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This commitment starts with daily Bible reading and study. God will lead you in whatever commitments you need to make to, or with, people.
Tell the people you're committed to: "God will fight for us!" Criticize the devil ... NOT people!
Forget disappointments: in people or events. Don't look back, except at the successes and the good.
Stay under the anointing by "giving out" to others in the name of Jesus. As you minister to others, you will be ministered to! Look for needs to meet: people who need healing; people who need help, counsel, or prayer ... and then meet the need. As you pray for others, or help them, or minister to them ... you will between them and God. You will be "under the anointing"! As you pray for the sick, Christ's healing power will flow through you. As you encourage others, you will be encouraged. Also, "You will reap what you sow." As you give to the poor, God will give back to you!
Always have a place where people can contact you: where the LIFE of Christ can flow through you to help them or to follow up with them ... you want them to GROW and become POWERFUL and PRODUCTIVE in Christ!
Build yourself up continually in your relationships with God and with people by praying! Start and continue your day praying in tongues and in your language. Let the Holy Spirit build you up and, also, pray intelligently in matters for which you don't know what to pray. See Jude 20, Romans 8:26-27, and re-study: DCC #8 through #14. Also, re-study Lesson Two in the Bible Studies How To Talk To God. SUMMARY You need to have strong relationships with God and with those people with which God will lead you to work. Appreciate the people with which God has chosen you to work. However, don't try to "force" relationships: don't make commitments to every person you meet. God will show you those people to whom you should be committed when you are FIRST committed to Him! Give positive support, or "reinforcement" to those people you're committed to ...
Remind each other that "God will fight for us!". Give your associates REWARDS from time-to-time for:
These rewards do not (always) have to be monetary. Sometimes a "pat on the back", or a "word of encouragement", is really meaningful: letting them know the good they are doing is not going unnoticed. Let people KNOW you are THANKFUL and APPRECIATIVE of their association with you. Maybe an invitation to dinner, or just spending time alone with them or their family, whether it's a few minutes or a day or two. It is also important for a man to give positive support to his wife. There are so many ways a wife serves a husband in his ministry that may go unnoticed by him. We need to appreciate those nearest to us, and never to take them for granted. This is where "family altar" is so important: don't neglect ministering to your own family! They may be your GREATEST DISCIPLES!! Read and discuss the Holy Bible together, and then pray together. It is good to spend time refreshing your mind thinking about all the successes God has given you in the past. God has NOT brought you this far to make you fail. God is FOR you! One time the disciples of Jesus were in a ship in the middle of the sea where the waves were rough and the wind was strong. They became fearful until Jesus came to them on the water and told them not to be afraid. They FORGOT that the Lord had commanded them to GO to the other side. He did NOT intend them to sink or to fail. Jesus intends for you to SUCCEED! Take time to study in the Holy Bible how others have succeeded: Abraham, Joseph, Daniel, Esther, Mordecai ... and the Apostles. Study Apostle Handley's "Militant Church History" and see how many other Christians have become successful in the Church. They were HUMAN just like you! Don't meditate on past failures; it is a trick of the devil to form a "failure image" on your mind. Forget past failures ... don't look back, except at the SUCCESSES and the GOOD! (Philippians 4:8.) Looking back at past successes (and NOT looking back at past failures) is easy if you learn how to CONTROL YOUR THOUGHTS. Don't allow Satan to put bad images on your mind; and don't allow him to use the bad imaginations (image-thoughts) you can put on your mind.
