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Our Teaching Center tend to explore Biblical solutions and guidance for real life issues, using God’s Word as a model. Here are some examples which are available for purchase as CDs and downloadable MP3s:
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*Balance is the Key to Life
You have the raw material for your miracle! The key is to respond to God’s instructions with application. In other words, God plays His part but you also have yours to play. The good news is that your part is way easier than His part. If you find yourself in a tough situation, this teaching is for you! Learn how to balance the things you have control over and the things you can only be concerned about. Learn how to balance the spiritual and natural side of things. Learn how to be specific in order to obtain specific results. Finally, learn how to prepare and make room for ALL that God has for you!
*Difficult Conversations
Matthew 5.9 says “Blessed are the peacemakers…” It does not say "Blessed are the peacekeepers." At times, the most loving thing you can do for someone else is to confront them and speak the truth in love to them. If you’ve been avoiding a difficult conversation; this teaching is definitely for you!!!
- Discern the type of person you are dealing with
- Season your words with salt and speak the truth in love
- Stay focused and don't let the other person’s response take the conversation in a direction it was never intended
- Differentiate hurt and harm
- Have a difficult conversation with yourself…
*Overcoming Depression
- Catch it early! Discern the subtle ways depression comes in your life
- Recognize that you have a say in this. God gave you the authority and power to guard your heart and mind against negative thinking
- Learn how to value God more than your circumstances! God cannot get bigger than He is but you can certainly make Him bigger in your mind.
- Understand that Jesus went through what you are going through! He understands how you feel and made provision for you to enter His rest.
Advancing Through Adversity
Becoming a Person of Excellence
Reach your highest goals! Whether you are a business man, a mother or want to become a high achiever in another walk of life: Becoming a Person of Excellence provides proven techniques to fulfill your aspirations. You’ll learn how to develop a more positive outlook, focus on your commitments, overcome obstacles, obtain desired outcomes, and achieve greater personal and professional satisfaction. You’ll also discover better ways to work with people, respond more effectively to correction, and become more self-directed in your thoughts and actions.
Biblical Communication
This ten-week series covers every aspect of communication, such as:
- Having a difficult conversation.
- Why Satan uses people closest to you to distract you.
- How to balance grace and truth.
- Motivating your man God’s way.
- The difference in communication styles between men and women.
- The difference between unconditional love and unconditional respect.
- The art of biblical confrontation.
- The difference between forgiveness, reconciliation, and trust.
- Biblical job descriptions of a husband and wife.
- The power of specificity.
Biblical Job Description of Husband and Wife
Angry, disappointed or frustrated in your marriage? When your expectations for the role of the husband and wife are based on non-biblical sources, your marriage is destined to be disappointing. There is hope for transformation! This two-part teaching examines the biblical job description for the man, taken from Ephesians 5:21-33 and for the woman, taken from 1 Peter 2:13, 3:1-7. Start equipping yourself so you don’t have to spend your whole marriage trying to save it!
Biblical Time Management
How you use your time will determine whether you get in the good, the acceptable, or the perfect will of God. Your life is a series of well managed days or a string of poorly managed ones. Everybody gets the same 24 hours; the difference in people is how they use the 24 hours given to them. We must recognize that time manages itself, it is our lives we must manage. Activity does not equal results! Learn how to recognize when you are caught up in the captivity of activity. An important question you should be asking yourself is, "What is the most important use of my time right now?" There is a sad and sobering reality when we don't have enough time to do what God, not man, has called us to do. It’s time for a new reality!
Blind Spots - Hidden Areas of Weakness
Can't We All Just Get Along?
Men and women have misunderstood each other for generations. How can we get out of those ineffective communication cycles? “One of the truths that I have discovered is that most men learn how to communicate with women from other men, and most women learn how to communicate with men from other women,” says Burge. Therefore, it is essential that we learn to communicate with each other. This four-part series is a powerful tool to equip men and women in dealing with the opposite sex. If you are tired of being MISunderstood, this humorous and educational teaching will prove to be a tremendous help!
Choices that Will Change Your Family
Condemnation
The word “condemn” means to declare unfit for use. Often we will hear that a building is condemned. In other words it is no longer open for use. Well Satan wants you to believe that you are unfit for use because of mistakes that you have made in the past. Romans 8:1 - There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who do not walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit. If the enemy has been trying to demoralize you through shame and guilt over mistakes that you have made in the past, this teaching is a must. Remember shame is Satan’s finger print on your life!
Confidence Killers
In order to live the victorious Christian life, we must deal with the confidence killers on the journey. Confidence killers are self-defeating thought patterns that we act out in our emotions. Many of us walk through life with these harmful emotions of condemnation, guilt, and shame. Christ went to the cross so that we do not have to be plagued by these negative emotions. Jesus is called the Prince of Peace, but we cannot enjoy peace if we do not deal with these toxic thought patterns.
