Are You
Grace-Led or
Law-Driven
Part 4
1 2 Dr. Maureen Anderson
Every mother and daughter has a destiny. The deepest desire in every woman’s
heart is to understand what that destiny is. Dr. Maureen Anderson has a passion to
help women find and fulfill that destiny.
Maureen Anderson has birthed the Women of Destiny Ministries at Living Word
Bible Church. Under her covering, Moms of Destiny, Jesus Chicks, God’s Girls
and two awesome, weekly Bible studies, Extraordinary Sisters on Wednesday
mornings and Thursday nights, are reaching women of all ages.
The heart of Women of Destiny Ministries is that, “Every woman would fulfill her
destiny, and not one women would be left behind.”
3 4 INTRODUCTION
Revelation of Grace: Paul received a revelation of the Gospel of Grace.
Revelation: Unveiling of the otherwise unknown; to lighten (enlighten), by the
supernatural of the Holy Spirit.
Religion brings head knowledge of God, of the Word of God, of Christ’s position
as Messiah, Savior, Redeemer. The Holy Spirit adds enlightenment to this
knowledge in order for us to see the hidden truths of this Grace Gospel. His goal is
heart-knowledge for a deep and personal relationship with God as Father, Jesus as
Lord and Holy Spirit as our personal Parent, Teacher and Mentor here on earth.
Paul’s constant prayer for the Church was that we would know God by revelation,
that we would know Christ by revelation, that we would receive the Holy Spirit
who desires to unveil this revelation to us!
“I keep asking that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may
give you the Spirit of wisdom and revelation, so that you may know Him better.”
Ephesians 1:17
The Old Covenant is of the natural and focuses on what we can do to have a
relationship with God. It tells us how to earn God’s love for ourselves and His
blessings on our lives.
The New Covenant is supernatural and is obtained by revelation knowledge. The
Holy Spirit shines His light of revelation into our hearts and minds so that we may
grasp the miraculous victory of Christ’s life, death and resurrection, and the great
magnitude of the astonishing love of Christ in all it dimensions.
5 6 TABLE OF CONTENTS
Lesson 1
The Blessing Will Fight For You……………………….9-14
Lesson 2 Let’s Talk Covenant……………………………………16-29
Lesson 3 Who Are You Wearing…………………………………30-39
Lesson 4 Grace, Grace, Grace…………………………………….40-46
Lesson 5 Now Is The Time……………………………………….48-58
7 8 The Blessing Will Fight For You
Lesson 1
DAY ONE
Galatians 3:13 (NIV)
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Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us, for it is
written: “Cursed is everyone who is hung on a pole.”
We have been learning about the covenant of grace. It is a new covenant, given to
us by Jesus who redeemed us and set us free from the curse of the law. Jesus
redeemed us from the curse by becoming a curse on the cross. Paul brought to us
the message of grace. It is a message that even today has many Christians baffled.
It is hard for many Christians to accept the message of Grace. When you become
born again, I think our natural reaction is, “What can I do to please God?” What
can I do to have the blessing in my life? What can I do to have the Promises of
God in my life? But, the Covenant of Grace says you no longer have to earn the
blessing. You don’t have to earn the Promises of God. The Covenant of Grace is a
covenant of what Christ has already done for us.
Galatians 3:14 (TPT)
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“Jesus, our Messiah was hung upon a “tree,” bearing the curse in our place and
in so doing, dissolved it from our lives, so that all the blessing of Abraham can be
poured out upon even non-Jewish believers.”
Jesus became a curse for us. It says in the Scripture, cursed is everyone who is
hung on a pole. So what does this mean? We are free from our past, present and
9 future sins. We have been completely set free! The curse has been dissolved! It
has been deleted. Now we can rest and live in all the blessings of Abraham.
10 DAY TWO
Misinformed people will tell you that you have to earn the blessings of God. It’s
just not true. In fact, the blessing will fight for you! The blessings of God will
fight for you, and they want to set you up for a victorious life!
There is a story in Judges 4 about the Israelites. They were in the Promise land,
they are supposed to be experiencing all of God’s goodness, but another nation has
come in and has begun to take over. They were stealing from them, imprisoning
them, and oppressing them. The Word of the Lord came to the commander of the
Israel army, Barak. The Lord told him, I want you to assemble an army of 10,000
men and I want you to go and fight against the enemy Sisera and his mighty army.
Sisera had a mighty army of 900 iron chariots. So, there was a lot of fear and what
looked like an impossible fight. But, how many of you know that we serve the God
of the impossible? So, Barak assembles the 10,000 soldiers and they wage war on
Sisera and his army. Of course, God goes before him and defeats the battle and the
only person that survived was the commander Sisera. He climbed a mountain, and
went into the village to the house of Heber and Jael. Now Jael descended from the
house of the Moses lineage. Jael’s husband was not there, so Jael invites Sisera
into her tent. He asks for a drink of water but she gives him a glass of milk. Sisera
then falls asleep. Then Jael takes a tent peg and drives the tent peg through his
temple. She defeated the enemy.
Jael is a picture of US. She is a picture of you and I. Now, Barak, the commander
of the Israelite army, his name means: blessing. Here’s Jael, she is just minding her
own business in her village. Jael didn’t have to fight in the army. She didn’t have
to go to battle. She wasn’t called out into the army to fight. She may not have even
11 known there was a battle going on that day. And Barak (the blessing) went and
fought for her. The picture is this: the blessing is fighting for you.
12 DAY THREE
The Blessing will FIGHT for YOU! We all have the junk of our pre-Christian life.
That junk may be insecurity. It may be doubt. It could be fear or shame.
