A GREAT PLACE TO START READING IS THE GOSPEL OF JOHN & PSLAMS. ASK THE HOLY SPIRIT TO GIVE YOU UNDERSTANDING & THANK HIM THAT HE WILL. UNDERLINE A VERSE WHEN GOD SPEAKS TO YOU FROM IT. INCLUDE PRAYERS OF THANKSGIVING & PRAISE ALONG WITH “ASKING” GOD TO MEET YOUR NEEDS.
HEBREWS 11:6 “ Without faith it is impossible to please him. For whoever would draw near to God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him.”
PSALM 119:105 “Your Word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.”
PHILIPPIANS 4:6 “With thanksgiving let your requests be known to God.”
PSALM 150:2 “Praise him for his mighty deeds. Praise him according to his exceeding greatness.”
GOD PROMISES TO SPEAK TO US, & HE SAYS TO CALL HIM IN REMEMBRANCE OF HIS PROMISES. AS YOU HEAR HIS VOICE IN HIS WORD, YOU WILL RECOGNIZE HIS VOICE SPEAKING TO YOU.
PSLAM 32:8 “I will instruct you & teach you the way you should go; I will counsel you with my eye upon you.”
JOHN 10:27 “My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me.”
AS CHRISTIANS, GOD COMMANDS US TO GATHER SO WE DON’T MISS OUT ON VITAL RELATIONSHIPS TO HELP EACH OTHER GROW MORE LIKE CHRIST IN LOVE.
ACTS 2:42 “And they devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and fellowship. to the breaking of bread and prayers…”
HEBREWS 10:25 “Not neglecting to meet together as believers for worship and instruction, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another; and all the more faithfully as you see the day of Christ’s return approaching.
EPHESIANS 4:15-16 “Instead, we will speak the truth in love, growing in every way, more and more like Christ, who is the head of his body, the church. He makes the whole body fit together perfectly. As each part does it’s own special work, it helps the other parts grow, so that the whole body is healthy and growing and full of love.
WATER BAPTISM IS A PUBLIC DECLARATION SPIRITUALLY, & NATURALLY PROCLAIMING YOUR IDENTIFICATION WITH CHRIST’S DEATH, BURIAL, & RESURRECTION FROM THE DEAD AS A NEW CREATION IN HIM.
ROMANS 6:4 “We were therefore buried with him through baptism into death in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may live a new life.”
ACTS 8:36 “And as they went along the road they came to some water, and the eunuch said, ‘See here is water! What is prevent my being baptized?’”
MATTHEW 28:19 “ Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit….”
JESUS RESISTED SATAN BY SPEAKING THE WORD OF GOD, & SO DO WE. CLICK HERE TO FIND SCRIPTURES FOR PRAYER, IN EACH SECTION OF OUR SPIRITUAL GROWTH RESOURCES ON THE LIFE GROUPS PAGE.
1 PETER 5:8-9 Be alert and of sober mind. Your enemy the devil prowls about like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour. Resist him, standing firm in the faith, because you know that the family of believers throughout the world is undergoing the same kind of sufferings.
JAMES 4:7 “Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you.”
MATHEW 4:10 “ Jesus said to him, ‘Away from me, Satan! For it is written: Worship the Lord your God and serve him only.’”
PROVERBS 11:30 “ He who wins souls is wise.”
MATTHEW 4:19 “Follow me and I will make you fishers of men.”
IF YOU FALL INTO SIN, DO NOT BE DISCOURAGED. CONFESS & REPENT TO THE LORD OUT OF CONVICTION- NOT CONDEMNATION- & HE WILL FORGIVE YOU.
1 JOHN 1:9-10 “If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. If we say we have not sinned we make him a liar, and His Word is not in us.”
ROMANS 8:1-2 “ So now there is no condemnation for those who belong to Christ Jesus. And because you belong to him, the power of the life-giving Spirit has freed you from the power of sin that leads to death.
RECEIVING THE BAPTISM OF THE HOLY SPIRIT, WITH THE EVIDENCE OF SPEAKING IN TONGUES IS A GIFT FROM GOD FOR ALL BELIEVERS TO STRENGTHEN YOU SPIRITUALLY EVERY DAY.
JUDE 1:20 “But you dear friends, by building yourselves up in your most holy faith, praying the Holy Spirit…”