Sermon Tone Analysis

*The Power of Yes #3*

*Yes to Growth!!! (Part A)*

*8-30-09*

 

Power of Yes #2 Was done by Jake while I was on vacation.

Regroup Yes Points from Part #1

/Those who follow Christ are YES people/

·                    /People who have a Huge YES ringing in their hearts/

·                    /Part of our DNA—/

·                    /We are a people of YES!!/

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Positive Attitude—SECULAR version

·                    BILICAL YES

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/Yes—means ‘so be it’/

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/In the Bible/

·                    /Word of Response/

·                    /God required response/

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/Biblically/

·                    /Commands something to be—‘Amen’—*So Be IT!!*/

·                    */In Bible come into AGREEMENT with God—Word of FAITH/*

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*/Things Can CHANGE in the moment of YES/*

·                    /Covenants happen—Marriage example/

·                    /Armed services—sworn in/

/SALVATION—Romans 10:9 9 If you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.

10 For it is by believing in your heart that you are made right with God, and it is by confessing with your mouth that you are saved.*[1]*

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·                    Believers people of Yes—Amen

·                    Christianity—faith—YES

 

*Interactive Nature of God’s Promises~/Word*—

·                    He extends—we say YES

 

*Yes to GROWTH*

·                    Firm believer we are to grow in EACH season

·                    Ps 1—bears fruit in season—leaf doesn’t wither

 

     Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked or stand in the way of sinners or sit in the seat of mockers.

2     But his delight is in the law of the Lord, and on his law he  meditates day and night.

3     He is like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in season and whose leaf does not wither.

Whatever he does prospers.

‘Come Grow With Us’

·                    Invitation of Jesus

 

Growth is an OVERFLOW of the YES Position*!!!!!!!!!!*

·                    AS say YES to God in certain areas of life

·                    GROWTH is Bi-Product

o       Yes is a Catalyst for growth

§        Doctor friend—chemical catalyst illustration

o       Holy Spirit causes CONVERGENCE

o       I Corinthians 3:6 

*/6 /**/I planted the seed, Apollos watered it, but God made it grow.

7 So neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything, but only God, who makes things grow.

*[2]* /*

o       NEW chemical is formed

§        When we take a YES position in our walk

§        Catalyzes GROWTH!!

 

For many believers

·                    Many say—in order to grow—gotta LEARN~/knowledge

o       Just because you LEARN more – doesn’t mean Grow

§        Head knowledge vs heart knowledge

§        Head knowledge good~/impt—needs to manifest in CLASSROOM OF LIFE!

·                    Growth is CLASS you take—let’s ‘mature’

·                    Reality—not taking notes

o       ON the journey—as you FOLLOW—change happens

o       Caught not taught—*/are you following?/*

Growth happens AS you follow  (Yes to following –yes to the journey)

Matt 4:19— Matt 4:19 19 “Come, follow me,” Jesus said, “and I will make you fishers of men[3]

19 And He said to them, Come iafter Me [as disciples—letting Me be your Guide], follow Me, and I will make you fishers of men!

·                    “Make You”

*4160 **ποιέω* [/poieo/ ~/poy·*eh*·o~/] v. Apparently a prolonged form of an obsolete primary; TDNT 6:458; TDNTA 895; GK 4472; 579 occurrences; AV translates as “do” 357 times, “make” 113 times, “bring forth” 14 times, “commit” nine times, “cause” nine times, “work” eight times, “show” five times, “bear” four times, “keep” four times, “fulfil” three times, “deal” twice, “perform” twice, not translated three times, translated miscellaneously 43 times, and “vr do” three times.

*1* to make.

1a with the names of things made, to *produce*, construct*, form, fashion*, etc. 1b to be the authors of, the cause.

1c to make ready, to prepare.

1d to *produce, bear, shoot forth*.

1e to

·                    On the journey—as  you FOLLOW—Growth happens—*TRANSFORMATION happens*

o       Something happens as we Watch the Lord—follow

o       Watch Father

·                    Saying YES, I will follow you around the next bend—to the unknown

·                    Found myself doing~/going places I never would have planned

o       Buckley—had a different idea—this was God’s

o       Aberdeen—wasn’t on the Doppler radar—but it was on God’s

·                    I Cor 2:9  9 However, as it is written: “No eye has seen, no ear has heard, no mind has conceived

what God has prepared for those who love him”a—

·                    When we say yes to GROWTH  it opens door for Amazing blessing

 

What I want to talk about today are places in our lives where we say yes to growth

 

*As you say ‘YES’ to Remaining~/Abiding in Jesus*

·                    John 15

“I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener.

2 He cuts off every branch in me that bears no fruit, while every branch that does bear fruit he prunesa so that it will be even more fruitful.

3 You are already clean because of the word I have spoken to you. 4 Remain in me, and I will remain in you.

No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine.

Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in me.

5 “I am the vine; you are the branches.

If a man remains in me and I in him, he will bear

 

When you say YES to sticking with Jesus

·                    GROWTH happens—*when you STICK WITH Jesus*

·                    Yes in ALL seasons

o       Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter (DEVELOP)

 

·                    To be PLANTED—bringing fruit—Ps 1

o       *If you want to grow:  /GET PLANTED!!/*

·                    Planted person says YES to consistency

 

Yes, I’m going to plant my life near the things of God

·                    I’m gonna SINK my roots In—staying near Him

·                    I’m gonna plant myself in a CHURCH

 

How does that help?

·                    Gonna open my heart to Lord

·                    I’m going to open my heart to other—relationship

·                    I’m going to serve—