31 July 2022 - Jesus Your Covenant Friend - Pastor Joseph Prince Sermon Notes - New Creation Church Sermon NotesNew Sermon Notes: Pastor Joseph Prince taught us how we all have diverse gifts, callings, and anointing. He encouraged us to rely on Jesus our covenant friend to lead us and give us favor in the situations of life! Praise and Worship Song Performed: 1. See A Victory - Elevation Worship 2. Refuge - New Creation Worship 3. Here I Bow - Bethel Music 4. Exalted - Betty Nicholson (Hosanna! Music) There are different gifts, callings, and anointing that believers have. Paul was set apart with God’s calling in his mother’s womb. Yet, Paul (when he was Saul) persecuted the early church and thought he was serving the Lord. Jesus said to Saul that by persecuting the church he was kicking against the goads (a sharp instrument used to direct oxen). Do not say that your words have no influence. Your words are like ox goads that have the power to move and direct. Saul studied at the feet of Gamaliel (one of the best religious teachers in Israel at that time), and he had a zeal for God because he had the calling of an apostle on his life. Christians should not say “Oh my God” which is using His name in vain. Find a different expression to say what you mean. When you study a book in the Bible, the key to understand the main focus of the book is found at the door (the first chapter). The Book of Ecclesiastes begins with “vanity of vanities”. Solomon was the most powerful and richest king in the world at that time. He had 300 wives and 700 concubines. As a sovereign king, he could have everything his heart desired, and yet he said everything was emptiness and unfulfilling. Ecclesiastes is telling us that it profits a man nothing if he gains the whole world but loses his own soul. Song of Songs is a song above all songs because it is about the Son of God and His love for us. Jesus told the woman at the well that if she drank that water she would thirst again. She understood the meaning because she was looking for fulfillment in men, but it was not working out. Do not draw from your spouse because your spouse cannot fulfill the thirst in your heart. Only Jesus can. Matthew 11:28-30 - Jesus Himself will rest you. Israel was under a heavy burden because no one could keep the Law perfectly. The Law says cursed is everyone who does not continue in all its statutes and commandments. When you first got saved, you received the first rest in your conscience and spirit. The second rest is in your soul (emotions). Only people who know who they are to the Father can serve and give to others. Insecure people feel like they have to show off. Meekness and gentleness is strength under control. It takes strength to be gentle. Jesus was not rash and reactive. He patiently made a scourge/whip in the temple and drove out the merchants from the temple. When you hear a revelation and it feels heavy on you, it is not from Jesus. When it comes from Jesus, there will be a joy and a flow. A mature, stronger ox will usually be yoked to a younger, inexperienced ox. If the mature ox turns and the younger ox does not turn, it will cause a sore neck in the younger one. Jesus is the mature ox who gently leads us. Just flow with Him. When you read the Bible and a verse jumps out at you, stop there and ask the Holy Spirit to reveal more to you. If there is an impulse to pray, do not procrastinate. Pray right there and then. ““Come to me, all you who labor and are heavily burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart; and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.”” (Matthew 11:28-30 WEBUS)
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17 July 2022 - Flourish Through Soul Prosperity - New Creation Church Sermon Notes - Pastor Lim Lian NeoNew Sermon Notes: Pastor Lian taught us about having a secret root life that cultivates soul prosperity. This then leads to us prospering in all things and being in health. Praise and Worship Song Performed: (I missed songs before this) 1. Jesus - Debby Kerny Rettino 2. Jesus At The Center - Israel Houghton 3. Amazing Grace (My Chains Are Gone) - Chris Tomlin 4. Dance Like David Danced 5. Way Maker - Sinach You shall taste and see that the Lord is indeed good to you. 3 John 1:2 - Most of all, God wants you to enjoy soul prosperity. Your outward indicators are not as important as your inner life. God wants you to prosper in all things—all areas of your life. “Beloved, I pray that you may prosper in all things and be healthy, even as your soul prospers.” (3 John 1:2 WEBUS) Jeremiah 17:8 - The secret to a tree being fruitful is the health of its root system. Water is a picture of God’s word. The root system is about your secret life between you and the Lord. “For he will be as a tree planted by the waters, who spreads out its roots by the river, and will not fear when heat comes, but its leaf will be green, and will not be concerned in the year of drought. It won’t cease from yielding fruit.” (Jeremiah 17:8 WEBUS) We are not numbered among those who are resigning, but we will be the ones who are possessing our inheritance in Christ. John 15:5, 7 - It is not just about the written Word but also your connection with the Living Word (Jesus). Involve Jesus in your daily life and ask Him to guide you. To “remain” is “meno” in Greek with means to stay there. “I am the vine. You are the branches. He who remains in me and I in him bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing...If you remain in me, and my words remain in you, you will ask whatever you desire, and it will be done for you.” (John 15:5, 7 WEBUS) John 15:9 - Jesus did not say “feel” My love. He said “remain” (means to believe that you are loved by Him, even when you do not feel it). Faith is to have a good opinion of God. You do not need emotions to assure you that He is real and true. Faith is not a feeling. Oftentimes, the positive feelings will follow as you get better at something. “Even as the Father has loved me, I also have loved you. Remain in my love.” (John 15:9 WEBUS) 10 July 2022 - How Supply Comes Under Grace - Pastor Joseph Prince Sermon Notes - New Creation Church Sermon NotesNew Sermon Notes: Pastor Joseph Prince taught us how God wants us to enjoy His supernatural provision and health as we keep our eyes on Jesus. Praise and Worship Song Performed: 1. Won’t Stop Now - Elevation Worship 2. For My Good - New Creation Worship 3. Pride Of A Father - Hillsong Music 4. You Alone - Don Harris Grace is all about supply, Law is all about demand. Go by your spiritual discernment instead of just simply believing what is reported in the media about the body of Christ. The “anointing” is a ‘moving noun’. It is something dynamic and active. If you are a believer, it abides in you and teaches all things. Your mind wants to dominate you and it will never be satisfied, but God made you a spirit (the real you). You live in a body. Take care of your body, and trust the Lord to keep you healthy. The feeling of ‘deja vu’ is because your spirit saw that moment before it happened. The dead cannot come back. Familiar spirits impersonate the dead. The Scriptures confirm what your born-again spirit already knows on the inside. Matthew 6:25 - Your life is more important than material things and your body (health) is more important than clothing. God wants us to live carefree. “Therefore I tell you, don’t be anxious for your life: what you will eat, or what you will drink; nor yet for your body, what you will wear. Isn’t life more than food, and the body more than clothing?” (Matthew 6:25 WEBUS) We are more valuable than the birds and yet our Heavenly Father even cares for the birds. We were created to look up and worship God. Everything that has breath was created to praise the Lord. Matthew 6:24-25 - Your life is wasting away if your purpose in life is to pursue money. ““No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You can’t serve both God and Mammon. Therefore I tell you, don’t be anxious for your life: what you will eat, or what you will drink; nor yet for your body, what you will wear. Isn’t life more than food, and the body more than clothing?” (Matthew 6:24-25 WEBUS) People actively pursue wealth because of in unbelief. They do not believe that God can take care of them. When you keep your eyes on the Lord, He will supply all your needs. You will have more than enough, with enough to give and share with others. It is easy to see the harvest in someone’s life but not easy to see when they are sowing. The harvest comes after the season of sowing. God gave you His precious Son because He loves you. He will surely not withhold all other good things (which are lesser in value). The world always puts God out of the picture. Put Him in your situation. 3 July 2022 - Jesus Keeps Giving and Giving - Pastor Joseph Prince Sermon Notes - New Creation Church Sermon NotesNew Sermon Notes: Pastor Joseph Prince encouraged us not to worry about tomorrow, and that there is more than enough grace for today. God will keep providing for all your needs day by day! Praise and Worship Song Performed:
The purpose of New Creation Church is to dust off and preach the Gospel of Grace that the Apostle Paul preached back then. God speaks to us especially at night when we are quiet and not using our phones. When you have free time, meditate on His word and pray to see what He is saying. God told Pastor Prince that He wants the Gospel to go forth faster, further, and stronger. Pastor Prince feels like he should remove the pay wall from his sermon messages (intellectual property). He feels like Joseph in the Bible who was asked to store up grain during the years of plenty so that he can open up the storehouse in the years of famine to be distributed to all. Ecclesiastes 1:9 - There is a principle in the Bible whereby that which once was is that which is, and what which shall be. There is nothing new under the sun. Pastor Prince senses that there is a season of famine coming. We can learn from the types in the Old Testament to discover what kind of steps and wisdom God gave back then. These can be applied to our lives today. “That which has been is that which shall be, and that which has been done is that which shall be done; and there is no new thing under the sun.” (Ecclesiastes 1:9 WEBUS) If we can work to our own perfect standard of righteousness, then there is no need for Jesus. Righteousness can only be received as a gift. The Book of Genesis is a mirror with The Book of Revelation. The Garden of Eden had a Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil, but Paradise in The Book of Revelation does not. Paradise in Revelation is greater in scale and grandeur. In marriage, there is no “God’s perfect choice” or “one and only”. There is only “God’s appointed one”. |
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