Monday, August 25, 2008

I'll bring you more than a song...

These are the notes that I wrote down that I will be speaking on tonight at book club. I am a little bit nervous and a lot bit bummed that I might have to leave early for class. Book club is at 5:30 and class starts at 7:00 so hopefully I will have enough time! *crosses fingers*


The Kingdom of God in You

Chapter Five:

Demonstrating the Kingdom in a Corrupt World


  • The world's system is failing.

  • You can't get good fruit from a corrupt tree. If you try to live in the world's system you won't get the same benefits you would living in the Kingdom system. In fact if you live in the world's system you will end up losing more then you gain-the opposite of what God has planned for you. He wants to see us benefit and live rich, happy, healthy lives.

  • The devil will try to deceive you, he will do all in his power to see to it that you don't get what God has for you. Living in sin, not confessing good, but rather confessing evil or negative thoughts.

    • It's okay to have the negative thoughts but you must dismiss them as soon as they enter your head.

    • He can't deceive you if you have the Kingdom in you and are living in that system.

  • God may place you in a secular job knowing that you understand that you don't have to abide by the deceptive system. In fact you can change other's way of thinking by showing them the light of God.

  • God can not be tempted and He will not tempt you. The devil will try to tempt you like he tried to tempt Jesus in the desert after the fast, but we must be strong in the word of God like He was.

    • If Jesus can do it-we can do it! That's why He did these things in the first place. So we that we would know that we can achieve anything through God. Just like when He told the disciples to go out on the boat when a storm was coming to show them that they in fact could calm the wind and the rain. He wants to show that we can do the same things that He could.

    • We have the Holy Spirit in us!

    • When we are tempted we must not give in to it because when tempted we draw away from God by our lust and we are enticed. Lust leads to sin and sin leads to death.

      • Spiritual death not a physical death

  • We need to enter out of the world's system and plug into God's system to be a light into the darkness that is the place we reside.

  • We are delivered from sin, sickness, and oppression in the name of Jesus!

    • The devil wants you to believe that you were born “that way” and that you can't change. It's not true. God has great plans for us that don't include sin, sickness or anything that might ail you.

    • Jesus came to set us free from all of it. He is here to turn around everything Satan has done and all the evil that he has put in our lives and in our world.

      • It doesn't matter what your sin is or how long you have been in bondage to it- Jesus can set you free from it.

      • Silver and gold have I none; but such as I give I thee: In the same of Jesus Christ of Nazareth rise up and walk. Acts 3:6

  • When the world's system collapses- and it will happen and soon- God's kingdom will prevail.

    • Worry not- we are protected.

  • God will remember your sins no more-stop reminding Him!

    • We are forgiven. God only counts the good now. We shall reign in Heaven and on Earth.

  • If the government goes against God's government stick with God's government

    • Daniel prayed openly to God even though there was a law set against it.

  • YOU CAN'T SERVE TO MASTERS!!! Pick God's team.

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