7 January 2018 - Vision Sunday: The Year of Hesed Wisdom - Pastor Joseph Prince Sermon Notes - New Creation Church Theme of the Year 2018

7 January 2018 - Vision Sunday: The Year of Hesed Wisdom - Pastor Joseph Prince Sermon Notes - New Creation Church Theme of the Year 2018

The world is getting darker but you can see good days in 2018!

The theme of the year is an emphasis that God is placing for a certain part of the body of Christ.
Different ministries may have different themes of the year and sometimes they may overlap.

God wants you to know the theme so that when a breakthrough happens, you can think “Oh yeah, it’s the theme of the year - it’s all by Your grace!”

When you only look out for your own family without caring about others, your life becomes insular and you will start to feel like you need to be there to protect your family all the time. That’s not God’s way.
God’s way is for you to seek His kingdom and His righteousness first and all these things will be added to you.
When you lose your life for His sake, you will find it.

The word for grace in Hebrew is “hesed”.
Hesed is when you don’t deserve it but God still blesses you.
When you expect something bad to happen but you get something good. That’s hesed.
Many Bible versions translate the well-known verse as “His love endures forever”, but the word for love there is actually “hesed”. The Hebrew word for love should be “ahava”.

Hesed flows down to the humble. Humility is a condition to receive it.
Proud people cannot receive it because Hesed is undeserved, unearned, unmerited favor.
Proud people think that they can earn it themselves and won’t even pray for it.

Psalm 136:15 - When you see this year God overturning evil powers and nations, it’s because God is showing His hesed.
If we don’t learn about the judgement of God that fell upon Jesus on the cross then we won’t know how to appreciate God’s grace.

“But overthrew Pharaoh and his army in the Red Sea, For His mercy endures forever;” (Psalms 136:15 NKJV)

There are three accounts of Jesus raising people from the dead:
Jairus’ daughter. Raised from the dead after she just died.
Widow of Naim’s son. Raised from the dead on the same day.
Lazarus. Raised from the dead after four days.
Jesus can raised back any level of dead.

God can turn your valley of conflict into a valley of blessing this year in 2018, just like how He did for king Jehoshaphat.
When the king put his worshippers in the front lines of the battle, his enemies were defeated.

I Kings 3:4-10 - King Solomon is the richest man who ever lived. He is a trillionaire.
Great mercy in Hebrew is “hesed gadol” which is great grace.
Great kindness in Hebrew is also “hesed gadol” which is also great grace.
Grace is attracted to your weakness. Your weakness is your qualification for grace.
You don’t have to try to find weakness - just be yourself.
As you grow in the Lord, be patient with yourself. If there’s no weakness in your life, God’s grace cannot flow.
Solomon calls himself a little child. He is humble and you can see the beginning of wisdom in him.
Solomon asked for a hearing heart - wisdom.
The next day after Solomon received wisdom from the Lord, two prostitutes came face to face to meet the king to resolve a dispute over a child.
Solomon did not have to meet them, but he replied with great wisdom - he was looking for the heart of affection of the real mother.

“Now the king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there, for that was the great high place: Solomon offered a thousand burnt offerings on that altar. At Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream by night; and God said, “Ask! What shall I give you?” And Solomon said: “You have shown great mercy to Your servant David my father, because he walked before You in truth, in righteousness, and in uprightness of heart with You; You have continued this great kindness for him, and You have given him a son to sit on his throne, as it is this day. Now, O LORD my God, You have made Your servant king instead of my father David, but I am a little child; I do not know how to go out or come in. And Your servant is in the midst of Your people whom You have chosen, a great people, too numerous to be numbered or counted. Therefore give to Your servant an understanding heart to judge Your people, that I may discern between good and evil. For who is able to judge this great people of Yours?” The speech pleased the Lord, that Solomon had asked this thing.” (I Kings 3:4-10 NKJV)

I Kings 3:10-15 - There is no earthly king that’s greater than Solomon. Solomon is the richest man that ever lived.
After factoring in inflation, he would be worth about $2.1 Trillion in today’s time.
Whatever your school results are does not deprive you of the good life that God can give you.
There are many educated idiots out there and you can tell by the way they run things.
God can give you wisdom.
There was a condition attached to God’s promise: Solomon had to keep God’s commandments. In this area Solomon failed and that’s why his ministry only lasted for 40 years - despite that, it was still a golden age of Israel.

