It's first starts with me!! (I Have A New Attitude)
Thursday 25, 2010 - GLOBAL BIBLE LESSON
MATTHEW 15:17-20
IT'S TIME TO BECOME SMARTER THEN THE ENEMY!!!
ITS TIME TO COMPEL OUR INWARD ABILITY!
THE PLACE WHERE WE SHUN AND FORSAKE!
THE PLACE WHERE WE UNFOLD THE MYSTERIES AND THE FULLNESS OF THE RISEN CHRIST WITHIN US!
IT'S TIME TO BREACH THE LAW OF BONDAGE AND HISTORICAL SETBACKS!!!
IT'S TIME TO ALLOW THE BLOOD OF CHRIST TO SPREAD IN OUR LIVES LIKE NEVER BEFORE!!!!
THE POWER OF ATTITUDE
Next to knowing Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior, nothing is more important than having a good positive attitude.
Your attitude can:MAKE OR BREAK YOUHEAL OR HURT YOUMAKE YOU FRIENDS OR MAKE YOU ENEMIESMAKE YOU HAPPY OR MAKE YOU MISERABLEMAKE YOU A SUCCESS OR MAKE YOU A FAILURE
1. FACT #1; YOUR ATTITUDE - REVEALS THE REAL YOU
Your attitude is more important than:
facts
- circumstances
- what others say
- it’s more important than your past
- your education and your money.
Your attitude is more important than anything else.And Understand that your attitude is much deeper than just a few thoughts you might think or not think.
Your attitude comes out of the core of your being. Your attitude represents your disposition, your outlook, your very character.The Bible says in Pr 23:7; "For as a man thinks in his heart, so he is..." (NKJV)
MATTHEW 15:17-20
Point - Your attitudes always become actions or reactions.
FACT #1; YOUR ATTITUDE REVEALS THE REAL YOU.FACT #2 YOUR ATTITUDE DETERMINES THE SUCCESS AND FAILURE OF EVERY RELATIONSHIP IN YOUR LIFE.What a difference your attitude makes! Your attitude affects every relationship in your life. And sometimes relationships will never get started in the first place -- because many times your attitude has built up walls... making it difficult for people to be around you.Bad attitudes effect your marriage relationships/your relationship with your kids/at work/at church/friendsAnd the thing that makes a bad attitude so destructive is that like the jar of water with the loose lid on it, a bad attitude is eventually going to spill out into some negative actions - destructive words and deeds.
In Numbers 12:1-11, we read about 2 brothers and a sister. One brother Moses, had a good attitude. The Bible says that "Moses was a humble man, more humble than anyone on the face of the earth.." In other words, Moses was teachable and cooperative. He treated people as he wanted to be treated and he lived a life that was properly lined up with his heavenly father.But Moses’ brother Aaron and His sister Miriam on the other hand, chose a bad attitude - and they eventually spilled out. Miriam seems to have had the worst attitude and she infected her brother, Aaron. In verse one of Numbers 12 we read, "Miriam and Aaron began to talk against Moses because of his cushite wife.."
POINT- They are family members whom Moses thought he could count on and trust, going around behind his back, criticizing him, stirring up trouble among God’s people against their leader, their own brother Moses.
- YOU CAN NEVER TRUST PEOPLE WITH A BAD
ATTITUDE BECAUSE THEY WILL DO THINGS THAT YOU NEVER THOUGHT THEY’D DO
Change your circle!!!!
Miriam had a bad attitude
Most people who stir up trouble do so not out of right spirit & reasons but out of bad attitudes. The fact that Moses had married a Cushite wife was not the real problem - it just shook Miriam’s up. This was just a symptom, an excuse. The real problem was that Miriam had a longstanding bad attitude.This bad attitude stemmed from her jealousy of her brother’s position and leadership. And out of her own poor self-esteem she allowed herself to become critical and choose to cause trouble.Often times the things that we criticize and get all stirred up about are not the problem at all. The problem is our own sour, sick, bad attitude.I’ve seen and you have seen; bad attitudes;Destroy; relationships, marriages, families, work environments, church services...etcYou see whenever you have an individual or a group of people filled with a bad attitude and wearing a loose lid, trouble is bound to happen, things will rapidly get negative.
FACT#3 YOUR ATTITUDE IS ALWAYS YOUR CHOICE
Without a doubt, the human mind is the most awesome creation of God. With it, God has given us the ability to think, to, reason and to choose whether we will focus on positive thoughts or negative thoughts. In every one of our lives there is the positive and the negative. The choice as to which one we will focus on and feed, nurture is up to us. Understand You can’t choose what will happen to you today (it’s beyond your control) -- but you can choose your own attitude - we each have the power to decide how we will respond to what happens to us. - You have the power to choose his own attitude.
- You can choose not to give an attitude to your enemies.
- Just chose joy,
- Choose hope,
- Choose to be positive.
"I HAVE EVERYTHING I NEED FOR JOY!
No matter what has happened to you (some of you have had tough times; bad marriages, health$...etc), the attitude choice though is still yours. And understand that Jesus Christ wants to help you choose and cultivate a positive attitude.
