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SPIRITUAL PREPARATION SPIRITUAL PREPARATION FOR YOUR JOURNEY FOR YOUR JOURNEY TO GET THE MOST OUT OF TO GET THE MOST OUT OF THIS “JOURNEY” THIS “JOURNEY” U” MUST BE SPIRITUALLY U” MUST BE SPIRITUALLY PREPARED PREPARED

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SPIRITUAL PREPARATION FOR YOUR JOURNEY. TO GET THE MOST OUT OF THIS “JOURNEY” “U” MUST BE SPIRITUALLY PREPARED. SPIRITUAL PREPARATION FOR YOUR JOURNEY. THE BASIC PREPARATION IS SIMPLE!!! “KNOW JESUS CHRIST AS LORD (BOSS) AND SAVIOR!!!!” WHY????????. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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SPIRITUAL PREPARATION FOR SPIRITUAL PREPARATION FOR YOUR JOURNEYYOUR JOURNEY

TO GET THE MOST OUT OF TO GET THE MOST OUT OF THIS “JOURNEY”THIS “JOURNEY”

““U” MUST BE SPIRITUALLY U” MUST BE SPIRITUALLY PREPAREDPREPARED

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SPIRITUAL PREPARATION FOR SPIRITUAL PREPARATION FOR YOUR JOURNEYYOUR JOURNEY

THE BASIC PREPARATION IS SIMPLE!!!THE BASIC PREPARATION IS SIMPLE!!!

““KNOW JESUS CHRIST AS LORD KNOW JESUS CHRIST AS LORD (BOSS) AND SAVIOR!!!!”(BOSS) AND SAVIOR!!!!”

WHY????????WHY????????

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SO HE CAN BE YOUR SO HE CAN BE YOUR SPIRITUAL GUIDE ON SPIRITUAL GUIDE ON

THIS JOURNEYTHIS JOURNEY

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SPIRITUAL PREPARATION FOR SPIRITUAL PREPARATION FOR YOUR JOURNEYYOUR JOURNEY

(!!Letting The Bible Transform “(!!Letting The Bible Transform “YourYour” Life!!)” Life!!)

I. I. Why Can’t Non-Christians UnderstandWhy Can’t Non-Christians Understand????ICorin. 2:14b “Because they are spiritually ICorin. 2:14b “Because they are spiritually

discerned” discerned”

LASBLASB “ “The man without the spirit does not The man without the spirit does not accept the accept the things that come things that come from the Spirit of God, for from the Spirit of God, for they they are foolishness to him, and he cannot are foolishness to him, and he cannot

understand them, because they are understand them, because they are spiritually spiritually discerneddiscerned””

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SPIRITUAL PREPARATION FOR SPIRITUAL PREPARATION FOR YOUR JOURNEYYOUR JOURNEY

(!!Letting The Bible Transform “(!!Letting The Bible Transform “YourYour” Life!!)” Life!!)

II. II. Why Christians UnderstandWhy Christians Understand!! !!

John 14:26 “But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, John 14:26 “But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will whom the Father will

send in My send in My name, He will name, He will teach all things, and teach all things, and bring to bring to your remembrance all your remembrance all things that I said to you”things that I said to you”

LASBLASB “ “But the Counselor, the Holy Spirit, whom But the Counselor, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will the Father will send in my name, will

teach teach you all things, and will remind you all things, and will remind you of you of everything I have said to everything I have said to youyou””

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II.II. Why Christians UnderstandWhy Christians Understand!! (cont.)!! (cont.)IITim. 3:17 “That the man of God may be complete, IITim. 3:17 “That the man of God may be complete,

thoroughly equipped for every good work” thoroughly equipped for every good work”LASBLASB “ “So that the man of God my be thoroughly So that the man of God my be thoroughly

equipped for every good workequipped for every good work””““Against Temptation”Against Temptation”

Matt. 4:4 “But He answered and said, ‘It is written, Matt. 4:4 “But He answered and said, ‘It is written, Man Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every shall not live by bread alone, but by every

word that proceeds from the mouth of word that proceeds from the mouth of God’”God’”

LASBLASB “ “Jesus answered, ‘It is written: Man does not Jesus answered, ‘It is written: Man does not live on live on bread alone, but on every word that bread alone, but on every word that comes from comes from the mouth of Godthe mouth of God””

SPIRITUAL PREPARATION FOR SPIRITUAL PREPARATION FOR YOUR JOURNEYYOUR JOURNEY

(!!Letting The Bible Transform “(!!Letting The Bible Transform “YourYour” Life!!)” Life!!)

