Discussion Questions: This kidnapping shows the heartaches of a father over a lost child. Do you feel for God over His lost children? Does His joy over a repentant sinner motivate you to bring God’s lost children home to Him?
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Scripture: I say to you that likewise there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine just persons who need no repentance. (Luke 15:7)
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Prayer: Heavenly Father, Let me realize your priorities that you look for 1 lost person over 99 Christians that are not lost. Let me seek the lost too. In Jesus’ name I pray.
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Inspiration: One Bible teacher told us the difference between Christianity and other world religions. He said the world religions are based on doing certain rituals or believing in some leader who is dead and buried. Christianity is very different. Jesus Christ is God’s only Son sent beacuse God loved the world so much. Jesus lived life without sin, and laid down His life to be the sacrificial offering to redeem all man’s sins. Jesus’s resurrection from the dead proved eternal life. Christianity is not a set of rituals but a personal relationship with God where Jesus loves us constantly and unconditionally and sins are forgiven.
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Discussion Questions: What is conscience? How are people convicted of sin? How can you tell non-Christians the reasons why some have a guilty conscience? Why is Jesus different than any person that has ever lived on the earth? How does Jesus set people free from a guilty conscience?
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Scripture: and that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in His name to all nations, beginning at Jerusalem. (Luke 24:47)
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Prayer: Heavenly Father, Help me to tell others that Jesus can forgive them and save them too. Let this message go to all the nations and let me do my part. In Jesus’ name I pray.
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Inspiration: I had just sat down at my friend’s dinner table when two drunks pulled up in the driveway. They knocked on the door and asked to use the restroom. We saw this as a opportunity to witness to them so my friend took one of them outside to share Jesus with him and I took the other into the kitchen. As I prayed with the one in the kitchen, God sobered him up and he started to cry. I led him in prayer to ask Jesus into his life. We got their phone number to follow up with them and I was able to take one of them to church. We praised God to hear that that the other man had given up drinking after that very night.
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Discussion Questions: Are there times when people are in danger and you feel compelled to tell them about Jesus? How can you encourage more of the lost to come to church?
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Scripture: Then the master said to the servant, Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled. (Luke 14:23)
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Prayer: Heavenly Father, I ask forgiveness for being afraid to share the gospel with people in the streets. Let me not be fooled by fear, or inferiority or excuses for that is the devil trying to stop people from hearing about you. It is a command, Lord, to fill your house, so let me do my part. In Jesus’ name I pray.
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Inspiration: This is a great scripture for those who think that they can earn their way into heaven by their good works. Today’s society is so performance orientated that people assume that this is God’s way also. One lady had been heading up organizations in her church for decades and thought she could earn entrance into heaven by all her church work. After she saw that she had to respond to Jesus Christ by faith, she came into a new personal relationship with Jesus committing her life totally to Him.
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Discussion Questions: Are you trying to earn God’s blessing? How did people in the Bible receive from God?
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Scripture: For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, not of works, lest anyone should boast. (Ephesians 2:8-9)
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Prayer: Heavenly Father, I realize from this scripture that I could never earn my way into your love or blessings. I just need simple child-like faith to believe I am in good standing with you. I accept this salvation freely Lord. Free me from trying to please you by deeds without faith. In Jesus’ name I pray.
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Inspiration: Perception is reality for most people. Some see only the negative side of life. Their glass is half empty while another’s glass is half full. Negative people often are prejudiced against everyone in every situation. I was in a business meeting where everyone heard an inspired message but this negative person did not hear or see anything hopeful at all. It is these people that especially need the light of Jesus Christ to change their vision and let them see things clearly, the way God sees them.
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Discussion Questions: Do you see situations the way God sees them? How can you change your perception to see that God is with you and for you in all circumstances?
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Scripture: The lamp of the body is the eye. Therefore, when your eye is good, your whole body also is full of light. But when your eye is bad, your body also is full of darkness. (Luke 11:34)
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Prayer: Heavenly Father, If at times my eyes wander towards the lusts of the world, let me fix my eyes on you and your Word and your work for me to do. In Jesus’ name I pray.
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Inspiration: A church leader was in a motel room preparing to bring the Word of God to Japan. Suddenly he felt a tremendous fear on him to the point that he was frozen. He remembered this scripture and started praying. Eventually the fear left him and he was filled with peace and the presence of God. This church leader teaches that you must speak scriptures when the devil tries to derail you.
