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Man: Created in God’s Image

 

Conscience

…that which is known about God is evident within them; for God made it evident to them. (Romans 1:19 NAS)

  • Man: In the image of God
    • Genesis 1:26-27 And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.
    • Genesis 2:7 And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.
    • Job 33:4 The spirit of God hath made me, and the breath of the Almighty hath given me life.
    • Job 32:8 But there is a spirit in man: and the inspiration of the Almighty giveth them understanding.
    • Leviticus 17:11 For the life of the flesh is in the blood: and I have given it to you upon the altar to make an atonement for your souls: for it is the blood that maketh an atonement for the soul.
    • Zechariah 12:1 The burden of the word of the Lord for Israel, saith the Lord, which stretcheth forth the heavens, and layeth the foundation of the earth, and formeth the spirit of man within him.
    • Isaiah 42:5 Thus saith God the Lord, he that created the heavens, and stretched them out; he that spread forth the earth, and that which cometh out of it; he that giveth breath unto the people upon it, and spirit to them that walk therein:
    • Psalm 139:13-18 For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother’s womb. I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well. My substance was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret, and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth. Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being unperfect; and in thy book all my members were written, which in continuance were fashioned, when as yet there was none of them. How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! how great is the sum of them! If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand: when I awake, I am still with thee.
    • Psalm 119:73 Thy hands have made me and fashioned me: give me understanding, that I may learn thy commandments.
    • Isaiah 43:7 Even every one that is called by my name: for I have created him for my glory, I have formed him; yea, I have made him.
    • Genesis 1:28 And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.
  • Man: a three-part being
    • 1 Thessalonians 5:23 And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
    • Hebrews 4:12 For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.
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Body

Soul

Spirit

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Formed/made

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Relates to physical environment “tent”

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Senses: touch, taste, sight, smell, sound

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Breathed

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Mind, will, emotions (personality)

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Breathed

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Divine nature

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Divine power

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God’s likeness/ image

 In the Garden of Eden before man sinned, man was physically and spiritually alive – the outer self and inner self were in union with God. 

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Eternal Truths from the Foundation of the World

 

The Foundation of the World

  • Kingdom Prepared
    • Matthew 25:34 Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:
  • Jesus utters Kept Secrets
    • Matthew 13:35 That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying, I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things which have been kept secret from the foundation of the world.
  • Jesus Given Glory – Loved by the Father
    • John 17:24 Father, I will that they also, whom thou hast given me, be with me where I am; that they may behold my glory, which thou hast given me: for thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world.
  • Chosen in Christ
    • Ephesians 1:4 According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love:
  • Works Finished
    • Hebrews 4:3 For we which have believed do enter into rest, as he said, As I have sworn in my wrath, if they shall enter into my rest: although the works were finished from the foundation of the world.
  • Christ Foreordained
    • 1 Peter 1:20 Who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you,
  • Book of Life – Lamb Slain
    • Revelation 13:8 And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.
  • Book of Life
    • Revelation 17:8 The beast that thou sawest was, and is not; and shall ascend out of the bottomless pit, and go into perdition: and they that dwell on the earth shall wonder, whose names were not written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, when they behold the beast that was, and is not, and yet is.
  • Eternity in our Heats
    • Ecclesiastes 3:11 He hath made every thing beautiful in his time: also he hath set the world (eternity) in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that God maketh from the beginning to the end.
    • Ecclesiastes 3:14-15 I know that, whatsoever God doeth, it shall be for ever: nothing can be put to it, nor any thing taken from it: and God doeth it, that men should fear before him.That which hath been is now; and that which is to be hath already been; and God requireth that which is past.

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The Eternal Counsel of God: Understanding His Plans

The Counsel 

… The Determined counsel and foreknowledge of God…  

The Counsel of the Lord stands forever, the plans of His heart to all generations. 

