IT IS NO LONGER I BUT CHRIST

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1 IT IS NO LONGER I BUT CHRIST 1. God offers us a Relationship of Trust The Lord is my Shepherd The Shepherd owns the sheep (John 10:12-13) The Shepherd speaks to the sheep (John 10:3-4) The Shepherd cares for the sheep (John 10:13) The Shepherd knows the sheep (John 10:3) The Shepherd leads the sheep (John 10:4) The Shepherd trains them to discern strangers and their voice (John 10:5,8) The Shepherd lays down His life for the sheep (John 10:11, 15) To trust Him more: He reveals His heart He prepares a Table before me only the Best His Rod the increase of His government His Staff the security of His Guidance He anoints our head with oil mind, emotions, decisions My cup overflows so blessed to overflowing measure The provisions overflow and will follow us as we follow Him The Heart of God and His intentions are for our well being We can dwell where He dwells. In His Name forever

2 2. God increases The Revelation of His Word He makes me lie down in green pastures He makes me lie down He prepares a table before my enemies We must find the Rest we can only find in His Presence for You are with me (vs. 4). No enemy can override the REST. He will give us His Daily Bread (Matt 6:11) We do not have to run around for our Spiritual Food He gives us Choice Food, Selected Food The Food given is according to our maturity water for babies! The discipline of study the man will be approved as he is taught y the Spirit The revelation of the Word brings knowledge, understanding and wisdom. Where there is peace, there will be in increase. 3. God brings the Refreshing of the Spirit He Leads me beside still waters (vs. 2) He guides me in the pattern of righteousness for His Name sake. (vs. 3) He leads and guides us by the stirring of the Spirit. The Holy Spirit speaks to us and guides us from within.

3 The inner connection will be based according to God s righteousness we must live according God s standards. The Holy Spirit will validate our obedience and cause our heart to be covered with a clear conscience. God does not want us to live under confusion and contention. What the Holy Spirit rejects is what we will reject. This river of life will refresh us and quicken our mortal bodies with strength from on high. The Holy Spirit will teach us divine restrain before He guides us into divine release. We can go up higher in stature and in the power of influence when we start yielding to the Holy Spirit. 4. God restores our soul to wholeness He restores my soul God remakes and redesigns us so that we can be wholesome and in His Likeness The challenge to become changed into His likeness is before our eyes. We must learn to allow God to bring complete change. We want to cut off the Past and renew ourselves in the present. We need to chart the course towards the future.

4 Total restoration of our soul includes the mind, the emotions, and the will. We cannot change on an incremental level alone. We need to take charge over our life and demand change. We need our mind to be renewed, our emotions to be freed and our wills to be accurately aligned to doing God s will. Our thought, our talk, our walk must all be pursuing the same purpose of God. Changed by His Presence, and changed into His likeness. 5. God releases the Revival of Faith Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I fear no evil for You are with me for Your rod and Your staff they comfort me. Jesus has gone ahead before us and defeated the enemy. The last enemy is death. Sin, sickness, satanic forces, situations controlled by spirits of darkness must be dealt with. Jesus has walked this way before. Now He is walking us through this same valley. We see only the shadow of death because He has defeated death itself. He has dealt with the real enemy. We fear no evil. We are not bound to the fear of death.

5 We are no longer in captivity to the bondage of fear. Fear of death, fear of violence, fear of lack fear of failure, fear of darkness. We must know the Power of His Presence. We must learn to operate in and from His Presence (1 Kings 17:1) We need the Revival of Faith if we are going to move in the supernatural realm. 6. God wants Total Repentance from sin and from dead works. I shall not want. All my felt needs and real needs must be met. He will supply for all my needs faithfully and graciously. He will not hold back the best for me The problem is no longer at my need level but my want level. My temptation is my want. We must not become enticed by the greed and covetous. It is not just what we want as much as why we want. We must stop all Christless ambition or dreams or ventures. Apart from Him we are nothing. We should not operate outside of Him (Jn 16:9) The Holy Spirit convicts man when they set apart from Him.

6 We are always tempted to do more than we should. To say more, to have more, to think more etc. God wants to deal with self by crucifying it. We are trying to resurrect it. We must not pursue now what we have destroyed in the past. Let the righteous not become tempted in this way of error.