today
TODAY I RECEIVE
ALL OF GOD’S LOVE FOR ME.
today
TODAY I OPEN MYSELF
TO THE UNBOUNDED, LIMITLESS, OVERFLOWING ABUNDANCE
OF GOD’S UNIVERSE.
today
TODAY I OPEN MYSELF TO GOD’S BLESSINGS, HEALING,
AND MIRACLES.
today
TODAY I OPEN MYSELF
TO GOD’S WORD SO THAT I BECOME MORE LIKE JESUS
EVERY DAY.
today
TODAY I PROCLAIM THAT I AM GOD’S BELOVED,
I AM GOD’S SERVANT,
I AM GOD’S POWERFUL CHAMPION.
today
AND BECAUSE I AM BLESSED, I AM BLESSING THE WORLD.
IN JESUS’ NAME. AMEN.
MATTHEW
TALK 3
GOD IS DOING
SOMETHING NEW
AS JESUS WENT ON FROM THERE,
HE SAW A MAN NAMED MATTHEW SITTING AT THE TAX COLLECTOR’S BOOTH.
“FOLLOW ME,” HE TOLD HIM, AND MATTHEW GOT UP AND FOLLOWED HIM.
matthew 9:9, niv
what is your pen?
QUESTION
GOD IS DOING
SOMETHING NEW
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OT References
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why is matthew
important to you?
to wake us up!
TWO CORE MESSAGES TO RELIGIOUS PEOPLE
GOD ISN’T FINISHED WITH YOU YET.
DO NOT THINK THAT I HAVE COME
TO ABOLISH THE LAW OR THE PROPHETS;
I HAVE NOT COME TO ABOLISH THEM BUT TO FULFILL THEM.
matthew 5:17, niv
1 MURDER
2 ADULTERY 3 DIVORCE 4 OATHS
5 JUSTICE
UPGRADE!
YOU HAVE HEARD THAT IT WAS SAID TO THE PEOPLE LONG AGO, ‘YOU SHALL NOT MURDER, AND ANYONE WHO MURDERS WILL BE SUBJECT
TO JUDGMENT.’ BUT I TELL YOU THAT ANYONE WHO IS ANGRY WITH A BROTHER OR SISTER
WILL BE SUBJECT TO JUDGMENT
matthew 5:21-22 niv
UPGRADE # 1
YOU HAVE HEARD THAT IT WAS SAID,
‘YOU SHALL NOT COMMIT ADULTERY.’
BUT I TELL YOU THAT ANYONE WHO LOOKS AT A WOMAN LUSTFULLY HAS ALREADY
COMMITTED ADULTERY WITH HER IN HIS HEART.
matthew 5:27-28 niv
UPGRADE # 2
YOUR PAST COURAGE ZONE HAS BECOME
YOUR PRESENT COMFORT ZONE.
HE WHO HAS BEGUN A GOOD WORK IN YOU WILL COMPLETE IT...
philippians 1:6 nkjv
AFTER SIX DAYS JESUS TOOK WITH HIM PETER, JAMES, AND JOHN THE BROTHER OF JAMES, AND LED THEM UP A HIGH MOUNTAIN BY THEMSELVES.
THERE HE WAS TRANSFIGURED BEFORE THEM.
HIS FACE SHONE LIKE THE SUN, AND HIS CLOTHES BECAME AS WHITE AS THE LIGHT. JUST THEN
THERE APPEARED BEFORE THEM MOSES AND ELIJAH, TALKING WITH JESUS…
matthew 17:1-9 niv
WHEN GOD SEEMS QUIET,
HE’S WORKING
BEHIND THE SCENES.
GOD IS NOT FINISHED WITH YOU YET.
GOD IS DOING SOMETHING NEW.
GOD ISN’T FINISHED WITH THEM YET.
“WE’RE BLESSED, THEY’RE CURSED”
MENTALITY
THEREFORE GO AND MAKE DISCIPLES OF ALL NATIONS…
matthew 28:19-20, niv
MUCH OF OUR PRAYERS ARE SELFISH.
OUR SUFFERING WAS ANOTHER PERSON’S BLESSING.
MUCH OF OUR SUFFERING
COMES FROM OUR SELFISHNESS.
a copernican revolution
NICOLAUS COPERNICUS, 1514
4 THINGS HAPPEN WHEN YOU HAVE
A COPERNICAN REVOLUTION
YOUR WORLD GETS BIGGER
SELFISHNESS MAKES
YOUR WORLD VERY SMALL.
YOUR GRATITUDE GETS BIGGER
GRATITUDE IS THE IMMUNE SYSTEM OF THE SOUL.
YOUR DREAMS GET BIGGER
YOUR SUFFERING GETS SMALLER
LIFE IS ABOUT LEARNING HOW TO SUFFER.
THE MORE YOU THINK OF OTHERS, THE LESS YOU THINK
OF YOUR SUFFERING.
TO BE TRULY HAPPY,
MASTER THE ART OF SUFFERING.
GOD GRANT ME THE SERENITY TO ACCEPT THE THINGS I CANNOT CHANGE;
THE COURAGE TO CHANGE THE THINGS I CAN;
AND WISDOM TO KNOW THE DIFFERENCE.
REINHOLD NIEBUHR
SERENITY PRAYER
GOD ISN’T FINISHED WITH YOU YET.
GOD ISN’T FINISHED WITH THEM YET.
GOD IS DOING
