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"Modern leadership development theories must never supplant the foundation that Christ himself laid. Whenever hype and publicity take precedence over spiritual growth, the results are shallowness and spiritual sterility. Whenever proselytizing displaces repentance, conversion, and spiritual transformation, the mission falters.
Training leaders to conduct membership drives, media blitzes, and public relation campaigns instead of preparing them for spiritual warfare is courting disaster. True evangelism and discipleship, are centered around acknowledgment of our sinfulness, genuine heartfelt contrition, unreserved spiritual surrender… Dan Solis
Seven spiritual gardening tools • God’s word • Prayer • Sharing • Othercenteredness • Belief • Verbalization • Christ our righteousness
2 Timothy 3 • 15 ….the Holy Scriptures, are able to make you wise for salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus. • 16 All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness,
Christ’s method • “Only by the Word could He resist temptation. "By every Word that proceeds from the mouth of God" are we to live. When assailed by temptation, look not to circumstances or to the weakness of self, but to the power of the Word.“DA pp112
God’s word • "Your Word have I hid in my heart that I might not sin against you". Psalm 119:11 “A familiarity with the Word of God is our only hope.“ PP228
Lord, Please talk to me • "the study of the Scriptures is the means divinely ordained to bring men into closer connection with their Creator and to give them a clearer knowledge of his will. It is the medium of communication between God and man.“ GC pp69
Rod’s answer • Don't burn out, keep yourselves fueled and aflame.Be alert servants of the MASTER, cheerfully expectant.Don't quit in hard times; pray all the harder."Romans 12:11-13 The Message Bible
Prayer • God speaks through His Word • “The following of impressions, to the neglect of the Scriptures, can lead only to confusion, to deception and ruin”. GC71 • Pray in conjunction with the open Bible; let God speak to you through his Word.
Sharing • spiritual interconnectedness Small Groups, • mentoring and being mentored spiritually • joining small groups sharing scriptural insights together. • Spiritual accountability partners.
Othercenteredness • Matthew 5:44 "love your enemies bless those who curse you do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who spitefully use you and persecute you.“ • Help others • Pray for others • Treatment Center • As you see God change your heart; it grows your faith.
Believe • Jesus healed based on faith and belief… • Matthew 9… to the blind man he said." Do you believe that I'm able to do this?" Then he touched their eyes saying "according to your faith let it be unto you."
“And this is the victory that has overcome the world-our faith. Who is he who overcomes the world, but he who believes that Jesus is the son of God? 1 John 5:4,5 • “Without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that he is a rewarder of those who diligently seek him." Hebrews 11:6
Mark 9 prayer • “Looking unto Jesus, the author, and finisher of our faith….” Hebrews 12:2 • Praise God that even though he demands and requires belief; He also is the one that bestows it.“
Verbalize Your Faith • “Make a joyful shout to the Lord, all ye lands!” Psalm 100:1 • "I will say of the Lord, He is my refuge and my fortress my God in whom I trust." Psalm 91
Pray out loud • "if you declare with your mouth Jesus is Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you profess your faith and are saved."…… Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved." Romans 10:9-12
Don't rely on feeling • “Be my feelings what they will; Jesus is my savior still.” • Speak the Promises • EGW…… "Talk unbelief and you will have unbelief, but talk faith, and you will have faith. According to the seed sown will be the harvest."
Christ our righteousness “One interest will prevail, one subject will swallow up every other– Christ our righteousness.”SD259
Christ our Righteousness • Coming to the cross every morning ,confessing your inability to save yourself. Recognizing what Jesus has done on the cross,recognize what God has done through sending His Son. Recognizing that it’s never our righteousness that makes us righteous. It’s always His Christ our righteousness
Claim the scriptural promises that tell us that despite the fact that we are helpless, sinful and wicked, Jesus died for us on Calvary; and because of Jesus we have been… • “declared righteous” Romans 5:9. • We are” considered dead to sin” Romans 6:11. We have been “freed from Satan’s power” Hebrews 2:14. • We have been freed from the fear of death Hebrews 2:15
" I have been released from my sins." Revelation 1:5 • "I can consider myself to be dead to sin." Romans 6:11 • "I have no second death in my future because Jesus died that death for me." Hebrews 2:9 • "I am no longer condemned." Romans 8:1 • Why…….. • "Because my condemnation fell on Him." 1Peter 2:24
We can pray “thank you Father that ,despite my sinfulness, there’s no second death, no eternal destruction, in my future, because Jesus died the second death in my place.” • Praying this prayer can enable us to take the focus off our struggles in life. Take the focus off how well we’re doing,[or not doing]…and bring the focus on Jesus and what He has already done!
"there is no spiritual strength for us in constantly brooding over our weakness and backslidings, and bemoaning the power of Satan… Our hope is to be constantly strengthened by the knowledge that Christ is our righteousness. Let our faith rest upon this foundation, for it will stand fast forever." T 5 pp 742
Spiritual tools • God’s word • Prayer • Sharing • Othercenteredness • Belief • Verbalization • Christ our righteousness
