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HOW TO HAVE A PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP WITH CHRIST

Know that God loves you.

“For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life.” John 3:16 NLT

Realize that your sin separates you from God.

“For all have sinned; all fall short of God’s glorious standard.” Romans 3:23 NLT

Believe that Jesus is the only way to God.

“Jesus told him, ‘I am the way, the truth, the life. No one can come to the Father except through me.” John 1:12 NLT

Entrust your life to Christ, receiving His gift of forgiveness, grace and mercy.

“But to all who believed him and accepted him, he gave the right to become children of God.” John 1:12 NLT

“God saved you by his special favor when you believed. And you can’t take credit for this; it is a gift from God.” Ephesians 2:8 NLT

As you entrust your life to Christ you may want to pray like this:

Dear Lord, I realize now how much you love me. I also realize that my life choices have kept me from knowing you intimately. I confess my sin to you, and ask you to forgive me. I believe in my heart that Jesus is the way, the truth, and the life. I am placing my complete trust in your unconditional love, and grace. I am also surrendering my heart and life to you. Help me to live my life according to your plan and purpose. Lead me in every aspect of my life. I receive your gift of grace and forgiveness. Thank you for not giving up on me and loving me unconditionally.

Congratulations! We read in scripture that heaven has a party when someone surrenders their heart and life to Christ. We want to celebrate with you as well. If you are making this commitment today, please let us know!

Please call Pastor Wayne and share with him your decision so we can be in prayer for you!

THINGS THAT DEFILE THE HOME AND LIFE

Symptoms of Spiritual Pollution

Here are a few common symptoms of a home with a spiritually polluted atmosphere.

Ongoing illness

Continual bad dreams and nightmares

Insomnia

Behavioral problems

Relational problems; continual fighting and arguing

No peace

Restless, disturbed children

Unexplained illnesses or bondage

“Ghosts” or demonic apparitions (to which children are particularly susceptible)

Poltergeists (the movement of physical objects by demons)

Foul, unexplainable odors

Atmospheric heaviness making it hard to breathe

Continual nausea and headaches

Cleansing the atmosphere of our homes often solves these problems.

Things that Defile

There are various types of defilement. They include such things as:

Occult materials

Things related to heathen worship

Things related to past sin

Things with unknown history

Things that have become too important to us

Things that have become gods in our lives

Occult materials and things related to heathen worship would include:

Ouija Board or witch’s board

Games like Dungeons and Dragons, Masters of the Universe, Dark Tower, etc.

Buddhist, Hindu, or other eastern worship artifacts

Thunderbirds or other Southwest Indian art and worship items

Books on Satanism, witchcraft, new age, etc.

Things related to Astrology

Comic books, rock posters, hard rock music and materials with images of darkness

Art with obvious demonic representations such as snakes and dragons, skull and cross bones

Material related to Mormonism, Jehovah’s Witness, Unity Church, etc.; and to secret societies like Freemasonry, Eastern Star, etc.

Certain children’s books or movies

Good luck charms, amulets, fetishes, religious items, etc.

Video games with demonic and witchcraft references and images

Movies with occult or supernatural messages

Movies with extreme violence or social injustices

Pornography of any kind from any source

Refer to Deuteronomy 18:9-14

Information from Spiritual House Cleaning, Why Does God’s Church Lack Power? By Eddie Smith Spirit Truth Publishing

HOW TO TAKE AUTHORITY

The battle field is your mind. You either control and protect your mind, or the devil controls a part of or all of your mind.

You can:

Protect Your Mind With The Helmet Of Salvation

(Ephesians 6:17)

Protect Your Children’s Minds

(1 Cor. 7:14, John 17:12, Isaiah 54:13, Eph. 6:11)

Protect The Minds Of The Newly Delivered

(Eph 6:18, Romans 8:26, 27)

You have to work at taking authority, below are the steps that you need to take.

You must become a believer. It only works for believers

(John 14:12, Mark 16:17).