(Acts 2:23; Psalm 33:11)

The Counsel of the Lord 

  • Stands
    • Isaiah 46:10-11 Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure: Calling a ravenous bird from the east, the man that executeth my counsel from a far country: yea, I have spoken it, I will also bring it to pass; I have purposed it, I will also do it.
    • Proverbs 19:21 There are many devices in a man’s heart; nevertheless the counsel of the Lord, that shall stand.
    • Psalm 33:11 The counsel of the Lord standeth for ever, the thoughts of his heart to all generations.
  • Draws near
    • Isaiah 5:19 That say, Let him make speed, and hasten his work, that we may see it: and let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel draw nigh and come, that we may know it!
  • Secrets revealed
    • Daniel 2:28 But there is a God in heaven that revealeth secrets, and maketh known to the king Nebuchadnezzar what shall be in the latter days. Thy dream, and the visions of thy head upon thy bed, are these;
    • Amos 3:7 Surely the Lord God will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto his servants the prophets.
    • Proverbs 3:32  For the froward is abomination to the Lord: but his secret is with the righteous.
    • Psalm 25:14 The secret of the Lord is with them that fear him; and he will shew them his covenant.
    • Deuteronomy 29:29 The secret things belong unto the Lord our God: but those things which are revealed belong unto us and to our children for ever, that we may do all the words of this law.
  • Guides
    • Psalm 32:8 I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with mine eye.
    • Isaiah28:29 This also cometh forth from the Lord of hosts, which is wonderful in counsel, and excellent in working (guidance).
    • Psalm 73:24 Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel, and afterward receive me to glory.
  • Plans Established – Wages War
    • Proverbs 20:18 Every purpose is established by counsel: and with good advice make war
    • Proverbs 24:6 For by wise counsel thou shalt make thy war: and in multitude of counsellors there is safety.
  • Inheritance – Predestined – Works all things
    • Ephesians 1:11-12 In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will: That we should be to the praise of his glory, who first trusted in Christ.
  • Immutable – Does not Lie – Hope Set Before Us – Anchor
    • Hebrews 6:17-20 Wherein God, willing more abundantly to shew unto the heirs of promise the immutability of his counsel, confirmed it by an oath: That by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us: Which hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and stedfast, and which entereth into that within the veil; Whither the forerunner is for us entered, even Jesus, made an high priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec.
  • Perceive – Hear – Mark – Call
    • Jeremiah 23:18 For who hath stood in the counsel of the Lord, and hath perceived and heard his word? who hath marked his word, and heard it?
    • Jeremiah 33:3 Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and show thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not.
  • Now to Him
    • Romans 16:5-27  Now to him that is of power to stablish you according to my gospel, and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery, which was kept secret since the world began, But now is made manifest, and by the scriptures of the prophets, according to the commandment of the everlasting God, made known to all nations for the obedience of faith: To God only wise, be glory through Jesus Christ for ever. Amen.
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God’s Plan of Salvation: Past, Present, Future

 Salvation History – Past, Present, and Future

God’s Faithfulness to all Mankind- to All Generations

 

 Remember the former things of old: for I am God, and there is none else; I am God, and there is none like me, Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure:

I have declared the former things from the beginning; and they went forth out of my mouth, and I shewed them; I did them suddenly, and they came to pass. Because I knew that thou art obstinate, and thy neck is an iron sinew, and thy brow brass; I  have even from the beginning declared it to thee; before it came to pass I shewed it thee: lest thou shouldest say, Mine idol hath done them, and my graven image, and my molten image, hath commanded them.

  1. God Has a plan
    • Before the foundation of the world, God’s determinate counsel had a plan for the redemption of mankind – a reconciling of man to God. God wanted a people for Himself. Acts 2:23-24; Eph 1; Rev 13:8; Ex 19:4-6
  2. God speaks the plan
    • Hebrews 1:1 God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets,
    • Timeline
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  3. God executes the plan
    • God Demonstrates His plan through the nation of Israel- Genesis chapters 11-25- the call and birthing of God’s chosen nation – Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, 12 sons/ tribes
  4. God accomplishes the plan
    • The Promise of the Redeemer – Gen. 3:15
    • But Now Jesus – Romans 3:21-26
    • Birth, Ministry, Death, Burial, Resurrection- Gospels
    • John 19:30 When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished: and he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost.
    • John 14:2-3 In my Father’s house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.  And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.
  5. God completes the plan
    • Revelations 21:3-7 And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God. And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away. And he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. And he said unto me, Write: for these words are true and faithful. And he said unto me, It is done. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely. He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son.
    • Revelations 22:12-13 And, behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to give every man according as his work shall be. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last.
Acts 15:18
Known unto God are all his works from the beginning of the world.
 
