| Pastor
Grubby ’s Handy Dandy Definitions
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K L M
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Anger |
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Is an aggressive
emotional reaction caused by a relationship or circumstance
in which I feel powerless. Unchecked anger breeds
hatred. |
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Serm
E64 9/30/01 |
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Atmosphere |
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The
prevailing spiritual climate, emotional tone and
attitude associated with a specific people, place
and time. |
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Serm
G31
9/18
& 9/18/05 |
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Authority |
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The ability to exercise
God’s power in my life from the position of
truth. |
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Serm
D6 |
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Backsliding |
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Is living my life
apart from God while deluding myself to believe
that God and I are simply fine. |
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Serm
F37 6/15/2003 |
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Baptism |
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Is the water event
at the beginning that threatens us with death and
raises us up into life. It threatens us with our
own death, death to ourselves, and then raises us
up into life, a transformed human existence, cleansed
into the likeness of His resurrection. |
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Serm
B112 |
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Calling |
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The
process whereby God, in the light of who He created
us to be, influences and favors us for the sake
of building His Kingdom. |
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Serm
G22
5/22/05 |
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Cast
Down |
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By faith, to wrestle
into extinction any patterns of thought that impede
God's wonderful purposes for my life. |
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Serm
G25
6/19/05 |
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Christmas Axiom |
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“Creative
self limitation is not self obliteration.” |
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Serm
E35 12/23/00 |
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Christmas Principle |
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“When a new
King comes, the old King gotta go!” |
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Serm
E35 12/23/00 |
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Church |
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A people who
have together made God their dwelling place. |
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Serm
G28
7/24/05
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Compassion |
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Is my willingness
to enter the pain of another for the sake of God’s
love. |
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Serm
E009 |
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Conviction |
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Is my resistance
to the interrogating Love of the Holy Spirit. |
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Serm
F39 8/17/03 |
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Courage |
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Is confident action
in adversity on the basis of God’s readiness
to help. |
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Serm
E18 |
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Covet |
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To interact with
the belonging of someone else as if it belonged
to me. I covet a person or a thing with my mind
and my heart. |
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Serm
C65 |
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Cross, my |
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The cross is that
point in my life where the Bible’s requirements
and my fleshly desires are at their deepest conflict. |
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Serm
D74 8/11/99 |
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Culture |
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Is the visible
expression of the beliefs and values of a particular
community of people. |
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Serm
C55 |
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Cynic |
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A
person who is habitually suspicious of the motives
and the sincerity of others, including God.
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Serm
G6
11/21/04
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Devotion |
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Is the consistent
giving of myself to someone or something such that
in it I find my own significance and true joy. |
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Serm
E40 3/11/01,
Serm E25 |
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Discipling |
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Actively and personally
seeing to it that another’s life is formed
according to the pattern of the life of Jesus Christ,
Himself. |
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Serm
E008 |
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Dissipation |
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Is to cause my
sensitivity to God to fade and even disappear as
a result of some type of overindulgence. |
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Serm
G33
11/06/05 |
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Divine Call |
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Is God’s invitation
to fulfill my wish for my life. |
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Serm
F34 4/27/03 |
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Doubt |
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Is the consequence
of a divided or double soul; one part being vitally
attached to what God wants and the other being attached
to someone or something else. |
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Serm
E010 |
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Dove’s Dung |
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All that is left
of the dove after the dove has flown away. |
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Serm
F49 |
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Dreams |
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The broad pictures
of the hope that saturate my sleep |
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Serm
F46 |
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Exult,
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To express joyously
what I am confident of. |
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Serm
E54 7/8/01 |
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Faith |
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The exposure to
the possibility of loss for God’s gain. |
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Serm
F54 |
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Fasting |
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Is the discipline
of self-denial that prepares a believer's heart
for strategic breakthrough in the Kingdom of God. |
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Serm
E48 4/29/01, Serm E47 4/22/01 |
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Fear |
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Is the emotional
reaction a person experiences as he or she senses
that their being or their personhood is in jeopardy. |
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Serm
C42 |
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Five-Fold
Ministry |
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There are five
core facets or callings of God on every Christian
life - apostolic, prophetic, evangelistic, pastoral,
didactic. Each of these callings functions
in concert with a personality. |
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Serm
G22
5/22/05 |
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Flesh |
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Our vulnerability
to sin and our capacity to resist grace as fallen
people. It is our fallenness. |
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Serm
B99 |
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Forgiveness |
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Is my presence of
heart and mind to release another from the effects
of a sin which has been committed against me. |
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Serm
D71 7/11/99 |
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Glory |
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Is God being made
apparent to people. |
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Serm
E54 7/8/01 |
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God’s Will |
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What
God wants done in the way that God wants it done. |
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Serm
F43 9/28/03
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Gratitude (1) |
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The
emotion I feel toward someone in appreciation
for what is being done for me. |
