Discipleship Tape Ministries

How many times have we faced circumstances that were completely overwhelming? We had no idea how to deal with them and seemed powerless to face them. Jehoshaphat had the same feeling as he was surrounded by his enemies. In fact, he cried out to God, "We have no might, neither know we what to do, but our eyes are on Thee." God must have smiled. He knew all along that the battle would be w...

Peter said, "Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God." Just how do we go about doing that? Our goal is to examine seven ways to do that. As we humble ourselves before God, we are purposing before God to cooperate with Him as He does the rest. There are at least four tools that God uses to humble His saints. We find these tools in the lives of Joseph, Job, Peter, Paul and...

Landmines and lies. Subtle. Well-hidden and devastating if ignored. In this lesson, we will look at three landmines known as the landmines of kingdom ambition, that attitude that is so busy competing, seeking to be the greatest, that it misses the message of the cross. We need to be careful also of silent battlefields. The absence of warfare doesn't mean the war is over. We must be careful to...

What are the reasons for spiritual pride? What are the land mines and the lies that the father of lies uses to deceive the children of God? We will ultimately be looking at nine ways Satan trips up the Christian and causes pride to surface in robes of spirituality. We step on these landmines, because we don't exercise caution in our walk in the area of spiritual pride, and behind or beneath ea...

Spiritual pride is perhaps Satan's most impressive tool. Through its deceptive destruction, he has moved right onto the Christian's home turf, taken the very things that mean the most to him and used them against him, and in essence has literally used the building blocks of spiritual success to build an altar to the false god of self. It's so subtle, so disguised in spiritual robes, th...

The disease of pride seems to break out in the Christian's life in two deadly forms. The first is "natural pride", various forms of preoccupation with the natural man. The second is "spiritual" pride. Both are vicious. Nearly always, Satan takes five simple statements and through subtle variations, tricks us into conforming to his slimy image. Find out what those five quest...

The perennial problem of pride so blinds the mind to truth that we do not see anything but ourselves. All He wants is to be Lord. All He wants is for us to take that wretched corpse called self down from His throne. We are to see pride for what it is and to choose humility, the mind of Christ. How does God look at pride? How does God respond to pride? Finally, how does God deal with pride? We will...

How would you like to have the wisdom of Solomon? How would you like to know how to make the right decision every time? How would you like to see your life in harmony with the heart of God in the way you think? The wisdom God gave Solomon is yours, and then some, if you'll just read and heed the book of Proverbs. This lesson will begin a series of lessons on the book of Proverbs where we will...

As we wrap up the living legend, Elijah, we see God taking Elijah home in a whirlwind. What a picture book of reality his life was! We can think of Elijah as our hearts begin to resist God's call, or when we are called to some thankless task, or when we are called to some magnificent cause and feel terribly unequipped, or as we sit depressed under life's juniper tree. God gives us the whol...

What happens to a man when he takes his eyes off of the Lord and puts them on himself? That happened to Elijah, right after he witnessed the power of God in all His glory. He was tired and exhausted. Satan began to feed him lies, until he thought that he alone stood for God. His eyes were placed upon himself and selfpity set in. What was the Lord's reaction to Elijah? What three attitude probl...

It was after Elijah's greatest victory, as he saw the Lord destroy the prophets of Baal and the people crying out that the Lord is God, that Elijah finds himself in an unexpected place - under a juniper tree. Satan knows when we are most vulnerable. Perhaps it is after an exhausting day when all of our energies are spent, or perhaps we are caught up in the victory letdown - that is when we are...

Elijah has outlined for the people of Israel the one great principle that governs all the other principles in man's relationship with God. It is this: Either you belong to Him or you don't. Either He is your Saviour and Lord, or He is nothing to you. Elijah was about to reveal his God to all the prophets of Baal. No matter how big the circumstances seem, nobody should surrender. The odds t...

