Back To the Future!
We Serve A God Who saved us For the Sake Of The Future. X2
Amplified BibleSurely there is a future [and a reward], And your hope and expectation will not be cut off.
We Serve A God Who saved us For the Sake Of The Future.
We cannot never Lose Sight Of Our Future Calling.
Proverbs 23:18
…17Do not let your heart envy sinners, but always continue in the fear of the LORD.
19Listen, my son, and be wise, and guide your heart on the right course.…
TOPIC: HAVING HOPE FOR THE FUTURE!!
We leave in an Era were most people are admire and Inspire to Futuristic Thinkers…
As a matter of fact… In New York there is Memorial
Futuristic Hall of Fame
- a quick overview of twelve of these “common ground” perspectives:
I will point out just 5 of the Main ones…
1. As we improve our thinking about the future, we are better prepared for what lies ahead.
2. Our understanding of the future directly affects the way we make decisions today.
3. In general, futurists are motivated by change. They are not content merely to describe, predict, or forecast, but want to take an active role in the world as it transforms.
4. At the heart of a better future is one that is sustainable, preserving the essence of humanity and the environment we live in, inclusive of culture and technology.
5. We are all drawn to a better future, but the essential ingredients for creating a better future are not obvious, and up to us to discover.
“ We are all drawn to a better future,”
Even Our Top South African Futurist..
Jack Uldrich, a global futurist,
Jackie Nagtegaal, a lawyer and futurist based in South Africa, says:
1. The youth Rise : Africa has the fastest-growing population and will account for half the world’s population growth in the next two decades. By 2035, Africa will have more people than India or China. In this lies a tremendous challenge, but also a phenomenal asset. With a young population, the continent has to act fast to leverage this asset, before it becomes its greatest burden.
2. Afro-optimism: This most critical ingredient to any future is the role of hope. This is particularly important for a continent marred by colonialism and conflict. The spirit of Africa needs to rediscover its abilities to believe and overcome. Without optimism, none of the industries or other ideas will bloom.
This is the Spirit of Optimistism….
GOD IS THE FIRST AN MOST OPTOMICT BEING THAT WILL EVER BE…
HE IS THE MOST FUTURISTIC
Because He HOLDS All The Future.. Your Future.. My Future in his Hand..
Back to the Future…
HE IS THE FUTURIST!!
“I MAY NOT KNOW WHAT THE FUTURE HOLDS,
YET I KNOW THE ONE WHO HOLD THE FUTURE HIS HIS HANDS!”
We Are to always go Back to the one who holds THE Future…
1. A Call To Optimism
I would Like us to Turn our bibles to Book of JOSHUA 1:8…
The youth Rise; “A MAN OF WAR From The Days of His Youth!”
JOSHUA THE FUTURIST!!!
“We Can surely Take The Land!!!”
First Scripture I choose to memorize..
Joshua 1:8
8 This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you[a] shall meditate in it day and night, that you may observe to do according to all that is written in it.
This is the Spirit of Optimists….
For then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success.
Have I not commanded you?
This is the Spirit of Optimists….
Be strong and courageous. Do not be frightened, and do not be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.”
- Amazingly God Called YOUNG MAN TO LEAD HIS PEOPLE INTO THERE PROMISE.. a phenomenal asset.
1. The Call For Optimism ….
Joshua was a called to be FUTURISTIC!!
He Understood that he Serve A God (Moses Gods Servant) Who saved Them For the Sake Of The Future.
Pastor 50 years, Director Dallas seminary Book writer
– Charles R. Swindoll
optimistic VS pessimistic
“When you have a vision for the Future it affects your attitude.
Your attitude is optimistic rather than pessimistic.”
What is Optimist
It comes from the Latin word optimus, which means "best."
Optimism is expecting that the best will happen!!
DEF: Hopefulness and confidence about the future, even in unlikely events.
Even if you don't think the very best thing will always happen, if you're generally given to optimism, you think things will get better instead of worse.
Proverbs 23:18
Surely there is a future, and your hope will not be cut off
Optimism not only has to do with what you believe, but how you speak...
Ephesians 4:29
Let no corrupting talk come out of your mouths, but only such as is good for building up, as fits the occasion, that it may give grace to those who hear
John 14:27
Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you.
Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid
that I am going to the Father, because the Father is greater than I. 29And now I have told you before it happens, so that when it does happen, you will believe.…
We Must Continue to Be Citizen of “Higher Cause!!”
What Will Honor God…. is Our Hope In JESUS Is displayed through our lives In This Dark hour….. to a World He Loves! X3
2 Stories of Optimism In Uncertain Times!!
THE BOMBING OF LONDON… (THE BLITZ) In 1940 -1941
Prime Miniter/President – Winston Churchill
“A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity;
an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.”
