A PROMISE FOR YOU FROM THE LORD
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LUKE 1:68-75
"Praise be to the Lord, the God of Israel, because he has come and has redeemed his people.
He has raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David
(as he said through his holy prophets of long ago),
salvation from our enemies and from the hand of all who hate us—
to show mercy to our fathers and to remember his holy covenant,
the oath he swore to our father Abraham:
to rescue us from the hand of our enemies, and to enable us to serve him without fear
in holiness and righteousness before him all our days."
OUTLINE
1. ADORATION
2. VISITATION
3. REVELATION
4. EMANCIPATION
5. ATTESTATION
6. RELAXATION
7. PURIFICATION
THE MESSAGE
A PROMISE FOR YOU FROM THE LORD FOR THE NEW YEAR 2007
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1. ADORATION
The Lord is calling us to a lifestyle of praise and worship in this New Year. He wants us to worship Him in spirit and in truth . The Lord dwells in the midst of the praises of His people. As we live everyday in a spirit of worship we will experience the presence of God in a powerful way. We will experience the intervention of God in our battles to grant us victory and justice and deliverance. As we worship Him with our substance and are faithful to honour Him with our offerings we will experience His abundant provision in our lives.
SCRIPTURE REFERENCES
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LUKE 1:68
"Praise be to the Lord, the God of Israel, because he has come and has redeemed his people. "
JOHN 4:23-24
"Yet a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for they are the kind of worshipers the Father seeks.
God is spirit, and his worshipers must worship in spirit and in truth."
PSALM 34:1
" I will extol the LORD at all times; his praise will always be on my lips. "
PSALM 22:3
" But You are holy, Enthroned in the praises of Israel."
PSALM 149:6-9
" May the praise of God be in their mouths and a double-edged sword in their hands,
to inflict vengeance on the nations and punishment on the peoples,
to bind their kings with fetters, their nobles with shackles of iron,
to carry out the sentence written against them. This is the glory of all his saints. Praise the LORD."
ACTS 16:25-26
" About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners were listening to them.
Suddenly there was such a violent earthquake that the foundations of the prison were shaken. At once all the prison doors flew open, and everybody’s chains came loose."
PROVERBS 3:9-10
" Honor the LORD with your wealth, with the firstfruits of all your crops;
then your barns will be filled to overflowing, and your vats will brim over with new wine. "
2. VISITATION
The Lord will visit His people in this New Year and redeem and deliver them. We need not despair and feel as though the Lord has forgotten us . The Lord will come to us and deliver us and raise up a banner of victory and deliverance for us. When the Lord visits us there will be salvation in our house. Let us expect a visitation from God in the lives of our unsaved loved ones. There is healing and prosperity and miracles in our lives when the Lord visits us.
SCRIPTURE REFERENCES
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LUKE 1:68-69
"Praise be to the Lord, the God of Israel, because he has come and has redeemed his people.
He has raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David "
LUKE 19:5-10
"When Jesus reached the spot, he looked up and said to him, "Zacchaeus, come down immediately. I must stay at your house today."
So he came down at once and welcomed him gladly.
All the people saw this and began to mutter, "He has gone to be the guest of a ’sinner.’ "
But Zacchaeus stood up and said to the Lord, "Look, Lord! Here and now I give half of my possessions to the poor, and if I have cheated anybody out of anything, I will pay back four times the amount."
Jesus said to him, "Today salvation has come to this house, because this man, too, is a son of Abraham.
For the Son of Man came to seek and to save what was lost."
JOHN 21:3-6
"I’m going out to fish," Simon Peter told them, and they said, "We’ll go with you." So they went out and got into the boat, but that night they caught nothing.
Early in the morning, Jesus stood on the shore, but the disciples did not realize that it was Jesus.
He called out to them, "Friends, haven’t you any fish?" "No," they answered.
He said, "Throw your net on the right side of the boat and you will find some." When they did, they were unable to haul the net in because of the large number of fish. "
JOHN 2:1-11
"On the third day a wedding took place at Cana in Galilee. Jesus’ mother was there,
and Jesus and his disciples had also been invited to the wedding.
When the wine was gone, Jesus’ mother said to him, "They have no more wine."
"Dear woman, why do you involve me?" Jesus replied, "My time has not yet come."
His mother said to the servants, "Do whatever he tells you."
Nearby stood six stone water jars, the kind used by the Jews for ceremonial washing, each holding from twenty to thirty gallons.
