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Church 201

Church 201. Experiencing Spiritual Maturity. Our Goal and Challenge. Our Goal: To be conformed to the image of Christ. Our Challenge: To train or discipline ourselves. Bad Habits are:. Good Habits are:. Good vs Bad Habits. easy to form difficult to live with hard to break.

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Church 201

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  1. Church 201 Experiencing Spiritual Maturity

  2. Our Goal and Challenge • Our Goal: To be conformed to the image of Christ. • Our Challenge: To train or discipline ourselves.

  3. Bad Habits are: Good Habits are: Good vs Bad Habits • easyto form • difficult to live with • hard to break • hardto form • easy to live with • easy to break

  4. Spiritual Habits • Promote spiritual maturity. • Develop spiritual power. • Produce spiritual fruitfulness. • Lead to personal and spiritual freedom.

  5. Why Study the Bible? • To know God • For spiritual growth • It equips us for life • It prepares us for ministry

  6. H E A R T Read the Bible With Your H.E.A.R.T. ear xamine nalyze emember hink

  7. Why Pray? • Jesus set the example. • Jesus taught its necessity. • Jesus taught His disciples to. • Scripture tells us to.

  8. How Do We Learn to Pray? • By praying. • By memorizing Scripture. • By praying with others. • By reading about prayer.

  9. Principles of Effective Prayer • The Holy Spirit helps us pray • The Holy Spirit prays for us • God hears our heart • God always answers prayer: Sometimes He says: No Slow Grow So Go

  10. Types of Prayer • Adoration • Confession • Thanksgiving • Supplication

  11. How Being Filled with the Holy Spirit Helps Us • He helps us pray • He enriches our spiritual experience • He helps us to be an effective witness

  12. Receiving the Baptism in the Holy Spirit • Seek God’s best • Believe in God’s faithfulness • Ask, trusting God’s goodness • Experience God’s power

  13. Why Should We Give? • To be free from bondage • To receive God’s blessings • To further God’s Kingdom • To express our commitment • To obey the Lord

  14. Tithing • Shows that God is the real owner • Shows faith in God’s provision • Shows our obedience and trust • Is an act of investing wisely • Is a reminder of God’s law of investment and return • Demonstrates our belief in the Church

  15. How to Tithe • Give systematically • Give proportionately • Give generously • Give cheerfully • Give thankfully • Determine to obey

  16. God wants His people • To demonstrate true unity • To be pure and holy • To love each other

  17. Developing Good Habits Desire Step 1: Decisions Step 2: Declaration Step 3: Determination Step 4: Do it Step 5: Double up Step 6: Dependon God’s power Step 7:

  18. Church 201 Index Session One: Spiritual Maturity and Spiritual Habits Our Goal and Our Challenge Good vs Bad Habits Spiritual Habits Defined Session Two: The Word Why Study the Bible? Read the Bible with Your H.E.A.R.T. Session Three: Prayer and Spirit-Filled Living Why Pray? How Do We Learn to Pray? Principles of Effective Prayer Types of Prayer How Being Filled With the Holy Spirit Helps Us Receiving the Baptism in the Holy Spirit Session Four: Tithing and Group Study Why Should We Give? What Tithing Reveals How To Develop the Habit of Tithing Things God Wants From His People Developing Good Habits

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