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BRIDGING THE GAP: MANAGING THE WAITING PERIOD   ••• Bible Study Verses: Genesis 12.1-7, Genesis 6:5-22, Hebrews 11:7, Genesis 37:5-7.   “This is the most precious answer God can give us: wait. It makes us cling to Him rather than to an outcome. God knows what I need; I do not. He sees the future; I cannot. His perspective is eternal; mine is not. He will give me what is best fo...

ACTS 12: THE POWER OF PRAYER TO DELIVER   ••• Bible Study Verses: Acts 12.1-11, Ephesians 6.12, 2Cor10.4, Eph6.13, 1 Thessalonians 5.17, Hebrews 11.6, Psalm 37.4-5, Revelation 2.4-5, 1 Sam 30.6.   “When the devil sees a man or woman who really believes in prayer, who knows how to pray, and who really does pray, and, above all, when he sees a whole church on its face before...

Acts 18 DIVINE ENCOURAGEMENT   •••Bible Study Verses: Acts 18-19, Ps. 121.1-2, Acts 2.17. “How very little can be done under the spirit of fear” Florence Nightingale †   “The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord, And He delights in his way. Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down; For the Lord upholds him with His hand” Psalm 37:23-24, nKJV &nbsp...

THE POWER OF A FRESH ENCOUNTER   ••• Bible Study Verses: Joshua 1:1-3, Joshua 5:13-15, Jeremiah 8:22, Habakkuk 1:13, Isaiah 59:2, Romans 1:32, Amos 6:1, I Samuel 2:9, Exodus 3:3, Psalm 46:10, Psalm 42:1, 2 Corinthians 6:17, Jeremiah 33:3, I Samuel 3:10, Habakkuk 1:13.   “It may be hard for an egg to turn into a bird: it would be a jolly sight harder for it to learn to fly...

THE NEED FOR A FRESH ENCOUNTER  ••• Bible Study Verses: Matthew 18:6, Judges 6:14, Psalm 127:1, Genesis 12:1-3, Genesis 13:14-17, Joel 2:15-19.   “It may be hard for an egg to turn into a bird: it would be a jolly sight harder for it to learn to fly while remaining an egg. We are like eggs at present. And you cannot go on indefinitely being just an ordinary, decent egg. We must...

FAITH THAT BELIEVES   ••• Bible Study Verses: Acts 14.9, Mat8.10, Eph.2.8, Romans 4.4, Hebrews13.8, Numbers 23.19, Acts 22.4-5&20, Mat1.1-25, Heb11.31, John 15.7, 1Peter 1.25, Isaiah 40.8, Matthew 13:58, Mark 1.22.   “The same is true of victorious living. If you believe that you are victorious already, then you will experience victory after victory. But if you put you...

UNSHACKLED PART-4: LIVING A LIFE THAT IS UNSHACKLED   ••• Bible Study Verses: Psalm 78.60, Deut.27.19, Ezekiel18.4, Numbers 13-14:26, Genesis 27.40, Obadiah 1.17, Matt.11.27, John 14.30. “After being physically liberated, victims of human trafficking often find themselves chained to the life they knew before, and they return to what they thought they were free from. We can be tempte...

UNSHACKLED: BREAKING FREE FROM SPIRITUAL BONDAGE   ••• Bible Study Verses: Isaiah 5.13-14, Hosea 4.6, 2 Corinthians 4:18, Hebrews 11:3, Luke 13:10-16, Psalm 68:6, Proverbs 26:2, Ecclesiastes 10:8, Deut. 27:15-26, 2 Corinthians 6:17, 1 Peter 5:8, Ezekiel 8:9-10, Exodus 20.2-5, Gen. 12:3, Joshua 6:26, Gen. 31:30–32, Gen. 27:11–13, Rom. 12:14, Lev26:38-39, Matthew 13:25-28, Gal. 3:13, I Joh...

