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Ezine for the Week of October 1, 2012

By ITW Staff
Growing in Christ is the key to growing a faith, a family and a fellowship!
Growing in Christ is the key to growing a faith, a family and a fellowship!

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Spiritual Warfare Part III

God Peruses to Protect Us

Keep this comfort in mind. As Satan is eagerly seeking after us, pursuing us, harassing us, partially causing us to get into troubling situations, God is also there pursuing us. As Satan seeks to molest us, God has already saved us. As Satan is being crafty and creating temptations and distractions God will use the situation for our benefit and His glory. The temptation that was supposed to bring chaos and a crises of faith can also bring us deeper in Christ with our persistent prayers and trust taking Satan's deceit to trick and deceive us people of faith to help us help others see evil's treacherous paths so we do not fall prey to them. The devil has gone down to us; the question is what are we doing about it?

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Is having confidence in God so we trust Him in difficult situations and achieve our goals...

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The Lordship of Christ!

What and how is Lordship?

Who is Jesus Christ to you and your Church? Who should He be? Perhaps Who He really is, LORD Almighty!

We live in treacherous Church times where many, perhaps most, pastors proclaim from the pulpit a feeble feel good message that entices people to just make them, well, feel good. This is the sort of preaching that proclaims Jesus as our buddy and offers a trivial personal relationship with Jesus for some kind of personal fulfillment, liberation and satisfaction. Such messages are usually cheap topics, not really drawn from Scripture or very watered down half truths; the crux of the message is missing or barely visible. This results in making the pew sitting Christian complacent and stagnate and those who are after the heart of Christ--who want to grow--feeling frustrated, discouraged, hungry and cheated because they were not fed. Those younger in the faith become vacant because they are not being discipled. Thus, the typical church member's spiritual formation becomes frail or absent by a misrepresented faith. To be an authentic effectual professing Christian one must confess Jesus as LORD! Then we respond by our gratitude. We cannot just rest in an easily beliefism. What is required is committed profession that if Jesus Christ is our Savior, then He must also have our devotion to His Lordship over our lives. If not, we do not get what it means to be a Christian, or how to build a church; we are just members in a Sunday morning club (Judges 2; Luke 17:1-2; 2 Cor. 4: 1-6; Phil. 2:10-12; 3:7-21).

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Reading through the Bible, along with prayer is the essential way to grow in Christ!

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(see the bottom of this page for the "pdf" and "Word" printable ones!)
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Please keep in mind and prayer that we and our ministry are in need! We are experiencing our own recession, but we are trusting in God's provisions and blessings as we seek to know and serve Him better.


Church Leadership and Prayer Tip of the Week

Ideas to consider:
(Romans 12:18 ; 14:18 -19; Ephesians 4:3; Hebrews 12:14 )
 
Good Biblical teaching and preaching will provide the Holy Spirit with fuel that energizes people and facilitates growth. The biggest growing churches are the ones who preach the Word with power, conviction, and in truth, such as Calvary Chapel (Acts 2:17-39)!

Pray that the spirit and practice of humility is utilized and practiced both inside and outside of your church, and that false humility does not take root (1 Pet. 5:5-7).

More here: Church Growth



 

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This and Next Weeks Bible Reading Schedule
Start of the year right, missed Jan 1st? No problem, our plans do not have dates, go at your own timing...


Gospels

Law

History

Psalms

Poetry

Prophecy

Epistles

Week

Sunday

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Saturday

39

Acts 1-2

Numbers 25-28

II Chronicles 6-10

Psalms 114-116

Proverbs 26-27

Obadiah

Hebrews 1-4

40

Acts 3-4

Numbers 29-32

II Chronicles 11-15

Psalms 117-118

Proverbs 28

Jonah

Hebrews 5-7

41

Acts 5-6

Numbers 33-36

II Chronicles 16-20

Psalms 119

Proverbs 29-30

Micah

Hebrews 8-10

42

Acts 7-8

Deuteronomy 1-3

II Chronicles 21-24

Psalms 120-121

Proverbs 31

Nahum

Hebrews 11-13


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