Communion: It was
the lord’s desire on the night he was betrayed to serve communion to his
disciples.
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Matthew 26:26, Jesus had three groups of people.
i.
Multitude: he would share something then they go
home.
ii.
Believers: he show miracles & they hang
around, John 8:30
iii.
Disciples: Those who obey the lord. John 8:31
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How do you make disciples? Matthew 28:16-20
parallel passages in Mark 16:16, disciples are not born, believers are born.
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Communion is for disciples.
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Matthew 26:26-29, Jesus started Passover meal
that was started in Old Testament. This is a thanks giving meal for saving and
securing me.
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Communion meal is a fellowship with the father,
fellowship with son, fellowship with the Holy Spirit & fellowship with each
other.
How do you enlarge
your life?
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Zacchaeus, derived from Zach means “Clean, Pure”.
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Luke 19:2-6
i.
He was a top officer, a rich man who came to
Jesus; something in him that cause him to reach Jesus.
ii.
He wanted to know who Jesus, in Ver was: 3.
iii.
He has two obstacles, multitude & short
statures.
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Why Jesus took notice on Zacchaeus, because of
his desire to know Jesus.
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Why people don’t receive Jesus, because they
don’t have desire to know Jesus.
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If you want to know Jesus, there is guarantee
that Jesus will visit your house and is written in this word. When He visits
you, he will touch your life, there is a blessing to come to the house of the
lord. If you come to the house of the lord to earnestly seek Jesus, He will
visit you, touch your life and change your life.
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Church should not after people; church should be
going after the lord.
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The nature of the flesh wants to pull you away
from God, but Holy Spirit wants to push you towards the lord.
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1 Chronicles 1:1, People begin excited when they
heard word of God, law of God from Ezra. Reason why bible has genealogy, so you
can look for who was my ancestor. Genealogy in bible begins with Adam. 1
Chronicles 4:1. Genealogy of Judah, Ver: 8-9, Jabez belongs to Judah, They
where tribe of praise, honor god, makes your life as act of worship. You would
be a worshiper. Praises go out of anything.
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Jabez means causing sorrow,
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How do you get blessing, let’s review Jabez
prayer.
i.
Jabez was descendent of Judah, and Judah means
praise.
ii.
He was more honorable than his brothers.
iii.
Ver: 10 > He acknowledge his stigma.
iv.
He acknowledged god of Covenant.
v.
He acknowledged god is the one who blesses.
vi.
He took action by praying.
vii.
He began to pray that God would bless him. The
word “indeed” is lack in our prayer, the word indeed describe “how he wanted
God to bless him”, bless me to the superlative; means bless me so much that
there is no room to bless. Bless me so much that there is no room to contain
it. The word bless comes from the word Barak, and Barak is reference to the
god, Barak means to boost, to elevate, to lift up, to raise up, Here in this
scripture Jabez said God that you would raise me up today, show honor to me
today.
viii.
Enlarge his territory, give me progressive grow,
you would to pray that God would enlarge my heart, my territory, enlarge my
capacity to bless you more, god give me progress. If you honor god in little
thing of your life he will find god opening big opportunity in your life.
Nothing is happening in your life by accident, it happen by prays only.
ix.
He wants god’s hand as his progress.
x.
He recognize god to keep him away from evil.
xi.
Progress & blessing makes you higher and
dangerous fall if god is not with you.
If you
want god to bless you, heal you, go ahead and ask for it. Ask god for, Blessing,
enlargement of your territory, and ask for God’s hand is with you all the time
of your progress.
