How to repair damaged relationships

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Spiritual Disciplines of a C.H.R.I.S.T.I.A.N.
Almigthy God
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Togetherness
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Spiritual Disciplines of a C.H.R.I.S.T.I.A.N.

• Togetherness Worship and Fellowship
• Psa 1451 I will extol Thee, my God, O King And
  I will bless Thy name forever and ever. 2 Every
  day I will bless Thee, And I will praise Thy name
  forever and ever. 3 Great is the Lord, and highly
  to be praised
• Rom 1210 Be devoted to one another in brotherly
  love give preference to one another in honor...
  contributing to the needs of the saints,

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WORSHIP
Focus on God Contact with God Hearing from God
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Worship our Great and Awesome God

• Give Him Praise, Adoration, Thanksgiving,
  Blessing
• Do not ask God for anything
• The Time will move through 3 phases
• Focus on God Mental focus on our great God
• Contact by God A sense of His presence
• if you become aware of a sin confess quietly
• Hearing from God A call to knowledge, action,
  feeling

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• 1. His Essence
• Infinite Self-Existent Spirit
• 2. His Attributes
• Omniscience Omnipresence Omnipotent
  Immutability Righteous Goodness Truth
  Sovereign
• 3. His Nature
• Father Son Holy Spirit
• 4. His Names
• Elohim El Shaddai El Roi Qanna El Ancient of
  days YHWH-Jireh YHWH- Rapha YHWH-Raah Father
  Daddy Alpha and Omega

• God's foreknowledge
• Election
• Creation of the world
• Restraining ministry of H.S.
• Ministry of conviction
• God's call Conversion
• Justification Regeneration
• Union with Christ Adoption
• Spirit baptism
• Indwelling H.S.
• Sealing of H.S
• Sanctification
• Filling ministry of H.S.
• Spiritual gifts
• Perseverance
• Glorification
• Redemption of the body
• Marriage supper of the lamb
• New heavens and new earth

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WORSHIP
Focus on God Contact with God Hearing from God
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Why is Worship so important
Almigthy God
God commands it Life is to be worship You were
saved to worship It is the most satisfying thing
It brings us into contact with God I will spend
eternity worshipping
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• Why were you saved?
• To Worship the Lord
• What is our whole life suppose to be?
• Worship to the Lord
• What will we do for all of eternity?
• Worship the Lord
• Why should I worship?
• Because God commands that all of life be worship
  Mark 1229-31
• Because I will spend eternity worshipping Rev
  21,22
• Because it is the most satisfying thing we could
  do John 173
• Because it brings us into contact with God Psa
  844

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• What is Worship?
• Adding worth, value, praise, glory to the Lord
• Loving God pursuing pleasing Him
• What are the two kinds of
• True Biblical Worship?
• Direct Worship Rev 49-11 Rev 513
  Adding worth or value to God through praising,
  thanking, adoring God with your words, actions,
  and attitudes.
• Indirect Worship Rom 122 Rev 223-5 Col 323
  Adding value to God through the way you live by
  presenting all of life as a blessing, glory, and
  praise to God.

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• What are the three phases involved in direct
  worship?
• Hebrews 1022-24
• Isaiah 61-13
• Revelation 4,5
• 1)Focus on God
• 2)Contact with God
• a) b) c) d)
• 3)Hearing from God

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• 1. Focus on the Lord Psa 621-2 631 Jer 2913
• Ways to center in on the Lord
• Going to church Praising God for who He is or
  what He has done Being alone Listening to
  Spiritual music Inclining your ear Praying
  Singing Kneeling Standing with arms raised
  Prostrate on ground Silence Psa 621-5 Fasting
  Calling out to the Lord your needs, fears,
  present situation pledges of obedience, Psa
  266, Jonah 29 Confession

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• Distractions to focusing on the Lord
• Worldly thoughts Bills Arguments
• Possessions Relationships trouble
• Time pressure, over-involved schedule,Fatigue,
• Physical problems or preoccupation
• Urges from the flesh
• Unconquered habits or sins

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• 2. Contact with God
• a. A Sense of God's presence
• Isa 61 Heb 1019-22 Rev 4,5
• Being 100 present enraptured with the Lord.
• Honesty, Integrity, sincerity in worship
• In this phase one has a clear sense of God.
• One might find a particular attribute of God's
  presence in this time of worship.
• This is where you experience fellowship with God
  1 John 13 Matt 172 Luke 929 2 Chr 513b-14

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• Distractions to Contact with God
• 1. Unwillingness to live life God's way Psa 15
• 2. The wrong or a deceptive spirit Matt 49,10
  Gal 31,2 Col 218, Luke 935
• 3. Some people have found one attribute of God
  and want to only experience God through that
  attribute.
• 4. Knowing so little about God, that He is really
  unable to reveal Himself.
• 5. Becoming afraid of the presence of God and
  praying frivolous things.

