KBF Teachings

Mark 4:35-41
³⁵That day when evening came, he said to his disciples, "Let us go over to the other side." ³⁶Leaving the crowd behind, they took him along, just as he was, in the boat. There were also other boats with him. ³⁷A furious squall came up, and the waves broke over the boat, so that it was nearly swamped. ³⁸Jesus was in the stern, sleeping on a cushion. The disciples woke him and said to him, "Teacher, don't you care if we drown?"
³⁹He got up, rebuked the wind and said to the waves, "Quiet! Be still!" Then the wind died down and it was completely calm.

⁴⁰He said to his disciples, "Why are you so afraid? Do you still have no faith?"

⁴¹They were terrified and asked each other, "Who is this? Even the wind and the waves obey him!"

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Mark11:12-24
¹²The next day as they were leaving Bethany, Jesus was hungry. ¹³Seeing in the distance a fig tree in leaf, he went to find out if it had any fruit. When he reached it, he found nothing but leaves, because it was not the season for figs. ¹⁴Then he said to the tree, "May no one ever eat fruit from you again." And his disciples heard him say it.
¹⁵On reaching Jerusalem, Jesus entered the temple area and began driving out those who were buying and selling there. He overturned the tables of the money changers and the benches of those selling doves, ¹⁶and would not allow anyone to carry merchandise through the temple courts. ¹⁷And as he taught them, he said, "Is it not written:
" 'My house will be called a house of prayer for all nations'? But you have made it 'a den of robbers.'"

¹⁸The chief priests and the teachers of the law heard this and began looking for a way to kill him, for they feared him, because the whole crowd was amazed at his teaching.

¹⁹When evening came, they went out of the city.

The Withered Fig Tree
²⁰In the morning, as they went along, they saw the fig tree withered from the roots. ²¹Peter remembered and said to Jesus, "Rabbi, look! The fig tree you cursed has withered!"
²²"Have faith in God," Jesus answered. ²³"I tell you the truth, if anyone says to this mountain, 'Go, throw yourself into the sea,' and does not doubt in his heart but believes that what he says will happen, it will be done for him. ²⁴Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.

James 1:22
Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says.

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Mark116:15
"Go into all the world and preach the good news to all creation.

Philipians3:13－14
¹³Brothers, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, ¹⁴I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.

Mark8:34
"If anyone would come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross and follow me.

Mark11:22
"Have faith in God," Jesus answered.

Mark9:23
"If you can'?" said Jesus. "Everything is possible for him who believes."

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Mark14:3-9
³While he was in Bethany, reclining at the table in the home of a man known as Simon the Leper, a woman came with an alabaster jar of very expensive perfume, made of pure nard. She broke the jar and poured the perfume on his head. ⁴Some of those present were saying indignantly to one another, "Why this waste of perfume? ⁵It could have been sold for more than a year's wages and the money given to the poor." And they rebuked her harshly. ⁶"Leave her alone," said Jesus. "Why are you bothering her? She has done a beautiful thing to me. ⁷The poor you will always have with you, and you can help them any time you want. But you will not always have me. ⁸She did what she could. She poured perfume on my body beforehand to prepare for my burial. ⁹I tell you the truth, wherever the gospel is preached throughout the world, what she has done will also be told, in memory of her."

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Mathew 1:18-25
¹⁸This is how the birth of Jesus Christ came about: His mother Mary was pledged to be married to Joseph, but before they came together, she was found to be with child through the Holy Spirit. ¹⁹Because Joseph her husband was a righteous man and did not want to expose her to public disgrace, he had in mind to divorce her quietly. ²⁰But after he had considered this, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, "Joseph son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary home as your wife, because what is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit. ²¹She will give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins." ²²All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had said through the prophet: ²³"The virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel"—which means, "God with us." ²⁴When Joseph woke up, he did what the angel of the Lord had commanded him and took Mary home as his wife. ²⁵But he had no union with her until she gave birth to a son. And he gave him the name Jesus.

Joseph’s feelings of defeat:

Romans 8:18
I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us.

How to Grow through the defeat in our life.

1. Recognize that defeat happens because we are in a war against the powers of darkness, one that God will ultimately win.
   Ephesians 6:12
   For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.
2. See defeat as an opportunity to rely on God for strength & victory.
   Mathew 2:13-14
   ¹³When they had gone, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream. "Get up," he said, "take the child and his mother and escape to Egypt. Stay there until I tell you, for Herod is going to search for the child to kill him." ¹⁴So he got up, took the child and his mother during the night and left for Egypt,
3. Use defeat to learn about life and yourself.
   Key Question, “ God, what are you teaching me through this?”
4. Don’t through defeat alone, God wants you to be a team player in life.
5. What looks life sure to defeat can be turned by God into something Good.

