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October 2 Week 2 Day 4 Fruit Basket Walk in the Spirit, and you shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh. Galatians 5:16 Funny, when I first typed this I typed "list of the flesh." Yuck, the list of the flesh is not a becoming list! The list of the gifts of the Spirit is much more appealing. (Ha, a PEELING, like a banana, apple, orange, pear, etc.) Blackaby makes several encouraging statements in this chapter: 1. The Spirit will make you aware of the enormous riches God has at your disposal. 2. The Spirit qualifies you to receive what the Father wants to give you. 3. When the Spirit of God enters the life of a new Christian, His assignment is to produce spiritual fruit in that life. What's in your basket? Love Joy Peace Longsuffering Kindness Goodness Faithfulness Gentleness Self-control Let's Pray: Heavenly Father, the Giver of Good Gifts, we love you and thank You for providing us with the Holy Spirit as a personal trainer! Use this reminder today of what You wish f...

Week 2 Day 3 When God Speaks What does God say he wants of us? Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your strength. "How can we be filled with the Holy Spirit? " BELIEVE that what God says about the Spirit it true. ASK God to work in you in all the ways He promised and purposed. Yield all your life to God and His work Live your life in obedience to God's working in you daily." Boo thought: (B.A.Y.L.)Believe, Ask, Yield, Live....Bail Out... if you fail in your own strength or the strength of others. The market's jitters and jaunts have most of our minds wandering to and fro with "what ifs". I began thinking...at least I have a well stocked pantry that could hold us for some time, putting confidence in what I had. Coming home from school yesterday I encountered ants everywhere, especially in our pantry. Cleaning things out, I also realized many products had expired and ants or no ants, they needed to be tossed....

Week 2 Day 2 When God Speaks Blackaby teaches that there is no one who can more effectively address the deep needs of your life than the Spirit of God. He says the Spirit will not always tell you what you want to hear, but He will tell you the truth concerning your life and church. Try this matching game on all the roles the Spirit plays in our lives. _1. Guide _2. Helper _3.Glorify Christ __4. Spirit of Truth _5. Teacher _6. Reminder _7. Spirit of Conviction a. works in your life to exalt Christ to the world around you b. reveals spiritual truth to you c. confronts the sin in your life & convinces you Jesus is Lord d. brings to mind things God said to you in His word e. reveals God's perspective of your situation to you f. helps you to do things impossible on your own g. leads your life into His activity around you Boo Thought: Whew, we need truth, teaching, guiding, helping, reminding, convicting and glorifying Christ to come out of the mess we are in as a nation. When I ...

Week 2 Day 1 Blackaby's When God Speaks "Jesus told His disciples not to go anywhere until they had received the Holy Spirit... "The Spirit of God enabled people to do things that were impossible apart from His help. He guided them to lead the people of God; to defeat enemies; to construct a tabernacle; to prophesy; to understand truth; to preach boldly; to understand Scripture and many other things. God's Spirit can lead you to do anything He assigns you to do." Blackaby All weekend "set apart" has been on my mind, probably from doing this study on the Spirit for this week. I went to the concordance this morning and there are many varying references on those "set" apart...Jesus, priests, animals for sacrifice and us! What has God set each of us apart to do? Lately I have also had a huge burden for marriages, so Deke and I have agreed to host a small group study for six weeks using Andy Stanley's "Imarriage." For six weeks...

Soil Check- Week One, Day 5 "Jesus said the way you respond to the word of God reveals the condition of your heart, and will determine what God will do in your life." 1)Trampled, hardened soil-"When you allow your heart to become hardened and desensitized by the things of the world, God's word does not penetrate your heart in order to change your life. 2)Rocky, shallow soil-"We can attend a church service and even be an active participant, yet never let the word of God penetrate our lives." Why do you call me Lord, Lord, and not do the things which I say? Luke 6:46 3)Thorny soil, full of weeds-"These people hear the word from God but the cares, riches, and pleasures of life are so important to them that God's word is choked out. 4)Fertile, receptive soil- Blackaby says, "I have desired in my life always to have a heart so open and unobstructed that any word coming to me from God can multiply in me as God desires. I regularly take invento...

A Mission to Redeem the Lost Week One, Day 4 "Perhaps the most significant times that God speaks to you are when He wants you to understand a new dimension of who He is. You will never attempt the impossible until you believe that the God who commands you to do so is an all-powerful God. You will never be able to forgive others genuinely until you understand the incredible price God was willing to pay to forgive you. All of your activity with God is based on your understanding of who He is. God reveals himself to us progressively. God is on a mission to redeem a lost world. God expects people to adjust their lives to Him so that He can work through them to bring others to Himself." For the Son of Man has come to seek and to save that which was lost. Luke 19:10 God's purpose is clear...He wants as many of his children headed to heaven as possible. It makes sense that His purpose for each of our lives will be related to that same end. Chuck Colson said, "It is not w...

Week One, Day 3 "Jesus spoke in various ways: seminars, individual contact, miracles, His personal example, the forces of nature, and the presence of children. The longer and more intimately we relate to God...the more we come to know His presence and activity in our life. No longer do I call you servants, for a servant does not know what his master is doing, but I have called you friends, for all things I heard from My Father I have made known to you." John 15:15 What is God wanting to tell you, his friend, today? Let's Pray: We are all ears Father, making time, yes taking time to be with You. In Jesus Name, Amen