godly exercise

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N E W H O P E C H U R C H

G o d l y E x e r c i s e

Lessons forSpiritual Growth

E n d t i m e s

By

Pastor Mark


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Knee Bends Prayer

Walking

Read Daily

Self-Control

Be Holy

Holy Discipline

I Timothy 4:7-9

And exercise thyself rather

unto Godliness

This is a faithful saying,

Worthy of all acceptation

Verses are from KJV


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Godly Exercise

Read 1Timothy 4:7-9 KJV

v.7 But refuse profane and old wives fables, and exercise thyself rather untogodliness.

v.8 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.

v.9 This is a faithful saying and worthy of all acceptation.

What does it mean to exercise godliness?

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Are you exercising godliness?

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Why is it that the Bible says bodily exercise profits little?

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These are all questions that we need to ask ourselves! Lets look at the last one.

Why is it that bodily exercise profits little?

1. Most of us will not stick with it long enough to do any good.

2. Even if we do stay with it our bodies still grow old and weak.

What does it mean to exercise godliness?


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Knee Bends

I. Read Ephesians 3:14-21 KJV Knee Bends - Prayer

For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.

A. That he would grant you, ____________________________.

B. To be strengthened with _____________________________.

C. That Christ may ____________________________________.

D. That ye being ______________________________________.

E. May be able to comprehend ___________________________.

F. To know the love of Christ, ___________________________.

G. That ye might be ____________________________________.

Extra Credit:

v. 20 Now unto him that is able to do ___________ _____________ above

all that we ask or think, according to the _________ that worketh in us,v. 21 Unto him be glory in the ___________ by Christ Jesus throughout all

ages, _____________ _______________ _______. A-men.

More on Prayer:1. James 5:15,16--- the prayer of faith shall save the sick, ---

--- the effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.

2. Matt. 26:41 Watch and Pray, that ye enter not into temptation: ---3. Matt. 6:6 But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, ---

4. Psalm 55:17 Evening, morning, and at noon, will I pray, and cry aloud: -

5. Psalm 122:6 Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: they shall prosper that

love thee.

It is a fact:

Not all Church members even pray before a meal!Prayer is more than just us talking to God; it is also God speaking to us.Are we listening?

God hears even the prayers of the lost!

If your eternity depends on your prayer life, will you make it?If someone else is depending on you to pray with them, are you?

Does God hear your Prayers?

Do you hear Gods Prayers?


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Walking

II. Read Ephesians 4:1-15 KJV Walking

--- that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called,

A. With all ____________ and _______________.

B. With ____________________.

C. ___________________ one another in love;

D. ___________ to keep the unity of the Spirit in the _____________.

v. 7 But unto every one of us is given ____________ according to the measureof the ___________ of Christ.

Why should we walk worthy of our Godly calling?

v. 12 For:

1. the perfecting of the __________________.

2. the work of the ______________________.

3. the edifying of the ____________ of _______________.

v.13 Till:

1. we all come in the ____________ of _________________,

2. and of the _______________ of the _______ of __________,

3. unto a __________________ man,

4. unto the measure of the ___________ of the fullness of Christ:

v. 14 That:

1. We be no more children, ________ to and fro,

2. and carried about with every _________ of _____________,

3. by the ______________ of men, and cunning craftiness,

4. whereby they lie in wait to _______________;


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To Read Daily

Godly exercise #3 To Read Daily

III. Read Deut. 17:19-20 To read daily--- he shall read therein all the days of his life:

A. That he may ______________________________.

B. To keep all the ____________________________.

C. And these statutes __________________________.

D. That his heart be not ________________________.

E. That he turn not ____________________________.

F. That he may _________ his days in his __________.

Why is it important that we read Gods Word daily?

Read 2 Timothy 2:15 KJV StudyStudy to show thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be

ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.

