How to Flourish and Thrive in '25
Pastors Rodney & Adonica Howard-BrownePublish date: 02/02/2025
Foundation Scriptures:
But my horn shalt thou exalt like the horn of an unicorn: I shall be anointed with fresh oil. 11 Mine eye also shall see my desire on mine enemies, and mine ears shall hear my desire of the wicked that rise up against me. 12 The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree: he shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon. 13 Those that be planted in the house of the Lord shall flourish in the courts of our God. 14 They shall still bring forth fruit in old age; they shall be fat and flourishing; 15 To shew that the Lord is upright: he is my rock, and there is no unrighteousness in him. Psalm 92:10-15 KJV
1. The Prayers of the Righteous.
a. The prayers of the righteous cause the righteous to flourish and thrive in 2025.
b. You will be an oasis in the desert places.
c. A naturally formed oasis usually occurs in an area that has a high water-table or seasonal lakes.
d. They are irrigated with freshwater from sources such as underground rivers or aquifers, or via man-made wells.
e. The Sahara Desert is the size of the continental USA and supports 90 major oases.
f. Oases in the Middle East and North Africa support the livelihood of around 10 million people.
g. The locations of oases are of critical importance for trade and transportation routes and are therefore very valuable commodities.
h. Land and water use must be managed carefully.
i. The most important plant in the upper layer is the date palm.
j. Many other smaller valuable trees and crops grow in their shade.
k. The middle layer consists of apricots, dates, figs, olives, citrus, and peach trees.
l. Closer to the ground, where there is more moisture, vegetables, cotton, cereal crops, wheat, corn, maize, sorghum, barley, millet, alfalfa, and animal fodder, are grown.
m. Some oases expand to support produce, sheep, goats, cattle, chickens, and egg production.
2. Rivers in the Desert.
a. The Nile River is the world’s longest river, with a length of about 4,132 miles (6,650 kilometres).
b. Isaiah 43:19 KJV –– Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert.
c. In 2025 you will flourish and thrive.
d. Homes.
e. Business.
f. Church.
g. Every endeavor.
3. Change the Way You Speak.
a. Romans 4:17-21 KJV –– (As it is written, I have made thee a father of many nations,) before him whom he believed, even God, who quickeneth the dead, and calleth those things which be not as though they were. 18 Who against hope believed in hope, that he might become the father of many nations; according to that which was spoken, So shall thy seed be. 19 And being not weak in faith, he considered not his own body now dead, when he was about an hundred years old, neither yet the deadness of Sara’s womb: 20 He staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief; but was strong in faith, giving glory to God; 21 And being fully persuaded that, what he had promised, he was able also to perform.
b. God calls the things that are NOT as though they ARE.
c. Therefore, WE are to call the things that are not as though they are.
d. This is an act of faith.
e. Faith does not deny the facts, but looks to the greater facts of God‘s Word.
f. Hebrews 10:23 KJV –– Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering; (for he is faithful that promised;)
g. Seize, hold onto, and retain the confession of your faith; your hope; your joyful, confident expectation—without wavering.
h. Proverbs 18:20-21 KJV –– A man’s belly shall be satisfied with the fruit of his mouth; and with the increase of his lips shall he be filled. 21 Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.
4. God is Sovereign.
a. We know that God is sovereign; however, He has given us a free will to choose who and what we serve.
b. Deuteronomy 30:19 KJV –– I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live.
c. Choose life.
d. The Lord’s plan for you is to live an abundant life—to be blessed, and to thrive.
e. This is your year.
f. The Year of Acceleration.
g. God has called you and anointed you and appointed you.
h. The hand of the Lord is upon you to accomplish Heaven’s purpose and plan.