Spiritual System

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Spiritual System

• The Spiritual system controls its connection to
  God and its sense of His presence

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There are 3 crucial aspects

• The corporate worship strategies
• Biblical, excellent, relevant, upbeat, decoded
• True praise, adoration, thanksgiving
• The spirituality strategies
• The connection of the individuals to God
• Spiritual disciplines and intimacy with god
• Intensive prayer strategies

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Intensive prayer strategies
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Symptoms of prayer barrier

• Nothing is happening beyond human effort
• Lack of dependence on God prayerlessness
• No need for God no plans that require God
• No real expectation for God to change hearts
• No one interested in what you are doing for God
• Ignorance of and unwillingness to embrace the
  spiritual nature of ministry and life

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Intensive specific prayer

• Asking God to do things only God can do
• Intensive prayer before the service
• Praise, protection, operation, drawing, presence,
  anointing, power, growth, salvation, koinonia,
  compasion

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Various forms of prayer

• Special month or season of prayer and fasting
• Special day of prayer
• Detailed constant instruction on prayer
• Prayer chains, written, special times, days
• Seasons, rooms, during meetings, in services
• Instructions, in planning
• Praying your sermon
• Hero stories, books

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Name 3 impossible situations that need changing
in order for your church to grow or be healthy

• Name 5 people who might join you in praying for
  these impossible situations

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Spirituality System

• The connection of the individuals to God
• Drawing near to God through spiritual disciplines

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Prior to the beginning of the 1900s Christians
Have understood and practiced the Biblical
Patterns of Godliness
Because of a focus on the preaching and
the Songs Christians forgot or did not
practice Their godliness but instead waited to
be Stirred by the singing and the preaching
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Prior to the early 1900s because of the regular
practice Of the classic spiritual disciplines
Christians could be Intimate with God without a
good preacher, exciting Church, or good worship
service As we become more dependent upon others
for our Closeness with God we become weaker
Christians
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• As we become dependent upon others for our
  spirituality, our churches will grow larger,
  because we demand more external excellence from
  our pastors
• We must grow Christians who will practice the
  Biblical spiritual discipline and draw near to
  God on their own

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• We must develop Christians who are NOT DEPENDENT
  upon the preaching pastor and/or the worship
  leader for their degree of spirituality

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• 1 John 212-14
• I write unto you, little children, because
  your sins are forgiven you for his name's sake.
  13 I write unto you, fathers, because ye have
  known him that is from the beginning. I write
  unto you, young men, because ye have overcome the
  wicked one. I write unto you, little children,
  because ye have known the Father. 14 I have
  written unto you, fathers, because ye have known
  him that is from the beginning. I have written
  unto you, young men, because ye are strong, and
  the word of God abideth in you, and ye have
  overcome the wicked one.

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DRAW NEAR TO GOD AND HE WILL DRAW NEAR TO YOU
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You can become the intimate friend of the
Almighty

• 1 Tim. 47,8
• But refuse profane and old wives' fables, and
  exercise thyself rather unto godliness. For
  bodily exercise profiteth little but godliness
  is profitable unto all things, having promise of
  the life that now is, and of that which is to
  come.

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• Christians are saved by grace through faith in
  the finished work of Christ on the cross but
  they must continue to SEEK THE LORD AND DRAW
  NEAR TO GOD a continual searching after God is
  essential for a strong and vibrant Christian life

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• Each church must develop a system that will
  insure that Christians know and practice nearness
  to the Lord
• It is unforgivable for a church to have
  Christians who do not know how to seek the Lord
  on their own

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• There are approximately 26 different Biblical
  disciplines for drawing near to God
• These must be taught, repeated, embraced and
  practiced so that meaningful connection with God
  is not dependent upon a pastor or song leader

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Spiritual Disciplines of a Christian

• Confession personal, family, national
• Holy Spirit learn, ways, prompt, anoint,
  impossible
• Repetition teach, memorize, meditate
• Service seen, unseen
• Togetherness worship, fellowship
• Identification baptism, communion, witness
• Abstinence food, sleep, silence, solitude
• Needs love, giving
• How many used on of these disciplines of grace
  last week and/or use them on a regular basis?

