Summary:  

How well do you know whom you will be relating with?  

Are you willing to truthfully communicate? 

Will you become best friends and commit to each other with all you are?   

Having an honest foundation enables the building of a strong, healthy relationship.

Show Notes:  

Do you bring flowers or chocolates to a potential girl friend? Is she allergic to flowers, does she hate chocolate?  We do not want false starts.  

For a marriage, did you talk before being married? Did you discuss your Plans, your dreams, your desires? How well did you communicate?  

In communicating one must be brutally honest. Truth is the most important thing in a relationship. If you cannot be truthful with the person you want to relate to, it will usually come out in a way you would not expect. This is what causes rifts and divisions in a relationship.  

Become best of friends, be a partnership in everything. Relationships have challenges and blessings, being a partner will help each other through them all.  

References:  

Col. 1:27  

     27.  To whom God willed to make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the gentiles, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory. 

Notes:  

Cupid is a Roman god, the Greek god is Eros  

The book is titled: The Death of Cupid by Shimon Apisdorf and Nachum Braverman 

Living Relationships Summary:  

Living Relationships require action and Love is an active part of relationships.  God So loves us, that He did something about it, He gave His Son for us. 

Show Notes:  

How can one fall in love again? Act like you love one another and see relationships restored.  

Fall in love afresh each day, each hour.  

Love comes from the Father, God is Love. Who is the Father? A living God, a living love.  

Relationships built on the love of the Lord will grow.

References:  

1 John 4:8,16  

     8.  The one who does not love does not know God, for God is love. 

    16.  And we have come to know and have believed the love which God has for us.  God is love, and the one who abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him. 

John 3:16 

     16.  For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish, but have eternal life. 

Summary:  

There are many facets to worship, not just singing. There is an attitude that releases our love and adoration to our Father, giving back to Him what we have received. 

We were created by God to be His worshippers.

Show notes:  

• Worship is much deeper than just music or singing. The Holy Spirit is at the foundation of our worship. 

• The baptism in the Holy Spirit has opened a door for us to worship; speaking in tongues is helpful.   

• The Holy Spirit teaches us how to worship in spirit and truth. 

• You focus on God and your relationship with Him, and you will spring forth in worship. 

• In our relationship with God, we are to be in an attitude of worship, in His presence.

References:  

John 4:24 

“God is Spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth.” 

John 14:6 

Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father except through Me.”

John 14 through 17 

The coming and ministry of the Holy Spirit 

Matthew 7:21 

“Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord’, will enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father who is in heaven will enter. 

Psalms 51:10 

Create in me a clean heart, O God, And renew a steadfast spirit within me.

Colossians 3:23 

Whatever you do, do your work heartily, as for the Lord rather than for men,

Quotes: 

• Worship is more than just giving yourself in a mental ascent.  It is our spirit directly connecting with the Father. 

• Worship is not a difficult thing, it is very, very simple.  Opening your heart and expressing your love for the Lord. 

• It is how you see the Father; we submit or subject ourselves to Him and to His Lordship 

Take away: 

In this phase of our discussion of worship, we find that it is with the help of the Holy Spirit that lets us worship in Spirit and in Truth and that we are not to worship from afar, but as we are in His presence.

Summary: 

How do I walk in the spirit?  

I form a relationship with the Holy Spirit, meditating upon His word night and day.  

Show notes:   

• How do we wake our spirit?  Spending time talking with Him.  

• Read the Word. Find a principle, a passage of scripture something that the Holy Spirit is speaking to you. 

• Sleep on it.  Wake up the next morning Open your heart and God will begin to speak to you.    

• Listening all night long to recorded material including scriptures and prerecorded messages.  This will minister to you in your sleep.  Upon waking up it has sparked your spirit. 

• Connecting to your spirit, finding more ways to know Him, to please Him and love Him. 

References: 

Peter 1:3b   

3b.     His great mercy has caused us to be born again to a living hope. 

