Hope Unlimited Church Pastor Justin Spina

Ephesians 3:20 NLT
Now all glory to God, who is able, through his mighty power at work within us, to accomplish infinitely more than we might ask or think
 
Key #1 - Ask with God-Given Authority
Psalm 2:7-8
The king proclaims the Lord’s decree:
“The Lord said to me, ‘You are my son.
    Today I have become your Father.
Only ask, and I will give you the nations as your inheritance,
    the whole earth as your possession.
 
Key #2 - Ask with Kingdom Purpose
1 John 5:14-15
And this is the confidence that we have toward him, that if we ask anything according to his will he hears us. 15 And if we know that he hears us in whatever we ask, we know that we have the requests that we have asked of him.
James 4:2-3
You want what you don’t have, so you scheme and kill to get it. You are jealous of what others have, but you can’t get it, so you fight and wage war to take it away from them. Yet you don’t have what you want because you don’t ask God for it. And even when you ask, you don’t get it because your motives are all wrong—you want only what will give you pleasure.
John 15:7-8
But if you remain in me and my words remain in you, you may ask for anything you want, and it will be granted! When you produce much fruit, you are my true disciples. This brings great glory to my Father.
 
Key #3 - Ask with unending persistence
Luke 11:9-10
“And so I tell you, keep on asking, and you will receive what you ask for. Keep on seeking, and you will find. Keep on knocking, and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks, receives. Everyone who seeks, finds. And to everyone who knocks, the door will be opened.

Ephesians 3:20 NLT
Now all glory to God, who is able, through his mighty power at work within us, to accomplish infinitely more than we might ask or think.
Romans 12:1 MSG
So here’s what I want you to do, God helping you: Take your everyday, ordinary life—your sleeping, eating, going-to-work, and walking-around life—and place it before God as an offering. Embracing what God does for you is the best thing you can do for him. Don’t become so well-adjusted to your culture that you fit into it without even thinking.
Romans 12:2 MSG
Instead, fix your attention on God. You’ll be changed from the inside out. Readily recognize what he wants from you, and quickly respond to it. Unlike the culture around you, always dragging you down to its level of immaturity, God brings the best out of you, develops well-formed maturity in you.
 
Key #1 - More In You
2 Kings 13:20-22 NLT
Now Moabite raiders used to enter the country every spring. 21 Once while some Israelites were burying a man, suddenly they saw a band of raiders; so they threw the man’s body into Elisha’s tomb. When the body touched Elisha’s bones, the man came to life and stood up on his feet.
 
Key #2 - More Through You
Philippians 2:13 NLT
For God is working in you, giving you the desire and the power to do what pleases him.
 
Key #3 - More For You
Genesis 1:28 NLT
Then God blessed them and said, “Be fruitful and multiply.”

II Samuel 9:1-3 NKJV
Now David said, “Is there still anyone who is left of the house of Saul, that I may show him kindness for Jonathan’s sake?” And there was a servant of the house of Saul whose name was Ziba. So when they had called him to David, the king said to him, “Are you Ziba?” He said, “At your service!” Then the king said, “Is there not still someone of the house of Saul, to whom I may show the kindness of God?” And Ziba said to the king, “There is still a son of Jonathan who is lame in his feet.””
 
1. God Has already made up His Mind
II Samuel 9:7 NKJV
“So David said to him, “Do not fear, for I will surely show you kindness for Jonathan your father’s sake, and will restore to you all the land of Saul your grandfather; and you shall eat bread at my table continually.””
 
2. What have you changed your name to?
II Samuel 9:8 NKJV
“Then he bowed himself, and said, “What is your servant, that you should look upon such a dead dog as I?"
 
II Samuel 9:9 NKJV
And the king called to Ziba….
 
3. It’s covered!
II Samuel 9:10 NKJV
“You therefore, and your sons and your servants, shall work the land for him, and you shall bring in the harvest, that your master’s son may have food to eat. But Mephibosheth your master’s son shall eat bread at my table always.” Now Ziba had fifteen sons and twenty servants.”

