Maturing in Christ

The Purpose and the Power of Suffering (Part 2) Job 2 & Job 7:11-21 NKJV

Job 7:20-21 New King James Version

 

²⁰ Have I sinned?
What have I done to You, O watcher of men?
Why have You set me as Your target,
So that I am a burden to myself?
²¹ Why then do You not pardon my transgression,
And take away my iniquity?
For now I will lie down in the dust,
And You will seek me diligently,
But I will no longer be.”

The Purpose and the Power of Suffering Job 3:1-4, 21-26 & Psalm 119:67-72 NKJV & NLT

Job 3:25-26 New King James Version

 

²⁵ For the thing I greatly feared has come upon me,
And what I dreaded has happened to me.
²⁶ I am not at ease, nor am I quiet;
I have no rest, for trouble comes.”

Following God into New Territory- Joshua 3:1-8 & Numbers 9:15-23

Joshua 3:3-4 New King James Version

 

³ and they commanded the people, saying, “When you see the ark of the covenant of the Lord your God, and the priests, the Levites, bearing it, then you shall set out from your place and go after it. ⁴ Yet there shall be a space between you and it, about two thousand cubits by measure. Do not come near it, that you may know the way by which you must go, for you have not passed this way before.”

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!