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Principles For Progress Part 2

Dr Dharius Daniels

Change Church • Apr 4, 2024 • 59 min

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

Summary

In this teaching from the series 'It's About To Get Better', Dr. Dharius Daniels explores key principles from Hebrews 9 and 10 necessary for spiritual progress and thriving. He highlights the Principle of Presence—where God supernaturally sustains us and fills us with joy—and the Principle of Profession, emphasizing the power of aligning our words with God's promises. Believers are challenged to speak God's truth over their circumstances, fortify their faith, and break negative thought patterns with the Word of God.

Themes

Scriptural PrinciplesThe Presence of GodConfession and FaithPerseveranceSpiritual Growth

Pastor's Points

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The Principle of Presence

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The Principle of Profession

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Confession fights doubt

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Confession fortifies your faith

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Confession fetches God's promises

Key Points

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Thriving requires scriptural principles, the person of Jesus Christ, and the power of the Holy Spirit working in a believer's life.
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How you perceive God directly impacts what you experience with Him, even though your perception does not alter His eternal character.
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Through Christ's sacrifice, believers have unlimited access to the presence of God, where true joy and spiritual assets reside.
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Just as Manna was preserved inside the Ark of the Covenant, God supernaturally maintains and sustains believers in His presence during difficult seasons.
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Sometimes the miracle in a trial is not God giving you more, but God miraculously maintaining and keeping what you already have.
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The Principle of Profession requires believers to hold unswervingly to speaking what God says rather than merely reacting to what they see.
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Confession does not mean denying natural facts; it means declaring God's eternal truth over those facts until circumstances align with His Word.

Sermon Moments

“The god you see is the god you get; how you see Him impacts what you experience with Him.”

“Sometimes the miracle isn't God giving you more; it's God maintaining what you've got.”

“What you see doesn't change what He said, but what He said will change what you see.”

“Words interrupt thoughts—you can't fight a thought with a thought, you fight a thought with a word.”

“Confession doesn't deny facts, it puts truth on the facts.”

“By faith, we have to say what we see in Scripture until we see what we've been saying.”

This Week

Ask God directly for wisdom each morning, believing He will give it generously as promised in Scripture.

Prioritize daily personal quiet time to stay grounded in God's presence where joy and endurance are sustained.

Audit your daily speech to ensure your words reflect faith in God's promises rather than agreement with despair or doubt.

When negative or anxious thoughts arise, interrupt them immediately by declaring a specific Bible verse out loud.

Practice putting truth on facts by stating a challenging reality followed by God's biblical promise regarding that situation.

Increase your daily reading and memorization of Scripture so your heart has an abundance of God's Word to speak during trials.

Choose to rest spiritually during overwhelming situations, trusting that God is able to hold you secure through every crisis.

Remember This

To experience the better life God promises, believers must prioritize His presence and unswervingly confess His Word over their daily circumstances.

A Challenge for You

Do not drop your weapon of confession when adversity strikes; speak God's truth over your situation until what you see aligns with what He has said.

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