Wednesday Night

Seventh Day Adventist Church

Founder: Basically they follow the writings of “Prophet”, Ellen White Statistics: 8 Million worldwide, much into publishing books,materials Push education in their schools, Very evangelistic Beliefs: 1. Salvation: Grace plus Law(Bible: Galatians 2:16) 2. Sabbath Keeping Bible: Sabbath is for Jews, Genesis 2:1 is not a command We worship Lord on Lord’s day: Acts 20:7,…

False teachings: Mormons(2)

Cults: Started from some individuals with either new revelation or new interpretation about the Bible. Salvation not by grace. They are aggressive in visiting: young man 2-year to serve and share their teachings Joseph Smith claimed: do more than Jesus for the church Book of Mormon is more accurate than the Bible God was not…

Wednesday Night: Prayers of Jesus

His Seasons of Prayer (Luke 3:21, 22) His Spheres of Prayer Places of Prayer: Luke 5:16 His Spirit in Prayer (Luke 6:12) His Scope of Prayer (John 17) His Teachings on Prayer Humility, Sincerity, Obedience, Faith, Forgiveness, Persistence, Asking, In His Name

Old Testament Prayer II

I. Jacob’s Prayer of Restitution Genesis 32:9-12 II. Moses Prayer of Intercession Exodus 32:11-13,31-32 Claim the promises III. Samuel’s Prayer of Intercession I. Samuel 7:9 IV. Elijah’s Prayer of Vindication I Kings 18: 36-37 God hears our short prayer V. David’s Various Prayers in Psalms

Old Testament Prayers

I. Abraham A. Place of Prayer Gen. 12:7,8 B. Content of Prayers For an heir Gen. 15 For a child Gen. 17 For Sodom Gen. 18 For Rededication Gen. 20 II. Prayer of Issac Gen. 25:21-23 III. Prayer of Jacob Gen. 32:9-12

How to pray

I. Pray to the Father Matt. 6:9 II. Pray in Faith James 1:6,7 III. Pray in Jesus Name John 14:13 IV. Pray in the Spirit Eph. 6:18 V. Pray Specifically Phil. 4:6 VI. Pray Constantly I Thess. 5:17 VII. Pray with the Promises  

Hindrances to Prayer

I. Sin in Life See Psa. 66:18 II. Not Abiding in Christ John 15:7 III. Lack of Faith Mark 9:23 IV. Wrong Motives James 4:3 V. Our Will not God’s I John 5:14,15 VI. Stop too soon I Thess. 5:17 VII. Wrong Relationships I Peter 3:7 VIII. Not specific requests John 14:13 IX. Lack of…

Importance of prayers

Eph:6:18 Prayer examples in the bible: Prayer is a very important part life for Jesus: Mark 1:35,  Luke 6:12 Apostles: Acts 6:4,Col 1:3,Thessalonians I 3:10 Lord is praying for us now Hebrews 7:25, Romans 8:34 The key to overcome worry is prayer. Phi 4:6-7 Prayer is important to defeat devil. Prayer makes you a spiritual…

Bible-QA-modesty

Bible verse: I Timothy 2:9-10 Modest: decent, not to draw attention Genesis 3:21: coat – something to cover you fully James 4:4, I John 2:15- don’t be influenced by the world sobriety – be sober on the dressing I Peter 3:1-4: Don’t dress to draw attention to yourself Five things to consider (from Dave Cloud) Clothing…

Bible-QA-roles in a home

Q: Does God establish the leadership in a home? 1. God established marriage (Genesis 2:23, Matthew 19:4-6) 2. Core about the marriage – Ephesians 5:22-33 God sets up a chain of commands. Wife is not inferior to husband. Husband: God appoints husband as the leader. Husband should provide the physical need of the home if…