MESSAGE NOTES: Fast Forward #2

02: DON’T DO IT

INTRODUCTION

• God wants to speak to us about our destiny, purpose and calling
• We are called to be people of Holy Ambition – those who have a passion to serve His purposes in our generation
• We have set aside these 20 days of prayer and fasting to ‘ask, seek, knock’
• I really sensed to pick up where we left off on Friday Night… Pastor Sharon was sharing about the word the Lord gave her about ‘you are dragging, because you are dragging’

I want to talk to encourage you in two things you need to cut off coming into 2020:

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MESSAGE NOTES: Fast Forward #1

01: HOLY AMBITION

INTRODUCTION

• Over the past several months I really felt a stirring from the Lord for fresh vision for Toronto City Church in 2020. 
• This decade will be one of building! There are so many prophecies/promises over this church that have yet to be fulfilled and I believe that this decade is a time that we will see breakthrough in so many areas.
• This would not replace what we have built up to this point… but sharpen it and really push us forward in a new way
• As I meditated on this though, I felt the Lord say – “Make sure in January that you start with people in their individual lives because I want to speak powerfully to every person about the destiny, purpose and calling that I have for their life”

Acts 13:36 (ESV) – 36 For David, after he had served the purpose of God in his own generation, fell asleep and was laid with his fathers and saw corruption,

SERMON NOTES: ALTAR’D #3

03: THE CALL TO CONSECRATION

Special Focus:

• In two weeks we are having our First Fruits Offering. The heart of this is that we give a special offering, on top of our regular giving, to sow a seed into what God is going to do in 2019.
• I want to encourage every member of TCC to participate and seek the Lord regarding what they are to give.

Throughout the Fall our focus was “Heart Check”

• “God wants to work in us so he can work with us and through us”
• We need to continue to allow the Lord to work in our hearts but He is working in us with a purpose
• As we come into 2019 my heart is stirred that we will individually and corporately go after the callings and purposes of God in our lives. IT’S TIME!

Romans 12:1 (TPT)  – 1 Beloved friends, what should be our proper response to God’s marvelous mercies? I encourage you to surrender yourselves to God to be his sacred, living sacrifices. And live in holiness, experiencing all that delights his heart. For this becomes your genuine expression of worship.

The key: I encourage you to surrender yourselves to God to be his sacred, living sacrifice! 

Tips for Healthy Fasting

Today in my message at Toronto City Church in addition to the post on Growing in the Word and Prayer I promised that I would post some content on how to fast effectively. Rather than try to reinvent the wheel I am posting several links to  some excellent articles/resources for you:

1. 10 Tips for Healthy Fasting by Cherie Calbom
2. Fasting Guidelines and Information from the International House of Prayer
3. Book: The Rewards of Fasting by Mike Bickle (PDF Format)

While I’m not an expert (by any means) if you have any questions or need clarification, please post in the comments section and I will get back to you.

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