In the Christmas season, let’s thank God for being the God of new beginnings.

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Preacher: Rob Flaherty | Permanent Link

Anna-Waiting For Jesus
Luke 2:36-40
³⁶There was also a prophetess, Anna, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher. She was very old; she had lived with her husband seven years after her marriage, ³⁷and then was a widow until she was eighty-four. She never left the temple but worshiped night and day, fasting and praying. ³⁸Coming up to them at that very moment, she gave thanks to God and spoke about the child to all who were looking forward to the redemption of Jerusalem. ³⁹When Joseph and Mary had done everything required by the Law of the Lord, they returned to Galilee to their own town of Nazareth. ⁴⁰And the child grew and became strong; he was filled with wisdom, and the grace of God was upon him.

What does a person do when life does not go according to plan?? When your hopes and dreams seem lost??

1.) Do not befriend your problem but befriend God.

Vs.37b ‘She never left the temple but worshiped night and day, fasting and praying.’

*In her aloneness, God became her closest comfort & friend

2.) Spend time with God and He will show you His plan for your life.

Vs.38 ‘Coming up to them at that very moment, she gave thanks to God’

*With her desire for children- God gave her the important job of blessing babies in the temple.

3.) Be faithful to the vision God will show you and God will use you to change history for the better.

Vs.37a ‘and then was a widow until she was eighty-four.’

In those days girls got married at around age fifteen. Anna was married for 7 years until 22. 84－22=62 years. Her faithfulness got her story into the Bible, the#1 best selling, the #1 most printed and read book of all time. Entire nations and come and gone with almost no record….but one little girl name Anna let go her plans and let God guide her life and became apart of the Christmas story & is remembers in history…

What about you? Is your life going according to your plan? How about looking to God for your future this Christmas New Year’s Season?

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NEVER GIVE UP!

Ephesians 6:13
Therefore put on the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your ground, and after you have done everything, to stand.

How to Never Give Up!

1.) When faced with a mountain that makes you want to give up, make sure your plan is God based. Ephesians 2:10

• "Decide What You are Committed to"

2.) Write out your God inspired Goals and take little steps daily toward the Goals.

• My Goals -
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• Just get as much almost everything in your daily life to line-up with your ultimate goal.
• Accomplish one small step and reward yourself &choose healthy rewards.

3.) Learn to depend on, talk to & Dream with God about everything. Abraham did this.

Genesis 15:4

Then the word of the Lord came to him:"This man will not be your heir, but a son coming from your own body will be your heir,"5He took him outside and said, "Look up at the heavens and count the stars- if indeed you can count them

Then he said to him, "So shall your offspring be." 6Abram believed the Lord, and he credited it to him as righteousness."

4.) Humbly evaluate, adjust, learn, Keep trying...but never give up!

What do I do on difficult days?:

• Know that like the weather, this bad situation too will change.
• Give up all ownership to my life -Galatians 2:20
• Give thanks to God for everything ,
• Never Give up! Keep doing what you know to do!

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Know That God Is With You! Read-Daniel 3:13-30

Daniel 3:24
Then the King Nebuchadnezzar leaped to his feet in amazement and asked his advisers, "Wasn't it three men that we tied up and threw into the fire?" they replied, "Certainly ,o king."25 He said, "Look! I see four men walking around in the fire, unbound and unharmed, and the forth looks like a son of the gods.

Some of the Forces that stand behind us as we face trouble:

1.)God Himself is With You!

Paul told in

• Romans 8:16
  The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are God's children.
• Galatians 4:6
  Because you are sons, God sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, the Spirit who calls out,

"Abba," Father- God is personal, very near, very real, like a Father, says Paul, Our "Papa" He never leaves us.

2.)God's Supernatural Peace Is With You!

Philippians4:6-7
Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything , by prayer and petition , with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.7And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus

3.)God's Angels Are With You!

The Bible is full of stories of angels-2 Kings 6 / Acts 12:15

4.)God's Hedge Surrounds you! The last thing I want to mention is the hedge, a very personal spiritual wall  that God has placed around you.

Job 1:6
⁶One day the angels came to present themselves before the Lord, and Satan also came with them. ⁷The Lord said to Satan, "Where have you come from?" Satan answered the Lord, "From roaming through the earth and going back and forth in it." ⁸Then the Lord said to Satan, "Have you considered my servant Job? There is no one on earth like him; he is blameless and upright, a man who fears God and shuns evil." ⁹Does Job fear God for nothing?? Satan replied. ¹⁰Have you not put a hedge around him and his household and everything that he has? You blessed the work of his hands, so that his flocks and herds are spread throughout  the land.

Because of these 4 truths you now can:

1. Trust Him
2. Feel His Love
3. Know that nothing can touch you(Satan can attack only so far!)
4. Take action

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