Oceanway Assembly

The Key to More is our willingness to REACH for MORE! The Main REASON why some of us don’t walk in MORE is simply that we believe MORE is BEYOND our REACH! LUKE 8: 42 1. Your issue is Never to Messy for you to Reach out and Touch JESUS! 2. The answer to your mess is never BEYOND your REACH! Your Miracle is just one REACH away! When the answer seems BEYOND your Reach, keep REACHING! It’s too easy to think that the mess in your life disqualifies you for a miracle when in turn your mess qualifies you for a miracle! 3. When She MOVED, that’s the moment He MOVED in her life! 4. When your REACH is limited, His REACH is BEYOND! She was immediately Healed! The Key to More is our willingness to REACH for MORE!

What if you lived with the conviction that we are ONE prayer away from a MIRACLE! Life lessons from David 1. What you attach yourself to is where you will find strength! David attached himself to was greater than what tried to attach itself to him! David chose to find strength in the LORD and he fastened himself to him! Simple Truth: What you are walking thru is not greater than who is walking with you! 2. When you don’t know what to do, prayer is still the best thing to do! MAIN IDEA: REAL Strength and real Power are only found in God’s PRESENCE!

1 Corinthians 2:9 “No eye has seen, no ear has heard, and no mind has imagined what God has prepared for those who love him.” God wants to take us Beyond! God has More than enough for you - it is Beyond! He wants MORE for YOU! 1. Moving Beyond means there is MORE! Simple Truth: Beyond implies that there is a limit that needs to be crossed! Let Love Move you Beyond where you are! 2. Moving Beyond means I can be Filled with MORE! POWERFUL TRUTH: Jesus did not come so you could experience a little bit of him! Jesus did not come so you could have a 30 day trial! He came to Fill your life with POWER! He came to live in you! Jesus did not die to make bad people good, he died to make dead people live! HE died to move us BEYOND the limits of sinful humanity! 3. Moving Beyond means I need FAITH to Believe for MORE! Simple Truth: Too often we measure what we can or cannot do based on what we know we are able to do! What God has prepared for you is BEYOND...so why settle?

Mark 10:46 Observations from a Blind Man! 1. Your worth is not determined by our Present Condition! 2. When your response makes others uncomfortable, respond anyway! NOT EVERYONE IS GOING TO LIKE YOUR SHOUT...SHOUT ANYWAY! Don’t let The Crowd around you Limit your response! Simple truth: When your Desperation is greater than your Reputation then your Situation can be changed by the simple Revelation that JESUS is GREATER! 3. The Big Question: What do you want Jesus to do? Don't let your circumstances be the filter for which you believe God. What we believe matters! Do you believe what the word says? How many believe Jesus Heals How many believe Jesus saves! How many believe Jesus still delivers? How many believe Jesus still provides? How many believe Jesus was born of a virgin, died on a cross, rose again and went to heaven? What you believe will impact what you ask for? 4. Jesus had compassion because of a passionate response? One passionate and one positive response by one person can change everythi

Acts 1, 2 & 3 God wants to Fill your life with Purpose! He wants to Fill you with Himself! Observations about being Filled... 1. Empty is still Empty until Empty is Filled! If you are Empty, then you can’t give what you don’t have! 2. Full is not full until full is completely full! 3. Anything that is filled is Visibly Full! Simple truth: Not everyone will appreciate what you are full of! 4. What’s been filled can always be refilled! There is no greater purpose to be filled than souls! LORD FILL ME SO THAT I MAY IMAPCT OTHERS!

Acts 16:25 Main Idea: Living On Purpose Means Moving with Purpose! 1. Watch your mouth... My Rhythm can be seen by what’s flowing out of my Mouth! THE ONE THING THE ENEMY DOES NOT WANT YOU TO DO IS USE THE VOICE YOU HAVE! He knows Victory is in your praise! He knows the answer is in your prayers! Paul and Silas were chained in the stocks! They were not able to MOVE! But what moved them was who was living in them! Their Joy was not determined by there circumstance. Their praise was not determined by their position! Nothing could stop Paul and Silas from praising God! Can’t stop Wont stop! What moves the hand of God? 2 things - Prayer and Worship! The Rhythm you set for your life will flow out of your life in the toughest of times! Set a new Rhythm! Nothing moves God like a worshipping Church! Nothing moves God like a worship! Nothing moves God like a praying Church! Living On Purpose Means Moving with Purpose!

