WE ALL KNOW WHAT WE THINK OF WHEN THIS STATEMENT IS MADE “ YOU ARE JUST STIRRING THE POT” WE ALL KNOW PEOPLE WHO ARE GOOD AT STIRRING THINGS UP – KEEPING DRAMA GOING SO TO SPEAK OR JUST GENERALLY – AGGRAVATE FOR NO REAL REASON!
TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN MINISTRY , TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN CAREERS, IN SCHOOL, WE HAVE TO STIR OUR POTS! WE HAVE TO KEEP MOTIVATION, KEEP POSITIVE – KEEP GOALS IN MIND
WE HAVE TO KEEP STIRRING THE POT OF OUR LIVES – IF NOT THINGS WILL SETTLE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE POT – AND THINGS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE POT DON’T GET THE FULL BENEIFT AND FLAVOR THEY WOULD IF THEY WERE STIRRED AROUND!
2 WAYS TO KEEP STIRRING THE POT:
1 – PRAYER/PRAISE 2 – REMEMBERING
# 1 – PRAYER STIRS UP SOMETHING IN THE HEAVENS AND HERE ON EARTH
Acts 4:31-34 (New Living Translation)
31 After this prayer, the meeting place shook, and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit. Then they preached the word of God with boldness.
1 John 3:21-22 (New Living Translation)
21 Dear friends, if we don’t feel guilty, we can come to God with bold confidence. 22 And we will receive from him whatever we ask because we obey him and do the things that please him
Colossians 1:9-10 (New Liviing Translation)
9 So we have not stopped praying for you since we first heard about you. We ask God to give you complete knowledge of his will and to give you spiritual wisdom and understanding. 10 Then the way you live will always honor and please the Lord, and your lives will produce every kind of good fruit. All the while, you will grow as you learn to know God better and better
YOU SEE PRAYER BOTH BY OURSELVES INDIVIDUALLY AND TOGETHER IF MY PEOPLE WHO ARE CALLED BY MY NAME – WILL HUMBLE THEMSELVES AND PRAY! STIR THE POT WITH YOUR PRAYER!
YOUR LIFE AND DEATH IS IN YOUR MOUTH – SO PRAYER STIRS IT UP!
The Bible says that God inhabits in the praises of His people (Psalms 22:3). In other words, God “dwells” in the atmosphere of His praise. This means that praise is not merely a reaction from coming into His presence - Praise is a vehicle of faith which brings us into the presence and power of God!
2 Chronicles 5:13-14 (New Living Translation)
13 The trumpeters and singers performed together in unison to praise and give thanks to the Lord. Accompanied by trumpets, cymbals, and other instruments, they raised their voices and praised the Lord with these words:
“He is good!
His faithful love endures forever!”
His faithful love endures forever!”
At that moment a thick cloud filled the Temple Temple of God
#2 WE NEED TO SOMETIMES STIR THE POT BY REMEMBERING!
WHAT!!!!??– YOU WANT ME TO THINK OF PAST BATTLES – PAST STRUGGLES – PAST HURTS! YES ! BECAUSE EVERY TIME THINK ABOUT THOSE BATTLES – THOSE FIGHTS – THOSE ISSUES --- YOU SHOULD ALSO REMEMBER ---THE GOD WHO BROUGHT YOU OUT! THE GOD WHO WAS RIGHT THERE – THE GOD WHO HAS NOT CHANGED! AND THE GOD WHO IS MORE THAN CAPABLE OF DOING IT AGAIN AND AGAIN!
JEHOSPHAT WAS BEING ATTACKED BY 3 ARMIES – HE BEGAN TO NOT TALK ABOUT THE CURRENT BATTLE
2 Chronicles 20:7 (New Living Translation)
7 O our God, did you not drive out those who lived in this land when your people Israel
Malachi 3:6 (New Living Translation)
A Call to Repentance
6 “I am the Lord, and I do not change. That is why you descendants of Jacob are not already destroyed.
NEVER FORGET YOU ARE STRONGER THAN YOU THINK! REMEMBER THE VICTORIES….STIR YOUR SELF UP!
WE CAN STIR THE POT – BY REMEMBERING THE BATTLES! BY BRAGGING ON HIM! ONCE YOU BEGIN TO BRAG ON HIM – YOU ARE WORSHIPPING HIM! AND WHEN YOU BEGIN TO WORSHIP HIM – YOU ARE STIRRING HIM UP!
One of the most misunderstood principles in Scripture is that although the Holy Spirit is available to the believer,He waits to respond to our level of hunger and expectation, not just because we have a particular need.
AND WHEN YOU STIR HE UP --- THE ATMOSPHERE CHANGES – AND WHEN THE ATMOSPHERE CHANGES – MIRACLES HAPPEN!
2ND PETER 3:1
This is my second letter to you, dear friends, and in both of them I have tried to stimulate your wholesome thinking and refresh your memory.
STIR UP THE MIND! REMIND YOURSELF WHO GOD REALLY IS IN YOUR LIFE! REMIND YOURSELF WHAT HE ALREADY HAS DONE FOR YOU – REMIND YOUR ENEMIES – REMIND THE BATTLE YOU ARE IN NOW – THAT GOD HAS NEVER FOUGHT A BATTLE
REMIND YOURSELF THAT THE SAME GOD WHO PICKED YOU UP FROM A LIFE OF MESS, AND TRASH, AND DRUGS, ALCOHOL, SHACKING, CRACKING, DADDY MACKING – IS STILL ALIVE AND MOVING TODAY
STIR UP THE REMEMBRANCE OF THE TIME HE SHOWED UP WHEN NOBODY ELSE EVEN SEEMED TO CARE – STIR UP THE REMEMBRANCE OF THE TIME YOU WERE SUPPOSE TO BE DEAD – BUT HE HEALED YOU! STIR UP THE REMEMBRANCE WHEN YOU LOST EVERYTHING YOU SEEMINGLY HAD – BUT HE BEGAN TO PUT THE PIECES BACK TOGETHER! STIR HIM UP!
2 Timothy 1:6-8 (New Living Translation)
6 This is why I remind you to fan into flames the spiritual gift God gave you when I laid my hands on you. 7 For God has not given us a spirit of fear and timidity, but of power, love, and self-discipline. 8 So never be ashamed to tell others about our Lord.
A church will never be as strong and vibrant in the service of God as it ought to
be until it shares in this ministry of watching over and stirring up one another.
Hebrews 10:24-26 (New Living Translation)
24 Let us think of ways to motivate one another to acts of love and good works. 25 And let us not neglect our meeting together, as some people do, but encourage one another, especially now that the day of his return is drawing near
1. YOU SEE SOMETIMES WE GOT TO STIR THE POT! WE GOT TO DO WHATEVER IT TAKES TO KEEP OUR FLAMES FANNED – OUR FIRE BURNING – OUR DESIRE GROWING! WHATEVER YOU GOT TO DO --- STIRR THE POT! RISEN MEANS –
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– STIR THE POT! NEVER LET IT SETTLE – NEVER LET IT FADE OR SINK! STIR IT UP................
"WHATEVER IT TAKES"
