How to Prepare for a New Season - BISHOP KYLE SEARCY

Is 54:1-17

I.        BEFORE YOUR CIRCUMSTANCES CHANGE YOUR ATTITUDE MUST

       CHANGE

            Sing, O barren, thou that didst not bear; Break forth into singing, and cry aloud; thou that didst not travail with child: For more are the children of the desolate than the children of the married wife, saith the Lord.

     

II.  YOU MUST PREPARE FOR FRUIT WHILE STILL ___________________

            Enlarge the place of thy tent, And let them stretch forth the curtains of thine habitations: Spare not, lengthen thy cords, and strengthen thy stakes;

      ³     For thou shalt break forth on the right hand and on the left; And thy seed shall inherit the Gentiles, And make the desolate cities to be inhabited.

III.            YOU MUST REJECT THE MENTAL LIMITATIONS OF THE ________________    ____________________

            Fear not; for thou shalt not be ashamed: Neither be thou confounded; for thou shalt not be put to shame: For thou shalt forget the shame of thy youth, And shalt not remember the reproach of thy widowhood any more.

IV.           YOU MUST UNDERSTAND YOUR VALUE TO GOD

            For thy Maker is thine husband; The Lord of hosts is his name; And thy Redeemer the Holy One of Israel; The God of the whole earth shall he be called. ⁶ For the Lord hath called thee as a woman forsaken and grieved in spirit, And a wife of youth, when thou wast refused, saith the Lord

V.               YOU MUST FORGET THE ISSUES OF THE PAST

            For a small moment have I forsaken thee; But with great mercies will I gather thee. ⁸ In a little wrath I hid my face from thee for a moment; But with everlasting kindness

VI.           YOU MUST REMEMBER GOD’S ______________________

            For this is as the waters of Noah unto me:

            For as I have sworn that the waters of Noah should no more go over the earth;

            So have I sworn that I would not be wroth with thee, nor rebuke thee.

      ¹⁰    For the mountains shall depart,

            And the hills be removed;

            But my kindness shall not depart from thee,

            Neither shall the covenant of my peace be removed,

            Saith the Lord that hath mercy on thee.

VII.         YOU MUST REALIZE GOD KNOWS HOW TO DEAL WITH THE ENEMY

Behold, they shall surely gather together, but not by me:

            Whosoever shall gather together against thee shall fall for thy sake.

      ¹⁶    Behold, I have created the smith

            That bloweth the coals in the fire,

            And that bringeth forth an instrument for his work;

            And I have created the waster to destroy.

      ¹⁷    No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper;

            And every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn.

            This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord,

            And their righteousness is of me, saith the Lord.