KBF Teachings

A　lot of people live miserable lives because they have to chase money or are being chased by money.

Matthew 6:19-24
¹⁹"Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. ²⁰But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moth and rust do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal. ²¹For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. ²²"The eye is the lamp of the body. if your eyes are good, your whole body will be full of light. ²³But if your eyes are bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. if then the light within you is darkness, how great is that darkness! ²⁴"No one can serve two masters. Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.

Breaking-Free from Slavery

1. Take time to Find your Hidden Motive :What's your purpose for making money?
   *Truth- God wants us to rely on Him for our security, power, self-worth, joy.
2. Take time to Imagine financial freedom!!
   Philippians 4:11b -13
3. Take time to get a place where you know with confidence that your heart motive for making & using money is pleasing to God.
   Luke 18:18-30
   1. Breaking through to financial freedom:
      Take an honest look at how you use your money? Self-centered ? God Centered?
      (Keep all your receipts for 6 weeks)
   2. Refocus your life away from making money to "Loving God & helping others" .
   3. See everything you have as a gift from God & share with others.
      Be a good steward of the time/energy/talents/things he has given you
      (Alaska share your stuff mentality)
   4. Give God 10%or more as an expression of your faith in him. I have never met a spiritually blessed person who is not a giver.
   5. Allow God to lead you into situations where you have to depend on him.
      Matthew 10:7－10

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Matthew 23:1-12
¹Then Jesus said to the crowds and to his disciples: ²The teachers of he law and the Pharisees sit in Moses seat. ³So you must obey them and do everything they tell you. But do not do what they do, for they do not practice what they preach. ⁴They tie up heavy loads and put them on men's shoulders, but they themselves and not willing to lift a finger to move them.
⁵Everything they do is done for men to see: They make their phylacteries wide and the tassels of their prayer shawls long; ⁶They love the place of honor at banquets and the most important seats in the synagogues; ⁷they love to be greeted in the marketplaces and to have men call them 'Rabbi'
⁸But you are not to be called 'Rabbi' for you have only one master and you are all brothers. ⁹And do not call anyone on earth father, for you have one father, and he is in heaven. ¹⁰Nor are you to be called 'teacher' for you have one teacher, the Christ. ¹¹The greatest among you will be your servant. ¹²For whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.

Worldly Sempai (club/work/sports/religion)

Jesus type - KBF Upperclassman (Sempai)

1. (vs.1-4) Lead by example
2. (vs.5-6) It's what we do behind closed doors that makes us truly spiritual.
3. (vs.7-10) No Fancy title
4. (va.11)　"The greatest among you will be your servant. Someone ｗｈｏ ｈｅｌｐｓ you grow. Good sempai is an equipper of others.
5. (vs.12) Just humbly serves regardless of what people think. They just do what God shows them to do!

How Do we Become Good upperclassmen?

Galatians 5:22
²²But the fruit of the Spirit is love, Joy, peace,　patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, ²³gentleness　and self-control, Against such things there is no law. ²⁴Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the sinful nature with its passions and desires. ²⁵Since we live by the spirit. ²⁶Let us not become conceited, provoking and envying each other.

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＊What happened at the beginning of this year ～A notice of cancer about my father

Philippians 4:6-7
⁶Do 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.

＊KBF message -- Walking with the WORD

1. From Romans 10:13 for, "Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved."

2. Exodus 17:8-16 The battle between the Israel and the Amalekites (Our strategies for the spiritual battles)

3. Exodus 32:31&32  Moses’ nature as a leader “sacrificial prayers”
³¹So Moses went back to the LORD and said, "Oh, what a great sin these people have committed! They have made themselves gods of gold. ³²But now, please forgive their sin—but if not, then blot me out of the book you have written.”

* What God did for me

1. Salvation of my father

2. Christian style funeral

3. Good news for as many people as possible

*Everything is under God’s sovereignty, and through two incidents God revealed His power in the spiritual world.

1. God stopped those who tried to stop His plans.

2. He showed His power in the spiritual world of Japan.

He is interested in Japan!  So He wants to do the work with a great influence.
God is looking for the vessels of God who trust Him and who have passion to risk their lives.

＊Remember one more time!  God’s world greatest plan! ～To save as many people as possible
John 3:16
For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son,　that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.  17For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.

* Never give up on our families or friends who are not saved yet, for God is still working.

God’s character : He never give up until His work is completed.

Hebrews 12:2
Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.

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Lk 23:44-49
⁴⁴It was now about the sixth hour, and darkness came over the whole land until the ninth hour. ⁴⁵for the sun stopped shining. And the curtain of the temple was torn in two. ⁴⁶Jesus called out with a loud voice, "Father, into your hands I commit my spirit." When he said this, he breathed his last.
⁴⁷The centurion, seeing what happened, praised God and said, "Surely this was a righteous man." ⁴⁸ when all the people who had gathered to witness this sight saw what took place, they beat their breasts and went away. ⁴⁹but all those who knew him, including the women who had followed him from Galilee, stood at a distance, watching these things.

*Have you ever been in a situation where you were full of dreams & plans only to have them so crushed that you saw yourself as having absolutely no hope?

*God's specialty is to take something that looks absolutely dead &hopeless, bring it through a season of utter darkness and then a new morning comes and new life begins in a wonderful way we never imagined. That's the way God Works!

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*Today's Story in Joshua 13-21.....We will read Joshua 15:13-20

Joshua 5:13-20
¹³In accordance with the LORD's command to him, Joshua gave to Caleb son of Jephunneh a portion in Judah—Kiriath Arba, that is, Hebron. (Arba was the forefather of Anak.) ¹⁴From Hebron Caleb drove out the three Anakites—Sheshai, Ahiman and Talmai —descendants of Anak. ¹⁵From there he marched against the people living in Debir (formerly called Kiriath Sepher). ¹⁶And Caleb said, "I will give my daughter Acsah in marriage to the man who attacks and captures Kiriath Sepher." ¹⁷Othniel son of Kenaz, Caleb's brother, took it; so Caleb gave his daughter Acsah to him in marriage. ¹⁸One day when she came to Othniel, she urged him to ask her father for a field. When she got off her donkey, Caleb asked her, "What can I do for you?" ¹⁹She replied, "Do me a special favor. Since you have given me land in the Negev, give me also springs of water." So Caleb gave her the upper and lower springs. ²⁰This is the inheritance of the tribe of Judah, clan by clan:

What is God's Land of Blessing for us? It is a way of living:

God desires to bring us to a place of great blessing that is lasting!

Lesson #1 - Dont become a "borderline believer"

"Part-time Christianity  doesn't work!!'

Methods to walk with God:

1. Keep a Journal
2. A daily walk with God
3. Silent retreats
4. Develop a PJ3

Lesson #2- Be encouraged in your walk with God! He has brought you this far,

He will bring you on!

If Jesus is Lord of your life-Keep looking up! The best is yet to come!

"God Chose you, he will not abandon you!!"

Lesson #3 - We are never too old to make new accomplishments of faith with God's

power in us.

Like Caleb at age 85, we can overcome mountains and beat giants

(Joshua. 14:14)

Lesson #4 - The older generation must provide for the younger generation, not only

materially but spiritually.

Older believers are to be good role models and encourage the younger generation.

(Joshua 15:13-19 We see Caleb providing for the next Generation)

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