Sunday School - May 29, 2011

Affirmation: There is nothing more important in life than giving myself to my destiny - the purpose of God for my life.

God,I really want to see You more clearly. I really want to love You more dearly. And God, I really want to follow You more nearly, day by day. Amen - Che Anh

We deceive ourselves if we believe we can possess the inward reality without its having a profound effect on how we live. To attempt to arrange an outward life-style of simplicity without the inward reality leads to deadly legalism. - Richard Foster

"God made man simple; man's complex problems are of his own devising." - Ecclesiastes 7:30

The more we go on to learn about the Lord Jesus, the more impossible will life be, and situations become, on this earth. - T. Austin-Sparks

All the world is my parish. - John Wesley

Affirmation: I know it's not enough just to know God's will. I continue to seek the Lord until I know God's plan for accomplishing that will.

Paul mentioned in Ephesians 6:17 that the believer is to "take the helmet of salvation." This verse helps to show the need for the deliverance of the human mind. - Watchman Nee

Our new song is to be a song of all God has done for us. Truly, your most effective testimony is to brag to other people about what God has done for you this week. Tell people what He did just yesterday, or even this morning. Then your song will always be new. - Myles Munroe

"Sing to Him a new song; play skillfully, and shout for joy." - Psalm 33:3


If your hopes are being disappointed just now, it means that they are being purified. - Oswald Chambers

Working in the vineyard, Working all the day, Never be discouraged, Only watch and pray. - Fanny Crosby

Affirmation: I am a living stone, built into the spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.

God sent His Son to die for you. And Jesus gave you a blood-bought right to an abundant life full of meaning and purpose! He gave you a blood-bought right to walk in divine health all the days of your life! He gave you a blood-bought right to prosperity even when the economy goes down! - Joseph Prince

Praying sets him who prays to "walk circumspectly, redeeming the time"; enables him to "walk worthy of the vocation (destiny) wherewith he is called with all lowliness and meekness." - E. M. Bounds

"Look carefully then how you walk, not as unwise men, but as wise, making the most of the time, because the days are evil. Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is." - Ephesians 5:15,16

Unless I am on my knees I cannot live in His love. - Andrew Murray

To you, Oh, Lord, I sing a new song of praise, lifting up my voice in adoration and rejoicing. Amen -- William J. Seymour (January 1907)



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Sunday School - May 22, 2011

Affirmation: I forget those things which are behind, and press toward the mark for the prize of the High calling of God in Christ Jesus.

God has given us something to do, He has given us a demonstration to make. If we do not make it, then we have nor more right to the claims that we make of being sons of God than the other people. If God be God, serve Him. - John Lake

Never judge God's love for you based on your unfavorable circumstances. No, look at the cross instead! The cross is the sure symbol of God's love for you. It is at the cross that "God demonstrates His own love toward us in that while we were still sinners Christ died for us." (Rom. 5:8) - Joseph Prince

"Be ready at all times to answer anyone who asks you to explain the hope you have in you, but do it with gentleness and respect." - 1 Peter 3:15,16

If you rely on your own reasoning and ability rather than on the virtue of submission to Jesus Christ, you will seldom attain wisdom. For God wills that we become perfectly obedient to Himself, and that we transcend mere reason on the wings of a burning love for Him. - Thomas a Kempis

I doubt that the world will ever take Christians seriously again until they are prepared to become fools for Christ's sake. - Colin Morris

Affirmation: I allow the seed of incredible potential within me to be released and display the glory of God to the world!

If you have never used your imagination to put yourself before God, begin to do it now. It is no use waiting for God to come; you must put your imagination away from the face of idols and look unto Him. Imagination is the greatest gift God has given us and it ought to be devoted entirely to Him. - Oswald Chambers

We pray feebly because we live feebly. The stream of prayer cannot rise higher than the fountain of living. We simply cannot talk to God, strongly, intimately, and confidently unless we are living for him, faithfully and truly. - E. M. Bounds

"My zeal for God and His work burns hot within me." - Psalm 69:9


The true Church has no members but those of whom it can be said, "Christ in you, the hope of glory." And no man is outside the Church except as he is described in these terms, "If any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of His." - William Law

The greatest happiness of my life is that I am loved by the Lord Jesus and can fellowship with Him every day. - Andrew Murray

Affirmation: He has chosen me in Him before the foundation of the world, that I should be holy and without blame before Him in love.