Choose our own attitude!!!!!
For you see to blame our bad attitudes on another person or on a difficult circumstance is simply a cop-out. And If we allow events and people to cause us to be negative we are only hurting ourselves more because in addition to everything else we are know forced to live with the effects and misery our bad attitudes will bring.
Misery Loves Company!!!!!!
YOUR ATTITUDE REVEAL THE REAL YOU DETERMINES THE SUCCESS OF EVERY RELATIONSHIP IS ALWAYS YOUR CHOICESTEP ONE START SPEAKING POSITIVE WORDS
first step in becoming a more positive person is to work at learning to speak positive words.
- It does not come naturally.
- It is always easier to talk negatively, to criticize.
POINT- The reality is that you help create the atmosphere in which you live by the words you speak.
1. When your words are positive, you produce a creative, loving, accepting, positive environment.
2. On the other hand when you speak negative words you create suspicion, mistrust and a can’t do anything right atmosphere.- Eliminate negative words,
- Do away with words that hurt and tear down,
- Replacing them with positive words, words that build up, edify and encourage other people.
STEP TWO NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS LOOK FOR GOOD AND YOU WILL FIND IT
And what a positive person does is develop the habit of looking for the best results even from the worst conditions...
- PEOPLE TEND FIND WHAT THEY ARE LOOKING FOR.
- WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING FOR NEGATIVE OR POSITIVE?STEP THREE IS TO TAKE CHARGE OF YOUR THOUGHT LIFE
Let me share with YOU the 3 F’s of taking charge if your thought life:#1 FIX; "Fix your thoughts on what is true and good and right. Think about things that are pure and lovely, and dwell on the fine, good things in others. Think about all you can praise God for and be glad about it." (Phil 4:6,7 LB)We are not to let our mind wander all over the place, but rather we are to take command of it and choose positive thoughts over negative ones. #2 FILTER; Would you eat out of a garbage can that not only had garbage in it, but had maggots, poisons etc. To do so would be suicide. In like manner if you want to really take control of your thought life you need to filter the garbage out there. #3 FEED; Question: what are you feeding your mind? It matters what we feed our physical body, doesn’t it? Many diseases we have today, from cancer, heart disease to no energy result from an improper diet. It is a fact that eating the wrong things can hurt you. But it is not enough to just stop eating the bad is it. Because if we do not start eating the good we will starve.In the same way it’s not enough to only filter out the garbage from our minds, we also have to feed on the good.-Garbage in garbage out-Good in - good out-There are many source of good books, music..etc-But the greatest source of good thoughts is God’s word.-Put God in get God out.
- Put God’s word into your mind and it will come out in your speech..Feed your minds on verses such as Ephesians 3:20, Is 41:10, Phil 4:19, Heb 13:6
STEP FOUR NEVER SURRENDER LEADERSHIP TO THE NEGATIVE -- ALWAYS LOOK FOR THE POSITIVE
Question: when you feel the mighty onslaught of a negative emotion, how do you handle it? Here’s what you need to do:
1. Admit it.
2. Face it.
3. But don’t give in to it.
You see, one way to destroy a negative emotion is to replace it for example:
REPLACE: anger with lovefear with faithcomplaining with gratitudebitterness with forgiveness judgment with acceptancefeeling sorry for yourself with helping someone else
Advice - Learn to pray out your emotions. Learn to cry them out and pray them out until your change come! Dis you know that Jesus prayed aloud and with emotion?
Hebrews 5:7, we read; "During the days of Jesus’ life on earth, he offered up prayers and petitions with loud cries and tears to the one who could save him form death and he was heard because of His reverent submission..."
Prophet Antonio Schroeder - Senior Pastor
Kingdom Tabernacle Ministry International
http://www.ktmiglobal.tk/
Friday, March 26, 2010
Don't get it twisted! I am still moving on with the Lord!
Don't get it twisted! I am still moving on with the Lord!
Global Bible Study Lesson
Thursday 18th 2010
2 Kings 7:2-4 (New International Version)
2 The officer on whose arm the king was leaning said to the man of God, "Look, even if the LORD should open the floodgates of the heavens, could this happen?"
"You will see it with your own eyes," answered Elisha, "but you will not eat any of it!"
3 Now there were four men with leprosy at the entrance of the city gate. They said to each other, "Why stay here until we die?
4 If we say, 'We'll go into the city'-the famine is there, and we will die. And if we stay here, we will die. So let's go over to the camp of the Arameans and surrender. If they spare us, we live; if they kill us, then we die."
Sometimes we sit at the place of decision in our lives and we are at a stand still.
Some of us may be on the break of there deliverance but at the same time some will become hindered!
It's not until we step out on faith and put our full trust in GOD is when our break through will happen!
Some of us will stay within a place of complacency and unsurelty! - At the same time we are decaying and losing ground!
In our spirit we often ask this question: 2 Kings 7:2 - Look, even if the LORD should open the floodgates of the heavens, could this happen?"
* You will see it with your own eyes," answered Elisha, "but you will not eat any of it!"
Point: we will see our appointed blessings awaiting but we will never eat of it if we are still at (the gates settling) in our lives!