Break the bondage of Satan’s power over the aware and unaware mind. Command all bands of the devil to be cast off, cut off and removed, in the authority of the Lord Jesus Christ. Then call for the Father to send angels to do this (Heb. 1:14, Lev. 26:13, Isaiah 28:22, Job 28:31).

Break negative spiritual relationships. Break away from mind altering medicines. Read through (pray) the warfare prayers from this booklet out loud, every day for seven days. If there are still problems, ask a mature Christian, who understands spiritual warfare, and this is of your same gender to pray for you.

Control your thoughts. Why? Because you will soon see that any doubt, negative thought, care, or worry can be a crack in your protective armor. (Luke 8:14)

Cast out fears. Attack them specifically by name; In addition to fear, break the power of curses, vows, mind control spirits, and all evil words spoken against you. Renounce anxiety, confusion, envy, jealousy, cravings, addiction, etc. You don’t need to bow to these things; you are powerful in Jesus (Mark 16:17, Phil. 4:4-8)

Salvation really means saved or delivered out of the control of the devil. Romans 10:10 says that you actually set yourself free from

various areas of Satan’s bondage as you confess (say so) with your mouth and agree with God’s word. You are freed as you agree with God and believe that through Jesus Christ you are being delivered as you speak it forth. Jesus Christ will set you free from sickness, bondage, poverty, oppression, and anything else that the devil tries to give you if you agree with the Word of God and act on it (Phil 2:12), (Eph 6:17).

Learn the true meaning of hope. Hope within the believer is an inner uplift of optimism through knowing that you are seated in heaven with the Father through Christ. With Christ’s conquering power in you, you can defeat and eliminate every care and worry. It is with this confidence that you are complete in Him (1 Thes. 5:8, Eph. 2:6, Col. 2:9, 10).

Now you can control your mind by bringing every thought into captivity. You can now accept Biblical thoughts and reject the devil’s thoughts (II Cor. 10:15).

WARFARE PRAYER GUIDE

REMISSION OF SINS PRAYER

By Henry Gruver

Father, according to your work and in obedience to your Word, I come boldly to Your throne in the courtroom of heaven. I come in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ through the blood of Jesus, the body of Jesus, and the mind of Jesus which You so freely gave. And I claim the Spirit of the Lord Jesus for every area according to Your Word, in obedience to Your Word.

I renounce the sins, the iniquities, and the hidden work of darkness, all the way back to the first words, thoughts, deeds, and gestures to as many generations back as need be. I renounce all corruption, all fettishness, the curse of satanic rituals, expressions of all ritualistic practices that have defiled the ground.

I remit these sins even unto the ancestors and descendants of the generation that is alive to this day. I remit their sins and send Your goodness and labors to finish Your work of redemption, healing, and reconciliation, I ask You, Father, to cleanse this ground and release it from its blood guiltiness. I ask You to return its purity and bring it from under the curse and its groaning.

I say to your earth, in the name of Lord Jesus Christ, be free from innocent blood and all records of transgressions against you. Come back and be restored unto life according to the commandment of the Lord in Genesis.

I lift off the heavy yoke of condemnation of the animals, the birds, and humans, from the ground and all the way back to heaven so that the Father can come down and be a blessing on the ground and creation in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ. AMEN

BREAKING CURSES

A PRAYER

Father, in the name of Jesus Christ, I come to you sincerely with a desire to be free from all curses and their results. Lord Jesus, I thank you for saving me and cleansing away my sin at the cross. I confess with my mouth that I belong to you. The devil has no power over me because I am cleansed and covered by your precious blood.

I confess all of my sins, known and unknown. I repent of them now in the name of Jesus. I ask you, Lord, to forgive me. I now renounce the sins of all of my forefathers. In the name and by the blood of Jesus Christ, I ask you, Lord, to break the power of every demonic curse that was passed down to me through the sins and actions of others. In the name of Jesus Christ, please break the power and the stronghold of every curse that came to me through sin, my sins and the sins of my forefathers.

