Matthew 7: 7 “Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. 8 For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened. 9 “Which of you, if your son asks for bread, will give him a…
Spiritual Hindrances To Fasting We have discussed the physical, mental and emotional reasons regarding why we have trouble fasting. Today we will talk about the spiritual reasons for problems with fasting. What do you think are the spiritual reasons we struggle with fasting? Spirituality of walking in Christ is the least important thing most of…
What are you telling yourself? (Fasting, Feelings and Framing) Phil 4: 4 Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice! 5 Let your gentleness be evident to all. The Lord is near. 6 Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. 7 And the peace of God, which…
Fasting Isaiah 58 “Shout it aloud, do not hold back. Raise your voice like a trumpet. Declare to my people their rebellion and to the descendants of Jacob their sins. 2 For day after day they seek me out; they seem eager to know my ways, as if they were a nation that does…
Rick Warren has an acrostic called SHAPE to talk about the five things that make you, you. SHAPE is the way God wired you for your life. Every area of your life is influenced by the way you’re shaped. Spiritual gifts, heart (passion, interests) abilities, personality, experiences — [I add PHYSICAL BODY and MIND] these…
I’ll have to scan in my notes from this lesson, since they were from an old lesson.
2 Chronicles 14:11 Then Asa called to the Lord his God and said, “Lord, there is no one like you to help the powerless against the mighty. Help us, Lord our God, for we rely on you, and in your name we have come against this vast army.Lord, you are our God; do not let…
Romans 14 14 Accept the one whose faith is weak, without quarreling over disputable matters. 2 One person’s faith allows them to eat anything, but another, whose faith is weak, eats only vegetables. 3 The one who eats everything must not treat with contempt the one who does not, and the one who does not eat everything must…
When God Says No Are there areas of your life where you want something very badly, but God has not allowed that thing to occur? We all have things in our past and present that we wish we could change. We wish the results of certain decisions we made could be removed from us, or…
Wasted Revelations. Revelations that don’t change you. Revelation requires response. Revelation + Response = Results. Have you ever received a revelation about God or yourself or someone else that was very powerful, and that, at the time, you thought that revelation would result in a permanent change in your life? But then your life and…