THIS WEEK’S video coming to you in THREE PARTS!!!! It’s so good, SO BIG, and wow… SO IMPORTANT!   

Your Relationship with YOU!  The enemy tried to take us OUUUTTT for this one. But here we are, alive and well, one black eye and a whoolleeee lot of truth to bring you what we’ve got!   

Now, MORE THAN EVER, the world, the enemy, the culture is trying to confuse, contradict and create who we are based on lies and made up words.   

We have to know who we are in Christ and because of Christ to know who we are in this world. Because though we are in this world, we are not of this world. And to live as Christ, we will be left out, we will not fit in, we will not look like the world around us.   

Your relationship with yourself cannot come from the world or anything of it. Your relationship with you comes from our relationship with Jesus.   

SHOW NOTES: 00:23 Decisions: Does this honor God? Does this honor myself? Does this honor others?  1:12 Sarah and Abraham — Sarah was impatient and Ishmael is born.  This is what happens when we do not trust the Lord in who we are in Christ.  2:30 Pslam 84:11  8:36 Psalm 16:5  9:40 Stop complaining (James 5:9, Philippians 2:14)

THIS WEEK’S video coming to you in THREE PARTS!!!! It’s so good, SO BIG, and wow… SO IMPORTANT!   

Your Relationship with YOU!  

The enemy tried to take us OUUUTTT for this one. But here we are, alive and well, one black eye and a whoolleeee lot of truth to bring you what we’ve got!   

Now, MORE THAN EVER, the world, the enemy, the culture is trying to confuse, contradict and create who we are based on lies and made up words.   

We have to know who we are in Christ and because of Christ to know who we are in this world. Because though we are in this world, we are not of this world. And to live as Christ, we will be left out, we will not fit in, we will not look like the world around us.   

Your relationship with yourself cannot come from the world or anything of it. Your relationship with you comes from our relationship with Jesus.   

SHOW NOTES: 1:04 When you lose your life, you actually gain it (SCRIPTURE)  1:13 When we crucify ourselves, that is actually where we find life  1:20 Recap from last week — Our Relationship with Jesus  4:44 By His Word, the Heavens and Earth was made and the Earth is the Lord’s and everything that is in Him and the life and breath of every living creature in His Hands (SCRIPTURE)  6:10 Jeremiah 29:11, 1 Peter 2:9, Ephesians 3:10, Psalm 34:7, 2 Peter 1:3, Philippians 4:19 6:45 Colossians 1:21-22  7:40 Galatians 2:20 7:50 God’s Word is true and powerful, how we flesh that out every day is in worship.  8:05 Are we choosing to obey God or follow our flesh in every situation? (Joshua 24:15)  8:10 Galatians 2:20 — I don’t have to fall to that temptation because it’s not me anymore, its Jesus in me. I can, by Holy Spirit, be strengthened against this sin.  8:37 It’s not that it’s not hard, it is still a fight against our flesh, but you are not alone. God is fighting for you.  9:07 It is Christ living through us and when we know Jesus in us, we truly know ourselves.  9:33 Conquering the hard in this world leads to joy in Christ  10:19 We are either surrendering to Jesus or surrendering to your flesh.  10:50 We either hate ourselves, loving ourselves in Christ, or worshipping ourselves.  11:15 We find our humility in Christ — we came to serve and we are valuable because of the Image in which we were created in God.  12:00 We have two options, there are two ways we experience hardships — to avoid a surrendered life to God in fear or embrace difficulties fully surrendered to Jesus.  13:20 The decision is clear and easy when we know who we are in Christ   16:12 2 Peter 1:3-11  26:50 1 Peter 1:3-5 Shielded by God’s Power  29:00 Fruit of the Spirit Galatians 5:22-23  29:07 1 John 2:9-11  29:28 Mark 12:28-31  29:56 1 Samuel 18:3  33:12 Who is your authority?  33:28 Nothing takes you out of God’s Hand John 10:28 33:33 You can walk out of God’s Will, that is your choice, but His Hand never leaves you.  35:00 Children, obey your parents Ephesians 6:1 35:05 Give to Caesar what is his Mark 12:17 Discipleship model — earthly authority  We cannot let our flesh rule us. We were made for relationship, not isolation.  36:27 What boundaries do you have in place to protect yourself from yourself?  37:10 “Can a man carry fire next to his chest and his clothes not be burned?” Proverbs 6:27 38:28 1 Corinthians 10:12 41:00 Psalm 66:18-20  41:25 Proverbs 15:3

Our relationship with Jesus... our sweetest one!

2:46 Genesis 3:15, 22

2:55 Jesus' life and words are throughout all four Gospels

3:02 All throughout Isaiah

3:07 John 14 and throughout the rest of the New Testament

5:50 Matthew 7:11, James 1:17

6:17 So many references to this in the Bible, one being the end of Matthew 6 when Jesus tells us every material thing we could worry about, He will provide when we seek Him first (6:33).