Getting a Grip on Gods Word

Hear the Word --- For Faith

Read the Word --- Fellowship with God

Study the Word --- For Knowledge

Memorize the Word --- For Effectiveness

Meditate on the Word --- For Understanding

Apply the Word --- For Personal Life Change

Look at the first five; hear thru meditate, if each one represents one yourfingers and thumb. Now if you were falling and about to be lost forever, what

kind of grip would you have to hold on to Gods hand if you used only one

finger?Now ifapply the word is your palm, and the other forms of study are your

fingers and thumb, what kind of grip would you have if you used them all

together? What is your chance of falling and being lost?


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Self-control

IV. Romans 6:12-15 KJV Self-Control

v.12 Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye shouldobey it in the lusts thereof.

v.13 Neither yield ye your members as instruments of unrighteousness

unto sin: But yield yourselves unto God,

Self-control = restraint exercised over ones own impulses, emotions, or desires.Self-control is not something that we do all on our own. It is something

we learn to achieve thru the strength and Grace of our Lord and Savior.

Romans 6:14

For sin ________ ______ have dominion over you:

For you are not under the ________, but ___________ _________.

Rom. 6:15Shall we sin, because we are not under the law, but under Grace.

__________ _____________!

The Law = the external laws which revealed the sin prevalent in the heart.

Grace = the divine influence upon the heart and its reflection thru life.

Read Colossians 2:2-16v.2 That their hearts might be comforted, being knit together in love, and

unto all riches of the full assurance of understanding, to the acknowledgement of

the mystery of God, and of the Father, and of Christ;v. 3 In whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.

Col. 2:6As ye have therefore ____________ Christ Jesus the Lord,

So __________ ______ in him:

Col. 2:7

Rooted --- become stable

Built up --- build on

Stablished in the faith --- confirmed = fixed in habit and unlikely to

Change, but to persist.


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Self-control

Col. 2:10

You are _____________ in him2:12

____________ with him in baptism

You are __________ with him.

Buried with him: v.13-14

Being dead, in your sins, hath he quickened = made alive.

Having forgiven you all trespassesblotting out the handwriting of

ordinances, nailing it to his cross.

Risen with him: Col. 3:1-16

3:1 Ifye be risen with Christ --- first determine ifyou are risen with Christ.

If so:3:1 seek those things which are _____________.

3:2 set your affections an things _____________.

3:3 and your life is _______ with _________ in God.

3:5 Mortify therefore yourmembers.

Mortify = to deaden, to subdue, to be dead to.Members = a limb or part of the body.

Mortify --- be dead to: write out each words deffination

Fornication --- ______________________________________

Uncleanness --- ______________________________________

Inordinate affection --- _______________________________

Evil concupiscence --- ________________________________

Covetousness --- _____________________________________

3:8 Put off:

Anger --- ___________________________________________

Wrath --- ___________________________________________

Malice --- ___________________________________________


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Self-control

Blasphemy --- _________________________________________

Filthy communication out of your mouth

Lie not one to another

3:12 Put on therefore:

Bowels of mercies --- ____________________________________

Kindness --- ___________________________________________

Humbleness of mind --- _________________________________

Meekness --- __________________________________________

Longsuffering --- ______________________________________

Forbearing one another --- ______________________________

Forgiving one another --- ________________________________

3:14 Charity --- ____________________________________________

3:15 And let thepeace of Godrule in your hearts, and be ye thankful.

3:16 Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom, teaching, and

admonishing one another in

Psalms

Hymns

Spiritual songs

Singing with grace --- in your hearts to the Lord.

If we, the Christian will exercise our Prayer Life

--- and Walk Worthy--- Read the Word Daily

Then we will start to find self-control not in ourselves but in Christ, thru the

work of the Holy Spirit.

Identify the areas you need to work on and ask the Lord to help you become an

overcomer.

If you be risen with him you have what it takes.


