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CHAPTER
ONE: Becoming Fruitful In The Kingdom
Part of our
make-up as human beings is to find purpose for our life. God made
us this way so He could fulfill us with His purpose and thereby
bring pleasure to us, and glory to Himself. Every Believer is
being prepared for ministry to God as the pure and spotless Bride
of Christ.
CHAPTER
TWO: Preparation For Ministry
All of the ordinary men of the Bible where prepared, and thereby
became fruitful and great in God's eyes. They are an example to
us. God's preparation can not be learned from books but only by
walking obediently to the Holy Spirit.
CHAPTER
THREE: The War Within
The human heart is the window through which God can reach
this world. He is Spirit and through our spirit He is manifest.
Therefore the condition of our heart influences the quality of our
ministry. Preparation for ministry is the preparation of our heart.
Even though we have eternal life with one prayer, it is the systematic,
progressive defeat of the Adamic Nature by the Holy Spirit which
brings us into fruitfulness and the Abundant Life.
CHAPTER
FOUR: Why The Wilderness?
The Wilderness is God's chosen place of testing and preparation.
It is here that David, Moses and Israel, learned obedience to the
Holy Spirit. In the Wilderness they were humbled and gained the
grace for their ministry.
CHAPTER
FIVE: The Allegory Of The Children Of Israel
1 Corinthian 10, says that the story of the Children Of Israel was
given to us for our understanding and warning. Their story is not
only about them, it is about how God redeems His people. Every stage
of their journey is an example to us of what and how God works in
our life to make us prosperous in the Kingdom.
CHAPTER
SIX: Stage One - The Wilderness
In the Wilderness God tested Israel by allowing them to be in need.
They lost site of their vision. It exposed Israel's unbelief. Today's
believer may become "shipwrecked" on bitterness, materialism,
and other forms of coping if they don't understand what God is doing
with them, or how they should respond. There are specific tools
given to us to defeat the unbelief resident in every person's heart.
CHAPTER
SEVEN: Stage Two - Jericho
The walls of Jericho are the walls we have built to protect us from
wounding. They become a prison when we come to Christ. When we can't
experience intimate fellowship with Christ because of them, we substitute
the Gospel of Grace for religion. The Holy Spirit brings down these
walls, and with it our legalistic religion.
CHAPTER
EIGHT: Stage Three - The Seven Nations
Every person has emotional needs which God created in us
so He could fulfill them. When we are cut off from Christ's provision
for them, we must work to get them met by our own efforts. As long
as we have unmet temporal, emotional or spiritual needs we can not
do ministry from unconditional agape love for others. God looks
on the heart and the motive for our ministry. If we allow Christ
to put to death our efforts to get our needs met, He will meet them.
We will then be able to minister and disarm those fearful of being
hurt, with unselfish love.
CHAPTER
NINE: Resurrection Of The Spirit Man
To learn the difference between good and evil is to have
your senses trained to discern between the Spirit of God and the
religious Flesh. When the Flesh is dead, Christ resurrects the Spirit
Man in us which is the only way we can be like Him.
CHAPTER
TEN: The Victorious Church
In the Kingdom it is death that brings new life, and humility that
brings the grace that saves us. Today's church is being driven into
the wilderness, in preparation for the greatest victories it has
ever seen. It is the righteous deeds of the saints out of pure hearts,
and the refined gold of Godly character, that will be used to adorn
and rebuild the New Temple of God.
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