Acts 16: 16 Why do we allow what’s temporary to impact what matters! Your Joy Matters, Your Peace Matters, Your Life Matters! IF we are going to live on Purpose then we have to realize that our purpose is greater than what we are going thru right now! Your circumstance right now is not greater than your Purpose! If you are in a Crisis right now or you are always in a Crisis and Crisis is all around you, then you have to focus on what’s greater than your CRISIS! Sometimes we go thru something in order to get To something! Observations From Acts 16 1. Living on Purpose does not mean you will know in advance what you will go thru! 2. Living on Purpose does NOT mean you will not be annoyed! SIMPLE TRUTH: When you get annoyed by where you are, it’s your response that changes everything! 3. Living on Purpose means my response is GREATER! 4. Living on Purpose means my Suddenly will impact the people around me! Living on Purpose means My Response is Greater than my Circumstance!

2 Corinthians 5: 17 Living on Purpose Means Moving Beyond the Surface! living in The Deep End...launch out! 1. Shallow People only know what’s Shallow? 2. Shallow People don’t know what’s in the Deep Simple Truth: Big things don’t exist in shallow places... 3. The deep is not a safe place... it’s a God place. Living on Purpose means launching out into the unknown simply because that’s what the Lord wants! - People stay shallow because they want to be in a safe place. Faith operates in the deep... Living on Purpose Means Moving Beyond the Surface!

Mark 1:38 Are you willing to Change? He has a greater Plan! 1 Corinthians 2:9 When Change is out of your control...Check your ATTITUDE! God may be taking you thru something in order to take you to something! 1. Living on Purpose means embracing the challenge to Change the way we think! If we fail to understand the Power living in us, then we could miss the Purpose we are created for! The greatest limitation to FAITH is limited thinking! The First step to Living on Purpose is believing God has a Greater Living on Purpose Means living with a GREATER Purpose in mind!

1 Jesus lived with a GREATER purpose in mind!! Mark 1:38 Main Idea: Living on Purpose...Means living with a GREATER Purpose in mind! Ephesians 2:10 You were created for MORE! God has MORE in store for your life! Your inability does not determine your destiny, God Does! Your insufficiency is only an opportunity for His Sufficiency! 2 Jesus Spent His Time on purpose! Living on Purpose means spending your Time on Purpose! If there are only 24 hours in a day...Spend them with a GREATER purpose in mind! Ecclesiastes 3: 1 Simple Truth: A Greater Purpose will only happen when you make time for GREATER! When I make time for GREATER, that’s when Greater will show up in my life! Jeremiah 29:11 If I am going to Live on Purpose then I must be Available for GREATER? If we fail to understand the time we have, then we could miss the time we were created for! Don’t Miss the moment! 3 JESUS understood what it meant to live with Focus! Living on purpose means living with a Greater Focus!

I want MORE – I can Believe for MORE – But I don’t like to LISTEN. A great Reminder today! NO KING BUT JESUS! So Listen up...Look up! There is No King But JESUS! Listen Up!!! Ask yourself...Who am I listening to? 1. LISTEN UP...God’s plan for your life is ready and waiting! God wants to Lead us...are we too busy leading ourselves! Simple Truth: Listening to the wrong voice will only lead you into the wrong place! 2. LOOK UP...God’s plan almost never looks like everyone else’s plan? Simple Truth: GOD CAN’T REVEAL HIS PLAN FOR MY LIFE IF I AM TOO BUSY TRYING TO LOOK LIKE EVERYONE ELSE! LISTEN UP... LOOK UP... GOD HAS MORE IN STORE FOR MY LIFE!

Matthew 13:34 Our Faith is the most alive when it is active, when we clear out space to work out our Faith! Simple Truth: God is not getting any bigger, you just need to make space for God to move! You can't live in MORE if you don't have room for MORE.

John 1:19-34 Our purpose isn't found in our STATUS. Our purpose is found in our SAVIOR. WHO YOU ARE is found in WHOSE YOU ARE. Just because God is SILENT. Doesn't mean that God is ABSENT. When YOU go through a hard time I PRAY. When I go through a hard time I DOUBT. Your current circumstances are not a reflection of how God feels about you! You don't have to understand the PLAN to trust God's PURPOSE. My Faith is not in My PLAN. My Faith is in God's PURPOSE.

Jonah 2: 1 From inside the fish Jonah prayed to the Lord his God. Jonah - The fish was his salvation. The Fish was the grace of God! The Fish was provided by the Lord...it was not punishment! WE CAN GET A BAD ATTITUDE WHEN THINGS DON’T GO OUR WAY, but God may be using them to develop us! How many know we are all a work in progress and we all need development! Jonah prays in the belly of the fish! When you are in a place where you can’t do anything When you are in a place where you can’t fix it When you are in a place where you feel confined and restricted... PRAY! What Did Jonah do...Jonah Prayed and God answered! 1. Pray with PASSION! 2. Pray with Purpose! 3. Take the position of Praise!

