Testimony: One Christian said he wanted to burn brighter and brighter each day he was alive for Jesus. That thought blessed me as it got me thinking about always growing in the call God has for our lives which also enlightens our path.
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Discussion: How have you advanced in your spiritual walk with Jesus from one year ago? What plans do you have to keep you continually growing in your relationship with Jesus?
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Holy Bible Scripture: But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day (Proverbs 4:18)
(Scripture taken from the King James Version of the Holy Bible)
Prayer: Heavenly Father, My path is as the shining light. Let me shine for you brighter and brighter every day. Let me smile and have a joyful countenance. In Jesus’ name I pray.
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Testimony: A Bible teacher taught on discernment one day. He explained that thoughts come from three sources: 1. God, 2. the devil and 3. Self (you can generate your own thoughts or hear what others say.) This scripture can be used to analyze your thought life and immediately discern the source of a thought when it enters your mind. Casting down thoughts that exalt themselves against God helps keep the mind clear and peaceful in God’s direction. Hebrews 4:12 says the reading of the Word of God is needed to discern between right and wrong. We need to know what is right and wrong from God’s perspective.
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Discussion: How quickly do you discern thoughts that are not from God? Do you let movies, TV and magazines produce thoughts that are ungodly and rob your faith? Read Hebrews 4:12 and discuss it with your group.
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Holy Bible Scripture: For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds; Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ (2 Corinthians 10:4-5)
(Scripture taken from the King James Version of the Holy Bible)
Prayer: Heavenly Father, I ask for discernment to quickly recognize thoughts of the devil and cast them out. I also command my mind not to dwell on lustful thoughts but to think your thoughts. In Jesus’ name I pray.
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Testimony: I have had many poor people ask me for money. Some want money for food and some want money to promote their bad habits. Each time I give to the poor, there is an opportunity to share Jesus with them. For many, it was wiser to give them food rather than money as many of the poor cannot be trusted with money. Preaching the gospel was the most important thing they needed and I was able to pray with most of them. Poor people must learn that God does not want them to be poor as Deuteronomy Chapter 28 says poverty is a curse.
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Discussion: When you give to the poor, how can you benefit their lives spiritually? How can you instill confidence in them that they can make money for themselves as God wants them to work so that they can give to others?
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Holy Bible Scripture: Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, when it is in the power of thine hand to do it (Proverbs 3:27)
(Scripture taken from the King James Version of the Holy Bible)
Prayer: Heavenly Father, Let me act like you do by giving to those in need as you have given to me in abundance. Show me where I can help. In Jesus’ name I pray.
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Testimony: A student did not want to forget God’s Word so he started memorizing scripture. He wrote out passages from scripture on small cards and reviewed them over and over. This helped build faith in his life as the scriptures were so ingrained in him that he would use them to help make all his decisions. They also helped guard against fear and anxiety.
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Discussion: What is the best way for you to memorize scripture? How often will you work on it?
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Holy Bible Scripture: My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments: For length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to thee (Proverbs 3:1-2)
(Scripture taken from the King James Version of the Holy Bible)
Prayer: Heavenly Father, Give me a mind that will not forget your Word and keep your commandments. Thank you for long life and peace. In Jesus’ name I pray.
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Testimony: One church learned a lesson from this scripture during one service. The junior church leader did not consult the senior church leader. He asked some members of the congregation to play some special music for the service while the senior leader had brought in outside musicians. When two different musical groups arrived together before the service, everyone was in confusion.
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Discussion: Envy and strife can happen anywhere in the church, the business world and even in the home. How can you guard against envy, strife and gossip to protect the Lord’s reputation?
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Holy Bible Scripture: For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work (James 3:16)
(Scripture taken from the King James Version of the Holy Bible)
Prayer: Heavenly Father, Let me stop gossip and strife for it brings confusion and evil. I pray that all Christians will see how serious this can be. In Jesus’ name I pray.
