2012-01-01 Ncc 2nd svc review – Year Of Unceasing Fruitfulness
During Holy Comm Pastor Daniel urges all to submit every area of life to God to bless and every area will be blessed and God gets all the glory for everything
Pre sermon testimony . Baby with suspected down’s syndrome was delivered healthy and whole .
Pastor Prince asked who stayed up for the 2012 new year count down
Some experienced breakthrough for 2011 at the last month and even in the last day
Some things we don’t understand but God is working behind the scenes
11 is number of dis order and tsunami in Japan created a mess and there was economic disorder
12 is number of God ‘s organization
2012 – everything will come into order
12 disciples. 12 sons of Jacob. No more no less
God knew there would be 12 tribes .
God ‘s divine order – 12
Jarius daughter was 12 years and woman was bleeding for 12 years . All in same story
God has first word and final word and is alpha and omega in your life
No sickness and poverty in heaven
Lord ‘s prayer is that bring heaven ‘s quality down to earth . Heaven on earth for us in the midst of hell on earth for others
Bible is “… So that we may be thoroughly furnished or all good works”
Bible is complete and therefore does not need external source for interpretation
So you don’t need to read Mayan 2012 prophesy to interpret bible
Word of God is all we need for 2012 and how to prepare ourselves
God won’t show you everything . God will show you enough . Enough so you can step out in faith
Jer 17 (KJV )
17:5-8
Cursed be the man that trusts in man …
God makes rain fall on just and unjust so good may come to the cursed man but he does not see it
Superabundance of natural rain in Singapore recently
Rain in bible so that you shall lend to many and not borrow. Rain is sign that prosperity to Singapore
Rain especially a blessing for arid Israel
Giber – strong
V 5. Giber ‘man ‘ in v 5 first man . Then second ‘man ‘ is Adam . What is strong man trusting in fallen man ?!
can curse come to believer ?
Yes if he is under Law or if preacher and preaching law not grace
Good may come to the cursed man but he cannot see it
We are not this cursed man who inhabits the parched land and in a salt land
Trust in man could also mean self-confidence or trusting in other men for success
We are to be Christ – confident
Sometimes God may send you people to help but trust must always be on God
Boss is just a channel . God can change your boss. Don’t look to man for blessing
Don’t wait for Europe or USA to recover or for somebody to do something
Look to the Lord our true stronghold
Cursed man is a shrub is desert who cannot see good when it comes
We are blessed man in jer 17;7
V 8 we shall not see when heat comes
Heat will come but we will not see it
Why ? Because We are so full of Jesus
Heat in hebrew literally means heat
Stop looking to man’s idea and prognostication
We are not wild trees. We are planted by someone and somebody is watching after us. Jesus planted us by the waters. Our leaves are evergreen and do not wither
We are glad as the year has been crowned with goodness
Those who survived 2011 and can even complain now .Stop complaining . You made it .
let every one who has breath praise the Lord ! Don’t be like the cursed man
Thank the lord that you are alive
One man died last week and the whole nation cried ! What for being a conqueror of nation but life is cut short !
V 8 – careful : means anxious
Why not careful ? Being we will be evergreen and fruitful
We can be dumb and still be blessed
There are people who are smart and come under the curse
We don’t have to be smart to be blessed . Just be like sheep following the shepherd
What is the point for climbing the ladder of success if you find that end of ladder it is the wrong house !
We will not be anxious in the year of drought – 2012
We will see a lot of turmoil in 2012 . Watch out for Israel and middle east and the part Israel will play this year
People of God will be evergreen in this year of drought and yield fruit
Works is the outcome of effort
Fruit is the outflow of life
Works of flesh eg variance, party spirit etc
Result of flesh
Fruit of spirit : love joy etc
Fruit – we just receive . Don’t have to worry about producing
When ? This year .
We cannot see the sap of tree but we can see the fruit
Jesus wants us to bear fruit
We will have fruit for every single month in 2012
Theme for 2012:
Unceasing Fruitfulness
Bible says this happens in year of drought
Why? Testimony to Lord that we prosper when world in drought . We say Jesus is the source
We do not cease to yield fruit in the year of drought
Let’s be the blessed man !
Picture shown of Pastor Prince shown beside the waters of Tel Dan with trees having leaves overhanging planted beside the waters. It reminded pastor of Jeremiah
We have a hidden spring and subterranean blessing within us – rivers of living water
So we can be evergreen even in years of drought for world
Don’t depend on boss where there may be seasons of blessing only depending on mood of boss
Be planted in the courts of the Lord
Psalm 1:1 – 3
Don’t be scorners.
Don’t have mentality that God bless somebody at your expense
God has inexhaustible supply and with 12 basketfuls left over
God can do things for others and for you too ! Rejoice when you hear testimonies
Don’t be bitter or angry .
If somebody wants to take your coat, say take my singlet too . Angel taking notes on what you did ! You will be supplied
Ps 1:2 delight in law of lord
V3: planted by rivers of water . Rivers – plural . Abundance !
Whatsoever he doeth shall prosper
Evergreen .
Leave carries meaning .
