Bootcamp Series #9 “Descry”

Series: “Preparing To Posses The Promises”  Sermon #9 “Descry”

Are there things we can do NOW to prepare for what’s NEXT.

Descry: to see by looking carefully, to discern

Joshua 5:13-15 “Are You for us or for our adversaries?” So He said, “No, but as Commander of the army of the Lord I have now come.” And Joshua fell on his face to the earth and worshiped, and said to Him,

Joshua 6:1-2 “Now Jericho was securely shut up because of the children of Israel; none went out, and none came in. And the Lord said to Joshua: ‘See! I have given Jericho into your hand, its king, and the mighty men of valor.’”

John 3:3  “Jesus answered and said to him, Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.’”

Proverbs 20:12  “The hearing ear and the seeing eye, The Lord has made them both.”

John 5:19 “Then Jesus answered and said to them, ‘Most assuredly, I say to you, the Son can do nothing of Himself, but what He sees the Father do; for whatever He does, the Son also does in like manner.’”

Jeremiah 29:11 (MSG)  “I know what I’m doing. I have it all planned out—plans to take care of you, not abandon you, plans to give you the future you hope for.”

Proverbs 29:18 (MSG)  “If people can’t see what God is doing, they stumble all over themselves; But when they attend to what He reveals, they are most blessed.”

2 Corinthians 4:18  (NLT)  “So we don’t look at the troubles we can see now; rather, we fix our gaze on things that cannot be seen. For the things we see now will soon be gone, but the things we cannot see will last forever.”

Genesis 13:14-15 “Lift your eyes now and look from the place where you are—northward, southward, eastward, and westward; for all the land which you see I give to you and your descendants forever.”

Hebrews 11:30  “By faith the walls of Jericho fell, after the people had marched around them for seven days”

Hebrews 11:1 (NET)  “Now faith is being sure of what we hope for, being convinced of what we do not see.”

Jesus reshaped the mindset of His disciples.

To follow Him they had to see through the eyes of faith.

He persuaded them to expect a life of supernatural increase.

Luke 5:1-11 So it was, as the multitude pressed about Him to hear the word of God, that He stood by the Lake of Gennesaret, 2 and saw two boats standing by the lake; but the fishermen had gone from them and were washing their nets. 3 Then He got into one of the boats, which was Simon’s, and asked him to put out a little from the land. And He sat down and taught the multitudes from the boat. 4 When He had stopped speaking, He said to Simon, “Launch out into the deep and let down your nets for a catch.” 5 But Simon answered and said to Him, “Master, we have toiled all night and caught nothing; nevertheless at Your word I will let down the net.” 6 And when they had done this, they caught a great number of fish, and their net was breaking. 7 So they signaled to their partners in the other boat to come and help them. And they came and filled both the boats, so that they began to sink. 8 When Simon Peter saw it, he fell down at Jesus’ knees, saying, “Depart from me, for I am a sinful man, O Lord!”9 For he and all who were with him were astonished at the catch of fish which they had taken; 10 and so also were James and John, the sons of Zebedee, who were partners with Simon. And Jesus said to Simon, “Do not be afraid. From now on you will catch men.” 11 So when they had brought their boats to land, they [a]forsook all and followed Him.

8 Observations From The Text

1. Expectation  vs.2 “washing their nets”  

2. Participation   vs.3 “push away a little” 

3. Impartation  vs.3 “He sat down and taught”

4. Forget The Past  vs.5 “caught nothing”  

5. Get Beyond Yourself  vs.5 “toiled exhaustingly” 

6. Alignment   vs.4-5  “on the ground of your word”  

7. Experience vs.6-7 “net was breaking began to sink”

8. Dependance   vs. 11 “forsook all, followed Him.”    

 John 15:5   “I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing.”  

2 Corinthians 1:20 (NLT)  “For all of God’s promises have been fulfilled in Christ with a resounding ‘Yes!’ And through Christ, our ‘Amen’ (which means ‘Yes’) ascends to God for his glory.”

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