Understand your since of urgency:
3vs Now there were four men with leprosy at the entrance of the city gate. They said to each other, "Why stay here until we die?
Your have to say to yourself why am I going to stay in my season of promise and perish when I right at the place of my breakthrough?
4vs If we say, 'We'll go into the city'-the famine is there, and we will die. And if we stay here, we will die.
The is famine - (The place where there is no bread of life) in the mist of our present residence.
We have pitched our tents here when God is telling us there is more he want to pull from out of you.
4vs So let's go over to the camp of the Arameans and surrender. If they spare us, we live; if they kill us, then we die."
I might parish if I go but if I take his word real in my life I won't fail!
Power point:
1. I never seen the righteous forsaken nor seen his seed begging bread!
2. He will never leave me nor forsake me!
3. A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right hand; but it shall not come nigh thee.
It's about that time
Ecclesiastes 3:1-8 - To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:
1 Peter 5: 7-11 - Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.
8 Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:
9Whom resist stedfast in the faith, knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are in the world.
10But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you.
11To him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.
Life has a way of frustrating you beyond belief. Things can happen that make you wonder if you are doing the right thing. Bills can become due before you have the money, relationships can fall aparthealth will fail you someday, all these thigs can make you want to quit and walk away the word of the Lord is Now is Not the TimeTime: an Indifinte and continuous diration regarded as that in which events succeeed one another.(2 Peter 3:8)...One day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.If this is so the how do we get into the timing of God?
1) Stay in the Game
A) Galatian 5 (Dont get weary)
B) Disturbed Vs Distracted (There is a difference between them)
2) Believe that you can win
A) Passion for the promise give you, Power for the problem
B) A little faith goes a long way3) Failure can never be an option
A) Know that you did not get this far to fail
1 Peter 5: 7-11 ....But the God of all grace puts us in place and in position...
Acts 18:24-28
I. Who God takes to the Next Level, 24-25aA. A Person in the Word, 24 ‘mighty in scriptures’B. A Person of the Word, 25a ‘instructed in the way of the Lord’C. A Person by the Word, 25b, ‘fervent in spirit …taught diligently’II. How God takes a person to the Next Level, 25b-26
A. Through the growth process, 25b
B. Through the relationship process, 26a
C. Through the maturing process, 26b
1. ‘more perfectly’ ~ “more accurately”, “severely”, or “rigorously”
2. Acts 23:15, 203. Acts 24:22
III. Why God takes a person to The Next Level, 27-28
A. He has future plans for us- (There are places you cannot go), until God takes you to the Next Level
B. He has future ministries for us- (There are things you cannot do), until God takes you to the Next Level
C. He has future challenges for us- (There are battles you cannot win), until God takes you to the Next Level
Prophet Antonio Schroeder - Senior Pastor
Kingdom Tabernacle Ministry International
www.ktmiGlobal.tk
Global Bible Study Lesson
Thursday 18th 2010
2 Kings 7:2-4 (New International Version)
2 The officer on whose arm the king was leaning said to the man of God, "Look, even if the LORD should open the floodgates of the heavens, could this happen?"
"You will see it with your own eyes," answered Elisha, "but you will not eat any of it!"
3 Now there were four men with leprosy at the entrance of the city gate. They said to each other, "Why stay here until we die?
4 If we say, 'We'll go into the city'-the famine is there, and we will die. And if we stay here, we will die. So let's go over to the camp of the Arameans and surrender. If they spare us, we live; if they kill us, then we die."
Sometimes we sit at the place of decision in our lives and we are at a stand still.
Some of us may be on the break of there deliverance but at the same time some will become hindered!
It's not until we step out on faith and put our full trust in GOD is when our break through will happen!
Some of us will stay within a place of complacency and unsurelty! - At the same time we are decaying and losing ground!
In our spirit we often ask this question: 2 Kings 7:2 - Look, even if the LORD should open the floodgates of the heavens, could this happen?"
* You will see it with your own eyes," answered Elisha, "but you will not eat any of it!"
Point: we will see our appointed blessings awaiting but we will never eat of it if we are still at (the gates settling) in our lives!
Understand your since of urgency:
3vs Now there were four men with leprosy at the entrance of the city gate. They said to each other, "Why stay here until we die?
Your have to say to yourself why am I going to stay in my season of promise and perish when I right at the place of my breakthrough?
4vs If we say, 'We'll go into the city'-the famine is there, and we will die. And if we stay here, we will die.
The is famine - (The place where there is no bread of life) in the mist of our present residence.
We have pitched our tents here when God is telling us there is more he want to pull from out of you.
4vs So let's go over to the camp of the Arameans and surrender. If they spare us, we live; if they kill us, then we die."
I might parish if I go but if I take his word real in my life I won't fail!
Power point:
1. I never seen the righteous forsaken nor seen his seed begging bread!
2. He will never leave me nor forsake me!
3. A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right hand; but it shall not come nigh thee.
It's about that time
Ecclesiastes 3:1-8 - To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:
1 Peter 5: 7-11 - Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.
8 Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:
9Whom resist stedfast in the faith, knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are in the world.
