BREAKING CYCLICAL PATTERNS

 

Judges 6:1-16

Then the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the Lord. So the Lord delivered them into the hand of Midian for seven years, ² and the hand of Midian prevailed against Israel. Because of the Midianites, the children of Israel made for themselves the dens, the caves, and the strongholds which are in the mountains. ³ So it was, whenever Israel had sown, Midianites would come up; also Amalekites and the people of the East would come up against them. ⁴ Then they would encamp against them and destroy the produce of the earth as far as Gaza, and leave no sustenance for Israel, neither sheep nor ox nor donkey…⁶ So Israel was greatly impoverished because of the Midianites, and the children of Israel cried out to the Lord…¹¹ Now the Angel of the Lord came and sat under the terebinth tree which was in Ophrah, which belonged to Joash the Abiezrite, while his son Gideon threshed wheat in the winepress, in order to hide it from the Midianites. ¹² And the Angel of the Lord appeared to him, and said to him, “The Lord is with you, you mighty man of valor!”…¹⁴ Then the Lord turned to him and said, “Go in this might of yours, and you shall save Israel from the hand of the Midianites. Have I not sent you?”…¹⁶ And the Lord said to him, “Surely I will be with you, and you shall defeat the Midianites as one man.”

 

I.               GOD IS A GOD OF INCREASE

1.     Ever Expanding Universe

2.     Tree of Life in Garden

3.     Seed Principle

4.     From glory to glory

2 Cor 3:18

¹⁸ But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as by the Spirit of the Lord.

5.     Springing up 

John 4:13-14

¹³ Jesus answered and said to her, “Whoever drinks of this water will thirst again, ¹⁴ but whoever drinks of the water that I shall give him will never thirst. But the water that I shall give him will become in him a fountain of water springing up into everlasting life.”

6.     Jesus’ Government

Isaiah 9:6-7

For unto us a Child is born, unto us a Son is given; And the government will be upon His shoulder. And His name will be called Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.

 

II.             CYCLICAL DESTRUCTIVE PATTERNS 

 

1.     Midian and Israel

 

III.           HOW TO KNOW WHEN YOU ARE UNDER A CYCLICAL PATTERN

 

1.     Seasonal destruction during promotion and increase

2.     Attacks during certain regular time frames

3.     When you can name your enemy you are so familiar with it.

4.     When your efforts never produce the desired results

5.     Feel Helpless 

IV.          HOW TO BREAK CYCLICAL PATTERNS 

1.     Deal with the root

Sin…. They cried out 

a.     Root may go back to birth

b.     Root May be Generational

c.     Root may be Internal

2.     Break negative Inner Vows during times of Pain

Proverbs 18:21

Death and life are in the power of the tongue, And those who love it will eat its fruit. 

3.     Break negative Habit Patterns

4.     Listen to God’s Voice