God wants us to have no activity outside of Him. He wishes us to die to ourselves and be dependent on Him as though we cannot move without Him. - Watchman Nee

We need to move to our next place of glory. For that we must receive new revelation from God. If you are in a place of confusion, listen for God's voice to receive the necessary instructions that will bring new order to your life and circumstances. - Chuck Pierce

"And we all, with unveiled face, beholding the glory of the Lord, are being changed into His likeness from one degree of glory to another; for this comes from the Lord who is the Spirit." - 2 Corinthians 3:18

We serve a God who talks. And when we hear what He is saying, it brings life to our bones, and strength to our spirit man. - Steve Sampson

Sanctify me, Lord, that I might be holy as You are holy. Amen - William J. Seymour (October 1906)


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Sunday School - May 15, 2011

Affirmation: Through prayer I know His presence continually. I am called to be His dwelling place.

The central message of Christianity is: "What are you waiting for? Believe now in the Person of the Lord Jesus Christ. Everything is finished. He has already taken care of your sins! This is the very essence of the crucifixion and the resurrection. - Ros Rinker

God, Himself, has given you a generous measure of faith. He has deposited within you the precious amount, degree, size, and portion necessary to fulfill your calling with great success. - Dennis Cramer

"Give yourselves to God, as those who have been brought from death to life, and surrender your whole being to Him to be used for righteous purposes." - Romans 6:13

You, beloved, live and operate in the supernatural realm! The Lord Jesus is with you 100 %! You are a successful person! -- Joseph Prince

Shake the dust from your past, and move forward in His promises -- Kay Arthur

Affirmation: I was created for glory. I am commissioned to be like Him, and He is glorious!

Never tell a person something can't be done, because God may have been waiting for centuries for someone ignorant enough to believe that the impossible could be possible. - Myles Munroe

Good feelings will not free us. Ecstatic experiences will not free us. Getting "high on Jesus" will not free us. Without a knowledge of the truth, we will not be free. - Richard Foster

"You will know the truth, and the truth will make you free." - John 8:32

Information overload can become a huge barrier to your God-given dreams, leaving little time for intimacy and communication with the One who seeks to bring those seeds inside you to greatness. - Steve Munsey

Am I spending time in His presence? Everything depends on this. -- Andrew Murray

Affirmation: I present my body as a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is my reasonable service.

The Holy Spirit is given to make us witnesses, and His own work is to highlight the work of Christ and actuate it in human lives. If we want to move in the Spirit, we need to get into that kind of activity because that is what He is doing. - Reinhard Bonnke

"But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be my witnesses .... to the end of the earth." - Acts 1:8

Those who intentionally ignore elements of Scripture that are outside of their experience and teach others to do the same rarely have the profound encounters with God and the corresponding miracles taking place in their lives. - Bill Johnson

Deeper prayer: A simple vision of God, seeing Him and loving Him (and very gently rejecting all the images which come into your mind). Everything within you is collected, centered and fixed wholly on Him. - Michael Molinos

The more we receive in silent prayer, the more we can give in active life. -- Malcolm Muggeridge



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Wednesday Night - Walking In The Spirit - May 11, 2011

Affirmation: My ever praising God transforms the negative assault of the enemy into a spring of sweet waters which refreshes me.

It is not that I will not hear God, but I am not devoted in the right place. I am devoted to things, to service, to convictions, and God may say what He likes but I do not hear Him. - Oswald Chambers

When we emphasize personal salvation more than a personal Savior, we are asking people to put their trust in an experience rather than in Jesus Christ. - Ros Rinker

Exercising faith to fulfill your call will always result in permanent spiritual results - "fruit which remains" measured by the lives you have dramatically changed. - Dennis Cramer

"You did not choose me, but I chose you to go and bear fruit - fruit that will last, Then the Father will give you whatever you ask in my name." - John 15:16

Man is free, for he is in the image of divine liberty; and that is why he has the power to choose. - Paul Evdokimov

Affirmation: My identity is truly in the Lord Jesus Christ and my priestly calling is to minister and intercede for others on a daily basis.

It should be our goal every day to see the Lord more clearly, to be more occupied with Him so that He will more fully occupy our heart. - Rich Joyner

Fallow ground is ground which has once been tilled but which now lies waste. It needs to be broken up and mellowed before it is again ready to receive grain. Examine and note the state of your mind - see where you are. Go deep and turn the ground up so that it will all be mellow and soft. Then it will be ready to receive the seed and bear fruit a hundredfold. - Charles Finney

"And other seeds fell into good soil and brought forth grain..." - Mark 4:9

When you ask yourself, "Do I have enough faith?" you have already put faith as a hindrance between you and Jesus' finished work. The more you focus on your faith, the more faith slips away. But if you focus on the finished work of Christ and see God's grace toward you, God sees that as faith! - Joseph Prince

Pride has a devilish quality that keeps us from sensing our need for God's grace. - Jim Cymbala

Affirmation: The power that I have been given to testify of the coming Kingdom is the power of life, which is more precious than anything I could ever possess on this earth.

