Janzie

When we are adults and married we don't have to obey them but we are always to honor our parents and care for them. We have this obligation until death. The exception is, that if a parent asks their child to do something immoral, their first obligation would be to obey the Lord instead of the parent. We are always to honor and respect and forgive our parents. They took care of us and supported us and love us. We should do this in return. Forgiveness is for all, just as Christ forgave us.

He is our head who loves, protects, provides, cares for us and brings spiritual growth in us. He is the Head of the church, we are His body whom He loves and cares for. We are to submit to Him and obey His Word. He loves, provides, protects us and helps us to grow in Him.

No, He is not to be selfish, self-absorbed ,immature or boss. saying you must obey me or else. Being head requires the husband to love his wife, be the provider, sustainer, uniting his family, and be the spiritual leader under God. The example to follow in headship is Christ: Love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave Himself up for her.

A wife should submit to her husband out of reverence for Christ. A wife is required to submit to a husband in all things except something that is illegal, immoral, or that endangers the safety of their children. A wife can disagree but she must do whatever she can to help him see things from a broader perspective. If there is a conflict with the wife's conscience she can say, I'm sorry, but I can't in good conscience do that.

We should have an attitude of praise, worship and thanksgiving. When we sing corporately it unites us and brings God's presence in the church and in our hearts. In turn people are healed and delivered. When we worship the Lord, it is said that He inhabits the praises of His people. When singing psalms, hymns and spiritual songs daily in our life, God speaks to us, the words and music are etched in our hearts and the Holy Spirit just brings them to your remembrance when you need them.

The primary temptation involved with drugs and alcohol is thinking they get rid of your problems and unhappiness but they only cover them, they don't take them away. People need Jesus. There is nothing like the Spirit of God in you, giving you peace and contentment. There is no substitute for the Holy Spirit. Being filled with the Spirit can help us fend off temptations because we are in Christ and walking in the Spirit, not in the flesh. Having close fellowship with God and into the Word and prayer.

We should make the most of every opportunity to shine for God because the days are evil. We resist it because we fear man and worry what they will think of us. We need to find out what pleases God and not what pleases man. We need to be sold out for Christ and not be on the fence - half in the world and half out of it.

Being that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost - it is God's will that you should be sanctified: that you should avoid sexual immorality; that each of you should learn to control his own body in a way that is holy and honorable. **** is never satisfied and brings you into deeper sin. And the Bible states, No immoral, impure or greedy person ... has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God. Sexuality can be part of our spiritual life through marriage of a man and woman both serving God and wanting what He wants. God created love and sex for the marriage relationship.

It is difficult because we hang on to our pride that we are right and the other person is wrong. Our example of forgiveness is God sending His Son for us, no matter what we did. Having a tender heart toward people is evidence of a forgiving spirit.

Gossiping and slander. Does is edify and build up the person, do they really need to hear it, does it benefit them. Slander is talking to someone of others, putting them down. It is common, we try not to but it eventually comes out. We can stop it by repenting of it. watching what we say because: Matthew 15:18 Those things which proceed out of the mouth come forth from the heart; and they defile the man.

Because anger can be a natural action to an injustice. The emotion that God gives us so we will not passively allow injustice to have its way forever. Anger can be dangerous because it can have many deceitful roots like selfishness, uncontrollable anger, bitterness and a foothold to Satan. Be slow to anger, don't let the sun go down on your wrath, have self-control and don't let the devil have a foothold. Anger itself is not sin.

To them, God is out of the picture. The only One that can give them real happiness. They do what they want. They think nothing of living together male and female without marriage. Mostly, they don't marry. Following Hollywood's example, and if they do, they go from one marriage to another. They drink alcohol and take drugs to cover their troubles and sin. But their sin begets sin and they really need a Savior. The one they really need, they reject. Everything is wide open now - homosexuals and lesbians want to be accepted in what they do, children even want to change their sex. *********** is rampant on the internet and many become addicted but don't know it will destroy them. We are tempted to conform because it is all around us in media, fashions, and life. In the early days there were wholesome TV shows. Little by little over they years they slowly brainwashed people in accepting their ways, seeing how far they could go. If the Christian does not read, study, meditate on the Word, fellowship with other Christians, and spend time with the Lord, they will easily be pulled the wrong way and Satan is always there tempting us waiting to steal, kill, and destroy the Christian.

The minister or pastor cannot do all the work and expect it to grow. Many hands accomplish much work. Jesus came and taught us how to live this life. He had to have Apostles to spread His Word. It hinders people in the congregation and hurts the community because it creates stagnancy, like the Dead Sea. The Church cannot grow. and the community cannot be blessed by us. We are like an island unto ourselves. We only grow in giving and receiving from one another. God is in every Christian, He has given us gifts, talents and abilities, He lives inside of us, we are the temple of the Holy Ghost, He is creative, all wisdom and knowledge. We have to know who we are in Christ. He is our identity, the old useless man is dead. In Him we live and move and have our being. The purpose of pastors and teachers is for the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ.

