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Matthew 7:24-27 NLT Proverbs 17:3 NLT 1. With God, Nothing is ever wasted 2. The promises from Gods word must be taken personally to Bring stability. 3. God is still speaking but in order to hear Him, I must get quiet. 4. Remember what God has said and do it. 5. My choices will make my situation better or worse.( prolong or promote) 6. It will always require Trust ( Faith ). 7. Have Seasonally exp...

John 13: 36-38 ESV Matthew 16:13-19 ESV Luke 22: 54-62 ESV Mark 8: 35-38 ESV John 21:2-3 ESV 1. After Peter denied Jesus three times, he didn’t know where else to go, so he went back to fishing. Not because it fulfilled him, but because shame always drives us back to what feels familiar. “I’m going fishing,” he said and all night long they caught nothing. The place he ran to couldn’t hold him anym...

Revelations 4:9-11 ESV Matthew 16:13-17 Psalm 24 John 19:17-27 Matthew 5:8

Matthew 1:18–25; 2:1–12 Isaiah 47:13–15 How to Find the Love of Jesus in the Searching of Daily Life God searches for you just as much as you may be searching for Him. If your eyes are open and your heart is open, He speaks profoundly, no matter who you are or how far you are from Him. From the beginning of time, His purpose has been you. Everything written, remembered, and spoken about is designe...

Luke 2:6–18 How to Return to Joy This Christmas Season Jesus’ birth is about the good news of great joy to all people, regardless of circumstances. The shepherds were in some of the least desirable circumstances, seemingly trapped in an “unholy” lifestyle and distant from God in the eyes of those upholding the laws of religion at that time. Yet Jesus’ life begins with a new era being ushered in—th...

Matthew 3:1-12 NIV Mark 10:17-22, 46-52 NIV Isaiah 11:1-5 NLT

Luke 15:1–24— How to Make Sense of Significance That Will Never Make Sense. 1 – Significance is rooted in what you believe and accept as truth about your condition and your foundation. Your conditions will always be changing, but your foundation doesn’t. The coin was lost, then found… the sheep wandered, then was found… the son squandered, and then reclaimed his place. The foundation of your signi...

Ezekiel 37:1–14 Genesis 2:7 Finding Purpose in the Spirit of God 1 – No one else and no thing else can breathe upon your heart to bring about the Creator’s miracle-working life except the Spirit of God. Without the breath of the Spirit your life will become dry, and your existence will feel as if it is trapped in a foreign land… for you were meant to co-labor and redeem that which was fallen, and...

John 13:1–15 — 31–35 How to walk in the broken, bleeding, and washing love of Jesus 1 – Love washes what you never could, breaks and pours itself out in a way you could never repay, and then turns around and tests you to see if you have fully understood that you are called to do the same. Love in its fullness is not just the receiving of the gift of Jesus, it is the washing of the grime of sin. Tr...

2 Samuel 9:1–8 2 Samuel 4:4–6 How to Belong Even If You’re Questioning Your Place 1 — The Baggage Your Name Carries Does Not Mean You Don’t Belong His father and grandfather were the failed kings of Israel. His name and image were forever tarnished before he ever stepped into independent personhood. God can redeem what you lost and bring you into being found by only His goodness and His grace. It’...

Genesis 32:22-32 HOW TO FIND SAFETY FOR YOUR SOUL 1- SAFETY FIRST COMES WHEN I REALIZE I CAN ONLY GET IT FROM GOD. OFTENTIMES IT IS AFTER YOU HAVE WRESTLED WITH EVERYTHING AND EVERYONE THAT YOU START TO SEE WHAT HE WAS DOING ALL ALONG TO KEEP YOU SAFE. When God wrestles you, it’s not to destroy you — it’s to drain you of everything that’s been pretending to be Him, and then reveal who he has been...

1- I GIVE NOT BECAUSE GOD NEEDS FROM ME, BUT RATHER TO SAY THROUGH MY SACRIFICE, “I TRUST YOU GOD..” 2- I give as a reminder im the steward of the masters talents, not the master of my own fate. 3- I GIVE FOR THE ROOT OF SELFISHNESS AND GREED TO BE DESTROYED IN MY HEART… AND FOR IT TO BE DESTROYED IN THOSE WHO ARE TO COME FROM ME AND AFTER ME. 4- I give because if he does not have the attention of...