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Testimony: When I read this scripture I promised to God I would not murmur. Little did I know that I was about to go through several years of financial testing with very little money coming in. On the days I felt like complaining, I would remember all the children of Israel (aged 20 and over) who, except for Joshua and Caleb, died in the wilderness because of their unbelief. I resolved to be like Joshua and Caleb and not to doubt God’s promises in His Word. It was my prayer time that gave me the insight to realize that God was watching over me, and I that I needed to trust Him to meet my daily needs .
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Discussion: Do you murmur or complain? Are you content with your food and clothing or do you complain because others have more than you do? How can you be more content with God’s provisions?
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Holy Bible Scripture: Neither let us tempt Christ, as some of them also tempted, and were destroyed of serpents. Neither murmur ye, as some of them also murmured, and were destroyed of the destroyer (1 Corinthians 10:9-10)
(Scripture taken from the King James Version of the Holy Bible)
Prayer: Heavenly Father, Please help me not to murmur or complain even if people have done me wrong and I am not at fault. In Jesus’ name I pray.
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Testimony: A Christian was dying in hospital after having been hit by a car. His church leader went to the hospital to pray for him. On the way God spoke to this leader and said, “This man will die unless he changes the vision of his life.” When the leader spoke to the sick man, he asked him what vision he saw of himself. The sick man said: “I am dying.” The leader prayed and asked him to see God’s vision for his life. The sick man said: ” I see it now, I will live.” The sick man was healed by Jesus.
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Discussion: What vision do you have for your life? What vision do you feel God has for your life?
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Holy Bible Scripture: Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth the law, happy is he (Proverbs 29:18)
(Scripture taken from the King James Version of the Holy Bible)
Prayer: Heavenly Father, I ask for a vision of divine health, a vision of your abundance, a vision of what specifics you want me to do for you. When I go to heaven, I don’t want to find out I died too early and missed what you had for me to do on the earth. In Jesus’ name I pray.
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Testimony: A United Nations delegate told us what it means to be a country’s ambassador. He said you always represent your home country even though you do not live there. He explained how similarly, Christians are to represent God instead of themselves. Their real homeland is heaven, but they have been given a space of time to evangelize the planet earth.
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Discussion: How important is it for God to use you for His purposes? As ambassadors for Christ, how would you plan to evangelize the world?
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Holy Bible Scripture: Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us: we pray you in Christ’s stead, be ye reconciled to God (2 Corinthians 5:20)
(Scripture taken from the King James Version of the Holy Bible)
Prayer: Heavenly Father, An ambassador is one that represents someone else so I want to be your ambassador to represent you, so people will come to know you and have a personal relationship with you. In Jesus’ name I pray.
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Testimony: The Holy Spirit used this scripture to really convict me of the need for more holiness in my life. It was at a time that I had added too many things to my daily schedule and got too busy for daily Bible study which over a period of time caused me to start falling in love with the world instead of God’s call for my life. I repented of my sin and knew from this mistake that I must always keep on, daily, studying the Bible to grow in faith or else my faith would dwindle. It also helped me see healing in a new light. If the Holy Spirit was dwelling in me and my body was the temple of God, then disease would not be welcome in God’s temple.
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Discussion: As you pray about holiness concerning your body, what changes do you plan to make in your thought life, your attire or even where your mind and eyes wander?
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Holy Bible Scripture: Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you? If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are (1 Corinthians 3:16-17)
(Scripture taken from the King James Version of the Holy Bible)
Prayer: Heavenly Father, My body is the temple where you reside. Please help me clean up the bad habits in my body to make it pure in your eyes. In Jesus’ name I pray.
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Testimony: A missionary couple from the Philippines spoke at our church. They proved this scripture is true as they have been doing missionary work for twenty years and God has blessed them with seven children, all of whom are training to become missionaries. They are all hungry to help the lost come to Jesus.
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Discussion: How does one delight greatly in God’s commandments?
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Holy Bible Scripture: Praise ye the Lord. Blessed is the man that feareth the Lord, that delighteth greatly in his commandments. His seed shall be mighty upon earth: the generation of the upright shall be blessed (Psalms 112:1-2)
(Scripture taken from the King James Version of the Holy Bible)
Prayer: Heavenly Father, I choose to worship you and delight in your commandments in the Bible. As I teach my children your ways, I know my seed will be mighty upon the earth. In Jesus’ name I pray.
