Bible Study Series: Don't Mess With Me. Acts 12:11

 DON’T MESS WITH ME

 

Acts 12:11

 

11 Then Peter came to himself and said, "Now I know without a doubt that the Lord sent his angel and rescued me from Herod's clutches and from everything the Jewish people were anticipating."

 

 

Have you ever had a tough day?  When people were messing with you.

Folk lying on you. Folk giving you a hard time.

 

Well, I got a message for them. Don’t mess with me.

 

YOU ARE A CHILD OF THE KING

You got the king's inheritance

You got the King’s Love

You got the King’s Grace

You got the King’s mercy

You got the King’s protection

You got the King’s provisions

You are part of the King’s plan

You got a big brother name, Jesus

 

Don’t mess with me, you will cause me to come to myself

Acts 12:11

11 Then Peter came to himself and said, "Now I know without a doubt that the Lord sent his angel and rescued me from Herod's clutches and from everything the Jewish people were anticipating."

 

Anytime I am worried, I am out of my mind

Anytime I am frustrated, I am out of my mind

Anytime I am fearful, I am out of my mind

 

Doing the feast of the Passover, Herod wanted to kill some Christians.

He killed James the brother of John. He put Peter in jail till after the

Feast to kill him

 

I don’t know whether Peter was worried or not. I do know the

Church was praying for him. The text says, Peter came to Himself.

 

 

When you come to yourself, you are going to realize that God is on your side

When you come to yourself, you will realize that God’s got his angels

Encamped around you.

No matter what evil plans folk have, God has a rescue plan.

God knows the plans of men before they formulate them in their hearts.

 

God allows you to face trouble so He can stir up the growth of your faith.

When you come to yourself, you will not doubt that God will take care of you.

Don’t mess with me, you cause the building of my confidence in the Lord

 

GOD WILL USE THEIR EVIL TO MAKE ME RECOGNIZE MINE

Don’t mess with me because God will use them to bring me

Back to Him

Luke 15:17-18

17 And when he came to himself, he said, How many hired servants of my father's have bread enough and to spare, and I perish with hunger!

18 I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee,

KJV

 

CAUSE ME TO STUDY MY BIBLE

Don’t mess with me, you cause me to study my Bible.

When I study my Bible I will realize that I am the head

And not the tail. God expects you to lead the pact to him

And not follow them to hell.

When you mess with me you cause me to remember that I am

More than a conqueror.

When you mess with me you make me meditate on the Word that

Says I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.

 

 

 

PUT ME IN A JOYFUL MODE

When you mess with me, you will cause me to realize that God

Has a reason why He allows you to trouble me.

 

James 1:2-5

2 Consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds, 3 because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance. 4 Perseverance must finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything.

When folk mess with you, they will cause you to go into a joyous mode,

They cause you to realize that what they are doing  is a test of

Your faith.

When folk mess with you, they help you develop perseverance  

When they mess with you they help you to become mature

And complete.

When they mess with you the process will give you everything  to

Live in this life.

 

I CAN FORECAST YOUR DARK DAYS

Don’t mess with me because I can forecast your future.

When I study the word, I tell can you that you have some dark days

Ahead of you. Look what the Lord says,

Matthew 7:1-2

 "Do not judge, or you too will be judged. 2 For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.

You will not escape the consequences of your actions

I don’t have to defend myself, because vengeance is the Lords 

       The Lord can create some stuff you can get rid of.

                   Covid 19

                   Monkey pops

Find Ezekiel 25:17-

Find Hosea 8:7

 

YOU CAUSE ME TO HUMBLE MYSELF

Don’t mess with me.

When you mess with me you cause me to humble myself before the Lord

And lift up Jesus.

When you lift up Jesus. He will lift you up.  Because He said, If I be

Lifted up, I will draw all men to myself.

No one can keep you down because God will lift you up.

 

 

 

PROMOTE ME TO A HIGHER LEVEL

Don’t mess with me.

You may think the pain you caused me was your design

But you were being used by the Lord so I could be promoted to save

others

Genesis 45:4-6

4 Then Joseph said to his brothers, "Please come closer to me." And they came closer. And he said, "I am your brother Joseph, whom you sold into Egypt. 5 "Now do not be grieved or angry with yourselves, because you sold me here, for God sent me before you to preserve life.

 

I WILL PRAY FOR YOU

Don’t mess with me because I will pray for you and change your life.

Look at the example Jesus gave me.

Luke 23:34

 Jesus said, "Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing."

 

God demands you to get into their business.                                                                         Add the enemy to your prayer list.

Putt them on notice, that you are praying for a  change in

Their ways.  Pray that God works in the life of

The enemy and caused them to do the right thing.                                                             My job is to pray for their salvation.

 

When someone messes with you, they take you to another spiritual level.

Matthew 5:43-45

43 "You have heard that it was said, 'Love your neighbor and hate your enemy.' 44 But I tell you: Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, 45 that you may be sons of your Father in heaven.

 

The pain people cause you are designed to make you a better person.

You are reminded of your position in the kingdom of Heaven.

 

THEY CAUSE GOD TO ACTIVATE MY PRAYERS

Don’t mess with me.

When you mess with me you cause God to act on my prayers.

When the enemy mess with you, God is using them to bless you and your family.

You remember the Israelites. God used the enemy to cultivate a

Land of milk and honey for them that He promised Abraham 400

Years earlier.

 

 Find Exodus 3:7-10

 

The pharaoh of Egypt messed with Israel

God cause Him to let Israel go will gold and animals, clothes that lasted

Forty years in the desert.

God let enemy nations cultivate a land of milk and honey to give

To the Israelites.

 

All they had to do was walk around Jericho 7 times and SHOUT FOR

THE LORD. And the walls fell down.

 

When folk are messing with you, get in your shouting mode

God is getting you prepared for a blessing

 

When the enemy messes with you they don’t know what they have to give up

 

Talk show host, Alex Jones was ordered to pay 45 million dollars for                                   messing with the Mother of  Sandy Hook whose son was killed.

According to the news, Alex repeatedly claimed the Sandy Hook murders were a hoax and her son never existed.

 

TAKE A NOTE; THE SANDY HOOK MOTHER WAS THE BIGGER PERSON

SHE FORGAVE ALEX FOR THE PAIN HE CAUSED HER FAMILY AND

FELT SORRY FOR HIM

 

HER PERSEVERANCE IN PURSUING THE CASE WAS A VICTORY FOR THE TRUTH

 

You don’t have to worry about the enemy because God will send someone to

Rescue you and take you to a better place

TELL THE ENEMY DON’T MESS WITH ME

 

Rev. M. Mitchell