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Ready for round 2? We are continuing from last week where we left off as we use the Apostle Paul as a case study on a faith that not only survives but thrives under pressure. You are not called, saved, and anointed for you to keep it behind closed doors, you my friend are called to live by faith in a faithless world for the glory of your creator. Join me as I open God's Word, and as He unveils our eyes to behold His truth to a faith that thrives even through all the pressures you are facing in your life right now.

Oh how great to celebrate and praise when everything is going your way, but what do you do with closed doors, missed opportunities and delayed answers? Pressure reveals what is in us, and the Apostle Paul is a great case study of how faith survives and even thrives under pressure. Today using the life of Apostle Paul from Romans 1, I want to highlight 5 characteristics of a faith that thrives under pressure. This is not for us to check the box, but for us to grow in grace so that our faith will withstand the pressures that life will throw at us. If you are ready to overcome, type, "I am excited for new faith!"

Can you name 3 reasons that you are familiar with that stops you from walking in the all sufficient grace of God? Most of us are often confronted with our insufficiency, but this is an opportunity to lean into the grace of God where we are called, cleaned and restored to our Creator's purpose. Romans 1 introduces to this beautiful insight. Join me in this step of faith, as I lean into God's all sufficient grace and trust that He will do what He said He would do.

Have you ever been at a point of frustration not knowing what's next? What do you do when obedience doesn't bring immediate answers? What do you do when you had a plan of living in the overflow, but you constantly find yourself dry and empty? This should not be a surprise to you that even blood bought believers go through uncertain times and will have to navigate through uncharted places. This message points us towards scripture that guides us towards the purpose in uncertainty. Ready to start navigating? Get your bibles and notes ready!

Wisdom is not something that shows up unannounced, it is cultivated and practiced first in private before it is put on a platform. When the platform is presented for wisdom to be put into practice, it comes with pressure that tests the wisdom that was cultivated in private. A good way to test this is to look at how you respond to unexpected obstacles, hurdles and threats. Anxiety is practicing for fear, but wisdom prepares you for purpose. Let's apply this as we learn from Proverbs 31 as we see the portrait of the wise woman and her private life of preparation.

Proverbs 31 has been used as a checklist to match up or to live up to, while it is a great list, it is more than what a Godly woman does, but who she is becoming as she lives and works in and through the wisdom of God. This passage is particularly talking to women, it compels and challenges you to find your worth in Jesus and to stop living without vision. Whoever you are and no matter what stage in life, this message has a word for you. Get ready to be strengthened, and softened to fulfil your God appointed purpose.

It is possible to experience the powerful grace of God but refuse to walk in the grace that we have freely received. The Bible calls this blatant refusal "unbelief." Grace is free and not deserved, and grace that transforms you will cause you to stand guard against every evil that had you down. This is a message calling you to healing in body, mind and spirit. This starts with standing guard against what had you down. Are you ready to get healthy? Get ready to stand guard over what God has saved and sanctified.

Baptism is a joyful outward expression of an inward grace that has transformed a believer. This is not the final step for a believer but the starting point, this is not for the perfect, the clean or the righteous, but for those that have seen their filth and recognize that Jesus alone is able to wash, cleanse and heal. Today I want to walk you through the progression a person goes through from believing to being baptized. Are you ready for your healing? Are you ready to expose your healing? Don't hide what Jesus has healed!

A moment of conflict can turn into a pattern and and posture of strife. Strife is sustained disagreement fueled by pride or provocation. This strife is not always from the outside, but can be from within, when you feel weak and try to compensate, or when you feel strong and lean on a strength that fools you. This is what Proverbs 30 challenges us with, strife is a product that is produced, so instead of giving into being fooled by it, lets get out of strife and into a Spirit filled life.

When you are unable to understand the season of life you are walking in, you can feel disoriented, frightened, and out of control. This feeling should not cause us to give in to fear, but into faith! It is only through the eyes of faith we see the Wisdom of God in these mysterious seasons. Proverbs 30 is where we are going to be gleaning from, get ready to get into understanding and out of misery.

No one can curse what God has blessed! Praise The Lord! BUT, you can forfeit His blessings if we fail to walk in His path of obedience. Today I am going to take you on a journey through your past, show you where you are hurting and bring you to God's Word of healing and pure blessing. This is going to be a time of self reflection, healing and renewing the joy of your Salvation. It's time to get out of our self inflected curses. I am so glad you are joining me on this very important journey.

Blessings come with responsibility, and when this responsibility is traded for temporary comfort, this comfort along with the blessings turn into a curse. As America celebrates its 250 years of freedom, it is good to stop and ponder how are we treating the blessing of freedom? Are we squandering the blessings of God, or are we dwelling in the land and prospering? Join me in this one off sermon addressing America on our 250th year of freedom.

The only prayer mentioned in Proverbs is in chapter 30, and it is a desperate cry that every believer needs to learn to pray. No matter how much we have achieved in the world and in the Spirit, we need to learn to pray against familiar traps that Satan will try and trip you up with. There are many even in the church that are being deceived daily to their destruction because they refuse to call on God in these areas. Ready to pray the prayer of the wise? Get your bible open to Proverbs 30 and your heart open to the conviction of The Holy Spirit.

"There are those who feel, and then those who feel but refuse to feel what they are feeling." If I confused you, it is because we are in Proverbs 30. Wisdom literature on the surface is confusing, but it's purpose is for you to have freedom through the wisdom of God. The Salvation plan of God includes liberation, and often times this liberation comes through the limitations that God walks you through. Are you in a season of burnout, and end of your rope? The Word of God is coming to you this morning to bring the liberation that God has for you, not in spite of, but through the limitations you face.

Have you found yourself going through the rituals, but not experiencing the true power of the Holy Spirit? Often times we come to church, a worship service or even our daily lives with a ritualistic mind rather than a heart to be disciplined by God. Are you blowing against the wind of The Holy Spirit, or are you yielding to His ways? Today we learn how to trust in the blessing of God's discipline instead of blowing against The Wind.