Posts Tagged ‘spiritual disciplines’

Foundations for Intercession: Friendship – Inquiring (Burning Hearts Gathering 2/13/13)

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Part 3 in a series on Foundations for Intercession.

In these next few sessions, we’re unfolding what a life of Friendship with God actually consists of. This message is about the call to “inquire in His temple” – to talk to God about His heart and to become a student of His emotions. As the identity of friendship becomes real to us, all of life reorients around a single desire – to simply come to know and understand our Friend. That desire, in turn, changes how we view day-to-day life, and particularly, how we approach Scripture.

Foundations for Intercession – pt3 – Friendship: Inquiring (21.3MB 70min+ministry time)

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Asking and a Life of Prayer (Burning Hearts Gathering 10/17/12)

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Part 10 in a series on the Upper Room Discourse and Jesus’ teaching on: Simple Faith

In the final part of this series, we look at what Jesus’ teaching on asking tells us about how to develop a life of prayer. Jesus tells us a lot about what our perspective on prayer ought to be, what to be asking for, and how to be asking that helps us enter into a continual, joy-filled life of asking and receiving.

Burning Hearts Gathering – 10/17/12 – Asking and a Life of Prayer (20.0MB 70min)

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Abiding and a Life of Prayer (Burning Hearts Gathering 9/26/12)

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We’re continuing to look at the Upper Room Discourse and Jesus’ teaching on: Simple Faith

Continuing from last session, we’re talking about a life of abiding in Christ and how as a practical daily reality we walk in the truth of who He is and who we are in Him. Paul describes our life in this age as one of warfare against real spiritual enemies of Christ in the heavenly places whose weapons of warfare are continual lies and accusations against God and men. We, too, have been given weapons of warfare – mighty for tearing down strongholds and those things that exalt themselves against the knowledge of God.

Daily life as a believer requires taking up the armor of God which is the truth of the gospel and wielding it in a life of ceaseless prayer, taking captive every thought and making it obedient to Christ. This message is a look at what that lifestyle looks like in practice.

Burning Hearts Gathering – 9/26/12 – Abiding and a Life of Prayer (19.3MB 67min)

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Abiding, the Word of God, and a Life of Prayer (Burning Hearts Gathering 9/19/12)

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We’re continuing to look at the Upper Room Discourse and Jesus’ teaching on: Simple Faith

This session takes a practical look at a lifestyle of abiding in Christ. Remembering that it’s already done at the Cross – Christ is in us and we are in Him – we want a lifestyle that brings our heart and mind into agreement with and connection with that reality because often they are not.

This is a look at the process Jesus describes of the word of God growing and bearing fruit in our hearts, and how we can answer His charge to guard and take care of what we hear until it’s worked its work of transformation in us. Specifically, a model for meditating on the Word in a way that both gets it deep in our hearts and gets it flowing out of our hearts in our prayer life.

Burning Hearts Gathering – 9/19/12 – Abiding, the Word of God, and a Life of Prayer (19.8MB 70min)

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Simple Faith – Believing and the Person of Christ (Burning Hearts Gathering 9/5/12)

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We’re continuing to look at the Upper Room Discourse and Jesus’ teaching on: Simple Faith

In pursuing living a life of faith in God, there’s one place that journey reaches its peak: the knowledge of God in the face of Jesus Christ. When God became a Person, faith became personal, worship became personal and devotion became personal. In the Person of Jesus of Nazareth, we get to really sit at the feet of God, hear His voice, see His face and know His heart. God goes from being concepts and ideals to being a Person, and that forever shifts what relating with Him is like.

This message is a look at the treasure of God becoming flesh in the Incarnation, and then an introduction to a practical way to meditate on the life of Jesus in the Gospels.

Burning Hearts Gathering – 9/5/12 – Believing and the Person of Christ (18.6MB 65min)

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Simple Faith – Believing and the Word of God (Burning Hearts Gathering 8/29/12)

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We’re continuing to look at the Upper Room Discourse and Jesus’ teaching on: Simple Faith

This message introduces a practical approach to the Word of God, based on a right understanding of the role God wants to play in our walk with Him, and therefore a right understanding of the role Scripture is meant to play in leading us to Him.

God revealing Himself to us in Scripture is a priceless treasure that we don’t want to neglect for fear of getting “religious” about it. We want a hunger and a thirst for His words because they lead us to HisPerson. With a simple shift to our approach to the words of God, they become more than words on a page; they become our escort into prayer-filled, worship-filled, awe-filled times of approaching the Word – the eternal Son of God.

Burning Hearts Gathering – 8/29/12 – Believing and the Word of God (18.6MB 65min)

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Growing In Trust (Burning Hearts Gathering 5/30/12)

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Part 8 in the series:  Gospel Identity: Belonging to God

We’re finishing up this series on our identity in God with a look at the lifestyle of the kingdom and how God invites us to choose a pattern of life that pulls us out of ourselves and into the place of writing a history with God. The cry of the Father’s heart to His children is “Trust Me!”

Burning Hearts Gathering – 5/30/12 – Growing In Trust (17.9MB 63min)

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Defining Bridal Intimacy: Knowing (Burning Hearts Gathering 5/16/12)

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Part 6 in the series:  Gospel Identity: Belonging to God

As we continue to look at our identity as the Bride of Christ, and what it tells us about what love looks like and what “intimacy with God” really means, this message looks at the central element of true intimacy: knowing God and being known by God.

Our hearts have a deep desire not just to be appreciated or treated well or felt warmly about, but to be truly known and understood for who we are and how our heart works. We feel that way because God feels that way – He’s looking for that kind of love and He wants to give us that kind of love. And that changes our approach to the Scriptures, to prayer, and to life.

Burning Hearts Gathering – 5/16/12 – Defining Bridal Intimacy: Knowing (16.8MB 59min)

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Defining Bridal Intimacy: Desire (Burning Hearts Gathering 5/9/12)

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Part 5 in the series:  Gospel Identity: Belonging to God

We’re continuing to look at the revelation of the Bride of Christ, specifically beginning to look at what it tells us about what love looks like of the sort that God gives and desires, and our heart requires. Defining what “intimacy with God” actually looks like lets us actually begin to live a life of experiencing it, not just hearing about it or longing for it. We’re going to look at three elements of what bridal intimacy looks like in the next few weeks. This week, it’s to desire, to be followed by to know and to cherish.

Burning Hearts Gathering – 5/9/12 – Defining Bridal Intimacy: Desire (17.0MB 60min)

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Laying Hold of Our Identity (Burning Hearts Gathering 4/18/12)

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Part 2 in the series:  Gospel Identity: Belonging to God

This second teaching is a practical look at how in daily life to begin to lay hold of our identity in Christ. It’s not something that will happen automatically. It’s about a deliberate choice to make everything about loving God and being loved by Him… and there are lots of creative ways to do that.

Burning Hearts Gathering – 4/18/12 – Laying Hold of Our Identity (19.7MB 69min)

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