GP70X #s 1-5 REVIEW

GP70X

#'s 1-5 Review

Pastor Bobby Spencer

Spiritual Exercises to stretch your faith and grow your relationship with God.

Week 1

Change your life:

1.       DREAM

2.       MEDITATE

3.       DECLAIRATION

Week 2

Necessary Elements of Personal Spiritual Growth:

4.       RELATIONSHIP

5.       PRESENTATION

6.       PARTICIPATION

Week 3

Stretching = Growing

7.       CHARACTER

8.       HUMILITY

9.       ENDURANCE

Week 4

Success in life is more than a one-step process:

10.   KINDNESS

11.   CANDIDNESS

12.   INFLUENCE

Week 5

Faith-strengthening exercises:

13.   FAITHFULNESS

14.   FLEXIBILITY

15.   PERSPECTIVE

GP70x #5

GP70X

#5 in a 10-part series

Pastor Bobby Spencer

February 19, 2012

This week, practice these faith-strengthening exercises:

#1- Faithfulness

Be faithful as long are you are where you are.

Go where God calls you.

#2 Flexibility

Accept and embrace changes with grace.

The truly humble are flexible.

#3 Perspective

Life must be viewed with the end result in mind.

"All we know is the little we know until we know more." - Pastor Bobby

4 DONT'S:

1. Don't presume

2. Don't be self-focused

3. Don't be immature

4. Don't get depressed when your expectations fail

GP70x #1-3 REVIEW

GP70X

#'s 1-3 Review

Pastor Bobby Spencer

Spiritual Exercises to stretch your faith and grow your relationship with God.

Week 1

Change your life:

1.       DREAM

2.       MEDITATE

3.       DECLAIRATION

Week 2

Necessary Elements of Personal Spiritual Growth:

4.       RELATIONSHIP

5.       PRESENTATION

6.       PARTICIPATION

Week 3

Stretching = Growing

7.       CHARACTER

8.       HUMILITY

9.       ENDURANCE

GP70x #4

GP70X

#4 in a 10-part series

Pastor Bobby Spencer

January 29, 2012

Success in life is more than a one-step process:

Don't think that because nothing happens immediately, that things aren't happening.

#1- Kindness

Tank the time to be deliberately kind.

#2 Candidness

Be responsibly honest and speak the truth in love.

#3 Influence

Think about your circle of family and friends - who do you impact?

EXERCIZE yourself in spite of your weaknesses.

Don't just preach it - BE IT!

Actions speak louder than words!

GP70x #3

GP70x

#3 in a 10-part series

Pastor Bobby Spencer

January 22, 2012

Spiritual Fitness from God's Word:

#1- Character

Who you are when no one is watching.

#2 Humility

How  you handle disappointments and failures determines if you will be an overcomer or if you will be overcome.

#3 Endurance

Never justify the unwillingness to change a bad habit as God's will.

Start small. Stretching = Growing.

Look beyond the physical circumstances to the Spiritual reality - no one can stand against you if you follow God's direction!

GP70x part2

GP70x

#2 in a 10-part series

Pastor Bobby Spencer

January 8, 2012

Necessary Elements of Personal Spiritual Growth:

#1- Relationship

Relationships matter!

Before you are stong enough to stand on your own, someone had to carry you.

#2 Presentation

Your life is a commercial about you!

The way you speak, act, and react is what determines your success.

#3 Participation

If it's your miracle, then you have to claim it!

Start small. Stretching = Growing.

Action Steps:

*TAKE what you have.

*START where you are.

*DO the best you can.

GP70X part1

GP70X

#1 in a 10-part series

Pastor Bobby Spencer

 
January 1, 2012

·         Dream

       Imagine the goal.

·         Meditate

  Focus on the goal, "own" the dream.

·         Declare

         Confess, speak victory.

How do I implement these exercises into my daily routine?

#1 - ask yourself "what is my goal?" Don't be afraid to dream! Do you want to lose weight? Read the Bible? Run a marathon? Get a job? It all starts with a dream!

#2 - Meditate on the goal/dream. Focus your prayers and devote quiet time to realizing just what the dream/goal means to you, and what it is going to take to come to fruition.

#3 - Speak victory over yourself. Confess your sins to God, and remove those stumbling blocks from your path. Vocalize the dream! Expel the enemy. Want to stop eatig junk food? Tell yourself out loud, "I do not need this food. I will eat healthy. I can do this."

Philippians 4:13 NKJV

"I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me"

Be Anxious For Nothing

Be Anxious For Nothing

Pastor Bobby Spencer

December 4, 2011

I. Understand the problem

Anxiety is a form of fear, and is characterized as mental agitation or uneasiness.

Anxiety has 3 main elements:

Insecurity, Helplessness, and Isolation

Worry is like a rocking chair - it gives you something to do, but it doesn't get you anywhere!

II. Overcome the problem by trusting in God

Hebrews 4:16

Hebrews 13: 5-6

Isaiah 40:31

III. Take the next steps

Read the Bible - Romans 15:4

Be Realistic - Ecclesiastes 8:16-17

Be flexible - Philippians 4:11-12

Focus on the good cares; minimize the unnecessary ones - Matthew 13:22

Learn to live one day at a time - Matthew 6:34

Learn contentment - 1 Timothy 6:6-8

Take home: Instead of immersing yourself in the problem, exhibit reverence and gratitude to GOD!

Count your blessings!

Bring a friend... 5pm at Bear Creek Community Church.

 Come work out your mind, your body, and your faith!

Strength Through Weakness part3

Strength Through Weakness

Pastor Bobby Spencer

November 27, 2011

More benefits of our Weaknesses:

The best way to fight weakness is to get stronger!

1. It helps us minister to others

2 Corinthians 1:4 (NLT)

Hebrews 4:15 (NLT)

2. It helps us respect and value other people

1 Corinthians 12:18-22 (NLT)

3. It reveals God's glory in us and through us

2 Corinthians 4:7 (NLT)

Take home lesson: we need to value others more!

When a person thinks that they are strong, they don't realize they need other people.

When we identify our weaknesses, we see that others can be strong where we are weak.

God designed us all with a specific purpose, and to work together- as parts of a whole.

Bring a friend... 5pm at Bear Creek Community Church.

 Come work out your mind, your body, and your faith!

Strength Through Weakness part2

Strength Through Weakness

Pastor Bobby Spencer

November 20, 2011

 2 Corinthians 12:7-10 NLT ⁷ even though I have received such wonderful revelations from God. So to keep me from becoming proud, I was given a thorn in my flesh, a messenger from Satan to torment me and keep me from becoming proud. ⁸ Three different times I begged the Lord to take it away. ⁹ Each time he said, “My grace is all you need. My power works best in weakness.” So now I am glad to boast about my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ can work through me. ¹⁰ That’s why I take pleasure in my weaknesses, and in the insults, hardships, persecutions, and troubles that I suffer for Christ. For when I am weak, then I am strong.

The greater the weakness, the greater God's power in your life, to overcome it, perfect it, and define you.

Through your frailties, insecurities and weaknesses, God can do a mighty work, if you surrender and submit to Him.

Benefits of our Weaknesses:

It prevents pride

Paul says, in 2 Cor 12:7 that the thorn in the flesh is designed by God to keep us humble, and reliant on Him.

It assures us of God's Grace and Help

Zechariah 4:6 NLT

More Good News next week! Bring a friend... 5pm at Bear Creek Community Church. Come work out your mind, your body, and your faith... Iron sharpens iron, let's all get sharp together!