To be a good steward you must be IN CONTROL of the areas, domains, facilities, and personnel:
The reason you must exercise control is so that you may carry out the work God has given you to do. You must do it the way God has told you to do it. You must CONTROL not only your thoughts, but also your ACTIVITIES. Have a plan. Know where you're headed: each day and in the future ... to the end of your life. Re-study DCC #1. You must be flexible and follow the leading of the Spirit. God may want you to change your plan(s) at times, but spend time alone with God so that you can hear from Him and establish your goals: both short-range and long-term (life-time). Each day when you arise (except your Sabbath day of rest) have a list already made out with the activities you want to accomplish numbered in order of importance (or, priority). To help you do this, every night (or whenever you find convenient time ... although forming the habit of making out your list at the same time every day is best) write down on a sheet of paper the "THINGS TO DO" ... or, "activities" ... for the next day. After you have made your list, go back over it and assign numbers (starting with #1) to the most important thing, and then the things of lesser importance. Then, make out another list, writing down the activities in order of importance: #1, #2, #3, etc. You may not accomplish all the things you have written down for the day; however, you will have accomplished the MOST IMPORTANT things. Again, allow for flexibility: the Holy Spirit may change your plans the next day; or, you may find the next day that Item #4 on your list should be exchanged for a position of higher priority with, for example, Item #2. You must CONTROL the devil, Satan. Jesus said, "Behold, I give unto you POWER ... over all the power of the enemy." (Luke 10:19). Jesus not gave you POWER:
This is part of the "Covenant of Freedom" which Jesus Christ (the Anointed One, the Messiah of Israel) purchased for you with His own BLOOD! You are FREE: free from the devil, sin, and the world; and you are free to serve God!! In Matthew 12, verses 22-29, Jesus said, "I cast out devils by the Spirit of God. How can one enter into a strong man's house [or, the devil's house], and spoil his goods, except he first BIND the strong man? And then he will spoil his [the devil's] house." The binding and loosing power of the Church is one of the teachings of Jesus. Jesus said, "Whatever you shall bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatever you shall loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven." (Matthew 18:18.) Finally, you must exercise control over your associations. This does not mean you have to control your associates; but rather, be in control of the decision making process with regard to the person(s) with whom you will be associated and those with whom you will NOT be associated. Remember KEY #1, be committed first to God and then God will lead you in whatever commitments you need to make to, or with, people. There are some people with whom it would NOT be profitable in the Spirit for you to be closely associated. This does not mean you do not love them, nor that you do not communicate with them or even work together with them, at times, in the Lord's work. It does mean, however, that they are not your close associates. One crucially important area to watch for is association with gossips. Never associate closely with gossips; never have them work for you. Love them and tell them about their sin. If a person gossips about other people you can be sure that under the right circumstances that person will gossip about you! By knowing this fact ahead of time and operating wisely you can save yourself (and the Lord's work) from much harm. Be well advised (or, forewarned) to stay away from busybodies, gossips, and slanderers. Especially, have no close association with them, except to minister to them and help them. Jesus ministered to thousands. He also had eleven disciples he poured his life into (the twelfth one was a devil, pre-ordained by the Scriptures). However, Jesus also had a very close relationship with an inner circle of three: Peter, James and John. God has given you the FREEDOM TO CHOOSE and He will also give you the LEADING TO KNOW with whom to be closely associated. Don't try to have associates just to have associates. If God wants you to have some close associates He will cross your path with those of like mind and faith; those with whom you can:
There may be times when God would have you (lead you by His Spirit) to dissolve relationships that are already established. You must be very careful to listen and obey God in these times or your ministry could suffer greatly. When you dissolve a relationship with someone, that does not mean you do not love them, nor that you do not communicate with them (unless God is leading you NOT to communicate with them). Remember, the key is: Be committed first to God! Be responsible. Be available to help others in whatever way God leads you. You may have to "sweat" and work hard. You may shed tears at times, but you will have the JOY of the LORD, and that will be your strength. Serve God because you love Him and you're thankful for what He has done for you ... and for what He's doing for you even NOW that you MAY NOT SEE or know about ... and then thank Him for what He will do for you in the future! Pray ... in your language and in tongues ... ask for only God's choice of associates. PUT GOD FIRST AND GO FORWARD! If you have been helped or received a miracle as a result of this study, go to Feedback and tell us what God did for you!
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