Is There Not A Cause ?

Calvary Christian Center
G-12 Administration – Life Notes
Pastor: Phillip G. Goudeaux
December 27, 2009
“The Year of God’s Great Abundance of Grace”
“Is There Not a Cause”

I Samuel 17 Titus 1:5 Acts 28 Acts 16 Job 13:18 Psalm 9:4

• Goliath had the children of Israel paralyzed - They were afraid of Goliath

• Therefore, they were not doing anything or winning anyone for God’s kingdom

• Satan had them bound because of the “wolf ticket” he was selling them

• He was doing all he could to keep them from going ahead

• The enemy wants to put you in a box – He wants to restrict you – Limit you

• Hold you back from your potential – From being able to be the man or woman that God wants you to be

• Until we learn to get on God’s program – His plans – Do it His way

• We will never be able to move past the shackles of our past

• The restrictions, limitations, or the things that hold us back from obeying God

• We will never be able to experience the greatness of God in our life

• Satan knows that if he can keep you bound with fears and intimidations – He will always keep you under his foot

• Somewhere, we have to be able to start running with cause

• When we get cause in our lives – We will start causing God to show up in our lives in a greater area – Cause causes God to show up

• That is why the devil fights you from getting cause in your life

• He does not want you to have a purpose – A reason why you are here

• God did not just save us for ourselves – He saved us for everybody else out there

• Many people who say they are Christians – Are no threat to the kingdom of darkness

• Many Christians go to church just for the sake of going to church

• It is not just about going to church

• If you are going to church and you are not helping to build God’s kingdom - You are not in the will of God

• You need God to show up on your behalf – You want God to bless your life

• Why should God show up on your behalf when you are doing nothing for Him?

• He gave everything for you and you are doing nothing for Him

• You are not building His kingdom

• Not being a witness – Not discipline anybody – Not making a positive difference in other people’s lives

• Whenever you start running with cause, somebody will try to make it appear as if there is something wrong with you

• If you make up your mind that you are going to run with cause, you are going to do everything to please God

• The devil is going to send somebody into your life to try to snatch the cause from your life – Is there not a cause?

• For this cause, each of you have been brought into Calvary Christian Center

• None of you are here by accident – God has you here for a cause

• God did not bring you here under a Man of God that has a cause without you having a cause - God has you here for a cause - Run with cause

• God wants to use you beyond where you have ever been used before – God wants to bless you beyond where you have ever been blessed before

• Cause: That which produces results – To motivate – To bring about – To make it happen – Cause is a good work - Cause brings honor to God

• If there’s going to be a difference, it will happen when you pick up God’s cause

Calvary Christian Center
G-12 Administration – Life Notes
Pastor: Phillip G. Goudeaux
December 20, 2009
“The Year of God’s Great Abundance of Grace”
“Friendship Sunday”

Proverb 18:24 John 11:5, 35 - 36 Ecclesiastes 4:9-10 1 Corinthians 13:5

• A friend that sticks closer than a brother happens when - You come into covenant relationship with that person

• Five different levels of friendship

• Friends, they are your friends – But you have no relationship with them

• Highest = Covenant - Lowest = casual acquaintance

• Twenty-five percent of Americans have no one to confide in - No relationships

• There has been a thirty-five percent decrease in friendships in last five years

• Most people are too busy – They do not want to go out their way anymore

• Fifty-five percent of Americans say they have no one they can trust

• That is a miserable life – You got to have somebody to have a relationship with that you can trust

• You have to take time – Just like “Build a bear” – Build a friend

• If you are a hermit right now, and you want to just live long - Get a friend - Some one you can confide in that can help you to live long

• Friendships have been attacked – The world fights hard against friendships

• We have all had difficulty in relationships - That is a big issue

• Some people can not bounce back after a difficult situation

• Why do we have difficulty in developing healthy relationships?

