- Sep 23, 2020How God Wants Us To Live (Part 6) “Encourage Those Who Are Weak”
Sep 23, 2020How God Wants Us To Live (Part 6) “Encourage Those Who Are Weak”Series: Bible Study1 Thessalonians 5:14-15
- Sep 16, 2020How God Wants Us To Live (Part 5) “Warning for the Lazy”
Sep 16, 2020How God Wants Us To Live (Part 5) “Warning for the Lazy”Series: Bible Study
2 Thessalonians 5:14-15, 3:10-12; Psalm 127:1-3, 121:2; Proverbs 13:4, 22:13,29
- God requires order in our lives, in the church. And if we are not in order, there are consequences.
- God wants us to work but He doesn't want us always working.
- While God frowns at laziness, He yet does not want us to work all the time.
- It is out of order not to walk, and not to be productive.
- If we find ourselves getting into other people's business, we are probably not being productive.
- We are to warn people of laziness, not put them on blast, not criticize them, not belittle them.
- A life of laziness will lead to things pouncing on you.
- We can be active and not be productive.
- When we are diligent and work it will lend to a different outcome.
- Laziness causes us to waste good resources.
- A lazy person's path is blocked.
- A lazy person is an excuse maker.
- The one who is at work will stand before kings. - Sep 9, 2020How God Wants Us To Live (Part 4) “Getting To A Place of Believing”
Sep 9, 2020How God Wants Us To Live (Part 4) “Getting To A Place of Believing”Series: Bible Study
1 Thessalonians 5:20-21; 1 John 4:1; Matthew 7:15-16; Acts 17:10-12; Philippians 2:16; 2 Timothy 4:1-5
- As we receive the Word we have to be active participants.
- Don't scoff at the Word.
- We can despise the teaching of the Word if we disregard it.
- We need to try the Spirit to see if they are of God.
- Getting to a place of believing requires work.
- Hold on to what is good. - Sep 3, 2020How God Wants Us To Live (Part 3) “Quench Not the Spirit – Part 2″
Sep 3, 2020How God Wants Us To Live (Part 3) “Quench Not the Spirit – Part 2″Series: Bible Study
1 Thessalonians 5:19; 1 Kings 19:12; Ephesians 4:30, 5:18; Galatians 5:17-18; Romans 7:14-25; James 4:7; Hebrews 11:24-25; Romans 8:1-2,5-6
- If we allow ourselves to be led by the Spirit, we will not grieve it.
- If we allow ourselves to be led by the Spirit, we don't have to worry about do's and dont's.
- Becoming a Christian does not remove sin and temptation from our lives.
- Becoming Christ-like is a walk of faith that is exercised over the course of a lifetime.
- Becoming a Christian is an act of faith in a moment.
- The order is important in submission.
- If we are going to resist the devil, we need the Holy Spirit.
- If we are going to resist the allure of sin, we need the Holy Spirit.
- We are only tempted by the things we like.
- Temptation only comes in the area that is enticing to us.
- We must not do things to excess.
- when we follow after the Spirit, our walk is upright-kingly. Our talk is edifying. And we see things.
- Being filled with the Holy Ghost is not how much of the Holy Ghost we have, it is how much the Holy Ghost has us. - Aug 26, 2020How God Wants Us To Live (Part 2) “Don’t Stifle the Holy Spirit”
Aug 26, 2020How God Wants Us To Live (Part 2) “Don’t Stifle the Holy Spirit”Series: Bible Study
1 Thessalonians 5:19; 1 Corinthians 12:1 -13; Romans 8:9,14, 7:14-25; Ephesians 1:13-14, 4:30; Galatians 5:17-18
- The Holy Spirit is a Teacher.
- The Holy Spirit reminds us of things.
- The Holy Spirit comforts us.
- The Holy Spirit convicts us.
- For us to operate in all the power that is available to us by the Holy Spirit, we have to cooperate with Him.
_ To be led is to voluntarily submit.
- Being filled with the Holy Spirit is allowing Him to lead you.
- If we allow the Spirit to lead us, we won't need the Law. - Aug 19, 2020How God Wants Us To Live
Aug 19, 2020How God Wants Us To LiveSeries: Bible Study1 Thessalonians 5:16-18; Philippians 4:4; John 15:9-11; Luke 18:1; Romans 12: 12; Ephesians 6:18; Numbers 11:1; Psalm 100; Romans 8:28, Philippians 4:4; Isaiah 3:10
- Joy, a settled contentment, confidence and hope.
