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GENESIS 11:27-32 “27 This is the genealogy of Terah: Terah begot Abram, Nahor, and Haran. Haran begot Lot. 28 And Haran died before his father Terah in his native land, in Ur of the Chaldeans. 29 Then Abram and Nahor took wives: the name of Abram's wife was Sarai, and the name of Nahor's wife, Milcah, the daughter of Haran the father of Milcah and the father of Iscah. 30 But Sarai was barren; she had no child. 31 And Terah took his son Abram and his grandson Lot, the son of Haran, and his daughter-in-law Sarai, his son Abram's wife, and they went out with them from Ur of the Chaldeans to go to the land of Canaan; and they came to Haran and dwelt there. 32 So the days of Terah were two hundred and five years, and Terah died in Haran.”

GENESIS 11:1-5 1 Now the LORD had said to Abram: "Get out of your country, From your family And from your father's house, To a land that I will show you. 2 I will make you a great nation; I will bless you And make your name great; And you shall be a blessing. 3 I will bless those who bless you, And I will curse him who curses you; And in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed." 4 ¶ So Abram departed as the LORD had spoken to him, and Lot went with him. And Abram was seventy-five years old when he departed from Haran. 5 Then Abram took Sarai his wife and Lot his brother's son, and all their possessions that they had gathered, and the people whom they had acquired in Haran, and they departed to go to the land of Canaan. So they came to the land of Canaan.

31 And Terah took his son Abram and his grandson Lot, the son of Haran, and his daughter-in-law Sarai, his son Abram's wife, and they went out with them from Ur of the Chaldeans to go to the land of Canaan; and they came to Haran and dwelt there. TERAH HAD A GOAL THAT HE NEVER ACCOMPLISHED

31 And Terah took his son Abram and his grandson Lot, the son of Haran, and his daughter-in-law Sarai, his son Abram's wife, and they went out with them from Ur of the Chaldeans to go to the land of Canaan; and they came to Haran and dwelt there. • THE FEAR OF OBSTACLES • THE LACK OF PERSEVERANCE • THE LOVE OF COMFORT ZONE • THE REFUSAL TO OVERTHROW OBSTACLES

31 And Terah took his son Abram and his grandson Lot, the son of Haran, and his daughter-in-law Sarai, his son Abram's wife, and they went out with them from Ur of the Chaldeans to go to the land of Canaan; and they came to Haran and dwelt there. TERAH SETTLED AT HARAN TILL DEATH

31 And Terah took his son Abram and his grandson Lot, the son of Haran, and his daughter-in-law Sarai, his son Abram's wife, and they went out with them from Ur of the Chaldeans to go to the land of Canaan; and they came to Haran and dwelt there. WHAT HAPPENED TO HIS DREAM TO GET TO CANAAN?

31 And Terah took his son Abram and his grandson Lot, the son of Haran, and his daughter-in-law Sarai, his son Abram's wife, and they went out with them from Ur of the Chaldeans to go to the land of Canaan; and they came to Haran and dwelt there. • HE FORGOT IT • HE ABANDONNED IT • HE NEVER FULFILL IT • HE WAISTED HIS LIFE • HE NEVER REACHED HIS POTENTIAL

31 And Terah took his son Abram and his grandson Lot, the son of Haran, and his daughter-in-law Sarai, his son Abram's wife, and they went out with them from Ur of the Chaldeans to go to the land of Canaan; and they came to Haran and dwelt there. TERAH WAS A DEFEATD MAN A MAN WHO DOES NOT ACCOMPLISH HIS GOAL IS A FRUSTRATED MAN

Then Abram took Sarai his wife and Lot his brother's son, and all their possessions that they had gathered, and the people whom they had acquired in Haran, and they departed to go to the land of Canaan. So they came to the land of Canaan. BUT ABRAHAM STARTED TO GO TO CANAAN AND HE REACHED CANAAN

Then Abram took Sarai his wife and Lot his brother's son, and all their possessions that they had gathered, and the people whom they had acquired in Haran, and they departed to go to the land of Canaan. So they came to the land of Canaan. HE REFUSED TO SETTLE IN HARAN HE REFUSED TO SETTLE WHERE HIS FATHER SETTLED HE REFUSED TO BOW BEFORE THE OBSTACLES THAT STOPPED HIS FATHER

Then Abram took Sarai his wife and Lot his brother's son, and all their possessions that they had gathered, and the people whom they had acquired in Haran, and they departed to go to the land of Canaan. So they came to the land of Canaan. • HE DECIDED TO PURSUE THE INITIAL GOAL • HE DECIDED TO PURSUE THE INITIAL VISION • HE DECIDED TO TAKE UP THE CHALLENGE

Then Abram took Sarai his wife and Lot his brother's son, and all their possessions that they had gathered, and the people whom they had acquired in Haran, and they departed to go to the land of Canaan. So they came to the land of Canaan. ABRAHAM DECIDED TO REACH CANAAN AND HE REACHED CANAAN

THE POWER OF DECISION HE DECIDED AND HE SUCCEEDED HE WHO DECIDE WILL SUCCEED

GOD’S PERFECT WILL GOD WANTS HIS CHILDREN TO BE OVERCOMERS 1John 5:4 “For whatever is born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world--our faith.”

