Taking off To Fly In 2012

Winners’ Chapel International - Nyeri

New Year Service - Sunday – 1^st January 2012

Prophetic Focus:  “Waves Of Glory” Haggai 2:3 - 9

TOPIC – Taking off in 2012

Text: Isaiah 43:19
19 Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert. (KJV)
ANOTHER TRANSLATION SAYS - 19 See, I am doing a new thing; now it is starting; will you not take note of it? I will even make a way in the waste land, and rivers in the dry country. (BBE)

What You Need To Do To Properly Take off and Fly in 2012.

1. Refuse Condemnation - Refuse to be distracted by the past
   Romans 8:1 - There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
   John 3:17 - For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.
   
   BUT Don’t Mingle With Sin – Righteousness Exalts (Doing the right thing exalts)
   Proverbs 14:34 -  Righteousness exalteth a nation: but sin is a reproach to any people
2. Put Your Trust In God - Isaiah 17:7 – 8
   7 Blessed is the man that trusteth in the LORD, and whose hope the LORD is.
   8 For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and that spreadeth out her roots by the river, and shall not see when heat cometh, but her leaf shall be green; and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit.
   
   Cursed is the man that trusts in man - Isaiah 17:5
   5 - Thus saith the LORD; Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the LORD.
   
   God Has A Plan For You - Jeremiah 29:11 - For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.
   
   
3. Abide Connected - Be connected to the vine -
   John 15:5 - I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing.
   
   Apart from being the vine, Jesus is also:
   (i). – The Bread of Life –
   John 6:35 .. I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst.
   (ii). – The Light of the World –
   John 8:12 …I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.
   (iii). – The good Shepherd –
   John 10:11 …I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep.
   (iv). – The resurrection and Life –
   John 11:25 … I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live:
4. Be Planted in a Church (A spiritual home)
   Psalms 92:13 - Those that be planted in the house of the LORD shall flourish in the courts of our God.
5. Expect The Best
   Proverbs 24:14 - So shall the knowledge of wisdom be unto thy soul: when thou hast found it, then there shall be a reward, and thy expectation shall not be cut off.
   
   Mark 11:24 - Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them.
6. Count Your Blessings. - Celebrate Testimonies, Celebrate progress, Celebrate success, Make news of God’s doings.
   Psalms 105:1 - O give thanks unto the LORD; call upon his name: make known his deeds among the people.