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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 the Holy Spirit breeds a spiritual man” Watchman Nee †  “You lovest righteousness, and hatest wickedness: therefore God, your God, hath anointed you with the oil of JOY above your fellows" Psalm 45.7 RKJV  What happened to Moses that cause him to return to the place where he was a wanted man?  What happened to Saul that cause him to become another man?  What Happened that changed the disciples?  What is this thing called Anointing?  Why does the anointing make so much difference in the life of a believer?  How come the anointing is not making

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 Spirit breeds a spiritual man” Watchman Nee †  “You lovest righteousness, and hatest wickedness: therefore God, your God, hath anointed you with the oil of JOY above your fellows" Psalm 45.7 RKJV  What is an anointing?  What is the difference and similarities between natural laws and spiritual laws?  What are operational laws?  What is the difference between humanistic and anointed activities within churches?  What is the difference between talent and anointing?  What is NOT anointing?  What are some examples of old testament dispensation an

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 belongs to your former manner of life and is corrupt through deceitful desires, and to be renewed in the spirit of your minds, and to put on the new self, created after the likeness of God in true righteousness and holiness" Ephesians 4:22-24, ESV  Why is there a gap between our profession and practice of faith?  What Makes A Believer Extraordinary?  What is that thing that remind you of that person you really admire?  What do people who know you think about when they remember you?  How do you become a person that cannot be ignored in the market place?  Why will

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 Monday" G.A. Studdert Kennedy † “They profess to know God, but in works they deny Him, being abominable, disobedient, and disqualified for every good work" Titus 1.16, KJV  Why is there a gap between our profession and practice of faith?  Why there is a gap between our profession and our walk with the Lord?  Why is there a gap between the profession of our faith and the Practice of our faith?  What is responsible for the gap?  Why do we have these problems in the first place?  What is Source of the Problem?  How were so many churches deceived?&nb

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, John 14:16-17, John 16:13, II Corinthians 12:7-11, Ephesians 1:13-14, John 20:19.  “Being led by the Holy Spirit is at the heart of the Christian life. This is clear in the Bible and in the history of the church. If we let the Spirit lead us, our lives will blossom and flourish. But if we neglect or refuse His leading, our lives will languish. Strangely, many believers today seem to misunderstand the Spirit’s leading and how it relates to personal transformation. A clearer grasp of what the Bible teaches about this vital truth will help us all as we seek to grow in grace" Thomas A. Tarrants III, D.C.

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 teacher of compassion, love and fearlessness. If love is sweet as a flower, then my mother is that sweet flower of love” Stevie Wonder †  “As one whom his mother comforts, so I will comfort you." Isaiah 66:13, NKJV  What is the number one attribute of a good Godly mother?  How many hours a week does the average mother work to raise her children?  Why does current culture minimize and denigrate the role of mothers and motherhood?  Are All Mothers Worth Celebrating?  Who is a Mother?  What Makes a Woman a Good Mother?  Can all Mother be Celeb

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 not forgiveness at all. Real forgiveness means looking steadily at the sin, the sin that is left over without any excuse, after all allowances have been made, and seeing it in all its horror, dirt, meanness, and malice, and nevertheless being wholly reconciled to the man who has done it.” CS Lewis, Forgiveness Essay †  “If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness” 1 John 1.8-9, NKJV  Why were people amazed about Paul preaching?  What does Paul

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 progressive, and the more complex and delicate the organism, the more time it will take to reach maturity. But it should be said that one is mature not merely after a certain lapse of time, but after the essential laws of spiritual growth have been obeyed...Spiritual growth is spontaneous when the soul is fed consistently from the Word, when it breathes the pure air of prayer, and when it cultivates fellowship with the people of God. On the other hand, our growth can be stunted by failing to provide congenial spiritual conditions. If we are to exercise an influential spiritual ministry, it will grow out of the soil of a f

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, therefore, evangelism was as important to his own spiritual disciplines as daily prayer, Bible study, church attendance, and sacrificial giving to meet the needs of others” Jerry Root †  "Now then, we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were pleading through us: we implore you on Christ’s behalf, be reconciled to God” 2 Corinthians 5:20, NKJV  Now that Christ is alive, how are we suppose to engage the world around us?  Does the Resurrection make any difference in our Lives?  Why do so many people have fear in their hearts?  What are 7-negative results of being unconsci

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 the resurrection] are innumerable. To list a few: Our illnesses don’t seem nearly so final; Our fears fade and lose their grip; Our grief over those who have gone on is diminished; Our desires to press on in spite of the obstacles is rejuvenated… Our identity as Christians is strengthened as we stand in the lengthening shadows of saints down through the centuries, who have always answered back in antiphonal voice: ‘He is risen, indeed!'” John Bunyan †  "Now may the God of peace who brought up our Lord Jesus from the dead, that great Shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant, make you

