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Remember not the former things, behold i do a new thing - Sermon

Thank God for the testimonies and that more are coming. I believe that you are encouraged by testimony. Our visitors we welcome you and we thank you all for the support for our Radio Ministry. We thank God for the over comers in this place. You know when you have men and women in your life who have a track record of prophesying in your life, never get tired of them speaking into your life.Always go back and have them prophesy to you.

 

Every opportunity you get, utilize it; do not get tired. When they prophesy into your life, things happen. God knows it all and He reveals to us all things and that word that He has spoken into your life shall come to pass. Do not give up, the word shall be manifested. The time frame may delay, the prophet may have missed on the time, but the word shall come to pass! God knows what you are going through and he is going to answer you. He can see that need and in a very short time, He is going to take care of that need.

Isaiah 43:18-19 – God is going to help us understand these verses clearly today by His grace. 18 “Do not remember the former things, Nor consider the things of old. 19 Behold, I will do a new thing, Now it shall spring forth; Shall you not know it? I will even make a road in the wilderness And rivers in the desert. We are going to concentrate on verse 18 – do not remember the former things nor consider the things of old. Before God does something new in your life, before you embrace it, before you see it you need to first let go of the past. Do not remember the former things, do not even consider them – Behold I do a new thing says the Lord! God was trying to communicate to the Israelis to change their mindsets. That verse (18) is to do with the mind. Some of us think we are curse or defeated when all that is on our minds. The greatest fault that God has ever had with men is with their minds; that is the greatest problem. It is not with their actions but with their thoughts because actions come as a result of thoughts.


In the Old testament, Genesis 6:5-7 – God said I am going to wipe the people off the nation because the thoughts of man were evil. It was on their thoughts not actions. The thoughts were continually evil. God regretted making man because of the evil thoughts. Jeremiah 4:14 says watch your heart (not actions) for wickedness; and then it continues to say – how long shall your evil thoughts log in you? That is why someone said that Salvation means to change the way you think. Because if your mind is transformed you shall live a pleasing life but if your mind is not changed or delivered, then there is nothing that has changed in your life. Now some of you may be thinking – ‘evil’ – then we are all sinners. But the Hebrew meaning of evil is to spoil, especially that which is unpleasant, disagreeable, offending – anything that is not pleasing is evil. Mere insulting the word of God is offensive thus evil! He brews 11:6 says without faith it is impossible to please God, so this means that without him you are offensive. So if you are out there condemning a liar or a thief, your mere unbelief in God is enough to hurt Him. If there is something you believe for and then out of the blue you begin to doubt that alone can hurt God.

So when Isaiah says that do not remember the former things, you need to delete the past failures and mistakes from your mind and see the new beginning and your new life. No one is going to see your new life for you. When you see it, then it shall be manifested. No one shall lay a hand on you and say ‘I see a new life for you’. They shall prophesy all kinds of prophecies but nothing shall happen until you see it for yourself. No one will see your life of being a billionaire or of an entrepreneur. You have to see it yourself. Some of you, your faith is finding problems these days because your so-called friends are your enemies. At the beginning of the year you had big dreams. Right now there are things that were swept out of your life – and because of those friends. You cannot even claim that you are a billionaire or even a millionaire. You are seeing yourself as a failure! But Isaiah is saying, do not remember your past failures. The Bible says that every righteous man shall fall seven times and shall rise again! You have fallen only once, it is never late to rise up. Rise up and confront your unbelief and say ‘my faith rises again’. Quit consoling yourself. You can rise up today! It is never late!