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The Everlasting Nature of God Explained

 The Eternity of God

El Olam -The Everlasting God- The God of Eternity
The Alpha and the Omega- The Beginning and the End
The First and the Last – The Author and the Finisher
Isaiah 46:9-10
9 Remember the former things of old: for I am God, and there is none else; I am God, and there is none like me,
10 Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure:
Isaiah 48:3-5
3 I have declared the former things from the beginning; and they went forth out of my mouth, and I shewed them; I did them suddenly, and they came to pass.
4 Because I knew that thou art obstinate, and thy neck is an iron sinew, and thy brow brass;
5 I have even from the beginning declared it to thee; before it came to pass I shewed it thee: lest thou shouldest say, Mine idol hath done them, and my graven image, and my molten image, hath commanded them.
  • God Has a plan
  • God speaks the plan
  • God Executes the plan
  • God Accomplishes the plan
  • God Completes the plan
Vocabulary Words
El – God
Olam – Everlasting
Omnipotent – All powerful
Omniscient – all knowing
Omnipresent – everywhere

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The Power of Prayer and Fasting: A Biblical Perspective

Prayer and Fasting
  1. The Combination of Praying and Fasting
    • Mark 9:29 And he said unto them, This kind can come forth by nothing, but by prayer and fasting.
      • Fasting:
        • Abstinence (Voluntary forbearance especially from indulgence of an appetite or craving or from easting some foods)
        • To abstain from food
        • Hebrew word for fasting means to cover over one’s mouth
    • Examples of Fasting in the Word
      • Ezra 8:21-23 “Prayer and fasting for protection”
      • Nehemiah 1:4 “Prayer and fasting over the condition and restoration process”
      • Esther 4:16 “Prayer and fasting for guidance and deliverance”
      • Psalms 35:13 “Prayer and fasting for healing”
      • Daniel 9:2-3 “Prayer and fasting for fulfillment of the promise”
      • Luke 2:36-38 “Prayer and fasting as a lifestyle”
      • Acts 13:2-3 “Prayer and fasting for direction”
      • Acts 14:23 “Prayer and fasting for the appointment of leadership”
  2. What Fasting is and is not
    • Fasting is not twisting the arm of God to force Him to move on our behalf.
    • It is not a diet.
    • Fasting is:
      • Putting the flesh under submission
      • Focusing on the supernatural and not the natural
      • Focusing on the will of the Father and not the will of the flesh
      • A time to feed upon the Word of God and not natural food
      • A specified time set apart to seek God through prayer and the Word
    • Matthew 4:1-4 Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil. And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungred. And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread. But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.
    • John 4:34 Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work.
    • Isaiah 58:1-14 “God’s Chosen Fast”
      • To loose the bonds of wickedness
      • To undo heavy burdens
      • To let the oppressed go free
      • To break every yoke
      • To share your bread with the hungry
      • To bring the poor to your house
      • To clothe the naked
      • Not hiding yourself from those in need
    • Fasting focuses on the plan, will, and purpose of the Father.
    • Fasting is not focusing on the problem.
    • Matthew 6:16-18 Moreover when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance: for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men to fast. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward. But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine head, and wash thy face, That thou appear not unto men to fast, but unto thy Father which is in secret: and thy Father, which seeth in secret, shall reward thee openly.