Conflict Resolution
How different would life be if you could have smoother relationships with the people closest to you? Few things in life can drain us of energy like strife in a close relationship. The goal of conflict in your life is so that Satan can fragment your focus. He wants to shift your focus from accomplishing God's will for your life into trying to get the upper hand in a troubled relationship. Being right all the time is the wrong way to keep relationships! In this teaching you will learn how to negotiate win/ win outcomes, how to speak the truth in love, and the rules for having a healthy fight!!! We must understand the difference between forgiveness, trust, and reconciliation, because they are not the same. You will get yourself in trouble if you do not begin to make this distinction!
Cost of Following Christ
Christ encountered three major pitstops in route to fulfilling His purpose:
1. The Jordan River - Dying to self
2. The Wilderness - Satan tempting Him
3. Nazareth - People who should have supported Him rejected Him
Learn how He overcame these pitstops and how you can overcome them as well.
Crazy Folks
Relationships are a vital part of our lives. Are you in an unhealthy relationship, feeling abused or rejected? Do you feel that sometimes you just don’t know how to do deal with your family? Conquering these unhealthy relationships is a step in attaining God’s best for your life. In this biblical teaching series you will learn how to set boundaries, stop enabling people in unhealthy patterns, and break free from other people’s poor choices and their painful consequences.
Creating Winning Habits
Are you willing to alter the course of your life to accomplish your deepest desires? This teaching will help you achieve the victory in life you've always dreamed about! You are where you are today because 95% of what you think, feel and do is determined by your habits. New, positive habits can be learned. By altering your habits and replacing worn-out, ineffective practices with optimal behaviors, you'll notice dramatic, immediate benefits in your life.
Learn time-tested ways to:
- Take control of your destiny
- Make better choices
- Move beyond your comfort zone
- Overcome procrastination
- Achieve your life ambitions
- Revitalize relationships
- Live with energy and integrity
Dangerous Attitudes
Attitude is a powerful force that can benefit or endanger you. Sad to say that in our Christian walk, there are certain attitudes that sabotage our growth and development. These attitudes tend to reach full expansion when we are waiting on a promise of God to manifest in our life. Whether we consciously or unconsciously engage in those attitudes, they must be addressed. Self-pity, dread, regret, comparison or the inability to integrate the strengths & weaknesses in people are some of the attitudes that are more detrimental than one would expect. This teaching will help you break free from these and more…
Daniel - A life of Conviction & Reward
When you decide to take a stance people will hunt you and stalk you to try to get you to compromise! But in this exciting teaching you will learn how to succeed in the world system without compromise. Having scripturally based convictions will position you in a way that you will get promotions even in hostile environments. They will insulate you from the corruptive influences of the world and give you a spirit of excellence. Establishing “non-negotiables” will help you learn the power of a consistent walk with God. God rewards people who live lives of conviction…lets start living it today!
Destroying a Poverty Mentality
Being broke is a season, being poor is a state of mind. The goal of the enemy is to have us in a perpetual lack mindset. In this very relevant teaching, you will discover that prosperity is an inside out job. The first step to true prosperity is destroying the poverty mentality. Unconsciously, many Christians have settled into the mindset that “this is as good as it’s going to get.” That does not have to be our fate in life, if we will learn how to overcome certain mental paradigms that have held us hostage over the years. This teaching will provide you with the necessary tools to correct your thinking and alter your destiny.
Discerning the Purpose of a Season
The purpose of a season is to do the right thing at the right time. Doing the right thing at the wrong time can get you disastrous results! The goal of Satan is to have you doing the wrong thing or do the right thing at the wrong time so as to hinder your confidence when you don’t get the results you desire. This teaching will help you discern the season that you are in and its purpose for your life.
Discovering Your Gift
Have you ever wondered what on earth are you here for? Or even questioned how you can use your life to make a dynamic difference in the kingdom of God? Do you have a solution to a problem that the world is facing but do not know how to begin tackling it? In this powerful four CD teaching, you will learn the three easiest ways to identify your gift as well as general myths about your gift. Also, you will realize that if you do not channel your gift into a fruit of the spirit, unwitting, you will start to express
your creative energy into works of the flesh and that is unhealthy! Until you discover your gift, you will never know the joy that God has for you. God gave you a gift so that you can be part of the solution. God wants you to start using your gift to bless the body of Christ.
Eight Relationships We Must Master
Maximizing the benefits from the right relationships and minimizing the damages caused by the wrong relationships will promote fulfillment in life! Taken from the life of the Apostle Paul, this teaching series will help you do just that... Topics covered are:
- Your relationship with yourself
- Disappointing relationships
- Long distance relationships
- Relationships with faithful people
- Strained relationships that are now restored
- Hurtful relationships
- Mentor/Mentee relationships
- Your relationship with Jesus Christ...