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Serm
F72
8/01/04 |
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Gratitude (2) |
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My
fundamental appreciation of God in which God has
assembled all the necessary elements for me to grow. |
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Serm
F73
8/15/04 |
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Greed |
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Is the condition
where my need for a sense of material security obscures
God’s purposes and I tend to see all needs
as material needs. |
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Serm
F22 |
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Guilt |
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Is the painful experience
of my failure for which I feel the need to be punished. |
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Serm
E 56 7/22/01 |
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Hatred |
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The cultivation
of anger toward another such that I would in some
measure, enjoy that person’s pain. |
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Serm
E64 9/30/01 |
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Heart-gk. Kardia |
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The heart is the
core of my being where feelings and intellect are
engaged by God so that I can know what is true. |
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Serm
E013 |
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Holiness |
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Being separate
from all that is not God and separate unto all that
is God. |
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Serm
F40
8/24/03 |
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Hope (1) |
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Is confidence that
God’s goodness towards me will prevail in
any situation. |
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Serm
E54 7/8/01 |
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Hope (2) |
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Is my consistent
expectation that every dilemma of life will find
resolution in the kingdom of God |
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Serm
E17 |
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Humility (1) |
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Is the habit of
valuing and venerating whatever is of God in others
before we value it in ourselves. Humble people have
eyes for the goodness of God in others. |
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Serm
C75 |
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Humility (2) |
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The
cultivation of God's perception of me so that I
am graced to act for the increase of His Kingdom.
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Serm
G8
12/12/04
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Hymns |
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Is
a traditional congregational song which develops
a theological theme. This is one of three modes
of song that is mentioned in Paul's letters regarding
worship. |
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Serm
G33
11/06/05 |
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An
Imagination |
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A personally
fitted pattern of thought, a way in which I am disposed
to think, which holds captive the way I perceive
myself, others, and my circumstances.
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Serm
G25
6/19/05
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Intercessory Prayer |
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Is my response to
someone’s sin or suffering in active concert
with the sympathetic mind of the Holy Spirit. |
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Serm
E50 5/26/01, Serm E49 5/20/01 |
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Irreverance |
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The inability
or unwillingness to distinguish concerning the presence
of God. |
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Serm
C46 |
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Joy
(1) |
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Is my lasting sense
of well being and expression of delight as I see
God accomplish His purposes. |
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Serm
D76 9/26/99 |
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Joy (2) |
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The feeling or
expression of delight that is a consequence of Love. |
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Serm
C19 |
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Kingdom |
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The kingdom of God
is eternal and universal reign of Love. Jesus reigns
and will reign over all creation and creatures and
the universe of worlds, men and angels, heaven and
earth-This is the good news of the Kingdom. |
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Serm
C88 |
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Knowledge |
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Is
factual – It is knowing the circumstances of life.
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Serm
G5 11/7/04 |
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License |
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Half holiness, requiring
someone to be separated unto God without leading
them to be separated from the world |
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Serm
F40
8/24/03 |
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Light |
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Is the illumination
or understanding of who God is and where I am going
in his purpose. |
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Serm
D56 |
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Local Church |
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Is an identifiable
group of believers, committed to one another through
Jesus, under authority pursuing the Good News of
the Kingdom in concert with other churches. |
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Serm
E55 7/15/01 |
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Making
Disciples |
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Influencing
another into the Grace of God for his or her life.
People of Kingdom influence. |
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Serm
G5
11/7/04 |
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Mercy |
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Mercy is an act
of God addressing the distress that sin has caused. |
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Serm
E31 10/29/00 |
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Miracle (1) |
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Is a sign act
of God picturing His willingness to save that which
is lost. |
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Serm
E26 |
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Miracle (2) |
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When
God uses someone to cause something to happen
that can't possibly happen. |
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Serm
G29
7/31/05 |
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Mourning |
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The emotional
response of Godly sorrow to sin and all of its consequences. |
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Serm
F17 8/4/02 |
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Mystery-mysterion |
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Something God reveals
to us as true that we don’t fully understand
with our intellects because we are part of the unraveling
of it. |
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Serm
E32 11/12/00 |
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Peace |
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Is the enjoyment
of God, myself and others because of the work of
the cross. |
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Serm
D75 9/19/99 |
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Perseverance |
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A decision of heart
and mind to courageously continue pursuing God and
his requirements of my life. |
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Serm
E009 |
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Power |
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Is the living
spiritual influence that extends from a principality. |
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Serm
E012 |
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Praise (1) |
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Is the joyous expression
which acknowledges God’s greatness. |
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Serm
E 32 11/12/00 |
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Praise (2) |
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Is emotionally
engaging God in the proclamation of His goodness. |
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Serm
C29 |
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Pride (1) |
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Is self-reliance
which is designed to protect me from God’s
intrusion in my life. |
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Serm
E19 |
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Pride (2) |
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Is the blinding