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Praying with Faith: Tips for Strengthened Trust

 
  1. Faith is…
    • Hebrew 11:1 Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.
    • Faith (pistis)
      • from G3982; persuasion, i.e. credence; moral conviction (of religious truth, or the truthfulness of God or a religious teacher), especially reliance upon Christ for salvation; abstractly, constancy in such profession; by extension, the system of religious (Gospel) truth itself:—assurance, belief, believe, faith, fidelity.
      • Faith is the substance (to set under) things hoped for.
        • assurance
        • guarantee
        • certainty
      • The evidence of things not seen.
        • Proof
        • Faith itself is the guarantee; the objective assurance that the goods promised by God not presently seen but vouchsafed (to grant or furnish) by Him, will indeed be delivered.
  2. Without faith it is impossible to please him
    • Hebrews 11:6 But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.
      • Rewarder (Strong’s G3406 – misthapodotēs)
        • from G3409 and G591; a remunerator[1]:—rewarder.
        • remunerator – compensation, payment
      • Diligently (Strong’s G1567 – ekzēteō)
        •  from G1537 and G2212; to search out, i.e. (figuratively)investigate, crave, demand, (by Hebraism) worship:—en- (re-)quire, seek after (carefully, diligently).
    • Romans 14:23 And he that doubteth is damned if he eat, because he eateth not of faith: for whatsoever is not of faith is sin.
    • 1 John 5:4 For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith.
  3. In Prayer We must ask in Faith
    • James 1:6-8 But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed. For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing of the Lord. A double minded man is unstable in all his ways.
    • Asking in Faith
      • Believing in God
    • Not Doubting (not wavering). This is…
      • Uncertainty if God can really do it
      • not confident in His ability
      • Lack of trust in His Word and who He is
  4. We must receive by faith
    • Mark 11:22-24 And Jesus answering saith unto them, Have faith in God. For verily I say unto you, That whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he saith. Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them.
    • Believe (Strong’s G4100 – pisteuō)
      •  from G4102; to have faith (in, upon, or with respect to, a person or thing), i.e. credit; by implication, to entrust (especially one’s spiritual well-being to Christ):—believe(-r), commit (to trust), put in trust with.
    • Revieve (G2983 – lambanō)
      • to take (in very many applications, literally and figuratively (properly objective or active, to get hold of
  5. Praying the prayer of faith
    • James 5:15 And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him.
      1. Learn the promise of God found in His Word for your situation.
      2. When you are convinced, not just in your head but in your heart, that the promise is true for you, speak the Word.
      3. When thoughts come to make you doubt, confess the promise and thank God that it is done.
      4. Stand and it will come to pass.
    • 1 Corinthians 16:13 Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, be strong.
    • Daniel 10:1-13
 

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Understanding the Tabernacle: A Guide to Prayer

