Day 1

Key Points

1. 01The eagle is the only animal with command of the air, the land, and the sea, and it is God's picture of the believer who waits on Him.
2. 02Eagles fly alone at high altitude: beware of the company you keep, and don't flock with birds that don't share your kind of wing.
3. 03Eagles have powerful vision and never lose focus; your soaring will always be pegged at the level of your vision.
4. 04Eagles eat only fresh kills: feed daily on the fresh word of God, because there is a word meant for every day.
5. 05Eagles are the only bird that loves the storm; the storms of life are designed to lift you higher, not to bury you.
6. 06Eagles test before they trust and mate for life: test commitment in relationships and never give yourself cheap.
7. 07Only the Holy Spirit, the Spirit of truth, our Comforter, Teacher, Guide, and Empowerer, can empower a young person to soar like the eagle.
8. 08To be empowered for soaring: receive Jesus as Lord, keep constant fellowship with the Holy Spirit, feed your spirit with the Word, and choose your company.

Scriptures

• Isaiah 40:31

  But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.

  Anchor text; strength and soaring belong to those who wait on the Lord, returned to repeatedly through the message.

  Watch at 01:35:12

• Exodus 19:4

  Ye have seen what I did unto the Egyptians, and how I bare you on eagles' wings, and brought you unto myself.

  God Himself flies His people on eagles' wings; be careful whose wings you fly with.

  Watch at 01:39:26

• Proverbs 30:18-19

  There be three things which are too wonderful for me, yea, four which I know not: the way of an eagle in the air.

  How the eagle glides through the storm is a wonder even to the human mind; storms are meant to elevate you.

  Watch at 01:43:49

• Deuteronomy 32:11-12

  As an eagle stirreth up her nest, fluttereth over her young, spreadeth abroad her wings, taketh them, beareth them on her wings: so the LORD alone did lead him.

  Eagles build a forever family and raise their young together; a picture of a godly home.

  Watch at 01:49:13

• John 16:13

  Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth... and he will shew you things to come.

  The Holy Spirit guides us into profitable company and shows us things to come.

  Watch at 01:53:33

• Joel 2:28

  And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh... your young men shall see visions.

  The Spirit opens young people up to God's plan and gives them vision like the eagle's sight.

  Watch at 01:54:37

• Acts 1:8

  But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me.

  Daily feeding on the Word by the Spirit comes with empowerment.

  Watch at 01:57:47

• Isaiah 43:2

  When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee.

  The Holy Spirit sees us through storms the way the eagle glides through them; Joseph cited as an example.

  Watch at 01:58:53

• Job 28:7

  There is a path which no fowl knoweth, and which the vulture's eye hath not seen.

  The Spirit makes you stand out among your peers; only the eagle's eye perceives the hidden path.

  Watch at 02:05:18

• Genesis 39:9

  How then can I do this great wickedness, and sin against God?

  Joseph chose purity over pleasure and ended up prime minister; purity gave him a place.

  Watch at 02:08:34

• Daniel 1:8

  But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself with the portion of the king's meat, nor with the wine which he drank.

  By the Spirit's help you can say no to the evil norm and become ten times better.

  Watch at 02:09:41

• Zechariah 4:6

  Not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit, saith the LORD of hosts.

  Soaring is by the Spirit alone, not human strength.

  Watch at 02:10:45

• John 3:3

  Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.

  Empowerment for soaring begins with the new birth; the basis of the closing altar call.

  Watch at 02:11:49

• Romans 8:14

  For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.

  Constant fellowship with the Holy Spirit keeps you constantly guided.

  Watch at 02:12:54

• John 6:63

  It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.

  Feed your spirit daily with the word of God, because we look like what we eat.

  Watch at 02:13:58