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Discussion Questions: Jesus quoted scripture to the devil when he was tested. Do you use scriptures to resist evil? How can you learn more about spiritual warfare?
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Scripture: Therefore submit to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you. (James 4:7)
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Prayer: Heavenly Father, I submit myself totally to you. I know that I can I resist the devil’s evil temptation and lies, so that he has to flee from me. In Jesus’ powerful and awesome name I pray.
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Inspiration: A grandmother prayed the blood of Jesus over her family. She was praying for her daughter and granddaughter on the day of a terrorist attack. Her daughter worked on an upper floor of a building and her granddaughter was in Day Care on the second floor of the same building. Ten minutes before the bomb went off, the daugher had to take the granddaughter home because she was acting up. As the daughter was driving home with her child, the bomb went off killing many people in that building.
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Discussion Questions: Do you plead the blood of Jesus over you, your family and your assets every day? How do you envision God’s angels that are sent to protect Christians?
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Scripture: And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, and they did not love their lives to the death. (Revelations 12:11)
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Prayer: Heavenly Father, I can overcome evil by asking in prayer for the blood of Jesus and for your promises as in your Word. Thank you Jesus for the victory. I claim the blood of Jesus every day for protection around my home, traveling, family and business. We need your protection Jesus. In your name I pray.
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Inspiration: One Bible teacher was speaking on the subject of why mankind is such a unique creation compared to the rest of the animals God created. Not only was mankind created in God’s image, but God gave us the ability to reason and to choose, even the ability to reject the one who created us. That is why mankind must make the choice on their eternal destination.
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Discussion Questions: How do you picture God the Father? What does He look like? How do you picture the Holy Spirit? What does He look like? How do you picture Jesus?
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Scripture: Then God said, ‘Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.’ (Genesis 1:26)
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Prayer: Heavenly Father, I was created in your image. You gave Adam dominion over all. Adam sinned yet Jesus regained that dominion through His death and resurrection. Please let me think on this to understand what authority you have given to us and who I am in Christ Jesus as your child. In Jesus name I pray.
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Inspiration: Bible teachers define these as: a word of wisdom is wisdom from God for a situation, a word of knowledge is God revealing a fact, the gift of faith is God’s faith given to you in a situation to do the impossible, gifts of healing are for specific healings, working of miracles are instructions how you are to work a miracle, prophecy is God speaking through someone in the common language of the congregation, discerning of spirits is understanding spiritual warfare, tongues is God speaking in a language unknown to the congregation, and interpretation is God interpreting a tongue into the common language of the congregation.
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Discussion Questions: Are you constantly hungering for more knowledge of God? Are you willing to ask God to reveal these nine gifts to you and through you? Take the time now to read these and ask God to unfold them to you.
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Scripture: for to one is given the word of wisdom through the Spirit, … the word of knowledge through the same Spirit, … faith by the same Spirit, … gifts of healings by the same Spirit, … the working of miracles, … prophecy, … discerning of spirits, … different kinds of tongues, … the interpretation of tongues. (1 Corinthians 12:8-10)
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Prayer: Heavenly Father, I choose to let he Holy Spirit and all his 9 gifts operate through me as He wills. Let me study these in the Bible and get teaching on this from people who know what they are, as this is the power the church needs to function today for your glory. In Jesus’ name I pray.
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Inspiration: I grew up going to church each week but did not know much about the Holy Spirit and had no clue what the word anointing meant. As I started to study the Bible I learned that the Holy Spirit is a person, not an it, and is sent by Jesus to be the power source on earth. Now, I realize that those churches who regularly have healing services where people get healed, operate under the power and anointing of the Holy Spirit and have church leaders that listen and obey the Holy Spirit’s directions.
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Discussion Questions: How can you encourage more healing services in your church? Would you be open to having a Bible study on healing in your home?
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Scripture: The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me, Because He has anointed Me To preach the gospel to the poor; He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted, To proclaim liberty to the captives And recovery of sight to the blind, To set at liberty those who are oppressed; (Luke 4:18)
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Prayer: Heavenly Father, Thank you for the ministry of the Holy Spirit. I ask forgiveness that I don’t really know the Holy Spirit or what He does on earth or what is His plan for each individual church service. I pray for my eyes to be opened. Teach us Holy Spirit. In Jesus’ name I pray.
