SALT AND LIGHT

REV DAVID WHITENER. 7-22-2011.

My experience shows that those who plant trouble and cultivate evil will harvest the same. ~ Job 4:8, NLT

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JOHN 10:10. ¹⁰ The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full. (NIV).

Plant: to create, sow a seed, put in place.

PLANT RIGHTIOUS SEED, HEALLING SEED,

REDEMPTION SEED, GRACE SEED, TRUTH IN LOVE SEED, GUIDANCE SEED, HELP SEED. ..ETC...

Trouble: conflict. Problem, opposition, evil doer, destroyer.

Cultivate Evil: or

Cultivate good... (fruit of Holy Spirit). 1 Cor. 13:1-13.

A. Cultivate. To make it live - water it, fertilize it, weed it, dig around it, prune it....

B. Evil. To destroy, to Destroy good, life, blessings, joy, truth.

Jesus said:

John 16:33 (NIV)

³³ “I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.”

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	Matthew 5 : 3- 16. New International Version (NIV)

The Beatitudes
Lk. 6.20-23
3	¶ Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
4	¶ Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted. Is. 61.2
5	¶ Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth. Ps. 37.11
6	¶ Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled. Is. 55.1, 2
7	¶ Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.
8	¶ Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God. Ps. 24.4, 5
9	¶ Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God.
10	¶ Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness' sake: 1 Pet. 3.14 for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
11	¶ Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake. 1 Pet. 4.14
12	Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets 2 Chr. 36.16 · Acts 7.52 which were before you.
The Salt of the Earth
13	¶ Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savor, wherewith shall it be salted? It is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men. Mk. 9.50 · Lk. 14.34, 35 The Light of the World 14 ¶ Ye are the light of the world. Joh. 8.12 ; 9.5 A city that is set on a hill cannot be hid. 15 Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; Mk. 4.21 · Lk. 8.16 ; 11.33 and it giveth light unto all that are in the house. 16 Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven. 1 Pet. 2.12 CONCLUSION PRAYER: LORD FORFGIVE US OUR TRANSGRESSIONS, OR DOING OUR OWN WILL AND NOT BEING A BLESSING OR THE HANDS OF JESUS TO OTHERS HURTS AND NEEDS. LET IT BE, THAT WE WOULD BE A BLESSING AND NOT A CURSING. TO MAKE THOSE WE ENCOUNTER HAVE A BETTER LIFE HAVING MET US. IN JESUS NAME I PRAY; AMEN... SONG: Just to be Thine hand extended, reaching out to the oppressed Let me touch Him, ... " LET ME TOUCH HIM" 1. LET ME TOUCH HIM, LET ME TOUCH JESUS, LET ME TOUCH HIM AS HE PASSES BY SO WHEN I SHALL REACH OUT TO OTHERS, THEY SHALL KNOW HIM THEY SHALL LIVE AND NOT DIE CHORUS: JUST TO BE HIS HAND EXTENDED, REACHING OUT TO THE OPPRESSED, LET ME TOUCH HIM, LET ME TOUCH JESUS, SO THAT OTHERS MAY KNOW AND BE BLESSED. 2. I WAS STRAYING SO FAR FROM JESUS, I WAS LONELY, HAD NO PEACE WITHIN, THEN THE HAND OF MY SAVIOR TOUCHED ME, NOW I'M REACHING TO OTHERS IN SIN. REPEAT CHORUS TAG: SO THAT OTHERS MAY KNOW AND BE BLESSED!!

HEART

BY REV DAVID WHITENER 7- 23- 2011

YOU DO NOT HAVE TO KEEP SAYING IN A

REPETITIOUS PRAYERS THE SAME MONTRA OVER AND OVER TO BE HEARD AND ACCEPTED

BY GOD IN YOUR PRAYERS.

Matthew 6:7n (NKJV) And when you pray, do not use vain repetitions as the heathen do. For they think that they will be heard for their many words.

REPETITION IN PRAYER IS ONE WITH OUT FOCUS IN HEART, ATTENTION, AND AGOPE LOVE BY FAITH. D.W. IT IS HABIT OR RITUAL ONLY.

WHAT KIND OF HEART DO YOU HAVE?

Jeremiah 17:9 (NKJV) The heart is deceitful above all things, And desperately wicked; Who can know it?

Psalm 51:10 (NKJV) Create in me a clean heart, O God, And renew a steadfast spirit within me.

Luke 6:45 (NKJV) A good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings forth good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart[a] brings forth evil. For out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks.

DEFINE (HEART):

1. CENTER OF BEING. LIFE BLOOD PUMP.

2. CORE OF HUMAN LIFE. SOUL.

3. SOUL= MIND, WILL, EMOTIONS.

~MIND~

Romans 12:2 (NKJV) And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, thatis that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.

~WILL~

JOHN 3:16; Joshua 24:15 (NKJV) And if it seems evil to you to serve the LORD, choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell. But as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.”

