Sermon Notes 17th July 2022
Organising your life for More
Text: Mark 6:39; Numbers 1:1-15
Introduction
Don’t _____ for More. _______________ so God can give you More
You can’t have ___________ or make ____________ without having Order
and going through Process - SFA
There are some things that Prayer can’t do but _____________ will do e.g.
Traffic lights, Elections
“Let all things be done decently and in order” - 1 Corinthians 14:40
What is Order?
Order is the _______________ arrangement of things.
A condition in which everything is carefully and neatly _______________
_____________ – means to arrange parts or people into an efficient system
To put somebody or something in working _________ e.g. Electricity
The purpose and result of order is _________________
There is a ___________ Order arranged by ____ for every area of our lives
God didn’t __________ anything between Genesis 1:3 & 1:24.
He only ______________
Jesus set them in ________ before ______________________
Managing £100k, £1m, £10m, £100m, £1bill
9 Factors that help Organize for More
1. _________________ E.g. Census & Audit
““28 For which of you, intending to build a tower, does not sit down first and
count the cost, whether he has enough to finish it –” – Luke 14:28-29
Progress can only be ___________________ if you can _______
Order _______ with Planning & Projections (Ratios.... Numbers don't lie)
2. _________________- Doing things at the Proper Time – Order &
Timing is important
________ also determines ___________…… What comes First e.g. Making
Room for God
“But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things
shall be added to you” - Matthew 6:33
“Let there be ________” - Anything you create in darkness will be a monster
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Trees don’t _______ until Seeds are _______ and the rain _____
Don’t blame the devil if you don’t buy ______ at the ___________ Time
3. ___________________ – (TIMELINESS)
“To everything there is a season, A time for every purpose under heaven:….” Ecclesiastes 3:1
Seasons have a ___________ & Purposes have their _____________
Because “The Opportunity of a Life-time only lasts the Life-time of the
Opportunity” – Leonard Ravenhill
“And the king said to Amasa, "Assemble the men of Judah for me within three
days, and be present here yourself.“ 5 So Amasa went to assemble the men of
Judah. But he delayed longer than the set time which David had appointed
him. 6 And David said to Abishai, "Now Sheba the son of Bichri will do us more
harm than Absalom. Take your lord's servants and pursue him, lest he find for
himself fortified cities, and escape us.“ – 2 Samuel 20:4-6
4. _______________ - God will not take you past your last level of
Obedience
“His lord said to him, Well done, good and faithful servant; you have been faithful
over a few things, I will make you ruler over many things. Enter into the joy of
your lord.’ - Matthew 25
______________ £100k, £1m, £10m, £100m, £1bill
Man was created on the 6th day after all other things were set in _______
No _____ before Marriage, Pre-Marital (PMP)
5. _________________ (CATEGORISE) - SIT IN GROUPS
Order is required for ____________________ Management
“Then He commanded them to make them all sit down in groups on the green
grass. So they sat down in ranks, in hundreds and in fifties. And when He had
taken the five loaves and the two fish, He looked up to heaven, blessed and broke
the loaves, and gave them to His disciples to set before them; and the two fish
He divided among them all” - Mark 6:39
Those who don’t Sit don’t get Fed - SFA
E.g. Clusters, Men, Women, Teens, Children ; ___________ - Shirts,
Trousers, Socks, Underwear
Order ________ Time & Money… Books, Clothes
“Now in those days, when the number of the disciples was multiplying, there arose
a complaint against the Hebrews by the Hellenists, because their widows were
neglected in the daily distribution…. Therefore, brethren, seek out from among you
seven men of good reputation, full of the Holy Spirit and wisdom, whom we may
appoint over this business;…Then the word of God spread, and the number of
the disciples multiplied greatly in Jerusalem, and a great many of the priests were
obedient to the faith” - Acts 6:1,5, & 7
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6. PLACEMENT POSITION e.g. Football Team - Goal Keeper, Striker,
Defender etc
It is Putting _________ in their __________ place…. Bird in Air, Fish in
Water – Genesis 1:20-21
Planted in the Right __________…… Job 8:6-8
______ Parts.... Nose on the Head & Eyes under Feet, “If the Eye insists on eating pepper soup like the mouth does, it will.....” – African
Proverb
“They were ministering with music before the dwelling place of the tabernacle of
meeting, until Solomon had built the house of the LORD in Jerusalem, and they
served in their office according to their order” - 1 Chronicles 6:32
“And these are the ones who ministered with their sons: Of the sons of the Kohathites
were Heman the singer, the son of Joel, the son of Samuel,” - 1 Chronicles 6:33
“And their brethren, the Levites, were appointed to every kind of service of the
tabernacle of the house of God” - 1 Chronicles 6:48
If things are not put in there proper ________ or done in a proper ____ it
won’t work e.g. Battery in Walkman
Don’t do in the __________ what you should be doing in the ___________
You can’t do in the ___________ what should be done in the _________
How long do you have to stand at _________________ to buy a Car? Categorise
_______ SYSTEM - CNS, CVS, Resp, GIT, ___________ - Proper Place. Put everything in its Proper Place and Time
7. ________________________ e.g. Right _______ in the Right
______________ to Enlarge Capacity for More – Trained People
““Now therefore, let Pharaoh select a discerning and wise man, and set him over
the land of Egypt. Let Pharaoh do this, and let him appoint officers over the land,
to collect one-fifth of the produce of the land of Egypt in the seven plentiful years.”
– Genesis 41:33-34
(Book Keeper vs Certified Management Account) If you _____ peanuts you will Hire Monkeys
Accountants -Brother, Book Keeper, Management Accountant,
_________ – Contracts, Photos & Video proof
Aircraft Maintenance & MOT
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8. ________________ (BOUNDARIES) .... Way and time of doing
things
Order has to do with ____________________, but ________________
has to do with Behaviour
Protocol is the ________ and _____________ way to _____ (behave) in a
specific environment
E.g. Counselling, Pre-Marital, E.g. Safety belt, Accounting process, Award
of Contract
A Conduct _______________ is conduct ________________
“But we command you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you
withdraw from every brother who walks disorderly and not according to the
tradition which he received from us. For you yourselves know how you ought to
follow us, for we were not disorderly among you; ” - 2 Thessalonians 3:6
“For we hear that there are some who walk among you in a disorderly manner,
not working at all, but are busybodies” - 2 Thessalonians 3:11
9. _____________ - Order __________ lives (Policies Protect)….
Traffic lights, Highway code
E.g. Accounting process, Award of Contract
____________ IN CHURCH
The Church doesn’t have __________ Powers to reclaim monies loaned
“For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, that if any would not
work, neither should he eat” - 2 Thessalonians 3:10
“For we hear that there are some which walk among you disorderly, working not at
all, but are busybodies” - 2 Thessalonians 3:11
“But if any widow has children or grandchildren, let them first learn to show piety
at home and to repay their parents; for this is good and acceptable before
God. Now she who is really a widow, and left alone, trusts in God and continues
in supplications and prayers night and day. 1 Timothy 5:9
Do not let a widow under sixty years old be taken into the number, and not
unless she has been the wife of one man” - 1 Timothy 5:4
“…well reported for good works: if she has brought up children, if she has
lodged strangers, if she has washed the saints’ feet, if she has relieved the
afflicted, if she has diligently followed every good work” - 1 Timothy 5:10
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