10But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you.
11To him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.
Life has a way of frustrating you beyond belief. Things can happen that make you wonder if you are doing the right thing. Bills can become due before you have the money, relationships can fall aparthealth will fail you someday, all these thigs can make you want to quit and walk away the word of the Lord is Now is Not the TimeTime: an Indifinte and continuous diration regarded as that in which events succeeed one another.(2 Peter 3:8)...One day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.If this is so the how do we get into the timing of God?
1) Stay in the Game
A) Galatian 5 (Dont get weary)
B) Disturbed Vs Distracted (There is a difference between them)
2) Believe that you can win
A) Passion for the promise give you, Power for the problem
B) A little faith goes a long way3) Failure can never be an option
A) Know that you did not get this far to fail
1 Peter 5: 7-11 ....But the God of all grace puts us in place and in position...
Acts 18:24-28
I. Who God takes to the Next Level, 24-25aA. A Person in the Word, 24 ‘mighty in scriptures’B. A Person of the Word, 25a ‘instructed in the way of the Lord’C. A Person by the Word, 25b, ‘fervent in spirit …taught diligently’II. How God takes a person to the Next Level, 25b-26
A. Through the growth process, 25b
B. Through the relationship process, 26a
C. Through the maturing process, 26b
1. ‘more perfectly’ ~ “more accurately”, “severely”, or “rigorously”
2. Acts 23:15, 203. Acts 24:22
III. Why God takes a person to The Next Level, 27-28
A. He has future plans for us- (There are places you cannot go), until God takes you to the Next Level
B. He has future ministries for us- (There are things you cannot do), until God takes you to the Next Level
C. He has future challenges for us- (There are battles you cannot win), until God takes you to the Next Level
Prophet Antonio Schroeder - Senior Pastor
Kingdom Tabernacle Ministry International
www.ktmiGlobal.tk
Don't Lose Your Mind!!
Don’t Lose Your Mind
GLOBAL BIBLE STUDY LESSON
Thursday 11, 2010
Ephesians 6:13-17
13vs Therefore put on the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your ground, and after you have done everything, to stand. 14vs Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness in place, 15vs and with your feet fitted with the readiness that comes from the gospel of peace. 16vs In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one. 17vs Take the helmet of salvation…
Intro: It seems that each piece of armor in this list describes our conversion experience, saying something about how we came to faith in Christ. Truth, righteousness, gospel of peace, faith, salvation… these all come into play when we call on the Lord for forgiveness and experience a life change because of His grace at work in our lives. However, each of these also become an ongoing reality. Truth must be sought through diligent prayer and study. Righteousness is maintained by continually trusting in Jesus and His work on the cross. Peace with God is kept through humility and repentance, since God resists the proud. Faith or trust requires continual growth and must not become stagnant.
-Today, as we look at the helmet of salvation, we will see both a current and a future reality. When we first put our trust in Jesus to take care of our sin problem, we are covered by His goodness, saved from spiritual death, from doing life without God. The term “Salvation” means preservation or deliverance from destruction, difficulty, or evil.
-The helmet of salvation is one way Paul described the fact that Jesus has and will save us from certain destruction. We were doing life on our own without God, and were headed for the wrong finish line. We were going the wrong way, which would have ended badly, being separated from God forever in a place of suffering. That was not God’s plan for us! He offered us the only alternative (grace and forgiveness), and saved us from the trap of the enemy of our souls.
So Paul says that believers should take this helmet of salvation (bronze, leather with cheek pieces) and put it on (v.13 says to put on the full armor of God). Now why would Paul be telling those who are already followers of Christ to get their salvation on? Isn’t it already on? I think the main thing Paul meant to convey here was the idea that believers need to look at life through the lens of salvation. This perspective is more than just the fact that they are saved from who knows what right now, or saved from a worse life. That is important, but this helmet of salvation is an awareness of the continual and progressive nature of God’s work in us. What’s more, it helps us remember that our total salvation is closer than ever
- our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed. The crowning moment of our salvation will be the day when Jesus comes back to this earth in person to finalize what we’ve been waiting for – seeing Him and being joined to Him forever.
-And here is the main truth of the message today:Prop: Keeping a salvation mindset will protect us from distraction, disorientation, and discouragement as we keep our eyes on the prize.-Let’s look at what this helmet of salvation means and how it can affect our lives as we stand our ground against a fierce, dangerous enemy.
I. Head Protection against sin (past, present, future)-The first part of God’s salvation plan for us includes bringing us to a place where we recognize how much we need Him. We are struck by our own sinful choices and behavior and long to be free from the cycle of shame and failure. If we allow our faith to overcome our objections, we find ourselves calling on the Lord to forgive us and to change our hearts. And the cool thing is – He does! We experience a new birth on the inside! Our spirit is transformed within us and we begin to experience God’s salvation in our lives.
-This is amazing! Nothing on earth is like it! Only those who taste of it know how sweet it is! Where there once was bondage there is freedom. Where there was depression there now is joy! Where there was guilt and shame there is now peace and hope. The old has gone the new has come. We begin to get acquainted with Jesus through prayer and through the Bible, and it makes all the difference in the world! What a great thing God has done for us! We are at peace with God! The past is taken care of! But there is more to this salvation.