A Pattern of Prayer

 The Tabernacle of Moses

Exodus 25:8-9

And let them make me a sanctuary; that I may dwell among them. 9 According to all that I shew thee, after the pattern of the tabernacle, and the pattern of all the instruments thereof, even so shall ye make it.
  1. The Holiest of all (Most Holy)
    1. The Ark of the Covenant
  2. The Holy Place
    1. The Golden Altar of Incense
    2. The Table of Showbread
    3. The Golden Candle Stick
  3. The Outer Court
    1. The Brazen Laver
    2. The Brazen Altar
Seven Major Components
  1. Gate
    1. Exodus 27:16 And for the gate of the court shall be an hanging of twenty cubits, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, wrought with needlework: and their pillars shall be four, and their sockets four.
  2. Brazen Altar 
    1. Exodus 27:1-2 And thou shalt make an altar of shittim wood, five cubits long, and five cubits broad; the altar shall be foursquare: and the height thereof shall be three cubits. And thou shalt make the horns of it upon the four corners thereof: his horns shall be of the same: and thou shalt overlay it with brass.
  3. Brazen Laver
    1. Exodus 30:18-21 Thou shalt also make a laver of brass, and his foot also of brass, to wash withal: and thou shalt put it between the tabernacle of the congregation and the altar, and thou shalt put water therein.19 For Aaron and his sons shall wash their hands and their feet thereat: When they go into the tabernacle of the congregation, they shall wash with water, that they die not; or when they come near to the altar to minister, to burn offering made by fire unto the Lord: 21 So they shall wash their hands and their feet, that they die not: and it shall be a statute for ever to them, even to him and to his seed throughout their generations.
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  4. Golden Candlestick
    1. Exodus 25:31 And thou shalt make a candlestick of pure gold: of beaten work shall the candlestick be made: his shaft, and his branches, his bowls, his knops, and his flowers, shall be of the same.
  5. Table of Shewbread
    1. Exodus 25:23-24 Thou shalt also make a table of shittim wood: two cubits shall be the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof. And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, and make thereto a crown of gold round about.
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  6. Altar of Incense
    1. Exodus 30:1-3 And thou shalt make an altar to burn incense upon: of shittim wood shalt thou make it. A cubit shall be the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof; foursquare shall it be: and two cubits shall be the height thereof: the horns thereof shall be of the same. And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, the top thereof, and the sides thereof round about, and the horns thereof; and thou shalt make unto it a crown of gold round about.
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  7. Ark of the Covenant/ Mercy Seat
    1. Exodus 25:10-11 And they shall make an ark of shittim wood: two cubits and a half shall be the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof. And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, within and without shalt thou overlay it, and shalt make upon it a crown of gold round about.
Praying Through the Tabernacle 

The Lord’s Prayer

Tabernacle

Purpose Or Focus

Scriptures

Our Father in Heaven Hallowed be your name

Gate (the place of entrance)

Praise and Thanksgiving

Praise and Thanksgiving

Matthew 6:9

Psalm 100

Your Kingdom come, and Your will be done.

The Altar (the place of sacrifice)

The Cross – Jesus died on the cross

Establishing His will for:

· Yourself

· Family

· Church

· Nation

Matthew 6:10

Psalms 40:8

Romans 12:1-2

Galatians 2:20

Psalms 118:27

1 Corinthians 15:31

Forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors

The Laver (the place of washing)

The Word

Forgiveness and the washing by the water of the Word of God

Matthew 6:12

Ephesians 5:26

1 John 1:9

Psalms 51:10

Give us this day our daily bread

The Table of shewbread

Covenant

Fellowship, Provision, & Covenant

Matthew 6:11

John 6:48

Luke 24:35

Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil

Candlestick

 

Holy Spirit

Deliverance, Direction

Matthew 6:13

Isaiah 10:27

John 16:13

Forgiving others

Altar of Incense

 

Intercession

Intercession (pray for others)

Mattew 6:12

Psalm 141:2

Revelation 5:8

Revelation 8:3-4

For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory

The Ark of the Covenant

Relationship & Worship

Worship in His Presence

Matthew 6:13

Psalm 16:11

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Exploring the Spiritual Teachings of the Lord’s Prayer

 The Lord’s Prayer

Matthew 6:9-13Luke 11:2-4
After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.And he said unto them, When ye pray, say, Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.
Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, as in heaven, so in earth.
Give us this day our daily bread.Give us day by day our daily bread.
And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.And forgive us our sins; for we also forgive every one that is indebted to us.
And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.And lead us not into temptation; but deliver us from evil.

