Maturing in Christ

6 Reasons to study the Word of God- 2 Timothy 4:1-4 NKJV

2 Timothy 4:1-4 New King James Version

 

4 I charge you therefore before God and the Lord Jesus Christ, who will judge the living and the dead at His appearing and His kingdom: ² Preach the word! Be ready in season and out of season. Convince, rebuke, exhort, with all longsuffering and teaching. ³ For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine, but according to their own desires, because they have itching ears, they will heap up for themselves teachers; ⁴ and they will turn their ears away from the truth, and be turned aside to fables.

Life after Failure- Joshua 8:1-13 & Joshua 7:10-13 NKVJ

Joshua 7:10-13 New King James Version

 

¹⁰ So the Lord said to Joshua: “Get up! Why do you lie thus on your face? ¹¹ Israel has sinned, and they have also transgressed My covenant which I commanded them. For they have even taken some of the accursed things, and have both stolen and deceived; and they have also put it among their own stuff. ¹² Therefore the children of Israel could not stand before their enemies, but turned their backs before their enemies, because they have become doomed to destruction. Neither will I be with you anymore, unless you destroy the accursed from among you. ¹³ Get up, sanctify the people, and say, ‘Sanctify yourselves for tomorrow, because thus says the Lord God of Israel: “There is an accursed thing in your midst, O Israel; you cannot stand before your enemies until you take away the accursed thing from among you.”

The key to impossible victories!! - Joshua 6:10-21 NKJV

Joshua 6:10 New King James Version

 

¹⁰ Now Joshua had commanded the people, saying, “You shall not shout or make any noise with your voice, nor shall a word proceed out of your mouth, until the day I say to you, ‘Shout!’ Then you shall shout.”

The blessings of Gilgal!! -Joshua 4:19-24 & 2 Peter 1:12-15 NKJV

Joshua 4:21-22 New King James Version

 

²¹ Then he spoke to the children of Israel, saying: “When your children ask their fathers in time to come, saying, ‘What are these stones?’ ²² then you shall let your children know, saying, ‘Israel crossed over this Jordan on dry land’;

Conflict Resolution (Part 7) The Art of Patient Listening!! Proverbs 18:13 & Proverbs 26:20 NIV

Proverbs 18:13 New International Version

 

¹³ To answer before listening—
    that is folly and shame.

 

Proverbs 26:20 New International Version

 

²⁰ Without wood a fire goes out;
    without a gossip a quarrel dies down.

Conflict Resolution (Part 6) "Lord, give us a new heart" Ezekiel 36:22-27 & I Corinthians 2:9-16 NLT

Ezekiel 36:25-27 New Living Translation

 

²⁵ “Then I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean. Your filth will be washed away, and you will no longer worship idols. ²⁶ And I will give you a new heart, and I will put a new spirit in you. I will take out your stony, stubborn heart and give you a tender, responsive heart. ²⁷ And I will put my Spirit in you so that you will follow my decrees and be careful to obey my regulations.

Conflict Resolution (Part 5) "Identifying sources of Conflict" 1 Corinthians 1:10-17 NLT

1 Corinthians 1:10-13 New Living Translation

 

¹⁰ I appeal to you, dear brothers and sisters, by the authority of our Lord Jesus Christ, to live in harmony with each other. Let there be no divisions in the church. Rather, be of one mind, united in thought and purpose. ¹¹ For some members of Chloe’s household have told me about your quarrels, my dear brothers and sisters. ¹² Some of you are saying, “I am a follower of Paul.” Others are saying, “I follow Apollos,” or “I follow Peter,” or “I follow only Christ.”

¹³ Has Christ been divided into factions? Was I, Paul, crucified for you? Were any of you baptized in the name of Paul? Of course not!

Conflict Resolution (Part 4) "Don't Major in the Minor" Romans 14: 1-13 NKJV

Romans 14:1-4 New King James Version

 

14 Receive one who is weak in the faith, but not to disputes over doubtful things. ² For one believes he may eat all things, but he who is weak eats only vegetables. ³ Let not him who eats despise him who does not eat, and let not him who does not eat judge him who eats; for God has received him. ⁴ Who are you to judge another’s servant? To his own master he stands or falls. Indeed, he will be made to stand, for God is able to make him stand.

Conflict Resolution (Part 3) - The danger of "Blame Shifting"!! Genesis 3:6-10 , 1 Samuel 15:10-23 NKJV

Genesis 3:11-12 New King James Version

 

¹¹ And He said, “Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten from the tree of which I commanded you that you should not eat?”

¹² Then the man said, “The woman whom You gave to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I ate.”

Conflict Resolution (Part 2) "The Power of Agreement" Nehemiah 4:12-20, Matthew 18:19 & Eccel. 4:12-19

Matthew 18:19 New King James Version

 

¹⁹ “Again, I say to you that if two of you agree on earth concerning anything that they ask, it will be done for them by My Father in heaven.