“The speech pleased the Lord, that Solomon had asked this thing. Then God said to him: “Because you have asked this thing, and have not asked long life for yourself, nor have asked riches for yourself, nor have asked the life of your enemies, but have asked for yourself understanding to discern justice, behold, I have done according to your words; see, I have given you a wise and understanding heart, so that there has not been anyone like you before you, nor shall any like you arise after you. And I have also given you what you have not asked: both riches and honor, so that there shall not be anyone like you among the kings all your days. So if you walk in My ways, to keep My statutes and My commandments, as your father David walked, then I will lengthen your days.” Then Solomon awoke; and indeed it had been a dream. And he came to Jerusalem and stood before the ark of the covenant of the LORD, offered up burnt offerings, offered peace offerings, and made a feast for all his servants.” (I Kings 3:10-15 NKJV)

I Kings 4:29-34 - Solomon’s wisdom excelled all other wise men.
Science can only tell you what is happening.
Solomon’s wisdom can go beyond that. He can tell you why God created a particular animal and their purpose. You can learn many moral lessons from his wisdom.

“And God gave Solomon wisdom and exceedingly great understanding, and largeness of heart like the sand on the seashore. Thus Solomon’s wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the men of the East and all the wisdom of Egypt. For he was wiser than all men— than Ethan the Ezrahite, and Heman, Chalcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol; and his fame was in all the surrounding nations. He spoke three thousand proverbs, and his songs were one thousand and five. Also he spoke of trees, from the cedar tree of Lebanon even to the hyssop that springs out of the wall; he spoke also of animals, of birds, of creeping things, and of fish. And men of all nations, from all the kings of the earth who had heard of his wisdom, came to hear the wisdom of Solomon.” (I Kings 4:29-34 NKJV)

Acts 4:33-34 - With great grace comes great power.
There was no lack - they prospered. When great grace was upon them, provision flowed as well.

“And with great power the apostles gave witness to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus. And great grace was upon them all. Nor was there anyone among them who lacked; for all who were possessors of lands or houses sold them, and brought the proceeds of the things that were sold,” (Acts 4:33-34 NKJV)

Proverbs 9:1 - Pastor Prince will be sharing more about the seven pillars this year both from the Old and New Testament.

“Wisdom has built her house, She has hewn out her seven pillars;” (Proverbs 9:1 NKJV)

This is the Year of Hesed Wisdom.
Pastor Prince told him that the theme of the year would make up the shape of the cross.
The word Hesed shares an “s” with the word Wisdom:
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This year 2018, prioritize wisdom! You are reading: 7 January 2018 - Vision Sunday: The Year of Hesed Wisdom - Pastor Joseph Prince Sermon Notes - New Creation Church Theme of the Year 2018.

God wants us to prioritize getting Hesed Wisdom in year 2018

​Proverbs 4:7-9 - God wants us to prioritize wisdom this year. 
Wisdom is personified as a woman. Wisdom is not macho. Wisdom is gentle and beautiful. It’s someone you want to love. 
Wisdom will cause you to have the glory of God upon you. When you step into a room, people will feel like a heavyweight has just stepped in.

​“Wisdom is the principal thing; Therefore get wisdom. And in all your getting, get understanding. Exalt her, and she will promote you; She will bring you honor, when you embrace her. She will place on your head an ornament of grace; A crown of glory she will deliver to you.”” (Proverbs 4:7-9 NKJV)

Proverbs 3:13-17 - Wisdom brings financial success and health as well. 
“Honor” in the verse is translated as “kavod” which means glory. 
Christian work is not a heavy burden. It should be pleasant. If you find it burdensome then perhaps you aren’t called to do that. 
When you embrace a woman, you get her two hands around you right? 
When you embrace wisdom, you get five things: long life, riches, honor, pleasure and peace. 

