Living Life On Purpose Part 2

Posted by Paula White - Sun, October 25, 2009 at 04:55 PM

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Intro…

Often times, people live a life that is empty instead of empowered. They are frozen by fear instead of fueled by faith.

Faith and fear have the same results, both believing what they cannot see.

Fear stops you from where you are going and faith takes you there…

Reminds me of a story…

“Dope on a Rope”

This criminal had committed a crime. (Because hey, that’s what criminals do. That’s their job.) Anyway, he was sent to the king for his punishment. The king told him he had a choice. He could be hung by a rope or take the punishment behind the big, dark, scary steel door. The criminal quickly decided on the rope. As the noose was being slipped on him, he asked, “Out of courtesy, what’s behind that door?” The king laughed and said, “You know, it’s funny, I offer all you guys the same choice, and nearly all of you pick the rope.” “So,” said the criminal, “what’s behind the door? Obviously, I won’t tell anyone, “he said, pointing to the noose around his neck. The king paused, and then answered, “Freedom, but it seems most people are so afraid of the unknown that they immediately take the rope.”

…Stop living like a dope! Familiarity can be fatal to your future.

If you keep doing what you have always been doing, then you will keep getting what you’ve always been getting.

You must courageously break the habit of you habits = something repeated so routinely = it is done without conscious thoughts and it is a recurrent and often unconscious pattern of behavior acquired through frequent repetition.

You can give yourself the” Best of Life” (A Life on Purpose) by Agreeing with the Decrees of God…

Job 22:26-30 (MESG) “You’ll take delight in God, the Mighty One, and look to him joyfully, boldly. You’ll pray to him and he’ll listen; he’ll help you do what you’ve promised. You’ll decide what you want and it will happen; your life will be bathed in light. To those who feel low you’ll say, ‘Chin up! Be brave!’ and God will save them. Yes, even the guilty will escape, escape through God’s grace in your life.”

Job 22: 28 (KJV) Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee: and the light shall shine upon thy ways.

I. Decree
a. (Hebrew) = to decide
b. (Hebrew) = to determine
c. An enactment, hence an appointment of time, space, quantity, labor or use
d. It speaks of something prescribed, such as a task or portion
i. The verb form denotes “something cut in (or) engraved
ii. Decided
iii. Determined
iv. Decreed
1. primary root = to cut down or off
2. decision = to cut
e. It is what you cut out or let go of in your mind (soul) that changes your quality of life
f. Every moment you are given the opportunity to consciously choose how you will live your life
i. Life is = all about choice, not chance
ii. What you decide today is a preview of what you will live tomorrow
iii. Today’s decisions are tomorrow’s reality

II. Decision
a. To cut out or off
b. Therefore, to live an empowered and inspired (in spirit) life
c. You must cut out every thought that moves you in the wrong direction or away from the “spirit” (God)
i. Being “in spirit” is a direction we take, rather then a destination to be reached

III. Direction
a. Am I moving in the right direction? (this is a thought)

Galatians 5:16 This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh.

i. Fulfill (Greek) = to end or execute
ii. Walk (Greek) = follow, tread around

b. it’s vital that you assess the direction of your thoughts and behaviors in terms of moving toward or away from Spirit
c. Each day, determine if your thoughts align with His thoughts (His decrees)
i. If not, then make a “course correction”
ii. The Father’s Decree = His will, purpose and plan. His eternal, unchangeable, holy, wise and sovereign purpose
1. His official order, command

Psalms 110:4 The LORD hath sworn, and will not repent, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek.

Psalms 2:7 I will declare the decree: the LORD hath said unto me, Thou art my Son; this day have I begotten thee.

IV. The Fathers Decree, “An Everlasting Covenant”
a. Before the Father and Son created the…
i. Sun
ii. Moon
iii. Stars
iv. Trees
v. Animals
vi. Man
1. They made an “everlasting covenant”
b. Covenant =
i. Agreement
ii. League
iii. Compact
1. The inner workings of this inter-theistic covenant were simple…
a. The Father decreed
b. The Son agreed
2. When the Father declared these words over THE WORLD (the pattern son Jesus = the eternal logos) He spoke to you (the rhema word) who was in Him. Ephesians 1:4
3. Simply, the Father said to each one of us, “You are my child. I have something I want you to do for me”
4. His decree is =
a. Our personal destiny
b. Our foreordained ministry
c. Our lifelong assignment
d. It’s the divine prescription for our earthly existence

V. I Knew Thee

Jeremiah 1:5 Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations.