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Testimony: One teacher said “God is a good God and the devil is a bad devil.” This helped me realize that God is love and doesn’t torture us with bad things to discipline us. It is the devil who tempts us and if we give in to him, he becomes the tormentor and blames it all on God.
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Discussion: What is the goodness of God? Give examples of when God has been good to you?
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Holy Bible Scripture: Oh how great is thy goodness, which thou hast laid up for them that fear thee (Psalms 31:19)
(Scripture taken from the King James Version of the Holy Bible)
Prayer: Heavenly Father, You are so good. Let me get it into my head that you are so good. I thank you Lord. You are so great and gracious towards me. I will worship you all the days of my life. In Jesus’ name I pray.
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Testimony: One Christian leader was dying of tuberculosis and although many were praying for him he got steadily worse. He had to stop his ministry and move in with his parents as he was getting weaker and weaker. As he was close to death, he said to himself “I am going to walk outside to a certain tree and praise God.” He was so weak he could hardy walk, but he kept praising God and God’s power started to heal him. It wasn’t long before he was totally healed, all from praising God.
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Discussion: How often do you like to praise God? Can you see God’s power on you when you worship Him for many hours? Can you train your family to worship Him daily?
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Holy Bible Scripture: Whoso offereth praise glorifieth me: and to him that ordereth his conversation aright will I shew the salvation of God (Psalms 50:23)
(Scripture taken from the King James Version of the Holy Bible)
Prayer: Heavenly Father, I will offer praise to glorify you. Please help me clean up my conversation and words so I will speak with purity and truth. In Jesus’ name I pray.
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Testimony: A student struggled with sexual thoughts even after he had received Jesus into his heart. It got him depressed and he questioned if he was really a child of God since he had so many impure thoughts. He thought that when you were “saved” you got a new mind. What he did not realize was that when you get saved, only your spirit is renewed. You don’t get a new body nor a new mind at that time. This scripture helped him to understand that one’s mind had to be renewed to God’s ways which takes time. Studying the Bible and worshipping Jesus at home and at church helps one renew their mind to the mind of Christ.
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Discussion: What ways do you find helpful to renew your mind to God’s ways? Have you presented your body to be a living sacrifice for His use?
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Holy Bible Scripture: I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God (Romans 12:1-2)
(Scripture taken from the King James Version of the Holy Bible)
Prayer: Heavenly Father, I present myself to you. Please don’t let me copy the world but change my mind to your will by reading the Bible every day. I want your perfect will in my life for you are the source of joy and happiness and I will receive the most when I’m in your perfect will. In Jesus’ name I pray.
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Testimony: A single person, desperate to get married, received this scripture and it gave him comfort to wait on the Lord and not rush into marriage. Waiting on the Lord helped this person to see that he had made the right choice.
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Discussion: What does it mean to wait on the Lord?
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Holy Bible Scripture: Wait on the Lord: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the Lord (Psalms 27:14)
(Scripture taken from the King James Version of the Holy Bible)
Prayer: Heavenly Father, I will wait on you in prayer and be strong and courageous. I believe you will strengthen me according to this scripture. Teach me to pray and wait silently on you so that I can hear your direction and encouragement. In Jesus’ name I pray.
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Testimony: A doctor felt God’s call to leave his profession and go in a new direction he had received from the Lord in prayer. He had financial concerns on how he was to provide for his wife and children in this new calling. As he read this scripture, he was comforted. All he needed was to trust in God’s provision for his wife and children.
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Discussion: Has God ever called you out of your financial comfort zone? What scriptures will you stand on to let God provide for you?
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Holy Bible Scripture: I have been young, and now am old; yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread (Psalms 37:25)
(Scripture taken from the King James Version of the Holy Bible)
Prayer: Heavenly Father, Thank you for this promise that those that follow you in righteousness will never go hungry nor will their children ever go hungry. In Jesus’ name I pray.