~ EMOTIONS ~ drunk in Holy Spirit...not drunk on wine.

Acts 2:1-4... (NKJV) When the Day of Pentecost had fully come, they were all with one accord[a] in one place. 2 And suddenly there came a sound from heaven, as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled the whole house where they were sitting. 3 Then there appeared to them divided tongues, as of fire, and one sat upon each of them. 4 And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.

JESUS IS LORD OF OUR SPIRIT, SOUL, AND

BODY..... MIND, WILL, AND EMOTIONS.

TOTAL LORDSHIP FAITH AND HOPE IN AGOPE

LOVE....

1 Corinthians 6:19 (NKJV) Or do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and you are not your own?

CONCUSION AND PRAYER--- Change my heart oh God. Make it ever true, Change my heart oh God. May I be like You . You are the potter, I am the clay. Mold me and make me, This is what I pray. Change my heart oh God, make it ever true, Change my heart oh God, may I be like You.

ABOUT PRAYER

~ABOUT PRAYER~

BY REV DAVID WHITENER

David a question for you! I have been praying about something from the Lord for a while, I get confused with whether I just pray once and believe the Lord will take care of it and leave it alone or am I supposed to keep praying over and over again until I get an answer? Whats your take? I see both in scripture!

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YES, TRUE. THERE IS A ASPECT IN PRAYER WHERE WE SEEK GOD IN A DEEP EMOTIONAL TIMES FRAME. CALLED, TRAVAILLING AND PREVAILLING PRAYER... THIS IS THE TYPE OF PRAYER JESUS DID IN THE GARDEN OF GETHSEMANE.

ONE GOOD POINT IN PRAYER TO REMEMBER, ASK IN FAITH THEN PRAISE GOD FOR THE ANSER. TO KEEP SEEKING IN PRAYER IS WHEN ONE NEEDS WISDOM,

OR DIRECTION AND NEESS TO HAVE A PEACE IN A DIRECTION FROM GOD IN ORDER TO GET ON WITH LIFE, ETC.

NOTE THIS TEXT:

Matthew 7:7 (NKJV) Keep Asking, Seeking, Knocking

7 “Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.

AND REMEMBER, JESUS PRAYED FOR AN HOUR AT ONE POINT IN THE GARDEN JUST BEFORE HE WENT TO THE CROSS.

HE ASKED HIS DISIPLES TO PRAY WITH HIM. ALSOL... BUT HEY FELL ASLEEP.

* Jesus Prays in Gethsemane (Mark 14:32-42)

* Garden of Gethsemane (Luke 22:39-46)

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THERE IS A FASTING PRAYER TOO.

FASTING INCREASES FAITH AND ANOINTING OF THE HOLY SPIRIT. FAST FOOD AND FAST THE MIND FROM STUFF LIKE,

T.V. AND SOCIETY BUSINESS. THEN SPEND TIME IN THE BIBLE AND LISTENING IN YOUR HEART FOR GOD'S DIRECTION AND

WITH HIS FELLOWSHIP ...

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SAYING THE "LORD'S PRAYER", WITH OUT YOUR HEART IN IT. IS A MONTRA, OR MINDLESS RITUAL OR HABIT. GOD HEARS A PRAYER OF FAITH AND LOVE TOWARD HIM...

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OTHER TYPES OF PRAYER ARE:

* INTERCESSION

* PETITION

* SUPPLICATION

* SINGING PRAISE AND ADORATION WORSHIP

* THANKSGIVING

Psalm 100:4 (NIV)

4 Enter his gates with thanksgiving

and his courts with praise;

give thanks to him and praise his name.

* CONFESSION AND REPENTANCE

* PRAYER IN UNKOWN TONGUES, SEE:1 Corinthians 14:15 AND Jude 1:20, NOTE ALSO, ACTS 2:1-4.

* LISTENING OR STILLNESS, QUIETNESS.--

Psalm 46:10 (NIV) 10 He says, “Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.”

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WAIT ON GOD WHEN YOU PRAY, HAVE FAITH, THE VICTORY

AND ANSWER WILL INDEED COME..

OTHER TEXTS..........

And Jesus knew their thoughts, and said to them, Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation; and every city or house divided against itself shall not stand: Matthew 12:25

Daniel 10:12-13 (NIV)

12 Then he continued, “Do not be afraid, Daniel. Since the first day that you set your mind to gain understanding and to humble yourself before your God, your words were heard, and I have come in response to them. 13 But the prince of the Persian kingdom resisted me twenty-one days. Then Michael, one of the chief princes, came to help me, because I was detained there with the king of Persia.

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Jude 1:9 (NIV)

But even the archangel Michael, when he was disputing with the devil about the body of Moses, did not dare to bring a slanderous accusation against him, but said, "The Lord rebuke you!"