Enjoying Everyday Life
Did you know that God never intended for us believers to live life for the sole purpose of fixing it? Most of us are on our way to heaven but don't get to enjoy the journey. According to Galatians 5.22-23 & Nehemiah 8.10, we can stir up the inward weapon called joy and get the strength to stand in adverse circumstances. Our relationship alone is reason for celebration and He has graced us to enjoy the simple things in life. It's time for us to experience the life Jesus came to provide and understand the power there is in enjoying each and everyday.
Fabulous Magazine
- Ms. Perfection
- Ms. Independent
- Ms. Don't Hate Me Because I'm Beautiful
- Ms. I Tell It Like It Is
- Ms. Church Girl
Failing Forward
Failure doesn’t have to be fatal! With the right attitude, failure can propel you forward in life. Most of the people God used in the bible experienced failure one way or another. This did not stop God from using them as long as they responded positively. The way you perceive and respond to failure can make a huge difference in your life. Learn how to turn setbacks into stepping stones today!
Faith
Faith is a term that we often hear tossed around in the body of Christ, but do you really know what faith is and how it is expressed in your life? There is supernatural power in faith and this teaching will help you unleash it. We must learn how to handle the spiritual warfare between our prayers and waiting for God's answers. God wants to change your perspective on the problem, before he changes the problem itself. A victorious person realizes that fear and faith operate in the invisible and will release blessings or curses in the visible. Money is the currency that we use in the natural realm; faith and obedience is the currency that we use in the spiritual realm. Its time to put our money on faith!
Fear
“What would I pursue if I knew I could not fail?” Does fear keep holding you back? Fear is the chief emotion that Satan uses to prevent us from using our potential. This four-part teaching will help you identify and conquer the sources of fear in your life. You are on your way to answering that question!
Finding Peace in the Storm
In times of confusion and crisis, few things come under attack as much as our peace. Peace is internal tranquility despite external hostility. The enemy knows that if he can upset our peace, he can sabotage our hope. This four part teaching series offers insight on what causes us to live without God's peace in our lives, and how we can reverse course and open our hearts to receive it.
Forgiveness: The Gift that Sets You Free
The word forgiveness means to cancel a debt and relinquish all rights to collect on it. To hold on to this debt keeps you chained to the perpetrator emotionally. Satan will deceive you into believing that not forgiving someone will punish them, but the only person who is punished is you. Holding on to un-forgiveness keeps your mind and soul imprisoned with the person. We must examine our hearts to see how many relatives, boyfriends, girlfriends, or employers are behind bars with us. Staying in un-forgiveness victimizes you far worse than the actual offense. It has the power to cripple you emotionally and spiritually. This teaching examines the differences between forgiveness, reconciliation, and trust. It identifies that forgiveness is not approving, excusing, justifying, nor reconciling with the person or what they did to you. Walking in forgiveness can be a reality for you and this teaching will show you how.
Generational Curses
We all have behaviors that we have inherited from our family of origin and they are not always positive. Unfortunately, there are some very unhealthy patterns that have been passed down our family line. Every person has to determine if they will leave a legacy of blessing or curse? If you are a born again Christian, you can thank Jesus that you have been redeemed from the curse of the Law. In other words, you don’t have to fall prey to the negative proclivities that have run through your family line. With the Holy Spirit’s help, you can put an end to that cycle. Things may have run in your family, but they can run out with you!!!
God's Financial Plan
The Bible has more to say about money than it does any other subject. God desires for us to be distribution centers to help meet the needs of mankind. Money without a mission is materialism, but money with a mission can be used to fund the Kingdom of God. In this comprehensive teaching, we systematically go through the old and new testaments and examine what the Bible has to say about finances. Learn how to get in God’s economic system, discover the connection between your heart and your money, and learn how to honor God in this vital area of our walk.
Holding Patterns
Few things are as challenging to our Christian walks as when we find ourselves in a period where we are waiting on God for a breakthrough. For most Christians, the challenge is not in trusting God, rather, it usually revolves around three main components of time: First, the amount of time that has passed while we are waiting. Secondly, the brevity of time left until we need an answer. Thirdly, it may simply be the timing of our holding pattern (i.e. it is occurring at a very inopportune time.) But we don’t have to waste time in those holding patterns if we simply make the most of the season God has us in. This teaching is a must if we are going to learn how to navigate through these challenges and convert seeming stumbling blokes into stepping stones!