Whatever it may be, the blessing is fighting, and waging battle on that area of your
life. The blessing fights for you. The blessing says, “I have not given you a spirit
of fear, but of love, power, and a sound mind!” It wages war on the fears in your
life and in your heart. The blessing fights for you and it defeats them in our lives.
Sometimes we may not even know that the blessing is waging war. That it is
helping us overcome things in our lives. But, praise God; God is fighting the
battles for you. It is nothing that you have to earn either. Jesus won it all for you.
That is the grace of God on your life. You don’t have to do anything at all to earn
the blessing. You just simply believe that Jesus did it all, and then, you have the
victory!
Duet. 28:1-2 (NIV)
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If you fully obey the Lord your God and carefully follow all His commands I give
you today, the Lord your God will set you high above all the nations on earth. 2 All
these blessings will come on you and accompany you if you obey the Lord your
God..
This is the Old Covenant. This was the Abrahamic Covenant. No one could ever
fully obey all the commands of the Lord, except for JESUS! Jesus could and Jesus
did. And now we, as believer in Christ, we can boldly come to God’s throne of
grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in
our time of need. (Heb. 4:16)
13 DAY FOUR
Jesus was the perfect lamb that was slain. The blessings come upon us. The
blessings overtake us. He poured it out on you. This is our life in the new covenant.
Hebrews 6:13-14 (NIV)
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When God made His promise to Abraham, since there was no one greater for
Him to swear by, He swore by Himself, 14 saying, “I will surely bless you and give
you many descendants.
Galatians 3:13-14 (NIV)
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Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us, for it is
written: “Cursed is everyone who is hung on a pole.” 14 He redeemed us in order
that the blessing given to Abraham might come to the Gentiles through Christ
Jesus, so that by faith we might receive the promise of the Spirit.
And there it is: He redeemed us in order that the blessing given to Abraham would
come to the Gentiles, which is us, through Christ Jesus. So that by FAITH we
would receive the promises of the Spirit. By faith, we can have the blessings and
the promises of God in our lives. By faith in what? By faith in Jesus. We believe
that Jesus died for all the sins of mankind in order that we may live in the grace.
14 15 Let’s Talk Covenant
Lesson 2
DAY ONE
The silence of the disciples when Jesus introduced it, saying, “This is My blood of
the New Covenant, which is poured out for many unto the remission of sins;” and
then told them to eat the bread which was His body and to drink the wine which He
declared was His blood,--I say, the very silence of the disciples indicated they
understood what He meant.
From Ruth A. Kenyon, written in her father's book: The Blood Covenant by E.W.
Kenyon.
Many believe that a blood covenant between God and man began in the Garden of
Eden.
Revelation 13:8 talks about the Lamb that was slain from the foundation of the
world.
Even in the most primitive nations of the world, there is a practice of the blood
covenant. This blood covenant is similar to our Lord's Table and discovered in
Africa, India, China, Borneo and the Islands of the Seas. No wonder the disciples
were silent! They were about to enter into an eternal covenant by the blood of their
Savior and Messiah.
16 Covenant was formed for three reasons:
A weaker tribe made covenant with a stronger tribe for protection. Jesus'
blood and NAME are our protection from satan's schemes.
Two men entering into a business arrangement would make a covenant, or
contract to protect their own interests. We have a written-down covenant that
will never change.
A special relationship between two parties such as Jonathan and David,
would guard the love and devotion of that relationship. Jesus gave His life
for us, we are His Bride.
First is the exchange of gifts. This exchange indicates that all that one has the
other owns, if necessary. One day I ask the Lord to show me how to walk in the
Kingdom and I saw the Kingdom come onto me. He filled me with the entire
Kingdom.
A covenant is sacred and understood by all who enter into it that it is never to be
broken.
The covenant that God made with/for Abraham is an eternal covenant that cannot
be broken. It was actually ratified by God and Jesus, FOR US.
The children of those who formed a covenant also honor and respect it as an
everlasting covenant.
Let's talk about Stanley and Dr. Livingstone.
Stanley worked for a newspaper and was sent to Africa to look for Dr. Livingstone
17 who had not been heard from for some time. While traveling through different
regions in Africa, he would encounter friendly and hostile tribes. His guide
encouraged him to make covenant with the hostile chieftains in order to provide
safe passage through their territories. Stanley resisted but finally realized that he
needed the protection they could provide.
He and the chieftain agreed to the terms of the covenant and then it came time for
the exchange of gifts. The chieftain wanted Stanley's new white goat. Stanley
objected. He was in poor health and the goat's milk provided relief from his
stomach ailments.
The chieftain would accept no other gift and finally Stanley relented. The chieftain
gave Stanley his 7 ft. copper-wound spear, which was a disappointment to Stanley.
But he found as he traveled through Africa, everybody bowed to him and
submitted to his requests. All his needs were met because of that gift.
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Jesus made an exchange with us. He took all our weaknesses, sins and their
consequences and gave us Eternal Life!
Then a cup of wine is brought. A priest makes an incision in the arm of one of the
men and the blood drips into the wine. Then the other man's arm is also cut and his
blood drips into the same cup. The wine is stirred and the bloods are mixed. Each
man drinks of it. They may put their wrists together and mingle their bloods.
Now, they are blood brothers.
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Jesus took His blood to the Father, applying it to the Mercy Seat where it
speaks of our redemption and acceptance into the Family of God.
18 God appeared and made covenant with Abram.
Genesis 15:18 (NIV)
On that day the Lord made a covenant with Abram.
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Discussion:
Had you heard of how a covenant is formed? What part impressed you?
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Does the meaning of the Lord's Supper mean more to you, knowing the
background?
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Share your thoughts.
19 DAY TWO
Covenant, according to Unger's Bible Dictionary, is described as follows:
GREEK, New Testament deatheke is a “disposition.”
