TRUTHS OF TUES. STUDY (T.O.T.S.) KPA~6

Two teaching series that I am sharing alternate weeks here are from "Living on the Edge" with Chip Ingram. I started last week with the other one, so for more about this go there. 
This week is "Keep Pressing Ahead" (KPA) How to Make it Through Anything ~ (pdf for all) It will be more helpful if you listen to Pastor Chip Ingram's message too (here) ~ last two.

(each one links to pdf not the message)

Facing Adversity  Facing Discouragement Facing Internal Opposition Facing Personal Attack Facing Difficult Circumstances Facing Personal Failure

Facing Personal Failure, Part 1 (January 5, 2013)

Facing Personal Failure, Part 2 (January 12, 2013)

This is kinda depressing to have started 2013 with our personal failures but it is from this place that we can look forward to a new year of personal triumphs over our failures and life situations. 

Nehemiah 8

The Pain of personal failure Psalm 32:3-5 The Pathway to restoration Psalm 32:6-7 The Promise of God's deliverance Psalm 32:8-10 The Problem: How does it actually work?

The message notes in the pdf include:
3 Conditions for Spiritual Restoration: We must ... 1. return to the ____Nehemiah 8:1-8 2. respond to the ____Nehemiah 8:9-12    3._______to our lives. Nehemiah 8:13-18
asking these 3 ?s for each one in Nehemiah:

• What did they do? • How did they do it? • What about us?  You?

Discussion Questions:

1. What impressed you most about Nehemiah 8?  Why? 2. Share a passage from the Bible with the group that reinforces the power of God’s Word in our lives.  (i.e. Psalm 19, Hebrews 4:12, Matthew 4:4, 2 Timothy 3:16-17) 3. Which of the three conditions for spiritual restoration most applies to your life right now?  Why? 4. How has God used His Word in your life in the past? 5. What specific step or direction do you sense God would have you take to prepare you for a deeper work of the Spirit in and through your life?  What might that look like this week?

Let's KEEP PRESSING AHEAD
even though this series is over there's so much more to learn and share
I'm so thankful  for the ministry of "Living on the Edge" and Pastor Chip Ingram's messages and teachings
This is my way of sharing as if we are a small group, listening and discussing all that he makes available through his weekly and weekend broadcast series online, television, radio, podcasts ... really wonderful, applicable instruction for our lives. Thanks! If you've benefited from these and are able, please support or contribute his ministry or purchase from his store for your use.

SOS ~ PEACE PAUSE

“I’m leaving you peace. I’m giving you My peace. I don’t give you the kind of peace that the world gives. So don’t be troubled or cowardly." ~ NOG version

On a PEACE filled break during  JUNE and JULY I hope and pray so my SOS ~ PEACE is on PAUSE although I'm still

I was going to leave you with the 'priestly blessing' found in Numbers 6:24-26 SO THAT "The Lord (would)bless you and keep you--the Lord make His face shine upon you and be gracious unto you the Lord lift up His countenance upon you, and give you peace

However, a while back, in the beginning of 2013, I promised that there would be a time I would share more BLESSINGS with you. So each week, I will post some of those BLESSINGS written by one of my favorite authors, Max Lucado, until you receive all his "31 Blessings":

"...May each day’s blessing encourage you as you seek your Father’s face. One – A Blessing of Hope May the God of peace, the eternal One and only God, grant you an awareness of His immediate return. May you be patient, may you be eager, but most of all may you be found ready when He calls. “Though you have not seen Him, you love Him; and even though do not see Him now, you believe in Him and are filled with an inexpressible and glorious joy, for you are receiving the goal of your faith, the salvation of your souls.” 1 Peter 1:8, NIV Two – A Blessing of Grace Today, may you go in the grace and peace and the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. May the grace he has given you be the grace that you share with others. “I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. I do not set aside the grace of God, for if righteousness could be gained through the law, Christ died for nothing.” Galatians 2:20-21, NIV Three – A Blessing for Protection May the God of peace and grace and truth be your guide as you begin your day. May He go ahead of you and prepare the way. May He come behind you and protect you. May He surround you and make you aware of His presence. “I ask the Father in His great glory to give you the power to be strong inwardly through His Spirit. I pray that Christ will live in your hearts by faith and that your life will be strong in love and be built on love.” Ephesians 3:16-17 Four – A Blessing for Daily Worship Today, may you be aware that worship is a way of life — it’s not just a once a week event. May your worship never cease. May you continue living in the Father’s presence, and may you continue being thankful for what He has done. “Shout to the Lord, all the earth. Serve the Lord with joy; come before Him with singing. Know that the Lord is God. He made us, and we belong to Him; we are His people, the sheep He tends. Come into His city with songs of thanksgiving and into His courtyards with songs of praise. Thank Him and praise His name. The Lord is good. His love is forever, and His loyalty goes on and on.” Psalm 100 Five – A Blessing for Encouragement May you know the grace and peace of our Lord Jesus Christ today. Let His spirit overshadow and consume you. I pray that it gives you strength and courage and focus in everything you do today. “God will strengthen you with his own great power so that you will not give up when troubles come, but you will be patient. And you will joyfully give thanks to the Father who has made you able to have a share in all that He has prepared for His people in the kingdom of light.”Colossians 1: 11

from my heart and His through the words of 

Max Lucado

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