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AMEN Bible Conference

Shaken but Not Forsaken

Eric Walsh

The Stress Equation

My Testimony

When God Spared Not

What to do With Doubt

How to Know God’s Will for Your Life

Brainwashed

The Power of Habit

Choosing Revolution

Facing Fire

Tribulation’s Song

Waking Jesus

Effective Prayer

The Prayer Shift

The Titus Challenge

This message was presented at the Amen Missions 2017 Bible Conference Shaken but Not Forsaken in Port Elizabeth, South Africa.

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So, last my last session for today and it's 1 of my favorite talks to give.

I've done this talk many times Because it's very practical for a lot especially for a lot of young people so We're gonna go to the book of Jeremiah.

And this is the the scripture reading for this presentation.

It says in Jeremiah 1 verse 5 before I formed thee in the belly I knew you And before you came forth out of the womb, I sanctified you.

And I ordained you a prophet unto the nations.

So our message, this last message of the day is entitled, How to Know God's Will for Your Life.

Father God, we thank you for this opportunity to study your word and to study the words of Robert Mueller and of Morris Vendon and of the great writer Luke in the book of Acts.

As we study all of these writers and all of these in the spirit of prophecy, Lord, we ask that you open up our minds and our hearts so that we can apply these lessons to our life.

And Lord, allow us, Father God, to, like you told Jeremiah, to understand that there's a calling that has been placed upon us that you knew of before we were even conceived.

It's our prayer in Jesus' precious and holy name.

So in Acts chapter 3, the Bible says, Now Peter and John went up together into the temple "'at the hour of prayer, being the ninth hour.

"'And a certain man, lame from his mother's womb, "'was carried, whom they laid daily at the gate of the temple, which is called Beautiful, to ask alms of them that entered into the temple." So they're going in, there's a man who's been carried and laid at the gate.

He was born without the ability to walk, and he's laid at the temple all his time, and is just asking for any, he's begging, asking for any donation so that he can continue to live.

Verse 3 says, who seeing Peter and John about to go into the temple, asked an alms.

Peter, the Bible says, fastening his eyes upon him with John said, look, look on us.

Verse 5 says, and he gave heed unto them, expecting to receive something from them.

But Peter's response, then Peter said, silver and gold have I none, but such as I have give I thee.

In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, rise up and walk.

Now this man came and he expected something.

He simply would have been satisfied with the equivalent of a few dollars.

His day would have been complete and successful had he simply gotten a little bit of cash.

But let me tell you, sometimes we come to God's temple and our expectations are too low.

We come saying, Lord if you just find me a job, If you just figure out my bills Lord if you just keep my children in church and our expectations Are too low Now had this man simply been given what he asked for he would have continued to live a very difficult and trying life But let me tell you something most of us ask God only inside of our own limitations.

In other words, our prayers are deterred by our own lack of understanding of what God has to offer.

So we're asking for cash when God can get us to walk for the first time in our life.

So I'm challenging you, and this is what this talk is about, Stop being placed in a box.

Stop allowing the world to determine where you're going.

Stop listening to the words of your ex-husband or your ex-wife or of your parents who told you you would never amount to anything.

I came to tell you today that you've got a Father in heaven who has set no limit on where you can go.

This is preaching that says like Jeremiah, There's a calling on your life and there's a place that God wants to send you there are things you need to accomplish For his kingdom building, but if you just take the cash You'll never learn to leap for Jesus Bible says Peter took him by the right hand and lifted him up and immediately his feet and ankle bones received strength Now you got to understand this so some people ask the question was he healed when Peter says to him in verse 6, in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth's walk, or did he actually get healed when Peter touched him by the hand?

What matters is that the bones in his ankles and feet regenerated.

Now you gotta understand, he had a congenital anomaly.

He was born without the ability to carry his weight on his legs ever.

He had to be recreated to get what God was trying to give him.

Some of you think that you've been dealt a hand that you cannot recover from.

Some of you think that because you were born in a poor township, maybe because your parents didn't have anything, maybe because you have relatives with wealth and you never had any, maybe you think because you didn't do well in school.

I came all the way from Los Angeles to tell you that there is no limit on what God can do with you.

The Bible says Immediately his feet and ankle bones received strength and it says and he leaping up stood and Walked and entered with them into the temple walking and doing what?

He would have been happy to just be able to walk a little bit When God was done with him he was jumping up and down for joy.

The miracle isn't simply that he could walk.

You see, how long does it take to learn to walk?

If you watch a child, it takes a child months to be able to actually walk.

And even then, they got that unsteady gait like Fred Sanford back on TV in the old days.

This man in a moment not only got the strength to walk, God gave him the knowledge and ability to walk.

What God has for you, He can give you everything you need to accomplish at the time it's delivered.

Moses, as he stood before the burning bush Had every excuse as to why he couldn't do what God wanted him to do.

I'm slow of speech If you want me to go back there and speak Egyptian, I've met I haven't spoken Egyptian in 40 years.

And I haven't even spoken Hebrew in 40 years.

So a lot of people argue that it was because he was worried about speaking the Pharaoh in Egyptian.

A lot of other folks say, actually, his Hebrew wasn't so good.

He was worried about going and being able to speak to his own people.

He had every excuse as why he should not be the called 1 and 1 of them was, don't miss this 1, he was 80 years old.

He was called when he was a child his mother told him when he's a baby.

You're going to deliver your people In Pharaoh's house his mother was explaining to him.

You're going to deliver your people So when he got a chance at 40 Moses went for gold killed an Egyptian Thinking it was time for him to liberate his people only to find out it was time for him to run.

And God left him in the wilderness watching sheep for 40 years.

In fact, he had to unlearn and relearn everything he learned in Egypt so that the sheep prepared him to deal with God's people.

Because sheep are defenseless and they're not very bright.

So he had to, oh, somebody missed that, but it's okay.

So he had to learn how to lead God's people.

At 80 years of age, Moses began his ministry.

I spoke to a mother last night here who told me she's a grandmother and she just went back to school.

Let me tell you something, it's never too late to go and be sharpened and be made better so that you can be used by God.

And all the people saw him walking and praising God.

And they knew that it was he which sat for alms at the beautiful gate of the temple.

And they were filled with wonder and amazement at that which had happened unto him.

And as the lame man which was healed held Peter and John, all the people ran together unto them in the porch that is called Solomon's, greatly wondering.

What he was able to tell folk about God and about Jesus Christ after this miracle?

He was at the temple all that time, which means he was probably at the temple even when Jesus was in the temple.

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Shaken but Not Forsaken

How to Know God’s Will for Your Life

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Shaken but Not Forsaken

What to do With Doubt

42m

The Cure For Selfishness

53m

Plenary

Amish/Adventist

1h 37m

Forgotten Rest

1h 2m

General Sessions

Grace at Work: How Faith Transforms Physicians, Patients, and Practice

1h 1m

Who is in Control of Your Life?

43m

Breakouts

God’s Call to the Jungle

1h 2m

Giftedness & Godliness: A Message to the Graduate

45m

Shaken but Not Forsaken

The Stress Equation

40m

Extracting the Hurt and Filling a Need

To Make Man Whole

41m

The Ten Commandments By Philip Mills

Remember the Sabbath Day

34m

Sound Doctrine