How To Become A Star: A Study of Esther
How to Create a New Season
We all have had seasons when we felt we were trapped. A person's identity can become distorted by the many pressures they face and the frantic pace of life that leaves many asking, 'Will it always be like this? Well the answer is "No!” Help is on the way! The secret to changing your season is to realize that all change starts on the inside and then works its way out. In this teaching you will learn the 7 steps to help you change any season you’re in. The principles outlined in this series have helped countless number of individuals move from frustration to fulfillment!
How to Find Fulfillment in Life
Aren’t you tired of settling for less than you can be, less than you can achieve, less than you deserve? Wouldn’t you like to learn to live with passion so that you can turn your everyday experiences into extraordinary events? Well, stop wishing and start living! You are about to acquire vital tools that will help you find fulfillment in life.
Initially entitled The Power of Productivity
How to Finish Strong
How to Handle Anger
How to Overcome Life's Obstacles
Ideals vs Realities- The Tension in the Middle
We all have desires and aspirations about what we can become in Christ. Yet as we read the promises in the bible and compare them to what we are experiencing there’s often a disconnect, and we wrestle with the differences between our ideals and the realities of our lives. The tension that results can leave us disillusioned, discouraged and demoralized. In this provocative teaching we will discuss the most common tensions (including: toxic people; dealing with adversity; learning how to transition from where you are to where God wants you to be) that exist between our ideals and our realities, and the steps that one must take to address them.
Influence of The Father
A father is a compass that steers his children’s lives. A son will form his masculinity by watching his father. When a daughter gives her heart to her father it will influence her belief and perception of men. What will a father do with that little heart? Will he treat his daughter with love and respect and teach her that she's significant and valuable? This two-part teaching will help you discover how to take a strong Biblical stance with your choices, decisions and attitudes in raising your children.
Integrity
Integrity comes from the root word integer, which means whole, integrated, and seamless. There is a transparency between what’s important to you and how you are expressing it in your conduct. In other words it means a life where your external conduct is consistent with your internal values. The Gallup Poll states that 70% of the people in the workforce hate their job. To simplify, they are not being true to themselves. With that said, are you living the life you've always wanted? In this exciting teaching you will learn how to live a life of integrity. Living with integrity literally means living whole. You can only find peace when you no longer live a life that contradicts what you are called to do. There is an invisible dream that you are struggling to give birth to. That is why job satisfaction, promotions, and all other poor substitutes for you purpose will be short lived. Don't let Satan negotiate you out of what God has called you to do!
Intimacy With God
Does God know your dreams, fears, frustrations, and secrets? Being intimate with God is being transparent with Him. Your level of transparency with God will give you insights to His way of thinking which will take you to new levels in every area of your life. In this teaching you will learn how to deepen your relationship with the Lord and allow Him to work through your life. You will learn how a close relationship with God worked on the behalf of men and women in the Bible and in particular through the story of King David and King Saul. David’s intimate relationship with God brought him victory and greatness, while Saul’s lack of intimacy led him to end his life in a lonely suicide. There are many blessings that a confident and close relationship with the Lord will produce. God has openly and freely given himself; we must be ready to do the same with Him.
Joseph: The Over-comer
Are there areas or people in your life that are trying to overcome the dream that God has placed inside you? Joseph learned to overcome the warfare that his dream attracted and to pour all of his energy into the present. Like Joseph, we can be moving progressively closer to our ultimate destiny even though our circumstances are deteriorating. His life is an example of how God places needs in a sinner's heart that only a saint can fulfill. By showing grace, we must learn not to retaliate against those who hurt us or attack our dream. Joseph knew this and as a result God gave him immeasurable favor and promoted him. Ultimately, Joseph was an over-comer because he refused to give anyone so much power that they could steal what God was trying to do in his life.
Just Between us Guys
Curious to why the Bible rarely articulates masculinity? This teaching is an excellent resource to get answers to your questions on topics like:
• Do men have to become more feminine to enjoy a relationship with Christ?
• What does the Bible say about a man’s desire to be productive?
• What does the Bible have to say about the challenges that men face with lust?
Lessons From A King: The Life of Solomon
Lessons from The Well
We all have yearnings, desires and things in our life that we are thirsty for—it’s just part of our humanity. The key question we must ask ourselves is how do we quench that thirst? It’s critical that we learn to fill our deep inner yearnings with the things of God. If we attempt to satisfy our thirst with man made remedies or solutions, we’re setting ourselves up for footholds that can turn into strongholds. In this teaching, we study the life of the woman that Jesus met at the well in John 4. This woman struggled with a deep thirst and went from one man to the next looking for fulfillment, only to discover that her needs could only be satisfied by developing a relationship with Jesus Christ. This teaching is a must for anyone who has wrestled with unmet yearnings, long seasons of frustration or history repeating itself.