-God speaks to us through His Holy Spirit and helps us work out our salvation each and every day. We do not save ourselves. That was done by Christ alone when He died and rose again
II. Head Protection against confusion
-Head wounds can be fatal – the helmet keeps us from becoming disoriented. A blow to the head can really mess with your equilibrium and make you lose your balance and your focus. We can lose our balance in so many areas if we do not guard our minds.
-Paul warns about this in Romans 13:11-12 “…understanding the present time. The hour has come for you to wake up from your slumber, because our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed. 12vs The night is nearly over; the day is almost here. So let us put aside the deeds of darkness and put on the armor of light.
-Do you ever think about the shortness of time? We don’t have forever on this earth. There is an urgency to this battle! Now will not always be now. Things will not always remain the way they are. Final salvation is coming. But along with it, final judgment for those who would go against God and His offer of life.
-If the enemy can keep us confused and off balance, we won’t even think to be concerned about those around us who need love, acceptance, and peace. We may go into self-preservation mode or survival mode, not having the strength or courage to help anyone else. This must not be! That is not what God has prepared us for! That is why we must keep our helmets on. As someone said, “Get your game on!” It’s so much more than a game. It is life – ours and the lives of others.
-Keep your wits about you. Ask the Lord to help you see things through the lens of eternity. Salvation is a huge thing because it is a forever thing! It is a huge thing because it is an irreversible thing! Hebrews 9:27 Just as man is destined to die once, and after that to face judgment.
-Our enemy wants to confuse us, making us think that what we see with our physical eyes is most important. If we can just make a little more money and buy a few more things, and have a little more comfort, then we will be winning the battle. But that lie shouldn’t get past our belt of truth. It is a distortion of reality!
-Our enemy wants to confuse us about who we are, about who God is, and even about who our enemy is. God has given us the reality and the mindset of salvation to clear up any confusion about what is at stake here. God will save us, but we must keep trusting in His promises and obeying from our hearts. God doesn’t want you to live dazed and confused! He wants you to keep your head, know your resources, know your target, know the tactics of your opponent, and know that salvation is coming!
-The enemy will try to intimidate us into backing down. He will try to lull us to sleep. But God has given us protection for our minds that we need to receive and put on.
-We can be confident as we stand our ground because the helmet of salvation reminds us that our past is forgiven, our present is a work in progress, and our future is closer than ever – when Jesus comes back for those who are looking for Him. We don’t have to be intimidated or dazed and confused. When you don’t know, just trust! Trust that God will do all that He promised in His time. He has given us Truth, Righteousness, Peace, Faith, and Salvation.
-I’d like to leave you with some words Paul wrote to the church at Thessalonica. If you remember Peter wrote that the day of the Lord would come like a thief in the night. Well, Paul seems to respond to this in 1 Thessalonians 5:4-9 4 But you, brothers, are not in darkness so that this day should surprise you like a thief. 5 You are all sons of the light and sons of the day. We do not belong to the night or to the darkness. 6 So then, let us not be like others, who are asleep, but let us be alert and self-controlled.
7 For those who sleep, sleep at night, and those who get drunk, get drunk at night. 8 But since we belong to the day, let us be self-controlled, putting on faith and love as a breastplate, and the hope of salvation as a helmet. 9 For God did not appoint us to suffer wrath but to receive salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ.
-Put on the hope of salvation as a helmet. The promise that Jesus is coming back for us so that we can be with Him forever gives us hope. That is the helmet of salvation. Are you ready for His return? Not everyone is.
Conclusion - Where is your helmet? Where is your hope of salvation? God has offered it. Have you taken it? Have you put it on to protect you from sin and from losing your focus? Do you believe Jesus, when He said He would come again and receive us to Himself? If that has not been a present reality to you, I pray that it will become real to you today. You can’t believe the rest of the Bible if you don’t believe one of the central promises of Scripture – Jesus is coming back to earth on a mission – to save you and all who call on Him in faith from a world that is going to be destroyed. Sound far-fetched? A lot of people think so. Please don’t be one of them. Heaven is real! God is real! Forgiveness is real! Salvation is real, and it is coming sooner than you think! I pray that you will never look at life the same again. When you wake up each day, remind yourself that you are one day closer to salvation, brought by a Savior who loves you more than you can imagine.
Prophet Antonio Schroeder - Senior Pastor
Kingdom Tabernacle Ministry International
www.ktmiGlobal.tk
GLOBAL BIBLE STUDY LESSON
Thursday 11, 2010
Ephesians 6:13-17
13vs Therefore put on the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your ground, and after you have done everything, to stand. 14vs Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness in place, 15vs and with your feet fitted with the readiness that comes from the gospel of peace. 16vs In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one. 17vs Take the helmet of salvation…
Intro: It seems that each piece of armor in this list describes our conversion experience, saying something about how we came to faith in Christ. Truth, righteousness, gospel of peace, faith, salvation… these all come into play when we call on the Lord for forgiveness and experience a life change because of His grace at work in our lives. However, each of these also become an ongoing reality. Truth must be sought through diligent prayer and study. Righteousness is maintained by continually trusting in Jesus and His work on the cross. Peace with God is kept through humility and repentance, since God resists the proud. Faith or trust requires continual growth and must not become stagnant.