Or a will, respecting a person or thing. Sometimes translated as a testament.
(“which see” or watch over), and at other times, “covenant.”
God is watching over His Word to perform it. Jeremiah 1:12
DISPOSITION:
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A particular ordering, arrangement, or distribution.
(To bring New Covenant believers into the Abrahamic Covenant.
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To control the course of events. (release the victory of the death, burial, and
resurrection of Christ to believers).
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To attend to: deal with (to put the enemy under the feet of believers, their
authority).
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To finish up with; settle, to transfer to another, as by gift or sale. (transfer to
every believer the blessings of this Covenant of Grace—which is health,
wealth, joy, peace and highly favored).
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To throw away. (every aspect of the Law—no longer applies).
20 God's Covenant with Abram:
Genesis 15:8-10 (NIV)
But Abram said, “O Sovereign Lord, how can I know that I will gain possession
(of this land You said was mine), of it?” 9 So the Lord said to him, “Bring Me a
heifer, a goat and a ram, each three years old, along with a dove and a young
pigeon.” 10 Abram brought all these to Him, cut them in two and arranged the
halves opposite each other, the birds, however, he did not cut in half.
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Genesis 15:12 (NIV)
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. . .as the sun was setting, Abram fell into a deep sleep. . .
Genesis 15:17 (NIV)
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When the sun had set and darkness had fallen, a smoking firepot with a blazing
torch appeared and passed between the pieces.
FIRE POT: a container, usually of earthenware, for carrying fire. Firepots have
been used since prehistoric times to transport fire from one place to another, for
warmth while on the move, for cooking, in religious ceremonies and asa weapon of
war. Wikipedia
Jeremiah 23:29( NIV)
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His Word is like Fire! “Is not My Word like fire?” declares the Lord.
Isaiah 30:27 (NIV)
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His tongue is like a consuming fire.
21 Matthew 3:11 (NIV)
A Baptism of Fire
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. . .after me will come One who is more powerful than I, whose sandals I am not
fit to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire.
Abram slept through this covenant.
But for this covenant Abram was asleep. There was no middleman, no gobetween. God gave it and fulfilled it all by Himself. Galatians 3:20.
God made covenant with Jesus. Hebrews 6:13-14 says that God would swear by
no one greater, so He swore by Himself, saying, “Surely blessing I will bless you,
and multiplying I will multiply you.”
Discussion:
The Greek word for covenant is deatheke, meaning “which see.” Describe how
that is a picture for you.
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Sometimes God bypasses us to perform His Promises. Can you describe a time
when it actually happened in your life?
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22 DAY THREE
When Moses brought the Israelites out from Egypt, none of the plagues could
deliver them. When the blood was applied, then deliverance came to God's
people. Out from under their slavery, they left Egypt with great wealth and there
were “no sick among them.” They plundered Egypt and carried off great wealth.
In the desert, they wanted to serve God by their own abilities. They wanted God to
give them the rules, so they could carry them out on their own. So Moses
introduced God's Laws to them. The Law is holy and good but it is impossible for
any man to fully keep it. And it comes with a curse. If we break one law, we have
broken the entire covenant. Then, instead of being blessed, we find the curse
operating in our lives.
The Law makes us sin-conscious. And it puts us in prison!
If you ever tried to give up an addiction on your own, you know about that prison!
I remember telling my husband to hide my cigarettes from me before he left for
work. Only a few hours later, I threatened him with mortal danger if he didn't tell
me where they were.
A friend was telling me her story. She and her husband both decided to quit
smoking and one night they threw all their cigarettes away before they went to bed.
Waking up at 2:00am, she was out in the garage, rummaging throw the ashtray in
the car for a cigarette butt. The Law makes us frantic!
Just the word “diet” causes anxiety!
23 Galatians 3:23 (TPT)
So until the revelation of faith for salvation was released, the Law was a
JAILER, holding us as prisoners under lock and key until the faith which was
destined to be revealed, would set us free. . . .and here we are: Grace Covenant
people!
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The New Covenant of Grace is by faith:
Believing, receiving and letting it flow through us into every part of our lives.
The revelation of faith releases us from our “good works” into the grace life.
Jesus is our Alpha, the Author, the Beginner, the Starter of our faith!
Galatians 3:22 (TPT)
But the Scriptures make it clear that since we were all under the power of sin, (in
prison), we needed Jesus! And He is the Savior who brings the Kingdom to those
who believe.
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The Law keeps us in slavery until we are introduced to the Covenant of Grace.
We hear the Gospel and determine to do everything it says!
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I'm going to walk in love! . . .then someone cuts you off in traffic.
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I'm going to live in favor! . . . then someone else gets your promotion.
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I'm going to live every day in joy! . . .then the bills come rolling in.
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I'm going to live in wealth!. . .God wants me wealthy! But my credit cards
control me!
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I'm going to live in health! . . .then my aching back keeps talking to me.
24 Discussion:
Talk about when you tried to “serve God in your ability.” Was it fun or tiring?
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Did you feel appreciated? Or abused?
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Did you have a happy attitude?
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Have you had an addiction that controlled you? Put you in prison?
Galatians 3:22 says, “we were all under the power of sin” (in prison), before we
were introduced to the Covenant of Grace. How has that changed your life?
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Have you tried to walk in God's promises without power? How long did you last?
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25 DAY FOUR
Galatians 3:2-4 (TPT)
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The Law and our failure to keep it becomes a gateway to lead us to the Messiah. .
.so we would be saved by faith.
Jesus is our Savior! The Law can no longer hold us prisoners!
Grace is our “Get out of jail FREE card.”
He makes our days sunny and bright!
Early in the morning in Southern California a thick fog rolls in and covers the
coastline. But the sun comes up and begins to burn away all the fog. The day
becomes sunny and bright.
