Build with Extraordinary Grace

Grace is favour or kindness showed with regardless if the person is worth. Grace is getting what we don't deserve. Mercy is getting what we deserve.

Zechariah 4:6-10
Luke 2:40

(1) Build with a humble dedication (Zechariah 4:6, Acts 4:33)
(2) Build with a hopeful declaration (Zechariah 4:9)

# When uncertainty is tainting your mood, know that the Lord's grace is the beacon of light that will provide the pathway to a place of peace.

# When it seems that you are lacking something, boast in that weakness because this is exactly the area in which God will want to display His power and glory.

# When life doesn't meet your expectations, it is important to take it with grace.

# To know the grace of God is one thing, to live the grace of God is another.

# Learn to see beyond your present moment.

# When grace moves in, guilt moves out.

# Don't limit God and don't box God in a certain mould.

Grace Declaration :
* I am saved by Grace
* I am sustained by Grace
* I am strengthened by Grace (2 Corinthians 12:9)
* I am supplied by Grace (1 Peter 4:10)
* I am surprised by Grace

Speaking with Extraordinary Insights

(1) Believe that we can hear His voice
(2) Become the vessel for His voice
(3) Be tuned to His voice

Prophecy is speaking the word of God under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit (2 Peter 1:21)

God urge us to seek prophecy (1 Corinthians 14:1)

Prophecy releases the life and power of God (Ezekiah 37:10)

A. Just be ordinary (James 5:17-18)
- Elijah was as human as we are
B. Just believe (Ephesians 1:19-20)
C. Be available (John 15:15)
- Availability is not about ability and time but is about Relationship
- Our availability is driven by our deep friendship with God

3 types of relationship :
1. Duty-based relationship
2. Needs-based relationship
3. Friend-based relationship

# Be Willing (John 4:34)
Jesus success in ministry :
- is not about the number of followers
- is not about faithfulness of the followers
- is about willingness to do the Father's Will

# Be Humble (Psalm 25:9)
- the humble has a special place in God's heart
- humility is not about being worthless
- is not about having no ability

4 Keys to hearing God's voice :
Habbakuk 2:1-2
1. Being still (Psalm 46:10)
2. Being focus (look for vision as you pray) book of Daniel
3. being spontaneous (John 7:37-38)
- recognise His voice as spontaneous thoughts
- thoughts from our mind are analytical, thoughts from our hearts are spontaneous
4. being conscientious (1 Chronicles 28:19)
- write out the flow of thoughts and pictures within you

Minister with Extraordinary Power

James 5:16
James 5:17
1 John 3:8
Luke 10:19
Ephesians 6:10-20

- We are looking at the life of Elijah
- It is the secret of a prayerful life
- A simple, short and direct prayer approach
- Ordinary people who are willing to pray extraordinarily ordinary prayers to an Extraordinary God

(1) Elijah cry out for God's compassion on lives (1 Kings 17:20-21)
A. he was subjected to same sanctions
B. he was compelled into the same hardships

(2) Elijah contend for God's glory : He Vindicates! (1 Kings 18:36-38)
A. The real source of blessings : Baal or Yahweh? (1 Kings 17:1)
B. The real source of conflicts : physical or spiritual?
- the battle is real but the victory is sure
- Jesus wins! satan loses!

(3) Elijah care for God's honour : He Provides (1 Kings 19:14-18)
A. The conditions of the lost
B. The crisis of pre-exilic Israel : Double-Minded (1 Kings 18)
C. The comfort of the Lord
- His Supernatural Provision
- His Supernatural Presence

We are there to reach out to raise dead dreams, dead plans, dead life. We have been saved by Grace.

satan trembles when the weakest saint goes on his knees