Lesson 7: Overcoming Impatience.
Definition A hindrance is something that prevents us from being obedient to God’s commands. Scripture Reading James 5:7, “Be patient, then, brothers and sisters, until the Lord’s coming. See how the farmer waits for the land to yield its valuable crop, patiently waiting for the autumn and spring rains.” Main Points BE PATIENT: Patience means,…
Read MoreDecember 7 | Standing Against Racism
Acts 17:26, “From one man he made all the nations, that they should inhabit the whole earth; and he marked out their appointed times in history and the boundaries of their lands.” Racism is a devil’s lie that divides humanity into different categories according to skin color, facial distinctions and culture. According to the Bible there…
Read MoreDecember 6 | Standing Against Poverty
Luke 4:18-19, “18 The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind, to set the oppressed free, 19 to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor.” Poverty is…
Read MoreDecember 5 | Standing Against Corporate Greed
James 5:4-6, “4 Look! The wages you failed to pay the workers who mowed your fields are crying out against you. The cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord Almighty. 5 You have lived on earth in luxury and self-indulgence. You have fattened yourselves in the day of slaughter. 6 You have…
Read MoreDecember 4 | Standing Against Political Corruption
Micah 3:9-12, “9 Hear this, you leaders of Jacob, you rulers of Israel, who despise justice and distort all that is right; 10 who build Zion with bloodshed, and Jerusalem with wickedness. 11 Her leaders judge for a bribe, her priests teach for a price, and her prophets tell fortunes for money. 12 Therefore because of…
Read MoreDecember 3 | Standing Against the LGBT Agenda
Romans 1:27, “In the same way the men also abandoned natural relations with women and were inflamed with lust for one another. Men committed shameful acts with other men, and received in themselves the due penalty for their error.” Paul described homosexual behavior in the book of Romans as being unnatural because it perverts the original…
Read MoreDecember 2 | Standing Against Abortion
Proverbs 6:16-17, “16 There are six things the Lord hates, seven that are detestable to him: 17 haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood.” The greatest tragedy of our time is the slaughter of the unborn. Just in the U.S. there have been over 50 million abortions since 1973. China, the leading nation for…
Read MoreDecember 1 | Standing Firm
1 Corinthians 16:13, “Be on your guard; stand firm in the faith; be courageous; be strong.” The definition of revival is, “a spiritual awakening of the church in their love for God and people that impacts the community with salvation, discipleship and community transformation.” Many different kinds of revivals have impacted nations and cities around the…
Read MoreNovember 30 | By Faith We Overcome the Devil
Revelation 12:11, “They triumphed over him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony; they did not love their lives so much as to shrink from death.” When everything in this life is said and done, we will all appear before the Judgment Seat of Christ. Only the ones who have…
Read MoreLesson 6: Overcoming Bitterness.
Definition A hindrance is something that prevents us from being obedient to God’s commands. Scripture Reading James 3:14, “But if you harbor bitter envy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast about it or deny the truth.” Main Points BITTER ENVY: Bitter envy can come into a person’s heart when they think God…
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