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Testimony: Today’s society and pressures make most people selfish. At College or University, the common expression in conversations is: “How is this going to benefit me?” Bumperstickers say “He who has the most toys when he dies, wins.” I realized it is only by the saving grace of Jesus and renewing one’s life to His ways, that one can escape the world of selfishness and enter into the Christian life of selflessness.
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Discussion: How do you let the mind of Jesus help you focus on the needs of others?
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Holy Bible Scripture: Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others. Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus (Philippians 2:4-5)
(Scripture taken from the King James Version of the Holy Bible)
Prayer: Heavenly Father, I want to have the same mind and point of view that Jesus had. Teach me to change my mind from my old ways and think your thoughts Jesus, so that I may see life from your point of view and perceive victory in every situation. In your precious name I pray.
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Testimony: A high school basketball team got into the finals. The game went into overtime and when one school won, one boy was chosen MVP ( most valuable player) of the game. As he was interviewed on the radio, he ended his speech with “I give all the glory and honour to Jesus Christ, my Savior.”
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Discussion: In what ways do you give all the glory and honour to God for what you have accomplished?
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Holy Bible Scripture: Give unto the Lord the glory due unto his name; worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness (Psalms 29:2)
(Scripture taken from the King James Version of the Holy Bible)
Prayer: Heavenly Father, I give you all the glory for life, health, and breath. You have been so good to me even in times when I didn’t recognize it. I worship you and thank you for saving me Jesus. In your name I pray.
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Testimony: A fast food store worker shared his testimony one day. He said at age four, his parents divorced and he lived one year with his mother. His mother didn’t want him and sent him to his Dad. His Dad didn’t want him and sent him to his grandparents. At the age of seven, his grandparents gave up on him and he was moved from foster home to foster home. It was at Christmas time when he shared his story and I wept hearing he had no family that cared about him nor tried to keep in touch with him. The good news is that he has committed his life to Jesus and is in God’s family. God sent him a friend to share Christmas with.
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Discussion: How can you encourage and help those who have been forsaken by their father and mother?
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Holy Bible Scripture: When my father and my mother forsake me, then the Lord will take me up (Psalms 27:10)
(Scripture taken from the King James Version of the Holy Bible)
Prayer: Heavenly Father, Parents may forsake their children but you will not forsake us. You are like a perfect parent to us. Thank you for your love. In Jesus’ name I pray.
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Testimony: In the business world, I had to work with people who would curse and swear and afterwards I often had their swear words rolling around in my head. Although I was able to take authority over the spirit of profanity in my life, I felt I needed to have a talk with one particular colleague. I shared my thoughts in a respectful way and from that day on he stopped cursing Jesus’ name. Later on he asked me more about my faith in Jesus.
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Discussion: Have you ever said something you have picked up from someone else that wasn’t Godly? How do you control the meditations of your heart?
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Holy Bible Scripture: Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O Lord, my strength, and my redeemer (Psalms 19:14)
(Scripture taken from the King James Version of the Holy Bible)
Prayer: Heavenly Father, Let my words and my thoughts be acceptable and pleasing in your sight. Show me how I can improve. You are my strength and Savior, Jesus. In your name I pray.
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Testimony: A systems engineer had to stop looking at TV as it fueled lustful thoughts in him. Instead he used that time to study the Bible, to pray and to go to as many Christian teaching sessions as possible. He tried to walk in the Spirit as best he could. Being totally on fire for the Lord helped minimize the temptations of the devil.
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Discussion: What lusts or temptations come across your path? Are you fueling these lusts with bad habits?
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Holy Bible Scripture: This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh (Galatians 5:16)
(Scripture taken from the King James Version of the Holy Bible)
Prayer: Heavenly Father, I choose to walk in the Holy Spirit so I will not lust after the things of this world. Thank you Holy Spirit for your strength. I appreciate your love, guidance and your patience with me so much. Thank you Jesus for answering this. In your name I pray.
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