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GETHSEMANE: THE GARDEN BEFORE THE CROSS •••Bible Study Verses: Matthew 26:36-41, Isaiah 53:1-3.   “Some people feel guilty about their anxieties and regard them as a defect of faith. I don't agree at all. They are afflictions, not sins. Like all afflictions, they are, if we can so take them, our share in the Passion of Christ. For the beginning of the Passion the first move, so to speak...

SEEING OURSELVES AS GOD SEES US   ••• Bible Study Verses: Luke 5.1-10, 1 Cor. 3.9, Proverbs 11.30, Ecclesiastes 4:9-12.   "The real problem of the Christian life comes where people do not usually look for it. It comes the very moment you wake up each morning. All your wishes and hopes for the day rush at you like wild animals. And the first job each morning consists simply in s...

LIVING UNDER OPEN HEAVEN   Bible Study Verses: 1 Sam 3.1, 1 Sam 2.12, 1 Sam 2.22, 1 Sam 2.27-30, Psalm 91.1, Psalm 127.1, Genesis 28, Ezekiel 1, Isaiah 6.1, 1 Kings 19.13, Mark 1.10, Matt. 3.16, Acts 9, John 4.1-2, Matt. 6.33.   “Imagine yourself as a living house. God comes in to rebuild that house. At first, perhaps, you can understand what He is doing. He is getting the drai...

SURVIVING THE SEASON OF SEASONING: WINNING YOUR PERSONAL BATTLES   Bible Study Verses: Genesis 28:10-15, Genesis 32:1-7, Genesis 33:4, Genesis 32:24, 1 John 2:16, Roman 6:14, I Peter 5:8, Ephesians 6:10-13, James 4:10, Acts 16:25.   “ For Christianity is a fighting religion. It thinks God has made the world- that space and time, heat and cold, and all the colors and tastes...

SEASON OF SEASONING: ENGAGING THE PROCESS   •••Bible Study Verses: Luke 2:40-52, Luke 2.14, Hebrews 5:8-9.   “Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art, like the universe itself (for God did not need to create). It has no survival value; rather it is one of those things which give value to survival” C.S. Lewis, The Four Loves p.71†   “...Wherein ye greatly...

SURVIVING THE SEASON OF SEASONING: MAINTAINING UNBROKEN FOCUS   Bible Study Verses: Genesis 37:1-11, Philippians 3:12-14, Acts 6: 1-4, Genesis. 39:9-12, Genesis 45:7, 50:20, Colossians 3:16, Romans 8:14, Luke 9:62.   “Hardship often prepares an ordinary person for an extraordinary destiny” C.S.Lewis †   “...Run in such a way to win the prize. Now everyone who competes...

SURVIVING THE SEASON OF SEASONING: CONVICTION & COMMITMENT   Bible Study Verses: Habakkuk 2:2-3, Psalm 105:19, Luke 1:80, Acts 9:15-16, 2 Corinthians 11:22-27, Romans 8:38-39, I Corinthians 9:16, Romans 4:18-22, 1 John 2:15, Matthew 13:22, Jeremiah 17:9, Proverbs 12:26, II Corinthians 10:12, Romans 8:35-39.   “A belief is something you will argue about. A conviction is...

BUILDING A SOLID FOUNDATION: TRUSTING THE COVENANT KEEPING GOD   Bible Study Verses: Hebrews 11:6, Numbers 23:19, Psalm 119:90, Psalm 62:11, Hebrews 13:8, Proverbs 3:5-10, Genesis 4:3-5, Joshua 6:18-19, Exodus 20: 2-3, Luke 16:38, Exodus 13:1-2, Proverbs 11:24, Numbers 18:12, Proverbs 3:9, Exodus 34:26, Deuteronomy 26:2,5, Malachi 3:10, Isaiah 60:10.   “He who has God and every...

BUILDING A SOLID FOUNDATION: PARTNERING WITH THE COVENANT KEEPING GOD   Bible Study Verses: Genesis 1:28, Job 36:10-12, Exodus 34:6-7, Psalm 103:7, Amos 3:3, Hebrews 5:4, II Corinthians 6:17, Hebrews 6:13-14, Matthew 11:28-30, I Timothy 2:1, Mark 16:15, Acts 16:9, Acts 4:34-35, Acts 21:1, Hebrews 13:5, Psalm 121:4, Philippians 4:19, Psalm 121:8, Kings 17:39, Psalm 103:2-3, John 11:26, He...

