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| 2008-02-25 - Power of Gratitude - Solitary Places When gratitude cause us to rise early to spend time with God - seeing one of the greatest fruits No one says that QT must happen in the morning - it always goes better than the days when trying to work out another time during the day I learned to pray when I sensed that I would come apart at the seams emotionally unless I didn't Three things helped with prayer life:
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| 2008-02-26 - Power of Gratitude - Uncommon Peace What enables us to have such uncommon peace? - Commonality
Stay committed to God with the mission and discipling firmly in place, our unity will remain Three warning signs, if not doing: A. Daily diet
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| 2008-03-27 - Be Still My Soul - Persistence We "should always pray and not give up" - Luke 18:1 Disciples who are not close to God are simply not being perisistent Examples of persistent prayers:
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| 2008-03-28 - Be Still My Soul - Postures Prayer is not only for our minds and hearts, but our bodies Types of prayer postures: Kneeling
Prostrate
Out loud and silently - Esther 4:1, Hebrews 5:7, James 4:7-9 / 1 Samuel 1:13 If prayers are not offered from a variety of postures then we are not praying as we ought We can not separate our bodies from our hearts Author has developed the ability to pray with great concentration and intimacy while running |
| 2008-06-01 - Purpose Driven Life - The Heart of Worship (Part 1) Surrender is an unpopular word, implies losing Heart of a true worshiper of God is surrender Three barriers to 100% surrender are: fear, pride, and confusion Can we trust God? Trust is essential, you can not surrender to God if you do not trust him Fear keeps us from surrendering - God is love and love us deeply and casts out all fear God is willing to have his son die for us - Romans 5:8 Admitting our limitations The oldest temptation is want to be like God - Genesis 3:5 That desire wants complete control We want to be taller, smarter, anger, stronger, more talent, more beauty, and wealthier. When faced with our limitations we react with irritation, anger, and resentment. |
| 2008-08-26 - Teach Us To Pray - Abba Father Three verse opened a whole new way of understanding Jesus:
Prior to Jesus it was never used as a reference to God; even scandalous if used |
| 2008-09-23 - Teach Us To Pray - Going Through the Open Door Luke 11:9-10 - Asking, Seeking, and Knocking as three separate commands to be obeyed The idea of the door being opened is associated with God-given opportunity - 1 Corinthians 2:12 The rest of the chapter is about how God worked in the author's life, opening doors. |
| 2008-09-25 - Teach Us To Pray - Warriors Who Change the World The basic difference between an ordinary man and a warrior is that a warrior takes everything as a challenge and and ordinary man takes everything either as a blessing or a curse! Prayer is the difference between being spiritually dynamic and spiritually dead; between being victorious over Satan and being victimized by him Three wasy to pray that makes a powerful difference: Pray according to God's purpose Pray in Praise of God Pray for the Passion to Produce We must understand how important prayer is in the eyes of God |
| 2008-10-22 - Man of Prayer - Praying for your nation US is facing a moral and ethical decline It is a result of the influence of a small minority who work harder to promote their value system than we do Our land desperately needs mercy, forgiveness, and healing - 2 Chronicles 7:14 Pray for these three areas:
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| 2008-10-23 - Man of Prayer - Praying for the world The is an infinite number of needs in the world we can pray for Decide on a series of issues and people you will pray for Three things to pray for:
Jesus told the disciples that the would be preachedd in all the world and then the end would come - Matthew 24:14
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| 2008-11-06 - Man of Prayer - The Flesh (part 3) Three other ways to fight the battle aginst our flesh (nature) Resist temptation - 1 Peter 5:9 Most effective - avoidance - Lead us not into temptation Prayer becomes our spiritual "dressing room" for the battle of the day - Ephesians 6:13-17
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| 2008-12-11 - Raising Awesome Kids - Honesty (part 2) Must have deep convictions and treat it as a serious character (as it is) Lying issues can start at age three Don't be naive, learn to spot them, and deal with the probelm is terms they understand Truthful lips endure forever; but a lying tougue last only a moment - Provebs 12:19