In the name of Jesus Christ, please break the power and stronghold of every curse that came to me through words spoken. In the name of Jesus Christ, please break the power and stronghold of every curse that came to me through disobedience — mine or my forefathers.

In the name of Jesus Christ, I renounce all demonic subjection of my father, mother, grandparents or any other human being, living or dead, who has ever in the past or are now dominating or controlling me or my family in any way contrary to the Word and Will of God.

In the name of Jesus Christ, please set me and my family free from all psychic heredity, demonic strongholds, psychic powers, bondages, bonds of inherited physical or mental illness or curses upon me and my family line as a result of sins, transgressions, iniquities, occult or psychic involvement of any member of my family line, living or dead.

In the name of Jesus Christ, I declare every legal hold and every legal ground of the enemy broken and destroyed. Satan no longer has a legal right to harass my family line through curses. Through the blood of Jesus Christ, I am free. Thank You, Jesus, for setting me free.

In the name of Jesus Christ, I command all demonic spirits that entered me through curses to leave me now. Go! In the name of Jesus! I confess that my body, soul, and spirit are the dwelling place of the Spirit of God. I am redeemed, cleansed, sanctified and justified by the blood of Jesus. Therefore neither Satan nor his demons have any place in me or power over me because of Jesus.

Thank You, Lord Jesus, For Setting Me Free!

DEAR HEAVENLY FATHER . . .

I offer my body and all of its parts and functions as an expression of my spiritual worship to You. I ask that You would have the Holy Spirit to look through my body for any controlling activity of wicked spirits and all through my brain for any fallen spirit’s affliction or control. Evict them totally away from this physical control center for the function of my mind and body. I offer my brain and its capacities for the quickening, renewing control of the Holy Spirit. Sanctify and refresh my brain so that it functions

in spiritual harmony with Your control of my whole person. Look all through the senses of my body and sever any wicked spirit control of my eyes, ears, smell, touch or taste. Look all through the organs of my body for any defiling work of the kingdom of darkness. Sanctify my body’s organs and their function by the quickening work of the Holy Spirit. I ask You to look all through the sexual organs and function of my body for any evil spirit activity. Set apart my sexuality for Your glory and for Your Holy plan of moral purity and sexual intimacy only in the bonds of marriage.

I ask that the Holy Spirit would search out all of my bones, blood circulation, nerve circuitry, muscles, tissues, glands, hair, skin, and every cell for any wicked spirit activity against my physical body. Evict any afflicting, evil powers totally away from my body. Sanctify my body in all of its parts and wholeness. I want my body to be a “holy body” not only in its standing in Your redemptive plan, but also in its function as a part of my spiritual worship to You. I offer my body as a living sacrifice to be used only for all that is acceptable in Your sight.

I now yield up my whole person again to You, the true and living God, and to Your full control and to the control of Your Son and Holy Spirit. I thank You for the freedom that You have effected within me during this time of prayer. I now look to the love of my heavenly Father, the lordship of Jesus Christ and by the intercessions of the Holy Spirit to enable me to daily walk in the spiritual freedom promised me in God’s holy Word. I reject, resist and refuse anything less. In the name and worthiness of my Lord Jesus Christ and by the intercessions of the Holy Spirit, I place these petitions before You, my Father in Heaven. AMEN

BREAKING YOKES

II Cor. 6:14 - 7:1, 10:3-5, Rom. 12:1-2)

“Heavenly Father, I bow in worship and praise before you. I cover myself with the blood of the Lord Jesus Christ as my protection. I surrender myself completely and unreservedly in every area of my life to you. I take a stand against all the workings of Satan that would hinder me in my prayer life. I address myself only to the true and living God and refuse any involvement of Satan in my prayer, Satan, I command you in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, to leave my presence with all of your demons. I bring the blood of the Lord Jesus Christ between us. I resist all of the endeavors of Satan and his wicked spirits to rob me of the will of God. I choose to be transformed by the renewing of my mind. I pull down every thought that exalts itself against the knowledge of Christ and loose into myself a sound mind, the mind of Christ. In Jesus Name. Amen

REPENTANCE AND CONFESSION OF MY SPEECH

Father, in the name of Jesus, I repent of my ignorance of the Word of God. I ask You to forgive me of the foolish things I’ve prayed and said.