• Because of our perception – How we perceive people

• Our expectation for people might be too high

• Some enter relationships with the wrong motives

• Some put people into a box – When the box gets rocked – They say good-bye

• Some can not have a relationship because they have too many issues

• People use to speak to you when you would pass them on the street – If you knew them or not

• Do not be anchored in to your past pain, past hurts, or past mistakes

• God wants to bring a new person into your life to help you – True friendship

• You can not help correct what you will not confront –Let go of the past

• Faithfulness and loyalty are the two keys to true friendship

• It is better to have a friend close by – Than to have a brother far away

• Relationships – Friendships – Are very important to you - If it does nothing except make you live longer – Some of you want to live longer

• The enemy wants to make it more easier to walk away from relationships than to stay in one – It takes time to be able to get into relationships

• Relationships don’t just happen – We have to build them

• In every relationship – There are some challenges

• 101 Principle – You’ll find one percent of something wrong with a person

• Most relationships are broken up over one percent of something

• Focus on finding something good about a person – Then put one hundred percent towards that good

• Expand your borders by building more relationships – That is what G-12 is about

• Relationships takes – Time –Effort -Sacrifice

Calvary Christian Center
G-12 Administration – Life Notes
Pastor: Phillip G. Goudeaux
December 13, 2009
“The Year of God’s Great Abundance of Grace”
“For This Cause”

1 Samuel 17:28 Romans 15:9 Titus 1:5 John 23:27 Acts 28:18

• You will never do much until you get hooked up with God’s cause for you

• You are where you are today for this cause – David was driven with cause

• Most people have a heart to serve God – They need a good butt kicking to get them moving

• How can we let the enemy control us, so we have no cause – Is there not a cause

• We can not let the world around us stay in darkness – This is the cause

• The church is the only thing that will make a difference to the world

• The dope-pushers, the recession, and the down and outers - They all need help

• The church is the only thing that can pierce the darkness

• We must get off of our rusty dusty ( behind ) – We have to think of the cause

• Think about souls – God is looking for men and women driven with cause

• God is always thinking about souls – The enemy is always thinking about souls

• Jesus is the cause – He is the way – The only way - The only one

• Many believers try to live their lives without a cause - Is there not a cause

• Depression and suicide is taking over many people today – Because they have a
no cause

• If people have a cause - Depression and suicide will fall off of them

• When you want God to do something for you – God will say “Is there a cause?”

Prayer Offering Testimonies

Calvary Christian Center
G-12 Administration – Life Notes
Pastor: Phillip G. Goudeaux
December 06, 2009
“The Year of God’s Great Abundance of Grace”
“For This Cause”

1 Samuel 17:28 Romans 15:9 John 12:33 -24 John 23:27 Acts 28:18

• The world is struggling in the way of darkness – Is there not a cause

• We are to take the light everywhere we go – Take light to the darkness

• God did not save you for you – God saved you for others – Have a cause

• Have you ever been misunderstood? – Don’t let anyone stop you

• It is not what the world is doing – What is the church doing - That is what counts

• The church is the only thing that will make a difference to the world

• Thank God for what he has done in our lives – There is a cause

• We don’t want sloppy agape or greasy grace – We need a focus – We need a cause

• Cause produces results and purpose – It is the principle of the thing

• Keep your focus – God is looking for a man and woman driven with cause

• When you take care of God’s house - He will take care of your house

• Show up for God - Then he will show up for you big time

• If you are late for God – God will be late for you – You are the light

• We need to respect and honor God - Then he will respect and honor us

• When we do God’s will - God will bless us- He will take care of us

• How many souls have you won? How many souls have you gone out of your way to win?

• We have to die to bring forth fruit – The way up is the way down –Seek the lost

• Don’t be mad at me because I have a cause – Your life can make a difference

• Be zealous for the cause –For all God has done for us - Is there not a cause

• Lets stop running in the wrong direction – Run with a cause -Run with purpose

• The cause will make something happen for you so - Run with it

Prayer Offering Testimonies

Calvary Christian Center
G-12 Administration – Life Notes
Pastor: Phillip G. Goudeaux
November 29, 2009
“The Year of God’s Great Abundance of Grace”
“For This Cause”

Matthew 25:1 Titus 1:5 1Samuel 17:28 Romans 15:9 -1:14-18 Acts 28:20

• If you are not doing something positive – The negative will come at you

• David’s brothers were afraid – Israel was afraid – David was not afraid

• David said “Is there not a cause” we are in a battle –Why are you not fighting?

• The only reason you are not where you want to be is -You are not on the battlefield

• Is there not a cause – We should be fighting the good fight of faith

• How would you live if you had to live on just your obedience? Could you do it?

• Have you paid the cause for where you are at now? Is there not a cause?

• We need to start a war with the enemy –Let Jesus start a battle –Be a fighter

• The enemy has a battle going on -15 billion dollars are spent on porn each year

• What if you had to choose between Jesus and money – What would it be?

• Sin, not cancer is eating up the church ( Christians) – Some can-not even testify

• Jesus is the only happiness –Real happiness can only be found in Jesus

• We need healing for finances, our marriages, jobs, relationships, and homes

• So many people want to be happy - They look everywhere for happiness

• How many souls have you won? How many souls have you gone out of your way to win?

