized. It has to be a revelation to us.

• This is why Jesus made statements like, “according to your faith…”
• The spoken word is how spiritual realities are transferred into our physical reality.

• Unfortunately, the majority doesn’t really believe this truth. Primarily because we’ve tried it and didn’t see immediate results.

• 2 Corinthians 4:13,NKJV- And since we have the same spirit of faith, according to what is written, “I believed and therefore I spoke,” we also believe and therefore speak.

• Understand, Paul is writing this right in the middle of some of his most challenging situations. He’s actually quoting the Psalmist who went through difficulties praising and walking out God’s victory.

• Something else to keep in mind about this passage, this “same spirit of faith” according to Romans is the same Spirit that brought Jesus back from the dead.

• Remember, according to our key text, God’s word is the only source exposing the difference between these two worlds we are currently living in.

• This is why the Holy Spirit, just a few verses later in the same chapter in 2 Corinthians makes this radical statement.

• 2 Corinthians 4:18,NKJV- While we do not look at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen. For the things which are seen are temporary, but the things which are not seen are eternal.

• Think about it, because we have the same spirit of faith, we choose to not look at things that are seen, and according to what is written, we believe and we speak.

• Is it possible that when believers exercise the rhema word of God, we’re actually bringing the unseen into the seen?

• One of my favorite examples of this is in 2 Kings 6, Elisha and his assistant.

• Elisha told him, there are more with us than with them.
• Then he asked the Lord to open his eyes.

• Today, what you and I have to acknowledge, actually accept, is the reality that God’s word is the doorway into Paul’s unseen, the world of the spirit, the eternal.

• Seriously, what do you think the Holy Spirit meant when He told us to walk in the Spirit, not in the flesh?

• I think He’s actually waiting on His people, heirs to start exercising our spiritual senses.

• Remember, Elisha asked God to open the eyes of his assistant. What…

• Think about this, how many times did Jesus say things like, “ he who has ears to hear, let him hear.”

• The harsh reality is, until the born again make room for transformation in our soul, we have no option but our natural senses.

• SPIRIT- Kingdom of God, made like Him, dominion, authority, faith
• SOUL- Free will
• BODY- intelligence, carnality, emotions, senses, unbelief

• And this is why faith is the absolute in the unseen world of God’s Kingdom. Why would Jesus tell us things like, “all things are possible to him who believes.”

• Think about our story in 2 Kings, Elisha took the entire Syrian army captive by exercising the spiritual world.

• Hebrews 11:3,NKJV- By faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that the things which are seen were not made of things which are visible.

• You getting this, things seen didn’t come from this visible world.

• Here’s the deal, at some point we’ve got to stop assuming things of that world will just manifest in this one simply because we’ve processed it intellectually, or even memorized a scripture. We have to have revelation from Him. We’ve got to see it.

• Why? Because just like in this natural world we have to develop our sense, our abilities. It’s exactly the same in the spirit world.

• Hebrews 4:12,AMP- For the word of God is living and active and full of power, making it operative, energizing, and effective.
• It is sharper than any two-edged sword, penetrating as far as the division of the soul and spirit, the completeness of a person, 
• and of both joints and marrow ,the deepest parts of our nature, exposing and judging the very thoughts and intentions of the heart.

• Truth is, most of the time it’s not asking God to do something, it’s us transforming to the place where we begin accesses His world.

• Jeremiah 29:13,NKJV- You will seek Me and find Me, when you search for Me with all your heart.

• With all your heart is 100% spiritual. Other dimensional.
• Think about it, God’s not hiding from us.

• 1 Corinthians 15:44-45,NIV- If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual body.
• So it is written: “The first man Adam became a living being”; the last Adam, a life-giving spirit.

• Colossians 1:15-16,NLT- Christ is the visible image of the invisible God. He existed before anything was created and is supreme over all creation, for through him God created everything in the heavenly realms and on earth. He made the things we can see and the things we can’t see— such as thrones, kingdoms, rulers, and authorities in the unseen world. Everything was created through him and for him.

• I think we should be able to have conversations about the unseen world of God, the Kingdom of Heaven without making it weird.

• Jesus constantly talked about it.

• At the same time, we've got to understand that as one of His born again, He sees, expects, and addresses each us us as heirs, in our new life, not our humanity.

• We have to understand, God will not violate the freedom He gave us.

• But without revelation from the Holy Spirit, embracing a completely new way of living will remain a mystery.

• Notice the first thing Jesus tells them is repent. In other words, change what you're thinking and doing.

• Romans 12:2,NKJV- Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.

• Hebrews 4, The word of God is living, active and full of power, exposing the difference of the soul and spirit, exposing and judging the very thoughts and intentions of the heart.

• This is why Jesus said, My words are spirit and life.

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