In Jesus’ name, I bind every word that has released the devil or drawn his weapons toward me. I bind every hindering force that I’ve ever given strength to by the words of my mouth. I break the power of those spiritual forces, in Jesus’ name.

Father, in the name of Jesus, I ask You to guide me in wisdom and understanding through the scriptural methods to set in motion all that’s true, noble, right, pure, lovely, admirable, excellent and praiseworthy.

I covenant with You to pray accurately. I will guard my mouth. I will speak only that which glorifies God. I will let no unwholesome talk come out of my mouth, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen. I will not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, with whom I am sealed for the day of redemption, but I will give glory and honor and praise to the Lord Jesus Christ for all that shall be done.

I thank You, Father, that I am the Body of Christ. The enemy has no power over me.

I proclaim that all that is good, all that is blessed of God, all that is in the perfect will of God, all that God has designed for me shall come to me, in Jesus’ name.

All of the evil and the bad reports, all that the enemy has designed to deceive me, to lead me astray, to destroy me, my home, or my finances shall be stopped with the name of Jesus and words of my mouth.

I’m blessed in the city and blessed in the field. I’m blessed in the baskets and blessed in the store. I’m blessed coming in; I’m blessed going out. I’m the head and not the tail. I’m above and not beneath/ I’m blessed of Almighty God, strengthened with all might according to Your glorious power.

The Greater One is in me; He puts me over in life. The Spirit of Truth is in me; He gives me divine wisdom, divine direction, divine understanding of every situation and every circumstance of life. I have the wisdom of God.

I thank You, Father, that I’m led by the Spirit of God. I have the mind of Christ and the wisdom of God is within me. In Jesus Name, Amen!

PRAYER FOR THE RENOUNCEMENT OF THE SPIRIT OF DEATH

Pray the following out loud:

“I am not born of natural descent nor of human decision or a husband’s will but born of God.” (John 1:13)

“I am born of the imperishable seed.” (1 Peter 1:23)

“I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.” (Philippians 4:13)

Heavenly Father, Lord Jesus Christ and Holy Spirit, I come before You, with my fellow brothers and sisters as witnesses, to declare my freedom from the spirit of death and its influences.

By the power and authority granted to me by my Lord Jesus Christ and in whose name I pray, I renounce the spirit of death and all unclean spirits associated with it. I declare any and all attachments, agreements, appeasements and treaties with those spirits nullified and cancelled. Henceforth I will make no false peace with my enemy.

I renounce all identification, activity and preoccupation with suicidal thoughts, death fantasies, despair, hopelessness, depression, isolationism, passivity, bitterness, rage, fear, rejection, violence, racism, anxiety, witchcraft, and medical pronouncements of impending death. Separate them from me now, Lord, as far as the east is from the west.

I sever with the sword of the Spirit of Truth, any attachments to generational spirits going ten generations back, placing the cross of Jesus Christ between me and each one of them.

I repent of any substitutionary agreements, reasserting that it is by Jesus Christ’s sacrifice and sufferings that we are saved and healed.

I make a conscious effort to forgive all those who knowingly or unknowingly wounded me and thereby enabled death to gain influence over me as a child or as an adult. I ask, God, for ongoing revelation as to whom I need to forgive—now and in the future.

Forgive me Lord for holding unforgiveness, anger, hatred, pride and any other sinful reaction against them. I will continue to release them as You make them known to me.

I receive from You, Lord, the cleansing of Your forgiveness in return.

Please continue to reveal any other hidden destructive influences in and over my life, that I may send them to Your cross to be nailed there.

I vow to continue in Your authority to confess, repent, renounce, and resist the spirit of death and its dominions, by aligning my will with Yours—Your will for me to live.