a. Formed (Hebrew) =
i. squeezed into shape
ii. to press
iii. to mold into a form
iv. to determine a form or resolution
b. Belly (Hebrew) = Womb
c. I knew thee =
i. (Hebrew) = to know = to ascertain by seeing
1. (God saw you “before)
ii. to observe
iii. to care
iv. to recognize
v. to creatively instruct
vi. to designate
vii. to appoint
viii. to mark

d. Before thou camest forth
i. (Hebrew) to go
ii. To bring out
iii. Direct
iv. Appear

e. Out of the womb, I sanctified thee
i. (Hebrew) = causatively = pronounced or observed or made clean
ii. Kept purified, dedicated wholly

Galatians 6:17 From henceforth let no man trouble me: for I bear in my body the marks of the Lord Jesus.

f. marks
i. (Greek) = a mark incised for recognition of ownership
ii. Branded
g. A prophet unto the nations and I ordained thee
i. Ordained (Hebrew) =
1. ascribe
2. assign
3. charged
4. committed
5. distribute
6. put forth
7. send out
8. set forth

ii. Ordain = to order by decree

VI. God says, “I Determined, Purposed, Decreed You”
a. He made a decision about you!

Galatians 1:15 But when it pleased God, who separated me from my mother’s womb, and called me by his grace.

b. Separated =
i. (Hebrew) = set off by boundary
ii. Appoint
iii. Declare
iv. Determine
v. Specify
1. You were “specified”
a. = clearly intended, designed, destined, defined, determined and decided upon!

c. A sovereign God KNEW…
i. who your parents were going to be
ii. All the mistakes you would make

d. He fashioned your package and at a pre-arranged moment, He released you into purpose!!
i. That which the Father spoke over you from the beginning
ii. God spoke over you, about yourself before He assigned you a body

Ephesians 1:4 According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love:

iii. In (Greek) = denotes a fixed position (in place, time or state)
iv. Chosen = to be selected
1. While God handpicked you and engineered you for success, Satan came to sabotage you, your life and your purpose

On the day you were born, you had all the inherent strength, goodness and wisdom that you would ever need. Therefore all you required was the knowledge or tools to access it…

John 10:10 The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.

v. Destroy (Greek) = to utterly abolish, end or render useless
1. In essence, the enemy wants to steal you identity, so he can kill your authority to ultimately render you useless or destroy your chosen purpose
2. Satan operates in deception (Father of all Liars)
a. Lie = something that doesn’t exist
b. Sinners by nature, have to sin. Eph 2:3
i. Sin = a mistaken identity, to miss the mark
ii. Mark (Greek) = charagma (Character)
iii. To sin is to come short of the character of Christ

If you don’t know who you are (and were) in Christ we will never know what we have in Christ

VII. The Potential of “Who We Are” Struggles with the Reality of “Where We Are”
a. There is often a discrepancy between “who” we are and “how” we are behaving
i. Behavior comes out of belief
ii. Experience is not what happened to a man, rather it is what a man does with what happens to him
iii. You must reframe you life and begin to agree with the decrees of God
iv. An event does not define you
v. You are being sabotaged by Satan if you embrace a belief that was activated by an adverse event that now causes negative behavior not in alignment with you authentic self

Job 22:29-30 (MESG) You’ll take delight in God, the Mighty One, and look to him joyfully, boldly. You’ll pray to him and he’ll listen; he’ll help you do what you’ve promised. You’ll decide what you want and it will happen; your life will be bathed in light. To those who feel low you’ll say, ‘Chin up! Be brave!’ and God will save them. Yes, even the guilty will escape, escape through God’s grace in your life.”

VIII. God is Going to Speak Through Your Pain and Shame From His Perspective
a. In John Chapter 8 (remember His words are eternal)
i. Jesus is teaching an outdoor seminar on the Mount of Olives to His “would be” disciples, as the greatest preacher to ever live.
1. He is profound, prolific and He paralyzed theologians with His wisdom
ii. While He is in the midst of His discourse, the “disciples” and all those who would subsequently follow Christ, are about to get an exercise in excellence and theology.
1. This classroom setting these “religious” folks bring this woman caught in the very act of adultery (“an event”)
a. John 8:3 – they made her stand before the group
iii. Religious people drug this woman out of her bedroom (or back seat of a car ☺) and throw her before Jesus (who always has a crowd) and say to Him,
1. What are you going to do?”
a. This is the big question, “What does God have to say to me?” after I went through that “event” or did “this” act
i. Divorce
ii. Bankruptcy
iii. Got fired

2. The Bible says… Jesus answered not a word (He doesn’t have to answer your accusers) but that He stooped down and started writing…
a. I don’t know what He wrote, but I know why He wrote
i. To touch the dirty places in your life
ii. Yes, even the guilty will escape through God’s grace

3. He stooped down to…
a. Express divinity can “take on” humanity
b. Get down to you

So when the enemy manipulated your situation to embarrass the grace of God, remember what revelation told religion… “I don’t condemn you; go leave your life of sin. You are forgiven. Be free”. All you have to do is agree with His decree. God already made a decision.

Living Life On Purpose Part 2

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