Song Selection: “I don’t know what you come do….” “He has done great things, bless his Holy Name!”
Scripture Reading: Matthew 14:15-20
15 As evening approached, the disciples came to him and said, “This is a remote place, and it’s already getting late. Send the crowds away, so they can go to the villages and buy themselves some food.”
16 Jesus replied, “They do not need to go away. You give them something to eat.”
17 “We have here only five loaves(O) of bread and two fish,” they answered.
18 “Bring them here to me,” he said. 19 And he directed the people to sit down on the grass. Taking the five loaves and the two fish and looking up to heaven, he gave thanks and broke the loaves.(P)Then he gave them to the disciples, and the disciples gave them to the people. 20 They all ate and were satisfied, and the disciples picked up twelve basketfuls of broken pieces that were left over.
Sermon Notes
It’s amazing in the hour we currently reside.. Computers have become our personal companions.. People look at their phone 135 times a day.. .Do you know what it would be like if we looked at our mates 135 times a day… Do you know what it would do for our children if we looked into their eyes 135 times a day… Life test or halt test, which is a stress testing process in engineering used to measure the level of stress.. It’s used to test stress and failures… It finds it’s limits and it’s used to find it’s balance.. It’s pushed to the limit to only find that it’s limited..If God is taking you through something more than regular people have to go through just so you can find your balance…Halt – stop before we react so we can connect..Halt stands for – Hunger – If you did not eat it will effect your equal liberty… The “H” in halt will effect your decision… When were the last time your made good decision… Maybe it’s because you are not in a place where you are being spiritually fed.. Halt stands for: H- hungry A = Anger – L- lonely – T- Tired…
Am I hungry?
Am I angry?
Am I lonely?
Am I tired?
L- Lonely – Have you cut from your conscious, your crowd.. Sometimes your results and actions are doing what you do because you are lonely.. Are you lonely because you don’t like your own company.. .Being around people does not neccistate companionship.. Being alone will make you slip into depression….After you access, Am I hungry, and I anger.. .Many of us don’t understand that if we don’t slow down…What happens when your gift has no anointing?The reality is that many of us are juggling bowling balls.. Walking around wounded trying to act balanced…This is my thesis statement… Church is not for you to have balance.. The intention of Christ was for you to never have balance… You are suppose to have… Did I hear you clearly that God’s intention was never for you to have balance… Even God’s aim when he died on the cross what to give you life, and give you life more abundantly..You have hit a brick wall, and you realize that you have nothing left… I’m trying to throw out some life line balance…Evening has now come.. He has not practiced time management.. How long have you been teaching because my mind has a short attentions span.. God will keep talking to us even when he knows I have other stuff to do… He’s been talking so much that the sun has now elapsed… Somebody has got to remind them that we have been here all day and nobody has not eaten.. He gave me the word but I’m now hungry… How can I function on the word, and I’m now hungry.. Because I have not eaten and I work for God, it has given me a chemical imbalance on how I function…You have to be careful who you operate under ministry.. How do you sit under God and tell them to send people away.. Next time you confront a negative spirit in church.. You don’t need to pray for them or pull out no oil.. Ask them if they have eaten today? Maybe they are doing to much… It’s effecting his equal liberty… He now says: “You feed them” Sometimes, I have to walk you through…Sometimes so many people in church becomes selfish about the person that is pouring into them…It is illuminating to the theory at hand… Master, this is what we got… 2 fish and 5 loads of bread… I know we don’t eat like this no more.. Aluminium foil and a brown paper bag ..You can put one fish into 2 slices of bread, but I still have an imbalance because I don’t have as much fish as I have bread. The dilema that is brought to Jesuys…
What do I do about imbalance..? I don’t have as much fish as I have bread…. This is where Jesus blows my mind… If God would have wanted me to have balance in my life, he would have broke up the fish… Why is God breaking up the bread… I’m anointing them to multitask.. I have to put more on them… You are ordained to do more with less…You are ordained to do more with less… The reason why people can’t understand why you are able to maintain with your little bit is because you have an anointing on your life…The reason why God keeps adding more to your plate is because he knows you can handle it… He knows that I really don’t want it… When he breaks the bread, he don’t even look at me… When more stuff is added to my plate, I won’t look to people. because I will look to the hills which cometh my help, because all of my help comes from the Lord…More is getting ready to be put on your plate… What I’m getting ready to put you in place for, don’t worry about not having enough time to do it, but you have enough God to do it, and I can make it happen for you…Do you understand what God is getting ready to add to your life.. More blessings, more checks. I’m getting ready to add more responsibilities… . To whom much is given, much is required…We have a problem.. Two fish and five loads of bread.. If it’s God’s intention to give us balance…. There should be an even number of fish and bread…. At the end of the day there are 12 baskets of bread left and no sign of fish.. What just happened is the real miracle because I don’t have enough… The miracle is there is an imbalance because there is too much… .I have to give stuff away for what’s God got for me…This is not going to be a life where there is not going to be pain.. This is not going to be a season where there won’t be disappointments… I’ve had some good days, and I’ve had some bad days, but when I look back over my life… All of my good days out way my bad days, I won’t complain… .God gave you the test to see if you would go to church even when you did not have balance in your life… I may not have balance but I h ave joy.. This joy that I have, the world did not give it and the world cannot take it away…All things work together for the good that Loves the Lord and is called according to his purpose… You can’t do it all, but God is able… God is able to do exceeding, abundantly above all that you ask to keep you from falling…I’m getting ready to pray that the Lord add more to your plate… I pray God will be able to trust you with more responsibility… I pray that God shift you into a dimension that you did not even know existed…As you lift your hands up to God he is breaking up bread because there is some stuff you have to hand out…. The question that has never been asked in text… Where did they get those baskets? God is getting ready to provide a receptacle to put all of your gifts in… I have to elevate you into another assignment… I have to give you a bigger office, etc. to work in..Confuse the enemy and give them peace in the face of Chaos… Lord I thank you on this week that your are going to give us the opportunity to share our gift with someone else… Thank you Lord that this is our graduation day… WE are going to be able to give over to God our imbalanced life…You have a lot you are trying to figure out, but God is going to put more on your plate…How many of you right now are dealing with more than you thought you could handle? How many of us can say I am amazed that I’m doing it all?Have you ever thought how overwhelmed you are that you are keeping things together at the same time.. Keeping the lights on.. I’m getting ready to add even more to your plate.. I just needed to know if you could pass the stress test…If you know this word was just for you…. Give God some praise…Give yourself the halt test..Am I eating right?
Am I hungry?
Am I angry?
Am I lonely?
Am I tired?
am I too tired for what it is I’m trying to accomplish..
Halt means to STOP – Stop right where you are…
It’s not God’s intentions for you to thrive, but for you to strive.. Go eat and feed yourself.. Are you working this hard to prove something to somebody? Are you over compensating that you don’t want to be like your mother?
Anger comes out sometimes in disappointment…
Are you tired of arguing? Are you tired of trying to figure out how you are going to pay these bills? Tired of always having to keep my mouth shut? Tired of always have to walk away? He will keep you in perfect peace if you keep your mind stayed on him…
Stop everything you are doing in the flesh that you are not prepared for in the spirit.. I pray God makes your heart strong enough to handle your mind, and your mind strong enough to handle your assignment….
I pray that God stop letting your family use you as an emergency exit..
God never calls people that are not busy… God called the disciples that were already busy and he added more to them…
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