We have to get in tune to what God is doing.
We must stay in tune to what God is saying.
God is speaking whether you realize it or not.
Sometimes God is saying one thing, but we're listening to others.
We need to tune down the world to hear God speak and obey immediately.
Romans 12:12 Christian Standard Bible (CSB)
12 Rejoice in hope; be patient in affliction; be persistent in prayer.
Our hope does not come from here. We have the hope of heaven. This earth is not our end.
We must live for the God who gives the blessings and not for the blessings themselves.
After salvation, everything else is extra. I'm grateful just to breath.
When I'm going through hard times, I'm going to be faithful in prayer.
1 Thessalonians 5:17 Christian Standard Bible (CSB)
17 pray constantly,
We must cultivate a prayer life and never let up.
The source of Jesus's power was the secret of His prayers.
That's why his disciples asked Jesus to teach them to pray, and not to walk on the water. (Luke 11:1)
Prayer is not a request line, but it is a part of it. We go into prayer in worship and thanksgiving.
Psalm 100:4 Christian Standard Bible (CSB)
4 Enter his gates with thanksgivingand his courts with praise.
Give thanks to him and bless his name.
Give thanks to him and bless his name.
Why don't we pray more powerful prayers?
Why don't you believe in your own prayers?
Do you rely on other people's prayers?
If God created language, He can understand your language.
God is for you.
He loves it when you pray.
He is for you in the midst of your sin and pain.
When you understand that God is for you, you will pray differently.
John 3:16 Christian Standard Bible (CSB)
16 For God loved the world in this way: He gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life.
Get in step with what God is saying in your praying.
Joshua 6:1-2 Christian Standard Bible (CSB)
6 Now Jericho was strongly fortified because of the Israelites—no one leaving or entering.
2 The Lord said to Joshua, “Look, I have handed Jericho, its king, and its best soldiers over to you.
Jericho falling hadn't happened yet in the natural.
God talks in past tense.
Romans 4:17 B New King James Version (NKJV)
17 (God) calls those things which do not exist as though they did;
God is trying to get you to see something than what you currently see.
We have to start seeing what God is seeing.
When God takes you to another level, God assigns to you to a new enemy.
Joshua 6:3-5 Christian Standard Bible (CSB)
3 March around the city with all the men of war, circling the city one time.
Do this for six days.
4 Have seven priests carry seven ram’s-horn trumpets in front of the ark.
But on the seventh day, march around the city seven times, while the priests blow the trumpets.
5 When there is a prolonged blast of the horn and you hear its sound, have all the troops give a mighty shout.
Then the city wall will collapse, and the troops will advance, each man straight ahead.”
Sometimes God will tell you to do something impossible to give you something that is impossible.
Joshua did not negotiate with God, but got started right away.
Joshua 6:7-10 Christian Standard Bible (CSB)
7 He said to the troops, “Move forward, march around the city, and have the armed men go ahead of the ark of the Lord.”
8 After Joshua had spoken to the troops, seven priests carrying seven trumpets before the Lord moved forward and blew the trumpets; the ark of the Lord’s covenant followed them.
9 While the trumpets were blowing, the armed men went in front of the priests who blew the trumpets, and the rear guard went behind the ark.
10 But Joshua had commanded the troops: “Do not shout or let your voice be heard. Don’t let one word come out of your mouth until the time I say, ‘Shout!’ Then you are to shout.”
Joshua told everyone to shut up because He knew that speaking against God's command could circumvent God's promise.
They could have talked themselves out of believing and being obedient.
Sometimes we hear from God then we get everyone's opinion.
Sometimes when you're obeying God you look silly. When God's people walk in unity and obedience, walls fall. This was a victory march before the battle was fought.
What if you started declaring victory before the victory is fought? Satan doesn't know everything. He's just putting walls in front of you, but He can hear what you say about them.
When was the last time that you shouted with the voice of triumph? What if you shouted before the walls fell? What if the walls fell because of your shout?
If you want to get in frequency with God, you have to tune out the world.
What if you shouted...
God is fighting for us.
God is fighting for us.
God is fighting for us.
God is fighting for us.
God is fighting for us. (Romans 8:31)
Romans 8:31 Christian Standard Bible (CSB)
31 What then are we to say about these things? If God is for us, who is against us?
Notes from Jeremy Foster, Hope City Church.
https://hopecity.com/sermons/frequency-part-2/
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