GOD’S PERFECT WILL GOD WANTS HIS CHILDREN TO BE CONQUERORS Romans 8:37 “Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us.”

GOD’S PERFECT WILL GOD WANTS YOU TO BE AN OVERCOMER A CONQUEROR

GOD’S PERFECT WILL GOD WANTS YOU TO OVERCOME INTERNAL OBSTACLES & EXTERNAL BATTLES 1 John 4:4 “Little children, you are of God, and have overcome them; for HE who is in you is greater than he who is in the world.”

OVERCOMING INTERNAL OBSTACLES Romans 12:21 “Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good” Mark 7:21-22 "For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders, "thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lewdness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness.

OVERCOMING EXTERNAL OBSTACLES THE WORLD John 16:33 "These things I have spoken to you, that in Me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation; but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world." 1 John 5:4 “For whatever is born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world--our faith”

OVERCOMING EXTERNAL OBSTACLES SPIRITUAL FORCES Ephesians 6:12 “For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places.” • Principalities • Powers • Rulers of the darkness of this age • Spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places

THE SECRET TO OVERCOME REVELATION 12:11 “And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, and they did not love their lives to the death”

GOD’S PERFECT WILL GOD WANTS YOU TO CONQUER SPIRITUALLY ACCADEMICALLY PROFESSIONALLY FINANCIALLY PHYSICALLY SOCIALLY

GOD’S DESIRE FOR HIS CHILDREN GOD WANTS THE BEST FOR HIS CHILDREN Deuteronomy 28:13 "And the LORD will make you the head and not the tail; you shall be above only, and not be beneath, if you heed the commandments of the LORD your God, which I command you today, and are careful to observe them.”

SPIRITUAL CONQUEST Philippians 4:13 “I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.” HEARTS MIND SOULS FAMILIES QUARTERS CITIES STATES NATIONS

ACCADEMIC CONQUEST Philippians 4:13 “I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.” NEW KNOWLEDGE NEW CAPACITIES NEW TRAINING NEW TALENTS Etc…. GOD WANTS US TO BE THE BEST AND THE HEADS IN OUR STUDIES

PROFESSIONAL CONQUEST Philippians 4:13 “I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.” NEW TALENTS NEW TRAINING NEW STANDING NEW CAPACITIES NEW AUTHORITY NEW KNOWLEDGE Etc…. GOD WANTS US TO BE THE BEST AND THE HEADS IN OUR PROFESSION

PHYSICAL CONQUEST Philippians 4:13 “I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.” DESEASES HANDICAPS LIMITATIONS OBSTACLES Etc… GOD WANTS US TO BEYOND ALL LIMITATIONS

FINANCIAL CONQUEST Philippians 4:13 “I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.” POOVERTY IS A CURSE GOD WANTS US TO HAVE SO MUCH THAT WE CAN GIVE TO OTHERS

FINANCIAL CONQUEST ACTS 20:34-35 “Yes, you yourselves know that these hands have provided for my necessities, and for those who were with me. "I have shown you in every way, by laboring like this, that you must support the weak. And remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that He said, 'It is more blessed to give than to receive.”

SOCIAL CONQUEST GOD WANTS HIS CHILDREN TO BE THE HEAD AND NOT THE TAIL Deuteronomy 28:13 "And the LORD will make you the head and not the tail; you shall be above only, and not be beneath, if you heed the commandments of the LORD your God, which I command you today, and are careful to observe them.”

THE WILL OF GOD FROM THE BEGINNING GOD NEVER WANTED MAN TO SETTLE GENESIS 1:27-28 “And God created Man in his image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them. 28 And God blessed them; and God said to them, Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it; and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the heavens, and over every animal that moveth on the earth.”