-Today, as we look at the helmet of salvation, we will see both a current and a future reality. When we first put our trust in Jesus to take care of our sin problem, we are covered by His goodness, saved from spiritual death, from doing life without God. The term “Salvation” means preservation or deliverance from destruction, difficulty, or evil.
-The helmet of salvation is one way Paul described the fact that Jesus has and will save us from certain destruction. We were doing life on our own without God, and were headed for the wrong finish line. We were going the wrong way, which would have ended badly, being separated from God forever in a place of suffering. That was not God’s plan for us! He offered us the only alternative (grace and forgiveness), and saved us from the trap of the enemy of our souls.
So Paul says that believers should take this helmet of salvation (bronze, leather with cheek pieces) and put it on (v.13 says to put on the full armor of God). Now why would Paul be telling those who are already followers of Christ to get their salvation on? Isn’t it already on? I think the main thing Paul meant to convey here was the idea that believers need to look at life through the lens of salvation. This perspective is more than just the fact that they are saved from who knows what right now, or saved from a worse life. That is important, but this helmet of salvation is an awareness of the continual and progressive nature of God’s work in us. What’s more, it helps us remember that our total salvation is closer than ever
- our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed. The crowning moment of our salvation will be the day when Jesus comes back to this earth in person to finalize what we’ve been waiting for – seeing Him and being joined to Him forever.
-And here is the main truth of the message today:Prop: Keeping a salvation mindset will protect us from distraction, disorientation, and discouragement as we keep our eyes on the prize.-Let’s look at what this helmet of salvation means and how it can affect our lives as we stand our ground against a fierce, dangerous enemy.
I. Head Protection against sin (past, present, future)-The first part of God’s salvation plan for us includes bringing us to a place where we recognize how much we need Him. We are struck by our own sinful choices and behavior and long to be free from the cycle of shame and failure. If we allow our faith to overcome our objections, we find ourselves calling on the Lord to forgive us and to change our hearts. And the cool thing is – He does! We experience a new birth on the inside! Our spirit is transformed within us and we begin to experience God’s salvation in our lives.
-This is amazing! Nothing on earth is like it! Only those who taste of it know how sweet it is! Where there once was bondage there is freedom. Where there was depression there now is joy! Where there was guilt and shame there is now peace and hope. The old has gone the new has come. We begin to get acquainted with Jesus through prayer and through the Bible, and it makes all the difference in the world! What a great thing God has done for us! We are at peace with God! The past is taken care of! But there is more to this salvation.
-God speaks to us through His Holy Spirit and helps us work out our salvation each and every day. We do not save ourselves. That was done by Christ alone when He died and rose again
II. Head Protection against confusion
-Head wounds can be fatal – the helmet keeps us from becoming disoriented. A blow to the head can really mess with your equilibrium and make you lose your balance and your focus. We can lose our balance in so many areas if we do not guard our minds.
-Paul warns about this in Romans 13:11-12 “…understanding the present time. The hour has come for you to wake up from your slumber, because our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed. 12vs The night is nearly over; the day is almost here. So let us put aside the deeds of darkness and put on the armor of light.
-Do you ever think about the shortness of time? We don’t have forever on this earth. There is an urgency to this battle! Now will not always be now. Things will not always remain the way they are. Final salvation is coming. But along with it, final judgment for those who would go against God and His offer of life.
-If the enemy can keep us confused and off balance, we won’t even think to be concerned about those around us who need love, acceptance, and peace. We may go into self-preservation mode or survival mode, not having the strength or courage to help anyone else. This must not be! That is not what God has prepared us for! That is why we must keep our helmets on. As someone said, “Get your game on!” It’s so much more than a game. It is life – ours and the lives of others.
-Keep your wits about you. Ask the Lord to help you see things through the lens of eternity. Salvation is a huge thing because it is a forever thing! It is a huge thing because it is an irreversible thing! Hebrews 9:27 Just as man is destined to die once, and after that to face judgment.
-Our enemy wants to confuse us, making us think that what we see with our physical eyes is most important. If we can just make a little more money and buy a few more things, and have a little more comfort, then we will be winning the battle. But that lie shouldn’t get past our belt of truth. It is a distortion of reality!
-Our enemy wants to confuse us about who we are, about who God is, and even about who our enemy is. God has given us the reality and the mindset of salvation to clear up any confusion about what is at stake here. God will save us, but we must keep trusting in His promises and obeying from our hearts. God doesn’t want you to live dazed and confused! He wants you to keep your head, know your resources, know your target, know the tactics of your opponent, and know that salvation is coming!
-The enemy will try to intimidate us into backing down. He will try to lull us to sleep. But God has given us protection for our minds that we need to receive and put on.
