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Fellowship with God – pt2 – Believe

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In this class, we’re working our way through Jesus’ unfolding of the New Covenant and what life with the Holy Spirit would like: What’s God’s part? What’s our part? How do we walk out this new relationship?

Part 2 looks at Jesus’ first of four simple, relational commands: believe. Trusting in the Father, and believing what He is like, is the foundation for our New Covenant relationship. The love Jesus calls us to is a love that comes as we abide in Him and as we ask in His name, which our both made possible only through faith. We have to believe in His goodness and in what He desires to give in order to enter into it. Faith comes through revelation, and so the call to believe is a call to an active pursuit. We grow in believing as we position ourselves to let Holy Spirit give us the revelation of the Father through the life of Jesus.

Fellowship with God – pt2 – Believe (mp3: 31.9MB, 56min)

Notes (pdf)

Fellowship with God – pt1 – The Upper Room Discourse

Posted by Tim

In this class, we’re working our way through Jesus’ unfolding of the New Covenant and what life with the Holy Spirit would like: what’s God’s part? what’s our part? how do we walk out this new relationship?

Part 1 is an overview of the Upper Room Discourse – John chapters 14 through 16 – where Jesus begins to teach His disciples about the New Covenant. In this talk, we’re looking at the context Jesus is speaking in and what that says about how to receive this message; the key points of Jesus’ instruction; and the overall theme that Jesus continually draws our hearts into as He is speaking.

Fellowship with God – pt1 – The Upper Room Discourse (mp3: 32.0MB, 56min)

Notes (pdf)

Isaiah 56 Focus Week 7: Friends of the Bridegroom

Posted by Tim

Week seven the focus is on the mission and ministry of God’s house. Again, there is some background thoughts and verses, and then passages to meditate on. Return to these as often as you like (our suggestion is every day during this period!), dialog with the Lord about what they mean to Him, use the questions at the bottom as fuel, and then pray it: God if that’s what’s in your heart than do … in me, and do … in my city and in the nations of the earth!

Week 7: The Mission of God’s House – Friends of the Bridegroom

PDF Handout – Week 7 – Friends of the Bridegroom

Background Verses: The prophecy of Isaiah 56 is explicitly missional in its focus. It’s assumed that everyone knows God’s house is a house of prayer from all God has already done and said. The thrust of the prophecy is: a house of prayer for all. God wants all who will say yes to covenant with God, to being His and living for His pleasure, to be drawn into His house. (more…)

Isaiah 56 Focus Week 6: Kingdom Come

Posted by Tim

Week six the focus is on the cry that fills the prayers of God’s house. Again, there is some background thoughts and verses, and then passages to meditate on. Return to these as often as you like (our suggestion is every day during this period!), dialog with the Lord about what they mean to Him, use the questions at the bottom as fuel, and then pray it: God if that’s what’s in your heart than do … in me, and do … in my city and in the nations of the earth!

Week 6: The Cry of God’s House – Kingdom Come

PDF Handout – Week 6 – Kingdom Come

Background Verses: There is a cry associated with the call to be “a house of prayer” that you simply won’t find anywhere else. Everybody prays – in the sense that we cry out for help in our time of need – some to a God we know and some to a god they don’t know and aren’t even sure exists. When Jesus teaches His followers how to pray, though, there’s a different cry, birthed from knowing and hearing our Father in heaven and praying from heaven to earth for His plans to be fulfilled, that is first and primary before our own physical, spiritual and even ministerial needs. (more…)

Isaiah 56 Focus Week 5: The Bridal Paradigm

Posted by Tim

Week five the focus is on the perspective God’s house sees the world through. Again, there is some background thoughts and verses, and then passages to meditate on. Return to these as often as you like (our suggestion is every day during this period!), dialog with the Lord about what they mean to Him, use the questions at the bottom as fuel, and then pray it: God if that’s what’s in your heart than do … in me, and do … in my city and in the nations of the earth!

Week 5: The Perspective of God’s House – The Bridal Paradigm

PDF Handout – Week 5 – The Bridal Paradigm

Background Verses: One of the markers of God’s house that will increasingly set her apart from the rest of the world is a radically different view of life. As the world around us becomes increasingly driven by anxiety and need, and hardened by cynicism and disappointment, God’s church will stand in stark contrast filled with joy and peace, and overflowing with beauty and hope. (more…)

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