BUILDING A SOLID FOUNDATION: CONNECTING WITH THE COVENANT KEEPING GOD   Bible Study Verses: Deuteronomy 7:1-16, Genesis 1:26-38, Genesis 8:21-22, Genesis 12:1-3, Hebrews 13:20, Hebrews 6:13-14, Romans 8:35-39.   “You may forget that you are at every moment totally dependent on God.” C.S. Lewis, Source: “Mere Christianity” (1952).†  “I will give you a new heart and put a ne...

THE LIFE THAT SAYS YES   Bible Study Verses: Acts 13.22, 1 Sam 6, Psalm 78.70-71, 2 Tim. 3, Genesis 39.7-9.  “The thought that “we shall ‘stand before’ Him, shall appear, shall be inspected,” can be deeply disturbing when we reflect on our sins. But Lewis reminds us that through Christ (and his atoning, reconciling work for us on the cross) we can gain God’s approval and actually br...

MOVING FORWARD TO A POSITIVE YEAR AHEAD   Bible Study Verses: Proverbs 23.7, Philippians 4.8, Luke 6.45.   “The Order of the Divine mind, embodied in the Divine Law, is beautiful. What should a man do but try to reproduce it, so far as possible, in his daily life?” C.S. Lewis, Reflections on the Psalms †   “...Rejoice in the Lord always. Again I will say, rejoice! Let...

THE CHRISTMAS STORY: COOPERATING WITH THE DIVINE PLAN   Bible Study Verses: Luke 1:5-38, Exodus 3:1-4. “Who can add to Christmas? The perfect motive is that God so loved the world. The perfect gift is that He gave His only Son. The only requirement is to believe in Him. The reward of faith is that you shall have everlasting life.” Corrie Ten Boom †   “...without faith it i...

THE CHRISTMAS STORY: RESPONSE TO THE NEW BORN KING   Bible Study Verses: Matthew 2:1-2, Matthew 2:7-16, Luke 2: 8-11, Luke 2:15-17, Luke 2:7-8, Matthew 2 :3-6.   "The Son of God became a man to enable men to become sons of God." C.S. Lewis, Mere Christianity. †   “...And she brought forth her FIRSTBORN SON, and wrapped Him in swaddling cloths, and laid Him in a m...

THE CHRISTMAS STORY: WHEN THE HEAVENS APPEAR SILENT   Bible Study Verses: Genesis 15:13-14, Numbers 23:19, II Peter 3:9, Deuteronomy 18:15, Isaiah 7:14, Micah 5:2, Luke 2:1-7, Malachi 4:5-6, Luke 1:5-17, Hosea 11:1, Jeremiah 31:15, Matthew 2:1-4, Isaiah 60:3, Luke 2:25-32. "The Son of God became a man to enable men to become sons of God." C.S. Lewis, Mere Christianity. †  ...

BATTLE OF THE MIND: OVERCOMING PRIDE PART 2   Bible Study Verses: 1Pet2:9, Rm13:7, Col3:23, Isiah 14:12-15, Pr6:16-19, Ez28:11-19, Pr18:12, Pr19:23, Pr15:25, Philippians 2:5-11, Pr4:23, Jm4:6-7.  “For pride is spiritual cancer: it eats up the very possibility of love, or contentment, or even common sense...the Christians are right: it is pride which has been the chief cause of miser...

••• OVERCOMING PRIDE . ••• Bible Study Verses: Isaiah 14:12-15, Matthew 6:1-2, Proverbs 6:16-19, Exodus 15:7, Job 37:4, Isaiah 2:10, Psalm 47:4, Galatians 6:4, Genesis 47:11-12, 1 Peter 2:9, Romans 13:7, Colossians 3:23, James 4:6-7, Exodus 28:11-19, Proverbs 18:12, Proverbs 19:23, Proverbs 15:25, Philippians 2:5-11, Proverbs 4:23 . ••• “For pride is spiritual cancer: it eats up the very possibili...

