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For you are the children of your father the devil, and you love to do the evil things he does. He was a murderer from the beginning. He has always hated the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, it is consistent with his character; for he is a liar and the father of lies.

John 8:44



The devil does evil things.


Thelete Poiein


The devil is a murderer.


Anthropoktonos — A man-slayer


The devil hates the truth.


The devil lies.


Autou — The father of lies


Satan plants seeds in our lives.


What are the seeds that Satan is planting in and around your life?


Doubt
Division
Distance
Discontent




Lie #1 — There are no absolutes.

The snake was the most clever of all the wild animals that the Lord God had made. The snake spoke to the woman and said, “Woman, did God really tell you that you must not eat from any tree in the garden?”
Genesis 3:1

Put to death, therefore, whatever belongs to your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires and greed, which is idolatry. Because of these, the wrath of God is coming.
Colossians 3:5-6




Lie #2 — You are unloveable.

You are what you have done.

For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Romans 8:38-39


If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
1 John 1:9


1 Corinthians 6

9-10 Don’t you know that those doing such things have no share in the Kingdom of God? Don’t fool yourselves. Those who live immoral lives, who are idol worshipers, adulterers or homosexuals—will have no share in his Kingdom. Neither will thieves or greedy people, drunkards, slanderers, or robbers.

11 There was a time when some of you were just like that but now your sins are washed away, and you are set apart for God; and he has accepted you because of what the Lord Jesus Christ and the Spirit of our God have done for you.


Christ had no sin, but God made him become sin so that in Christ we could be right with God.
2 Corinthians 5:21





Lie #3 — You are not good enough.

I can do all things through him who strengthens me.
Philippians 4:13




Lie #4 — You won’t make it.

And I am sure of this, that he who began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ.
Philippians 1:6

You, dear children, are from God and have overcome them, because the one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world.
1 John 4:4

No temptation has overtaken you that is not common to man. God is faithful, and he will not let you be tempted beyond your ability, but with the temptation he will also provide the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it.
1 Corinthians 10:13

I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.
John 16:33

Pentecost



But the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have said to you.

John 14:26




John 16

7 But I tell you I am going to do what is best for you. This is why I am going away. The Holy Spirit cannot come to help you until I leave. But after I am gone, I will send the Spirit to you.

8 The Spirit will come and show the people of this world the truth about sin and God's justice and the judgment.


The Holy Spirit wants to help.




Acts 2

1 When the day of Pentecost arrived, they were all together in one place.

2 And suddenly there came from heaven a sound like a mighty rushing wind, and it filled the entire house where they were sitting.

3 And divided tongues as of fire appeared to them and rested on each one of them.

4 And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit gave them utterance.

41 Those who accepted his message were baptized, and about three thousand were added to their number that day.

46 Every day they continued to meet together in the temple courts. They broke bread in their homes and ate together with glad and sincere hearts,

47 praising God and enjoying the favor of all the people. And the Lord added to their number daily those who were being saved.





A revival is an extraordinary work of God in which Christians repent of their sins as they become intensely aware of his presence in their midst. These individuals will manifest a positive response to God in renewed obedience to the known will of God, resulting in both a deepening of their individual and corporate experience with God, and an increased concern to win others to Christ.

— Author Elmer Towns







The Reformation



The First Great Awakening



The Second Great Awakening



The General Awakening



The Layman’s Prayer Revival



The Early 1900’s Revivals



The World War II Revival



The Charismatic Renewal



The China Revival



Modern Day Revivals







REVIVAL







And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, with whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.

Ephesians 4:30



Quench not the Spirit.

1 Thessalonians 5:19





Welcome Holy Spirit





Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your bodies.

1 Corinthians 6:19-20



Holiness

Honoring God





After they prayed, the place where they were meeting was shaken. And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and spoke the word of God boldly.

Acts 4:31



Prayer

Boldness





But you, dear friends, by building yourselves up in your most holy faith and praying in the Holy Spirit, keep yourselves in God’s love as you wait for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to bring you to eternal life.

Jude 1:20-21



God’s Love

Eternal Perspective





But the Holy Spirit will come on you and give you power. You will be my witnesses. You will tell people everywhere about me, in Jerusalem, in the rest of Judea, in Samaria, and in every part of the world.

Acts 1:8



Witnessing

Evangelism

Sharing Your Story





May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.

Romans 15:13



Joy

Peace

Hope





Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.

2 Corinthians 3:17



Freedom

Has our society created spaces for snakes in our lives?