Matthew 4:18 The Choices we make will determine the path we take! 1. stay on the shore and never venture out into the deep! 2. play in the shallow water it’s a safe place I know! 3. swim out into the deep and Experience MORE In order for there to be a Kingdom there has to be a King! 1. Who Your King is will reveal the Kingdom you serve! There are only 3 Kingdoms you can serve! 1. The Kingdom of Darkness! (King Sin) 2. The Kingdom of Self (King Self) 3. The Kingdom of God! (King Jesus) Who are you following will reveal your King is? 2. Jesus said...FOLLOW ME and I will Make you More! In order to Follow and Go to a new place you have to Leave a place! It’s hard for Jesus to make us something new when we are so attached to something else! LET GO! You can’t experience the Kingdom of God and still live in the Kingdom of Darkness! You Can’t experience the Kingdom of God and still live in the Kingdom of Self! 3. The disciples left who they were to Follow Jesus! The Disciples left where they lived! What you le

Jonah 1:1-16 Jonah the prophet...He spoke for God to the people! 1. Jonah hears the Word of the Lord! God is speaking, but are we listening? “When God speaks, He is not always going to ask you to go places you like, He wants to take you places He can move! 2. Jonah did not like what he heard! 3. Jonah runs from the presence of the Lord! When God speaks, there is always another option...another direction! 4. Jonah Finds himself on a boat going in the wrong direction! 5. Jonah is asleep and he needs to wake up! 6. Jonah’s lack of Obedience impacted the people around him! GOD is speaking! WHEN WE LISTEN AND OBEY THAT’S WHEN GOD MOVES!

Run Baby Run- Your Pursuit of Christ is a pursuit with Purpose in mind! RUN THE RACE! Run in such a way as to WIN! Our Purpose is to WIN! In order to Run with purpose – we need to know that we are made with wining in mind! You have within your DNA – The passion, motivation to WIN! We are designed with winning in mind! Simple Truth: God created me to WIN! Purpose: the reason for which something is done or created or for which something exists! EVERYTHING HAS A PURPOSE! (The hole in the top of a coffee cup, the tab on the top of a coke can, the beeping sound when you get out of the car, the yellow traffic light - go faster) The Church has a purpose: We are not the local country club! Our Purpose is to develop effective and productive followers of Christ! Our Purpose is help people discover their divine Design! Our PURPOSE is to BE the CHURCH! MAIN IDEA: LIVING ON PURPOSE WILL ALTAR THE TRAJECTORY OF THE LIVES OF PEOPLE AROUND ME! “RUN BABY RUN!” 3 Role Models... These 3 live with Purpose in Mind! The Soldie

LUKE 9:23...... its a daily act we make runs for publix, family, starbucks, etc. what you choose to prioritize is going to be what you live for..... -Money hope.... money will be your only hope -pleasing your family, friends, all the time.... over yourself.... your only hope is going to be fulfilling everyone else. -if your running for a career .....your only hope is going to be in that career position. DO YOU KNOW YOUR HEALING..... YOUR BREAKTHROUGH..... YOUR VICTORY...... YOUR OVERCOMING IS IN ONE HOPE....... IN ONE NAME......... JESUS!!! ROMANS 8:24-26, 8:31-39 As you pursue Hope..... FAITH is now activated. LUKE 18:35-43 As you pursue Jesus, Hope begins to bring your victory to life! Jeremiah 29:11 see as you pursue hope..... you find the secret place of Prayer, Presence and Power. JEREMIAH 29:12-13 as we pursue JESUS, nothing can separate us from him.

Faith is the most alive and the most real when FAITH is active! We are in this race to win this race! We want the prize - HEAVEN! 1 Corinthians 9:24 Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one gets the prize? Run in such a way as to get prize. Run Baby Run- Your Pursuit of Christ will only reveal he destiny that he has laid out for you, your family and your church! All of Faith is a response... Repentance a response, worship a response, holiness a response, Devotion is a response, SOAP is a response, Worship is a response, giving is a response, Praying is a response, all a response to Jesus and what he already did! If there is a lack in holiness, prayer, devotion, giving, worship...then the issue is not Faith it’s our response to FAITH! Sometimes it’s our response that stands in the way of FAVOR! We do not deserve Favor – There is nothing we can do or have done that will merit God’s Favor on our lives...But GRACE! Grace opens the door for Favor. “OUR PURSUIT OF FAITH WILL MAKE

1. In your Pursuit of CHRIST, your FAITH will be tested! Simple Truth: If we don’t actively pursue Christ, Then we can easily miss his plan for our lives! 2. In your Pursuit Not Everyone will have the FAITH to Join you on the journey! 3. Not Everyone will understand your pursuit of Faith! Simple Truth: When you put your FAITH on display it gives God an opportunity to move!