• Radical Islam is taking over –What moves you to action- Is there not a cause

• Jesus Christ is the only antidote –Paul said, “I am bound with the cause”


• Check up on yourself- Who is first in your life - Christ or?????

• If God saved you and you are not telling others –You are like a criminal

• Let the world know that hell is real that heaven is real – Is there not a cause

• God gave us holy boldness to witness – To share – To open our month

Prayer Offering Testimonies

Friendship Sunday -November 22,2009

Pastor: Phillip G. Goudeaux
November 22, 2009
“The Year of God’s Great Abundance of Grace”
“Friendship Sunday”

Proverb 18:24 John 11:5, 35 - 36 Ecclesiastes 4:9-10



• A friend that sticks closer than a brother happens when - You come into covenant relationship with that person

• Five different levels of friendship

• Friends, they are your friends – But you have no relationship with them

• Highest = Covenant - Lowest = casual acquaintance

• Twenty-five percent of Americans have no one to confide in - No relationships

• There has been a thirty-five percent decrease in friendships in last five years

• Most people are too busy – They do not want to go out their way anymore

• Fifty-five percent of Americans say they have no one they can trust

• That is a miserable life – You got to have somebody to have a relationship with that you can trust

• You have to take time – Just like “Build a bear” – Build a friend

• If you are a hermit right now, and you want to just live long - Get a friend - Some one you can confide in that can help you to live long

• Friendships have been attacked – The world fights hard against friendships

• We have all had difficulty in relationships - That is a big issue

• Some people can not bounce back after a difficult situation

• Why do we have difficulty in developing healthy relationships?

• Because of our perception – How we perceive people

• Our expectation for people might be too high

• Some enter relationships with the wrong motives

• Some put people into a box – When the box gets rocked – They say good-bye

• We are suppose to be disciples of Christ – Jesus built relationships

• Everywhere He went – He had friendships

• When Jesus heard that Lazarus had died – He wept

• Jesus had relationship with Martha, Mary, and Lazarus – They were friends

• Jesus saw the value of building friendships – Even though He knew His time on earth was short – He knew that you still have to make time for friendships

• It is easy for us to get secluded or make up reason why we have no time for friendships – Building relationships are tough

• Relationships – Friendships – Are very important to you - If it does nothing except make you live longer – Some of you want to live longer

• The enemy wants to make it more easier to walk away from relationships than to stay in one – It takes time to be able to get into relationships

• Relationships don’t just happen – We have to build them

• In every relationship – There are some challenges

• 101 Principle – You’ll find one percent of something wrong with a person

• Most relationships are broken up over one percent of something

• Focus on finding something good about a person – Then put one hundred percent towards that good

• Expand your borders by building more relationships – That is what G-12 is about

• Relationships takes – Time –Effort -Sacrifice

Is There Not A Cause ?

November 29, 2009
“The Year of God’s Great Abundance of Grace”
“For This Cause”

Matthew 25:1 Titus 1:5 1Samuel 17:28 Romans 15:9 -1:14-18 Acts 28:20

• If you are not doing something positive – The negative will come at you

• David’s brothers were afraid – Israel was afraid – David was not afraid

• David said “Is there not a cause” we are in a battle –Why are you not fighting?

• The only reason you are not where you want to be is -You are not on the battlefield

• Is there not a cause – We should be fighting the good fight of faith

• How would you live if you had to live on just your obedience? Could you do it?

• Have you paid the cause for where you are at now? Is there not a cause?

• We need to start a war with the enemy –Let Jesus start a battle –Be a fighter

• The enemy has a battle going on -15 billion dollars are spent on porn each year

• What if you had to choose between Jesus and money – What would it be?

• Sin, not cancer is eating up the church ( Christians) – Some can-not even testify

• Jesus is the only happiness –Real happiness can only be found in Jesus

• We need healing for finances, our marriages, jobs, relationships, and homes

• So many people want to be happy - They look everywhere for happiness

• How many souls have you won? How many souls have you gone out of your way to win?

• Radical Islam is taking over –What moves you to action- Is there not a cause

• Jesus Christ is the only antidote –Paul said, “I am bound with the cause”


• Check up on yourself- Who is first in your life - Christ or?????

• If God saved you and you are not telling others –You are like a criminal

• Let the world know that hell is real that heaven is real – Is there not a cause

• God gave us holy boldness to witness – To share – To open our month

Prayer Offering Testimonies