Now I choose to embrace the fullness of life You have for me, Lord. And I praise You and thank You for always upholding and covering me in Your everlasting love. AMEN

HOW TO PRAY FOR YOUR CITY

Rebuke self-pity, release Confidence

Rebuke hatred, release Love

Rebuke lust and release Purity

Rebuke pride and release Humility

Rebuke anger and release Peace

Rebuke lawlessness, release Honesty

Rebuke greed and release Generosity

Rebuke violence and release Peace

Rebuke poverty and release Prosperity

Rebuke fear, release Love, Power and Sound Mind

Rebuke addictions and release Self-Control

Rebuke abuse, release Kindness, Gentleness and Love

Rebuke the spirit of religion, release Freedom in Christ

Rebuke adultery, release Faithfulness

Rebuke perversion, release Truth

Rebuke sickness, release Health

Rebuke insanity, release Sanity and Sound Mind

Release into this city: Galatians 5:22-23

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Love

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Joy

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Peace

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Patience

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Kindness

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Goodness

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Faithfulness

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Gentleness

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Self-Control

Release into this city: 1 Cor. 12:7-10

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Wisdom

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Knowledge

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Faith

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Healing

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Miraculous powers

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Prophecy

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Distinguishing Between Spirits

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Tongues

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Interpretation of Tongues

When praying for others, ask God to give them these blessings: Isaiah 11:2

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The Spirit of the Lord

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The Spirit of Wisdom

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The Spirit of Understanding

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The Spirit of Counsel

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The Spirit of Power

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The Spirit of Knowledge

A DISCIPLE GUIDE

"It's about building your life on a solid foundation." Wayne Maddy

Walk the walk and talk the talk.

People do not walk uprightly and with integrity by accident or by being lucky. We are saved by grace, but we serve and obey God by choice. We are faced with choices daily, and without the proper teaching we will follow a familiar path rather than follow the Lord. Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will. Romans 12:2

The devil doesn’t like the decision you made to be born again, and he will try very hard to convince you that you aren’t really saved. He will whisper lies to you to make you think that was a silly thing to do. “Only weak people do things like get saved. Besides, you aren’t worthy of God’s Grace. You’ve done too many bad things to receive total forgiveness. God would never waste his time on the likes of you”. That is all a lie. The only way for you to know for sure that it’s a lie is to get into the Bible and read it. In John 8:32 the Word says, “Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.” And another truth is told to us in John 10:10, “The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.”

The devil does not want you to know these things, so it may take some effort on your part to get into the Word and read it. But do it, no matter how difficult it may seem to you at first. It is also very beneficial for you to read out loud because it is helpful to hear the Word of God. The Bible says in Romans 10:17, “Consequently, faith comes from hearing the message, and the message is heard through the word of Christ.” So your faith will come as you read the Word of God aloud, and as you hear others read the Word aloud.

Hide God’s Word in Your Heart

The truth is in the Bible. God called David a man after his own heart. Even though David had a lot of struggles in his life and committed about every sin known to man, God still loved him because David was constantly in pursuit of God. David inquired of God before every major battle in his life.

9“How can a young man keep his way pure? By living according to your word. 11 I have hidden your word in my heart that I might not sin against you.” Psalm 119: 9 & 11

With God’s Word hidden in your heart, you will always be able to defeat the enemy and his lies whenever he attacks you. If you don’t hide the Word in your heart, you will have a dull sword or an empty gun to fight with. The Bible says, “Take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.” Ephesians 6:17

This says you can defeat the enemy once you are born again (The Helmet of Salvation), and you defeat him with God’s Word (The Sword of the Spirit). It is very important for new believers to memorize scriptures. The Word of God is where understanding comes from. Psalm 119:34 “Give me understanding, and I will keep your law and obey it with all my heart.” How do we get understanding? Psalm 119:130 tells us “The unfolding of your words gives light; it gives understanding to the simple.” Because we are born of the flesh with a sinful nature, we will continue to struggle with sin. However, the Bible says, when we are born again, “Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come!.” II Corinthians 5:17

This means you will see things differently from the past. You will now understand what you didn’t understand, you will hear what you could not hear before, and you will see what you could not see before. Many changes will take place in your life, but when you fail, you are not cast out like old rubbish. “If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.”

