KEY TRUTHS:
- Admonition always seeks a persons highest good.
- Exhortation empowers people to see a different way and occupy a higher place in God.
- Vision is not just about the direction you're going in. It's about the height at which God wants you to travel.
- Exhortation is about conviction, not judgement. It carries the promise of God's presence and awakens strong belief.
- You can't fight your own mediocrity. You have to replace it with something better.
- Accountability is about calling people up into their identity, not out on their behavior.
- NT prophets are primarily prophets of confirmation.
- We can admonish effectively when we know who people are in the Spirit.
- Admonition is where we lose our shame so we can grow bigger in Christ.
- Admonition means to help someone check themselves out before God.
- A pharisee is a Christian who behaves like the world while representing God. They love to correct, but not empower.
KEY SCRIPTURES:
Song of Solomon 2:10
Stories:
1. The man who just wanted to be clean.
2. Phone call; "I've got a problem. Yahoo!"
3. Conversation with friend who climbs.
EXPLORE:
Great questions are asked in this episode. Explore them!
What is this current time in the Lord about?
What am I learning?
Who am I becoming?
What is changing in me?
What am I seeing of God that I didn't see before?
How do questions like these facilitate your development process in God. Let us know in the comments. We'd love to hear!
Additional Resources:
For more on overcoming mediocrity, check out Allison Bown's book or CD series on "Joyful Intentionality":
CD/MP3 teaching:
https://www.brilliantbookhouse.com/collections/teachings-music/products/joyful-intentionality-cd
KEY TRUTHS:
- The world communicates what we're behind on. The Kingdom shows you the provision ahead.
- It's so important to love the learning. It's enjoyable work.
- God's purpose from the beginning is to make you in His image.
- Perception, mindset, language = 3 keys of identity
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KEY TRUTHS:
- Prophetic words of comfort bring peace, calm and courage in an atmosphere of chaos and fear.
- Sometimes we pray when we should be prophesying. The word of the Lord gives an outcome we can pray into.
- The prophetic word of comfort brings courage and encouragement.
- Th...
KEY TRUTHS:
- All prophets I've know manifested the presence of God as either peace or joy.
- Practice peace daily. It's a delightful discipline.
- Out of our own peace, we release peace to calm storms.
- One of the primary responsibilities of a prophet in times of chaos is to have th...
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