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Bless Me Indeed

Philip Anthony Mitchell

2819 Church • Oct 5, 2021 • 63 min

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Take this message with you through a journey of Scripture, reflection, and prayer.

Summary

In this opening sermon of the 'Enlarge My Territory' series, Pastor Philip Anthony Mitchell explores the Prayer of Jabez from 1 Chronicles 4:9-10. Jabez was born into pain and burdened with a name meaning sorrow, yet he refused to let his past define his future. By crying out boldly to God, Jabez experienced a transformation from grief to divine favor, reminding believers that God desires to partner with our prayers to break limitations and expand our lives.

Themes

Prayer and BoldnessOvercoming Past PainIdentity in ChristSurrendering Comfort ZonesGod's Power and Favor

Pastor's Points

1.

Pray with Purity - Examine the heart motive behind your request.

2.

Pray with Possibilities - Give God a blank check without capping Him with your limited mind.

3.

Pray Purposely - Target specific areas of pain, limitation, and frustration directly.

Key Points

1.
Children operate with a wonderous faith free of perceived limitations, but adulthood often fades that faith into an acute awareness of pain and setbacks.
2.
Jabez was marked by a name meaning sorrow and pain, yet he chose not to settle for the unfavorable label passed down to him.
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Our greatest prayers often come from our deepest pain, and God sometimes uses agitation to push us out of comfortable places.
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God gave authority in the earth and seeks to partner with our mouths in faith to execute His divine will.
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Exposure to greater things expands our spiritual appetite for what God wants to do in and through us.
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God loves the current version of who you are right now, even while seeing and preparing the future version of who you will become.
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Settling on a low level keeps us from experiencing the broader territory and healing God desires to grant us.

Sermon Moments

“Children have a wonderful ignorance where they almost have no concept of limitations or danger; they just leap expecting you to catch them.”

“You are sitting in the tangible manifestation of another man's faith who heard from God and stepped out on nothing.”

“Sometimes our greatest prayers will come from our greatest pain, and our highest acts of faith will come from our deepest places of frustration.”

“God will allow us to be agitated where we are to push us to where He wants us to be because He knows we wouldn't otherwise choose it.”

“God is trying to partner with your mouth.”

“Once you've been exposed, you cannot be unexposed; exposure creates an appetite for what God wants to bring into your life.”

“While God sees the next version of you, He is deeply in love with the version of you right now.”

This Week

Take inventory this week of every area in your life currently causing pain, frustration, or grief.

Identify where you have settled for perceived limitations or labeled yourself based on past seasons of defeat.

Refuse to sanitize your prayers; bring your raw frustrations and deep longings directly to God.

Examine your motives behind your desires to ensure you are asking with a pure heart.

Pray bold prayers without capping God's capacity with your own logical limitations.

Speak words of faith daily, choosing to actively partner your mouth with God's promises.

Step out of comfortable routines to pursue the higher purpose and spiritual growth God has placed in your heart.

Remember This

You do not have to settle for any limitation or circumstance in life, because God is waiting to partner with your faithful prayers and say 'Yes.'

A Challenge for You

Go home this week and take inventory of everything causing frustration or pain in your life, evaluate where you are settling, and boldly cry out to God to 'Bless me indeed.'

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