Living An Excuse Free Life
Looks Aren't Everything
Have you ever wrestled with envy or jealousy? Do you look at the success of your friends, family, or colleagues and feel disdain because of your own failures? Are you in a season where comparing yourself to others is causing you to feel badly about yourself? Jealousy is the desire to keep what's rightfully yours. Envy is when you want what belongs to someone else. Saul, whose name means "the people's choice', was a King who stood head and shoulders above everyone else. However, it was his envy of David, a shepherd boy that eventually drove Saul to his death. Saul's internal dissatisfaction made him react externally, which resulted in irrational and dangerous behavior. In this teaching, using Saul as an example we learn: the difference between jealousy and envy, the dangers of comparison, the insecurities that lead to foolish behavior, how to help others who struggle with jealousy and envy, and the principle that we can't make the best use of our strengths if we fail to deal with our weaknesses. Without this teaching you cannot live successfully as a Christian!
Majority Rules
God’s Word clearly teaches that we are three-part beings, but very few Christians have a functional understanding of spirit, soul, and body in their daily lives. Therefore, they act as though they’re only made up of body and soul. In this exciting teaching, you will learn how to live a Spirit led life. Do you realize that if you are born again, one third of you is perfect and complete today? Just as your body and soul have feelings, the Holy Spirit on the inside of you has feelings that you can experience should you submit to Him. Those feelings will keep your soul and body in check regardless of the circumstances you may find yourself in today!
Making Peace with Your Past
Are you hampered by the baggage of your past? The truth is, much of who you are, what you do, and how you feel is determined by your past. Whether they're relationships from your childhood or pressures from recent years, the events of the past can have a significant impact on your current behavior. This insightful teaching shows you how to unlock past hurts, confront emotional scars, and resolve negative feelings.
Master Key To The Christian Life - Revelation of Righteousness
Mindset of The Champion
Negative Emotions
Nehemiah
Non-Negotiables
Offense: Satan's Tool For Robbing You of Your Potential
Passion is the Genesis of Genius
One of the biggest ways you can waste your life is to live ignoring those things that you yearn to do. Death is not the greatest loss in life, the greatest loss in life is what dies inside of us while we are living. We must ask ourselves; what am I passionate about? What is the desire of my heart that can be tied to a Kingdom agenda? What captivates my attention? What activities do I engage in that cause me to get lost in time? What do I want to learn more about? Your passion is a clue to what God sent you here to do. When you discover your passion, you will discover your true genius. Remember it is your passion for the promises that gives you the power to overcome the problems in the process. It will also give you the tenacity to overcome the attacks of the enemy! Your passion will get you out of the service lane of life and onto the highway "flow" of God's will.
Portrait of a Spiritual Diva
Pride: The Sin that God Hates
Reasons Why People Do Not Receive God's Best.
Do you realize that according to the parable of the sower in the gospels that only 25% of the people who go to the average church service will do anything productive with what they learn? It's sobering to know that you can go to church, hear the message, take good notes, buy the CD’s, and yet what you heard will not be translated into anything productive in your life. In this provocative teaching we will examine the reasons why people hear the word of God, yet do not receive God's best.
A few of those reasons this teaching discusses are: (1) Allowing a deep disappointment in your career, finances, relationship, or health to cause you to stop serving God. (2) An inability to learn how to leverage your spiritual family and consequently going through difficult times by yourself. (3) An underestimation of the amount of patience that is needed after you obey the Word of God. (4) Having a consumer mentality in the things of God rather than that of an investor.
If you desire God's best and refuse to go another day in mediocrity then this teaching is for you!
Rebounding From Rebellion (The Life of Jonah)
Regret Free Living
Secrets of an Unforgettable Woman - Ruth
Are you living with a victimized mentality? Do you look around and wonder why it seems like everyone else is living their dream? This teaching will reveal Ruth’s secret that will give you insight on how not to victimize your future. Instead, learn how to pour all of your energies into the present to prepare yourself for the mate God has for you.
Self Management 101
Self-Portrait
Do you realize that your self portrait determines your self-conduct? We will rarely rise above the self-portrait that we have of ourselves. Without a healthy self-portrait you will define yourself by what people say instead of what God says!! In order for God to change your life He has to change the way you see Him as well as the way you see yourself. Your life decisions revolve around how you view yourself and will position you to be a victim or victor. Only with a biblical self portrait can you have true success in life. Otherwise you will be successful on the outside only and will go through life miserable. Recognize that sin hinders and blurs your self-portrait, but God is ready to renew your vision and paint a new portrait today!
