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Past Lessons
Our Bible Studies 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:
(Do you want to hear a sample teaching? Go to Bible Study, and select where & when)
Attention! Special Teaching
What She Needs to Know But Her Girlfriends Can't Tell Her!
In this series you will get to:
- 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
CD sets come in a special limited edition packaging that will look great under your Christmas tree!
Attention! Special Teaching*
Learn what's behind the mask of our fabulous models from CBMI's Fabulous Magazine Faux Launch Party:
- Ms. Perfection
- Ms. Independent
- Ms. Don't Hate Me Because I'm Beautiful
- Ms. I Tell It Like It Is
- Ms. Church Girl
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!
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 en 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
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.
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.
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!
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
With this provocative teaching learn how 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 will they leave a legacy of blessing or curses? The Bible tells us that the sins of the father are passed down to the third and fourth generation. It’s time to put an end to the cycle of curses and to start a cycle of blessings. 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 Finish Strong
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!
Making Peace with Your Past