DEVELOPING THE DISCIPLINES OF A SINCERE FAITH

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1 DEVELOPING THE DISCIPLINES OF A SINCERE FAITH Viewer Guides with Answers Authentic Bible Study Published by LifeWay Press 2013 James MacDonald Item Made in the USA Permission is granted to reproduce this item

2 Complete the viewer guide below as you dvd session 1 Hypocrite: one who pretends to be what he is not, assuming a position of piety when in reality you are destitute of genuine faith, acting the part of being close to God when in reality your heart is very far from Him Seven Habits of Highly Hypocritical People 1 Making salvation as complicated as possible 2 Getting what I need from people even if it To be indifferent hurts them to the impact our conduct has makes us a hypocrite 3 Squirming my way out of any promise I don t want to If you give your word 4 Making a big deal of importance, keep it If you make a little promise laziness, keep it things and ignoring things of critical J ustice: doing what s right Mercy: going a little Faithfulness: keep going 5 Exhibiting keep easier on people in all matters of the heart L aziness in matters of the heart: not willing to expend the energy in the things that matter most reed: I can t get enough Self-indulgence: I have no G in the consumption of what I have We are who we are when no one can see us That is the 6 Looking good to others, no matter what the 7 Pretending to be better restraint true you cost than others, no matter what the evidence A lifetime of unrepented hypocrisy reveals that a person has never truly been born again 8

3 Complete the viewer guide below as you dvd session 2 The Discipline of Personal Bible Study 1 Pick it up The Bible is beyond any other book God s Word transforms God s Word gives you you wisdom God s Word brings you joy Precepts: divine principles pronouncements, charges God s Word dispels the, rulings, prescriptions, darkness God s commands are clear The commands of the Lord are so crystal clear that they bring to the darkness in every human heart light Fear of the Lord: the attitude of heart that seeks to be in a right relationship with the fear source God s Word adds stability God s Word promises justice Rules: rulings, judgments, verdicts, pronouncements, consequences, decisive actions 2 Size it up fire sword hammer seed God s Word is milk 3 Eat it Is there an 34 light Question example Is there a sin Is there a truth Is there a comfort it up Read Plan God s Word is it it for me to follow for me to confess Pray for me to understand for me to embrace it Share it meat mirror

4 Complete the viewer guide below as you dvd session 3 The Discipline of Personal Prayer 1 Is my prayer real Public-performance prayers are a sure sign of The secret to prayer is prayer in 2 Is my prayer simple Prayer isn t to inform God secret The purpose of praying is to express 3 Is my prayer insincerity faith toward God worshipful The Lord s Prayer is a model prayer When you begin your prayer, begin with 4 Is my prayer submissive worship There is no answered prayer where there s not to God I surrender my 5 Is my prayer wants and my sense of practical submission timing Prayer List Income in every household Physical health Emotional Spiritual 6 Is my prayer health health repentant God, I want You to forgive me the way I forgive 7 Is my prayer 62 expectant others

5 Complete the viewer guide below as you dvd session 4 Fasting: abstaining from food for measured periods of time in order to heighten my hunger for the things of God The Discipline of Fasting 1 We have little hunger for God Compare your hunger for 2 We only have so much God with your hunger for food hunger The attempt to satisfy self apart from doing the will of God is inevitably not just a frustrating and empty thing but even a very discouraging thing 3 Our enslavement to food hinders our hunger for God There has to be a humble recognition that food is filling a place in my heart, is giving a strength, is giving a comfort, is giving a relief that God wants to give 4 Fasting breaks our enslavement to food Anything that I have to have is enslavement Fasting reveals the things that control 5 Fasting can ignite for me us our hunger for God Kinds of Fasts Normal fast Partial fast Absolute When to Fast When you are caught in a When you have a heavy sinful burden When you are oppressed by the When you want to When you need give When you need encouragement examine When you need to be prayer yourself direction When you need to be spiritually 88 Enemy to someone else When you need an answer to When you need to pattern revived restored fast Corporate fast

6 Complete the viewer guide below as you dvd session 5 Top 10 Things the Bible Says About Fellowship 10 Fellowship means our common life together Koinonia: a relationship between individuals that involves active participation in a common interest and thereby in each other 9 Fellowship was a high priority 8 Fellowship is for believers in the early church only Our closest relationships, our life-giving relationships, should be with people who know and love Jesus Christ like we do 7 Fellowship centers on our common relationship to Christ Moving a Relationship to a Spiritual Level Don t rush Go first Be 6 Fellowship involves sharing what 5 Fellowship is about partnership 4 Fellowship requires commitment specific I in have ministry Things That Break Down Commitment 1 Entitlement 3 Fellowship 2 hurts Superiority 3 Agenda 4 Aloofness 5 sometimes I experience the fellowship of Jesus suffering when I take a pain that I do not deserve Fellowship requires honesty 1 Fellowship produces unity Injury

7 Complete the viewer guide below as you dvd session 6 The Discipline of Service 1 We must not expect God to serve us before we have served Him What Are You Expecting from God 1 Protection for your 3 children Healing 4 Wisdom 2 We must not expect any immediate Don t serve for something you 2 Financial 5 Salvation return get for our service back Reasons People Quit Serving I didn t feel appreciated I didn t get the results I wanted I didn t get the feeling I wanted Ministry is hard work 3 We must see service as our We are commanded 4 We must serve Faithful: obligation to Jesus Christ to serve faithfully constant in the performance of duty We Must Serve Faithfully Even when my schedule is Even when I want to Even when my heart is Even when I serve in 5 We must serve 140 full quit breaking silence humbly, mutually, provision immediately

Complete the viewer guide below as you dvd session 7 Worship is the most powerful, joy - producing, sustaining, life - altering thing we do hope - When worship is directed to an unworthy person or an

8 Complete the viewer guide below as you dvd session 7 Worship is the most powerful, joy - producing, sustaining, life - altering thing we do hope - When worship is directed to an unworthy person or an unworthy object, we call it idolatry The Discipline of worship Worship is powerful To fail at worship is the greatest human failure of which we are capable because it robs us of what we were created by God to experience Worship: to fall or prostrate yourself before someone on the ground Worship is the conscious, direct, specific adoration of someone or something greater than ourselves Worship is joy - producing Worship is life - altering Worship is hope - sustaining In order to see the Lord fill what is empty in me, quench what is thirsty in me, satisfy what is hungry in my soul, I have to be exposed for who I really am Growing in Worship Avoid debate Worship isn t a mountain issue; it s a motive issue Worship isn t a where thing; it s a how thing Worship isn t a place; it s a pattern Start with salvation You can t worship a God you don t We should never get tired of our God will not let go of Enter in story you fully Worship in Spirit and Truth 1 Vertical 2 Simple 3 Emotive 4 Physical Focus on 166 Jesus Christ know

Viewer Guides with Answers. Vertical Church Bible Study. Published by LifeWay Press James MacDonald. Item Made in the USA.

Viewer Guides with Answers. Vertical Church Bible Study. Published by LifeWay Press. 2012 James MacDonald. Item 005522647. Made in the USA. Permission is granted to reproduce this item. Complete the viewer