John 14:26   

26.   "But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all that I say to you

Psalms 1:2a, 3b    

2a.       How blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked,  

3b.       his delight is in the law of the Lord, And in His law he meditates day and night. 

Quotes:  

• Good morning Holy Spirit what have we got going today?  

• With intensity I say WAKE MY SPIRIT AND WALK THIS DAY WITH THE LORD! 

• You control your Spirit by your will, you can use your will and your imagination to do.  

• Practice the presence of the Lord, practice knowing where your spirit is, know what is it doing.

Take away:  

Spend time simply talking with Him.

Summary:

 How do we see the Lord? 

Our depictions restrict who He can appear to us.

 He is so much more that we can imagine.

Show Notes:

 • When Steven was stoned he said He saw the Son of God at  the right hand of the Father.

 • Find a revelation of who Christ is, who the Father is, and not  have a false image of who Christ as.

 • When people do not have a relationship with Him, they draw  on history. 

• We also need to know who He really is.

 • God said no images. • Seek the Lord to know Him.

 • Who Christ is, is still unfolding before us. We are still  learning what He did for us. 

• Christ and the father and the Holy Spirit are invisible to us and there is a reason for that.

 • If you have an image of God, then you lock him in to that  depiction of how you see Him. 

 • The liberty of not knowing what He looks like allows God to  be to us what He wants to be.

References:

 Acts 7:56 56 and he said, “Behold, I see the heavens opened up and the Son of Man standing  at the right hand of God.”

Mark 16:19 19 So then, when the Lord Jesus had spoken to them, He was received up into  heaven and sat down at the right hand of God.

2 Corinthians 5:14 14 For the love of Christ controls us, having concluded this, that one died for all,  therefore all died;

 1 Peter 3:18 8 To sum up, all of you be harmonious, sympathetic, brotherly, kindhearted, and  humble in spirit;

Hebrews 7:25 25 Therefore He is able also to save forever those who draw near to God through  Him, since He always lives to make intercession for them.

Leviticus 26:1 1 ‘You shall not make for yourselves a idols, nor shall you set up for yourselves an  image or a sacred pillar, nor shall you place a figured stone in your land to bow down to it; for I  am the LORD your God.

1 Timothy 6:16 16 who alone possesses immortality and dwells in unapproachable light, whom no  man has seen or can see. To Him be honor and eternal dominion! Amen.

John 14:12 12 “Truly, truly, I say to you, he who believes in Me, the works that I do, he will do  also; and greater works than these he will do; because I go to the Father.

1 John 4:20 20 If someone says, “I love God,” and hates his brother, he is a liar; for the one who  does not love his brother whom he has seen, cannot love God whom he has not seen.

1 Peter1:8 8 and though you have not seen Him, you love Him, and though you do not see  Him now, but believe in Him, you greatly rejoice with joy inexpressible and full of glory,

Colossians 1:27 27 to whom God willed to make known what is the riches of the glory of this  mystery among the Gentiles, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.

John14:23 23 Jesus answered and said to him, “If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word; and  My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make Our abode with him.

Quotes: 

We need a relationship of Christ and who He really is.

Those who have an image of the Lord on a cross or pictures of  Jesus, it is a lack of revelation of where the Lord is.

Take away:

Find a revelation of who Christ is , Who the Father is and not a  false image. 

No one knows what He looks like,  We know He is a Jew. Having a crucifix, or a picture in your mind would tend to create a  passivity toward knowing Him.

 If you have an image of God then you lock Him into that depiction  of what you see Him as.

Summary:

Is your honesty and integrity in your thanksgiving to the Lord?

You have an open door to walk out the will of God.

The will of God for your life is to be thankful in all things.

Show Notes:

• We find ourselves disconnecting from our past and our unawareness and reaching in to become more aware in our spirits.

• He is there willing to walk with us, help us and show us, He wants to meet us.

• Unawareness plagues everyone, Satan refuses to give up, he can cause a delay and make ones lose their focus.

• With maturity there comes a greater awareness of things around you and things that are yours.