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.” Corrie Ten Boom †  "I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave Himself for me.” Galatians 2:20, RKJV  What happened between verses Matthew 26:44 and verse 46?  What are 5 aspects of the Process of Surrender?  What are 5 actions that are not surrender?  What Does it Mean to Surrender?  What are 5 reasons why Surrendering is Difficult?  What are 7 reasons for the importance of surrender?  What i

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 knew that the writing was signed, he went home. And in his upper room, with his windows open toward Jerusalem, he knelt down on his knees three times that day, and prayed and gave thanks before his God, as was his custom since early days.” Daniel 6.10, KJVWhat were at least 6-reasons for the The Intense Struggle at Gethsemane?  What is the Christian idea of praying through?  Where was the real battle for the redemption of mankind fought and won?  What is an important prerequisite for winning your physical battles?  Who must fall before we see breakthrough?  What does It

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 the sin of them. Jesus Christ had died for this man; was I going to ask for more? Lord Jesus, I prayed, forgive me and help me to forgive him....Jesus, I cannot forgive him. Give me your forgiveness....And so I discovered that it is not on our forgiveness any more than on our goodness that the world's healing hinges, but on His. When He tells us to love our enemies, He gives along with the command, the love itself.” Corrie Ten Boom †  "For I know that in my in my flesh nothing good dwells; for the will is present with me, but how to perform what is good I do not find. For the good that I will to do, I do not d

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 — is in Gethsemane. In Gethsemane a very strange and significant thing seems to have happened... But for this last (and erroneous) hope against hope, and the consequent tumult of the soul, the sweat of blood, perhaps He would not have been very Man. To live in a fully predictable world is not to be a man...” CS Lewis, The Business of Heaven, Inspiration Press, 1987 †  "But may the God of all grace, who called us to His eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after you have suffered a while, perfect, establish, strengthen, and settle you. To Him be the glory and the dominion forever and ever. Amen" 1 Pet 5.10, NKJV&nbs

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 shoving them all back; in listening to that other voice, taking that other point of view, letting that other larger, stronger, quieter life come flowing in." CS Lewis "The Inspirational Writings Of CS Lewis, Inspiration Press, 1987 †  "Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour. For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow: but woe to him that is alone when he falleth; for he hath not another to help him up. Again, if two lie together, then they have heat: but how can one be warm alone? And if one prevail against him, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly

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 drains right and stopping the leaks in the roof and so on; you knew that those jobs needed doing and so you are not surprised. But presently He starts knocking the house about in a way that hurts abominably and does not seem to make any sense. What on earth is He up to? The explanation is that He is building quite a different house from the one you thought of - throwing out a new wing here, putting on an extra floor there, running up towers, making courtyards. You thought you were being made into a decent little cottage: but He is building a palace. He intends to come and live in it Himself.”― C.S. Lewis, Mere Christianity

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, and all the animals and vegetables, are things that God 'made up out of His head' as a man makes up a story. But it also thinks that a great many things have gone wrong with the world that God made and that God insists, and insists very loudly, on our putting them right again” C. S. Lewis (2009). “What Christians Believe”, Harper Collins †  “...For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places..." Eph.6.12 KJV  What is the Season of Seasoning? What are at least tw

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 rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations: that the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Christ Jesus. 1 Pet 1.6-7 RKJV  What is the season of silence?  How do you Survive your Season of Seasoning?  What do you do between the time you received the promise and the time of the fulfillment of the Promise?  Who was waiting in the desert for the showing of Christ Jesus?  What determines how

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 exercises self-control in everything. However, they do it to receive a crown that will fade away, but we a crown that will never fade away. Therefore I do not run like one who runs aimlessly or box like one beating the air. Instead, I discipline my body and bring it under strict control, so that after preaching to others, I myself will not be disqualified.” 1 Corinthians 9.24, HCSB  What were 3-interpersonal attributes of Joseph, son of Israel?  What is is the period between the Promise and the manifestation of that Promise?  What must Christians do for God to commit the treasures of heave

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 something you will die for” Dr. Howard Hendricks †  “Do not love the world nor the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him” 1 John 2:15  Is there a set time for all that God plans to do in every life?  What is the process of fulfillment?  What are the concepts of divine timing and Divine Assurance?  Why is it important to understand the seasons?  What is the process of becoming?  What are at least 3-aspects in the principle of fulfillment?  How did Saul survive his season of Seasoning? &nbs