Snakes are secretive.

Are you in a “season” that’s “susceptible” to a snake attack?

The enemy will attempt to wait you out?

Sexually
Financially
Seasonally
Positionally
Emotionally

And “don’t sin by letting anger control you.” Don’t let the sun go down while you are still angry, for anger gives a foothold to the devil.
Ephesians 4:26-27

Hurt (Past)
Fear (Future)
Frustration (Present)

But you must resist the devil and stay strong in your faith. You know that all over the world the Lord's followers are suffering just as you are.
1 Peter 5:9

Neither give place to the devil.
Ephesians 4:27

Put on all the armor that God gives, so you can defend yourself against the devil's tricks.
Ephesians 6:11

Nehemiah 4

13 So I put some of the people behind the lowest places along the wall, and I put them by the holes in the wall. I put families together, with their swords, spears, and bows.

14 After looking over everything, I stood up and spoke to the important families, the officials, and the rest of the people. I said, “Don’t be afraid of our enemies. Remember the Lord, who is great and powerful! You must fight for your brothers, your sons, and your daughters! You must fight for your wives and your homes!”


Little children, you are from God and have overcome them, for he who is in you is greater than he who is in the world.
1 John 4:4

I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.
Philippians 4:13

There’s A Snake In The House

Genesis 3:1-5 ESV
1 Now the serpent was more crafty than any other beast of
the field that the LORD God had made. He said to the
woman, “Did God actually say, ‘You shall not eat of any
tree in the garden’?” 2 And the woman said to the serpent,
“We may eat of the fruit of the trees in the garden, 3 but
God said, ‘You shall not eat of the fruit of the tree that is in
the midst of the garden, neither shall you touch it, lest you
die.’” 4 But the serpent said to the woman, “You will not
surely die. 5 For God knows that when you eat of it your
eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing
good and evil.”

The devil is real.

Ephesians 6:12 ESV
For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against
the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic

powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual
forces of evil in the heavenly places.

The devil has an agenda.

2 Corinthians 11:3 ESV
But I am afraid that as the serpent deceived Eve by his
cunning, your thoughts will be led astray from a sincere
and pure devotion to Christ.

Stalks

Strikes

Squeezes

2 Peter 2:20 NKJV
For if, after they have escaped the pollutions of the world
through the knowledge of the Lord and Savior Jesus
Christ, they are again entangled in them and overcome,
the latter end is worse for them than the beginning.

Swallows

1 Peter 5:8 NLT
Stay alert! Watch out for your great enemy, the devil. He
prowls around like a roaring lion, looking for someone to
devour.

Acts 28:3-5 ESV
3 When Paul had gathered a bundle of sticks and put
them on the fire, a viper came out because of the heat and
fastened on his hand. 4 When the native people saw the
creature hanging from his hand, they said to one another,
“No doubt this man is a murderer. Though he has escaped
from the sea, Justice has not allowed him to live.” 5 He,
however, shook off the creature into the fire and suffered
no harm.

The devil is defeated.

Each relationship that we have will nurture a strength or a weakness within us.



Jude 1

3 Dear friends, I wanted very much to write to you about the salvation we all share together. But I felt the need to write to you about something else: I want to encourage you to fight hard for the faith that God gave his holy people. God gave this faith once, and it is good for all time.

4 Some people have secretly entered your group. These people have already been judged guilty for what they are doing. Long ago the prophets wrote about them. They are against God. They have used the grace of our God in the wrong way—to do sinful things. They refuse to follow Jesus Christ, our only Master and Lord.

8 It is the same way with these people who have entered your group. They are guided by dreams. They make themselves dirty with sin. They reject God’s authority and say bad things against the glorious ones.

10 But these people criticize things they don’t understand. They do understand some things. But they understand these things not by thinking, but by feeling, the way dumb animals understand things.

16 These people always complain and find wrong in others. They always do the evil things they want to do. They boast about themselves. The only reason they say good things about others is to get what they want.

17 Dear friends, remember what the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ said would happen.

18 They told you, “In the last times there will be people who laugh at God and do only what they want to do—things that are against God.”

19 These are the people who divide you. They are not spiritual, because they don’t have the Spirit.

20 But you, dear friends, use your most holy faith to build yourselves up even stronger. Pray with the help of the Holy Spirit.