– Winston Churchill
“For myself I am an optimist – it does not seem to be much use to be anything else.”
in the day of adversity, your strength is
Motto Pandemic times..
Hopeful - NOT Just Helpful
HELPFUL NOT Just Hopeful
“Life is too short to spend your precious time trying to convince a person who wants to live in gloom and doom otherwise. Give lifting that person your best shot, but don’t hang around long enough for his or her bad attitude to pull you down.
Instead, surround yourself with optimistic people.”
– Zig Ziglar
2 Stories of Optimism In Uncertain Times!!
ACTS 27: HOPE WHILE LOST AT SEA!! (14 Days – 276)
23 Last night an angel of the God to whom I belong and whom I serve stood beside me 24 and said, ‘Do not be afraid, Paul. You must stand trial before Caesar; and God has graciously given you the lives of all who sail with you.’
25 So keep up your courage, men, for I have faith in God that it will happen just as he told me.
2. TRUE HOPE: COMES FROM GOING BACK TO THE SCRITURES….
“A promise is only as good as a person that gives it”
8 This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you[a] shall meditate in it day and night, that you may observe to do according to all that is written in it. For then you will make your way prosperous, and then
you will have good success.
“A promise is only as good as a person that gives it”
We Need to have Spirit / Believe That Honors God.
What I am I Saying
“We are all drawn to a better future,”
God Word will Give us Divine Perspective..
Romans 15: 13
May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.
Ecclesiastes 7:14 Living Bible (TLB)
14 Enjoy prosperity whenever you can, and when hard times strike, realize that God gives one as well as the other—so that everyone will realize that nothing is certain in this life.
That Brings Us To the Hidden Question of our Hearts!!
CAN WE KNOW THE FUTURE?
Everybody wants To know there future…
- One of the greatest The psychic industry has grown 52% since 2005 to reach R 54 billion
- Example they make fore than most Airlines.. They make twice as much that S.A. Airlines who make R25 revenue..
We Desire to know what does the Future have instore for me??
CAN WE KNOW THE FUTURE?
Some will say “NO” Only God..
- There is know way to know The Future..
Some will say “YES!”
- Yes, we can know / predict the Future…
- Even if we are Believers or NOT!!
o We can know one future
WHY?
- Our Future is Determined by our Choices
- “My future is a Result of my Present Choices..
“What we Do Today will Determine who we will become tomorrow”
3. What we (BELIEVE) Today will Determine who we will become tomorrow”
Most People Buy into the GREATEST OF ALL LIES..
“MY Future has Nothing to do With My Choices of Today”
- “What I Do Today will not Effect My future!!
That is The Farthest From REALITY….
WE ARE TODAY A RESULT OF OUR DECISION OF YESTERDAY GOOD OR BAD!!
Galatians 6:7
7Do not be deceived: God is not to be mocked. Whatever a man sows, he will reap in return. 8The one who sows to please his flesh, from the flesh will reap destruction; but the one who sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life.…
Philippians 2:12
12 Therefore, my dear friends, as you have always obeyed—not only in my presence, but now much more in my absence—continue to work out your salvation with fear and trembling, 13 for it is God who works in you to will and to act in order to fulfill his good purpose.
NOW IS HERE IS THE GREATEST OF ALL REALITIES…
LIFE WILL NOT STOP FOR YOU!!!
IT WILL DEMAND THAT YOU MAKE A DECISION…
3 THREE TYPES OF CHOICES
- We All Make Daily….
1. Good Choices; Doing the Right things..
2. Bad Choices; Doing Bad/Sinful deeds…
3. Godly Choices …
TWO TRUTHS..
1. Nobody Can Make You Choose!!! It all Pre-meditated
2. You will See The Result of All you choices sooner or later…
Therefore We Can ANSWER THE REAL QUESTION …
That Brings Us To the Hidden Question of our Hearts!!
WHAT DOES MY FUTURE HOLD FOR ME?
- What Choices Will You Make today??
- CHOICES CREAT THE MOMENTUM FOR YOUR TOMORROW!!
PSALMS 1:1 AGAIN THE SPIRIT OF OPTOMISM IN SEEN IN GOD WORD…
Psalm 1
1 Blessed is the one who does not walk in step with the wickedor stand in the way that sinners take or sit in the company of mockers,2 but whose delight is in the law of the Lord, and who meditates on his law day and night.
3 Choices.
Walk: How you live day to day
Stand: What you will do
Sit: Who you will be with..
Result or the Future of this Blessed person..
What Does my future Have For Me??
WHAT WILL I CHOOSE????
6 For the Lord watches over the path of the godly, but the path of the wicked leads to destruction.
But not the wicked! They are like worthless chaff, scattered by the wind.5 They will be condemned at the time of judgment. Sinners will have no place among the godly.