John 10:10 The thief

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• John 1010 The thiefs purpose is to steal and
  kill and destroy. My purpose is to give them a
  rich and satisfying life.
• AMPLIFIED have and enjoy life, in abundance, to
  the full, till if overflows
• (Philippians 312) "Not that I have already
  obtained it, or have already become perfect, but
  I press on in order that I may lay hold of that
  for which also I was laid hold of by Christ
  Jesus."

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• Rich and Satisfied
• Spiritual well-being
• Emotional well-being
• Physical well-being
• Social well-being
• Financial well-being
• Life purpose fulfillment

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Possessing Physical Well-Being

• Possessing the Promised Land

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I. Gods Will
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• As God created it - Genesis 131

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• As God restores it - Revelation 213 - 4

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• As Jesus suffered for

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• As Jesus manifested

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• As Jesus responded to - Matthew 1414 Jesus saw
  the huge crowd as he stepped from the boat, and
  he had compassion on them and healed their sick.

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• Acts 32 man lame from birth carried each day
  to the temple gate Beautiful (not healed by
  Jesus, but healed by Peter and John)

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• Psalms 1031-3 "Bless the LORD, O my soul And
  all that is within me, bless His holy name. 2
  Bless the LORD, O my soul, And forget none of His
  benefits 3 Who pardons all your iniquities Who
  heals all your diseases"

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• What about Pauls thorn in the flesh?
• 2 Corinthians 126-10

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• I was given a thorn in my flesh
• A messenger from Satan to torment me
• Three times begged the Lord to take it away
• Each time My grace is all you need. My power
  works best in weakness.
• My weakness insults, hardships, persecutions,
  troubles (1123-33)
• When I am weak, then I am strong

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• Numbers 3355 "'But if you do not drive out the
  inhabitants of the land from before you, then it
  shall come about that those whom you let remain
  of them will become as pricks in your eyes and as
  thorns in your sides, and they shall trouble you
  in the land in which you live."

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II. Pressing to Possess

• If it is the Lords will why are not all
  healed?
• Some obvious reasons
• A bunch of unknown reasons
• Not enough information to make judgments

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• The reality gap
• Ideal all healed
• Real not all are
• Deal how to respond
• Yourself
• To others

Ideal
Deal
Real
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• 2 Timothy 420 "Erastus remained at Corinth, but
  Trophimus I left sick at Miletus.

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• The Faith Factor
• Matthew 922 "Daughter, take courage your faith
  has made you well."
• Matthew 929 "Then He touched their eyes,
  saying, "Be it done to you according to your
  faith.""
• Matthew 1528 "Then Jesus answered and said to
  her, "O woman, your faith is great be it done
  for you as you wish." And her daughter was healed
  at once."

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• Hebrews 116 "And without faith it is impossible
  to please Him, for he who comes to God must
  believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of
  those who seek Him.

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• Obstacle of unbelief
• Hebrews 319 "And so we see that they were not
  able to enter because of unbelief."
• Matthew 1357-58 "And they took offense at Him.
  But Jesus said to them, "A prophet is not without
  honor except in his home town, and in his own
  household." 58 And He did not do many miracles
  there because of their unbelief.

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• The honest pursuit of faith
• Mark 924 "Immediately the boy's father cried
  out and began saying, "I do believe help my
  unbelief.
• Romans 1017 "So faith comes from hearing, and
  hearing by the word of Christ.
• Proverbs 420-22 "My son, give attention to my
  words Incline your ear to my sayings. 21 Do not
  let them depart from your sight Keep them in the
  midst of your heart. 22 For they are life to
  those who find them, And health to all their
  whole body."

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III. When Healing Hasnt Manifest

• Between the Ideal and the Real you Deal
• Dont let the real rob you of the initiative to
  pursue after the ideal
• Dont settle

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• Ask for help
• James 514-16 "Is anyone among you sick? Let him
  call for the elders of the church, and let them
  pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name
  of the Lord 15 and the prayer offered in faith
  will restore the one who is sick, and the Lord
  will raise him up, and if he has committed sins,
  they will be forgiven him. 16 Therefore, confess
  your sins to one another, and pray for one
  another, so that you may be healed. The effective
  prayer of a righteous man can accomplish much."

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• Mark 1617-18 "And these signs will accompany
  those who have believed in My name they will
  cast out demons, they will speak with new
  tongues 18 they will pick up serpents, and if
  they drink any deadly poison, it shall not hurt
  them they will lay hands on the sick, and they
  will recover."

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• Dont deny, but dont embrace the affliction
• Consider your own body (Abraham)
• Consider Gods promise
• Dont claim it as your possession
• Express your battle against it

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• Watch your words
• (Mark 1123-25) "Truly I say to you, whoever
  says to this mountain, 'Be taken up and cast into
  the sea,' and does not doubt in his heart, but
  believes that what he says is going to happen, it
  shall be granted him. 24 "Therefore I say to you,
  all things for which you pray and ask, believe
  that you have received them, and they shall be
  granted you. 25 "And whenever you stand praying,
  forgive, if you have anything against anyone so
  that your Father also who is in heaven may
  forgive you your transgressions."

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• Dont put God in your box
• Medical science
• Miraculous
• Homeopathic
• Preventative
• Spiritual
• Sin, unforgiveness, demonic

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• Having done allstand
• Ephesians 613-14 "Therefore, take up the full
  armor of God, that you may be able to resist in
  the evil day, and having done everything, to
  stand firm. 14 Stand firm therefore,
• Stand until the day you die
• Dont get bitter towards God

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• Premature death Gods perspective
• Psalms 911,16 "He who dwells in the shelter of
  the Most High Will abide in the shadow of the
  AlmightyWith a long life I will satisfy him, And
  let him behold My salvation.
• Gods ideal a long and satisfying life on earth
• 70 80 years (Psalms 9010)
• Promise to children who honor father and mother
  (Ephesians 61-3 long life, things go well)

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• (James 414) "Yet you do not know what your life
  will be like tomorrow. You are just a vapor that
  appears for a little while and then vanishes
  away."

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• To die is gain Philippians 120-24
• I long to go be with Christ which would be far
  better for me
• Reason to grieve loss of relationship
• Dont get bitter with God
• Dont get angry at the one who has decided it is
  better to go be with Christ
• Dont try to comfort with well-meaning but false
  assertions

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• The eternal promise 1 Corinthians 15
• The last enemy to be destroyed is death
• Earthly bodies are planted in the ground when we
  die, but raised to live forever
• Buried in brokenness, raised in glory
• Buried in weakness, raised in strength
• Buried as natural bodies, raised as spiritual
  bodies
• Psalms 11615 "Precious in the sight of the LORD
  Is the death of His godly ones.

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Reflection Time

• Are there areas in your physical well-being where
  you have settled, no longer pressing for the
  ideal of physical wholeness?
• What adjustments need to be made in your pressing
  to possess? How are you dealing?
• How have you processed someones premature death?
  What is life on earth compared to eternity?
  (Romans 818)

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