KBF Teachings

Background:
The mind can be a powerful friend or a strong enemy, it can alter our physical and mental attitudes by altering our body's chemistry and our behavior.

Topic-#1
In Christ I can if you believe I can!!-  It is empowered by God's Promise

John 15:5-7
⁵I am the vine; you are the branches. If a man remains in me and I in him, he will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing.⁶If anyone does not remain in me, he is like a branch that is thrown away and withers; such branches are picked up. thrown into the fire and burned. ⁷If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be given you!

John 14:12
I tell you the truth, anyone who has faith in me will do what I have been doing. He will do even greater things than these, because I am going to the Father

Philippians 4:13
I can do everything through him who gives me strength.

A realistic, prayed-through, Christ supported, persistently pursued plan of action can be accomplished by anyone .In other words, if you believe you can, through Christ, you can!

Matthew 7:7
Ask and It will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. 8for everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks the door will be opened.

1. Start by asking (praying)
2. Next Seek.(actively looking for God's answer)
3. "Knock".

*If you have a dream that advances God's Kingdom, helps others, builds your family enables you to live an abundant life that will please God, then tell yourself, "I can through Christ!" repeat it to yourself...speak it out.

If anything were possible and I knew %100 it would succeed I would

*Build your confidence in Christ. We will never rise above the level that we see ourselves!

Romans 8:35&37-39
³⁵Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword?
³⁷No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. ³⁸For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, ³⁹neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our

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James 5:13-20
¹³Is any one of you in trouble? He should pray. Is anyone happy? Let him sing songs of praise. ¹⁴Is any one of you sick? He should call the elders of the church to pray over him and anoint him with oil in the name of the Lord. ¹⁵And the prayer offered in faith will make the sick person well; the Lord will raise him up. If he has sinned, he will be forgiven. ¹⁶Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man is powerful and effective.
¹⁷Elijah was a man just like us. He prayed earnestly that it would not rain, and it did not rain on the land for three and a half years. ¹⁸Again he prayed, and the heavens gave rain, and the earth produced its crops. ¹⁹My brothers, if one of you should wander from the truth and someone should bring him back, ²⁰remember this: Whoever turns a sinner from the error of his way will save him from death and cover over a multitude of sins.

Intro: From the beginning of this Earth, God chose to man as his representative on earth and has decided to work on the Earth by pray and only by prayer. If we pray, God works. If we don't pray God...waits.

The Mature Believer is a person of Prayer:

1. Prayer for those in trouble(suffering) (5:13)
   *Remember the power of praise
2. Prayer for the sick(5:14-16)
3. Prayer for the Nation (5:17-18)
4. Prayer for those falling away (5:19-20)
   *Satans favorite teaching of deception
   1. If it feels Good it must be right.
   2. Ends justifies the means
   3. Everybody is doing it so it's OK!

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Out with The OLD, In with The NEW

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James 5:7-12
⁷ 'Be patient then brothers, until the Lord's coming. See how the farmer waits for the land to yield its valuable crop and how patient he is for the autumn and spring rains. ⁸You too, be patient and stand firm, because the Lord's coming is near.⁹Don't grumble against each other, brothers, or you will be judged. The Judge is standing at the door! ¹⁰Brothers, an example of patience in the face of suffering, take the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord. ¹¹As you know, we consider blessed those who have persevered. You have heard of Job's perseverance and have seen what the Lord finally brought about. The Lord is full of compassion and mercy. ¹²Above all, my brothers, do not swear-not by heaven or by earth or by any thing else. Let your "yes" be yes , and your "no", no, or you will be condemned.

Intro: How can we as Christians experience this kind of patient endurance as we wait for the Lord to return? James gave three encouraging examples of patient endurance:

1. The Farmer(5:7-9)
   ****LIKE THE FARMER -Keep  on Working****
2. The Prophets(5:10)
   ****LIKE THE PROPHETS KEEP SPEAKING & DOING THE TRUTH****
3. Job(5:11)
   1. Satan is limited by God''s control
   2. God want's to mature your faith through this.
   3. Practice resting in God's grace Hebrews 4:14-16
   4. Watch you words. Let your "yes" be "Yes" and you "No" be "No" and

****like Job wait for the Lord to fulfill His loving Purpose.****

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James 5:1-6
¹’now listen, you rich people, weep and wail because of the misery that is coming upon you. ²Your wealth has rotted, and moths have eaten your clothes. ³Your gold and silver are corroded. Their corrosion will testify against you and eat your flesh like fire. You have hoarded wealth in the last days. ⁴Look! The wages you failed to pay the workmen who mowed your fields are crying out against you. The cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord Almighty. ⁵You have lived on earth in luxury and self-indulgence. You have fattened yourselves in the day of slaughter. ⁶You have condemned and murdered innocent men, who were not opposing you.

3 reasons for this warning the Wealthy

1. They got their wealth in a wrong way. (5:4 and 6a)
2. They used their Riches in the wrong way. (5:3-5)
3. They were warned of what their riches would do to them.(5:1-4)
   1. Riches will vanish　(vs.2-3a)
   2. misused riches erode character (vs.3)
   3. lost opportunity of not using hoarded wealth (3)
   4. judgment will come (3,5)

Guidelines of handling Wealth

1. See yourself as a steward of wealth not an owner.
2. Remind yourself you are a steward by giving back to God %10 of what you have earned.
3. Remember this life is like being on a train passing through.
4. D.L. Moody-"Make all you can, save all you can, give all you can."

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James 4:13-17
¹³Now listen, you who say, "Today or tomorrow we will go to this or that city, spend a year there, carry on business and make money," ¹⁴Why, you do not even know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes. ¹⁵Instead, you ought to say, "If it is the Lord's will, we will live and do this and that." ¹⁶As it is, you boast and brag. All such boasting is evil. ¹⁷Anyone, then who knows the good he ought to do and doesn't do it sins.

Jeremiah 29:11
¹¹'For I know the plans I have for you," declares the Lord, "plans to prosper you and not harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.¹²then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you. ¹³You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart.

These words spoken 2600yrs ago to God's children are still true for God's children today! God is unchanging. God has a Good plan for your Life!!

3 Attitudes Towards the will of God for your life:

1. Ignoring God's Will (4:13-14,16)
   1. Life is Complex vs.13
   2. Life is uncertain vs.14a
   3. Life is short vs.14b
   4. We are frail vs.15
2. Knowing but not Following God's Will (4:17)
   Why would a person do this?:
   1. Pride-"I can do it all by myself
   2. Fighting against God's will is foolish & painful
   3. The Lost Son illustration. Luke 15:11
3. Following God's will for Your Life (4:15)
   To Love God and love people with Agape.
   Ephesians 2:4-10
   ⁴But because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, ⁵made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions—it is by grace you have been saved. ⁶And God raised us up with Christ and seated us with him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus, ⁷in order that in the coming ages he might show the incomparable riches of his grace, expressed in his kindness to us in Christ Jesus. ⁸For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— ⁹not by works, so that no one can boast. ¹⁰For we are God's workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.
   1. Get healed up by God's love. God, Give & receive love from God, Mentor, friend, child.
   2. Surrender your life & God will guide you through your surrendered thought life and desires.
   3. Learn the Character of God- so you can have discernment.
   4. With a heart that desires God's will, do next thing God shows you to do.

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