FIVE TOP SPIRITUAL LESSONS FIVE TOP SPIRITUAL LESSONS

FIVE TOP SPIRITUAL LESSONS

FIVE TOP SPIRITUAL LESSONS Lesson # 1 - One of the most dangerous things we can do is think of ourselves differently than God does.

FIVE TOP SPIRITUAL LESSONS LIST OF EMOTIONS… Excited Pleased Pride Joy Love Satisfaction Indifferent Disappointed Failure A Let Down Disapproval Frustration

FIVE TOP SPIRITUAL LESSONS “As a man thinks in his heart so is he. ” Proverbs 23: 7 Ruminate – to chew something over

FIVE TOP SPIRITUAL LESSONS We ruminate over the negative, over the lies we believe God feels about us. We replay our mistakes, our faults, our fears to the point where we not only believe them but we are sure God does as well.

FIVE TOP SPIRITUAL LESSONS Ruminating on negative thoughts about yourself or God is a costly mistake. “Yes, I have loved you with an everlasting love; therefore with loving kindness I have drawn you” Jeremiah 31: 3

FIVE TOP SPIRITUAL LESSONS Can a mother forget the baby at her breast and have no compassion on the child she has borne? Though she may forget, I will not forget you! See, I have engraved you on the palms of my hands. Isaiah 49: 15 -16

FIVE TOP SPIRITUAL LESSONS The Lord your God is with you, the Mighty Warrior who saves. He will take great delight in you; in His love He will no longer rebuke you, but will rejoice over you with singing. Zephaniah 3: 17

FIVE TOP SPIRITUAL LESSONS Lesson #2 – Our circumstances have the ability to shape our faith or shake our faith.

FIVE TOP SPIRITUAL LESSONS Shape our faith… - We won’t get offended by the painful things or challenges that God allows in our lives. - We will give Him permission to do His work inside of us and we will emerge changed.

FIVE TOP SPIRITUAL LESSONS Shake our Faith… We allow bitterness, resentment and disappointment to cripple or neutralize our faith. We white knuckle through the challenge in our own strength and ability and we come out the other side basically unchanged.

FIVE TOP SPIRITUAL LESSONS Don’t let what we don’t understand supersede what you do understand. He redeems situations that are desperate, hopeless and impossible.

FIVE TOP SPIRITUAL LESSONS It is not always easy to distinguish between the good and the bad of what God allows in our lives. Ex. Joseph, Lazarus & Carol

FIVE TOP SPIRITUAL LESSONS Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance. Let perseverance finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything. James 1: 2 -4

FIVE TOP SPIRITUAL LESSONS Lesson # 3 – Rejoicing pushes back the darkness. It is a powerful weapon against the enemy.

FIVE TOP SPIRITUAL LESSONS Rejoice always, pray continuously and give thanks in all circumstances for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus. I Thess. 5: 16 -18

FIVE TOP SPIRITUAL LESSONS Rejoicing is an outward expression of an inward presence. When we rejoice we are saying “yes and amen” to who God is and what He wants to be to me during the seasons of our lives.

FIVE TOP SPIRITUAL LESSONS Bill Johnson – “the level of praise should be in equal proportion to the size of the cloud over his head. ”

FIVE TOP SPIRITUAL LESSONS Weapons the enemy uses… A spirit of poverty – he tells us that God is not willing or able to change our circumstances A spirit of ignorance – he tries to blind us to what God is doing or wants to do

FIVE TOP SPIRITUAL LESSONS Weapons the enemy uses… A spirit of weakness – he wants us to believe that we can’t stand in the midst of what we are going through He always wants us to be victimized by God (abandoned, forsaken, neglected)

FIVE TOP SPIRITUAL LESSONS When we “rejoice always”, it turns our attention back to the nature of God and the promises of God.

FIVE TOP SPIRITUAL LESSONS Lesson # 4 - Any area of my life where I struggle to have hope is under the influence of a lie.

FIVE TOP SPIRITUAL LESSONS Lesson # 5 - No one has the key to the gate of your heart – only you. Guard it well. Above all else, guard your heart for it is the wellspring of life. – Proverbs 4: 23

FIVE TOP SPIRITUAL LESSONS Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things. Phil. 4: 8

FIVE TOP SPIRITUAL LESSONS Our hearts are not public property. It is up to us to place self-imposed restrictions on what we let in, especially during the different seasons of our lives.

FIVE TOP SPIRITUAL LESSONS Part of controlling your environment and guarding your heart is having the wisdom to know what contributes to your life and what takes away from your life.

FIVE TOP SPIRITUAL LESSONS Lesson # 1 - One of the most dangerous things we can do is think of ourselves differently than God does. Lesson #2 – Our circumstances have the ability to shape our faith or shake our faith.

FIVE TOP SPIRITUAL LESSONS Lesson # 3 – Rejoicing pushes back the darkness. Lesson # 4 - Any area of my life for which I struggle to have hope is under the influence of a lie.

FIVE TOP SPIRITUAL LESSONS Lesson # 5 - No one has the key to the gate of your heart – only you. Guard it well.