Begin your day by walking the floor & worshiping God. You've got to stir up the gift that's within you and get your mind functioning right. (2Tim1:6) - Norvel Hayes

The disciples remembered the "facts" of the two miraculous feedings, but they had forgotten any spiritual lessons they might have learned. Likewise some people can quote scripture or remember what the sermon was about, but they can't perceive the spiritual life in the message. - Andrew Wommack

"And He said to them, "Do you not yet understand?" - Mark 8:21

Our expectation causes us to press into God, enter His presence, knowing He will go before us and open up the way. (Micah 2:13) - Barbara Yoder

Intercessors who become weary in their warfare would do well to remember that our victory is already assured. (Rom.16:20) - Dick Eastman

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Sunday School - May 8, 2011

Affirmation: I experience the victory that is mine as a citizen of the Kingdom.

Do not be like the theologian who after death was given the choice between going to Heaven or going to a lecture on Heaven and chose the lecture. - Peter Kreeft

The spirit of worship dies of familiarity. Let's not fear discovering a new place of worship. It will probably be more a new place in our hearts or attitudes, rather than to a new physical site; but we sometimes need to be pointed away from the worn valleys of our familiar ways to the mountain of God's assignment. - Jack Hayford

"Teach me your way, O Lord;....I will praise You, O Lord my God, with all my heart, and I will glorify Your name forevermore." - Psalm 86:11,12

Let Him birth the burden and the direction of prayer in your heart. You must pray your heart and not your head. - Steve Sampson

The way to begin healing the wounds of the world is to treasure the Infant Christ in us. - Caryll Houselander

Affirmation: I exhort others into Kingdom realities.

Our grasp of what is going on around us is warped by our episodes of pain - they create "filters" that muffle what we hear and see. Your filter will disqualify you; it will mute out any promise or commission from God that exceeds your preconceived limits. This negative cloud will delay and dilute God's voice to you. - Mario Murillo

We will be much better off if we spent more time building up our inner man that the outer. The Lord has invested "the riches of His glory" in our inner man, so how much more value should we give to it? - Rick Joyner

"That He would grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strentghened with power through His Spirit in the inner man." Ephesians 3:15,16

God sometimes speaks to us by hiding truths in phrases, stories, riddles, and circumstances. This unique language from God is an invitation to enter His great adventure. - Bill Johnson

Faith sees the invisible, believes the incredible, and receives the impossible. - Corrie ten Boom

Affirmation: God has called me with a holy calling, not according to my works, but according to His own purpose and grace, which was given to me in Christ Jesus before the world began.

"Adoration" is the spontaneous yearning of the heart to worship, honor, magnify, and bless God. We ask for nothing but to cherish Him. We seek nothing but his exaltation. We focus on nothing but His goodness. In the prayer of adoration we love God for Himself, for His very being, for His radiant Joy. - Richard Foster

Every member in the body of Christ has a ministry. No one who is born again is without a calling. We all have a function, or ministry, as a member of the body of Christ. - Markus Bishop

"Each one of you has received a special grace, so, like good stewards responsible for all these different graces of God, put yourselves at the service of others." - 1 Peter 4:10

Self is God's greatest enemy, because self always declares independence from Him. What is self? Whatever man possesses or is able to do without seeking, waiting on, or depending on God. - Watchman Nee

Spirit of God, pour out upon Your sons and daughters in our generation to prophesy in Jesus' name. Amen - William J. Seymour (January 1908)


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Sunday School - May 1, 2011

Affirmation: Wherever I go, and to wherever my influence extends, I bring the Kingdom of God into that place.

The great need of our time is for Christians to know what God has called them unto. - T. Austin-Sparks

When you lose anything to the locusts (Joel 2:25-26), you can still get it back. You can appropriate the promise that says everything the locust has eaten, God will restore. Then you can use your faith to start expecting it. Every time you speak of it, It will get closer. - Myles Munroe

"And I will restore or replace for you the years that the locust has eaten....And you shall eat in plenty and be satisfied and praise the name of the Lord , your God." (Joel 2:25-26)

Fasting reminds us that we are sustained "by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God" (Matt. 4:A4). Food does not sustain us; God sustains us, In Christ, "All things hold together" (Col 1:17). Therefore, in experiences of fasting we are not so much abstaining from food as we are feasting on the word of God. Fasting is feasting! - Richard Foster

One encounter with Jesus Christ is enough to change you, instantly, forever. - Luis Palau

Affirmation: When I come to rest in Him, He will then move through me, and I will actually find rest and refreshment as He does it.

