Jesus Is Passionate About His Church

Matthew 21:12-16

12 And Jesus went into the temple of God, and cast out all them that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the moneychangers, and the seats of them that sold doves, 13 And said unto them, It is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer; but ye have made it a den of thieves. 14 And the blind and the lame came to him in the temple; and he healed them. 15 And when the chief priests and scribes saw the wonderful things that he did, and the children crying in the temple, and saying, Hosanna to the Son of David; they were sore displeased, 16 And said unto him, Hearest thou what these say? And Jesus saith unto them, Yea; have ye never read, Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings thou hast perfected praise?

Observations:

1. Jesus longs for us to come to His house. 

2. Jesus longs for us to get rid of the junk once we get to His house. 

3. Jesus longs for us to connect with Him once we get to His house. 

     • Prayer brings focus on truth. 

     • When we pray, we remember what we need and where to find it. 

     • When we pray we find focus not on our brothers sin, but on our sin. 

4. Jesus longs to bring healing to us once we get to His house. 

5. Jesus longs for us to worship Him once we get to His house. 

Birds Of A Feather Flock Together

And being let go, they went to their own company, and reported all that the chief priests and elders had said unto them. 24 And when they heard that, they lifted up their voice to God with one accord, and said, Lord, thou art God, which hast made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and all that in them is: 25 Who by the mouth of thy servant David hast said, Why did the heathen rage, and the people imagine vain things? 26 The kings of the earth stood up, and the rulers were gathered together against the Lord, and against his Christ. 27 For of a truth against thy holy child Jesus, whom thou hast anointed, both Herod, and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles, and the people of Israel, were gathered together, 28 For to do whatsoever thy hand and thy counsel determined before to be done. 29 And now, Lord, behold their threatenings: and grant unto thy servants, that with all boldness they may speak thy word, 30 By stretching forth thine hand to heal; and that signs and wonders may be done by the name of thy holy child Jesus. 31 And when they had prayed, the place was shaken where they had prayed, the place was shaken where they were assembled together; and they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and they spake the word of God with boldness. 32 And the multitude of them that believed were of one heart and of one soul: neither said any of them that ought of the things which he possessed was his own; but they had all things common.

1. They focused on unity. 

2. They focused on God. 

3. They focused on scripture. 

4. They focused on their mission. 

5. They focused on the miraculous. 

Is God Waiting On You?

Jonah 2:1

   1 Then Jonah prayed unto the LORD his God out of the fish's belly, 2 And said, I cried by reason of mine affliction unto the LORD, and he heard me; out of the belly of hell cried I, and thou heardest my voice.

Jonah ran from the presence of the Lord. 

   Jonah 1:1-3

     1  1 Now the word of the LORD came unto Jonah the son of Amittai, saying, 2 Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry against it; for their wickedness is come up before me. 3 But Jonah rose up to flee unto Tarshish from the presence of the LORD, and went down to Joppa; and he found a ship going to Tarshish: so he paid the fare thereof, and went down into it, to go with them unto Tarshish from the presence of the LORD.

Areas in which we make God wait on us:

1. For us to get our priorities right. (God, Family, etc)

    God: "seek Me first" DO NOT give God the leftovers! 

2. For us to stop making excuses and placing blame. 

   Do the job God called you to do! 

3. For us to stop trying to make deals with Him. 

4. For us to work out what He's worked in. 

5. For us to love the world as He loves the world. 

6. For circumstances to be perfect. 

7. For us to give Him 100%

8. For us to become enthusiastic in our convictions.

Waiting

Numbers 14:22-24

22 Because all those men which have seen my glory, and my miracles, which I did in Egypt and in the wilderness, and have tempted me now these ten times, and have not hearkened to my voice; 23 Surely they shall not see the land which I sware unto their fathers, neither shall any of them that provoked me see it: 24 But my servant Caleb, because he had another spirit with him, and hath followed me fully, him will I bring into the land whereinto he went; and his seed shall possess it. 

Waiting: to remain inactive; stationary. 

What am I going to do while I'm waiting for God's will and timing for this situation to come together? 

• Commit yourself to the reality that God has a plan for your life

     Preparation, mentoring, timing, 

     • "find joy in the journey, not just in the destination"

• God rewards faithfulness of the faithful

     • Most people fall away during the waiting. 

     • have verb faith! 

• Gods grace is enough 

Salvation Is Here

Psalms 55:22

22 Cast thy burden upon the Lord, and he shall sustain thee: he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved. 

1. This is a bold and daring invitation

    • you must cast your burden on God in FAITH. 

    • there is no LIMIT on how many times you can cast. 

    • there are no SIZE RESTRICTION 

2. There is no one like our God. 

    • You have to acknowledge God for who HE is. 

    • worship God 

    • surrender to God

3. There is a tremendous ACCOMPLISHMENT that God does for us. 

    • God does this with His presence

    • God will surprise us

    • God longs to do this for us