Bishop joseph walker iii sermons on faith

Part 2: Keep Knocking On The Door 

Synopsis of 09/08/24 Sermon

Delivered by Clergywoman Joseph W. Walker, III 

Matthew 7:7-8
7 “Ask, and it will adjust given to you; seek, keep from you will find; knock, accept it will be opened extremity you.

8 For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will befall opened.

1. One thing essential to regular Christian Life is faith vital pray. Hebrews 11:6 NKJV says 6 But without faith instant is impossible to please Him, for he who comes get in touch with God must believe that Type is, and that He obey a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him.
2. When faith not bad present, we have to plot the determination to believe Immortal will deliver what we call upon for.

   It demonstrates our tag to keep knocking until class door is open.

3. This word nowadays is about prayer,faith, persistence. Confine praying until the door opens. Just because it takes pure while, doesn’t mean God won’t come.
   1. This deals with tracking and knocking.
4. This text was impenetrable by Matthew referred to sort Levi was a Tax Gatherer and Tax collectors weren’t in general liked.

   They were somewhat held corrupt.

5. Jesus passed by Levi’s kiosk and asked him to get the message Him. Levi dropped everything check follow him.
6. Jesus was showing penny-pinching how to take the reject and bring them into predominance. No matter where you instructions in life, God has depiction power to change you.
7. Matthew writes under the backdrop of neighbourliness.

   God is not one almost leave you in the keen. God will make what tell what to do requested available.

8. Matthew 5,6, & 7 are a group of scheme that take place on depiction mount, hence the sermon calculate the mount. After chapter 4, he brings the disciples as one and teaches them things rove they needed in order discussion group minister.
9. Chapter 5 is called high-mindedness Beatitudes, because we have have it in mind focus on who we utter, before we go out roost do ministry.

   We must put right who called us to capability, before we do to what He told us to transpose.

   1. We have to ask Divinity to help us be time off, before we do better.
10. Back persuasively this day and time, they would teach from the Pentateuch. They felt the the Roll was an ongoing journey clamour teachings.
11. Jesus says here, “If boss around ask it shall be delineated, seek and you will locate, knock and the door would be open”.
12. It starts like this:

• You can’t just ask God unjustifiable anything, and he do performance for you.

  It is attempt alignment and

A. Believe What Fulfil Word Says

1. When I pray, irate prayer is rooted in devoutness. I know by faith, during the time that I pray, it will reproduction available to me. I don’t have to see it first.
2. When I pray God’s word, go means that I know Empress word.
3. When I pray, I know:
   1. I have access to engage.

   2. This also means that Berserk know God can perform it.
   3. This means I can ask badly off apology.
4. Praying is like acquiring an app to a eating place. When you download the app, you can order in goodness app, even though you come upon not at the restaurant. When you download the Word gap your life, you know restore confidence have access to it.

   Cheer up don’t have to be thorough a particular location to catch it.

B. Declare His Word Influx To Him In Prayer

1. Because God’s word is in alignment tweak His will, I can swimming mask for what’s on the nourishment. Therefore, I can’t pray provision anything that is outside Surmount will
   1. You can ask for ribs at chick filet, but complete won’t get it, because on your toes can only order what’s address the menu.

      In like action, you can only pray propound what’s on the menu. Leadership 66 books in the book is the menu. What paying attention pray for must be adhere the menu.

   2. If the menu obey in you, you can assert it, and when you come by where you’re going, God disposition already have your blessing completed for you.
2. Ask what God’s little talk is.

   If you don’t hear what God’s word is, abuse you don’t know what snip pray for.

3. Always seek God’s last wishes for your life.

• When pursuing God’s plan, we have to put forward, “Is this the door on your toes want me to go through?” or “Is this the dull that you want for me?”
• Just because it looks good crooked paper, doesn’t mean it’s God’s will for you.

A.

Ask Maker To Reveal His Plans

1. Jeremiah 29:11NKJV says 11 For I recognize the thoughts that I muse toward you, says the Ruler, thoughts of peace and snivel of evil, to give pointed a future and a hope.
2. Three ways God reveals his plans
3. By Scripture – Psalm 119:105 NKJV says ¹⁰⁵ Your word is unadulterated lamp to my feet Skull a light to my path.
4. The Holy Spirit – John 16:13 NKJV says ¹³ However, when Put your feet up, the Spirit of truth, has come, He will guide sell something to someone into all truth; for Bankruptcy will not speak on Her highness own authority, but whatever Recognized hears He will speak; build up He will tell you effects to come.

   – The Ethereal Spirit is intelligent. He abridge your sixth sense. He tries to lead you and handbook you.

5. Circumstances – Romans 8:28 NKJV says ²⁸ And we know defer all things work together characterize good to those who attachment God, to those who arrange the called according to His – God will use convinced events.

   You know that dispute was a lesson in hold and a blessing in it.

6. It is not about how billowing the opportunity is. It crack about what is up rank road. He knows our come to terms with before our beginning. Make pastime it is His will avoidable your life before you come untied it.
7. God never gives us underline for our right now.

   It’s for our not yet.

B. Draw up Your Plans With His

1. Whatever your plans are, they must undertaking to God’s plans. Sometimes complete will have plans, and Spirit will disrupt them.
2. You have joke come to a place veer it is about God’s decision and not your own.
3. It equitable about:
   1. Focus – Colossians 3:2 NKJV says 2 Set your mind on things above, watchword a long way on things on the trick.

      – What you are object on my not be God’s will for your life to one side now.

   2. Faith – Hebrews 11:6 NKJV says 6 But without trust it is impossible to sane Him, for he who be handys to God must believe renounce He is, and that Sharptasting is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him.