References:

Ephesians 5:26-27 

26 that He might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word, 

27 that He might present to Himself the church in all her glory, having no spot or wrinkle or any such thing; but that she should be holy and blameless.

I Thessalonians 5:18 

18 in everything give thanks; for this is the will of God for you in Christ Jesus.

Quotes:

• To prevent an unawareness is to focus on the will of God for me.

• We can trigger our awareness of the Lord if we are being thankful in all things.

• Thankfulness sharpens our awareness of the Lord every day .

Takeaway:

I like the idea of giving thanks for all things because it is not so much about how do I do this. It is more like I can do this and there is a principle behind it. This sharpens my awareness every day of the Lord.

Summary:

The Body of Christ is not just in one denomination or another.

By the diversity of each individual part, this makes up the entire body of Christ and Jesus is the head.

Christ is not divided.

All parts make up the whole.

Show Notes:

• Christ is coming forth in a many membered body.

• God wants to give us all things.

• I am learning to enjoy the diversity that exists in others.

• Love is more important than being right.

• God has given a gift of other people.

Scriptures:

1 Corinthians 12:14,

14 For the body is not one member, but many.

Ephesians 4:16,

16 from whom the whole body, being fitted and held together by what every joint supplies, according to the proper working of each individual part, causes the growth of the body for the building up of itself in love.

Matthew 24:23, 24

23 “Then if anyone says to you, ‘Behold, here is the Christ,’ or ‘There He is,’ do not believe him.

24 “For false Christs and false prophets will arise and will show great signs and wonders, so as to mislead, if possible, even the elect.

Colossians 1:27

27 to whom God willed to make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.

John 14:26

26 “But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all that I said to you.

Ephesians 3:20

20 Now to Him who is able to do far more abundantly beyond all that we ask or think, according to the power that works within us,

Matthew 28:19

19 “Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit,

Ephesians 4:8

8 Therefore it says,

“WHEN HE ASCENDED ON HIGH, HE LED CAPTIVE A HOST OF CAPTIVES, AND HE GAVE GIFTS TO MEN.”

1 Corinthians 3:6

6 I planted, Apollos watered, but God was causing the growth.

Matthew 6:28

28 “And why are you worried about clothing? Observe how the lilies of the field grow; they do not toil, nor do they spin,

Philippians 3:21

21 who will transform the body of our humble state into conformity with the body of His glory, by the exertion of the power that He has even to subject all things to Himself.

1 Corinthians 13:13

13 But now faith, hope, love, abide these three; but the greatest of these is love.

Ephesians 4:13

13 until we all attain to the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a mature man, to the measure of the stature which belongs to the fullness of Christ.

Matthew 25:43

43 I was a stranger, and you did not invite Me in; naked, and you did not clothe Me; sick, and in prison, and you did not visit Me.’

Revelations 4:11

11 “Worthy are You, our Lord and our God, to receive glory and honor and power; for You created all things, and because of Your will they existed, and were created.”

Jude 1:5

5 Now I desire to remind you, though you know all things once for all, that the Lord, after saving a people out of the land of Egypt, subsequently destroyed those who did not believe.

Quotes:

• Christ in you is the hope of Glory.

• Because we are free there is more of a diversity expressed. Christ is not divided He is one.

Take Away:

God wants to give you all things.

 The things we call division, never was division , it was just a different manifestation of Christ in the earth.

Summary:

Just how big is the God you believe in?

How much do you want to experience or know about God?

Show Notes:

• We must be willing and have a desire to know about God.

• How hungry are we to know God in all His vastness?

• A person will receive as much as they are hungry for.

• There are experiences based on our hunger to know Him.

References:

Matthew 7:7

7. “Ask and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. (In Greek: Ask and keep asking, seek and keep seeking etc.)

Philippians 2:12, 13

12. So then, my beloved, just as you have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your salvation with fear and trembling;

13. for it is God who is at work in you, both to will and to work for His good pleasure.

2 Corinthians 5:17

17. Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creature; the old things passed away; behold, new things have come.

