VICTORY #1

“Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock.” –Matthew 7:24

Realizing we’re on God’s Journey brings about God’s Victory.

Don’t be surprised. 

Don’t camp. 

Deuteronomy 1:6-7a
6 The Lord our God said to us at Horeb, “You have stayed long enough at this mountain. 7 Break camp and advance into the hill country of the Amorites…

Know your location. 

Know your destination. 

Know your Guide. 

[1.]
Dream Stage – Gen.12:1-3

[2.]
Decision Stage – Gen.12:4

[3.]
Delay Stage – Gen.16:1

[4.]
Difficulty Stage – Gen.17:1-5

[5.]
Dead-End Stage – Gen. 22:2

[6.]
Deliverance Stage – Gen. 22:13-14

(1.) God Can Do Anything

Romans 4:17
As it is written: “I have made you a father of many nations.’ He is our father in the sight of God, in whom he believed – the God who gives life to the dead and calls things that are not as though they were.

Luke 18:27
Jesus said, “What is impossible with men is possible with God.”

(2.) God’s Promises are Valid

Romans 4:18 Philips
Abraham, when hope was dead within him, went on hoping in faith, believing that he would become “the father of many nations.” He relied on the word of God which definitely referred to ‘your descendants’.

(3.) Expect God to Come Through – On Your Behalf

Romans 4:20-21
Yet he did not waver through unbelief regarding the promise of God, but was strengthened in his faith and gave glory to God, being fully persuaded that God had power to do what he had promised.