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• b. Confession
• Isa 64 Heb 1023 1 John 19 Psa 15
• Awareness of sin and your own unworthiness Isa
  61
• Awareness of the Holiness of God the
  Otherness of God Isa 61-5
• Realizing there is some area of areas which are
  displeasing to the Lord or an area over which He
  does not have complete control.

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• Distractions to Confession
• 1. A danger at this point is to become, "Me"
  centered. Isa 6 1-6
• 2. Some people are blocked because they will not
  go through this process of having the Lord comb
  through their lives
• 3. Having a pity party
• 4. Not wanting to deal with sin.
• 5. Dealing in Self abasement, Col 218

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• c. Full Surrender of your Person to the Holy
  Spirit Isa 68
• The releasing of your whole person to the
  Control of the Holy Spirit
• The ability to trust the presence of the Lord to
  prompt what would be appropriate.
• Doing the actions of worship Psa 95, saying "I
  want to be changed", you can't box God in.

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• Ways of releasing of your Spirit, Soul, or Body
• Standing Shouting Running Luke 146-49a Mary,
  1 Sam 21 Hannah, 1 Chr 612-18
• Often accompanied by crying or Good feelings
  Giving Money Spreading Hands laying out flat
  Kneeling Whispering Writing Singing Drawing
• Distractions to full surrender
• 1. Centering on Good feelings or yourself
• 2. Centering on yourself Rev 45

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• d. Adoration Praises and Thanksgiving to the
  King
• After having worked through the Confession and
  the appropriate posture you can focus in again on
  the Lord. Your direct praise and adoration of
  the Lord is purer at this point and often filled
  with more emotion and sincerity.
• Ways to focus on the Lord again
• Singing Shouting Praying Luke 149b-55 Mary, 1
  Sam 22-10 Hannah
• Distractions to adoration praise
• 1. Worship of angels Prov 224 Col 218
• 2. Worship of other Personages Matt 174

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• 3. Hearing from the Lord Isa 68-13 Heb
  1024,25
• This is when the Word of God becomes alive. God
  speaks from His word directly to your soul. And
  you know what you should do. At this juncture
  the Lord is wanting a commitment just like with
  Isaiah that you will commit the next week to do
  the thing that He has told you to do.
• Ways to hear from the Lord
• Someone reading the Scripture Someone preaching
  Reading the Scripture to yourself The Holy
  Spirit brings back to your remembrance a
  Scripture that you had read or memorized before.

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• Distractions to hearing from the Lord
• Being in too big a hurry and not really focusing
  on what the Lord is saying
• Not even listening to what the Lord is wanting
  you to do... Thinking that worship is a
  counseling session
• Not doing what God has clearly asked.

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• What does Jesus say about worship Matt 410
  John 423
• Matthew 410 Then Jesus said to him, Begone,
  Satan! For it is written, YOU SHALL WORSHIP THE
  LORD YOUR GOD, AND SERVE HIM ONLY.
• John 423 But an hour is coming, and now is,
  when the true worshipers shall worship the Father
  in spirit and truth for such people the Father
  seeks to be His worshipers.
• 1. We should worship only the Lord our God
• 2. God is seeking worship
• 3. It should be in spirit and truth

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• What does it mean to worship in spirit? John
  423 Phil 33 Rev 110
• to add value and worth to God with the innermost
  part of your being.
• to add value and worth to God through total focus
  on God's communication or interaction with God in
  the innermost part of your being.
• to add value and worth to God by being totally
  involved and enthusiastic.
• to add value and worth to God in abandonment to
  the Spirit of God.
• to add value and worth to God through displays by
  the Spirit of God.

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• What does it mean to worship in Truth? John 422
• to add value and worth to God by understanding
  Him properly
• to add value and worth to God by understanding
  His salvation properly
• to add value and worth to God by behaving
  righteously
• to add value and worth to God by speaking of Him
  reverently

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Almigthy God
Action Steps
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I will take time everyday to Focus on God Let
God contact you Listen to do what God says
draw near
I will gather with a group at least Once a week
to Worship God
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WORSHIP
Focus on God Contact with God Hearing from God
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