I John 1:9

With this Word embedded in your heart, you can defeat the enemy. Quote it out loud, confess your sins, and ask God to forgive you. He always will; the Bible says so.

It is common for a new believer to believe the lie that your sins are different from everyone else’s. Therefore, you will never be able to overcome your secret sins. That is a lie. The Bible says, “No temptation has seized you except what is common to man. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can stand up under it.” I Corinthians 10:13

Learn God’s Ways

God is always faithful to his people. He loves us so much that he gave His only begotten Son that we could be saved. His Word is a love letter to all his people. Read it and re-read it. Spend 10 to 15 minutes every day in the Bible, whether you read two pages per minute or two minutes per page doesn’t matter. God longs to share time with you and He will change your life for His own Honor and Glory bit by bit, sin by sin, if you will just give him the chance. Read the Bible and pray.

Put Your Trust in God

“Until now you have not asked for anything in my name. Ask and you will receive, and your joy will be complete.” John 16:24

God really does care about your needs and wants. Call on His name and He will hear you. He wants to meet your needs; He wants you to be filled with joy. Don’t hesitate to call on Him. Many people want to make this scripture and others like it a holy religious thing, but take it literally, just as it is written. Matthew 18:19 says, “Again, I tell you that if two of you on earth agree about anything you ask for, it will be done for you by my Father in heaven.”

You Are Never Alone

God wants to be part of your life. He wants to be involved in every area of your life, from your most public activities to your most private and intimate times. He is with you wherever you go and whatever you do. You are never alone once you are born again.

“And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Counselor to be with you forever—17the Spirit of truth. The world cannot accept him, because it neither sees him nor knows him. But you know him, for he lives with you and will be in you.” John 14:16-17

Wow, you are never alone. The Holy Spirit has moved into you and will lead you if you will give Him the opportunity.

Make God Your Source

God is a jealous God. He doesn’t want anything or anyone to get between you and Him. One of the ways you can develop your faithfulness to God is through your tithes and offerings. Actually, we are commanded to give tithes and offerings. We should take them to the storehouse. The storehouse is where you are being fed—your local church.

Malachi 3:8-11

“Will a man rob God? Yet you rob me. But you ask, ‘How do we rob you?’

In tithes and offerings. 9You are under a curse—the whole nation of you—because you are robbing me. 10Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. Test me in this,” says the LORD Almighty, “and see if I will not throw open the floodgates of heaven and pour out so much blessing that you will not have room enough for it. 11I will prevent pests from devouring your crops, and the vines in your fields will not cast their fruit,” says the LORD Almighty. Malachi 3:8-11

God is very serious about your obedience with your tithes and offerings. If you surrender your finances to God, you are much more likely to surrender everything else to God. The Bible says that where your treasure is, there your heart is also. And, finally, about tithes and offerings: we increase our chances for success by large measures if we are obedient with our money. Why? Because God will prove His faithfulness to us.

“Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over, will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.” Luke 6:38

Fellowship with Other Believers

Find a church that teaches from the Bible and teaches Jesus as the Living, Resurrected Son of God. Anything else is a lie. Jesus is The One and Only Savior. Find a church where the people carry their Bibles and the Pastor refers to the Bible often.

Hebrews 10:25 “Let us not give up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing. . .”

There are seven benefits in attending and belonging to the Church according to Acts 2:42-47:

1. Instruction

“They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching”

2. Fellowship

“and to fellowship”

3. Observance of the ordinances “the breaking of bread”

4. Corporate prayer

“to pray”

5. Effective outreach

“Everyone was filled with awe”

6. Common cause

“had everything in common”

7. Mutual assistance

“they gave to anyone as he had need.”