7:00 Again, so many references- a few of our go-tos are 2 Corinthians 12:8-9 and Philippians 4:19

9:06  Genesis 1:26

9:22 Genesis 1:1

9:58 John 1

10:50 John 20:30-31

11:26 John 1:4, Genesis 1:2, John 8:12

12:50 Genesis 3:6-7, 3:15a

13:10 3:20

14:05 3:15b

14:27 3:15b

16:16 Genesis 3:1-5, Matthew 4:1-11

17:50, 19:02 Matthew 4:10

21:50 Matthew 1

24:43 Genesis 15-22

25:37 Genesis 17:16

26:37 Galatians 5:22-26

27:05 Luke 17:21

27:23 Matthew 6:33

30:27 Matthew 9:21

30:50 John 4:14

30:55 John 11:25

31:00 John 14:6

32:09 John 3:1

32:45 John 10:10

33:01 Romans 4:23

33:39, 34:35 Romans 5:8

35:00 Acts 1:7-8

35:19 Romans 6 

35:45 Romans 5:12-21

37:34 Romans 6:15

38:36 Matthew 4, Proverbs 4:23

44:21 John 10:10

44:53 Psalm 103 

45:06 Genesis 1:26, 1 John 4:7-8

45:33 Psalm 1

45:25 Proverbs 19:22

47:47 John 16:33

40:39 Deuteronomy 3:16

40:45 Psalm 139

50:01 *Correction El Elyon means "God Most High" or "The Lord of Heaven and Earth" (https://www.biblestudytools.com/bible-study/topical-studies/worship-god-as-el-elyon-the-lord-most-high.html?amp). El Roi is The God Who Sees (https://www.biblestudytools.com/bible-study/topical-studies/reasons-to-praise-god-as-el-roi.html).

52:43 Psalm 16:11

53:15 James 5:16

54:35 Matthew 16:24

55:41 Matthew 6:21

58:42 Ecclesiastes 3:12-13

59:27 Romans 10:9

1:00:02 John 11:25 

This week we're talking about relationships in the Bible!! We were made for relationships but when we love and trust God and we know we are loved by Him, that is what makes relationships work. Because we are secure in God’s Love, we are able to go deeper with other people in relationships. We have to know who we are and Whose we are before we can go elsewhere.

Show notes on Relationships we highlight--

5:58 Who was the relationship between in the Bible? The Trinity - Father, Son, Spirit (“Let us” Genesis 1:26

7:15 The first example of marriage Genesis 2:24-25

18:24 Jonathan and David 1 Samuel 18

23:33 Naomi and Ruth 1:14

25:15 Ruth and Boaz Ruth 2:1

29:10 We see Jesus in The Gospels and how He handles people

30:05 He was sitting at the table with someone who would betray Him and He didn’t call him out Matthew 26:17-30

30:40 Jesus told Peter he would deny Him three times before the rooster crows Matthew 26:31-35

32:43 Cain and Abel Genesis 4

32:45 Jesse and David 1 Samuel 17:2

33:14 God saw David in the field and saw his heart (1 Samuel 13:14, Acts 13:22)

34:16 Jezebel and Ahab

35:06 Jacob and Esau Genesis 25:26-Genesis 27

35:48 Jacob and Rachel and Leah Genesis 29:17

36:10 Rachel and Leah (Genesis 29:31

36:57 Psalm 16

27:30 Joseph’s brothers sell him into slavery Genesis 37

37:55 Joseph and Potiphar’s wife Genesis 39

38:24 Abram and Sarai - shortcuts Genesis 15-22

41:07 1 Peter 3:5-6

42:42 Isaiah 54

Moms! Wow! We love you and we want to encourage you, walk alongside you in this and we want you to know you are not alone!  Your girls… they need you! They want you! They want you to ask the hard questions! They want to know you care. They care!!  Your prayers and what you are building from inside your closet, in your car, all those prayers… you are building Holy Spirit Power and Protection around your children so much bigger than your fears, so much bigger than the physical they face. Ohhh we wish we could see it! But it is there!!!  Don’t give up! Keep fighting! Keep showing up for your kids!!!! They want you there!

As women and girls, relationships are a big deal. No matter what enneagram we are, our world and our lives are full of relationships. As followers of Christ, our relationship with Him reflects in our relationships with others. As an extrovert, you might even have relationships as simple as the same guy who makes your coffee at your local coffee shop. As an introvert, your relationships might remain more in the closest people that all of us have. No matter your personality or your enneagram, your every day is made up of relationships and every relationship is important to Jesus and can be used for His Glory.   From the deepest relationship to the smallest, each one matters. So through our study, we will look at the different relationships we have, relationships throughout the Bible and ways to glorify God and honor each other in each one of them.

Join us this week as we walk through praying through the Psalms! With Psalms of worship, instruction, lament, rejoicing after protection and contentment, the book of Psalms gives us so many great outlines to pray through and use as our weapon to defeating the enemy and worshipping our Heavenly Daddy!

Praying through Scripture

Next in our Prayer study we are looking at how to pray?  Some of us might have grown up praying prayers and we don't know what they mean or some of us might not have grown up praying at all! For the rest of our study, we will be looking more in depth at Praying Scripture, praying through the Psalms and several other prays including the Lord's Prayer, The Tabernacle Prayer, the prayer of Jabez, Spiritual Warfare prayers and more!   God gives us two powerful weapons- His Word and His Communication. When we pray His Word, we have His Holy Spirit Power.  Join us this week as we talk about praying out loud, the power of our Words and a few Scriptures we love to pray as an overview of How to Pray!  We love you!

What would you think if someone asked you about the power of prayer? 

Prayer has the power to exchange our realities for His Promises and Plans. Join us as we look at the way the purpose of prayer manifests into the Power of God in our lives and through our lives as we know Jesus and make Him known.