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SUNDAY SERVICE- 5TH MAY 2024

Home bases Care Sunday

The Purpose of Overflow

Pastor Yeta Mwauluka

Genesis 41:57, 42:1

- It's good to experience overflow but it's not about you. When God thinks about overflow, he is always thinking about other people.

1. Joseph had a word from the Lord.

- it is not always that people around you will be happy with the word you have received.

2. Between the word and it's fulfilment it may take time.

- Do you have a character that can handle overflow?

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3. The divine overflow was for the benefit of others.

- Genesis 45:8, when have a word of overflow over us for a season such as this . We have the hand of God over this Country.

- It takes maturity to be able to recognize when God is in a situation.

- Zambia should overflow because you are a covenant child in this Nation.

- When you are asking for an overflow. Ask God what He wants to be done. Ask God for the Lord's will, when your will and His will collide you will have an overflow.

Pastor Benjamin Mwape

Text: Luke 9:57-61 , 1st Kings 8:61

Title: FULLY COMMITTED

“It’s one things to be involved in something, but it’s another to be committed

”Life demands commitment so does Christianity

1.) Commitment is a matter of the heart Commitment is demonstrated by our actions more than our words

8 signs of people who are not fully committed:

(1) They only do things when it is convenient for them.

(2) They avoid relationships with people who will hold them accountable.

(3) They lack transparent communication

(4) They can identify what is wrong but they are not willing to be the solution

(5) They make promises but never fulfill them

(6) They don't have future plans for what they are involved in

(7) They don't grow with what they are involved in

(8) They are regularly exploring alternative options.

Bishop Joseph Imakando

Luke 3:10-14

Philippians 4:10-13

THE POWER OF CONTENTMENT



- There is so much pressure on Urban dwellers today to be up to date with the lastest trends (eat at certain places, drive a particular car, and live a certain lifestyle).



1. Practice Generosity and Kindness in

- Whatever you are doing; do it with kindness and

- Be content with what you are earning



Que: How can one become content with what is in their reach?

Ans: We must trust God.

I. First we must trust God

- Your trust must above everything be in God. You must believe God has given you what you have now regardless of what it is and that to get to where you seek to be is also God.



- Contentment comes from the word, "contend". You must contend with the idea of wanting to live a life that isn't yours, a lifestyle that has you constantly stretched out and full of keeping up appearances.

- Being content means Managing to live within your own means. It means to manage what you have (Resources, opportunities),

Hebrews 13:5-6

- Be content with what you have and have Faith that God will have it done for you.

- What you need is already available in God. He has made it available to you.



2. DANGERS OF NOT BEING CONTENT

2.1. It will lead to You Leaving Beyond your means

2.2. you'll be under pressure to keep up false appearances by soliciting money.

2.3. It'll make you subject to the spirit of competition.

2.4. you'll fall prey to jealousy.

2.5. You'll be robbed of your joy

2.6. You will lose your Peace

2.7. It'll lead to stress, and even health conditions.

2.8. It'll make you be full of the spirit of Ungratefulness



- BE REAL! BE YOURSELF!!!

- DO NOT Be moved by what is happening...



3. THE POWER (BLESSING) OF CONTENTMENT

- The level of your Contentment is not dependent on external factors,

- You must master the ability to switch between moments in like and Seasons and times. Learn to live with the changing seasons in life.



3.1. Gives you Freedom to Be yourself

"Tough times will always come."

"Tough times bever last"

- Dr. Shula



4. CONTENTMENT vs. AMBITION AND DRIVE

- Is it wrong to have ambitions and a drive for more???

- It Isn't wrong for you to have ambitions and a drive for success...

- Be careful and thoughtful about what you are pursuing, ensure that it is aligned with the perfect will of God.

Jeremiah 29:11

- You musst Trust in God through the process, because He will lead you STEP by STEP.

- Be diligent as a steward over little opportunities to give; opportunities you have and all.

- EVERYTHING WILL PASS. you are on a journey, trust God through the process.

14th April, 2024



GROW

- People don't reject opportunities because they aren't great but rather based on their capacity and room to accommodate them.

- 'Who switched off my brains', says in the book that a mind stretched can't go back to its initial state.

- Exposure and stretching, capacity is something we need to build.