••• Overcoming Anger & Bitterness, Ep 94 ••• Bible Study Verses: Mt. 18.21-22, Rm. 12:1-2, Eph. 4:26, Psalm 7:11, Mark 3:5, James 1:20, Gen. 49:5-7, Psalm 69:5, Proverbs 28:13, 2 Cor. 12:9, Heb. 12:14-15 . ••• “ The pleasure of anger - the gnawing attraction which makes one return again and again to its theme - lies, I believe, in the fact that one feels entirely righteous when one is angry. T...

•• Strategies for Overcoming Unforgiveness, Ep93 ••• Bible Study Verses: Proverbs 23.7, Isaiah 48:18, Hebrews 12:14-16, Genesis 27: 41, Matthew 18:21-35, Matthew 16:12, Matthew 6:14-15, Matthew 18:22-35, Ephesians 4:26-32, Isaiah 43:18-19, Colossians 3:13, Romans 12:19, Jeremiah 31:34 . ••• “He who has not forgiven an enemy has never yet tasted one of the most sublime enjoyments of life. Love may...

•••Overcoming Insecurities, Ep91 . ••• Bible Study Verses: 1 Sam 17-18-8, Genesis 3, 1 John 2.18, Rev.11, Ecclesiastes 12, Ecclesiastes 4.9, Jeremiah17.7, John 14:27, Romans 5:1-2, Romans 8:1-2, Philippians 4:6-7, Philippians 4:13, 2 Corinthians 5:17, Romans 8:31-32, 1 John 3:1, 1 John 4:18, 1 Corinthians 6:11, Matthew 10:29-31 . ••• "I had to confront my fears and master my every demonic thought...

••• Strategies For Overcoming Fear, Ep91 . ••• Bible Study Verses: Proverbs 23:7, Genesis 3:1-24, Roman 8:15, 2 Timothy 1:7, Proverbs 1:7, Proverbs 10:27, Proverbs 16:6, Proverbs 22:4, Proverbs 29:25, Matthew 10:28, Proverbs 29:25, Matthew 6:34, Genesis 3:11-12, Matthew 14: 22- 33 . ••• “In one way we think a great deal too much of the atomic bomb. “How are we to live in an atomic age?” I am...

••• Overcoming Stress, Ep90 . ••• Bible Study Verses: 1 Kings 19.1-4, 1 Kings 19.5-8, I Kings 19:14, Mark 6:31, Luke 15:18, Isaiah 40:31, I Kings 19:18, Matthew 6:34, James 1:2-4, John 14:27, Psalms 118:5-6, Psalms 94:19, Psalms 119:143, Romans 8:28, Ecclesiastes 3:11 . ••• “To be a true minister to men is always to accept new happiness and new distress. The man who gives himself to other men can...

••• Winning The Battle For The Mind Part-2 Of 9 ••• Bible Study Verses: Psalm 61:1-4, Jeremiah 8:22, Proverbs 23:7, Proverbs 4:23, Proverbs 22:28, Psalm 68:6, Ecclesiastes 4:9-10, Genesis 2:18 . ••• “ The vice I am talking of is Pride or Self-Conceit: and the virtue opposite to it, in Christian morals, is called Humility...According to Christian teachers, the essential vice, the utmost evil, is Pr...

••• Mind Battles, Ep88 . ••• Bible Study Verses: Proverbs 4:23, 2 Corinthians 11:3, Proverbs 23:7, Matthew 22:37, 2 Corinthians 10:3-5, 1 Peter 1: 13-16, Romans 12:1-2, James 4:8, 1 Chronicles 28:9, Phil. 2: 5-10, Psalm 119:97-99, John 10:17, Hebrews 5:8 . ••• “The vice I am talking of is Pride or Self-Conceit: and the virtue opposite to it, in Christian morals, is called Humility...According to C...

WHO IS QUALIFIED TO SERVE? Bible Study Verses: Matthew 9:37-38, Matthew 9:35, Matthew 4:17-20, Mark 3: 13-14, Luke. 9:57-61, Acts 8:18-20, Luke 18:29-30 , Luke. 9:23, Luke 15:12, Luke 15:17 - 20.   “Jesus Christ did not say, ‘Go into all the world and tell the world that it is quite right’" CS Lewis “God In The Dock” (1970)   “Since it is so likely that children will meet cruel...