we can’t move ahead without the axehead
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WE CAN’T MOVE AHEAD WITHOUT THE AXEHEAD. 2 KINGS 6:1-7. IT IS THE POWER THAT MADE THE EARLY CHURCH – THE CHURCH! THEY SAW THE NEED FOR GROWTH WHERE YOU ARE AT IS TOO SMALL YOU AND I NEED TO GROW – IN GOD. LESSON 1. WORK COMES TO A HALT WITHOUT THE AXE HEAD. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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WE CAN’T MOVE AHEAD WITHOUT THE
AXEHEAD2 KINGS 6:1-7
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• IT IS THE POWER THAT MADE THE EARLY CHURCH –
THE CHURCH!• THEY SAW THE NEED FOR GROWTH• WHERE YOU ARE AT IS TOO SMALL• YOU AND I NEED TO GROW –
IN GOD
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LESSON 1WORK COMES TO A HALT WITHOUT THE AXE HEAD
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IF WE THE CHURCH OF THE LIVING GOD ARE GOING TO MAKE AN IMPACT IN THIS HOUR, IT WILL TAKE MORE
THAN JUST COMING TO CHURCH. IT IS GOING TO TAKE THE POWER OF THE
HOLY GHOST!
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IT IS NOT MORE EDUCATION, BETTER ORGANIZATION, FINER EQUIPMENT OR ADVANCE METHODS – ALL OF THESE ARE GOOD IN THEIR PLACE – BUT IT IS THE SPIRIT THAT GIVES LIFE
PSALMS 62:11 POWER BELONGS TO GOD
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• THERE IS A DIFFERENCE IN THE WAY A HOLY GHOST CONGREGATION SINGS, PRAYS, WORKS, WORSHIPS & EVANGELIZES
• NOT EVERY CHURCH IS A HOLY GHOST CHURCH
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• ITS LIKE THE CAN OF PEACHES ON THE SHELF, THAT LABEL DOESN’T MEAN ANYTHING UNLESS YOU FIND PEACHES IN THE CAN WHEN YOU OPEN IT
• WHEN A CHURCH LOSES THE TOUCH OF GOD, IT CEASES TO BE THE CHURCH, IT BECOMES JUST A CHURCH
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THERE IS A BIG DIFFERENCE
TRUE CHURCH
A. THE CHURCH IS WORKING FOR GOD
B. THE CHURCH IS FILLED WITH EXCITEMENT ABOUT GOD
C. THE CHURCH IS SEEING SOULS SAVED
ORDINARY CHURCH
A. A CHURCH IS WORKING FOR SELF – GOD’S WORK HAS STOPPED
B. A CHURCH HAS NO EXCITEMENT, IT HAS RITUAL
C. A CHURCH HASN’T SEEN A SOUL SAVED IN YEARS
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CONT….TRUE CHURCH
D. THE CHURCH IS EXPERIENCING THE POWER OF GOD
E. THE CHURCH IS FILLED WITH PEOPLE IN LOVE WITH JESUS
F. THE CHURCH IS LOOKING FOR JESUS RETURN
ORDINARY CHURCH
D. A CHURCH IS EXPERINCING STRIFE AND CONTENTION
E. A CHURCH IS IN LOVE WITH THE WORLD
F. A CHURCH CAN’T EVEN GET ITS MEMBERS TO RETURN
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IF THERE EVER WAS A TIME WE NEED A CHURCH THAT IS PRODUCING MIRACLES – IT IS THIS DAY
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WHEN WILL ALL THE UNGODLYNESS STOP –
IT WON’T!
WHY?
BECAUSE THE CHURCH HAS STOPPED!!!
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SHE HAS LOST SOMETHING –THE TOUCH
OF GOD!!!THE YOUNG MAN GOES TO ELISHA & SAY
ALAS MASTER!(SENCE THE URGENCY) --- WHY?IT WAS BORROWED! – IT HAD BEEN GIVEN
TO HIM TO USE, SO HE COULD COMPLETE THE WORK
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LESSON 2THE AXE WAS GIVEN FOR A PURPOSE• WHAT IS BEGUN IN THE SPIRIT
CANNOT BE FULFILLED BY THE FLESH!
• THE MAN WOULD HAVE LOOKED MIGHTY SILLY OUT THERE CHOPPING ON A TREE WITHOUT THE AXEHEAD
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• MANY A CHURCH IS WASTING THEIR TIME TRYING TO FUNCTION WITHOUT THE POWER OF THE HOLY SPIRIT
• WE ARE THE HANDLE, CHRIST IS THE HEAD!!!
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• WITHOUT THE HEAD WE ARE HOPELESS, BUT REMEMBER IT IS THE HEAD THAT IS TO TELL THE BODY WHAT TO DO & NOT THE OTHER WAY AROUND.
• IF THE CHURCH TAKES ON THE MIND OF CHRIST, IT WILL START ACTING, WORKING, THINKING AS THE ONE WHOSE MIND THEY HAVE
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IF WE ARE GOING TO CLAIM TO BE THE BODY OF CHRIST THEN CHRIST HAD BETTER BE SEEN IN THIS
BODY!!!!
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• ELISHA ASKED HIM “WHERE DID IT FALL?”
• MANY ARE NOT WHAT THEY ONCE WERE IN GOD. MANY CHURCHES ARE NOT WHERE THEY USED TO BE
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IF WE ARE GOING TO RETURN, AND BECOME WHAT WE ONCE WERE WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO DO 2 THINGS:
1. ADMIT WE HAVE LOST SOMETHING2. GO BACK TO WHERE WE LOST IT
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THE AXEHEAD WAS LOST BY NOT PAYING ATTENTION
• NOTICE THE PROPHET MADE HIM TAKE HIM, TO WHERE HE LOST IT
• ELISHA CUT A LIVING BRANCH FROM A TREE (WHY NOT A DEAD STICK?) ONLY ONE WITH LIFE WILL SEE THE SUPERNATURAL
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LESSON 3YOU MUST REACH FOR IT
ONCE RECOVERED, THE WORK COULD BE COMPLETED
THE JOB COULD BE FINISHEDSOME 500 WERE PRESENT BUT ON THE
DAY OF PENTECOST ONLY 120 WERE PRESENT. WHY?
YOUR SACRIFICE WILL NEVER GO UNNOTICED
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• EVERYTHING WE WOULD EVER NEED IN LIFE IS PROVIDED FOR US THROUGH THE HOLY SPIRIT
HOW HUNGRY ARE YOU AFTER GOD AND ALL THAT HE HAS FOR YOU?
PSALM 107:9
LETS FINISH THE WORK!
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I CHALLENGE YOU TO ASK THE LORD TO EMPOWER YOU ONCE
AGAIN
A. WE NEED HIS PRESENCE EVERY DAY
B. WE NEED HIS PROVISION EVERY DAY
C.WE NEED HIS POWER EVERY DAY
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THE DISCIPLES TURNED THEIR WORLD ‘RIGHT
SIDE UP’.