2011-11-19 - Getting Started (part I) The first few weeks of your new life as a disciple are crucial. Satan is angry because of his loss and God’s gain and he will make an effort to get you off-track as soon as possible. (Revelation 12:7-12) This study will help you get off to a fast start and help you have the right focus to stay close to God and keep the devil at a distance. Remember what has just happened
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2011-12-18 - Day 15 - The Hope of Heaven Revelation 20:11-15
Application: Pray about what God promises in heaven! If there are any sins you need to confess and change, do it TODAY! |
2012-03-08 - Blessings In Christ (part IV) Continue studying through the blessing of Jesus: 16. We have put on Christ - Galatians 3:27 17. We have eternal life - John 10:28 18. We have peace with God - John 14:27 19. We became a friend of God - John 15:15 20. We get in the Lamb's book of life - Revelation 21:27 |
2012-03-11 - Blessings In Christ (part VII) Continue studying through the blessing of Jesus: 33. We are justified in God's sight - Romans 5:1 34. We are redeemed - Revelation 5:9 35. Indwelt by the Holy Spirit - Romans 8:9 36. We have an advocate with Christ - 1 John 2:1 37. We now have the possibility to have victory over sin - Romans 6:14 |
2012-03-14 - Blessings In Christ (part X) Continue studying through the blessing of Jesus: 48. A promise given to be able to resist temptation - 1 Corinthians 10:13 49. We are made kings - Revelation 1:6 50. We became saints - 1 Corinthians 1:2 51. We have been delivered from the power of darkness - Colossians 1:12-13 52. Our hearts are unblamable - 1 Thessalonians 3:13 53. We get the power of a sound mind - 2 Timothy 1:7 |
2013-01-01 - Prayer of the Righeous - God is a Consuming Fire (part I) God is a consuming fire who should be feared - Hebrews 12:29 He is God who wants us to love him and not idols - Deuteronomy 4:24 God is a blessed and only Ruler, king of kings and lord of Lords - 1 Timothy 6:15 Our problem is that we think God is like us Societies throughout history have developed their own relgions based off God's which human resemblance:
Our Father is without blemish or stain The paradox of God: He says to not be afraid but at the same time to have a humble, contrite spirit - Isaiah 66:2
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2013-01-06 - Prayer of the Righeous - God is a Consuming Fire (part II) We must totally aware of our own unworthiness It took a while, but Job finally understood this: "My ears heard you but now my eyes...and repent in dust and ashes" - Job 42:5-6 This is the reaction we should have when sinful selfs meets a pure, holy and prefect God David understood our unworthiness: "But who I am... Everything comes from you" - 1 Chonicles 29:14-15 Solomon aware of his own afflicions, asked God to hear men's prayers - 1 Kings 8:38 Jesus warned that we need to be careful to not be proud based off anything we have or done - Revelations 3:17 Our good deeds or possessions in no way make worthly of coming in the presence of the holy one |
2013-03-18 - Prayer of the Righeous - God is Preparing a Place (part II) John was given a glemce of what heaven would be like in Revelations:
Heaven is a place full of blessings Jesus referred serveral times to our reward in heaven No eyes have seen, no ears have heard, no mind has conceived what God has prepared - 1 Corinthians 2:9-10 No one can stop us from going to heaven but ourselves Do you think of God as one who wants nothing more than to bless your life? |
2013-03-21 - Prayer of the Righeous - Knowing God through His Word (part II) Bible Study Disciplines Mark up your Bible in to different themes: Example subjects:
Might circle references to God, Jesus or the Holy Spirit Read the whole Bible every year Foucused study on indivdual books and passages are good but it also important to have the broad picture of God's revelation ingrained in our hearts Read the Bible everyday Jesus lived on every word that came from the mouth of God - Matthew 4:4 Memorize key verses Memorizing scripture helps us to talk to God using quoted scripture (God's language) and keeps us pursuing righteousness
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2013-04-19 - The Strength of Jesus (part II) The people were ashtonished by Jesus Who do I you say I am? They had to go to the grave in order to find a man to whom they could liken him No man in Jesus' day was great enough to convey their idea of strength Pilot was afraid of Jesus even though He was a poor unarmed peasant Proof of His power was in the intensity of the hatred and in the intensity of love which he excited You can not hate a weakling or a no body He was so mightly that when men thought of him, they thought of God |
2015-06-15 - Motives Matter Motives can be everything The Bible insists that God sees not just what we do but also why we do it Example: Balaam spoke blessings on the Isreal three times but he was denounced in scripture as an evil man Joshua tells us that the only reason Balaam didn't curse Israel was because God made hime speak blessings - Joshua 24 Balaam was considered a false teacher who:
Do you obey God from the heart? Do you find yourself doing the right thing for the right reasons? |
2015-07-17 - Seeing Jesus When I saw him, I fell at his feet as if I were dead - Revelation 1:17 Throughout history, men have struggled with Jesus' identity John had no doubts while worshipping God in exciled to the Greek island of Patmos While listening to Jesus' words and turned to look, he was floored at the sight of the Son of Man - Revelation 1:13 John had the privelege of hearing and seeing Jesus as the King and reacted with both dread and fear |
2015-10-07 - Pressure is On I thanks and praise you, God, for you have given me wisdom - Daniel 2:23 Nebuchadnezzar had a strange dream and wanted to know what it meant When his advisors couldn't help, he had them all executed Daniel asked the king if he could take a crack at interpreting the royal dream The pressure was on - Daniel needed answers and soon Daniel asked his friend to pray for divine revelation and he received a vision that clearly explained the kig's dream God gave Daniel exactly what he needed to save his life and his friends lives When Daniel was squeezed, out came his faith in God who does his best work under pressure |