-We can be confident as we stand our ground because the helmet of salvation reminds us that our past is forgiven, our present is a work in progress, and our future is closer than ever – when Jesus comes back for those who are looking for Him. We don’t have to be intimidated or dazed and confused. When you don’t know, just trust! Trust that God will do all that He promised in His time. He has given us Truth, Righteousness, Peace, Faith, and Salvation.
-I’d like to leave you with some words Paul wrote to the church at Thessalonica. If you remember Peter wrote that the day of the Lord would come like a thief in the night. Well, Paul seems to respond to this in 1 Thessalonians 5:4-9 4 But you, brothers, are not in darkness so that this day should surprise you like a thief. 5 You are all sons of the light and sons of the day. We do not belong to the night or to the darkness. 6 So then, let us not be like others, who are asleep, but let us be alert and self-controlled.
7 For those who sleep, sleep at night, and those who get drunk, get drunk at night. 8 But since we belong to the day, let us be self-controlled, putting on faith and love as a breastplate, and the hope of salvation as a helmet. 9 For God did not appoint us to suffer wrath but to receive salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ.
-Put on the hope of salvation as a helmet. The promise that Jesus is coming back for us so that we can be with Him forever gives us hope. That is the helmet of salvation. Are you ready for His return? Not everyone is.
Conclusion - Where is your helmet? Where is your hope of salvation? God has offered it. Have you taken it? Have you put it on to protect you from sin and from losing your focus? Do you believe Jesus, when He said He would come again and receive us to Himself? If that has not been a present reality to you, I pray that it will become real to you today. You can’t believe the rest of the Bible if you don’t believe one of the central promises of Scripture – Jesus is coming back to earth on a mission – to save you and all who call on Him in faith from a world that is going to be destroyed. Sound far-fetched? A lot of people think so. Please don’t be one of them. Heaven is real! God is real! Forgiveness is real! Salvation is real, and it is coming sooner than you think! I pray that you will never look at life the same again. When you wake up each day, remind yourself that you are one day closer to salvation, brought by a Savior who loves you more than you can imagine.
Prophet Antonio Schroeder - Senior Pastor
Kingdom Tabernacle Ministry International
www.ktmiGlobal.tk
Make Ready For God’s Blessings "This Is Your Season"
Make Ready For God’s Blessings "This Is Your Season"
GLOBAL BIBLE STUDY LESSON
Thursday 4, 2010
Chronicles 7: 12-14 Often we tell ourselves we want God’s Blessing!We want to be Excited!We want to see God’s Blessings.But let me ask, what are you doing in your life to make ready for God’s Blessings?We hold the key of possibility
A. We have the most original response when Jesus says “Follow me.”
Luke 14:16-20
16 Then said he unto him, A certain man made a great supper, and bade many:
17 And sent his servant at supper time to say to them that were bidden, Come; for all things are now ready.
18 And they all with one consent began to make excuse. The first said unto him, I have bought a piece of ground, and I must needs go and see it: I pray thee have me excused.
19 And another said, I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to prove them: I pray thee have me excused.
20 And another said, I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come.1. I need to go see the land I just bought2. Just bought 5 yoke of oxen and I need to see if they are any good.3. I can’t I’m married.
B. I believe we hold back the blessings that God has prepared for us.I. Would you check for Rain?
I Kings 8:42-45
42 So Ahab went up to eat and to drink. And Elijah went up to the top of Carmel; and he cast himself down upon the earth, and put his face between his knees,
43 And said to his servant, Go up now, look toward the sea. And he went up, and looked, and said, There is nothing. And he said, Go again seven times.
44 And it came to pass at the seventh time, that he said, Behold, there ariseth a little cloud out of the sea, like a man’s hand. And he said, Go up, say unto Ahab, Prepare thy chariot, and get thee down, that the rain stop thee not.
45 And it came to pass in the mean while, that the heaven was black with clouds and wind, and there was a great rain. And Ahab rode, and went to Jezreel.A. OK I looked and nothing.B. You want me to do this how many times?C. Surly there must be a better way.D. OK I will do what you said. VS. 45II. Would you Dig A Ditch?
II Kings 3:16-17, 20a
16 And he said, Thus saith the LORD, Make this valley full of ditches.
17 For thus saith the LORD, Ye shall not see wind, neither shall ye see rain; yet that valley shall be filled with water, that ye may drink, both ye, and your cattle, and your beasts.
20a. And it came to pass in the morning,A.Following direction is not always what we want to do but it is what God wants.
B.Obedience is not seeing the outcome but willing to do it anyway.III. Would You Borrow a Few Pots?
1 Now there cried a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets unto Elisha, saying, Thy servant my husband is dead; and thou knowest that thy servant did fear the LORD: and the creditor is come to take unto him my two sons to be bondmen.
2 And Elisha said unto her, What shall I do for thee? tell me, what hast thou in the house? And she said, Thine handmaid hath not any thing in the house, save a pot of oil.
3 Then he said, Go, borrow thee vessels abroad of all thy neighbours, even empty vessels; borrow not a few.
4 And when thou art come in, thou shalt shut the door upon thee and upon thy sons, and shalt pour out into all those vessels, and thou shalt set aside that which is full.
5 So she went from him, and shut the door upon her and upon her sons, who brought the vessels to her; and she poured out.
