Dr. Michael &
Pastor JoAnn Pangio
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Other Lessons
"AN EXPECTED END"
| I. | Jer 29:11 "to give you an expected end" / Amp "to give you hope in the final outcome" |
| | A. | God expects us to reach His expected end for our lives |
| | B. | Job 24:1 "Why do those who know Him see not His days?" |
| | 1. | Job, like many believers who go through difficult times often ask the same question |
| | a. | Instead we can walk in the reality of the promise of God found in Rom 8:28 |
| II. | Keys for reaching God’s expected end for your life: |
| | A. | Key #1 Quit looking into your past, for your future: Phil 3:13 |
| | 1. | "Forgetting those things which are behind" |
| | 2. | "reaching forward" into your future |
| III. | Key #2 You must believe God knows & has worked out plans for your future: Jer 1:5 |
| | A. | If we will live for Jesus destiny awaits us: Esther 4:14 |
| | B. | How to put your faith to work & arrive at God’s expected end / final outcome: |
| | 1. | Heb 12:2 "Looking unto Jesus"/ do not look to man, circumstances, or what devil is doing |
| | 2. | Jesus wrote your future at Calvary: Heb 12:2 "Jesus, the author....... of our faith" |
| | a. | Def Author: beginner, chief leader / Heb 6:20 "Whither the forerunner is entered for us" |
| | (1) | Jesus has already faced & defeated: sin, death, powers of darkness, sickness, poverty, And has died, rose again, ascended to heaven so we may enter into God’s presence |
| | C. | Heb 12: 2 ", Jesus, the.......finisher of our faith": Def Finisher: completer, consummate |
| | 1. | Rev 1:8,11 & 21:6, & 22:13 Jesus: Alpha & Omega, Beginning & End, First & Last: |
| | a. | Thus: placing Him in control of our "expected end / "final outcome"/ not the devil |
| IV. | Key #3 Confession of Faith: Isa 46:11 "declaring the end from the beginning" |
| | A. | God speaks to us prophetically by declaring the end from the beginning |
| | 1. | We must take the Promises of God’s Word & the Prophetic word and declare it / decree it while in the midst of controversy & trials: |
| | a. | This is not denial / Jesus did not deny His circumstances: rather, when He rose from the dead He revealed His wounds to His disciples showing what he had faced & conquered / We are to do the same |
| | b. | Job 22:28 Thou shalt decree a thing, and it shall be established: (Joel 3:10) |
| | (1) | results of decree, declaring the end from the beginning: "light shall shine upon they ways |
| V. | Example of God speaking prophetically, decreeing end from the beginning: Gideon |
| | A. | Judges 6:11-16 Note vs 11 Gideon was hiding from the enemy: type defeated believer |
| | 1. | God speaks prophetically To Gideon: vs 12 "you mighty man of valor" |
| | 2. | Vs 13 & 15 Gideon speech was filled with defeat, fear doubt, & unbelief: |
| | 3. | God continues to speak to Gideon prophetically: vs 14 & 16 |
| | B. | Gideon comes into agreement with God’s decree: Jud 6:34 "Blew the trumpet" |
| | 1. | Blowing trumpet is a prophetic gesture / compared to prophesying / declare end from the beginning |
| | C. | Jud 7:7 "men who lapped" Vs 8 "took provisions & their trumpets in their hands" |
| | 1. | Those who "lapped" the water from their hand is a type of drinking water / revelation from the hand of God |
| | | (1 Peter 5:6). Hand of God & His revelation is revealed thru the Five Fold Ministry Gifts of Eph 4:11 as they Teach & Preach & Prophesy the word of God / word of The Lord |
| | a. | Then you are to take your "trumpet", promise, prophetic word and face your enemy be decreeing / declaring the end of a thing from the beginning |
| | b. | Resulting in Roman 8:28 coming to pass in your life: "And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose" |
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