Jesus said to the servants, "Fill the jars with water"; so they filled them to the brim.
Then he told them, "Now draw some out and take it to the master of the banquet." They did so,
and the master of the banquet tasted the water that had been turned into wine. He did not realize where it had come from, though the servants who had drawn the water knew. Then he called the bridegroom aside
and said, "Everyone brings out the choice wine first and then the cheaper wine after the guests have had too much to drink; but you have saved the best till now."
This, the first of his miraculous signs, Jesus performed in Cana of Galilee. He thus revealed his glory, and his disciples put their faith in him."
MATTHEW 8:14-17
" When Jesus came into Peter’s house, he saw Peter’s mother-in-law lying in bed with a fever.
He touched her hand and the fever left her, and she got up and began to wait on him.
When evening came, many who were demon-possessed were brought to him, and he drove out the spirits with a word and healed all the sick.
This was to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet Isaiah: "He took up our infirmities and carried our diseases."
3.REVELATION
The Lord will fulfill what He has revealed through His prophets in this New Year. We need not give up hope thinking that the promises of God will not be fulfilled . Even if long years have passed since we received the revelation from the Lord , He will fulfilled what He has promised. He is not a man to lie or change His mind. The Lord is faithful to fulfill all His promises. What He promised with His mouth , He will fulfill with His hands.
SCRIPTURE REFERENCES
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LUKE 1:70
" (as he said through his holy prophets of long ago), "
NUMBERS 23:19-20
" God is not a man, that he should lie, nor a son of man, that he should change his mind. Does he speak and then not act? Does he promise and not fulfill?
I have received a command to bless; he has blessed, and I cannot change it. "
JOSHUA 21:43-45
" So the LORD gave Israel all the land he had sworn to give their forefathers, and they took possession of it and settled there.
The LORD gave them rest on every side, just as he had sworn to their forefathers. Not one of their enemies withstood them; the LORD handed all their enemies over to them.
Not one of all the LORD’s good promises to the house of Israel failed; every one was fulfilled."
JOSHUA 23:14
"Now I am about to go the way of all the earth. You know with all your heart and soul that not one of all the good promises the LORD your God gave you has failed. Every promise has been fulfilled; not one has failed. "
I KINGS 8:56
"Praise be to the LORD, who has given rest to his people Israel just as he promised. Not one word has failed of all the good promises he gave through his servant Moses. "
2 CHRONICLES 6:4
" Then he said: "Praise be to the LORD, the God of Israel, who with his hands has fulfilled what he promised with his mouth to my father David...."
4. EMANCIPATION
The Lord will deliver us from the hands of our enemies and from the hand of all that hate us in this New Year. Our enemies may think that they have us firmly in their grip , but the Lord will deliver us from their hand. The Lord is with us like a mighty warrior to fight all our battles and grant us victory and deliverance.
SCRIPTURE REFERENCES
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LUKE 1: 71, 74
" salvation from our enemies and from the hand of all who hate us—
to rescue us from the hand of our enemies, and to enable us to serve him without fear "
ISAIAH 49:24-25
" Can plunder be taken from warriors, or captives rescued from the fierce ?
But this is what the LORD says: "Yes, captives will be taken from warriors, and plunder retrieved from the fierce; I will contend with those who contend with you, and your children I will save. "
JOSHUA 1:5
" No one will be able to stand up against you all the days of your life. As I was with Moses, so I will be with you; I will never leave you nor forsake you. "
DEUTERONOMY 28:7
" The LORD will grant that the enemies who rise up against you will be defeated before you. They will come at you from one direction but flee from you in seven. "
JEREMIAH 20:11
" But the LORD is with me like a mighty warrior; so my persecutors will stumble and not prevail. They will fail and be thoroughly disgraced; their dishonor will never be forgotten. "
5. ATTESTATION
The Lord is faithful to fulfill the oath and the covenant that He made with our father Abraham. The Lord Jesus Christ became a curse for us on the cross so that the blessing of Abrham may come upon us. Through Christ we are heirs of the promise that God made to Abraham . The Lord has promised us through Abraham to bless us and make us a blessing. He has promised to multiply us and give us victory over our enemies.
SCRIPTURE REFERENCES
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LUKE 1:72-73
" to show mercy to our fathers and to remember his holy covenant,
the oath he swore to our father Abraham: "
GALATIANS 3:13-14 , 29
" Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us, for it is written: "Cursed is everyone who is hung on a tree."
