STOP JUSTIFYING / START RECOGNIZING:
INTRO:
Our carnal, fleshly thoughts have a tendency to ignore the root of our troubles, trials, and our tribulations. We justify, excuse, or cover the afflictions we’ve caused on others. When we justify them we stay in the cycle, it repeats, ending up causing more damage the more we try to justify it. We must first recognize what is behind the affliction before we can do anything to overcome it.
INSTRUCTIONS:
- Continue to speak your prayers and kingdom card daily.
KEY ELEMENTS:
- If you cannot deny yourself, you can’t truly be spiritually positioned.
- The word justify means freedom from blame; when you make an excuse you are justifying, and you are out of position.
- We activate our faith by confessing the promises of God.
- When you are overtaken by fear, you no longer recognize what is pushing you, you begin to justify your reaction.
- A servant must be able to discern, teach, endure, submit to authority, and must be able to lead. (Because many are in darkness and need to be led to the light).
- Winners take responsibility. Whiners play the victim.
- The result of justifying with the world makes you a whiner, recognizing is winning, justifying is defeat.
REQUIRED SCRIPTURE READING:
- 2 Tim. 2:20-26
- 1 Cor. 2:12-16
- Rom. 1:16-32
- Jude 1:16-21
- Prov. 1:24-33
- 1 John 4:1-6
QUIZ – STOP JUSTIFYING / START RECOGNIZING:
- What happens when we justify?
- Winners take _____________?
- The Just shall live by __________.
- Foolish disputes generate _________?
- If you cannot __________yourself, you cannot be spiritually positioned.
- What is the result of justifying with the world?
- Before we can overcome an affliction, we first must ____________?
- What does the word justify mean?
- What removes you from being spiritually positioned?
- What is the spirit of the world?
FIGHT OR RUN
INTRO:
We don’t fight flesh and blood, but demonic forces of evil. If we don’t recognize this spiritual fight we run to false comfort which is danger and destruction. These forces of evil will follow you until you die, you must turn and fight them with the weapons of the eternal power Jesus gave us to overcome because the battle is on until Jesus returns.
INSTRUCTIONS:
- Continue to speak your prayers & kingdom card daily.
KEY ELEMENTS:
- If we are not backed by the anointing we are backed by the flesh.
- Those who are in the flesh have been taken captive.
- A self-condemning spirit causes individuals to stop fighting. Self wants to take dominion over you, so it will cause you to run.
- Conviction is led by the Holy Spirit, while condemnation pushes.
- Heaviness and oppression are associated with a self-condemning spirit.
- Suspicion, insecurity, and fear are the fruits of the spirit of self-condemnation which promotes a flawed belief system, that leads to a flawed perception.
REQUIRED SCRIPTURE READING:
- Acts 10:36-38
- Rom. 8:1-8
- Gal. 3:1-5
- Deut. 1:1-21
- Heb. 12:1-3
- Psa. 142:3-4
- Rom. 14:21-23
- Psa. 44:23
- 119:25-32
- Psa. 88:3-9
- Job 15:1-6
- Psa. 57:4-6
- Psa. 18:4
- 2 Tim. 1:7
- 1 King. 19:1-10
- Isa. 54:17
- Psa. 34:19-20
- Isa. 53:1-5
QUIZ – FIGHT OR RUN
- We don’t fight flesh and blood, but __________?
- If we don’t recognize the fight what happens?
- What are the fruits of the spirit of self – condemnation?
- Condemnation is a ____________.
- Conviction is led by ____________.
- What does a self-condemning spirit cause?
- A flawed belief system promotes a flawed _____________.
- Many are the afflictions of the righteous but the Lord ______________.
- Your own mouth _________ you.
- For whatever is not of faith _____________.
