THERE'S GOT TO BE MORE

(27-12-2009, 10-01-2010, 17-01-2010, 25-07-2010)


The church of Jesus has to be a place full of the Lord's presence. Despite the fact that some of us are born again and filled with the Holy Spirit, there are times when we feel dry. Sometimes going to church becomes routine. People of the world are hungry for the spiritual. When they can't see God in the church, they turn to cults.


God wants to manifest his glory. He wants to fill us. But we have to be hungry for Him.


Matthew 5:2,6 Blessed are those who know that they are spiritually in need; for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Those who hunger and thirst for righteousness will be filled.


Psalms 63:1-8 Earnestly I seek you. My soul thirsts for you. I stay close to the Lord.

Let's seek him and not just his blessings.


2Chronicle 7:14 If my people..., seek my face...

Hebrews 11:6 God is a rewarder of those who diligently seek him.

WE NEED HIS MANIFESTED PRESENCE, NOT JUST FORMULAE AND STEPS.


Jeremiah 29:13 If we seek him with all our hearts, we will find him.


Genesis 5:22,24 Enoch walked with God

Philippians 3:10 All I want is to know Christ and the power that raised him from the dead.



Part 2


Philippians 3:8-21 I want to know Christ. I consider all things as nothing in comparison to knowing Christ. I can forfeit pleasures and anything else in order to gain Christ. Even though I am your pastor and teacher, I do not count myself to have arrived, I keep on pressing on toward the goal. Brothers and sisters, follow my example. I am hungry for more.


Ezekiel 47:1-5 I am not satisfied with the water at ankle height. I want to flow in the deep waters of the Holy Spirit. It is not just tongues and dances, there has got to be more.


Exodus 33:7-18 When you come to the tent of meeting, you need to experience God. If you inquire, the Lord will reveal to you. In addition, your leader is with you in the tent. When the presence of the Lord fill the church, we have to keep on worshipping him.


Moses wanted to know God. He wanted to know God's ways.


If the Lord is not in our midst, what will differentiate us from the people of this world? (Exodus 33:16)


The church without the presence of the Lord is not different from a social club (society).


Part 3


Zechariah 4:1-14 If you depend on the anointing of the Holy Ghost, you won't need to struggle to get the things done. Even tasks that look impossible will be possible


Luke 4:18 It is the anointing that makes the difference. There are things that I excel on (like teaching the Word) because of the anointing. Let's all minister in the anointing.


Romans 12:4-8 We have different ministries in Christ but we are one body. There are things that I do which you cannot do. Some of you struggle alone without tapping into the anointing that is upon your pastor. I am called as a gift to serve you. Some of you are deceived – you feel that you don't want to bother the pastor. There are some things that you can only get when you go to the man of God. (Old testament examples – the Shunemite woman, the widow woman whose sons were to be taken captive; New Testament – people had to go to Jesus and the disciples)


John 15:1-8 Branches that remain on the vine do not struggle to bear fruit. Some Christians do not have time to go to church, no time to fellowship with God in prayer and studying the Word – such will have difficulty to bear fruit.


Branches that do not bear fruit he cuts off. There are others who come to church and do God's things as a routine and do not bear the fruit of the Spirit – these are cut off.