Be wild, be courageous, be strong, be contagious words week 3

Be wild, be courageous, be strong, and be contagious.

1.      Be wild.

1.      Wild is an adjective or a word of description in our english language.

1.      If someone were to describe you would they use "wild?"

2.      Wild means: uncontrolled or unrestrained-very enthusiastic or excited.

2 Kings 4:1-7 NLT [1] One day the widow of a member of the group of prophets came to Elisha and cried out, "My husband who served you is dead, and you know how he feared the LORD. But now a creditor has come, threatening to take my two sons as slaves." [2] "What can I do to help you?" Elisha asked. "Tell me, what do you have in the house?" "Nothing at all, except a flask of olive oil," she replied. [3] And Elisha said, "Borrow as many empty jars as you can from your friends and neighbors. [4] Then go into your house with your sons and shut the door behind you. Pour olive oil from your flask into the jars, setting each one aside when it is filled." [5] So she did as she was told. Her sons kept bringing jars to her, and she filled one after another. [6] Soon every container was full to the brim! "Bring me another jar," she said to one of her sons. "There aren't any more!" he told her. And then the olive oil stopped flowing. [7] When she told the man of God what had happened, he said to her, "Now sell the olive oil and pay your debts, and you and your sons can live on what is left over."

2.      vs 1 the enemy comes threatening to take everything you have but if you allow God, He will make the difference. 

3.      vs. 2 What do you have in the house?

1.      Be careful how you answer the Holy Spirit.

4.      God wants me to use what is in my hand to minister.

1.      She said I have nothing in the house but a flask of oil.

1.      She was so depressed about what she  didn't have she didn't see what she did.

2.      God wants me to use what's in my hand what He's already given me.

5.      You might not have everything you need but you can always be the vessel.

1.      Pour it.

1.      God will bless it and multiply it.

2.      Begin to pour your self out.

1.      TK and I almost never have what God asks of me to give...but I start pouring and God does the impossible.

2.      God is always on that side of the impossible!

1.      God made her use what she had.

6.      Stop looking for a miracle and start pouring out.

1.      Natural first supernatural second.

1.      You move in faith then God moves.

2.      God is always waiting on you.

1.      If you want bible results in your life (miracles, signs and wonders) then you have live bible principles.

1.      Take what you have and begin to pour.

2.      God is looking for a surrendered vessel.

7.      vs. 6 There is not an oil problem there is a vessel problem.

1.      There is not an outpouring of the Holy Spirit because there is no hunger for the Holy Spirit.

1.      There are no vessels committed to surrender.

2.      There are no vessels committed to use.

3.      There are no vessels willing to be filled.

4.      There are no vessels willing to wait on God.

1.      Sometimes we'll sell the anointing that God designed upon our lives for gold, glory, or girls/guys.

1.      Instead of selling the oil what if we used it strong to minister to our generation.

5.      God is looking for vessels who won't move until they've been filled.

6.      Filled with purpose, filled with calling, filled with design, filled with forgiveness, filled with something so valuable.

1.      Valuable to this culture, valued by God, you are valued.

1.      Be wild, be courageous, be strong, and be contagious.

8.      Hell doesn't want you surrendered to the purposes of God.

1.      The Devil doesn't want you filled with the Holy Spirit because he knows the power it will reveal.

1.      Peter preaches and over 3000 are saved.

2.      Miracles, signs, wonders, strength, healing, all obtained forgiveness.

2.      Be courageous.

1.      Courage is not the absence of fear but is following through with the mission or purpose in the face of fear.

1.      Courage is contagious!

Matthew 25:1-13 NLT [1] "Then the Kingdom of Heaven will be like ten bridesmaids who took their lamps and went to meet the bridegroom. [2] Five of them were foolish, and five were wise. [3] The five who were foolish didn't take enough olive oil for their lamps, [4] but the other five were wise enough to take along extra oil. [5] When the bridegroom was delayed, they all became drowsy and fell asleep. [6] "At midnight they were roused by the shout, 'Look, the bridegroom is coming! Come out and meet him!' [7] "All the bridesmaids got up and prepared their lamps. [8] Then the five foolish ones asked the others, 'Please give us some of your oil because our lamps are going out.' [9] "But the others replied, 'We don't have enough for all of us. Go to a shop and buy some for yourselves.' [10] "But while they were gone to buy oil, the bridegroom came. Then those who were ready went in with him to the marriage feast, and the door was locked. [11] Later, when the other five bridesmaids returned, they stood outside, calling, 'Lord! Lord! Open the door for us!' [12] "But he called back, 'Believe me, I don't know you!' [13] "So you, too, must keep watch! For you do not know the day or hour of my return."

2.      Your lamp is your witness.

1.      Your witness is your example.

2.      It's who you are to everyone around you.

3.      vs.2 Within those that are saved, everyone is not at the same level.

1.      5 were wise, they planned, they believed, they were focused on Jesus's return. 

2.      5 foolish, no concern for the things of God, no concern for the eternal.