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Inspiration: I have noticed that very few people can tell you what the sermon was all about, one day or one week after it is given. Even prophecies that are given in church are forgotten by people the moment they leave the church. The wise people I see are the ones that takes notes and discuss the sermon at meal times. This helps them remember the Word of God which was spoken.
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Discussion Questions: How can you improve in note taking and reviewing the sermon notes? How can you help your family remember more of the Word of God?
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Scripture: And these are the ones by the wayside where the word is sown. When they hear, Satan comes immediately and takes away the word that was sown in their hearts. (Mark 4:15)
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Prayer: Heavenly Father, The easiest time to destroy a life is at the seed stage. Satan will steal faith, health, abundance and all gospel seeds right when they are sown if he can. However from now on I will seal up the words of truth in my spirit protecting them. In Jesus’ name I pray.
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Discussion Questions: Today there are movies of the Anti-Christ. How do you protect yourself and your family from getting involved in Anti-Christian organizations?
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Scripture: And Jesus answered and said to them: Take heed that no one deceives you. For many will come in My name, saying, ‘I am the Christ,’ and will deceive many. (Matthew 24:4-5)
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Prayer: Heavenly Father, People will come in these last days saying they are Jesus, Moses or Elijah, but I will first see if they line up with your Holy Bible, so that I may not be deceived. In Jesus’ name I pray.
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Inspiration: When we were asked to memorize these nine fruits of the spirit, long-suffering was the one I knew I needed the most work on. Living in a society today where everyone wants immediate answers, I found myself not willing to suffer long. It seemed as a young Christian, God would answer my prayers more quickly but as I grew older, He wanted to produce this fruit in me.
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Discussion Questions: Which of these nine fruits of the spirit do you need the most work on? How do you see yourself changing to show that fruit and to become more Christ-like?
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Scripture: But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control. (Galatians 5:22-23)
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Prayer: Heavenly Father, I desire to produce all 9 fruits of the Holy Spirit. Holy Spirit, thank you for helping me do a Bible study on each one. Teach me to let these grow in my life. In Jesus’ name I pray.
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Inspiration: One church leader asked his congregation to pray before each service. Usually the congregation did not pray or intercede much before the service began. However, after following the church leader’s advice, they noticed a difference. The Holy Spirit’s power seemed much more tangible and more people came forward to the altar to receive miracles from Jesus.
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Discussion Questions: When you go to church, how do you prepare yourself before the service? Do you have prayer and intercession going on in your church during the week?
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Scripture: And He said to them, It is written, ‘My house shall be called a house of prayer,’ but you have made it a den of thieves. Matthew 21:13)
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Prayer: Heavenly Father, Let me be reverent in church as it is a house of prayer and not just a social gathering place. Let me pray at the beginning and end of the service and not skip out early. Who am I trying to please? In Jesus’ name I pray.
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Inspiration: A truck driver had a rough upbringing as his father said to him “You’ll never amount to anything!” This produced unforgiveness which tormented this truck driver causing him to drink heavily. In his twenties, he had no self esteem and went downhill to the point of committing suicide. Just before taking his life he heard someone talk about Jesus on the TV. He got on his knees and asked Jesus to save him. He has become an on-fire Christian and has forgiven his father.
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Discussion Questions: How does unforgiveness eat away at people? How does it hurt relationships?
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Scripture: And his master was angry, and delivered him to the torturers until he should pay all that was due to him. So My heavenly Father also will do to you if each of you, from his heart, does not forgive his brother his trespasses. (Matthew 18:34-35)
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Prayer: Heavenly Father, let me see that unforgiveness will deliver me to the tormentors. Now I see why many people do not receive answers to their prayers as they are not willing to forgive. Please make me quick to forgive. In Jesus’ name I pray.
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Inspiration: A wife was ready to give up on her alcoholic husband but God spoke to her to pray for him. Her two young daughters started to pray over their Daddy’s beer in the refrigerator. When the father came home he went straight to the refrigerator for his beer. He drank the first sip and then spat it out thinking it was bad. He went down to the local bar and ordered a drink and even that tasted bad. The family kept praying and three months later, this husband got on his knees and gave his life to Christ.