Just like the enemy to come “while we are sleeping,” one Scripture says, and tries
to fog-up day.
Jesus, the Word of God, is a fire to burn up every plan of the enemy. He makes
you and me “Fire-eaters!”
We confess His Promises and the fog lifts off our day, burning up every form of
opposition . . . just like that picture of Abram shooing the buzzards off the sacrifice
of the Covenant.
We prophesy the blessings over our day. . .and there is the Holy Spirit, waiting,
hovering to empower all that we pray and confess. Heaven comes rolling in
instead!
26 His Grace Covenant makes us winners! We are rich with every one of His
promises!
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I have His love so I can walk in love no matter what the circumstances. His
love is supernatural! We can exchange our conditional love for His
unconditional, supernatural love. When I ask Him how to love with His
love, the Fruit of the Spirit begins to show up. I find I'm patient with
people who used to irritate me!
Example: The garbage man who sails by my house as I am trying to get my
trash can out to the curb in time!
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I abound in favor instead of expecting a negative response when I ask for
help because He went ahead of me and prepared my way with favor and
blessings! Actually, men and women come daily to help me until I have a
great army like the army of God.
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His joy is a fountain inside of me! I can laugh over my days, even when
the sun is not shining! Nehemiah said that joy is our strength. It's energy.
Our whole insides are energized with Glee! (I had to use that word—Glee:
lively, exuberant joy, abounding in high spirits!)
It's like ELF learning that Santas is coming the next day!!!!
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He gave us wealth. I'll let His Holy Spirit show me the way to this wealth.
We are advertisements for God's goodness!
Example: One of the gals who works in Children's Ministry received a
promotion and a job assignment at another location. She had a very scary
27 car that wouldn't make it that far and she didn't know how she would get to
her new job. A lady watched her in her old rickety car and said to the Lord,
“I'm going to give her a car!” And she did!
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He took our every sickness, weakness and pain, and put His supernatural
healing and health into every cell, bone, tissue of my body. Resurrection life
lives in you and me! The Book of Romans tells us that His resurrection
power quickens our mortal bodies with God-life!
We're talking about speaking God's Word to burn up all the fog over us. Ww shoo
the buzzards off our day and off our Promises by speaking what Jesus did for us!
Jesus made covenant with His Father and made us benefactors of it! We are heirs
of the whole Kingdom! Rich kids!
Joshua 23:14B (NIV)
You know with all your heart and soul that not one of all the good Promises the
Lord your God gave you has failed! Every Promise has been fulfilled; not one has
failed.
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Galatians 3:29 (TPT)
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And since you've been united to Jesus, the Messiah, you are now Abraham's child
and inherit all the Promises of the Kingdom realm!
28 Discussion:
Talk about confessing the Word/promises and imagine the Holy Spirit hovering
over your confession and empowering them. What do you need to confess for your
life and circumstances?
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Every time fog rolls in to your day and circumstances, what are you going to do
about it?
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29 Who Are You Wearing?
Lesson 3
INTRODUCTION
Even though we are saved by grace and have a full faith in God our
Father. The bible is clear about our need to renew our minds. Daily
we chose faith or fear, blessings and cursing, life and death and as
Jesus tell us – choose Me.
Live in it, stay in it . . . abundant overcoming grace led life!
Galatians 4:1-5 (NLT)
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Think of it this way. If a father dies and leaves an inheritance for his young
children, those children are not much better off than slaves until they grow up,
even though they actually own everything their father had. 2 They have to obey
their guardians until they reach whatever age their father set. 3 And that’s the way it
was with us before Christ came. We were like children; we were slaves to the basic
spiritual principles of this world.
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But when the right time came, God sent His Son, born of a woman, subject to the
law. 5 God sent Him to buy freedom for us who were slaves to the law, so that He
could adopt us as His very own children.
30 DAY ONE
Class DISMISSED - Getting Free of Our Pedagogue
Just what is a pedagogue - Pedagogue "PED‐uh‐gog," another name for "teacher,"
but one who is strict, stiff or old-fashioned.
See the law was our pedagogue, our teacher and the law taught us that we cannot
fulfil it.
Galatians 4:6-7 (NLT)
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And because we are His children, God has sent the Spirit of His Son into our
hearts, prompting us to call out, “Abba, Father.” 7 Now you are no longer a slave
but God’s own child. And since you are His child, God has made you His heir.
Galatians 4:6-7 (TPT)
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"And so that we would know for sure that we are His true children, God released
the Spirit of Sonship into our hearts— moving us to cry out intimately, “My
Father! You’re our True Father!” 7 "Now we’re no longer living like slaves under
the law, but we enjoy being God’s very own sons and daughters! And because
we’re His, we can access everything our Father has—for we are one with Jesus the
Anointed One!"
See when we choose to accept Jesus into our lives, into our hearts and make Him
our Lord and Savior, it is as if we have “put on” Christ (our robe of womanhood),
His righteousness, our teacher (the law) has been dismissed.
31 The law now, no longer has authority or dominion over us because we are truly
daughters of the Father, with all rights and privileges. The pedagogue is still there,
but now only pertaining to those under its jurisdiction. These are those who have
not yet come into the saving knowledge of the Father by grace, through faith in
Jesus.
Romans 8:16 (AMP)
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The Spirit Himself testifies and confirms together with our spirit [assuring us]
that we [believers] are children of God.
Romans 8:16 (TPT)
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For the Holy Spirit makes God’s fatherhood real to us as He whispers into our
innermost being, “You are God’s beloved child!”
32 DAY TWO
Love Lifted Me
Romans 8:13b-15 (AMP)
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But if [you are living] by the [power of the Holy] Spirit you are habitually
putting to death the sinful deeds of the body, you will [really] live forever. 14 For
all who are allowing themselves to be led by the Spirit of God are sons of God.