-Contentment says whether I have or don't, I'm good.
- We have to have confidence.
- Joy is tied to God. Happiness is connected to things.
- We have to know that God loves us.
- We can have a praying spirit.
- When we pray we experience God's love in prayer.
- If we gave thanks for everything, it would do away with complaining.
- No matter how bad things are, the story is not over.
- We need to have a real appreciation for other people's suffering.
- Things don't have to be greatest in the world, in order to be thankful. - Aug 5, 2020A Bowl of Stew
Aug 5, 2020A Bowl of StewSeries: Bible StudyGenesis 25:27-34, Hebrews12: 15-17; 1 John 2:16; 2 Samuel 24:18-24
- When we exaggerate it opens up the door to justifying whatever we need to do to overcome that need.
- If we don't take our relationship with God seriously we are being profane, as Esau did with his birthright.
" If we don't properly value what we have we may make a bad trade.
- Showing thanks shows that you have placed value on what was given.
-When we are thankful, we place value on what we have.
- We need to value our peace so much, in order that we don't give it away with our quick temper.
- We have to stop trading for a bowl of stew.
- Our actions can greatly affect other people which is why we need to make the right decisions.
- We have to know the price and consider will we trade it for a bowl of stew.
-We don't take the time to value what we have.
- Don't sell the valuable thing we have on the cheap. - Jul 29, 2020Getting Into That Quiet Place
Jul 29, 2020Getting Into That Quiet PlaceSeries: Bible Study
Luke 5:15-6, 6:12; Mark 1:21-38, 4:35-41; Matthew 14:22-23
- We cannot give what we don't have. Even if people are trying to get from us.
- Jesus withdrew often so that He could hear from the Father.
- We have to make a conscious decision to withdraw.
- Jesus is not moved by everyone looking for Him - He knew He had to do something.
- Jesus sent the disciples on their way and the multitudes so that He can spend some time with the Father.
- We need to withdraw to get spiritually strengthened and replenished.
- There are times you have to leave the "crowd" behind. - Jul 22, 2020Do We Really Trust God?
Jul 22, 2020Do We Really Trust God?Series: Bible Study
Exodus 16:3-3,14-21; Proverbs 25:2; Numbers 11:4-6; Psalm 106:14-15; Matthew 6:9-11; John 6:25-35
- God will test our faith by presenting us with an obedience issue.
- It's not what we have, it's whether or not we are following God in it.
- The only way we get God's results, is doing things God's way.
- Even if something makes sense, if God does not say do it, we should not do it.
- It's not about figuring it out, it's about searching it out.
- The desire to have our flesh satisfied will override our obedience.
- We completely overlook the things we have and complain about what we don't have.
- There is a part of us that doesn't want to depend on anyone.
- We will be satisfied if we stop trying to put our hands to work and trust God.
- We will make better decisions if we trust God.
- Tomorrow really doesn't exist. We only have today. - Jul 15, 2020God Is Ready To Work
Jul 15, 2020God Is Ready To WorkSeries: Bible Study
John 14:9-10,1:19-21,15:5,7; Deuteronomy 18:9-19; Psalm 138:2,103:20
- The Father does the work.- Don't take credit for what God does through you.
- If we want God to keep us in line, hide His word in your heart. But only the spoken Word will get God to work.- God does the work through the words He put in Jesus mouth.- We return God's Word to Him, simply by speaking it in faith.- We declare the thing, and it will be established. By God.- When we say something that God says we give voice to His word and the angels go to work.
- Sep 23, 2020How God Wants Us To Live (Part 6) “Encourage Those Who Are Weak”
- Sep 16, 2020How God Wants Us To Live (Part 5) “Warning for the Lazy”
- Sep 9, 2020How God Wants Us To Live (Part 4) “Getting To A Place of Believing”
- Sep 3, 2020How God Wants Us To Live (Part 3) “Quench Not the Spirit – Part 2″
- Aug 26, 2020How God Wants Us To Live (Part 2) “Don’t Stifle the Holy Spirit”
- Aug 19, 2020How God Wants Us To Live
- Aug 5, 2020A Bowl of Stew
- Jul 29, 2020Getting Into That Quiet Place
- Jul 22, 2020Do We Really Trust God?
- Jul 15, 2020God Is Ready To Work