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The corporate worship strategies

• Symptoms of worship barrier
• People wont invite non Christians to church
• There is a dull sameness about the services
• It is good but it isnt excellent or awesome
• No anticipation of the worship service
• No expectation of Gods actions
• That anyone will become a Christian
• That anyone will make a significant commitment
• That anyone will repent

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Why is worship so important?

• God commands it
• Life is to be worship
• You were saved to worship
• It is the most satisfying thing
• It brings us into contact with God
• I will spend eternity worshipping

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What is worship?

• Adding worth, value, praise, glory to the Lord
• Loving God, pursuing pleasing Him
• What are the two kinds of true Biblical worship?
• Direct worship Rev. 49-11 Rev. 513
• Adding worth or value to God through praising,
  thanking, adoring God with your words, actions,
  and attitudes
• Indirect worship Rom. 122 Rev. 223-5 Col.
  323
• Adding value to God through the way you live by
  presenting all of life as a blessing, glory, and
  praise to God

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What are the three phases in direct worship?

• Heb. 1022-24 Is. 61-3 Rev. 45
• Focus on God
• Contact with God
• Hearing from God

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Worship give God

• Praise
• Adoration
• Thanksgiving
• Blessing

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worship

• Salvation
• Gods foreknowledge
• Election
• Creation of the world
• Restraining ministry of HS
• Ministry of conviction
• Gods call conversion
• Justification regeneration
• Union with Christ adoption
• Spirit baptism
• Indwelling Holy Spirit
• Sealing of Holy Spirit
• Sanctification
• Filling ministry of HS
• Spiritual gifts
• Perseverance
• Glorification
• Redemption of the body
• Marriage supper of the Lamb

• His essence
• Infinite self-existent, Spirit
• His attributes
• Omniscience, omnipresence, omnipotent,
  immutability, righteous, goodness, truth,
  sovereign
• His nature
• Father, Son, Holy Spirit
• Elohim, El Shaddai, El Roi, Qanna El, Ancient of
  days, YHWH-Jireh, YHWH-Rapha, YHWH-Raah, Father,
  Daddy, Alpha and Omega

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Thanksgiving

• Gratefulness and Thankfulness
• What has God done for you in these areas that you
  can thank Him for
• God
• Self
• Marriage
• Family
• Church
• Work
• Money
• Society
• friends

• Truth
• Thank God for the following truths and what you
  know about these areas
• Bible
• God
• Jesus
• Holy Spirit
• Salvation
• Church
• Mankind/Angels
• Heaven/Hell
• 2nd coming
• creation

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Worship

• Biblical
• It must clearly come from Gods revelation about
  himself and how to worship
• Incorporating all aspects of Biblical worship,
  adoration, praise, thanksgiving, confession,
  submission, silence, truth, honor
• Relevant
• Each generation emphasizes particular ways to
  connect with God and give Him honor
• Positive
• Praise God rather than denigrate the worship of
  false gods
• Talk about the work and wonders of our God

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Worship

• Upbeat, decoded, excellent worship
• The music should be in the faster relevant
  rhythms of the primary group for a good portion
  of the time
• Clear explanations of what you are doing and why
• Purposely include non-Christians
• The WOW factor and the AWE factor should be
  working
• Involve the whole person
• Spirit, mind, will, emotions, body as much as
  possible within your perimeters

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Worship

• Use the benefits of the Big event
• Greater number of people worshipping God
• Seeing God do a big thing
• More worship and praise
• Consider using various forms
• Preaching, testimony, teaching, song, art, drama,
  dance, pastoral prayer, group prayer, praise
  reports, confession, submission times,
  photography, environment, personal interaction,
  physical movement, sacraments, etc.