SOAR ON WINGS LIKE EAGLESIsaiah 40:31but those who hope in the LORD will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.

This is our VERSE FOR THE YEAR. ( VERSE 2015 )

You will soar on wings like eagles

Soar means fly high altitude

• (CEV) But those who trust the LORD will find new strength. They will be strong like eagles soaring upward on wings; they will walk and run without getting tired.• (NLT) But those who wait on the

LORD will find new strength. They will fly high on wings like eagles. They will run and not grow weary. They will walk and not faint.

•Soar means reaching high altitude of success•Everybody desires success. Success is God's will

• Joshua 1:8 Do not let this Book of the Law depart from your mouth; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. Then you will be prosperous and successful.

• Nehemiah 2:20 I answered them by saying, "The God of heaven will give us success. We his servants will start rebuilding, but as for you, you have no share in Jerusalem or any claim or historic right to it."

• 2Corinthians 3:5 It is not that we think we can do anything of lasting value by ourselves. Our only power and success come from God. ( NLT )

THREE THINGS YOU MUST DO TO SOAR ON WINGS

LIKE EAGLES

( THREE THINGS YOU MUST DO TO REACH HIGH

SUCCESS )

1. THERE MUST BE A STRONG RIGHT WING OF LOVE FOR GOD

2. THERE MUST BE A STRONG LEFT WING OF FEAR OF GOD

3. THERE MUST BE TWO SHARP EYES FIXED IMMOVABLY ON THE LORD JESUS

1. THERE MUST BE A STRONG RIGHT WING OF LOVE FOR GO

D• Mark 12:30 And you must love the Lord your

God with all your heart, all your soul, all your mind, and all your strength.'

• 1 John 3:18 (NIV)Dear children, let us not love with words or speech but with actions and in truth.

a.) WE SHOW STRONG LOVE FOR GOD WHEN WE OBEY HIS COMMANDS INCLUDING DIFFICULT COMMANDS AND INSPITE OF DIFFICULTIES

• John 14:21 Whoever has my commands and obeys them, he is the one who loves me. He who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I too will love him and show myself to him."

• 1John 5:3 This is love for God: to obey his commands. And his commands are not burdensome,

b.) WE SHOW STRONG LOVE FOR GOD WHEN WE CHOOSE TO REMAIN IN HIM EVEN WHEN THERE ARE THINGS DRAWING US AWAY FROM HIM ESPECIALLY WHEN WE ARE DEEPLY HURTING AND DONT UNDERSTAND THINGS AND OUR SITUATION

• John 15:10 If you obey my commands, you will remain in my love, just as I have obeyed my Father's commands and remain in his love.

c.) WE SHOW STRONG LOVE FOR GOD BY NOT HATING ANYBODY BUT LOVING EVERYBODY EVEN ENEMIES

• 1John 4:20 If anyone says, "I love God," yet hates his brother, he is a liar. For anyone who does not love his brother, whom he has seen, cannot love God, whom he has not seen.

• 1John 4:21 And he has given us this command: Whoever loves God must also love his brother.

•Matthew 5:44 But I tell you: Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,

d.) WE SHOW STRONG LOVE FOR GOD BY NOT LOVING AND CONFORMING TO THE PATTERN OF THE WORLD BUT OVERCOMING WORLDLINESS.

• 1John 2:15 Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.

• 1John 2:16 For everything in the world--the cravings of sinful man, the lust of his eyes and the boasting of what he has and does—comes not from the Father but from the world.

• 1John 2:17 The world and its desires pass away, but the man who does the will of God lives forever.

• Romans 12:2 Do not conform any longer to the

pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is--his good, pleasing and perfect will.

• 1 John 5:4-5(NIV)• for everyone born of God

overcomes the world. This is the victory that has overcome the world, even our faith. Who is it that overcomes the world? Only the one who believes that Jesus is the Son of God.

e.) WE SHOW STRONG LOVE FOR GOD WHEN WE TEACH AND MENTOR OTHER BELIEVERS ESPECIALLY THE NEW ONES FAITHFULLY AND SACRIFICIALLY

• John 21:15 When they had finished eating, Jesus said to Simon Peter, "Simon son of John, do you truly love me more than these?" "Yes, Lord," he said, "you know that I love you." Jesus said, "Feed my lambs."

• John 21:16 Again Jesus said, "Simon son of John, do you truly love me?" He answered, "Yes, Lord, you know that I love you." Jesus said, "Take care of my sheep."

• John 21:17 The third time he said to him, "Simon son of John, do you love me?" Peter was hurt because Jesus asked him the third time, "Do you love me?" He said, "Lord, you know all things; you know that I love you.“

• John 21:18 Jesus said, "Feed my sheep. I tell you the truth, when you were younger you dressed yourself and went where you wanted; but when you are old you will stretch out your hands, and someone else will dress you and lead you where you do not want to go."

NOTE: 2 COMMITMENTS OF A GOOD CELL LEADER

1.) FEED THE FLOCKS WITH GOD'S WORD VV 15 & 18

2.) CARE FOR THE FLOCKS ESPECIALLY DURING TIMES OF TRIALS V.16

f.) WE SHOW STRONG LOVE FOR GOD WHEN WE LOVE HIM MORE THAN ANYONE ELSE

• Matthew 10:37 "Anyone who loves his father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; anyone who loves his son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me;

• This does not mean forsaking loved ones but choosing to follow God when there is persecution and hindrance from them

• This means that you don’t use them as an excuse not to obey and follow God's will and calling.

• (AMP) He who loves [and takes more

pleasure in] father or mother more [in] Me is not worthy of Me; and he who loves ]and take more pleasure in] son or daughter more than [in] Me is not worthy of Me;

CONCLUSION:

• " GOD SHOWED HIS STRONG LOVE TO YOU BY GIVING HIS ONLY SON WHO DIED FOR YOUR SINS”

• Romans 5:8 But God showed how much he loved us by having Christ die for us, even though we were sinful.