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For you have not received a spirit of slavery leading again to fear [of God’s
judgment], but you have received the Spirit of adoption as sons [the Spirit
producing sonship] by which we [joyfully] cry, “Abba! Father!”
Romans 8:15, 17 (TPT)
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And you did not receive the "spirit of religious duty," leading you back into the
fear of never being good enough. But you have received the "Spirit of Full
Acceptance," enfolding you into the family of God. And you will never feel
orphaned, for as He rises up within us, our spirits join Him in saying the words of
tender affection, "Beloved Father, Abba!"
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And since we are His true children we qualify to share all His treasures! Indeed,
we are heirs of God Himself, and since we are joined to the Anointed One, we
inherit all that He is and all that He has.
Once you come out of the law you realize it no longer fits, it doesn’t fit your life, it
doesn’t fit your future. Jesus wore the garment of sin, sickness, and shame because
HE was the only one who could wear it and pay the heavy price for it – once and
for all.
33 Ephesians 5:1-2 (NIV)
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Follow God’s example, therefore, as dearly loved children 2 and walk in the way
of love, just as Christ loved us and gave Himself up for us as a fragrant offering
and sacrifice to God.
Confession:
I am loved!
I am valuable to My Father!
I am heir of the Father, a co-heir with Jesus.
I am free from the law and I will not go back.
34 DAY THREE
ONLY OIL & VINEGAR GO WELL TOGETHER –
NOT LAW and GRACE
Galatians 4:9 (TPT)
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But now that we truly know Him and understand how deeply we’re love by Him,
why would we, even for a moment, consider turning back to those weak and feeble
principles of religion, as through we are still subject to them?
Don’t go back, not even to visit, not so much as a quick trip.
Master Yoda said it best, “Fear is the path to the dark side”. Fear breds mistrust,
anger, self-centeredness, offense, bitterness.
The law and grace cannot co-exist, it causing us to be double minded (James 1:8)
and makes us unstable.
The law denies
The law says, You Do
The law says, Work to be Holy
The law condemns
The law kills
The law brings bondage
The law reveals sin
The law was written on stone
Grace gives
Grace says, it’s Done
Grace bestows holiness from Christ as a gift
Grace redeems
Grace gives life
Grace brings freedom
Grace forgives sin
Grace is written on the tablet of your heart
35 Vacillating between both causes us to be sin conscious, critical, judgmental,
unloving and makes our love conditional. Everyone in our world, including us –
needs grace.
Remember: Grace is when you do get what you don’t deserve.
Mercy is when you don’t get what you do deserve.
36 DAY FOUR
I WEAR HIS NAME
Be decisive, declare the following:
“I speak my Father’s name is every area of my life. I trust His will, His
word, His voice. I plead and apply the blood in every area of my life and I
choose to operate in love, by grace.”
Ephesians 1:3-6 (TPT)
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Everything heaven contains has already been lavished upon us as a love gift from
our wonderful heavenly Father, the Father of our Lord Jesus—all because He sees
us wrapped into Christ. This is why we celebrate Him with all our hearts! 4 And He
chose us to be His very own, joining us to Himself even before He laid the
foundation of the universe! Because of His great love, He ordained us as one with
Christ from the beginning, so that we would be seen as holy in His eyes with an
unstained innocence. 5 For it was always in His perfect plan to adopt us as His
delightful children, 6 so that His tremendous grace that cascades over us would
bring Him glory—for the same love He has for His Beloved One, Jesus, He has for
us!
The life of the believer should reflect the glory of God as a living testimony to
His grace.
37 The names of God are available to us to apply as heirs of His.
Elohim
God – power, miracle strength
Adonai
Lord – Master, Sovereign rule
El Shaddai
Blessings – Lord God Almighty
Jehovah Jireh
Provision – the Lord with provide
Jehovah M’kaddesh
Holy – the Lord who sanctifies
Jehovah Tsidkenu
Righteousness – the Lord our righteousness
Jehovah Nissi
Victory – the Lord my banner
Jehovah Rophe
Healer – the Lord that heals
Jehovah Rohi
Shepherd – the Lord my Shepherd
Jehovah Shammah
Abiding – the Lord is there
Jehovah Shalom
Peace – the Lord is peace
Questions
1. Do you make a conscious decisive effort to renew your mind? If not has
today’s message impacted your desire to do so?
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38 2. Do you find yourself stepping back over into the law, either in your own life,
or others? How do you plan to counteract that with grace?
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39 Grace, Grace, Grace
Lesson 4
DAY ONE
When we say, “Yes” to Jesus, we say, “Yes” to the family of God. We say, “Yes”
to having a Father in Father God! We take on God’s name and we now have all
the blessings that come with that name; we fall under the Abrahamic covenant of
being blessed!! And, we don’t have just any old name, but, rather God has made
our name GREAT!
Genesis 12:2(NIV)
2
I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you; I will make your name
great, and you will be a blessing.
Ephesians 3:14-15(NIV)
14
For this reason I kneel before the Father, from whom every family in heaven and
on earth derives its name.
And, God knew that the enemy would try to keep us from fully embracing our
place in the family of God by reminding us of where our flesh came from; who our
earthly family was, so He sent us the Holy Spirit as our constant and ever present
helper. The Holy Spirit speaks to us and reminds us that, as children of God, we
are heirs of God. The Holy Spirit follows after us pointing out our value and just
what we have as a daughter of the most High God!
40 Romans 8:16 (TPT)
16
For the Holy Spirit makes God’s Fatherhood real to us as He whispers into our
innermost being, “You are God’s beloved child!”