Luke 5:12 NIV
While He (Jesus) was in one of the cities, behold, there was a man covered with leprosy; and when he saw Jesus, he fell on his face and implored Him, saying, “Lord, if You are willing, You can make me clean.” 
Luke 5:13 NIV
Jesus reached out his hand and touched the man. “I am willing,” he said. “Be clean!” And immediately the leprosy left him.
 
Key #1 - Just like a mom, God is concerned for his people
1 Peter 5:7 TLB
Let him have all your worries and cares, for he is always thinking about you and watching everything that concerns you.

Key #2 - Just like a mom, God is compassionate towards his people
Psalm 103:13-14 PRMS
“As a mom or dad has compassion on their children In the very same way the Lord pours His compassion on those who love, honor and revere him; for he knows exactly how we became the people we currently are, and he remembers our very humble beginnings…”
Psalm 145:8-9 NLT
The Lord is merciful and compassionate, slow to get angry and filled with unfailing love. The Lord is good to everyone. He showers compassion on all his creation.
 
Key #3 - Just like a mom, God comforts his people
Isaiah 66:13 NIV
"As a mother comforts her child, so will I comfort you; and you will be comforted over Jerusalem".

Matthew 6:21 NLT
Wherever your treasure is, there the desires of your heart will also be.
Proverbs 4:23 NIV
Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it.
 
Why we SHOULD guard our HEART…
Key #1 - It is Extremely Valuable
Proverbs 23:7 NKJV
For as he thinks in his heart, so is he.
Key #2 - It is the Source of Everything you Do
Luke 6:45 NLT
A good person produces good things from the treasury of a good heart, and an evil person produces evil things from the treasury of an evil heart. What you say flows from what is in your heart.
Key #3 - It is Under Constant Attack
John 10:10 NIV
The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.
 
How we Guard our Heart…
Key #1 - By Knowing the Truth
1 Peter 1:22 NIV
Now that you have purified yourselves by obeying the truth so that you have sincere love for each other, love one another deeply, from the heart.
Key #2 - By Setting Biblical Boundaries
1 Corinthians 10:23 NIV
“I have the right to do anything,” you say—but not everything is beneficial. “I have the right to do anything”—but not everything is constructive.
Key #3 - By Having Heaven’s Heart
Matthew 6:20 NLT
Store your treasures in heaven, where moths and rust cannot destroy, and thieves do not break in and steal.
James 4:7 NIV
Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil,and he will flee from you.

KEY SCRIPTURE: Matthew 6:24 (NKJV)
“No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will be loyal to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon.
 
Key Point #1: SCARCITY
John 6:7-9 7 (NLT)
Philip replied, “Even if we worked for months, we wouldn’t have enough money to feed them!” 8 Then Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, spoke up. 9 “There’s a young boy here with five barley loaves and two fish. But what good is that with this huge crowd?”
 
Key Point #2: SIGNIFICANCE
Judges 6:14-15 (NLT)
14 Then the Lord turned to him and said, “Go with the strength you have, and rescue Israel from the Midianites. I am sending you!” 15 “But Lord,” Gideon replied, “how can I rescue Israel? My clan is the weakest in the whole tribe of Manasseh, and I am the least in my entire family!”
 
Key Point #3: STUFF
Matthew 6:19-24 (NLT)
19 “Don’t store up treasures here on earth, where moths eat them and rust destroys them, and where thieves break in and steal. 20 Store your treasures in heaven, where moths and rust cannot destroy, and thieves do not break in and steal. 21 Wherever your treasure is, there the desires of your heart will also be.
 
Key Point #4: SECURITY
1 Timothy 6:17-19 (NLT)
17 Teach those who are rich in this world not to be proud and not to trust in their money, which is so unreliable. Their trust should be in God, who richly gives us all we need for our enjoyment. 18 Tell them to use their money to do good. They should be rich in good works and generous to those in need, always being ready to share with others. 19 By doing this they will be storing up their treasure as a good foundation for the future so that they may experience true life.
Colossians 2:14 (CSB)
He erased the certificate of debt, with its obligations, that was against us and opposed to us, and has taken it away by nailing it to the cross.