Single in the City: His Rules or Yours
Spiritual Cooperation
Spiritual Divas
This ten-week series focuses on empowering women in their role as helper to mankind from a position of strength. It identifies the qualities of a virtuous woman that allow her to be a tool in the hands of our Heavenly Father. This by far has been our most popular teaching series. Some of the subjects covered are:
• How Satan tries to get women in offense and bitterness to rob them of their potential.
• The importance of having a teachable spirit.
• The importance of faithfulness.
• The God of restoration.
• Are you building a monument to your pain, or an alter of praise?
• The power of associations.
• How do you know when you are having a defining moment?
• Becoming a student of consequences.
• The power of specificity.
Stubbornness
Webster's defines stubbornness as being unreasonably determined to exert one's will. This teaching challenges us to examine the choices we make in our lives; whether it has to do with our credit card spending, our relationships, our eating habits, or always needing to have the last word. Stubbornness is a form of pride and the bible tells us that God resists the proud and this is clearly illustrated in Exodus. Pharaoh had to go through 10 plagues before he decided to let the children of Israel go. Pharaoh did not have a teachable spirit and had to go through the pain of learning the same lesson over and over again. Like Pharaoh are we getting into trouble over and over, or are we repeating the same patterns again and because we're too stubborn to see the “plagues” in our lives? Are we simply too stubborn to change? When God delivers us, when He gives us relief do we revert back to our disobedient behavior? Or do we desire a change of heart? We should desire change in our inward beings and not just a change in our circumstances. Making the same mistakes over and over again is painful. This teaching on stubbornness will show you how to develop a teachable spirit so that you'll be motivated to change without the pain.
Temptations, Tests & Trials
Knowing the difference between temptation, test, and trial is critical. Those three words are frequently used in the Bible but they each have a different origin, purpose, and desired outcome. We must learn how properly respond to each or we will not live out the life God has designed for us. God will test us in order develop and promote us. Satan will use our own lust to tempt us in order to demote us. Trials are challenges we encounter in life. The appropriate response to a test is to pass it in order to graduate to the place God desires. When it comes to temptation, we must take the way of escape less we compromise. As it relates to trials, we need to keep a right attitude…
The Advantage
In these turbulent times, you can easily view yourself as a victim rather than a victor. The constant inundation of negative news will make you lose strength and faith. As a believer, you cannot afford to forget the six tools that your Heavenly Father gave you to navigate and succeed in these difficult times:
1. Covenant - Your covenant relationship with God through Jesus
2. Holy Spirit - The presence and power of the Holy Spirit in your life
3. Words - Your words can be a powerful weapon when aligned with God’s word.
4. Righteousness - Your right standing with the father through the son seals you with the love of God
5. Exchange Life - The exchange that Jesus made with you not only provided you with forgiveness of sins but also prosperity in your health, finances, peace of mind and authority
6. Authority - The authority you have as a believer makes you fight from victory instead of fighting for victory.
We consider this series a compilation of the best teachings conducted and recorded over the last 7 years by our ministry. It is a MUST own for any believer.
The Authority of the Believer
Like it or not, every one of us is in a spiritual war. God is for us. The devil is against us. The one we cooperate with is the one who will impact us the most. The enemy loves to work covertly, using his only weapon; deception. God called the believer to be more than a conqueror and has provided him with the authority needed to walk in that title. In the King James, the Greek words exousia and dunamis are translated "power" while it is more accurate to interpret the first as "authority." The difference between “authority” and “power” can be described as such: A policeman is directing traffic at an intersection. He holds up the palm of his hand, signaling a large semi-truck to stop. The driver has to stop his truck. Why? Is it because the policeman has the power to stop the "big rig"? No! The trucker knows that he has the power to run over the policeman if he wanted to. However, the policeman has the authority to arrest him! Likewise, the believer has been given authority (exousia) over life issues that would otherwise overpower him.
The Danger of Complaining
Is God speaking to you about moral purity, church attendance, tithing, forgiveness, or even your love walk and all you do is complain? Complaining is a form of inner dialogue that erodes your self confidence, resolve, and will. When we complain we mentally focus on the bad things in our lives rather than the good. The enemy loves it when we complain--he wants us to speak about what we are experiencing rather than what we are expecting--that's his goal, because when we complain we remain right where we are. Complaining makes us feel like victims, attracts other complainers, and we wind up focusing on our problems rather than the solutions. To complain in Greek means “to have a secret debate” about a displeasure that is not openly expressed. The Israelites constant complaining, their "secret debate” caused an 11 day journey to turn into 40 years of wandering in the wilderness. What the Israelites did not realize is that it is not what you lack that holds you back it’s what you think you need. What are the secret debates in your life? This teaching will explore the dangers of complaining and help you take the steps to adopting a positive mindset.
