SEASON 3: SERIES: FEAR IS NOT A FACTOR, BUT FAITH IS! EPISODE 7: YOUR LIMITATIONS ARE NOT A REASON TO BE FEARFUL!

IT IS THE ONLY WAY: YOUR FAITH IN CHRIST IS NECESSARY.
WHEN YOU ACCEPT CHRIST AS YOUR LORD AND SAVIOR, YOU RECEIVE THE
HOLY SPIRIT INTO YOUR HEART THAT PRODUCES UNIMAGINABLE CHANGES
AND A UNDESCRIBABLE POWER TO DO THE WORK THAT GOD HAS FOR YOU TO
DO. JUST SAY YES!

INTRODUCTION: SERIES: FEAR IS NOT A FACTOR, BUT FAITH IS!
YOUR LIMITATIONS ARE NOT A REASON TO BE FEARFUL!


JEREMIAH 1:6-9


6 “O Sovereign Lord,” I said, “I can’t speak for you! I’m
too young!” 7 The Lord replied, “Don’t say, ‘I’m too
young,’ for you must go wherever I send you and say whatever I
tell you. 8 And don’t be afraid of the people, for I will
be with you and will protect you. I, the Lord, have spoken!”
9 Then the Lord reached out and touched my mouth and said,
“Look, I have put my words in your mouth.”
He is known as the “weeping prophet” crying about the
disobedience of God’s people, idolatry, the greed of the priests,
and false prophets. His name means “appointed by God”! He is a
man who was able to endure some cruel punishment for speaking the
truth, words given to him directly by God. 
Jeremiah said that the word of the Lord came to him. Saying,
before I formed you in the womb I knew you before you were born I
set you apart; I appointed you as a prophet to the nations. Amen!
Long before we were thought about it, God was making plans for
our lives. When we feel discouraged or inadequate, we have to
remember that God has a purpose for our lives. Jeremiah was
appointed by God, and if you are a Christian you are too. 
To be appointed means to be put in an office in order to
function fully and accomplish a task. It also means to be
“put in charge” it means to be assigned, designated or selected,
for a specific task. We as Christians have a specific task to
accomplish and that task is to do whatever God has commanded you
to do.
Jeremiah 1:17-18- God tells Jeremiah “Get yourself ready! Stand
up and say to them whatever I command you. Do not be terrified by
them, or I will terrify you before them! He told him “Today I
have made you a fortified city, an iron pillar, and a bronze wall
to stand against the whole land against the kings of Judah, its
officials, the priests, and the people of the land. They will
fight against you but will not overcome you, for I am with you
and will rescue you. Declares the Lord.
Most of us struggle with challenges, because we lack
self-confidence, feel that we’re inadequate, don’t have the
ability, the training, or even experience to be successful at
what God has told us to do. We don’t know what we are capable of,
Bible God does. Haven’t y'all heard the phrase, given to right
circumstances, we’re capable of doing anything. That’s normally a
negative exhortation. In the same sense, with God, you have the
ability to do anything. Don’t y'all know that all things are
possible when God is involved? We should not allow the feeling of
inadequacy to keep us from obeying God’s command. If God gives
you a task, know that He has already provided all you need to
accomplish it. God has touched you in a special way, He has
enabled you to do things unbelievable to man, so he can get all
the glory.
 
SCRIPTURES TO LIVE BY:


Jeremiah 20:11- But the Lord stands beside me like a great
warrior. Before Him, my persecutors will stumble. They cannot
defeat me. They will fail and be thoroughly humiliated. Their
dishonor will never be forgotten.”


Deuteronomy 18:18- “I will raise up a prophet like you
from among their fellow Israelites. I will put my words in his
mouth, and he will tell the people everything I command him.”


NEXT WEEK, WE WILL CONTINUE THE SERIES: FEAR IS NOT A FACTOR, BUT
FAITH IS! FEAR DOES NOT STOP THE FAVOR OF GOD IN YOUR LIFE!


Next week read LUKE 1:26-38



REMEMBER MY SISTERS AND BROTHERS, IT TAKES G


Remember my sisters and brothers, it takes GRACE TO MAKE
IT!