CD 1617 Atmospheres

Don't Miss Out!!! (Victory Worship Center) with Pastor Greg Proctor

CD 1617 Atmospheres…

“Life would be impossible without the atmosphere;” in the natural world, the earth's “atmospheres” is where most of our weather comes from! You have been outside on a scorching summer day and suddenly you smell rain. Suddenly the “atmosphere” changes and here comes the rain! This natural world is a pattern from heaven (Hebrews 8:1-5 & 9:23-24). Elijah (James 5:13-20) created an atmosphere for rain on earth from the pattern of Heaven (Matthew 6:10). Guard ”the atmosphere” around you moment by moment!

Your faith or fear creates “atmospheres”.

The Lord Jesus works in “atmospheres”!

Remember the devil is a copycat and he too works in “atmospheres”. Satan loves “atmospheres” created for desire (lust- Eph. 2:3), darkness ( Acts 26:18) and death (Heb. 2:14)! These are in direct opposition to what the Lord works in....

Create the correct “atmosphere” by calling Jesus Chriat your everything! He will only be to you what you have the faith to call Him! And faith only comes by hearing the Word of God (Romans 10:17)!

Lord, teach me how to create the correct “atmospheres” according to Your will!

“Atmospheres” of:

#1 Love - *Romans 5:8 (KJV) But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

#2 Light - (see Matthew 4:12-17) *Matthew 4:16 (KJV) The people which sat in darkness saw great light; and to them which sat in the region and shadow of death light is sprung up.

*John 8:12 (KJV) Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.

#3 Life - *John 14:6 (KJV) Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.

*1 John 5:11-12 (KJV) And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. 12 He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life.

Depending upon the needs of the moment we must create by faith the right “atmosphere”! Remember how Jesus changed the “atmosphere” by removing the unbelieving in “Luke 8:51”!

Closing Illustration:

The Lumberjack

There was a rookie lumberjack who started out determined to chop down more trees than anyone else. He made it his goal to beat his company’s average tree count of fifteen trees a day.

On his very first day, he felled ten trees. He said to himself, “That’s pretty good for my first day.” But on the second day, he chopped down ten again. No progress at all. Then on the third day, he managed only seven! Now he was puzzled, but not discouraged yet. He simply doubled his efforts the next day. Imagine to his surprise when he finished with only five trees down!

Every day it got worse – no matter how hard or often he swung the ax, when each day ended, he had felled fewer trees than the day before. After two weeks of discouragement, the young man approached a grizzled old veteran. “I don’t understand what’s going on. I work hard every day, swinging my ax from dawn to dusk, but I keep doing worse and worse. What can I be doing wrong?”

“Young fella,” the old man replied after a long pause, “I can see them callouses on your hands and bigger muscles in your arms, to prove you been swingin’ your ax. But let me ask you somethin’ – When was the last time you sharpened your ax?”

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