John 9:1-11 4 main points and takeaways from this passage 1. God didn’t just pull me out of the dirt. He used the dirt to make me see. (John 9:6) 2. Before I ever tried to find Jesus. He found me first (John 9:1) 3. Sight comes after the surrender (John 9:6-7) 4. When God changes how you see, it changes how you live (John 9:8-9)

LUKE 21:1-4 Luke 12:15-21 LUKE 16:10-13 COLOSSIANS 3:23-24 4 thoughts on a poverty mindset rooted in need 1- We judge what others have because if we don't have it we think others don't deserve it. 2- We have a rational reason to not be generous and that rational reasoning takes the place of a faith we declare we profess. 3- WE LOOK UPON THOSE WHO WE THINK OUR “RICH”, AND THINK THEY SHOULD BE FORCE...

Matthew 25:14-29 – How to live in the multiplied and not buried talents. 1- Tithing is a floor not a ceiling. Test Him and see. 2- Spiritual maturity is when my life has rhythmic, routine, regular, boring, secret, and consistent generosity. We live in a day and age of knowing the words to say to pass the Christian eye test… but it is the rhythmic activity of the heart showing lordship… that God is...

Luke 2:25–40 How a Remnant of People Walk in a Sensitive and Discerning way 1 – We live righteous and holy in order to see what others can’t, and say what others won’t. Simeon and Anna were on a different wavelength not because they were born Levites or trained to be Pharisees and Sadducees, but rather because they took seriously the call to devote their lives to God. Full ownership given to the S...

Daniel 1:3–9 Daniel 6:10–13, 16-23 How to Become a Person Defined By Holy Habits Holy habits are God-focused patterns that sow seed in the soil of daily life that yield fruit of a relationship of intimacy and proximity in the life of tomorrow. Holy habits are not activities; they are disciplines that submit and surrender unholy appetites and unhealthy desires, that then allow God to resurrect you...

Formulaic Process of Renewal – Holy Discontentment + Preparation (in secret) + Contending (in prayer) + Holy patterns + Remnant = A Region Renewed in the Spirit of God 2 Kings 18:1–6 2 Kings 20:1–10 What Defines a Life of Contending Prayer Hezekiah’s first response when he is faced with discouraging news. “Remember now, O Lord, I beseech You, how I have walked before You in truth and with a whole...

Process of renewal –– holy discontentment + preparation (in secret) + contending (in prayer) + holy patterns + remnant == a region renewed in the spirit of God 1 Sam 17:20-23 /// 31-40 How to Prepare in Secret in Order to Walk in the Promises of God in Your Life. 1 - You must take out the lions and bears with God in your private life before you can take down the giants with God in your public one....

2 Kings 22:1-2; 11-20 Process of Renewal: Holy discontentment + preparation + contending + holy patterns + remnant = a region renewed in the Spirit of God. How to Walk in a Holy Discontentment: 1 - The action of hearing the words of God must produce a heart of changing my behavior to reflect the revelation I receive from His Word. All it takes for idols and high places to remain in a heart indiffe...

Jude 1:20-25 Cross References for further study: On divisions & building yourselves up: Romans 16:17-20 Hebrews 10:24-25 2 Peter 1:3-11 Ephesians 2:20 On having mercy on others: 2 Cor 5:11; 20 - Zechariah 3 On Him who is able: Daniel 3 (16-18 specifically) Isaiah 43:2 Philippians 2:13 Hebrews 10:14

John 14:27 Isaiah 42:16 Matthew 16:19 Matthew 5:17 Hebrews 12:24 Isaiah 45 :2-3 Lord, I Wanna See I Wanna Be Unshakeable I Wanna Receive the Treasures Hidden in Darkness

Jude 1:10-16 Genesis 4; 1-8 3 tests that reveal roots, fruits, and who not to become in your pursuit of Jesus. 1- The Cain test; ‘They have taken the way of Cain’... Oftentimes it is our withholding from God that hinders our becoming in God. Man has had covetous and competitive desire since Genesis. If not submitted, and not fully released, it can become an angry bitterness at what others have tha...

Jude 1:1-10 NIV Three places where the grace of God shows its true deliverance power, and the same three areas the enemy wants to destroy in before you can experience freedom: Place number 1: Your faith must be a disciple of renewal within the whole of your mind/heart/spirit... we must have a faith that practices the hard stuff, even the things I don't want to believe. Faith that only majors on pa...

Matt. 6:14-15 Matt 18:21-22 Rom. 12:17-19 Prov. 28:13 Heb. 12:13-14 Definitions: Original Definition: “to give away/to grant” APA: "Willfully setting aside feelings of resentment toward an individual who has committed a wrong, been unfair or hurtful, or otherwise harmed one in some way" Forgiveness Institute: "You let go of resentment and the urge to seek revenge." The Practicals: 1. Uncovering 2....