Life in the Spirit
--by Joe Dalton
Fifth Day: Sunday, March 30th, 2003
*PRAYER, STUDY, SERVICE, AND COMMUNITY*
Prayer is not just talking to God, it's listening to God too.
Personal relationships don't develop without two or more people spending time together.
Set aside purposely a certain time or times to speak with God. When we do, the Lord uses us in unexpected ways.
The Lord is never undone in generosity. (e.g.
Joe Dalton and wife, going to buy a car with 3,000 pounds, met an English Protestant Evangelical man and gave him 1,000 pounds. Later on, God gave them a car worth 35,000 pounds!)
We must not water down the Word of God. We need to share with others what we have received from Christ. We can start by sharing His love. We must also share with them about the Lord without being pushy. When the seed is sown, things start to happen. We may not see the full plant grown in an instant (this can be applied to healing too).
Isaiah 58: 5-12
"Is it such a fast that I have chosen? a day for a man to afflict his soul? is it to bow down his head as a bulrush, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him? will you call this a fast, and an acceptable day to Yahweh?
Is not this the fast I have chosen? to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free, and that we break every yoke?
Is it not to give your bread to the hungry, and that you bring the poor that are cast out to your house? when you see the naked, that you cover him, and that you hide not yourself from your brother?
Then, shall your light break forth as the morning, and your health shall spring forth speedily,and your righteousness shall go before you, and the glory of Yahweh will be your rearguard.
Then, you will call, and Yahweh will answer; you will cry, and he shall say, "Here I am." If you take away from your midst the yoke, the putting forth of the finger, and speaking vanity; and if you draw out your soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul; then, your light wll rise in the obscurity, and your darkness will be as the noon day. And Yahweh will sheperd you always, and satisfy your soul in the drought, and give strength to your bones, and you shall be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters fail not.
And your own will build the old waste places; you shall raise up the foundations of many generations, and you will be called the repairer of the breach, the restorer of paths to dwell in."
===LOOSE THE BANDS OF WICKEDNESS===
===UNDO THE HEAVY BURDENS===
===LET THE OPPRESSED GO FREE===
===BREAK EVERY YOKE===
===GIVE YOUR BREAD TO THE HUNGRY===
===BRING THE POOR THAT ARE CAST OUT TO YOUR HOUSE===
===COVER THE NAKED===
===DO NOT HIDE YOURSELF FROM YOUR BROTHER===
===TAKE AWAY FROM YOUR MIDST THE YOKE===
===TAKE AWAY FROM YOUR MIDST THE PUTTING FORTH OF THE FINGER===
===TAKE AWAY FROM YOUR MIDST SPEAKING VANITY===
THEN, GOD WILL LISTEN TO YOU, SHEPERD YOU, AND BLESS YOU.
We can expect trials and difficulties as we grow...but remember that "All things work together for good to those who love God."
Keep believing, keep rejoicing, keep being faithful. The joy of the Lord is our strength!
We need the support and encouragement of one another.
Love your children unconditionally.
If the Lord is prompting you to do something, do it! [Make sure it is the Lord: don't do or say something that goes against what the Bible teaches.] If the Bible doesn't say anything implicit or explicitly against it, go ahead and pray, "Lord if this is not from You, please stop me.
It's your ability that God gives to you. It's your availability that you give to God.
To the one whom much is given, much will be requested.
Dear God, we will stand in prayer day and night until You reveal to us what kind of service You'd like us to have, You'd like us to do.
Fourth Day//First Day//
Life in the Spirit Seminar--Introduction
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