Sep 3, 2020
How 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.

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  • Sep 3, 2020How God Wants Us To Live (Part 3) “Quench Not the Spirit – Part 2″
    Sep 3, 2020
    How 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 30, 2020Staying Focused In These Times
    Aug 30, 2020
    Staying Focused In These Times
    Series: General

    Psalm 34:4-7, 112:4-5,7; 1 Corinthians 6:12, 10:23; 2 Corinthians 4:8-12

    - Some of the things that we are choosing to do are designed to take us off of our course.
    - The enemy has been setting up distractions from the beginning - he wants us to satisfy our desires instead of staying focused.
    - The enemy is always trying to divert us from our course.
    - All diversions are not evil, but can yet be diversions, and yet present a need for us to be mindful.
    - We have to be aware of whether or not the activity is building us up.
    - We must examine our lawful activities to see if they are diversions.
    - Keeping our mind on God is better than staying away from problems.
    - Are our diversions going to deliver us from our problems?
    - We can be troubled on every side, but we don't have to be stressed.
    - We have to maintain our connection to Jesus.

  • Aug 26, 2020How God Wants Us To Live (Part 2) “Don’t Stifle the Holy Spirit”
    Aug 26, 2020
    How 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 23, 2020Getting the Answers You Need
    Aug 23, 2020
    Getting the Answers You Need
    Series: General
    Genesis 1:1 -4, 2 Corinthians 11:14-15, 4:3-4,6; John 3:19, 8:12, 15:13-15; Romans 13:12; Ephesians 5:11; Psalm 27:1, 25:14; 1 Peter 2:9; Matthew 5:16, 22:2-13; Deuteronomy 29:29; Amos 3:7; Proverbs 3:32; Jeremiah 33:3

    - God wants to answer us.
    - The first recorded act of God was speaking light into the darkness.
    - God is light and God is good. Light is good. The enemy is dark. Darkness and evil go hand in hand.
    - Darkness is associated with sin; evil, condemnation, spiritual blindness.
    - It's not whether we are good or not we have to have on the right attire. with the robe of righteousness.
    -Light is symbolic of salvation. Light is symbolic of Jesus.
    - Light is symbolic of revelation.
    - God wants us to see so He is dispelling darkness.
    - God reveals things to me.
    - God spoke to His prophets. Jesus speaks to His friends, I am a friend of God's.  God gives His friends answers.
    - God's friendship is for God's worshippers. They are the ones He confides in. ( Psalm 25:14 msg)
    - The enemy blinds the mind, God enlightens the heart.

  • Aug 19, 2020How God Wants Us To Live
    Aug 19, 2020
    How God Wants Us To Live
    Series: Bible Study
    1 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 16, 2020What You Can’t See
    Aug 16, 2020
    What You Can’t See
    Series: General
    Ruth 1:19-22, 2:1-3 4:16-17; Leviticus 19:9-10,23:22; Deuteronomy 24:19, 28:16-68-; Ruth 3:10-13; Galatians 3:13-14
    - We don't see ourselves how God sees us.
    - God wants to take what we can't see and change it around for us.
    - What we can see, we can be.
    - We don't have to put somebody down, in order to lift someone up.
    - Somewhere in our lives we all have a Ruth.  Someone that stays with us in our time of need.
    - We get so focused on the people that have left us, that we overlook our Ruths.
    - Don't let your circumstances change your name.
    - Change your name and you can change your destiny.
    - Everybody around you is not necessarily down for you.
    - We work for a giving, not a living.
    - We may not be able to see what God is doing, but He is at work, just like He was with Ruth.
    - We need to do things for others on purpose.
    - We have to realize the "field" doesn't belong to us. God wants us to be a blessing.
    - God is not trying to take stuff from us, He's trying to give it.
    - God wants us to see His hand moving in our life.
    - God doesn't write child support checks, He takes care of His children.
    - Boaz was the form of a redeemer.  Jesus is our redeemer. He can take us out of a situation. God wants us to see that.
    - Even after we accept Jesus, we need Jesus. We need to see His redemption.
    - Just because we have been saved, does not mean we've been saved from the enemy's darts.
    - We need to see that we have a Redeemer.
    - We just live day today, but there is a larger purpose in our life. God wants us to see that.
  • Aug 9, 2020Meditate the Promises
    Aug 9, 2020
    Meditate the Promises
    Series: General

    Genesis 24:63, v. 10,18-21; Romans 12:1-2;1 Corinthians 2:16,5; Joshua 1:8; Hebrews 11:11
    - Real beauty comes from the inside of a person.
    - There are people that have nice features but what goes on in the heart mars their outer beauty.
    - If we would meditate the promises of God, one day we will look up and "the camels will be coming."
    - Worry comes from meditating on the problems.
    - Renewing our mind is an ongoing process.
    - God loves us just the way we are but He does not want us to stay that way.
    - We'd rather buy a book than simply meditate on the Word of God.  As a man thinketh, so is he.
    - Meditation is focusing over a period of time.
    - We have to hold onto promises for ourself.
    - We look at people's lives like a snapshot, not realizing that it is a moving picture.
    - Find the promise. Google it. Ask your mobile device. Look in the concordance.  And meditate on it.
    - We have to flush the bad experiences from our mind.
    - Don't let the devil remind you of the failure. You still passed!
    - We can't see the camels coming because we are too busy focusing on the pain.
    - You gain strength from believing the promise of God.

  • Aug 5, 2020A Bowl of Stew
    Aug 5, 2020
    A Bowl of Stew
    Series: Bible Study
    Genesis 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.
  • Aug 2, 2020Even If He Doesn’t
    Aug 2, 2020
    Even If He Doesn’t
    Series: General
    Daniel 3:13-18; Deuteronomy 29:29; 1 Corinthians 13:12; Proverbs 25:2; Ecclesiastes 3:11; Acts 6:5,8; 7:51-60

    - Our confidence is based on what we've seen or not seen God do, yet God is still able.
    - We need to have a confidence in God that even if God doesn't do it, He's able.
    - Our devotion to God must not stop at answered prayer but go beyond that even if He doesn't.
    - There is a place in God where our understanding stops.
    - On this side of glory, we know only in part, the secret things belong to God.
    - We have to be okay with not knowing.
    - We need to focus on what we know about God.
    - God does things for us even if we don't ask, on behalf of others, and even if we don't know Him.
    - It's never about us, it's about God.  - Our view of God, the wonderfulness, cannot be determined by whether or not we get our prayers answered.
    - Faith yet matters, but it is still the power and sovereignty of God.
    - We only have problems with the sovereignty of God when He doesn't do what we want.
    - Faith does not override the sovereignty of God. It is in the secret place.
    - Jesus and God watched Stephen getting stoned and did nothing to interfere. It's not for us to know
    why, it's in the secret place
  • Jul 29, 2020Getting Into That Quiet Place
    Jul 29, 2020
    Getting Into That Quiet Place
    Series: 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.