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Discussion Questions: Do you agree specifically on prayer items? What miracles can you pray for your family?
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Discussion Questions: Do you agree specifically on prayer items? What miracles can you pray for your family?
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Scripture: Again I say to you that if two of you agree on earth concerning anything that they ask, it will be done for them by My Father in heaven. (Matthew 18:19)
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Prayer: Heavenly Father, Husbands and wives can make such an important prayer together based on this scripture. I pray for others to have prayer partners to agree together in total harmony on the specifics of their request to you Lord, for you will answer them. In Jesus’ name I pray.
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Inspiration: The president of a Bible College said that the best sermon you will ever preach is just to tell people how Jesus saved you. I practiced writing out my own story of how I became a Christian and how Jesus changed my life. I memorized a five minute version of my story to share with some people who are interested and a 30 second version of my story for the person who shows little interest. I learned that sharing Jesus becomes easier the more you do it.
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Discussion Questions: Have you ever written out a short version of how you were saved? Take time now to share it out loud or to write it on paper. Include a section on your life before you were saved, a section on how you were saved and a section on how Jesus has changed your life.
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Scripture: But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts, and always be ready to give a defense to everyone who asks you a reason for the hope that is in you, with meekness and fear (1 Peter 3:15)
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Prayer: Heavenly Father, I sanctify you in my heart and am ready to give an answer to anyone and everyone that asks how to become a Christian as this is serious in your eyes Jesus. In your name I pray.
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Inspiration: Statistics from the churches show that over 95% of the average congregation have never led one person to Jesus. This is because they have never been trained how to share their faith and overcome their fears. I am overjoyed to see more and more Christian literature that teaches people how to receive Jesus into their hearts. Those who are too nervous to share their faith with others can give the lost person some Christian literature to read and invite these people to church.
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Discussion Questions: If the ‘lost’ are God’s top priority, how can you change your priorities to help the lost hear about Jesus?
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Scripture: for the Son of Man has come to seek and to save that which was lost. (Luke 19:10)
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Prayer: Heavenly Father, Jesus came to seek and save the lost. Have I been praying for the lost? Have I forgotten someone told me about Jesus? Change my heart Lord to l win souls for you and not to keep saying that it is someone else’s responsibility for you will hold me accountable. In Jesus’ name I pray.
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Inspiration: I was involved in a missionary organization for years and we would always fast before a mission. When I read Isaiah 58, I really saw the power of fasting as it was to break the enemy’s stronghold, and bring people’s hearts closer to Jesus. On one mission it seemed like everything was against us, but after fasting there was a breakthrough and many gave their lives to Christ.
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Discussion Questions: Have you considered fasting and praying more? When you fast, do you use Isaiah 58 to bind up the forces of evil and loose God’s power on the situation? What is your definition of fasting?
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Scripture: But you, when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face, so that you do not appear to men to be fasting, but to your Father who is in the secret place; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly (Matthew 6:17-18)
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Prayer: Heavenly Father, Let me fast the way you want me to fast as in this scripture and in Isaiah 58. Thank you for the reward for fasting. It makes my spirit stronger to overcome temptations. In Jesus’ name I pray.
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Inspiration: One Bible teacher was talking about winning souls, and that Jesus left the 99 sheep and went searching for one that was lost. The teacher went on to say that winning souls is God’s top priority as Jesus wants all to be saved and none to perish. This teacher said, unfortunately, most Christians are not really concerned with the lost.
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Discussion Questions: How important are the lost to you? Do you think it is someone else’s job to tell the lost about Jesus? Are there any fears that are holding you back from sharing Jesus more?
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Scripture: The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life, And he who wins souls is wise. (Proverbs 11:30)
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Prayer: Heavenly Father, Winning souls is so wise in your eyes yet I don’t really do it because of fear. Fear is from the enemy and I will not let fear stop me from sharing your gospel to strangers as well as friends. I do it all in love and in the Holy Spirit’s power. In Jesus’ name I pray.
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Inspiration: This scripture has been such a blessing to me in the time of trials. When I was going through these times, I would think that if God was looking after the sparrows, surely He was watching over me. As I pondered on the fact that God had counted all the hairs on my head, and that He knew all my thoughts, desires and struggles, I had complete reassurance that I was going to pull through the trial.
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