God commands us to assemble together

There are three other benefits of participation in the local church.

1. Worship

Acts 20:7 “On the first day of the week we came together to break bread. Paul spoke to the people . . .”

2. Discipline

Matthew 18:15-17 “If your brother sins against you, go and show him his fault, just between the two of you,"

3. Pastoral oversight

I Peter 5:1-3 “. . . Be shepherds of God’s flock that is under your care, serving as overseers . . .”

Make your tongue your testimony

The Bible has many references to our mouths. We can curse or praise from the same mouth. The Bible says “Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen.” Ephesians 4:29

“Let your conversation be always full of grace, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer everyone.” Colossians 4:6

“From the fruit of his lips a man is filled with good things . . .” Proverbs 12:14

The Bible says that we will reap what we sow (Galatians 6:7) and that our words are seeds (Mark 4:14). We will harvest the fruit of our words. So it is imperative that our words are according to God’s Word so that we can reap an acceptable harvest. Spend time reading the book of Proverbs; pay special attention to chapters four and ten.

One of the best ways for us to control what we say is by protecting what we think about all day long. Philippians 4:8 says, Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things. The Bible also says that “For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he.” Proverbs 23:7 (KJ)

Be Baptized

Though baptism does not have anything to do with getting into heaven, it is a declaration of victorious living . The significance and purpose of baptism is identifying your life with the Lord Jesus Christ. It is an outward statement of an inward decision. It is an act which declares your commitment to Him and your call to be his disciple. It is symbolic of the death, burial and resurrection of our Lord Jesus. By being baptized we declare our legal grounds of liberation from the bondage of the flesh and we exercise our authority over the power of sin in our lives.

“Or don’t you know that all of us who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? We were therefore buried with him through baptism into death in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may live a new life.” Romans 6:3-5; “In him you were also circumcised, in the putting off of the sinful nature, not with a circumcision done by the hands of men but with the circumcision done by Christ, having been buried with him in baptism and raised with him through your faith in the power of God, who raised him from the dead.” Colossians 2:11-12

How And When To Be Baptized

The Greek word “baptizo” means to immerse. Therefore, we baptize people by immersion. That’s why we read in the Bible that people were baptized in rivers and pools. (Matthew 3:6; Acts 8:36; Acts 16:13-15)

Everyone should be baptized after making the decision to be born again because it makes a public expression of the reality that Jesus Christ is Lord. We do not baptize children before they have made the decision to be born again, and we do not baptize adults who have not been born again.

Welcome to the Family of God.

The people may let you down, but God never will. He is the same yesterday, today, and forever. You can always trust God.

Remember to read your Bible and pray every day.

Memorize the Word. Begin with:

Psalm 119: 9 &11

9) How can a young man keep his way pure? By living according to your word. 11) I have hidden your word in my heart that I might not sin against you.” Psalm 119: 9 & 11

I John 1:9

“If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.” I John 1:9

I Corinthians 10:13

“No temptation has seized you except what is common to man. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can stand up under it.” I Corinthians 10:13

John 16:24

“Until now you have not asked for anything in my name. Ask and you will receive, and your joy will be complete.” John 16:24

Add more as you grow. God will give you scriptures to memorize if you are willing.

Note: The scripture addresses will be much easier to remember if you will say the reference both before and after saying the scripture.

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A PRAYER WALKING / DRIVING GUIDE

Father, forgive us as we forgive all of those who have offended us recently or in the past. Forgive us, Father, for holding grudges against our brothers and sisters. Father, I repent of my unforgiveness.

Father, we pray for reconciliation between churches that have split, between races, between parents and children, divorced families and business partners. Father, we break the power of division and separation brought into our city by the devil. Father, we break that stronghold by forgiving one another.

Let your kingdom come, here on earth (in Stark County), as it is in heaven.

As you walk or drive by homes, pray over the family who lives there. Pray for the children, for the families health and welfare and their finances, for peace and for the love of God to be in that home. Pray for the Spirit of Salvation to have its way in each home.