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SPIRITUAL PREPARATION FOR SPIRITUAL PREPARATION FOR YOUR JOURNEYYOUR JOURNEY

(!!Letting The Bible Transform “(!!Letting The Bible Transform “YourYour” Life!!)” Life!!)

HEAR

READ

STUDYMEMORIZE

LIVE

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III. III. ““Transforming OurselvesTransforming Ourselves””11stst) ) We Must “Hear” God’s WordWe Must “Hear” God’s Word Heb. 2:1 “Therefore we ought to Heb. 2:1 “Therefore we ought to

give the give the more earnest heed more earnest heed to the to the things which things which we have heard, we have heard, lest at lest at anytime we should let anytime we should let them slip”them slip”

LASBLASB “ “We must pay more careful attention, We must pay more careful attention, therefore, to what we have therefore, to what we have

heard, so that heard, so that we do not drift awaywe do not drift away””

SPIRITUAL PREPARATION FOR SPIRITUAL PREPARATION FOR YOUR JOURNEYYOUR JOURNEY

(!!Letting The Bible Transform “(!!Letting The Bible Transform “YourYour” Life!!)” Life!!)

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III. III. ““Transforming OurselvesTransforming Ourselves” (cont.)” (cont.)11stst) ) We Must “Hear” God’s WordWe Must “Hear” God’s Word Matt. 13:22b “And the care of Matt. 13:22b “And the care of

this this world, and the world, and the deceit- deceit- fulness of fulness of riches, choke riches, choke the the word, and he be- word, and he be- cometh unfruitful”cometh unfruitful”

LASBLASB “ “But the worries of this life and the But the worries of this life and the deceitfulness of wealth choke deceitfulness of wealth choke

it, making it, making it unfruitfulit unfruitful””

SPIRITUAL PREPARATION FOR SPIRITUAL PREPARATION FOR YOUR JOURNEYYOUR JOURNEY

(!!Letting The Bible Transform “(!!Letting The Bible Transform “YourYour” Life!!)” Life!!)

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III. III. ““Transforming OurselvesTransforming Ourselves” (cont.)” (cont.)

11stst) ) We Must “Hear” God’s WordWe Must “Hear” God’s Word

Neh. 8:8 “So they read in the book in Neh. 8:8 “So they read in the book in the the law of God distinctly, law of God distinctly, and gave and gave the sense, and the sense, and caused them to caused them to understand the reading”understand the reading”

LASBLASB “ “They read from the Book of the Law of They read from the Book of the Law of God, God, making it clear and giving the making it clear and giving the meaning so that meaning so that the people could the people could understand what was being understand what was being readread””

SPIRITUAL PREPARATION FOR SPIRITUAL PREPARATION FOR YOUR JOURNEYYOUR JOURNEY

(!!Letting The Bible Transform “(!!Letting The Bible Transform “YourYour” Life!!)” Life!!)

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III. III. ““Transforming OurselvesTransforming Ourselves” (cont.)” (cont.)22ndnd) ) We Must “Read” God’s WordWe Must “Read” God’s Word Matt. 6:11 “Give us this day our daily Matt. 6:11 “Give us this day our daily

bread” bread”LASB LASB ““Give us today our daily breadGive us today our daily bread””<<How To Read To Transform>><<How To Read To Transform>>

a) Get a good study biblea) Get a good study bible b) Have a definite time and place to read itb) Have a definite time and place to read it c) Read one book at a time by paragraph or c) Read one book at a time by paragraph or chapters, start chapters, start with John, James, I John, with John, James, I John, Psalms and then Psalms and then HebrewsHebrews

SPIRITUAL PREPARATION FOR SPIRITUAL PREPARATION FOR YOUR JOURNEYYOUR JOURNEY

(!!Letting The Bible Transform “(!!Letting The Bible Transform “YourYour” Life!!)” Life!!)

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III. III. ““Transforming OurselvesTransforming Ourselves” (cont.)” (cont.)

22ndnd) ) We Must “Read” God’s Word We Must “Read” God’s Word (cont.)(cont.)

<<How To Read To Transform>> (cont.)<<How To Read To Transform>> (cont.)

d) Use a pencil or pen to underline d) Use a pencil or pen to underline verses verses that really speak to you that really speak to you

e) Don’t worry about verses you don’t e) Don’t worry about verses you don’t understand understand

SPIRITUAL PREPARATION FOR SPIRITUAL PREPARATION FOR YOUR JOURNEYYOUR JOURNEY

(!!Letting The Bible Transform “(!!Letting The Bible Transform “YourYour” Life!!)” Life!!)