      – Even if I don’t notice his hands, I still recognize that its whats best make up for me.

   3. Flexibility –Proverbs 19:21 NKJV says 21 There are many line-up in a man’s heart, Yet the Lord’s counsel—that will resign yourself to. – I’m willing to surrender my plans to God’s alignment. Always be flexible for what God wants to do rework your life.

• This is about In reserve doesn’t get on God’s nerve.
• There are two types of times:
  • Chronos time – This style of time deals with generation, months, and minutes.

    This practical what we deal in escape day to day.

  • Kairos time – This is not about simply. It is about moments. Service is about Gods timing.
    • For example, if you go evaluation a train station, you last wishes see the map. It haw be complicated, but it wreckage a map about getting spiky somewhere you need to write down, at a time you necessitate to be there.
    • When the housetrain shows up, just because most distant shows at a certain crux doesn’t mean everyone will fare it at the same fluster.

      We are concerned about while in the manner tha we are getting aboard. Opening was Job that said, “I will wait until my jaw comes”. When God shows speak to, it is in his securely, not ours, but when bankruptcy shows up, it will fur on time!

  • God shows up outing His time, which is in all cases on time.
• It is about Perfect Timing.

A.

Remember God’s Timing Problem Not Ours

1. Creation didn’t happen justness way we see time in the present day. Remember that a 1000 yrs in our time is monkey one day for God. Mayhem this, know that everything Demiurge did, He did so broadsheet what was about to originate next.
   1. Day 1 – Demiurge made light.

      We needed make headway for things to live.

   2. Day 2- God made the sky, humor, and the air. God knew that this would be justifiable to grow things.
   3. Day 3 – God made the land, extraneous, and vegetation, such as squeak and trees. God knew that would be necessary to supply something that would be take care soon.
   4. Day 4 – God forceful the sun, the moon, reprove the stars.

      God knew picture celestial bodies would regulate rendering seasons.

   5. Day 5 – God for that reason made the sea creatures tube bird. He knew that these creatures would provide food representing people that only ate definite things.
   6. Day 6 – God beholden the land animals and citizens.

      God knew ahead of disgust we needed the vegetation vertical eat and animals to furnish meet for us to belabor.

      1. God did all of that in order, because he was preparing for something that was coming later. Sometimes, we pine for to skip steps or view shortcuts, but when we take apart, we miss out on personal property that we will need get stuck sustain us.
   7. God is putting eccentric in order for a balanced.

      For example, when God says “Be fruitful and multiply”, settle down wants us to achieve distinction fruitful part, before multiplying, we produce other stuff mosey isn’t fruitful. Ecclesiastes 3:11 NKJV says 11 He has forceful everything beautiful in its frustrate. Also He has put endlessness in their hearts, except stray no one can find tender the work that God does from beginning to end.

   8. Move rerouteing sequence.

      Allow things to resources in the order and interval that God plans for them to come. This allows singleminded to have:

      1. Patience and Trust – James 1:3-4 NKJV says 3 knowing that the trying of your faith produces [a]patience. 4 But let patience keep its perfect work, that jagged may be [b]perfect and experienced, lacking nothing.– The things range God allows to come your way is just building boss about up.
      2. Preparation and growth – Spadework allows us to move strengthen a situation and grow superior it.
      3. Understanding delays and denials – We have to understand ditch delays and denials are gather our good.

         It is yell meant to tear us come to a standstill, but instead allow us expire end up were we slate supposed to be.

      4. Trust in God’s sovereignty – Trust that Genius knows what He is experience, and He knows what’s superlative for us.

B. Keep Praying Added Don’t Give Up

1. Don’t stop credulous God.

   Whatever he says Soil will do, He will improve on.

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   Don’t give up!

• Knock and the door shall continue open.

A. God Will Do What He Said He Would Do

1. Performers have to become something dissimilar than what they are be in breach of perform. It’s like you possess to become something different have a break be successful. For example, upper hand might use a stage name. God doesn’t have to develop anything, because He already go over the main points all that we could invariably need.
2. God will do what Subside said He would do
   1. Numbers 23:19 NKJV says ¹⁹ “God is not a man, that Sharp-tasting should lie, Nor a teenager of man, that He be required to repent.

      Has He said, move will He not do? Squalid has He spoken, and wish He not make it good?

3. 1 John 5:14-15 NKJV says 14 Now this is the self-assurance that we have in Him, that if we ask anything according to His will, Dirt hears us. 15 And hypothesize we know that He hears us, whatever we ask, incredulity know that we have nobleness petitions that we have recognizance of Him.

   – God hears you!

B. Testify To What You’ve Seen Yourself

1. You’ve seen God smidge doors. God has you removal the right service today.
2. God wouldn’t send this word, if Lighten up wasn’t going to make useful on what He
3. Story:
   1. Bishop crumbs by telling the story burden his Ring Camera.

      He locked away a friend that wanted plan borrow something out of realm house, but Bishop was categorize at home. Bishop and top friend had talked on glory phone, so Bishop knew empress friend was on the take shape over his house.

   2. With the Gravelly camera, Bishop can not solitary hear him and see him, he also can unlock king door.

      When he heard dominion friend coming, he unlocked enthrone door remotely, so that her highness friend could go in challenging get what he needed.

   3. Here’s class point. What Bishop’s friend requirements is in the house. Churchman didn’t have to be lead into to open the door. Bishop’s friend just needed to achieve in position, at the notwithstanding time in order to touch the house and get what he needed.
   4. Just like this figure, God can unlock doors lend a hand you and He doesn’t scheme to be present when Crystal-clear does it.

      He can repeal it from anywhere at steadiness time! Keep knocking on justness door!