Romans 8:15 (TPT)
15
And you did not receive the “spirit of religious duty”, leading you back into the
fear of never being food enough. But you have received the “Spirit of Full
Acceptance”, enfolding you into the family of God. And you will never feel
orphaned for as He rises up within us, our spirits joined Him in saying the worlds
of tender affection, “Beloved Father!”
Questions
1.
Do you trust Father God as a father?
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2.
How much of your trust/distrust related to the trust/distrust you may have
had or do have with your earthly father?
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41 DAY TWO
In the Old Testament we read the story of Abraham and his two sons Isaac and
Ishmael. One son was born from a free woman, Sarah, and the other was born of
the slave woman. These two moms and their sons present an allegory; a picture,
for you and I of the Old and New Covenant of God. One comes from a place of
promise, freedom and power, while the other is a picture of bondage, rejection and
cursed. Ishmael represents a natural birth, while Isaac is a representation of the
supernatural birth. One covenant was born on Mt. Sinai ( TPT Galatians 4:24,26),
birthing children into slavery and law, while the other covenant, is birthed out of
the heavenly Jerusalem above us by the free woman (TPT Galatians 4:26); placing
us in supernatural freedom! The law
Galatians 4:22 (NIV)
22
For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by the slave woman (slave to
the curse, addictions, sickness, poverty, rejection) and the other by the free woman.
(power & ability to set you free)
The Old Covenant of law focuses on what WE can do. The New Covenant of
freedom and grace focuses on what has ALREADY been done, making what little
we can do obsolete and unnecessary!
Genesis 21:9 (NIV)
19
But Sarah saw that the son whom Hagar the Egyptian had borne to Abraham
was mocking, (the law will always be puffed up and arrogant)
42 Genesis 21:10 (NIV)
10
and she said to Abraham, “Get rid of that slave woman and her son, for that
woman’s son will never share in the inheritance with my son, Isaac.”
The Covenant of Law cannot exist amidst the Covenant of Grace for they are
opposite. One keeps you enslaved and bound to works, while the other sets you
free and calls you valued because of your family name.... the name of God.
Galatians 4:29-30 (NIV)
29
At that time the son born according to the flesh (natural realm) persecuted the
son born by the power of the Spirit. It is the same now. 30 But what does Scripture
say? “Get rid of the slave woman and her son, for the slave woman’s son will
never share in the inheritance with the free woman’s son.”
Galatians 4:31 (TPT)
31
It’s ow so obvious! We’re not the children of the slave woman; we’re the
supernatural sons of the free woman -- sons of grace!
Questions
1.
How has the new covenant personally set you free?
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3.
Does the covenant of law try and trip you up? Describe why or why not.
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43 DAY THREE
In talking about the two covenants. Let’s explore some functions. The Old
Covenant focused on the OUTSIDE and had NO power to change you. The New
Covenant holds its focus on the INSIDE and has all of heaven’s power to
supernaturally set you free. The New Covenant has the power to CHANGE you!
One is all about what’s written in stone; the “legalese” rules of living correctly,
while the other is all about what’s written on the heart; the place where intention vs
accidental is meted out! God looks at the intention and the health of the heart
towards others and extends to us His unmerited favor in the midst of the learning
curve of consistently walking in love.
2 Corinthians 3:3, 6 (NKJV)
3
Clearly you are an epistle of Christ, ministered by us, written not with ink but by
the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of flesh, that is, of
the heart. 6 who also made us sufficient as ministers of the new covenant, not of the
letter but of the Spirit; for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.
Questions
1.
Give an example of living under the Old Covenant.
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2.
Give an example of the above example lived out under the New Covenant.
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44 DAY FOUR
I love what grace (the New Covenant) means FOR me; what it accomplishes for
me.... it calls me loved and accepted even in the moments where I am weak and
make mistakes. It doesn’t require me to be a perfect person to be accepted and
called highly valued and loved! I love that it offers second chances and for each
daughter to work and learn at her own pace, all the while calling each daughter
highly capable and full of the Father’s favor and aid! I love that grace already sees
us equipped and titled even while we, ourselves, are growing with each day and
each new revelation of the Father’s Word. I love that there is nothing I can do or
have to do to earn MORE grace because the gift is that we HAVE it already in
unlimited quantities!
Ephesians 2:8 (NKJV)
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For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves, it is
the gift of God.
But, most of all, I love what grace means for us TO others! Because of the
incredible gift of grace, we have all we need; are completely equipped to extend
LOVE on all occasions! God loved us before we ever accepted Him and what He
wanted to be for our lives; before we ever stepped up and into who we are in Him.
He’s loved us in our moments of kindness to others and in our moments of anger
and offense. And, because of that incredible gift of loving us daughters and
embracing us, even before we had chosen Him, He placed inside us a desire,
hunger and amazing ability to do the same for those in our world who need the
same! You are a daughter of the King and His grace IS sufficient for you and ALL
you are doing and accomplishing!
45 2 Corinthians 9:8 (NIV)
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And God is able to bless you abundantly, so that in all things at all times, having
all that you need, you will abound in every good work.
Boom. You are a force to be reckoned with when partnered up with God and His
amazing gift of grace!
Think of a time someone extended you grace.
Think of that ONE person in your life who needs grace....
Questions
1.
Would that grace, extended by you, make a difference in their knowing how
deeply God loves them?
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2.
Can you do it without being thanked?
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46 47 Now Is The Time
Lesson 5
DAY ONE
Galatians 5:1 (TPT)
1
Let me be clear, the Anointed One has set us free – not partially, but completely
and wonderfully free! We must always cherish this truth and stubbornly refuse to
go back into the bondage of our past. (Emphasis added)
Now is the time to live a life of grace, to live a life walking in the blessings and
promises of God and to get free of addictions, infirmities and weaknesses. To walk
free of the bondages of our past and to quit connecting to the failures of our past.
