05-29-2020, 09:37 AM
BETTER LIFE MESSAGE
DATE : FRIDAY MAY 29, 2020
TOPIC: SMALL IS BEAUTIFUL
TEXT : Matthew 13:31-32 “Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like to a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and sowed in his field: Which indeed is the least of all seeds: but when it is grown, it is the greatest among herbs, and becometh a tree, so that the birds of the air come and lodge in the branches thereof.”
Greatness is the ultimate essence of our redemption only if we care to know and be willing to apply ourselves to the demands of what it takes to be great.
Understand that there is no one redeemed by God to be small, everyone, including you and I have an in-built spiritual mechanism within us to be great at redemption.
Come to think of it, everyone that you can identify today as great or big was born a small baby, perhaps many without any clue that one day they will be great because of their background and their country, state, local government or community of origin – Isaiah 53:2 “For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him.” There was nothing around the one that was born to save the whole world from their sins that suggests greatness or beauty, He was born in a Manger. No wonder, Nathaniel said ‘can any good thing come out of Nazareth’ when he was told to come and see the Messaiah. John 1:45-46
Being born again is the best thing that can ever happen to anyone on earth because the seed of greatness within us receives a divine activation to grow supernaturally with our cooperation with the greater that comes to live in us at newbirth – 1John 4:4
The greatness of the Apotles was largely connected with their encounter with Christ, the greatest one that ever lived. They were the nobodies that were turned to global personalities that cannot be forgotten forever though their exploits. Matthew 1:19
KEYS TO BECOMING GREAT
I. VALUE AND CELEBRATE WHO YOU ARE, WHAT YOU HAVE, WHERE YOU ARE ON THE WAY TO WHERE YOU ARE GOING. Don’t over celebrate others because of who they are, what they have and where they are. The major exploits of Moses was tied to the rod. Exodus 4:17, 2Kings 4:1-7
II. MIND THE COMPANY YOU KEEP AND THE BOOK YOU READ. Your life will remain at the same level the next five years except for the people you meet and the books you read. The mighty men of David and Jephthah came from the base, rejected and the good for nothing people of their society. Proverbs 13:20, Judges 11:1-3, 1Samuel 22:1-2
III. IDENTIFY THE SEED OF MIRACLE IN WHAT YOU HAVE AND SOW IT. No matter how small what you have, the seed for your miracle to greatness is in it. Remember the Widow of Zarephath and widow of the late Prophet – Isaiah 55:10, 1Kings 17:10-16, Mark 4:26-29
Don’t eat your seed and sow your bread and never allow your conditions to exempt you from seed sowing – Luke 21:1-4
IV. REMAIN CONNECTED TO JESUS IRRESPECTIVE OF THE HAPPENINGS AROUND YOU. Jesus Christ is the source of all greatness and holds the key to our greatness in His hands. Refuse to be casual in your relationship with Him so that you won’t become a casualty of your circumstance – Revelation 3:7
V. OBEY GOD AT ALL COST AND BY ALL MEANS – Deut 28:1, Job 36:11, Psalms 75:5-7
Christ in you is the greatest advantage that you have to make the most of your life in a most difficult season
Every great organization today had a small beginning and nothing on earth starts from the top except for the grave. You are permitted to dream and think big but you are to start small. Those whose aim is to start big never get anything started but they always end up in frustration and untimely death.
REMEMBER THAT THE GREATNESS OF THE MUSTARD TREE WAS HIDDEN IN THE SMALLNESS OF ITS SIZE BUT WHEN IT IS PLANTED AND GIVEN THE ENABLING ENVIRONMENT WITH TIME, THE GREATNESS WILL SUDDENLY EMERGE TO PROVIDE SHELTER FOR THE BIRDS OF THE AIR AND SHADE FOR THE PASSERBY. Mark 4:30-32
AS THE LORD GOD LIVES, THE SEED OF YOUR GREATNESS WILL GERMINATE, GROW AND MATURE INTO FRUITION THIS YEAR BY THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD. Mark 4:26-29
PRAYER POINT: FATHER, IN THE MIGHTY NAME OF JESUS AND BY YOUR OUTSTRETCHED HAND, REMOVE THE EVIL NAIL USED TO TIE DOWN MY DESTINY AND LET THERE BE SUDDN EMERGENCE OF MY GREATNESS THIS YEAR. Isaiah 22:25, Psalms 71:20-21
SEE YOU AT THE TOPMOST TOP.
REMAIN EVER BLESSED.
JESUS IS LORD.
