Learning Objective: Learn how joy exists beyond emotion and is directly linked to Jesus declaration in John 15.
Scriptures: | John 15:11 | Nehemiah 8:10 | Psalm 16:11
Prayer: Lord, too often I rise and fall based on external circumstance. Re-anchor me in your love and presence knowing that this is the source of my joy.
Learning Objective: Learn what you need to lay down, surrender to the God who provides in order to return to peace and joy…do you believe this is possible?
Scriptures: | Genesis 22| 1 Peter 1:6-7 | 1 Peter 5:10-11 | Romans 5:1-5 | Romans 12:1-2
Prayer: Lord, show me what to lay down in order to make more room for the faith to believe that you provide…you always provide.
Learning Objective: Learn how to have faith in the midst of undesirable circumstances using the power of the Word of God.
Scriptures: | Psalm 37:3-4| Isaiah 43:1-4 | Zechariah 4:6 | Jeremiah 29:11 | Galatians 3:3 | James 1:2-4 and JOHN 15
Prayer: Lord, I’m facing that which seems bigger than my ability to handle it. I give it over to you, remind my mind of what my soul always knows: You are ultimately in charge here and have already overcome all that I feel is overcoming me.
Prayer: Lord, give me the grace to live beyond fear. To remember the spirit that you have given me that stands always in the space of truth, power, love and a sound mind. You are my victory over fear.
Understand the negative impact of jealous & suspicious behavior in your life.
Learn how to erase & replace the negative thoughts that fuel insecurity.
Dear Lord,
HELP! I’m drowning in the deep waters of jealousy, envy and suspicion. Too often I find myself gripping ahold of the spear of jealousy that not only pierces my own heart but is targeted at other people around me. Override my suspicious mind that creates story through mind-reading and fortune telling. Remind my mind of what my soul always knows: I am enough in and through you. You were not confined by status. Help me to be free from comparisons and envy that rob my life of the fullness of joy your died to give me. Fashion my heart after yours and set me free from being self- absorbed. I am YOUR ambassador and you are making YOUR appeal through me…have your way with me in spite of myself. No need for envy and comparisons. Help me to grip ahold of the sword of the Spirit and cut off jealousy by robbing it of my time and attention and filling my mind with your WORD.
Scripture Readings to Explore:
1 Samuel 18:11, 19:10, 20:33 (Read full chapters for context)
Too often I sit on the Mercy seat and cast stones at myself and others. How can I give out what I have not experienced within my own relationship with you? Help me to feel your Mercy and Love more today than yesterday. Increase my desire to offer the kind of mercy you offered to the 120,000 people in Nineveh. Ignite within my heart the ability to rejoice in my brother’s and sister’s experience of your love and mercy more today than yesterday. Too often I am Jonah, angry and resentful that you are showing mercy to someone I don’t feel deserves it. “Let He who is without sin cast the first stone.” Jesus, John 8:7.
Dear Lord, you are the resurrection and the LIFE. Thank you for the opportunity to begin again with the gift of each new dawn. You have called us out of darkness into your light. Help us out of addiction and all of it’s alluring forms: approval, pleasure, drugs, alcohol, food, fashion, pornography, popularity, praise, position, power…we give you authority today to deliver us from all addictive behavior that has become a yoke of slavery in our life. Forgive us for allowing any of these vices the space in our mind and lives to master us. You are our only Master and offer us the freedom we truly long for, help us to stand firm and not allow ourselves to be burdened by the yoke of slavery to the shiny objects of the world which are all destined to perish with use. Deliver us Lord…deliver us!
In today’s Podcast you will hear a POWERFUL personal testimony of deliverance from Jacob Neubauer who at 12 years old began to enter a life as an addict and found deliverance in Jesus Christ by 24 years old…after, jail time and setbacks… he came home to Jesus: Jesus Rehab. (He welcomes any questions you may have or to simply to connect with him on his Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/jacob.neubauer.5Â
Dear Lord I have the ability to set the entire course of my life on fire simply by a careless word fueled by a negative thought, conclusion or assumption about myself or another person. Forgive me Lord for allowing my tongue to direct the course of my life. Just like a small rudder on a boat, my tongue can run my entire ship into ruin. Override my negative thinking and words and remind my mind that in you I have the ability to speak LIFE into my inner dialogue and the lives of those entrusted to my care. Teach me how to tame my tongue so that every word that spills out of my mouth flows from your mind and heart. Help me to not let my tongue be the boss of me, I want to resurrect your power within me so that you become the boss of my thoughts and words. Fill my mind with all that is good, right, beautiful, excellent and praise worthy and make my words flow from this sanctuary of beauty.
Edge God In Podcast 32: W.O.W. Your Mind in Christ
The mind governed by the flesh is death, but the mind governed by the Spirit is life and peace. The mind governed by the flesh is hostile to God; it does not submit to God’s law, nor can it do so. Those who are in the realm of the flesh cannot please God. You, however, are not in the realm of the flesh but are in the realm of the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God lives in you. And if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, they do not belong to Christ. But if Christ is in you, then even though your body is subject to death because of sin, the Spirit gives life because of righteousness. And if the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you, he who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies because of his Spirit who lives in you. Romans 8:6-11
In the previous lesson, Podcast 26 we explored a lighter version of you. Continuing with the theme of a lighter you moving forward, we take a good look at 2 Timothy 3:1-5 as these 5 verses in the Holy Scripture offer us a powerful opportunity to reflect on behaviors that need some pruning from our lives in order to grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