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Be Holy

Ephesians 1:4 KJV Be Holy

According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of theworld, that we should be holy andwithout blame before him in love:

Eph. 1:1b To the faithful in Christ Jesus:Paul is writing to the faithful in Christ Jesus. Take a moment and think

carefully, does this describe you?The following verses describe Gods Grace upon the Faithful.

v. 4 --- he hath ___________ ____ in him before the foundation of the world.

v. 4b that we should be ________ and without _____________.

v. 5b --- according to the ________ __________ of his will,

v. 6b --- hath made us __________ in the beloved.

v. 7a --- we have ____________ through his blood.

v. 7b --- ____________ of sins, according to the riches of his _________.

v. 8 --- he hath ____________ toward us in all _____________ and

________________.v. 9 having made known unto us the __________ of his will

according to his ______ __________ which he purposed in himself.

Eph. 1:10That in the dispensation of the fulness of times he might gather together in one

all things in Christ, both in heaven, and which are on earth; even in him

What better reasons should we need for being holy?

But wait there is more!

Eph. 1:11

--- also we have obtained an inheritance.

Eph. 1:12That we should be to the praise of his glory.

Eph. 1:13--- whom also after thatye believed, ye were sealedwith that holy Spirit

ofpromise.


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Eph. 1:14

Which is the earnestof ourinheritance until the redemption of thepurchasedpossession, unto the praise of his glory.

Earnest = a pledge given in advance as security for the rest

The earnest given --- being sealed with the Spirit of promise, till our

inheritance is complete upon redemption, as purchased by Christ.

Being holy is going to be worth the wait!!!!

Warning of the unholy first:

Lev. 20:6-8v. 6 And the soul that turneth after such as have familiar spirits, and after

wizards, to go a-whoring after them, I will even set my face against thatsoul, and will cut him off from among his people.

v. 7 Sanctify yourselves therefore, andbe ye holy:for I am the Lord your

God.v. 8 And ye shall keep my statutes, and do them: I am the Lord which sanctify

you.

One of the Commandments:

Ex. 20:8-10v. 8 Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy.v. 9 Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work:

v. 10 But the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God: ----

Think about it:

Is it in our best interest to keep the commandments of the Lord if wedesire to be holy?

Can we be holy and not keep his commandments?

Can we be holy and go after such as familiar spirits, wizards and such?

To the best of your ability describe what it is to be holy!

holy = sacred (ceremonially or morally) a saint

Taken from Lev.20:7 ---be ye holy---


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Holy Discipline

VI. Romans 12: 1 KJV Holy Discipline

Ibeseechyou therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye presentyour bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your

reasonable service.

Beseech = to call near, be of good cheer, desire such.

God is inviting us to come near, be of good cheer, and to desire what heis asking of us.

Brethren = brothers and sisters in Christ

Present your bodies a living sacrifice = is an act of self-will

Acceptable unto God = discipline yourself to conform

Reasonable service = rational logical, duty to perform

Holy discipline = is to choose a way that is right and then stay true to it.

Romans 12:9-21 describes how we achieve this reasonable service.

1. Let love be without _______________ = hypocrisy, let love be real.

2. ________ that which is evil;

3. __________ to that which is good.

4. Be __________ affectioned one to another with brotherly love.

5. In ____________ preferring one another;

6. Not ___________ in business;

7. _____________ in spirit;

8. _____________ the Lord

9. ______________ in hope;

10. ______________ in tribulation;

11. Continuing _____________ in prayer;

12. _____________ to the necessity of saints;

13. Given to __________________.

14. Bless and ___________ not.


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Holy Discipline

15. ______________ with them that rejoice

16. __________ with them that weep.

17. Be of the same mind ______ _____________.

18. _________ not high things,

19. Condescend to men of ______ ______________.

20. Be not _________ in your own conceits.

21. _______________ to no man evil for evil.

22. Provide things _____________ in the sight of men.

23. Live ______________ with all men.

24. _____________ not yourselves,

25. If your _________ hunger, _______ him, if he thirst, __________.

26. Overcome evil with _______________.

Here we find 26 areas of reasonable service that is acceptable unto the Lord.

Start with your weakest ones and begin making them your strength. Itwill surprise you what a difference it will make in your life.

Note: There is a service or worship not acceptable.

How does your service add up?


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