When satan comes and tempts you, use the Word like Jesus did. Satan offered Jesus all the kingdoms of the world because they were his to give. We are always offered the world, the world's way. We need to choose God's way, His Word. How can we be wise and make the most of opportunities if we don't know the difference between the two kingdoms - Heaven or the world?

Knowing exactly what the Kingdom of God is makes it easier to choose to live in it and your choice affects eternity!

Kathleen discusses things that steal our joy and ways to replace those things with gifts from God.

Kathleen is teaching about living out of our spirit. She reiterates that we are 3 part beings made up of our body, soul, and spirit. Living out of our body and soul is living out of our flesh verses walking with God by living out of our spirit. When we talk about obedience, we also have to consider our actions on other people. Obedience and disobedience are generational. Obedience has a windfall of good results for generations. Likewise, disobedience has a windfall of terrible results for generations.

We need to know how God speaks and how to attune our spirits to hear Him. Beyond that we need to respond. Slow obedience is like no obedience because timing is important with God. Our response should be to believe God regardless of the circumstances.

God won't talk to us about certain matters unless He knows we will be obedient because He doesn't set us up for failure. Anytime God reveals something to you or puts you in a situation, it's because He sets you up to succeed, even if it is a difficult trial. God does speak to us. What God has shown Kathleen is that you don't have to understand it, you just have to agree because God is God and you are not. That opens our hearts to be obedient to Him. The Spirit is always talking, but not everyone is listening. If we are willing to obey, He will give us more and more truth, joy and love.

Do you ever wish you for a direct line of communication with God? Kathleen discusses the many ways God comes to us.

You may be saying, I want to obey, but how do I know if I have heard from God or what God is telling me? To answer this, Kathleen starts by talking about how we learn to recognize God's voice. We recognize the voice of those we spend the most time with. A child can pick out his mother's voice because he has heard her voice all his life and has spent so much time with her. The best place to hear the clearest voice of God is in the Word of God. The more of God we get into our heart, the more we recognize His voice. That is why the enemy doesn't want you in the Word. It is where life is, and it is where you discover who you really are. The Bible says our life is hidden in Jesus Christ. And Jesus Christ is the Word.

Obeying has nothing to do with feelings. But when you open the door to obeying God and forget about yourself, smile, and rejoice, the residual is that you always feel better. You need to get the Word in your heart so that it comes out of your mouth and you can obey.

The answer to what the secret is - Obedience. How many of you would have been excited if Kathleen said she was going to teach a minimum of 4 weeks on Obedience?! Unfortunately, the word "obedience" is distasteful to most of us, even though we want it from our children. It's interesting that Isaiah 1:19 says that "If you are obedient you will eat the good of the land." So who made "obedience" a distasteful word? The enemy! Isaiah says we will have the best in our life; but to us today, the word sounds so stoic plus it brings conviction. We don't want to hear it! When we look at some of the good results of obedience, most of us would be excited to be obedient to God.