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Assurance of Victory

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.

Discernment Step 3

So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God.

Discernment Step 4

Do not be misled: "Bad company corrupts good character."

D-05: Be Steadfast

Be Steadfast NIV

1 Corinthians 15:58
Therefore, my dear brothers, stand firm. Let nothing move you. Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain.
1 Corinthians 15:58

D-5 Be Christ's Disciple

C-02: His Spirit

His Spirit NIV

1 Corinthians 2:12
We have not received the spirit of the world but the Spirit who is from God, that we may understand what God has freely given us.
1 Corinthians 2:12

C-2 Rely on God's Resources

C-01; His Spirit

His Spirit NIV

1 Corinthians 3:16
Don't you know that you yourselves are God's temple and that God's Spirit lives in you?
1 Corinthians 3:16

C-1 Rely on God's Resources

Discernment Step 1: Mastery Test

"Everything is permissible for me"--but not everything is beneficial. "Everything is permissible for me"--but I will not be mastered by anything.

Discernment Step 2: Stumbling Block Test

Therefore, if what I eat causes my brother to fall into sin, I will never eat meat again, so that I will not cause him to fall.

Discernment Step 2: Stubling Block Test

Be careful, however, that the exercise of your freedom does not become a stumbling block to the weak.

Self Discipline

24 Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one gets the prize? Run in such a way as to get the prize. 25 Everyone who competes in the games goes into strict training. They do it to get a crown that will not last; but we do it to get a crown that will last forever. 26 Therefore I do not run like a man running aimlessly; I do not fight like a man beating the air. 27 No, I beat my body and make it my slave so that after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified for the prize.

Assurance of Forgiveness

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.

D-03: Separate from the World

Separate from the World NIV

1 John 2:15-16
Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For everything in the world - the cravings of sinful man, the lust of his eyes and the boasting of what he has and does - comes not from the Father but from the world.
1 John 2:15-16

D-3 Be Christ's Disciple

Amazing Love

How great is the love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know him.

E-02: Love

Love NIV

1 John 3:18
Dear children, let us not love with words or tongue but with actions and in truth.
1 John 3:18

E-2 Grow in Christlikeness

Be Like Jesus

2 Dear friends, now we are children of God, and what we will be has not yet been made known. But we know that when he appears, we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is.

Assurance of Salvation

And this is the testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. He who has the Son has life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have life.

B-11: Assurance of Salvation

Assurance of Salvation NIV

1 John 5:13
I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God so that you may know that you have eternal life.
1 John 5:13

B-11 Proclaim Christ

Assurance of Answered Prayer

14 This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us.
15 And if we know that he hears us--whatever we ask--we know that we have what we asked of him.

God Gives Widsom

God gave Solomon wisdom and very great insight, and a breadth of understanding as measureless as the sand on the seashore.

E-06: Purity

Purity NIV

1 Peter 2:11
Dear friends, I urge you, as aliens and strangers in the world, to abstain from sinful desires, which war against your soul.
1 Peter 2:11

E-6 Grow in Christlikeness

Grow in Faith

2 Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up in your salvation, 3 now that you have tasted that the Lord is good.

B-06: Christ Paid the Penalty

Christ Paid the Penalty NIV

1 Peter 3:18
For Christ died for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to death in the body but made alive by the Spirit.
1 Peter 3:18

B-6 Proclaim Christ

E-04: Humility

Humility NIV

1 Peter 5:5-6
Young men, in the same way be submissive to those who are older. All of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, because, ''God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.'' Humble yourselves, therefore, under God's mighty hand, that he may lift you up in due time.
1 Peter 5:5-6

E-4 Grow in Christlikeness

C-08: His Peace

His Peace NIV

1 Peter 5:7
Cast all your anxiety on Him because He cares for you.
1 Peter 5:7

C-8 Rely on God's Resources

Repent

1 Samuel 12:20, 22 NIV84

20 “Do not be afraid,” Samuel replied. “You have done all this evil; yet do not turn away from the Lord, but serve the Lord with all your heart.22 For the sake of his great name the Lord will not reject his people, because the Lord was pleased to make you his own.

Prayer as Obedience

1 Samuel 12:23 NIV84

23 As for me, far be it from me that I should sin against the Lord by failing to pray for you. And I will teach you the way that is good and right.

God Reveals Himself Thru His Word

21 The LORD continued to appear at Shiloh, and there he revealed himself to Samuel through his word.

Life-On-Life Discipleship

8 We loved you so much that we were delighted to share with you not only the gospel of God but our lives as well, because you had become so dear to us.

Be Joyful Always

Be joyful always;

Pray Continually

pray continually;

Pray for leaders

1 I urge, then, first of all, that requests, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for everyone--
2 for kings and all those in authority, that we may live peaceful and quiet lives in all godliness and holiness.

God wants his own to be saved

3 This is good, and pleases God our Savior,
4 who wants all men to be saved and to come to a knowledge of the truth.

Christ bridges gap

5 For there is one God and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus,
6 who gave himself as a ransom for all men--the testimony given in its proper time.

Some will abandon

The Spirit clearly says that in later times some will abandon the faith and follow deceiving spirits and things taught by demons.

Set an example

Don't let anyone look down on you because you are young, but set an example for the believers in speech, in life, in love, in faith and in purity.

Train yourself to be godly

7 Have nothing to do with godless myths and old wives' tales; rather, train yourself to be godly.
8 For physical training is of some value, but godliness has value for all things, holding promise for both the present life and the life to come.

Do not love money

For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some people, eager for money, have wandered from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs.

Folly of being rich

People who want to get rich fall into temptation and a trap and into many foolish and harmful desires that plunge men into ruin and destruction.

Take Thoughts Captive

We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.

Eternal Focus

16 Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day. 17 For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all. 18 So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.

The Lost are Blind

4 The god of this age has blinded the minds of unbelievers, so that they cannot see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.

D-08: Serve Others

Serve Others NIV

2 Corinthians 4:5
For we do not preach ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, and ourselves as your servants for Jesus' sake.
2 Corinthians 4:5

D-8 Be Christ's Disciple

Sold Out

For Christ's love compels us, because we are convinced that one died for all, and therefore all died.
And he died for all, that those who live should no longer live for themselves but for him who died for them and was raised again.

A-01: Christ the Center

Christ the Center NIV

2 Corinthians 5:17
"Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come!"
2 Corinthians 5:17

A-01 Live the New Life

Godly Sorrow vs. Worldly Sorrow

Godly sorrow brings repentance that leads to salvation and leaves no regret, but worldly sorrow brings death.

D-10: Give Generously

Give Generously NIV

2 Corinthians 9:6-7
Remember this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously. Each man should give what he has decided in his heart to give, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.
2 Corinthians 9:6-7

D-10 Be Christ's Disciple

Separation from God

9 These will pay the penalty of eternal destruction, away from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of His power,

A-05: The Word

The Word NIV

2 Timothy 3:16-17
"All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the man of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work."
2 Timothy 3:16-17

A-05 Live the New Life

Preach the Word

2 Preach the Word; be prepared in season and out of season; correct, rebuke and encourage--with great patience and careful instruction.

Prayer for My Kids

I have no greater joy than to hear that my children are walking in the truth.