elevation of myself so that I can’t see God’s
will or the real needs of another. |
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Serm
D37 |
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Pride (3) |
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Is the loss of awareness
of my need to trust God. |
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Serm
F23 12/8/02 |
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Principality |
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Is any organization
or system humanly originated which takes on a governmental
life of its own. |
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Serm
E012 |
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Psalm |
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Is
a formalized song that celebrates the glory of God
and praises God. This is one of three modes
of song that is mentioned in Paul's letters regarding
worship. |
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Serm
G33
11/06/05 |
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Regret |
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My distress at
the consequences of my sin. |
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Serm
F40
8/24/03 |
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Rejection |
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Is the process whereby
I communicate to another that they are of little
or no value. |
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Serm
B85 |
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Religion (1) |
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The practice of
a form of godliness that has no real power. |
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Serm
D67 5/23/99 |
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Religion (2) |
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The construction
of a system of gathering and worship for the purpose
of glorifying humanity. |
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Serm
G02 9/26/04 |
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Religiosity |
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Half holiness,
requiring that someone be separated from the world
without leading them to be separated unto God. |
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Serm
F40 8/24/03 |
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Religious Will |
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What God wants done
in the way that I want it done. |
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Serm
F43
9/28/03 |
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Remembrance |
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To be transformed
into who I am by encountering the God of the past
in the present. |
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Serm
E 57 7/29/01 |
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Remorse |
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The feelings of
guilt that stem from my sin. |
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Serm
F40
8/24/03 |
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Repentance |
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Willfully limiting
my capacity to sin again. |
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Serm
F40
8/24/03 |
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Righteousness (1) |
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Is the applying
of God’s love as well as God’s justice
to my own life and the lives of others. |
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Serm
E9 |
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Righteousness
(2) |
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The right ordering
of our lives in God with one another. |
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Serm
D9 |
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Risk |
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The exposure to
the possibility of loss for personal gain. |
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Serm
F54
2/1/04 |
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Self
Control |
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Is a steady positive
discipline in a relationship or circumstance that
gains for me the purposes of God. |
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Serm
E68 11/25/01 |
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Shame |
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Is the painful experience
of my failure, inadequacy and rejection. |
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Serm
E56 7/22/01 |
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Smooth Talk |
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The right words
being spoken by the wrong person for the wrong reason |
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Serm
F42
9/14/03 |
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Soul-gk. Psuche |
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The command center
of my emotions, my personality, and my way of thinking. |
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Serm
E10 |
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Spiritual Poverty |
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Is the discipline
of maintenance of my desperate hunger for God as
well as my thirst for his Kingdom for others. |
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Serm
E47 4/22/01, Serm E45 3/24/01, Serm E44 3/31/01 |
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Spiritual Song |
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Is an inspired
improvisational song whose origin is the cooperation
of the human spirit with the Spirit of God.
This
is one of three modes of song that is mentioned
in Paul's letters regarding worship.
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Serm
G33
11/06/05 |
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Spirituality (1) |
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Is the way we
employ to maintain our vital relationship with God. |
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Serm
E68 11/25/01 |
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Spirituality (2) |
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The way that we
are relating to God. |
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Serm
C8 |
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Stronghold |
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Is a barricade
against your future, a blockade against your life
happening according to God's purpose for you! |
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Serm
G25
6/19/05
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Thanksgiving
(1) |
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The expression
of gratitude (thanksgiving conditions us to be grateful).
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Serm
F72
8/1/04 |
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Thanksgiving (2) |
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The cultivation
of a grateful heart through the continuing expression
of my gratitude. |
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Serm
F73
8/1/04,
Serm
F73
8/15/04 |
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Understanding |
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Is integrative
– It is knowing why it is important and valuable
for me to go a specific way in my life. |
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Serm
G5
11/7/04 |
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Vision |
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Is the perception
of where I am going in my life and ministry. It
includes where I am going in God and how specifically
I see myself getting there. |
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Serm
C90 |
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Visions |
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God’s reality
that I can perceive as coming to pass in my life. |
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SermF46
10/26/03 |
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Wisdom |
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Is
directional – It is knowing what I am to do in
a specific situation in my life. |
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Serm
G5
11/7/04 |
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Word, The |
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God expressing Himself
so that people can receive Him. Jesus is the perfect
expression, the perfect word of the Father because
He is God. |
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Serm
F47
12/7/03 |
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Worry |
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Is a flashpoint
of insecurity that imprisons me in negative possibilities
and robs me of my inner freedom to act in righteousness. |
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Serm
E61 10/3/01 |
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Worship (1) |
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Is lovingly engaging
God’s person on the premise that He is absolutely
right whether I understand or not. |
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Serm
E37 2/6/01 |
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Worship (2) |
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Is the liturgy
whether explicit which we successfully address to
God without getting killed. |
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Serm
C46 |
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