“Happy is the man who finds wisdom, And the man who gains understanding; For her proceeds are better than the profits of silver, And her gain than fine gold. She is more precious than rubies, And all the things you may desire cannot compare with her. Length of days is in her right hand, In her left hand riches and honor. Her ways are ways of pleasantness, And all her paths are peace.” (Proverbs 3:13-17 NKJV)

II Corinthians 1:12 - Hesed Wisdom is not the fleshly wisdom that makes you feel proud. Every good and perfect gift is from above. Good is for the world, perfect is for us (believers). 

“For our boasting is this: the testimony of our conscience that we conducted ourselves in the world in simplicity and godly sincerity, not with fleshly wisdom but by the grace of God, and more abundantly toward you.” (II Corinthians 1:12 NKJV)

James 3:13-18 - Hesed Wisdom from above gives long life, riches, honor, pleasure and peace. 
The wisdom from above described in the verse describes Jesus.

“Who is wise and understanding among you? Let him show by good conduct that his works are done in the meekness of wisdom. But if you have bitter envy and self-seeking in your hearts, do not boast and lie against the truth. This wisdom does not descend from above, but is earthly, sensual, demonic. For where envy and self-seeking exist, confusion and every evil thing are there. But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, willing to yield, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality and without hypocrisy. Now the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace.” (James 3:13-18 NKJV)

Don’t waste time this year. Learn to number your days so that you may apply your heart to wisdom. 

Ephesians 5:15-17 - We can redeem our time through wisdom. 
You can corrupt wisdom by living on past wisdom without receiving fresh wisdom for the day. 

“See then that you walk circumspectly, not as fools but as wise, redeeming the time, because the days are evil. Therefore do not be unwise, but understand what the will of the Lord is.” (Ephesians 5:15-17 NKJV)

The emphasis of these parables of Jesus about the end-times is wisdom: the Parable of the wise and foolish virgins, the Parable of the (Wise and) Faithful and Unfaithful Servants. 

God's Hesed Wisdom is not the same as the fleshly wisdom of the world. Pinterest Pinnable Image.

​Read one chapter of the Book of Proverbs everyday in year 2018 to receive your daily dose of Hesed Wisdom 

Proverbs 8:34-36 - God condensed Solomon’s wisdom into the Book of Proverbs. There’s 31 chapters in it - One for every day of the month.
God meant this for modern man because in the past the calendar didn’t go by 31 days in a month. 
Read one chapter every day - the chapter that corresponds to the date. 
Look out for the verse of the day - the one that jumps out and speaks to you for the situation you’re in. 
For example, today is 7 January so read Proverbs chapter 7. 

“Blessed is the man who listens to me, Watching daily at my gates, Waiting at the posts of my doors. For whoever finds me finds life, And obtains favor from the LORD; But he who sins against me wrongs his own soul; All those who hate me love death.”” (Proverbs 8:34-36 NKJV)

Proverbs 25:15-17 - Great practical wisdom. 
Pastor Prince advises that you think thrice before traveling with friends. The longer the trip the riskier for your friendship. 
Staying together with friends: not recommended unless you want your relationship to be strained. 
Ladies when you’re in a new relationship, don’t keep calling him all the time. Let him be the one to call you sometimes. 

“By long forbearance a ruler is persuaded, And a gentle tongue breaks a bone. Have you found honey? Eat only as much as you need, Lest you be filled with it and vomit. Seldom set foot in your neighbor’s house, Lest he become weary of you and hate you.” (Proverbs 25:15-17 NKJV)

Luke 2:52 - You can pray for your children to be increased in wisdom.

“And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and men.” (Luke 2:52 NKJV)

I Corinthians 1:30 - Jesus is our wisdom. 

“But of Him you are in Christ Jesus, who became for us wisdom from God—and righteousness and sanctification and redemption—” (I Corinthians 1:30 NKJV)

When imperfect people pray for imperfect people, it gets results because that’s grace. 

The word of God is truth. When you know the truth, you will be set free.
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