This was a big moment for our friend, Elijah. God has taken him along an indirect route to prepare him for this moment. There was a confrontation between Ahab and Elijah. The question was, "If the Lord is God, then follow Him. If He is not, then Satan is, so follow him." Someone is in charge of the spirit world that dominates this universe, and it has to be either Satan or God. We cannot...

Nothing in life is by chance. God has a plan in everything that He does. It was no surprise, then, when God sent Elijah to a sad widow and her son. The Lord does hear our cries and in His perfect timing gives His solutions. God is patient and never writes off anyone, even a widow and her son who are on the brink of starvation. As Elijah prayed for the little boy, God demonstrated the power of pray...

God has a personal, private, wonderful plan for your life. It may include drying brooks and starving widows. It may include standing before kings and presidents. It may include none of these. One thing is for sure, God has to take you to some out-of-the-way places if He's ever going to use you. He's going to have to let some rivers run dry to teach you to trust, then let some people with n...

This is the first in a mini-series on the living legend, Elijah. This lesson comes from 1 Kings 17 and concerns determining the will of God in regard to; His direction, His timing, His purpose and His provision. Living by a dried up brook was not Elijah's idea of a perfect plan, but God knew that it was just what Elijah needed. Each step of the way was a divinely designed training mission that...

This is the final of a four-part series outlining a "Blueprint for Battle" from the life of Jehoshaphat. As we saw the enemy bearing down upon Israel, we saw Jehoshaphat pray, surrendering his will to God's. We saw him stand in the midst of battle and watched to see what God would do. This lesson is about what to do when God has handed us even the smallest of victories. We need to st...

In this passage of Scripture, God paints a vivid picture of the kind of victory that is ours when we set Him free to be Himself. The enemy has no chance against God. The battle is not ours - it's the Lord's. In this passage, God outlines a principle for spiritual warfare that is so essential that there is no hope of victory without it. It is a three-fold plan of stationing ourselves, stand...

How do we pray when hope is gone? How do we pray in the midst of circumstances that are very difficult? As we continue our study in 2 Chronicles, we again take a look at Jehoshaphat as the enemy was bearing down upon him. As he calls the people together to tell them what is happening, he begins to pray. It was not a prayer for God to deliver them, letting God know how bad their circumstances were...

The Christian life is not a bed of roses. There is lots of heartache and lots of warfare. In our study of 2 Chronicles, God portrays the reality of the Christian life. He uses a man named Jehoshaphat, a splintered remnant of His people called "Judah", and an unexpected invasion by their neighbors as a backdrop to paint a three-dimensional image of a life of victory in the midst of a life...

There is probably no single characteristic of fallen man more consistent than his desire to be "in charge". The kings of Israel were perfect examples of the subtle dangers of being leaders in the kingdom. Such is true in the church as well. This lesson is a word of warning given to those who were given the reins of authority among God's people. And even in our day it is a word of war...

In this lesson, we will take a look at the life of Jehoshaphat and glean some spiritual principles that we are prone to violate as believers. Jehoshaphat did not choose to listen to man's wisdom, but wanted to hear a word from the Lord. This message tells of receiving wise counsel and not compromising and allowing the cunning ways of Satan to deter us from the path in which God is leading. Rea...

What is God looking for in his children? He is looking for a heart that is completely His. He is looking for a heart that is guileless and pure before God. It should be constantly his heart's desire to let God be God. A perfect heart doesn't produce a perfect life. The flesh will jump in and make mistakes. But even those mistakes will be followed by immediate grief, not just at the consequ...

Every so often, our loving God seems to sprinkle the Scripture with portraits of Men and Women who did things His way. He pulls back the curtain and reveals the miracle of obedience and the blessings that accompany that obedience. Today's story is such a story. Today's lesson is about the life of a Man who understood leadership from God's perspective.

This study examines the rest of the life of Rehoboam in the following parts; The battles you must not fight. 2 Chronicles 11. When He was strong. 2 Chronicles 12:1-7. That they might learn the difference. 2 Chronicles 12:8-11. He did not set His heart. 2 Chronicles 12:14 - 16