1.      They were just drifting along, they were not purposeful, they were not missional in their pursuit of God.

1.      They had a lamp but they didn't take it seriously.

1.      I have a lamp they will let me in.

1.      No, having a functioning lamp is your ticket in.

2.      That is whats required.

1.      Vs.8 Give me some of yours, that's a serve me mentality Jesus came to serve not to be served.

4.      What change did God produce in your heart?

1.      What has He called and destined in you?

1.      How's your witness?

2.      Bright and powerful or dim and dying out?

1.      Only shining on you?

1.      Or do you light truth to this world?

3.      Be strong.

Illustrate here: Out of order "signs"

1.      You can wait in line for hours for the newest movie/phone release but you can't make it to God's house by 10:30?

2.      You disrespect everyone in and at your job by living in some type of rebellion and disobedience?

1.      Where's the wild Christians at?

2.      Where's the courageous ones?

1.      We have adults who need their parents to navigate life for them because they never grew up!

3.      You can Black Friday all night but you can't take time to connect with God in prayer?

4.      You can be at football/cheer practice for 2-3 hours a night but you can't take 10 minutes to hear from the Creator/Designer of the universe through His Word?

5.      You can watch 5 hours of TV or play video games all night but you can't put some worship music on and get into the presence of God?

1.      Where's the strong Christ Followers, where's the contagious ones?

2.      Who's ready to empower their culture, their families, their peers?

1.      I'm so tired, maybe you shouldn't have poured yourself into things that are of no eternal or lasting value.

6.      You are out of order!

1.      Your spirituality is not in working, functioning, healthy, order.

Illustrate here: Out of order sign

7.      Do you have any extra oil?

1.      What would you do, what do you do when it doesn't work out as planned?

2.      We can't just come in here and get enough oil for the moment.

1.      I'll get enough for my deliverance.

2.      I'll get enough to ignite a small manageable fire.

1.      No wild fires though...

3.      I have enough oil for my encouragement but it's imperative that we regain, and retain enough oil for a generation to reach out to us?

1.      Enough for those that need the message of Jesus Christ?

2.      Those that need a miracle from God?

3.      Every time you think you have enough oil for the task you better remeasure, you better revisit, you better reevaluate, this culture will bleed you of your heart for God.

1.      It will take more than you thought!

2.      It will drain you of your purity, it will disintegrate your vision, and it will steal your dreams.

4.      You can never have too much of the Spirit of God in you, on you, and running through you.

1.      This is the hardest generation we have ever had to minister to and trust me the next generation will be even that much more difficult.

5.      We're not short on oil we are short on vessels.

1.      Willing vessels.

2.      Surrendered vessels.

3.      Vessels not stuck on "their use" but "God's use."

4.      Vessel's of honor!

Illustrate here: Vessels all over the room.

8.      A touch of the Holy Spirit will make a difference in you but it won't make a difference in this culture.

1.      It won't make an eternal difference.

2.      Be filled!

3.      Be wild, be courageous, be strong, be contagious.

9.      vs. 12-13 You think I know you but believe me I don't.

1.      Many will call upon the Name of Christ and He can not answer, He can not ignore that we have used our lives to ignore Him.

2.      We have ignored the conviction of the Holy Spirit, we have ignored the power of the Holy Spirit, and we have ignored His love for us.

4.      Be contagious.

1.      Jesus talked about hell 4 times more than He talked about heaven.

2.      He made it crystal clear in scripture, He wanted no one confused, and wanted no one to end up there.

3.      Too many times we grow lazy, negligent, bored and before you know it we're spiritually asleep.

5.      How will you be found?  

6.      We have to go get filled up with oil when we should be burning it.

1.      That's many times the "Sunday morning EXPERIENCE."

2.      I'm gonna get so filled up with God this morning but instead of pouring yourself out on others you end up burning up all the resource on yourself!

1.      Some say, "Well I'm not sure if we can make any difference, I'm not sure it matters.

2.      I don't think we need leaders to the next generation its just a waste of time, money, energy, and resource."

1.      Oh, lemme speak to that demon, the devil is a liar and the father of them, if you get filled you will make a wild difference!

3.      You can't be filled with the Spirit of God and be the same.

Illustrate here: fill up the cups that have food coloring water with clear corn syrup.

John 1:4-5 NLT [4] "The Word gave life to everything that was created, and His life brought light to everyone. [5] The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness can never extinguish it."

1.      You will do the impossible!

1.      You can accomplish all that God set you out to do.

4.      We have to go get more grace when we should be giving it!

5.      We have to go get more mercy when we should be pouring it out!

1.      God the Holy Spirit is looking for vessels!

2.      Vessels of honor that will be full enough to pour themselves out on a generation desperately needing truth!

6.      When there aren't any more vessels the oil stops flowing.

1.      But as long as there are willing, surrendered vessels the Spirit will never stop flowing in, over, and through their lives. 

7.      Desperately needing life.

1.      The door was shut.

2.      Many will seek admission into heaven when it is too late.

3.      Many will call out LORD, LORD but you never took time to know Him.

God is about to do the impossible and the supernatural in here this morning!

God will not fill a rebellious vessel

God will not pour into a vessel of unbelief...

God will not pour into a vessel of impurity...