The Exchange Life
The Family
The Joy of Hearing from God
Could it be that God gives us more information that we give Him credit for? The ability to hear from God through His Spirit and His Word is one of the greatest tools ever given to the believer. There are many voices out there and in the world we live in; it is essential that we hear and yield to the voice of God. You may not be waiting for provision as much as Provision is waiting for you! You may not be waiting for peace as much as Peace is waiting for you! You may not be waiting for healing as much as Health is waiting for you! You may not be longing for the day you will be fulfilled as much as Fulfillment is waiting for you. Enter into the Joy of Hearing from God today!
The Life of David - The "Me" I Haven't Let You See
The Life of Honor
The Male Perspective - What She Needs to Know But Her Girlfriends Can't Tell Her!
- Understand the mind of a man
- Discern deal breakers in relationships
- Develop the art of communicating with men
- Recognize your own blind spots
- Motivate your man God's way
The Mind: The Battlefield of Faith
The Ministry of Grief
Do you feel that you just can’t metabolize life’s experiences when the pain of past relationships or moral failures is just too much for you to bear? Or, are you having a difficult time getting over the loss of a loved one? This teaching series will help you let go of your past so you can embrace what can be and live.
The Power of Vision
Looking for a translator for the dream you have on the inside to turn it into a ministry on the outside? The Bible teaches us that where there is no vision, the people perish. In this insightful teaching you will discover God’s vision for your life and what are the practical steps to make it into a reality
The Power of Attitude
The Power of Choices
Your life is a photograph of your decision making ability. God, Satan, circumstances, and other people only have the ability to influence your decisions but they don’t control them. So you must be mindful that you have the power to choose. After the Word of God and the Holy Spirit, the most powerful tool you have at your disposal is choice. If you do not like your present circumstances or past experiences one right decision can make you a candidate for the future you desire. On the other hand, Satan's desire is to turn your past experiences or decisions into a definition of your present and future. Recognize that all past decisions are based on who you were at that time, what information you had, and how you expressed it. This teaching will help you use wisdom in your decision making. Learn to live a life out of revelation and not desperation.
The Power of Contentment
One of the biggest challenges in our Christian life is learning how to be content while we are waiting for breakthrough in certain areas of our lives. Paul said, "I am not saying this because I am in need, for I have learned to be content whatever the circumstances" (Philippians 4:11). In this powerful teaching, you will discover that contentment is a learned behavior that is possible regardless of your external circumstances. Learn how to enjoy the journey in route to the destination that God has for you!
PLEASE NOTE: THIS TEACHING IS A SUBSET OF THE POWER OF ATTITUDE.
The Power of Courage
The Power of Discipline
Discipline is the bridge between thought and accomplishment. We all have to suffer from one of two pains: the pain of discipline or the pain of regret. The difference is that discipline weighs ounces, while regret weighs tons. Self-discipline is the ability to make yourself do what you should do when you should do it regardless of your feelings. When you lack discipline you lose credibility with yourself!!! Don't wait for things to deteriorate so drastically that someone else must impose discipline into your life. The primary reason people fail is that they are more concerned with pleasing methods than pleasing results. The battle in life is not doing things that are tension relieving, but rather things that are goal achieving!
The Power of Focus
Did you realize that the things in your life don’t impact you as much as the thoughts in your mind? If the enemy can get you distracted as a matador would distract a bull with a red cape then he can endeavor to kill, still and destroy the bright future God has in store for you. There is power in living a focused life as you can:
· Organize and simplify your life· Discern the things Satan uses to distract you
· Remain optimistic at all times
· Appreciate the power there is in each and every single day
· Learn how to progress rather than surviving or maintaining a status quo
The Power of Grace
As a born again believer in Jesus Christ, you can trust the fact that God is proud of you!!! That's right! This is not a typo. God is proud of you. Most believers are uncomfortable with this statement as they have been conditioned to perceive God's love, protection and blessing as something that can only be earned through performance. They believed in Jesus Christ when receiving salvation but settled in their mind that anything else has to be deserved. Colossians 2.6 confirms that the way we have received Christ is the way we must continue in Christ and that is in believing in His finished work not ours...
The Power of Gratitude
Gratitude is one of the most powerful tools you can ever use to transform your life into total joy. When you listen to this series and start acknowledging all the things in your life you should be grateful for, you will be amazed at the never-ending list of things that come to the surface. By practicing gratitude daily you can live life beyond your wildest dreams!!
This series contains an introductory session.
The Power of Persistence
People, events and obstacles can stop you temporarily, but only you can stop yourself permanently! If you are tempted to quit, tired of waiting, running out of energy and sincerely desire to have your Christian walk jump-started TODAY then this four-part CD teaching is just for you. This indispensable teaching will provide you with essential and biblically based tools to
develop persistence. You will learn that obstacles will be part of your autobiography if you are going to do anything big for God. Also, you will learn the six most common reasons why people give up and see if any of these apply to you. Discover how failure does not have to be final if you will adopt the right attitude. Learn how to turn stumbling blocks into stepping-stones. If you are going to be all that God has called you to be, you have to develop persistence.
