Feb 25 - Understanding God's Stages For You In Your Walk With Him, Don't Underrate Your Stages.

🕯 Theme: Understanding God's Stages For You In Your Walk With Him, Don't Underrate Your Stages.         📖 Texts:    Isaiah 55:8-10, Exodus 15:22-27, Exodus 17:1, Numbers 33:1, Hebrews 5:8–14         Introduction:   > Your Life On Gods Agenda And Calendar Begins With Christ.         > God Gave Us Birth In Christ For His Own Purpose.         > To Achieve That Purpose And Fit Into God's Agenda And Programme For You, He Has Set Up A Hidden School Of Stages.         > These Stages Are Never Palatable To The Flesh And Human Nature; They Can Be Very Painful.         > These Stages Are Never Known To Us Except God Who Designs Them For His Purpose.         > These Stages Come With Many Questions In Our Minds.         > God Appears To Hide Himself During These Stages.         # Scriptural Background;      > Don't Be Careless With God's Stages For You Because, Gods Stages Hold The Key To Your Glorious Future Or End.         > God Designs Stages For Our;         Built Up    Faith   Character   For His Future Purpose And Plan For Us.         5. Our Growth To Inherit Him.   6. Our Impartation Of His Nature.         7. Our Increase.   8. Impartation Of His Nature And Identity.         9. Endowment Of Power      10. Obtaining The Anointing         The Stages Of God In Us Is To Prepare Us To.      > Inherit Him.      > To Take Over From Him.         > To Manifest His Glory Among Men.      > To Know The Real You = Genesis 22 :12.         > To Test Us For The Next Level > Genesis 22: 12.      > How Long These Stages Will Last Depends On God Ie What He Wants To Achieve.         How Quickly We Adapt To Learn And Are Prepared To Be Broken And Mended.      Each Stage Is A School, A Class, A Training Etc.         God Did Not Plan 40 Year Wilderness For The Israelites      > But They Had A Prolong Stage Because They Were Not Ready To Learn And Adapt / Adjust.         > At Each Stage,    Lord I Am Not Alone In This > Psalm 23 : 5, Isaiah 43:2.       Lord I Thank You Because You Weighed My Strength > 1 Corinthians 10: 13.         Lord, Help Me To Focus On You > Hebrews 12:1.      Lord, Help Me To Adapt / Adjust > Hebrews 4:14 – 16         Lord, Help Me To Surrender;      > We Need To Be Careful How We Interpret People's Challenges And Issues Because We Don't Know Their Stages.         > Each Person's Stage Is Unique To God's Agenda And Programme For The Person.       > You The Individual Should Also Be Careful About Yourself.      > You Don't Just Understand What Is Happening.         Each Stage Is Meant To Draw You A Step Closer To God.   @ Pray More > My Testimony Is Inside This Attack, Battle, Challenge.    > My Next Level Is Inside This....   > My Celebration Is Inside This....         Praise And Worship More   Be Sensitive More   Desire To Seek God More         Focus More On God.      Read / Listen To The Word More.      Be Patient > Psalm 46:10.         > Note :   1. Human Beings Can Be A Stage For You.      2. Human Attitude Can Be A Stage For You.      3. Situations Can Be A Stage For.      4. Attacks, Battles, Challenges, Difficulties, Discouragement, Failures, Painful Experiences Etc Can Be A Stage For You.         5. Even Good Things Happening To You Can Be A Stage For;            > Watch Four Things For Your Stage.      1. Your Thoughts > Keep Your Thoughts On The Word Of God.      2. Your Mouth.      3. Your Emotions > Submit To The Holy Spirit.       4. Your Actions          [  ] There Are Three Kind Of Stages;      1. Universal Kingdom Stage   2. Individual Church Stage   3. Individual Person Stage         Two Illustrations:      A. My Own Spiritual Father    B. Our Meeting With The Leadership Of Opah         [  ] Certain Gossips In The Bible    1. Sarah - Genesis 21:7   2. Hannah - 1 Samuel 1:26   3. Elizabeth - Luke 1:25            [  ] Prayer For Stages    > Prayer Points Of Friday            > Characteristics Of Stages       No Stage Is Meant To Be Understood, Hence Exodus 16:15; We Always Ask, What Is This, Manna;      1. Painful    2. Lonely    3. Difficult    4. Uncertain