The person may have the gift of pastor or teacher but not be recognized yet. They can start being a janitor, helper, connect group leader, Sunday school teacher and grow into the position, by their obedience in willing to do anything and doing their best as unto the Lord. If they don't have the gift of Senior Pastor, then they shouldn't be Senior Pastor. In our Church you are a Pastor by the call and appointment of God. After you have proven yourself as a junior Pastor, you can then oversee others in their growth because you have been through the same thing. You are then qualified to become Senior Pastor. The Holy Spirit is the giver of these gifts.

Not everyone has the gift of evangelism but the Word says - And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature. (Mark 16:15) That alone should motivate us. Compassion for the lost. Also, be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear: (I Peter 3:15b) Earmarks of Evangelist - Love for the Lord, the sinner, the Word, the Gospel, and is a good communicator, and has the has the Holy Spirit. Pray that the Lord would stir up the gift in them, the Lord would send them into the field, that they would be obedient, that they would fear no man but only God, that they would know God is with them, loves them and that they would have victory and bear much fruit.

They might be sent to churches in other towns, area, other parts of the world to cover people with the Gospel who haven't heard of Christ and His saving power. Sent to teach, preach, pastor, oversee. Bring correction, preach the truth in love, unify the church and promote the Love of Christ in one another. We can detect a false prophet - By their fruits you will know them, they preach their own opinion, not what the Word teaches, twisting the Word to their own desires, are motivated by greed and their own lusts.

God gives spiritual gifts and natural. Natural talents are gifts which God has given us and we can use them to bless others but they are performed and developed by us. Spiritual gifts are gifts given to us by the Holy Spirit and anointed by the Lord to bless and minister to the body of Christ.

We should give ourselves to Christian unity and make every effort to live peaceably. Be in the bond of peace, that is , not cause offense, be sensitive to others feelings. Apologize when you necessary. When our intent is to argue, we need to pause and respond to the Spirit's leading. We need to tell the truth but do it in love still maintaining the bond of peace.

Because you can't have unity without patience and humility. People will see right through you. We all have idiosyncracies, that we maybe don't know we have, but other people have to put up with us. I like Dr. Wilson's saying - "We can split and be alone, or we can "bear with each other" and have unity." Seek humility and gentleness. The reputation of Jesus Christ then suffers and people loose interest and won't listen to our message. We are supposed to follow Christ and being arrogant and prideful turns people off. Being kind, humble, patient and loving. Telling the truth in love.

To live a life worthy of the calling I have received, bringing glory to God. We are called to follow Jesus to be His disciple in humility and service in unity with the body of Christ.

People would be more dedicated in coming to church and prayer meetings. More volunteers for connect groups, love one another and know that God is working in all of us. We are the Body of Christ to serve one another and reach out and minister the Gospel to the lost. Some are doing it but not enough. I would grow closer to God by spending more time with Him and hearing from Him.

To be filled with the Spirit is when you ask Jesus to be Lord of your life. Christ opens up your understanding to who He is. Therefore, if any man is in Christ, he is a new creature, old things have passed away, all thing are become new. (2 Cor. 5:17) He comes to live in you. Your body is the Temple of Holy Spirit. Not a one time experience, but a continual reality. To be continually filled with the Spirit, we want to know more about Jesus, His Word, being obedient, saying that we want to be more like Him, drawing on His grace. not on our own ways. He works on our hearts and changes us to be more like Him. Being filled with all the fullness of God is when we are totally dedicated to Him and He has admittance to every room/every part of our lives. Totally surrendered to Him. And we all having been unveiled in face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image, from glory to glory, even as from the Lord, the Spirit.(2 Cor. 3:18)

Distractions, doing things that we could put off. Not spending enough time with the Lord and having fellowship with Him and getting to know Him and how much He loves us. We would live righteously, in obedience, longing to hear what He has to say to us, how He helps us to live the Christian life, know how much He loves us. We would be at peace, have joy in our lives, our countenance would show it, be filled with the Spirit and able to minister, help and pray for others, and win others to Christ and bear much fruit.

I believe it is the same thing, To be strengthened by the Spirit is God's Holy Spirit living in us. Knowing He is inside our spirit, we can commune with Him. Our body is the Temple of the Holy Spirit. That also is Christ dwelling in our hearts by faith.

Because of Christ and our faith in Him we can come boldly and confidently in God's presence. We are not to be timid before God. God has given to us His Spirit. If we try to pray without these qualities we are ineffective and will not receive the mercy and grace to help in our time of need.