The Holy Spirit does not draw us so we can hang up a "Do Not Disturb" sign and sit in our little comfort zone singing love songs to Jesus the rest of our lives. As fellow heirs with Christ, we are drawn into intimacy, then empowered in ministry to bring others into their destiny in Christ Jesus. - Mike Bickle

You can never pray the prayer of faith if you look at the person who is needing it. There is only one place to look and this is to Jesus. - Smith Wigglesworth

"Holy brethren, who share in a heavenly call, consider Jesus, the apostle and high priest of our confession." Hebrews 3:1


We can never just cry to God. We must also act. Prayer always leads to entering the fray. The movement of prayer is from God to neighbor. - Charles Ringma

Worldliness is that which cools my affection toward God - John Wesley

Affirmation: I put on, as the elect of God, Holy, and beloved, compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience.

If you knew the length, breadth, height, and depth of His perfect love for you, would you still remain anxious, stressed, and worried? - Joseph Prince

In witnessing we work against the Holy Spirit when we try to make everybody feel happy. - Charles Finney

"Anyone who lets himself be distracted from the work I plan for him is not fit for the Kingdom of God." - Luke 9:62


Paul allowed "crazy love" to rise up within his heart, which freed him from insecurity and fear of man. - Sean Smith

Where there is peace and meditation, there is neither anxiety nor doubt. - St. Francis of Assisi


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Wednesday Night - Walking In The Spirit - April 20, 2011

Affirmation: The Kingdom of Heaven is in my neighborhood because I live there and the Kingdom of Heaven is in me.

I have purposed to try to live in such a way that nothing ever gets bigger than my consciousness of God's presence. - Bill Johnson

When bad situations hit us and we allow the facts to settle in our hearts, we end up feeling greatly troubled. But when we let the truths of God's Word settle them all, we will sense the Holy Spirit bearing witness to the truths that we are believing. He is the Spirit of truth. He is not the Spirit of facts and does not bear witness to facts. - Joseph Prince

"When the Spirit of truth comes he will guide you into all the truth; for He will not speak on his own authority, but whatever he hears He will speak, and He will declare to you the things that are to come." - John 16:13

When the battle is over and the victory has been won, do not say, "Look at what I have done through the Lord," but rather kneel at the foot of the cross and say, "Is it not wonderful that His grace and His faith should be manifested in me!" - Don Milam

I can do little, yet I am resolved through the grace of Christ, I will never give over the work, so long as I have legs to go. - John Eliot

Affirmation: I claim and assert now my authority over poverty, pain, suffering, and trouble as a son of the King of the universe.

Like a brave soldier, who, as the conflict grows more stern, exhibits a superior courage than in the earlier stages of the battle; so does the praying Christian, when delay and denial face him, increase his earnest asking, and ceases not until prayer prevails. - E. M. Bounds

Before you get to the church service, you are supposed to be praising God. Even before you get into the car, you are supposed to have had your own private praise service so that when you get with the rest of God's family, you are ready to ascend into God's presence with everybody else. - Myles Munroe

"I was glad when they said unto me, Let us go into the house of the Lord." - Psalm 122:1

What an evangelism tool - imagine walking in such a deep flow of the Spirit of counsel that you receive words of knowledge for others. - Keith Miller

When His church is in a low state, and oppressed by her enemies, and cries to Him, He will swiftly fly to her relief, as birds fly at the cry of their young. - Jonathan Edwards

Affirmation: I put on the new man which is in the image of Christ who is bringing me to a full knowledge of himself.

A reason we may not pursue witnessing the Gospel to others is the fact that many of us want guaranteed results. Jesus never gave us such a guarantee. He never had one when He died on the cross. All that He is asking is that in obedience and love, we share the greatest news ever known. - Che Ahn

Your deepest aim should be to turn a deaf ear to self, while listening to God in silence. Say little and do much - without wondering if you have been noticed or not. - Francois Fenelon

"Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven." Matthew 5:3

There is a way of ordering our mental life on more than one level at once. On one level we may be thinking, discussing, seeing, calculating, meeting all the demands of external affairs. But deep within, behind the scenes, at a profounder level, we may also be in prayer and adoration, song and worship, and a gentle receptiveness to divine breathings. - Thomas Kelly

You must not think to go to heaven on a feather-bed if you will be Christ's disciples, you must take up His cross; and it will make you passionate. - Thomas Hooker



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