21 Keep yourselves safe in God’s love, as you wait for the Lord Jesus Christ in his mercy to give you eternal life.

22 Help those who have doubts.

23 Rescue those who are living in danger of hell’s fire. There are others you should treat with mercy, but be very careful that their filthy lives don’t rub off on you.

24 God is strong and can keep you from falling. He can bring you before his glory without any wrong in you and give you great joy.

25 He is the only God, the one who saves us. To him be glory, greatness, power, and authority through Jesus Christ our Lord for all time past, now, and forever. Amen.




Show me your friends and I will show you your future.



Influence: To have an effect on the actions, behavior, or opinions of others.



Who influences me?



Who am I influencing?



Who is in your circle of influence?



Do they elevate or deflate me?



Am I better because they sit in my circle?



Proverbs 3:9 - Honor the Lord with your wealth and with the firstfruits of all your income.



1 Corinthians 16

1 Now about the collection for the Lord’s people: Do what I told the Galatian churches to do.

2 On the first day of every week, each one of you should set aside a sum of money in keeping with your income, saving it up, so that when I come no collections will have to be made.



Romans 12

1 Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship.

2 Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will.



Is my circle straining me?

Is my circle strengthening me?

Do you always seem to be in a hurry?



Do you always seem to be pressed for time?



Has anyone (that cares for you) ever asked you to slow down?



Do you feel guilty when you do rest or relax?



Do your priorities ever get out of order?



I will be happy when…



Luke 10

38 Now as they went on their way, Jesus entered a village. And a woman named Martha welcomed him into her house.

39 And she had a sister called Mary, who sat at the Lord's feet and listened to his teaching.

40 But Martha was distracted with much serving. And she went up to him and said, “Lord, do you not care that my sister has left me to serve alone? Tell her then to help me.”

41 But the Lord answered her, “Martha, Martha, you are anxious and troubled about many things,

42 but one thing is necessary. Mary has chosen the good portion, which will not be taken away from her.”




Busyness is often a choice.



Distraction: An object that directs one's attention away from something else.



Have things changed in your life?




What are the things that have been building up in your life?




What has been happening in your house?





What is happening in your heart?





The things we get distracted by are usually not as important as the things we get distracted from.



Good and evil both increase at compound interest. That is why the little decisions you and I make every day are of such infinite importance.
— C.S. Lewis



35,000

Often, the worst excuse, is a good excuse.
— John Maxwell



Proverbs 18:19 — A brother offended is harder to win over than a fortified city, And contentions [separating families] are like the bars of a castle.



Hebrews 12:15 — Look after each other so that not one of you will fail to find God’s best blessings. Watch out that no bitterness takes root among you, for as it springs up it causes deep trouble, hurting many in their spiritual lives.



What is the resentment that is trying to take root in your life right now?



What could happen if you became offended?



Offense won’t ever let us go.
We must let it go.




Philippians 4

2 Now I appeal to Euodia and Syntyche. Please, because you belong to the Lord, settle your disagreement.

3 And I ask you, my true partner, to help these two women, for they worked hard with me in telling others the Good News. They worked along with Clement and the rest of my co-workers, whose names are written in the Book of Life.



Are you helping or hurting?



Psalm 119:165 — Great peace have they which love thy law: and nothing shall offend them.


No Offense

Matthew 22

36 “Teacher,” he asked, “which is the greatest commandment in the Law?”

37 Jesus answered, “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.’

38 This is the greatest and the most important commandment.

39 The second most important commandment is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as you love yourself.’



Love God
Love Others
Love Yourself



Matthew 3

16 As soon as Jesus was baptized, he went up out of the water. At that moment heaven was opened, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and alighting on him.

17 And a voice from heaven said, “This is my Son, whom I love; with him I am well pleased.”



Identity



It is imperative to know WHO you are and WHOSE you are.



You were created ON purpose and FOR a purpose.



Beloved



Romans 8

35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword?

38 For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers,

39 neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.



We should be astonished at the goodness of God, stunned that He should bother to call us by name, our mouths wide open at His love, bewildered that at this very moment we are standing on holy ground.
— Brennan Manning



Well Pleased



I want to live a life that is pleasing to God.



Romans 12

1 So then, my friends, because of God's great mercy to us I appeal to you: Offer yourselves as a living sacrifice to God, dedicated to his service and pleasing to him. This is the true worship that you should offer.

2 Do not conform yourselves to the standards of this world, but let God transform you inwardly by a complete change of your mind. Then you will be able to know the will of God—what is good and is pleasing to him and is perfect.