PST ISRAEL AKINSANYA
pstisraelmeg@gmail.com
DATE : FRIDAY MAY 29, 2020
TOPIC: SMALL IS BEAUTIFUL
TEXT : Matthew 13:31-32 “Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like to a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and sowed in his field: Which indeed is the least of all seeds: but when it is grown, it is the greatest among herbs, and becometh a tree, so that the birds of the air come and lodge in the branches thereof.”
Greatness is the ultimate essence of our redemption only if we care to know and be willing to apply ourselves to the demands of what it takes to be great.
Understand that there is no one redeemed by God to be small, everyone, including you and I have an in-built spiritual mechanism within us to be great at redemption.
Come to think of it, everyone that you can identify today as great or big was born a small baby, perhaps many without any clue that one day they will be great because of their background and their country, state, local government or community of origin – Isaiah 53:2 “For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him.” There was nothing around the one that was born to save the whole world from their sins that suggests greatness or beauty, He was born in a Manger. No wonder, Nathaniel said ‘can any good thing come out of Nazareth’ when he was told to come and see the Messaiah. John 1:45-46
Being born again is the best thing that can ever happen to anyone on earth because the seed of greatness within us receives a divine activation to grow supernaturally with our cooperation with the greater that comes to live in us at newbirth – 1John 4:4
The greatness of the Apotles was largely connected with their encounter with Christ, the greatest one that ever lived. They were the nobodies that were turned to global personalities that cannot be forgotten forever though their exploits. Matthew 1:19
KEYS TO BECOMING GREAT
I. VALUE AND CELEBRATE WHO YOU ARE, WHAT YOU HAVE, WHERE YOU ARE ON THE WAY TO WHERE YOU ARE GOING. Don’t over celebrate others because of who they are, what they have and where they are. The major exploits of Moses was tied to the rod. Exodus 4:17, 2Kings 4:1-7
II. MIND THE COMPANY YOU KEEP AND THE BOOK YOU READ. Your life will remain at the same level the next five years except for the people you meet and the books you read. The mighty men of David and Jephthah came from the base, rejected and the good for nothing people of their society. Proverbs 13:20, Judges 11:1-3, 1Samuel 22:1-2
III. IDENTIFY THE SEED OF MIRACLE IN WHAT YOU HAVE AND SOW IT. No matter how small what you have, the seed for your miracle to greatness is in it. Remember the Widow of Zarephath and widow of the late Prophet – Isaiah 55:10, 1Kings 17:10-16, Mark 4:26-29
Don’t eat your seed and sow your bread and never allow your conditions to exempt you from seed sowing – Luke 21:1-4
IV. REMAIN CONNECTED TO JESUS IRRESPECTIVE OF THE HAPPENINGS AROUND YOU. Jesus Christ is the source of all greatness and holds the key to our greatness in His hands. Refuse to be casual in your relationship with Him so that you won’t become a casualty of your circumstance – Revelation 3:7
V. OBEY GOD AT ALL COST AND BY ALL MEANS – Deut 28:1, Job 36:11, Psalms 75:5-7
Christ in you is the greatest advantage that you have to make the most of your life in a most difficult season
Every great organization today had a small beginning and nothing on earth starts from the top except for the grave. You are permitted to dream and think big but you are to start small. Those whose aim is to start big never get anything started but they always end up in frustration and untimely death.
REMEMBER THAT THE GREATNESS OF THE MUSTARD TREE WAS HIDDEN IN THE SMALLNESS OF ITS SIZE BUT WHEN IT IS PLANTED AND GIVEN THE ENABLING ENVIRONMENT WITH TIME, THE GREATNESS WILL SUDDENLY EMERGE TO PROVIDE SHELTER FOR THE BIRDS OF THE AIR AND SHADE FOR THE PASSERBY. Mark 4:30-32
AS THE LORD GOD LIVES, THE SEED OF YOUR GREATNESS WILL GERMINATE, GROW AND MATURE INTO FRUITION THIS YEAR BY THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD. Mark 4:26-29
PRAYER POINT: FATHER, IN THE MIGHTY NAME OF JESUS AND BY YOUR OUTSTRETCHED HAND, REMOVE THE EVIL NAIL USED TO TIE DOWN MY DESTINY AND LET THERE BE SUDDN EMERGENCE OF MY GREATNESS THIS YEAR. Isaiah 22:25, Psalms 71:20-21
SEE YOU AT THE TOPMOST TOP.
REMAIN EVER BLESSED.
JESUS IS LORD.
PST ISRAEL AKINSANYA
pstisraelmeg@gmail.com