Ra’nan in hebrew – green , fresh
Extra virgin oil is green
After many pressings, olive oil is light yellow
Green oil because we anointed with oil of new covenant
Rev 22:2
In midst of it was tree of life
We ‘are’ the tree of life
Bears 12 kinds of fruit ! Amazing ! No natural tree produces 12 fruit
Every month of 2012 there will be a fresh manifestation of God’s goodness
We are in for a pleasant surprise and we will say I have never tasted this before
12 manner of fruits for the 12 months
Leaves – what are they ?
Leaves for the healing of the nations !
Nations – goyim – non Jews
Tree in heaven but we have access to it now
As nations mentioned here so we know we have access to it
when we meditate we have leaves evergreen and unceasing fruitfulness
Whatever we do prospers
In world they may be good at management but health or marriage failing but with God’s word – whatever prospers
How ? By trusting on the lord – via meditation on God’s word
Law of lord refers the whole counsel of God’s word
Lord of law is perfect and converting the soul – David says
So cannot be 10 commandments as they don’t convert souls
Word is infallible unlike world ‘s material
Do not prioritize man words above God’s
Sometimes God uses man as channel but always trust God
Eg Elijah and how he was fed by bird’s and then widow woman
Why ? God wanted to bring Elijah go woman so she could be blessed when she offered bread to Elijah
Whatever you do prosper . But do something . Get off your end and do something
Sometimes the prosperity does not manifest immediately . See Joseph example
We are a blessing going everywhere we go and waiting to bless someone
Pastors kids patronized a stall where previously no one bothered and by the time they left, crowds were thronging it
Key : Meditate day and night
Hagah Hebrew : to speak with oneself, Murmuring to oneself in a low voice as if musing
Eg : mutter to oneself that lord is my shepherd
Shepherd … Shepherd
You do this and your leaves prosper
There was a guy who asked guide to take him to places where ps 23 could have taken place . Lord impressed on man to meditate on ps 23 and he was filled with peace and he healed of cancer. So he wanted to make a video of ps 23 in Israel for Cancer patients to meditate on
Proverbs says that God’s word is health to all our flesh
No side effects for other organs . Cf man medicine
Business man was in dire straights and God told him to muse upon ps 23. His mind was not occupied with worry and he did not do problem solving . Whilst meditating , he saw clearly what he had to do and he was delivered of his financial problems
Bible meditation is not like worlds where you empty yourself. Here you repeat to yourself word of God
In down time meditate . In queue time . Meditate
Eg mutter I will not be careful in year of drought because God takes care of me .
Your leaves turn green !
Even mistakes can prosper – when you meditate on God ‘s word
Pastor saw a cow in cave in Mt arbel and it was ruminating . It has 4 digestive compartments in their stomach. Brings up the food to ruminate from one compartment to another until finely digested
Cows need to be relaxed when they ruminate
Principle : be relaxed when meditating
Leviticus says do not eat animals which do not split hooves and do not chew curd. Do not eat from ministries which do not rightly divide the word between law and grace
God cannot lie. Whatever you meditate on word . God performs the Word
God word is so sweet so you delight in it like a sweet in mouth so not legalism when you meditate
Parallel is delight and joy in eating . So not legalism
ps 113 : God makes the barren woman keep house and be joyful mother of children
For those who are believing for children , you can meditate on this
Josh 1:8
“… Shall not depart from mouth “
Must mutter so it engages your mind or else you will quickly forget in day’s busyness
Joshua was such a busy man as leader of Israel and God told him to prioritize meditating day and night on Word
God ‘s way is evening and morning – day starts with evening
Our s is more negative : morning then dark . Very pessimistic
But God change the order for Joshua meditation verse . For future generation who work on day and night principle and to meditate
Last word of Gen is coffin
Last word of Malachi is curse
Last word of NT is grace of lord
Grace is antidote
Last word of Josh is Ephrahim – fruitfulness
Bethlehem Ephrathata – : root is perry . Fruit
Joshua 24:29 – 31
Lived to 110 – Joshua
He was warrior till the very last year . God just took his breath
Timnath Serah : he was buried . In the moutains of Ephrahim . He owns the mountains of Ephrahim
Portion of the sun or abundant portion – timnath serah
That is Joshua legacy
As long as Joshua lived , all Israel served God
What a testimony !
The key : meditate on God’ word
Find out God ‘s promises and hide them in your mind and bring them out in meditation
Memorize ps 1 and bring that out . Your sleep will be sweet
Year of unceasing fruitfulness in year of drought for the one who trusts on the lord and meditates on his word
[Editor: Service ended as congregation lifted up their 3 prayer requests to the Lord for 2012]
Dear brother, thank you for your notes of the sermon! I am also a member of New Creation Church and I chanced upon your website from the ‘Best Christian Blog of the Year 2010′. I also take notes from Pastor Prince’s sermons but not as detailed as you! Thank God for you have the anointing of a scribe! I will be forwarding your blog to my CG brothers and sisters for their benefit too! God bless you with unceasing fruitfulness in 2012!
Thank you
Thank you for sharing, I wait each week to read your notes on Pastor Prince’s messages, as I was reading I saw that word, “meditate” in pieces” : med (medicine) – I – t (cross) – ate Thank you again for faithfully posting your blog, many blessings to you and your family in 2012!