I received this word from God as I woke up on May 31, 2013. “I want you to chop
sugar out of your diet.” He told me He’d help me overcome this weakness in my
life and now was the time! I got so excited that I was going to receive His help!
Galatians 5:16 (TPT)
16
As you yield freely and fully to the dynamic life and power of the Holy Spirit, you
will abandon the cravings of your self-life.
As I yielded to the Holy Spirit, it was one of those experiences that every day that
went by I’d look back and say, “Wow! That was so easy!” I noticed I didn’t crave
sweets. It was supernatural! It wasn’t anything I could do on my own. It was like
the old man in me was dead – which “she” was!
48 2 Corinthians 5:17 (TPT)
17
Now, if anyone is enfolded into Christ, he has become an entirely new creation.
All that is related to the old order has vanished. Behold, everything is fresh and
new.
In the footnote (concerning vanished) in the TPT Bible it says:
“This would include our old identity, our life of sin, the power of Satan, the
religious works of trying to please God, our old relationship with the world and our
old mind-sets. We are not reformed or simply refurbished, we are made completely
new by our union with Christ and the indwelling of the Holy Spirit.”
When we are born again we are completely new, a new creation.
I had been on this effortless journey for over a year when one day in September of
2014 I made a bad decision and I felt myself slipping.
49 DAY TWO
Galatians 5:17-18 (TPT)
17
For your self-life craves the things that offend the Holy Spirit and hinder Him
from living free within you! And the Holy Spirit’s intense cravings hinder your old
self-life from dominating you! The Holy Spirit is the only One who defeats the
cravings of your natural life. So then, the two incompatible and conflicting forces
within you are your self-life of the flesh and the new creation life of the Spirit.
18
But when you are brought into the full freedom of the Spirit of Grace, you will no
longer be living under the domination of the law, but soaring above it!
Spirit in vs. 18 refers to a current of air, a breeze – to blow.
That’s what it felt like to me – that I was soaring above my circumstances. In those
moments when I encountered sweets, I actually had the freedom to blow by them
without feeling the craving which would ordinarily pop up out of nowhere and
have me grabbing all of it!
I was still a new creation because I still had Christ. We are enfolded (covered,
enveloped, engulfed, surrounded, enclosed) into Christ. Our performance doesn’t
determine how God deals with us. He still sees us as fresh and new through Jesus.
Hebrews 4:16 (NKJV)
16
Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy
and find grace to help in time of need.
We receive mercy and grace for our failures and mistakes.
50 Pastor Jason, on the first page of his book, Healing From the Past, says, “God has
spent a great deal of time and effort in His Word letting you know that the past
should not dictate who you are or what you’re doing in your now.”
Through the blood of Jesus He’s dealt with us in love and goodness. We are
blameless, clothed with a robe of righteousness. That doesn’t mean we don’t make
mistakes in life. I made a mistake and decided to have some candy. Bad decision! I
can’t even say that I craved it; it was just there! It was like I’d given myself
permission to eat like the old me. What happened?
Dr. Maureen explained it this way in her teaching:
“God’s given us a free will. In the flesh we choose God but if we have an
addiction, our will is not stronger than our emotions. Emotions when connected to
addictions demand to be in motion and there’s an appetite that’s there and it’s
stronger than the will. The will can say, ‘I’m done with the sugar, done with the
alcohol, done with the drugs, etc.’ We can throw all the sweets, drugs, cigarettes,
alcohol away and we can say, ‘I’m done with it!’ But when the appetite and the
desire start, desire will win over the will.”
Until we get into the power of the Holy Spirit, our addictions are controlled by the
appetites of the flesh. When we get in the Holy Spirit we’ll get free of those things
that held us in captivity. I had taken myself out from under the covering and the
power of the Holy Spirit and let my will dictate what I would eat. BUT the Holy
Spirit is there to help us when we make bad decisions and mistakes, right? We
need to hear and obey the Holy Spirit – to be Spirit led and not emotionally driven.
The only thing that can nourish our souls and prevent us from eating our emotions
is our relationship with Jesus and the Holy Spirit and to partnership with their
divine nature.
51 DAY THREE
Titus 2:11-12 (TPT)
11
For the grace of God has appeared that offers salvation to all people. 12It teaches
us to say “No” to ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled,
upright and godly lives in this present age.
God has empowered us, given us authority. He supplies the power and we make
use of the power. Authority makes us responsible.
1 Corinthians 1:3 (TPT)
3
May joyous grace and endless peace be yours continually from our Father God
and from our Lord Jesus, the Anointed One!
Grace in this verse includes favor and supernatural potency = force, effectiveness,
strength, influence, authority.
Grace life is the life of the Holy Spirit. It’s resting in the finished work of Jesus on
the cross.
Sitting in a church service on January 2, 2005 God spoke these words to me, “I
don’t want you to drink another drop of alcohol.” He had just spoken grace to me,
now, what was I going to do with it? At that time, I didn’t know a thing about
grace, but looking back, that’s exactly what it was! Well, I sat through that service
meditating on what He had said and I believed Him. I believed that He didn’t want
me to drink anymore so from that moment on I made a quality decision to not
drink anymore. It was supernatural! God is a God of the supernatural! When He
calls us to do something, He gives us supernatural help to do it!
52 In Kevin Zadai’s book, Heavenly Visitation, he says, “God is helping to create the
right environment for you to grow and function correctly in His perfect will for
you. However, you have to do your part, too.”
I honestly believe that if I hadn’t obeyed Him (obedience was my part) at that
moment, I wouldn’t be where I am today. He knew my destiny and He knew what
it was going to take for me to fulfill my destiny. Drinking was not part of my
destiny. I had to eliminate it from my life and in the process I gradually let go of
the relationships tied to drinking.