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III. III. ““Transforming OurselvesTransforming Ourselves” (cont.)” (cont.)

33rdrd) ) We Must “Study” God’s WordWe Must “Study” God’s Word

IITim. 2:15 “Study to shew thyself IITim. 2:15 “Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a work- approved unto God, a work- man that needeth not be a- man that needeth not be a- shamed, rightly dividing the shamed, rightly dividing the word of truth”word of truth”

LASBLASB “ “Do your best to present yourself to God asDo your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a workman who does one approved, a workman who does

not need not need to be ashamed and who correctly to be ashamed and who correctly handles the handles the word of Godword of God””

SPIRITUAL PREPARATION FOR SPIRITUAL PREPARATION FOR YOUR JOURNEYYOUR JOURNEY

(!!Letting The Bible Transform “(!!Letting The Bible Transform “YourYour” Life!!)” Life!!)

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SPIRITUAL PREPARATION FOR SPIRITUAL PREPARATION FOR YOUR JOURNEYYOUR JOURNEY

(!!Letting The Bible Transform “(!!Letting The Bible Transform “YourYour” Life!!)” Life!!)

III. III. ““Transforming OurselvesTransforming Ourselves” (cont.)” (cont.)

33rdrd) ) We Must “Study” God’s Word We Must “Study” God’s Word (cont.)(cont.)

<<To Rightly Divide The Word Of <<To Rightly Divide The Word Of Truth>>Truth>>

a) A good study biblea) A good study bible

b) A good bible dictionaryb) A good bible dictionary

c) A good bible commentaryc) A good bible commentary

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SPIRITUAL PREPARATION FOR SPIRITUAL PREPARATION FOR YOUR JOURNEYYOUR JOURNEY

(!!Letting The Bible Transform “(!!Letting The Bible Transform “YourYour” Life!!)” Life!!)III. III. ““Transforming OurselvesTransforming Ourselves” (cont.)” (cont.)

44thth) ) We Must “Memorize” God’s WordWe Must “Memorize” God’s Word Psalm 119:11 “Thy Word have I hid in Psalm 119:11 “Thy Word have I hid in

mine mine heart, that I might not heart, that I might not sin sin against thee” against thee”

LASBLASB “ “I have hidden your word in my heart, that I I have hidden your word in my heart, that I might not sin against youmight not sin against you””

<<Hints For Memorizing Scripture>><<Hints For Memorizing Scripture>>1) Choose a good time1) Choose a good time Matt. 4:4 “But He answered and said, ‘It is Matt. 4:4 “But He answered and said, ‘It is

written, Man shall not live written, Man shall not live by bread by bread alone, but by every word alone, but by every word that pro- that pro- ceeds from the mouth of ceeds from the mouth of God’”God’”

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SPIRITUAL PREPARATION FOR SPIRITUAL PREPARATION FOR YOUR JOURNEYYOUR JOURNEY

(!!Letting The Bible Transform “(!!Letting The Bible Transform “YourYour” Life!!)” Life!!)

III. III. ““Transforming OurselvesTransforming Ourselves” (cont.)” (cont.)

44thth) ) We Must “Memorize” God’s Word We Must “Memorize” God’s Word (cont.)(cont.)

<<Hints For Memorizing Scripture>> (cont.)<<Hints For Memorizing Scripture>> (cont.)

2) Memorize a phase at a time2) Memorize a phase at a time

3) Carry the verse in your purse or 3) Carry the verse in your purse or wallet at wallet at all time all time

4) Review the verses4) Review the verses

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SPIRITUAL PREPARATION FOR SPIRITUAL PREPARATION FOR YOUR JOURNEYYOUR JOURNEY

(!!Letting The Bible Transform “(!!Letting The Bible Transform “YourYour” Life!!)” Life!!)III. III. ““Transforming OurselvesTransforming Ourselves” (cont.)” (cont.)

44thth) ) We Must “Memorize” God’s Word (cont.)We Must “Memorize” God’s Word (cont.)<<Hints For Memorizing Scripture>> (cont.)<<Hints For Memorizing Scripture>> (cont.)