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| 2008-12-31 - Raising Awesome Kids - How to Nuture Confidence (part 1) Only proper foundation is their relationship with God Develops confidence without cockiness Stress a relationship with God Focus on character - Tell your children over and over again that heart and attitude matter to God Applaud effort than ability Two of three men were successful because of their efforts not their ability - Matthew 25 Enough openness
Search out your kids strengths - everyone has at least some It is your job to help children discover and succeed in those things |
| 2009-01-06 - Raising Awesome Kids - Family Devotionals Family worship is an abolute must if we are to build a spiritual household Two or three come together in my name, there am I with them - Matthew 18:19-20 Shouldn't be anything but a boring or irrelevant hour Plan devotionals with your spouse - select relevant to the current needs Last about 45 mins |
| 2009-02-07 - Jesus with People - Openness Jesus opened his heart to his friends Jesus completely bared his very soul to his three closest friends - Matthew 26:38 All the while knowing that they were unworthy of his trust and fell sleep when he needed them the most |
| 2009-02-14 - Jesus with People - Jesus Won When Jesus first heard the news about Lazarus, Jesus declared that his illness was not going to be fatal - John 11:4 When Lazarus died, the disciples probably thought that he really blew it this time Good thing Jesus called lazarus by nameotherwise every corpse in cemetery may have come out The story of Jesus raising Lazarus from the dead foreshadows Jesus' own resurrection after three days in the tomb Jesus is a victor over death While some could not pay taxes for a while; no one but Jesus can conquer death Do you fear death? How does your relationship with Jesus change the way you once thought? |
| 2009-02-20 - Jesus with People - People Pleasing Pilate After having found Jesus innocent of the charges, three times Pilate "appealed to them" In the end surrender Jesus to the will of the crowd - Luke 23:13-24 Jesus still let Pilate know that he was guilty of sin - John 19:11 Instead of seeking an escape, Jesus testified to the truth about God He was still preaching and reaching out the lost - even his executor Jesus had an impact - from then on, Pilate tried to set Jesus free - john 19:12 Pilate lived and kept his job - for a little while, but his name was written in infamy How do you fare under negative chatter about your Christian conviction? |
| 2009-03-20 - Promises of God - Lord Delivers May have many troubles, but the Lord delivers him from them all - Psalms 34:19 Three types of trouble:
Our job is to trust God - John 14:1, 27 He may deliver us from trouble or he may deliver us by using the trouble to teach us important lessons Our eternal glory far out weights our momentary troubles - 2 Corinthians 4:17 |
| 2009-03-25 - Promises of God - Rest in Gods Comfort Elijah's collapse and recovery - 1 Kings 19 After great victory with God, he fell into physical, emotional, and spiritual burn-out God used a powerful three step plan:
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| 2009-04-14 - Promises of God - Come to Repentance The current "promise/prosperity theology" lacks three things:
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| 2009-05-26 - No one like him - Kingdom Lifestyle (part 2) Different Righteousness – Matthew 5:17-6:18 Righteousness for the Pharisee had became having the correct facts and outward performanceDifferent priority – Matthew 6:19-34 The pursuit of God’s will should be the overriding passion of our lives |
| 2009-09-21 - Wild at Heart - The Enemy (part 2) A warrior is cunning. When to fight and when to run Three enemies:
We want the easy way out Your flesh is a weasel, a poser, and a selfish pig. And your flesh is not you. Paul knew the struggle within – my sin is not me – this not my true heart - Romans 7 “I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you - Ezekiel 36:26 There is a war within us, but it is a civil war. There is a traitor within who wars against our true heart fighting alongside the Spirit of God The real you is on the side of God against the false self. The man who wants to live valiantly will lose heart quickly if he believes that his heart is nothing but sin We are never told to crucify our heart We are never told to kill the true man with in us Never told to get rid of those deep desires for battle and adventure and beauty |
| 2009-11-04 - Repentance - Jesus Opens Our Eyes (part 2) The Red Pill and the Blue Pill
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| 2009-11-11 - Repentance - Worldly Sorrow (part 1) Sorrow does not equal repentance Nothing is more tragic than losing your eternal reward through popular yet readily avoidable errors Two great misconceptions Confusion that sorrow is repentance Humble prayers and our sorrow pleases God – still not repentance World Sorrow is neither Godly Sorrow Nor repentance Worldly sorrow brings death Five signs of world sorrow (pride) 1. Damage Control
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2009-11-23 - Master Plan - Selection (part 2)
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