How We Become Vulnerable to Satan
Sin, bitterness, pride, arrogance, rebellion are all dangerous impediments to our spiritual lives and make us vulnerable to Satan’s influence.
Sin, bitterness, pride, arrogance, rebellion are all dangerous impediments to our spiritual lives and make us vulnerable to Satan’s influence.
How does Satan influence you? How do you defeat him? You can clearly ways to recognize demonic oppression in your life and find victory! I believe a Christian cannot be…
We are the hands and feet of Jesus to the world. Our gifts are unique and equally valuable to the Kingdom of God.
What are spiritual gifts and how do they function in the Body of Christ. An overview of Biblical teaching on gifts.
Comparative listings of the gifts by type and how they are utilized. Ministries of Christ and gifts of the Spirit are developed.
Apostleship establishes new churches and ministries to spread Christianity. Evangelism gifts personally and/or publicly persuade people to receive the Gospel.
Gifts of miracles, healing and mercy authenticate God’s message and demonstrate Christ’s love.
Teaching and prophecy is the spiritual capacity to clarify and preserve the truths of God. Prophecy includes fore-telling and forth-telling.
Helps is the spiritual ability to see other’s needs and meet them. Giving is the God-given ability to make money and invest it in God’s Kingdom work.
Distinguishing spirits is the God-given ability to know if God, self, or Satan is at work. Faith is the gift to see God’s work and trust it will come to…
Tongues is the ability to speak in a language not learned, or pray through the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, and interpretation reveals the supernatural message.
Administration is the ability to organize and manage the church. Leadership attracts and energizes people by creating a vision and inspiring them to make it a reality.
Pastoring, or shepherding is the capacity to guide, guard, and grow a group of people to be like Christ.
Knowledge is a special word for from God for a specific situation, wisdom is the supernatural ability to give God’s guidance, exhortation urges people to godly living.
Christians may suffer because of sin’s consequences, Satanic attack, or because we live in a fallen world. God uses suffering to make us like Christ.
Spiritually mature Christians know God intimately and experience His revelation deeply. They persevere in ministry, compassionately nurturing others.
A pure heart is essential to truly know God. A dirty human spirit impairs our ability to hear God speak.
Spiritual young men and women use their spiritual gifts, are outward-focused, generous givers and are secure in their identity in Christ.
We must let God put away our pride, leading to a humble state of brokenness that puts Christ on display. Pride sabotages relationships.
Man is body, soul and spirit. Cultivating the inner spirit is critical because that is where God the Holy Spirit indwells and speaks.
Spiritual children are often immature and dependent on others for care. They are just learning to apply scripture and struggle with fear and faith.
We mature spiritually by processing through identifiable stages of development: children, young men and women and spiritual mothers and fathers.
As image-bearers of Christ, we are refined throughout our lives; suffering and brokenness are integral parts of God’s sanctification process.
Spiritual mothers and fathers do not see God as distant, inspecting or disappointed. They are intimate with God and have a right view of Him.
When believers give the Bible its rightful place of authority in their lives, they intimately experience its Author in life-changing ways.
Spiritual maturity moves us steadily toward intimacy with God. The greatest tragedy is the Christian who refuses to grow up.
God communicates with us by the Bible, by reason, by godly counsel, by circumstances, by dreams, signs and wonders. He speaks Holy Spirit to human spirit. How do we know…
TEACHER TO TEACHER This is the last lesson in our Faith Foundations study series. It contains four “big ideas.” First, we describe Casas as a Kingdom church whose primary mission…
God created man with physical, spiritual and relational needs. Relational needs are to be satisfied by near ones such as spouses, family, friends and church members.
God is the source of all agape love, the essence of His character. Believers, indwelt with the Holy Spirit, have that same capacity.
The disciplines of reverencing His Name, pleading for His kingdom to come and submitting to His will should impact our passion for the world, our intimacy with God, and our…
We are free to choose how we will relate to God and others. We may selfishly indulge our sinful nature, or we can choose to use our resources to lovingly…
A healthy marriage is characterized by mutual giving and receiving. Parents must teach biblical values, invest love and defer to their needs.
Bible fellowships must be an authentic biblical expression of Christian community where assembled believers experience intimacy and utilize their unique spiritual gifts.
Bible study must include observation, interpretation and application, but must also include relational questions about intimacy with God and others.
Growth toward spiritual maturity is a journey into deeper intimacy with the Triune God that produces a reflection of Christ’s love to our near ones and to one another.
Knowing and loving God is facilitated by the revealed light of Christ and His Word and by intimately connecting with Jesus on a personal, experiential level.
Believers pray understanding there is one True God who is personal, living and hears their prayers, who is caring and involved in their lives, and who wants to have the…
Christians must view non-believers through the lens of fallenness and aloneness. We must meet aloneness needs and reach out to those who don’t know Christ.
We often deal with our sins by libertinism, rationalism, and justification of secret sins. Instead, we must surrender to the Holy Spirit’s work.
Three parts of the Lord’s Prayer are discussed: daily bread (God’s provision through Christ), forgiveness out of grace, and resisting temptation. We learn that prayer requires humility and persistence. Prayer…
Jesus embodied the heart of a devoted servant-humble, deferring personal rights to serve others and diligently working to meet the needs of the ones being served.
Relational outreach involves personal connection, intercession, invitation, inclusion and instruction.
TEACHER TO TEACHER One of my early mentors in the art of teaching was fond of saying, “review, review, review.” He knew that people learn new material by associating it…
Three famous invitation stories are conserved in the Gospels for our meditation. Disciples who can truthfully testify to life-changing experiences with Jesus have the authority and power of Christ to…
This lesson takes a fresh look at the Great Commission, Christ’s mandate to make disciples, and the transformation that must take place.
Six biblical prayer principles include faith, persistence, right motives, zeal, and obedience. Intercede for spiritual growth and evangelism.
Christ received His authority and power from His Father. Our authority as believers is through the power of the Holy Spirit in Jesus’ name. We operate in faith, love and…
Jesus calls us to a lifestyle of serving, making disciples, evangelizing the world and reflecting the right view of the real God to those around us.
Life sometimes hurts. We heal hurt with comfort, anger with forgiveness, guilt with confession, fear with perfect love and condemnation with God’s unconditional love and acceptance.
A list of common misconceptions about forgiveness is discussed, forgiveness is defined and a step-by-step process for forgiving is included.
A satanic foothold is established in our minds when we embrace deception, bitterness, rebellion, pride and habitual sin. Generational sin and involvement in occult practices can also cause strongholds in…
“The Temptations” lesson includes a discussion of sin and human nature, the temptation of Adam and Eve and the temptation of Christ. Satanic temptations include doubt, vulnerable times of fatigue…
Spiritual warfare is an essential component of our discipleship. Spiritual warfare and a Biblical world-view are defined.
Spiritual warfare is part of every believer’s journey to spiritual maturity. As the Word of God dwells in us, Jesus empowers us to resist the enemy and exercise authority over…
Jesus came to destroy Satan’s work and seal the devil’s destiny. Believers can draw upon Christ’s power and authority to battle Satan because He has won the victory over the…
The armor of God consists of the girdle of truth, the breastplate of righteousness, the shield of faith, the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit. Each piece…
The detestable nature of rebellion is contrasted with submission. Pride’s destructive nature is weighed against humility.
The personality, position, power, purpose and destiny of Satan is carefully studied. His demonic forces are described, and the victorious power of God over the Adversary is taught.