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A. Prayer
1. Daily
2. Corporate
"I also tell you this: If two of you agree down here on earth concerning anything you ask, my Father in heaven will do it for you. [20] For where two or three gather together because they are mine, I am there among them."Matthew 18:19-20 (NLT)
3. Persistent
I'm going to see that she gets justice, because she is wearing me out with her constant requests!' " …Don’t you think God will surely give justice to his chosen people who plead with him day and night? Will he keep putting them off? Luke 18:3-8 (NLT)
4. in God's will
And we can be confident that he will listen to us whenever we ask him for anything in line with his will. 1 John 5:14 (NLT)
B. Study of the Word
1. Bible categorization
a. Old Testament
1. laws
2. history
3. poetry and wisdom
4. major and minor prophets
b. New Testament
1. life and teachings of Christ
2. letters to churches
3. letters to people
4. prophecy
2. daily discipline
3. guides and devotionals
4. testing what your taught
Acts 17:11 Now the Berean Jews were of more noble character than those in Thessalonica, for they received the message with great eagerness and examined the Scriptures every day to see if what Paul said was true.
5. meditation on the word-
Psalm 1:2 but whose delight is in the law of the LORD, and who meditates on his law day and night.
6. studying in the Spirit
"not by private interpretation"
2 Peter 1:20 Above all, you must understand that no prophecy of Scripture came about by the prophet’s own interpretation of things. 21 For prophecy never had its origin in the human will, but prophets, though human, spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.
C. Fellowship
1. interdependence of believers
2. how gifts differ and make body
Romans 12:4 For just as each of us has one body with many members, and these members do not all have the same function, 5 so in Christ we, though many, form one body, and each member belongs to all the others.
3. importance of using gifts in body
4. discipling and being discipled
Matthew 28:19
19 Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,
D. Praise
1. communion with God
2. worshipping
3. humble yourself
4. in the worst of circumstances
1. Daily
2. Corporate
"I also tell you this: If two of you agree down here on earth concerning anything you ask, my Father in heaven will do it for you. [20] For where two or three gather together because they are mine, I am there among them."Matthew 18:19-20 (NLT)
3. Persistent
I'm going to see that she gets justice, because she is wearing me out with her constant requests!' " …Don’t you think God will surely give justice to his chosen people who plead with him day and night? Will he keep putting them off? Luke 18:3-8 (NLT)
4. in God's will
And we can be confident that he will listen to us whenever we ask him for anything in line with his will. 1 John 5:14 (NLT)
B. Study of the Word
1. Bible categorization
a. Old Testament
1. laws
2. history
3. poetry and wisdom
4. major and minor prophets
b. New Testament
1. life and teachings of Christ
2. letters to churches
3. letters to people
4. prophecy
2. daily discipline
3. guides and devotionals
4. testing what your taught
Acts 17:11 Now the Berean Jews were of more noble character than those in Thessalonica, for they received the message with great eagerness and examined the Scriptures every day to see if what Paul said was true.
5. meditation on the word-
Psalm 1:2 but whose delight is in the law of the LORD, and who meditates on his law day and night.
6. studying in the Spirit
"not by private interpretation"
2 Peter 1:20 Above all, you must understand that no prophecy of Scripture came about by the prophet’s own interpretation of things. 21 For prophecy never had its origin in the human will, but prophets, though human, spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.
C. Fellowship
1. interdependence of believers
2. how gifts differ and make body
Romans 12:4 For just as each of us has one body with many members, and these members do not all have the same function, 5 so in Christ we, though many, form one body, and each member belongs to all the others.
3. importance of using gifts in body
4. discipling and being discipled
Matthew 28:19
19 Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,
D. Praise
1. communion with God
2. worshipping
3. humble yourself
4. in the worst of circumstances
The Overcoming Life