The Power of Potential
The Power of Words
The Unplanned Place
Does it seem that the harder you try the worse your circumstances get? You keep doing the right thing but wrong keeps happening to you? At some point, we all find ourselves in an unimaginable and unexpected season of life. While this can leave you feeling hopeless, confused, and emotionally spent: it does not have to be your experience. We will discover how one man in the Bible, Joseph, found himself in a place he didn't plan or even fathom. Like him, you can be victorious even if you find yourself in a pit. This teaching will give you the tools needed to not only survive in that pit, but also thrive in it. You can rise from the ashes and begin to live the intentional life God has designed for you.
The Unplanned Place - The Series
This is an extended version of the Unplanned Place single teaching.
The Wilderness: God's Classroom
When the children of Israel left Egypt they entered into the wilderness en route to the promised land. This migration resembles the journey that Christians take as they leave a sinful life and move into their purpose. The wilderness is the classroom that God uses to prepare you for His best and to wean you from the dysfunctional attitudes and appetites that were developed in Egypt. Our attitude in the wilderness determines how long the trip will take. To successfully go through the wilderness we must realize the enemy is the 'inner me'! God has to first take you out of Egypt, then take Egypt out of you! Satan will use delay, disappointment, and discouragement to elongate the trip in order to make you feel like quitting. There is a great temptation to want to act out in the flesh by looking back at Egypt, because it seems like God is taking too long. Just like Jesus, God will always prepare you privately before he releases you into public ministry. It’s time to stop taking the same classes over and over, but to finally graduate!
The Wisdom Journey - The Book of Proverbs
Proverbs can transform your way of thinking by providing a realistic picture of the spiritual life at work. With practical topics covering people skills, money management, conflicts, struggles, workplace and more, the book of Proverbs offers godly perspective on issues you face every day. Subjects covered in this series: anger, generosity, children, gossip, friendship, laziness, diligence, pride, strife, the tongue, and wealth…
Trusting in God - The Next Dimension of Faith
Understand The Purpose Of Test & Trial
This series shows you how to determine whether the current situation you’re in is a test or a trial. It focuses on:
- The importance of your attitude.
- How to extract the lesson that God desires for you to learn from the situation.
Vision: The Bridge between Your Gift and Your Destiny
Over the last 15 years of ministry, I have had numerous conversations with people who were aware that they had a unique gift from God, but invariably they were challenged with how one transitions from the awareness of their spiritual gift to the implementation of that gift. In this exciting 6 CD teaching, you will be equipped with the practical steps to help you transition into the awesome destiny that God has for you. You will learn to move from concept to completion, over come any hurdle that has stood in your way, and fulfill the desires of your heart!
What is the Heart? - Power For Living
In this exciting teaching you will learn how to give birth to the desires of your heart. It will help you differentiate between the soul (you) and the spirit (God). The soul consists of the mind, will, emotions, intellect, reasoning, affections, memories, and imaginations. When you learn how to unite these eight components with your spirit, you are a candidate to live a powerful life! Anytime there is disconnect between these eight components and your spirit, you will experience a power leak. Discover how to convert life experiences into fuel that will take you to where God wants you to be. Learn how to handle the natural tension you encounter while discovering your assignment by studying Bible characters. When your soul and spirit are faithfully walking arm and arm you will live powerfully!
What to Do When You Don't Know What to Do
We all find ourselves in seasons of life where it seems like we are just being inundated with all
sorts of unexpected challenges. If we are not careful, it is really easy to fall prey to becoming overwhelmed. One thing you can do if you don’t know what to do is to get this teaching.
What To Do While You Are Waiting On God
Women in the Crossfire: Intrinsic Values or External Accoutrements
You Can't Rush Love
Did you know that new relationships have been proven to be as addictive as some drugs? If you have ever been in love you are familiar with the intoxicating feelings that occur as you get to know someone. These are exciting and captivating, but they are a poor foundation to build a long-lasting relationship on. You must allow the relationship time to experience all of the seasons of life or you may make a premature decision to get married; only to one day realize that the person you married is not the person you thought they would be. Countless numbers of couples have rushed to the altar, because in their words their marriage "would be different". Relationships are a marathon, not a sprint! Just about anyone can look impressive in the sprint, but a strong relationship is built on character that has endurance during the marathon. This exciting teaching will expose you to relationship killers that don't show up in the sprint and will prevent you from making a hasty decision while you are under the "love bug".
Your Divine Calling
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