- There is always room for growth if and when we are willing to stretch out.

Matthew 6:33

FIRST

- The kingdom of God must be sought first.

- The scripture makes emphasis on what your first and more consistent pursuit must be.

There are 7 Existing kingdoms:

1. The kingdom of God

- God the Father

- God the Son

- God the Holy Spirit

2. Kingdom of Man

- Spirit

- Body

- Soul

3. Angelic Kingdom

- Word (Gabriel)

- War (Michael)

- Worship

4. Planetary (Cosmic Systems) kingdom

- Upperworld

- Intermediate

- Underworld

5. Mineral Kingdom

(States of matter)

- Solid

- Liquid

- Gas

6. Animal Kingdom

- Animals of the Land

- Birds of the Air

- Fish in the Sea

7. Vegetational Kingdom

- Trees

- Flowers

- Grass



- You don't have dominion over a kingdom you're subjected to. Meaning if you chase or your sole purpose is to acquire possessions, your ceiling will be the kingdom above what you're pursuing.

- You must be praying for and desiring that God's Kingdom Come.

- When God calls us our knees, there are burdens that get lifted off our backs

Luke 2:52

- In order for us to flow in Divine Overflow, we must increase in our capacity.



Prayer:

- Lord, Increase my Capacity.

- Lord, I pray for wisdom



- Your world is the reflection of your Wisdom.

- Your outlook shows your level of wisdom.



How Growth Comes:

1. You Grow Through Learning

- Formal and Informal learning

- Via sitting down to learn from those who've gone ahead of you



2. you Grow Through Association

- Who do you associate with.

- You must be deliberate about choosing to associate with people from you can both learn and be challenged to be and do more by.



3. Grow Through Experiences

- Scars help you tell the story behind it. They don't heal or disappear completely so that you can learn a lesson from them.

- Sometimes we learn from other people's experiences.



4. We Learn through Exposure

- Exposure is a great teacher. It opens your eyes to many different possibilities and all.



5. You Grow Through Determination

- You need to outgrow certain habits and places.



6. You Grow Through commitment



7. Grow Through Training

- You must be trained in the ways of life and destiny.



8. Grow Through Investment

- What you invest in shows where your priorities are.



9. You Grow Through Vision

- You must have both vision and sight.



10. You Grow Through Hard Work

- You must tend to your garden because God prioritizes work



PRAYERS:

- Lord grant me wisdom

- Lord push us into places of Growth and Expansion

SUNDAY YOUTH SERVICE - 24th MARCH 2024Pastor Benjamin Mwape

Title : GET READY FOR EXPANSION

Text: 1 Kings 6:1 - 4, Isaiah 54:1-3

• One of the primary things we need to understand about the season of divine overflow is that divine overflow will lead to increase and increase necessitates expansion.

• We serve a God of increase and expansion

• Expansion is the language of God

• But expansion requires preparation how to prepare for expansion:

1. Revisit the foundations upon which your life is built

• Everything you have become and achieved thus far in your life has been largely determined by the foundations upon which your life is built.

• Mindset

• Every expansion starts with a mindset upgrade

• If your mindset is narrow, your life cannot be bigger than what it is presently

• Systems and structures

• Start building systems and structures you will need for when God answers your prayer

2. Expose yourself to what else can be possible with your life

• Be uncomfortable with smallness

• See yourself worthy of the next level

3. Build new partnerships

• One is too small a number to achieve and handle the kind of greatness God is about to release to you.

• There is a certain level of overflow you cannot handle alone. (Luke 5:7)

4. Release your faith

• You need to step out and begin to do something practical

Bible study on some of the bible characters in their season of divine overflow and what happened.

1. Luke 12:16-21-Most people during their overflow, they tend to celebrate in places that did not contribute to the overflow-God is calling people to come in prayer and fasting

-The Lord also wants us to have an overflow in our relationship with God

2. 2 Kings 7:1-2, 12-You can't be with people that speak negative and succeed in your overflow

-You will not be in overflow if the people around you don't believe in God

-Whenever the Lord is doing something, go into your secret place and pray.

3. 2 Kings 4:1-6-Don't limit the goodness of God. Look far beyond.

-Don't limit what God wants to do in our lives