UNSHACKLED: UNDERSTANDING THE PROCESS OF FREEDOM   •••Bible Study Verses: Exodus 13.1-18, Romans 12:1-2.   “The Law makes demands and leaves us helpless to fulfill them; Christ makes demands, but He Himself fulfills in us the very demands He makes.” Watchman Nee, The Normal Christian Life †   “For you, brethren, have been called to liberty; only do not use liberty as...

UNSHACKLED: UNDERSTANDING THE MEANING OF FREEDOM   •••Bible Study Verses: John 3:16, Luke 1:74-75, Luke 1:71, Genesis 1:26, Galatians 5:13-15, John 8:32-36, John 10:10, Matthew 11:28-29.   “Logic Is The Antithesis To Faith" Dr. Daniel Passini †   “...without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarde...

A RECEIVING FAITH   •••Bible Study Verses: Acts 14.8-9, Matt. 8.5-10, Eph.2.8, Romans 4.4, Lamitations 3.22-23, Numbers 23.19.   “Faith sees the invisible, believes the unbelievable, and receives the impossible" Corrie Ten Boom, Christian Holocaust Survivor †   “For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, not of w...

YOU HAVE NOT MANY FATHERS   •••Bible Study Verses: Deuteronomy 5:9, Jeremiah 31:29, I Corinthians 4:10-21, I Cor 5:5-6, I Cor. 6:1-8, Malachi 4:5-6.   “I always joke that my kids' favorite holiday is Father's Day. They love the way I celebrate the occasion by writing each of them a thank-you letter and a generous check. It's my way of letting them know how much I appreciat...

EMPOWERED: ANOINTING - THE DIFFERENCE MAKER •••Bible Study Verses: Romans 8.15, Ephesians 1.13, Acts 1.4-8, Exodus 3:1-5, I Samuel 10:1, John 20:19, Acts 4:8-10, I John 2:20-27, Exodus 33:14-15, Proverbs 4:7, Psalm 5:12, James 5:14, Isaiah 10:27, I Kings 17:14, Acts 13:2, II Timothy 1:17.   “Just as the right relationship with Christ generates a Christian, so the proper relationship with...

EMPOWERED: UNDERSTANDING THE ANOINTING   •••Bible Study Verses: Luke 4:18-19, Romans 8:2-15, II Corinthians 4:18, I Corinthians 2 :14, I John 2:20, 27, Proverbs 4:7, Acts 1:4-8, Exodus 30:25, Leviticus 8:10-13, I Samuel 10:1, Psalm 105:15, Ephesians 1:13, Acts 19:1-2.   “Just as the right relationship with Christ generates a Christian, so the proper relationship with the Holy S...

THE CODE OF EXTRAORDINARY BELIEVERS LIVING BY THE PRINCIPLE OF PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT  •••Bible Study Verse: Matt.6.33, Genesis 18:16-19, Job 1:8, II Timothy 2:20-21, Philippians 3:12-14, Luke 2.52, Proverbs 22:29.   “Each day we are becoming a creature of splendid glory or one of unthinkable horror” CS Lewis, Mere Christianity, (1952) †   “To put off your old self, which be...

INTEGRITY BRIDGING THE GAP BETWEEN THE PRACTICE AND PROFESSION OF OUR FAITH  •••Bible Study Verse: Romans Romans 7:21-25, 2:21-24, II Corinthians 5:17, Romans 8:38-39, Acts 26:19, Matthew 28:19-20, I Timothy 4 :12.   “A very large number of the people who attend our services and partake of the sacrament are disassociated personalities. They are one person on Sunday and another on Mo...

EMPOWERED: UNDERSTANDING THE PERSON AND MINISTRY OF THE HOLY SPIRIT   •••Bible Study Verse: Acts 1.4-8, II Timothy 3: 1-7, Ephesians 4:14, Galatians 5:16-23, John 14:16, Matthew 3:16, II Corinthians 3:17, II Cor. 2:10-11, Ephesians 4:30, Acts 16:6-11, Acts 13:2, John 15:26, Rom. 8:26, Genesis 1:1-2, 2 Tim. 3:16, John 3:5-8, Romans 8:26, 2 Thessalonians 2:13, John 14:36, Luke 4:18-19...