6 And it came to pass, when the vessels were full, that she said unto her son, Bring me yet a vessel. And he said unto her, There is not a vessel more. And the oil stayed.
A. We look for advice and when we get it we often do not follow.
B. The oil stopped when the pots were full.
1. If I would have only known
2. Why didn’t we get more pots?
C. Knowing and Doing is our problem.
We want to handle it our way!I
V. Make Ready
Malachi 3:10
10 Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the LORD of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it.
A. We are holding back as to God’s direction. B. What could be for those who chose to obeyConclusion:Getting ready means not doing what man says is right, but rather what God wants.
2 Chronicles 7:14 If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.Don’t let strife be the cause of a missed blessing.
Proverbs 13: 10 Only by pride cometh contention: but with the well advised is wisdom.
James 3:16 For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work.Note: I make no claim of originality. I just want to be a blessing to others. All Scripture in KJV.Use this as you wish.
Prophet Antonio Schroeder -Senior Pastor
Kingdom Tabernacle Ministry International
www.ktmiGlobal.tk
GLOBAL BIBLE STUDY LESSON
Thursday 4, 2010
Chronicles 7: 12-14 Often we tell ourselves we want God’s Blessing!We want to be Excited!We want to see God’s Blessings.But let me ask, what are you doing in your life to make ready for God’s Blessings?We hold the key of possibility
A. We have the most original response when Jesus says “Follow me.”
Luke 14:16-20
16 Then said he unto him, A certain man made a great supper, and bade many:
17 And sent his servant at supper time to say to them that were bidden, Come; for all things are now ready.
18 And they all with one consent began to make excuse. The first said unto him, I have bought a piece of ground, and I must needs go and see it: I pray thee have me excused.
19 And another said, I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to prove them: I pray thee have me excused.
20 And another said, I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come.1. I need to go see the land I just bought2. Just bought 5 yoke of oxen and I need to see if they are any good.3. I can’t I’m married.
B. I believe we hold back the blessings that God has prepared for us.I. Would you check for Rain?
I Kings 8:42-45
42 So Ahab went up to eat and to drink. And Elijah went up to the top of Carmel; and he cast himself down upon the earth, and put his face between his knees,
43 And said to his servant, Go up now, look toward the sea. And he went up, and looked, and said, There is nothing. And he said, Go again seven times.
44 And it came to pass at the seventh time, that he said, Behold, there ariseth a little cloud out of the sea, like a man’s hand. And he said, Go up, say unto Ahab, Prepare thy chariot, and get thee down, that the rain stop thee not.
45 And it came to pass in the mean while, that the heaven was black with clouds and wind, and there was a great rain. And Ahab rode, and went to Jezreel.A. OK I looked and nothing.B. You want me to do this how many times?C. Surly there must be a better way.D. OK I will do what you said. VS. 45II. Would you Dig A Ditch?
II Kings 3:16-17, 20a
16 And he said, Thus saith the LORD, Make this valley full of ditches.
17 For thus saith the LORD, Ye shall not see wind, neither shall ye see rain; yet that valley shall be filled with water, that ye may drink, both ye, and your cattle, and your beasts.
20a. And it came to pass in the morning,A.Following direction is not always what we want to do but it is what God wants.
B.Obedience is not seeing the outcome but willing to do it anyway.III. Would You Borrow a Few Pots?
1 Now there cried a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets unto Elisha, saying, Thy servant my husband is dead; and thou knowest that thy servant did fear the LORD: and the creditor is come to take unto him my two sons to be bondmen.
2 And Elisha said unto her, What shall I do for thee? tell me, what hast thou in the house? And she said, Thine handmaid hath not any thing in the house, save a pot of oil.
3 Then he said, Go, borrow thee vessels abroad of all thy neighbours, even empty vessels; borrow not a few.
4 And when thou art come in, thou shalt shut the door upon thee and upon thy sons, and shalt pour out into all those vessels, and thou shalt set aside that which is full.
5 So she went from him, and shut the door upon her and upon her sons, who brought the vessels to her; and she poured out.
6 And it came to pass, when the vessels were full, that she said unto her son, Bring me yet a vessel. And he said unto her, There is not a vessel more. And the oil stayed.
A. We look for advice and when we get it we often do not follow.
B. The oil stopped when the pots were full.
1. If I would have only known
2. Why didn’t we get more pots?
C. Knowing and Doing is our problem.
We want to handle it our way!I
V. Make Ready
Malachi 3:10
10 Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the LORD of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it.
A. We are holding back as to God’s direction. B. What could be for those who chose to obeyConclusion:Getting ready means not doing what man says is right, but rather what God wants.
2 Chronicles 7:14 If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.Don’t let strife be the cause of a missed blessing.
Proverbs 13: 10 Only by pride cometh contention: but with the well advised is wisdom.
James 3:16 For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work.Note: I make no claim of originality. I just want to be a blessing to others. All Scripture in KJV.Use this as you wish.
Prophet Antonio Schroeder -Senior Pastor
Kingdom Tabernacle Ministry International
www.ktmiGlobal.tk
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