Ephesians 1:19 (TPT)
19
My prayer for you is that every moment you will experience the measureless
power of God made available to you through faith. Then your lives will be an
advertisement of this immense power as it works through you.
Our lives are an advertisement of God’s power working through us.
Our lives are the culmination of the decisions we make each and every day. So, do
we walk with the Holy Spirit – hearing and obeying Him, knowing He is the only
one who defeats our cravings or do we walk by our self-life of the flesh?
53 DAY FOUR
Galatians 5:13 (TPT)
13
Beloved ones, God has called us to live a life of freedom in the Holy Spirit. But
don’t view this wonderful freedom as an opportunity to set up a base of operations
in the natural realm. Freedom means that we become so completely free of selfindulgence that we become servants of one another, expressing love in all we do.
Freedom means free from self-indulgence. Self-indulgence is like a strait jacket –
we’re wrapped up in self. We’re miserable when we only have ourselves on our
minds. That’s how satan wants us. Thinking only of ourselves; therefore, not
fulfilling our role in the body of Christ. God is all about loving others. He created
us for bigger things.
Galatians 5:14 (TPT)
14
For love completes the laws of God. All of the Law can be summarized in one
grand statement: “Demonstrate love to your neighbor, even as you care for and
love yourself.”
Love wraps the Law up in a sweet package of grace!
Galatians 5:6b (NIV)
6b
The only thing that counts is faith expressing itself through love.
Galatians 5:6b (TPT)
6b
All that matters now is living in the faith that is activated and brought to
perfection by love.
54 For love to be active it has to be moving! Faith is activated by God’s love.
Do you know what faith does? It goes into the supernatural, fastens onto the
promises and brings them into reality. We need to know what had or has happened
is irrelevant. What will happen is relevant. If we keep looking at our past failures,
it’s like constantly reminding ourselves of things we’ve done and we can’t move
forward into what God has for our future or even our right NOW!
We need to come under the command of God given to us in His Word which is,
what, concerning His promises to us?
They are “Yes and Amen!” It is so! So be it!
Amen means: certainty, truth and verily.
So, with a certainty we can take God at His Word concerning what He has said in
His Word – The Bible! Grab onto those blessings! If we can connect to the
blessing, then we can be a blessing to others.
Galatians 5:22 (TPT)
22
But the fruit produced by the Holy Spirit within you is divine love in all its
various expressions. This love is revealed through:
Joy that overflows,
Peace that subdues,
Patience that endures,
Kindness on display,
A life full of virtue,
Faith that prevails,
55 Galatians 5:23 (TPT)
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Gentleness of heart, and
Strength of spirit.
Never set the law above these qualities, for they are meant to be limitless.
I love how the TPT spells these out because they aren’t meant to be abstract but to
be visible and active. They are qualities that make us stand out as advertisements to
the goodness of God in our lives. How do we bless others if not by His goodness to
us, right?
Faith is now:
Now is the time to hear from God!
Now is the time to listen to God!
Now is the time to be obedient and do what God is calling you to do!
Now is the time to be free and unencumbered!
Actively open yourself up to hearing from God. Take time to be quiet before God
and hear what He’s saying to you. Put yourself in a position to hear from Him.
Where do you hear from Him the best? Do you hear from Him in your quiet place?
Do you hear from Him when you’re worshiping Him or hearing a great message at
church? Do you hear from Him when you’re at work? OR, do you hear from Him
in all these places? Well, you know what? You’re free to hear from Him in all
these places because He’s always with you and will never leave you! He is always
talking to you. He loves you!
I had two very different outcomes when I heard from God:
The first one may have been perceived as a failure but I disagree. It taught me that
circumstances will come up and I need to be prepared in season and out of season.
56 Satan will come in the guise of whatever our weakness happens to be. For me it
was candy and I took the bait but I don’t have to beat myself up. I don’t stand
condemned or guilty.
Romans 8:1 (TPT)
1
So now the case is closed. There remains no accusing voice of condemnation
against those who are joined in life-union with Jesus, the Anointed One.
The second one had a very different outcome because I was obedient to what God
called me to do.
We have been joined in life-union with Jesus. We have been created a new
creation.
Now is the time to be all God created you to be.
57 Questions
3.
Discuss a time in your life when God’s grace set you free.
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4.
What has Jesus given us so we may live a victorious life?
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5.
Explain why we go back into our addictions.
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6.
What completes the Laws of God?
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7.
What activates faith?
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58 59 Other Teaching and Training Series Available
Fasting and Prayer
Benefits of Embracing the Anointing
Moving in the Holy Spirit Part I and II
Prophetic Prayer
Women of the Bible Part I and II
Famine in the Land but Wealth in the Kingdom
Living the Dream Part I and II
Wiping Out the Past and Repainting the Future by the Blood of Jesus Part I and II
Desire – One Simple Word – You!
A New Year Filled with Passion
The Amazing You!
It Takes Favor for Destiny Part I and II
Why God?
How do I Pray in a Time Like This? Part I, II and III
Pursuing God’s Purpose for You Part I, II and III
Supernatural Results Part I and II
The Paradigm Shift Part I and II
Are You Spirit-Led or Emotionally Driven? Part I and II
Grace Unplugged Part I and II
Living the Dream
Christ Shows Up Part I and II
You Are the Prophet of Your Future
God Has Increase on His Mind Part I and II
Power of Spoken Blessing Part I and II
Promised Land Journey Part I and II and III and III
Promised Land Journey Book 2
Are You Grace-Led or Law-Driven Part I, II, III and IV
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Revelation 22:17 (NIV)
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Let the one who is thirsty come; and let the one who wishes take the free gift of the
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