I was telling the congregation of Nakulabye, at a conference they had last week that we are in a season of divine connections. God is sending you someone that will see you into your destiny – that is what I prophesied into their lives. So I told them that they need to get rid of people that do not add value into their lives, however nice they may be. There are some people that do not add value to you, even when they seem to be always in touch and caring; these are people that, whenever they meet you, they speak negative into your life. They even put down any achievement you tell them. It is high time you let go of them in good faith. We need a Barnabus in our lives – he was known as a man of encouragement – he’d add value into people’s lives. We need people like Barnubus in our lives. We need people that shall encourage you, add value to your life and stand with you until you reach your destiny. They shall pray with you until you see your dreams come true. Those are people you need in your life. Some of us, even as Christians, know of people that leave when we are not doing well. Even some of our Pastors like to make appointments with only those that are well off and do not have time for those with a list of problems.

 

However, a man of God needs to pray and prophesy into someone’s life until they see a change. That is why it is not good to leave that Man of God that prayed and spoke into your life when you were not doing well. Some of us, as soon as things get better, we run off to a better church or fellowship and forget those that stood by us in tough times. Yet you can transform your church and fellowship and make it look better. God does not want us to be bound in the past; he wants us to be delivered. It is good to acknowledge what God has done in the past but then we need to advance. It does not mean we should remain bound in the good things of the past. Some Ministers are stuck in the miracles that were done in the 80s but God still works even today. Thank God for the miracles in the 80s and 90s but He is doing a new thing. He can still use you to perform miracles today, why do you limit Him? Some of us say ‘don’t joke with me, I handled millions in 2003, I was rich!’ Thank God for 2005 or 2006 but He can do more in 2013; He can do more in 2014!!!! Why do you limit Him? God is not through with you, you are not old. God renews us. Women and men of God never grow old just like that. This is because God is renewing them. I decree that God is renewing you, in the name of Jesus; you are not old! It is never late, let go of the past and believe in a new thing.

 

Jesus spoke of new wine and that it cannot go into old wine skins. Do you know what He meant by that? He was talking of thoughts. He was telling the Pharisees that let you mindsets be renewed from the law of Moses, which is in the past. Sometimes we do not see the anointing of God because the wineskin is old. Every time something comes we compare it to the past years. You will miss out. If you are listening to the Holy Ghost, you shall see that He is still moving. We thank God that you were a billionaire in the 90s but we know that one can be a billionaire even today. We are not afraid to pray for one that wants to become one because we know that it can happen. God is doing a new thing!! Do not forget what He has done for you in the past but again do not let that hold you in bondage. Psalm103:2 says bless the Lord oh my soul and forget not His benefits. So it is good to remember what the Lord has done but do not allow past testimonies to keep you in bondage thinking that is where God ends and He can’t go beyond that. He can do more in your life. He can give you more money, you can drive better cars. God says change the way you think and you shall see My hand; change the way you think, and You shall see what I am doing.

 

Change the mindset of failure, the mindset of trouble, the mindset of sickness and you shall see healing in your life. Stop seeing yourself as a beggar. The future is bright and our main focus should be on the future. The future is brighter than your past. The Bible teaches us the God lifts us up from glory to glory. So let go of the past and embrace your brighter future. Tomorrow must be different from today; but not until you believe it. If you call on, money today and it does not come, call on it again the next day and the next until it manifests!! Do not give up, keep speaking until it comes to pass. Mark 11:23 says you shall speak to the mountain and it shall move. Begin speaking and do not doubt and it shall manifest. If you have not driven in 2013, keep believe in 2014 and the next year until you drive. Believe God. If God is still giving you life, then do not give up. Some of us are giving up at the age of 30. You still have a lifetime ahead of you, so do not let go. And if you want to become rich, speak good about the rich and do not condemn them; if you want to go to America, speak good about it. You attract that which you celebrate. Believe God, believe Him for something new, and forget the past and you shall see it! Paul says in Philippians 3:13-14, I forget those that has not worked and focus on what is in the future. The future is Christ. Haggai 2:9 says the glory of the latter day church shall be greater than the former one. God is saying that there are things that I want to do in the future but it is us closing ourselves in the past. Those that are prophesying forget the past and believe God for a new revelation. Go beyond and you will see the hand of GOD!! Amen.


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