He redeemed us in order that the blessing given to Abraham might come to the Gentiles through Christ Jesus, so that by faith we might receive the promise of the Spirit."
" If you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise."
GENESIS 12:1-3
" The LORD had said to Abram, "Leave your country, your people and your father’s household and go to the land I will show you.
"I will make you into a great nation and I will bless you; I will make your name great, and you will be a blessing.
I will bless those who bless you, and whoever curses you I will curse; and all peoples on earth will be blessed through you."
GENESIS 22:15-18
" The angel of the LORD called to Abraham from heaven a second time
and said, "I swear by myself, declares the LORD, that because you have done this and have not withheld your son, your only son,
I will surely bless you and make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and as the sand on the seashore. Your descendants will take possession of the cities of their enemies,
and through your offspring all nations on earth will be blessed, because you have obeyed me."
6.RELAXATION
The Lord wants to grant peace and rest in this New Year . He wants to deliver us from our enemies so that we can serve Him without fear. The Lord wants to remove fear and terror from our lives. He wants us to experience peace and tranquility and rest from our enemies.
SCRIPTURE REFERENCES
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LUKE 1:74
" to rescue us from the hand of our enemies,and to enable us to serve him without fear "
ISAIAH 54:14
" In righteousness you will be established: Tyranny will be far from you; you will have nothing to fear. Terror will be far removed; it will not come near you."
ISAIAH 32:17-18
" The fruit of righteousness will be peace; the effect of righteousness will be quietness and confidence forever.
My people will live in peaceful dwelling places, in secure homes, in undisturbed places of rest. "
ISAIAH 14:3-7
" On the day the LORD gives you relief from suffering and turmoil and cruel bondage,
you will take up this taunt against the king of Babylon: How the oppressor has come to an end! How his fury as ended!
The LORD has broken the rod of the wicked, the scepter of the rulers,
which in anger struck down peoples with unceasing blows, and in fury subdued nations with relentless aggression.
All the lands are at rest and at peace; they break into singing. "
ISAIAH 41:10-13
" So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.
"All who rage against you will surely be ashamed and disgraced; those who oppose you will be as nothing and perish.
Though you search for your enemies, you will not find them. Those who wage war against you will be as nothing at all.
For I am the LORD, your God, who takes hold of your right hand and says to you, Do not fear; I will help you. "
PSALM 23:2
"He makes me lie down in green pastures, he leads me beside quiet waters, "
MATTHEW 11 :28-30
"Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.
Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.
For my yoke is easy and my burden is light."
7. PURIFICATION
The Lord wants to do a deep work of sanctification in our lives in these last days to prepare us for the coming of the Lord. He wants us to serve Him in holiness and righteousness. He will go before us and make the crooked places straight in order to enable us serve Him in righteousness. The Lords wants to sanctify us wholly in our soul , spirit and body so that we can stand before Him blameless . Those who choose to live ungodly and impure lives will be greatly ashamed and rejected eternally on the day of Judgement.
SCRIPTURE REFERENCES
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LUKE 1:75
" in holiness and righteousness before him all our days. "
ISAIAH 45:1-3
“Thus says the LORD to His anointed, To Cyrus, whose right hand I have held— To subdue nations before him And loose the armor of kings, To open before him the double doors, So that the gates will not be shut:
‘ I will go before you And make the crooked places straight; I will break in pieces the gates of bronze And cut the bars of iron.
I will give you the treasures of darkness And hidden riches of secret places, That you may know that I, the LORD, Who call you by your name, Am the God of Israel. "
PSALM 27:11
" Teach me your way, O LORD; lead me in a straight path because of my oppressors. "
I THESSALONIANS 5:22-24
" Avoid every kind of evil.
May God himself, the God of peace, sanctify you through and through. May your whole spirit, soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
The one who calls you is faithful and he will do it. "
JUDE 24-25
" To him who is able to keep you from falling and to present you before his glorious presence without fault and with great joy—
to the only God our Savior be glory, majesty, power and authority, through Jesus Christ our Lord, before all ages, now and forevermore! Amen. "
HEBREWS 12:28-29
" Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, let us be thankful, and so worship God acceptably with reverence and awe,
for our "God is a consuming fire."
MATTHEW 7:21-23
"Not everyone who says to me, ’Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.
Many will say to me on that day, ’Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and in your name drive out demons and perform many miracles?’
Then I will tell them plainly, ’I never knew you. Away from me, you evildoers!’
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