A new beginning by Sarah

Sarah Castellanos

The following are my notes from when I had the opportunity to listen to her preach to youth leaders and Pastors kids. The title of her sermon was "New Beginnings". I was inspired from her teaching, and have began to implement this concept of having a new beginning in every area of my life.

Notes:

You must realize that you are always an example to everyone, because eyes are on you.

It is a new beginning. It is a new beginning for your lives. I believe that God has changed your life to the point that you are ready to do something new. It is never to late to serve God!

2 kings 5

This man was extremely successful, and he had seen many many victories, but he had leprosy, and leprosy stops everything. "I would rather have a disease that is eating my flesh, than a disease that is eating my soul" DL Moody.

Sin is what keeps us from growing as a leader! It is what keeps us from our cells growing. We must not have sin in our life.

1. The first thing he had to do is to take off his mask.

Verse 5; Naaman thought he could buy this new beginning. It is unbelievable that so many people that are like Naaman today, that they go to cell, church, and that they are achieving great successes. God does not want our successes, but he wants us to come to him as we are. And then as we do this, we will be able to experience the grace of God on our lives.

Of you who are here, you need a brand new chance.

God wants to use this new Generation, to start something fresh. It begins by presenting itself just as you are, stop pretending who you are. Sometimes we get used to this "Sunday" face.

A lot of times we get used to pretending. God is speaking to us all of the time. A lot of times we pretend, we pretend we are the most holy out of everything, and that we are holy. The only way we will be able to get a brand new start is if we stop pretending.

Verse 10
God does not think the way we think, God speaks to us in the weird ways, When God speaks, do not think, obey! Just obey

This man had a bit of an ego.
When God speaks we must die to our ego, if you want to know the dream of God, you must leave your ego at the cross, pride is something very strong.
We must give up that pride!

Pride will take you out of purpose for God.

Sometimes we are so close to experience that new beginning. God will always ask of us to give up something. When God speaks to you, do not think, obey!

God sees the bigger picture! The G12 spreading thru out the world, was the result of obedience. It wasn't until Pastor Claudia was told by God to start a new church in Miami that really started spreading the G12 vision thru out the world!

Imagine the result of your obedience and how it can allow you to do great things for him. Remember, you do not see the big picture.

Take that leap of faith that God has asking you to do. The fruit will come when you obey! When you stop playing with sin and contamination, you will be allowed to grow!

If you are spiritually dead, then you will not want to do what God wants you to do but when you have a relationship with God and you are obedient, then the ideas will come and you will find a place in the church.

Are you listening?

It was so clear, and it was so easy, it just demanded that he humble himself.
God does speak to you. A lot of times their are so many distractions, that you do not hear God you must truly take some time to connect to his spirit. Are you listening to the words that God is speaking to you?

Allow him to give you that fresh message to your life, but how can we hear the message if we aren't listening to the message?

Above all, when Naaman obeyed, he experienced the miracle.

Identify the distractions in your life. Make time to read the word, pray to God, to study the word.

And further more I just want to say to the audience who is reading this,
That today is a new beginning, that this week is a new beginning, that this year is a new beginning, that this week does not have to be the same as last week, nor this year need to be the same as last year. I speak new beginnings over my life and lives of those reading this, that things are changing, because God is a God of new beginnings!