Bulletins - Rock Family Church of Morgantown WV

Theme: God Brought you out to bring you in
Colossians 1:11–14 NLT
11 We also pray that you will be strengthened with all his glorious power so you will have all the endurance and patience you need. May you be filled with joy, 12 always thanking the Father. He has enabled you to share in the inheritance that belongs to his people, who live in the light. 13 For he has rescued us from the kingdom of darkness and transferred us into the Kingdom of his dear Son, 14 who purchased our freedom and forgave our sins.

Thanksgiving was Exodus pattern
Part 1 – Survive - God brought you IN to bring you OUT
OUT of the bad, INTO the good – from death to life, from darkness to light, from the word to the Kingdom, from vanity to ministry
Be thankful you are alive - saved
Breaking even
Day by day
Hand to mouth.
Paycheck to paycheck
No reserves.
Short term thinking

Part 2 - Thrive - God brought you OUT to bring you IN
Many are stuck in a wilderness mindset of barely getting by. They are existing, but not really living.
Progressive revelation
You should be a testimony of increasing prosperity

You should be thriving in knowledge, anointing, prosperity, wisdom, experience, strength, confidence

Many see your glory, but few know your story
Examples – Elder Jakes, Junius Lewis
Medical school vs degree
You could have what they have, if you go through what they did
You can have it nice, if you pay the price
Biggest receivers are biggest givers
Just because
The Lord give power for increase and prosperity, and he has no sorrow to it

Five Kernels of Thanks – Physical, Financial, Marital, Educational, Spiritual
Israel’s Seder Meal – Passover Seder meal represented aspects of their bitterness of slavery and the sacrifice of the Lamb
Pilgrim’s five kernels – reminder of survival – all they had
1 - Physical Thanks – alive and kicking
Israel – survived as a race
Israel survived 430 years of slavery in Egypt – 40 years in the wilderness – attacks from enemies – battles against giants
Pilgrims - Survived as a people
The Pilgrims Persecution - excommunication in Europe - stormy ship in the Atlantic – freezing the first early winter in the New World – only 50% survived sickness – survived starvation
5 kernels- - Olumide defied the odds – Dr. said no but God said yes - Kim testify?
Thrive – pilgrims built first hospitals
YOUR Health – be thankful for God’s protection and healing
Survive and alive
· Alive today
· Survived crashes and calamity
· Enemy tried to take you out, but God brought you out
· I survived it- made me stronger
· I’m alive because I survived
· I survived danger - Survived ocean - car crash
· I did not become a statistic
· I survived not getting sick - no covid
· I survived despite getting sick - testimony of healing
· I survived starvation - doing without - 5 kernels - USA wastes food - cruise example
· I survived devastation - trauma - soul bruises
· Remember the past- God brought you out

Healed my body – restored my mind
· Dr visits, tests, medicine, surgeries, therapy, follow up, insurance
· Now you can move, eat, walk, travel, fulfill your call

2 - Financial Thanks – blessed to be a blessing
Israel – All nations blessed through their covenant with God
Pilgrims – blessed with Natives
· built first communities with natives- then cities
Personal – first car, job, house
· Yemi’s Honda Accord – college trailer
3 - Marital Thanks - Trials tighten the knot
pilgrims - made First convent Mayflower compact
YOU – thank God you are still standing strong together
thank God for children and family – even blended – God knew what you needed better than you did
4 - Educational Thanks – from learning to teaching
- got through school.
Pilgrims built first college - seminary - Yale
· Provide some of the best education in the world.
· In the QS University rankings, they hold five of the top ten places in the US, and those five are all among the top 25 in the world.
· Attracts the brightest and the best
· Limited – only 8 –
· High demand
· Prestige
· Reputation of high academic achievement
· Size - 150,000 students across 8
· attract smart, hard-working, and career-minded students from all over the world.
· strongly help students in their professional careers
· big endowments - ensuring continued investment; collectively they are said to control endowments worth nearly $150 billion, and Harvard alone has more than $40 billion.
“Seven of the members (all of them except Cornell) were colonial colleges, the nine universities established before the Declaration of Independence.”
“The Ivy League universities are known for their top-notch academics, rich histories, and vibrant cultures. These eight schools have set high standards in education, producing many leaders and innovators who have made a big impact on the world.”
https://www.mastersportal.com/articles/1958/what-are-ivy-league-universities.html

5 - Spiritual Thanks - progressive revelation
Israel – a band of slaves became a nation of kings and priests unto God! – The Jews became God’s global evangelists – wrote the Bible – gave us Jesus – the King OF the Jews!
pilgrims – built first church in USA
you – spiritual progress - line upon line – wiser, more experienced, more anointed

New world – new day
Israel – survived the slavery to thrive in prosperity
· made it to the Promised Land – flowing with milk and honey
opportunity
Pilgrims - Baby born on mayflower
You – make the most of every opportunity – always be thankful – the best is yet to come
- - Colossians 1:11–14NLT

Part 1 – Survive - God brought you IN to bring you OUT

Part 2 - Thrive - God brought you OUT to bring you IN

Five Kernels of Thanks – Physical, Financial, Marital, Educational, Spiritual

1 - Physical Thanks – alive and kicking

2 - Financial Thanks – blessed to be a blessing

3 - Marital Thanks - Trials tighten the knot

4 - Educational Thanks – from learning to teaching

5 - Spiritual Thanks - progressive revelation

New world – new day

Colossians 1:11–14NLT