These U Should Be Able To RecallThese U Should Be Able To RecallJohn 3:16John 3:16 II Corin. 5:17II Corin. 5:17Eph. 2:8-9Eph. 2:8-9 Romans 12:1Romans 12:1Romans 8:28Romans 8:28 I John 5:13I John 5:13The Roman Road To SalvationThe Roman Road To Salvation Matt. 6:33Matt. 6:33

((Romans 3:23; 6:23 and 10:9-10Romans 3:23; 6:23 and 10:9-10))Luke 9:23Luke 9:23 John 13:35John 13:35I Corin. 10:13I Corin. 10:13 Philip. 4:13Philip. 4:13

II Tim. 1:7II Tim. 1:7

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SPIRITUAL PREPARATION FOR SPIRITUAL PREPARATION FOR YOUR JOURNEYYOUR JOURNEY

(!!Letting The Bible Transform “(!!Letting The Bible Transform “YourYour” Life!!)” Life!!)

III. III. ““Transforming OurselvesTransforming Ourselves” (cont.)” (cont.)

55thth) ) We Must “Live” God’s WordWe Must “Live” God’s Word

James 1:22 “But be ye doers of James 1:22 “But be ye doers of the the word, and not hearers word, and not hearers

only, deceiving your only, deceiving your own own selves” selves”

LASBLASB “ “Do not merely listen to the word, Do not merely listen to the word, and and so deceive yourself. Do what so deceive yourself. Do what it saysit says..””

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SPIRITUAL PREPARATION FOR SPIRITUAL PREPARATION FOR YOUR JOURNEYYOUR JOURNEY

(!!Letting The Bible Transform “(!!Letting The Bible Transform “YourYour” Life!!)” Life!!)

III. III. ““Transforming OurselvesTransforming Ourselves” (cont.)” (cont.)

55thth) ) We Must “Live” God’s Word (cont.)We Must “Live” God’s Word (cont.)

““Let’s Personalize It”Let’s Personalize It”

““For God so loved For God so loved Donald HawkinsDonald Hawkins, He , He gave His only begotten Son, that if gave His only begotten Son, that if Donald Donald believes in Him, believes in Him, DonaldDonald should not should not perish but have everlasting life.”perish but have everlasting life.”

““Having A PLACE In Your Life”Having A PLACE In Your Life”

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SPIRITUAL PREPARATION FOR SPIRITUAL PREPARATION FOR YOUR JOURNEYYOUR JOURNEY

(!!Letting The Bible Transform “(!!Letting The Bible Transform “YourYour” Life!!)” Life!!)

III. III. ““Transforming OurselvesTransforming Ourselves” (cont.)” (cont.)

55thth) ) We Must “Live” God’s Word (cont.)We Must “Live” God’s Word (cont.)

IS THERE A (AN)..IS THERE A (AN)..

P.P.romise to claim?romise to claim?

L.L.ife to model?ife to model?

A.A.ttitude to change?ttitude to change?

C.C.ommand to obey?ommand to obey?

E.E.xample to avoid?xample to avoid?

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SPIRITUAL PREPARATION FOR SPIRITUAL PREPARATION FOR YOUR JOURNEYYOUR JOURNEY

(!!Letting The Bible Transform “(!!Letting The Bible Transform “YourYour” Life!!)” Life!!)

What God promises!!What God promises!!

James 1:25c “This man shall be James 1:25c “This man shall be blessed in blessed in his deed” his deed”

Hear, Read, Study, Memorize and Hear, Read, Study, Memorize and Live; of these which has made a Live; of these which has made a change in and on you and WHY!!change in and on you and WHY!!

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SPIRITUAL PREPARATION FOR SPIRITUAL PREPARATION FOR YOUR JOURNEYYOUR JOURNEY

(!!Letting The Bible Transform “(!!Letting The Bible Transform “YourYour” Life!!)” Life!!)

!!!!STUDYSTUDY AND AND LIVELIVE!!!!

It’s so wonderful when you actually seek It’s so wonderful when you actually seek to know His word, and find out just what to know His word, and find out just what is offered to you in it. The living is offered to you in it. The living becomes something that guides your becomes something that guides your every thought, step, feeling and action. every thought, step, feeling and action. You really find it hard to not do what is You really find it hard to not do what is required!!! The rewards are great!!!required!!! The rewards are great!!!

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SPIRITUAL PREPARATION FOR SPIRITUAL PREPARATION FOR YOUR JOURNEYYOUR JOURNEY

(!!Letting The Bible Transform “(!!Letting The Bible Transform “YourYour” Life!!)” Life!!)

BB.asic.asic

II.nformation.nformation

BB.efore.efore

LL.eaving.eaving

EE.arth.arth

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NEXT WEEK!!!!NEXT WEEK!!!!

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