Pray the same over all the churches. Ask God to reveal his Word. To pour out His Spirit. To save the lost. To give them born-again, spirit-filled leadership. Ask God to provide business people in the churches so that the churches have enough money to promote the Gospel. To give them a revelation of the cross — even if it’s a non-believing church. Ask God to give them a revelation of the Ephesians prayer so they can know Jesus and know God better. Ask God to pour out His Spirit on the pastor and on the body. Ask God that the power of the Holy Spirit comes on the people of the church when the pastor touches the people.

The Ephesians 1:17 prayer:

Release the Spirit of wisdom and revelation so that the people may know him better.

That Jesus draw them to the father.

Release the spirit of adoption on them so they can cry out “ABBA Father”.

Bind the spirit that blinds the minds of those who do not believe. 2 Cor 4:4

Pray that the lost will develop a positive relationship with wholesome believers.

That the Lord of the Harvest will send workers into the harvest fields. (The harvest is plentiful, the workers are few.)

As you walk or drive past schools:

“Father, in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, we release the Spirit of Wisdom and Revelation in every student in this school, and, Lord, we pray for the teachers that they have a Spirit of Wisdom and Revelation.

We pray, Lord, for all the administrators to have a Spirit of Wisdom and Revelation.” We pray for the Spirit of Truth to rain on this school.

“And, Father, we release the Spirit of Adoption on the school and the Spirit of Prophecy. Lord we just pray in the name of Jesus that the god of this world that blinds the eyes of those who do not believe will be totally bound from everybody in this school.”

“Lord, we pray for Bible clubs, and prayer groups who believe and teach Jesus Christ, to organize and become the strong influence among the student body.”

“Father, we pray that the eyes of their heart would be enlightened so that (1) they can know the hope to which He has called them.” (Heaven, Jesus) (2) The riches of His glorious inheritance in the saints. (We receive the riches not poverty) (3) And His incomparably great power for us who believe.”

Father, we pray for these people that they receive the hope that they are called to. Lord, open their eyes so they can see it. (Eternal Life, Relationship with God). We know people won’t come to Christ unless they have hope in their heart.

Pray for our policemen, firemen, EMT’s, doctors and nurses. Prayer for city and county government. Pray that God will appoint Born Again, Bible believing saints as mayors, council members, county commissioners, board members, supervisors and laborers. Or that they will become born again as they serve.

As you drive by an empty lot or field, or home or business for sale.

“Father, in the name of the Lord Jesus, we take this property off the open market, and we pray that nobody can buy this property unless they are specifically chosen by the Holy Spirit to buy this property. Nobody can buy this property outside of the will of God in Jesus’ name.

Father, in the name of Jesus, we pray over this field, this empty field. As it’s developed, no one can build a business on this field without the permission of the Holy Spirit.

Darkness has no choice in the matter if believers pray.

The devil wants to tell people in our city that they need to be depressed, angry, broke, divorced, immoral, but we can stand up and say, “No, devil, in the name of Jesus Christ I bind you; you will not be successful here.

Come, Holy Spirit, surround this city and these people with angels of God.”

Thy kingdom come, thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven, just as it says in the Bible.

Rebuke self-pity, release Confidence

Rebuke hatred, release Love

Rebuke lust and release Purity

Rebuke pride and release Humility

Rebuke anger and release Peace

Rebuke lawlessness, release Honesty

Rebuke greed and release Generosity

Rebuke violence and release Peace

Rebuke poverty and release Prosperity

Rebuke fear, release Love, Power and Sound Mind

Rebuke addictions and release Self-Control

Rebuke abuse, release Kindness, Gentleness and Love

Rebuke the spirit of religion, release Freedom in Christ

Rebuke adultery, release Faithfulness

Rebuke perversion, release Truth

Rebuke sickness, release Health

Rebuke insanity, release Sanity and Sound Mind

Release into this city: Galatians 5:22-23

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