Friday 21 November 2014

Overlooking Your Difficulties And Staying In The Same Church - Rita N. A. Arthur

Overlooking Your Difficulties And Staying in The Same Church

The 3 Levels Of Spiritual Warfare

The 3 Levels of Spiritual Warfare
2 Corinthians 2:11; Ephesians 1:19-22
REVIEW
There are various offensive weapons we have as Christians. We discover how acts like praise and Worship, prayer, the blood of Jesus can be a very powerful effective tool for every Christian.
INTRODUCTION
In our lesson today we are going to consider the various levels of warfare where we can apply the weapons we studied about in our last lesson.
THE 3 LEVELS OF SPIRITUAL WARFARE
1.   THE HEAVENLIES: There are basically three heavens namely the sky/ firmaments, the second heavens and the third heavens. Satan and some of his heavenly demons reside in the seconds heavens where as God resides in the third heaven. Whenever God sends answers to prayer request to his children from his abode in the third heavens, Satan and his cohorts in the second heavens can fight against it. We therefore have a duty to continue praying and taking charge of the authorities in the heavens. Daniel 10:10-21, Ephesians 2:2
Discussion.
Based on Daniel`s example, how would you ensure that the forces of the air do not hinder answers to your prayers?
2.   THE BELIEVERS MIND: Our mind is the place where most of our personal battles go on. The bible teaches us to be hopeful, steadfast, diligent etc in our walk with God; all these virtues are birthed and nurtured in the mind.

Monday 3 November 2014

Humble Beginnings, Praise And Patience

Scripture: Luke 2: 1- 35

Luke 2: 1 – 7
Our Lord and King was born in a manger. That is a humble beginning. The Bible in Job 8:7 says though your beginning be small your latter end shall be greatly increased. God has a beginning for every one of us and he usually starts from the very bottom and gradually takes us to the top. Therefore, it is important that we do not despise where we are right now because we know that the Lord will greatly increase our latter end. Phil. 2: 6 – 11.

Discuss how believers can appreciated their present state while trust God for their future greatness.

Luke 2: 8 – 20
The company of angels appeared praising God. Likewise the shepherds gave glory to God for Christ’s birth. It’s all about praising God.