Declarations

  • Our Father in Heaven, Hallowed be your name.
    • “Our Father”Covenant Relationship
      • Galatians 4:4-6 But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law, To redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons. And because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father.
        • We are now able to become children of God Almighty by adoption. We are adopted through the blood of Jesus.
    • “Hallowed be your name”
      •  Hallowed
        • Holy
        •  Sanctified
        • Set apart
      • Psalms 30:4 Sing unto the Lord, O ye saints of his, and give thanks at the remembrance of his holiness.
      • Psalms 103:1 Bless the Lord, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless his holy name.
    • His Name – “Eight Compound Names of God”
Names of God
  • Your kingdom come, and Your will be done.
    • This establishes God’s Priority and will in your life.
    • The laying down of your desires, will, and selfishness.
    • Establishing God’s Kingdom and will in:
      •  My Life
      • My family
      • My church
      • My Nation (Nation, state, city)
  • Give us this day our daily bread
    • Daily Provision
    • Walking in God’s Covenant promise
      • Philippians 4:19 But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus
      • John 15:7 If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.
  • Forgive us of our debts, as we forgive our debtors
    • Receiving the Father’s forgiveness
      • 1 John 1:9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
      • Psalm 32:5 I acknowledge my sin unto thee, and mine iniquity have I not hid. I said, I will confess my transgressions unto the Lord; and thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin. Selah.
    • Walking in forgiveness towards one another
      • Ephesians 4:32 And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you.
      • Colossians 3:13 Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye.
      • Matthew 5:23-24 Therefore if thou bring thy gift to the altar, and there rememberest that thy brother hath ought against thee; Leave there thy gift before the altar, and go thy way; first be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift.
  • Lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil.
    • James 1:14-15 But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed. Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death.
      • In what areas are we tempted or drawn away?
        • 1 John 2:16 For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.
          • The lust of the Flesh
          • The lust of the eyes
          • The pride of life
  •  Deliver us from evil
    • Colossians 1:13 Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son:
      • God has delivered us from evil and put us in the kingdom of Jesus
  • For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory, forever.
    • Revelation 7:11-12 And all the angels stood round about the throne, and about the elders and the four beasts, and fell before the throne on their faces, and worshipped God, Saying, Amen: Blessing, and glory, and wisdom, and thanksgiving, and honour, and power, and might, be unto our God for ever and ever. Amen.

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Jesus’ Teachings on Sincere Prayer

Jesus is our example

Matthew 6:5-8: And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward. But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly.  But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking. Be not ye therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him.

Not like the Hypocrite

  • And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
    • Hypocrite (meaning)
      •  An Actor
      • As assumed character (stage player)
      • Fake, putting on false appearance
      • To pretend
    • The Hypocrite prays to be seen by others and to appear spiritual or religious.

Find a private place

  • But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly.
  • Jesus is not against corporate and public prayer, but is speaking of the importance of finding a quiet and private place to focus on Him.

Shut the doors

  • Door
    • A portal or entrance
    • An opening
    • Door or gate
    • We have 3 gates- ways that things enter
      • The eye gates
      • The Ear gates
      • The mind gates
    • Avoiding distractions
      • Luke 10:38-42 Now it came to pass, as they went, that he entered into a certain village: and a certain woman named Martha received him into her house. And she had a sister called Mary, which also sat at Jesus’ feet, and heard his word. But Martha was cumbered about much serving, and came to him, and said, Lord, dost thou not care that my sister hath left me to serve alone? bid her therefore that she help me.  And Jesus answered and said unto her, Martha, Martha, thou art careful and troubled about many things: But one thing is needful: and Mary hath chosen that good part, which shall not be taken away from her.
        •  cumbered about much serving = distracted with much serving.

The secret place

  •  God is not playing hide and seek, but desires for us to come into the secret place of His presence.
    • Psalms 31:20 Thou shalt hide them in the secret of thy presence from the pride of man: thou shalt keep them secretly in a pavilion from the strife of tongues.
    •  Psalms 91:1 He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.

 Vain Repetitions

  • But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking.
    •  Prayer is not about a pattern or recital of words but is to be from a genuine and sincere heart.

Asking the Father

  • Be not ye therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him.
  • Why ask if He already knows?
    • Asking deals with:
      •  Confessing and speaking
      • The power of agreement
      • Alignment with the authority of the Word
      • Aligning our will with the will of the Father
    • Matthew 7:7-12 Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you: For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened. Or what man is there of you, whom if his son ask bread, will he give him a stone? Or if he ask a fish, will he give him a serpent? If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask him? Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets.
    • James 4:2-3 Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not. Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts.
The Essential Guide to Effective Prayer Practices

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