Summary:

Confirmation is like gathering faith.

Confirmation is not what comes from what one thinks.

If He spoke it, He will confirm it.

Integrity is a part of confirmation.

Show Notes:

• Let the Word be confirmed by the mouth of two 2 or three.

• The Holy spirit is speaking, how do we learn His voice?

• Act on what you hear, or He will quit talking with you.

• It is a ministry to the body.

• The Lord will be faithful to get you the confirmation you need.

• Lack of confirmation is not a necessarily a “no”.

• His word has within itself the ability to see it fulfilled.

References:

Matthew 18:16

16 “But if he does not listen to you, take one or two more with you, so that BY THE MOUTH OF TWO OR THREE WITNESSES EVERY FACT MAY BE CONFIRMED.

Mark 16:20

20 And they went out and preached everywhere, while the Lord worked with them, and confirmed the word by the signs that followed.

2 Corinthians 13:1

1 This is the third time I am coming to you. EVERY FACT IS TO BE CONFIRMED BY THE TESTIMONY OF TWO OR THREE WITNESSES.

Ephesians 4:16

16 from whom the whole body, being fitted and held together by what every joint supplies, according to the proper working of each individual part, causes the growth of the body for the building up of itself in love.

Hebrews 3:7, 15

7 Therefore, just as the Holy Spirit says,

“TODAY IF YOU HEAR HIS VOICE,

15 while it is said,

“TODAY IF YOU HEAR HIS VOICE, DO NOT HARDEN YOUR HEARTS, AS WHEN THEY PROVOKED ME.”

Hebrews 4:7

7 He again fixes a certain day, “Today,” saying through David after so long a time just as has been said before,

“TODAY IF YOU HEAR HIS VOICE, DO NOT HARDEN YOUR HEARTS.”

John 14:26

26 “But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all that I said to you.

Judges 6:37

37 behold, I will put a fleece of wool on the threshing floor. If there is dew on the fleece only, and it is dry on all the ground, then I will know that You will deliver Israel through me, as You have spoken.”

Matthew 7:24

24 “Therefore everyone who hears these words of Mine and acts on them, may be compared to a wise man who built his house on the rock.

John 1:1

1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

Jeremiah 23:28

28 “The prophet who has a dream may relate his dream, but let him who has My word speak My word in truth. What does straw have in common with grain?” declares the LORD.

Quotes:

• "Confirmation can be like gathering faith."

• " If you feel like the Lord is speaking to you act on it."

• "You have to a heart of integrity before the Lord."

• " That Word has everything in it to see it fulfilled."

Take away:

I have to be faithful to what God is saying.

Find out if the Lord is speaking to you.

Summary:

What is God’s will or purpose for each of us?

How do we bless another?

God uses people to do His will.

Show Notes:

• What is a blessing?

• How do we spend time with Him?

• Become a conduit of God’s blessing to others

• “Bless and curse not”

• We are here so that God can have his way on this earth.

References:

Romans 6:11, 13

11 Even so consider yourselves to be dead to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus.

13 and do not go on presenting the members of your body to sin as instruments of unrighteousness; but present yourselves to God as those alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness to God.

Romans 8:10

10 If Christ is in you, though the body is dead because of sin, yet the spirit is alive because of righteousness.

1 Corinthians 15:22

22 For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ all will be made alive.

Genesis 2:16,17

16 The LORD God commanded the man, saying, “From any tree of the garden you may eat freely;

17 but from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat from it you will surely die.

Genesis 3:23, 24

23 therefore the LORD God sent him out from the garden of Eden, to cultivate the ground from which he was taken.

24 So He drove the man out; and at the east of the garden of Eden He stationed the cherubim and the flaming sword which turned every direction to guard the way to the tree of life.

Acts 1:4, 5

4 Gathering them together, He commanded them not to leave Jerusalem, but to wait for what the Father had promised, “Which,” He said, “you heard of from Me;

5 for John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many days from now.”

John 14:26

26 “But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all that I said to you.

Romans 12:14

14 Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse.