FIGHTING AGAINST GOD'S PLAN FOR YOUR LIFE (A) Isaiah 53:3 He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not. (B) Acts 9:1-6 1 And Saul, yet breathing out threatenings and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, went unto the high priest, 2 And desired of him letters to Damascus to the synagogue that if he found any of this way, whether they were men or women, he might bring them bound unto Jerusalem. 3 And as he journeyed, he came near Damascus: and suddenly there shined round about him a light from heaven: 4 And he fell to the earth, and heard a voice saying unto him, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? 5 And he said, Who art thou, Lord? And the Lord said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest: it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks. 6 And he trembling and astonished said, Lord, what wilt thou have me to do? And the Lord said unto him, Arise, and go into the city, and it shall be told thee what thou must do. (C) Jeremiah 29:11 For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. Jer 29:11 (NIV) (D) God has a plan for your life. (E) Satan has a plan for your life. (F) Whose plan are you going to follow? (G) John 10:10 The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly. (H) John 10:10 The thief 's purpose is to steal, kill and destroy. My purpose is to give life in all its fullness. John 10:10 (Living) (I) Satan's plan is to steal from me (1) His plan is to kill those things that are important to me (2) Satan's plan is to destroy my life (3) This is his purpose (J) But God has a plan for me, He has a plan you (1) God's plan for me is life, His plan for you is life (2) His plan is abundant life, life in all its fullness I. FIGHTING AGAINST GOD'S PLAN FOR YOUR LIFE (A) I knew at eight years old that God had a plan for me to preach (B) How I fought against God's plan for my life (1) But I didn't know I was fighting against God (C) My family didn't go to Church, I didn't go to Church (1) But for some reason I was afraid to lie or cuss I knew God was listening (D) At 16 I got drunk, God's plan for me was to lift my voice and cry out against drinking and its evils, but I was fighting against His plan (E) At 17 I told my mother my first lie, and by the way got caught in it, I am not good at lying, God's plan for me is to speak truth, live truth, and preach to people to tell the truth (F) I cared very little about anyone but myself, God's plan was for me was to love people (G) I would go and be in places that I did not belong, God's plan for me was to show and help people out of these places, but I was fighting His plan (H) I would turn other peoples cheeks, His plan for me was for me to turn mine, I was not to hurt people, but to help people, I was not to make wounds, I was to help heal them (I) All this time God had a plan for my life, but Satan did also II. SATAN'S PLAN (A) Satan's plan is to steal from me, I didn't know it but the most important thing he wants to steal from me and from you, listen to what the Spirit is saying to us, the thing Satan wants to steal from us more than anything else is God's plan for our life (B) He wants to steal our salvation (1) Our healing (2) Our miracles (3) Our faith (4) Our time (5) Our love (C) Satan's plan is to kill (1) I had guns and knifes pulled on me (2) Car wrecks (3) Four months before I got saved a gun was put to my head and the trigger was pulled (D) Satan's plan is to destroy (1) One of things that I regret most in my fighting against God's plan for life was when I blackslid on God (2) Satan wanted to destroy me and I was helping him out (3) What God had built between me and people, Satan destroyed now listen, Satan used some amonition that I had given him, sure he threw in some lies, he wouldn't be Satan without have some lie in his act of destroying (4) But I opened the door (5) With God's help I will open the door no more III. GOD'S PLAN FOR YOUR LIFE (A) Eternal life, living forever with God, with Jesus, with the Holy Spirit, life that will last forever (B) John 3:15-16 15 That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life. 16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. (C) Abundant life (1) Peace (2) Healing (3) Your needs taking care of (D) Answered prayers (E) God taking care of you because you are taking care of His plan for your life (F) God has a plan for your life (1) Satan has a plan for your life (2) Whose plan are you going to follow? |
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