A MOTHER WORTH CELEBRATING   •••Bible Study Verse: I Kings 3:23-27, Prov. 31:11-31, Psalm 111:10, Proverbs 11:16, Proverbs 1:8-9, Luke 2:51.   “Life began with waking up and loving my mother's face” George Eliot “I remember my mother's prayers and they have always followed me. They have clung to me all my life” President Abraham Lincoln “Mama was my greatest teacher, a tea...

THE GOD OF MULTIPLE CHANCES   •••Bible Study Verse: Act 9.10-30.   “The second remedy is really and truly to believe in the forgiveness of sins. A great deal of our anxiety to make excuses comes from not really believing in it, from thinking that God will not take us to Himself again unless He is satisfied that some sort of case can be made out in our favor. But that is no...

MATURING IN LIGHT OF HIS RESURRECTION   •••Bible Study Verses: 2 Peter 3:3-18, 1 Corinthians 1:10, Romans 5:2, 2 Corinthians 2:-8-9, Romans 5:21, Romans 6:1-2, Philippians 2:12-13, Ephesians 4:7-15, Hebrews 4:16, Colossians 4:6, Jude 1:4, 2 Corinthians 8:9, 2 Corinthians 9:8, Hebrews 5:12, Ephesians 24:14, 2 Corinthians 6:1, 2 Peter 2:2, 2 Peter 1:5-9.   “All growth is pro...

ENGAGING LIFE IN LIGHT OF HIS RESURRECTION   •••Bible Study Verses: John 21:1-7, John 20:19, John 20:5-9, 1 Corinthians 15:14-19, Colossians 1:27, 1 Corinthians 5:9-10, John 21:15.   “One can do all in his or her power to change society and transform social institutions but, until individual hearts are transformed the society will remain the same. Lewis believed this and, there...

IN LIGHT OF HIS RESURRECTION   •••Bible Study Verses: 1 Corinthians 11:23-24, 1 Kings 17:17-24, 2 Kings 4:18-37, 2 Kings 13:20-21, Luke 8:52-56, Acts 9:36-43, Psalm 16:10, John 2:19, Romans 1:4, John 10:17, John 11:25-26, Romans 6:9, 1 Corinthians 15:55-57, John 2:18-19, 1 Corinthians 15:17, Luke 24:21, Romans 6:14, Matthew 5:16, Matthew 6:33, Luke 22:42.   “The benefits [of th...

GETHSEMANE: THE FREEDOM OF THE SURRENDERED LIFE   •••Bible Study Verses: Matthew 26:36-46, James 4:7-10, Galatians 5:17, Matthew 10:30, Hosea 4:6, Isaiah 46:10, John 6:8-13, John 12:24-32, Isaiah 45:6, John 3:3, Romans 12:1, Revelation 22:17, James 1:22, Hebrews 11:6.   “When we are powerless to do a thing, it is a great joy that we can come and step inside the ability of Jesus...

GETHSEMANE: THE POWER OF PREVAILING PRAYER   •••Bible Study Verses: Luke 22:39-46, Genesis 32.26, Luke 18.1-7, James 5:16, Luke 10:17-18, Exodus 17:8-13, Exodus 17:11, Proverbs 24:10, Mark 14:37, Matthew 4:11, Psalm 66:18, James 4:3, Romans 8:26, James 4:7.   “ What wings are to a bird and sails to a ship, so is prayer to the soul” Corrie Ten Boom †   "Now when Daniel...

GETHSEMANE: THE AGONY OF SUBMISSION   •••Bible Study Verses: Mark 14:32-42, John 11, Hebrews 9:22, John 18:11, Psalm 75:8, Romans 6:23, Romans 7:5, Galatians 5:16-17, Romans 7:18, Romans 7:22-25, Philippians 2:5-11, Luke 22:41-43, John 6:63, I Corinthians 9:27, James 4:10, Hebrews 5:8, Matthew 26:41, Romans 6:14.   “Even as the angry vengeful thoughts boiled through me, I saw t...