THE WILL OF GOD FROM THE BEGINNING GOD NEVER WANTED MAN TO SETTLE GOD WANTED MAN TO BE FRUITFUL, MULTIPLY AND FILLS THE EARTH

THE SKY IS THE LIMIT, THE EARTH IS THE LIMIT MAN WAS TO ALWAYS BE IN THE PROCESS OF FRUITFULNESS, MULTIPLICATION, IMPROVEMENT, INCREASE, EXPANSION etc… Spiritually Emotionally Physically Intellectually Socially Etc…

MAN’S TENDENCY TO SETTLE GOD NEVER WANTED MAN TO SETTLE GENESIS 11:1-3 “1 Now the whole earth had one language and few words. 2 And as men migrated from the east, they found a plain in the land of Shinar and settled there. 3 And they said to one another, "Come, let us make bricks, and burn them thoroughly." And they had brick for stone, and bitumen for mortar.”

MAN’S TENDENCY TO SETTLE IN COMFORT ZONES THEY FOUND A PLAIN AND THEY SETTLED THERE

MAN’S TENDENCY TO SETTLE IN COMFORT ZONES THEY FORGOT THE INSTRUCTION TO FILL THE EARTH

MAN’S TENDENCY TO SETTLE IN COMFORT ZONES GOD OPPOSES THOSE WHO SETTLE GENESIS 11:3-8 “4 Then they said, "Come, let us build ourselves a city, and a tower with its top in the heavens, and let us make a name for ourselves, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth." 5 And the LORD came down to see the city and the tower, which the sons of men had built. 6 And the LORD said, "Behold, they are one people, and they have all one language; and this is only the beginning of what they will do; and nothing that they propose to do will now be impossible for them. 7 Come, let us go down, and there confuse their language, that they may not understand one another's speech." 8 So the LORD scattered them abroad from there over the face of all the earth, and they left off building the city..”

MAN’S TENDENCY TO SETTLE IN COMFORT ZONES GOD SCATTERED THEM BY FORCE TO FILL THE FACE OF THE EARTH

GOD OPPOSES MAN’S TENDENCY TO SETTLE GOD WILL USE ALL MEANS TO FORCE MEN TO EXPAND, GROW, INCREASE, MULTIPLY, IMPROVE

MAN’S TENDENCY TO SETTLE IN COMFORT ZONES GOD WANTS MAN TO EXPLOIT ALL THE POTENTIALITY IN HIM

MAN’S TENDENCY TO SETTLE IN COMFORT ZONES IT IS SAID THAT AN AVERAGE MAN EXPLOITS ONLY 2% OF HIS INTELLECTUAL POTENTIAL

MAN’S TENDENCY TO SETTLE IN COMFORT ZONES GENESIS 1:26 “Then God said, "Let us make man in our image, after our likeness; and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps upon the earth.”

WE ARE SONS OF THE MOST HIGH PSALM 82:6-7 “6 I (GOD) say, "You are gods, sons of the Most High, all of you; 7 nevertheless, you shall die like men, and fall like any prince.”

WE ARE SONS OF THE MOST HIGH JUST SAY TO YOURSELF : • I am a god • I am the son of the Most High • I will not die like a mere man

WE ARE SONS OF THE MOST HIGH JUST SAY TO YOUR NEIGHBOURG : • You are a god • You are the son of the Most High • Don’t die like a mere man

THE INSTRUCTION OF JESUS CHRIST MATTHIEU 28:18-20 “18 And Jesus came and said to them, "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. 19 Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, to the close of the age.”

THE INSTRUCTION OF JESUS CHRIST ACTS 1:6-8 “6 So when they had come together, they asked him, "Lord, will you at this time restore the kingdom to Israel?" 7 He said to them, "It is not for you to know times or seasons which the Father has fixed by his own authority. 8 But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria and to the end of the earth.”

THE INSTRUCTION OF JESUS CHRIST ACTS 1:6-8 THEY WERE TO TESTIFY IN : • JERUSALEM • ALL JUDEA • SAMARIA • THE END OF THE EARTH

MAN’S LOVE OF COMFORT ZONES IN THE NEW TESTAMENT THE DISCIPLES SETTLED IN JERUSALEM ACTS 8: 1-8 “ And Saul was consenting to his death. And on that day a great persecution arose against the church in Jerusalem; and they were all scattered throughout the region of Judea and Samaria, except the apostles. 2 Devout men buried Stephen, and made great lamentation over him. 3 But Saul was ravaging the church, and entering house after house, he dragged off men and women and committed them to prison. 4 Now those who were scattered went about preaching the word. 5 Philip went down to a city of Samaria, and proclaimed to them the Christ. 6 And the multitudes with one accord gave heed to what was said by Philip, when they heard him and saw the signs which he did. 7 For unclean spirits came out of many who were possessed, crying with a loud voice; and many who were paralyzed or lame were healed. 8 So there was much joy in that city..”

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