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Continuing our series from several weeks ago, this time we have now is more critical than ever to make sure that we know how to walk with God and have good, quality, intimate time with him through prayer and reading the Bible. The key to all this is our heart. In part 1 of this section of the series we discuss what it means to keep your heart and how to do this biblically.

In this discussion today we hit Jesus' first miracle: turning water into wine. We also hit many other good observations and questions. Enjoy!

In this discussion we go over John chapter 1 with all our questions and things that God taught us. Tomorrow will be John chapter 2!

Thoughts from my reading today in John 14.

Current thoughts and what God showed me in Psalm 65.

Please take a listen to hear a quick reflection on Sunday's Livestream service and what the tentative plan is for this week!

Take a listen to hear how the next three weeks are going to go for our church and youth ministry. Make sure that you have notifications turned on in GroupMe!

In this series, we will look at how to practically walk with God each and every day. Along the way, we will have challenges to stretch our current state into a more obedient life with the Lord. We tend to complicate things in the Christian life, but God has made it something that is very easy and achievable if we are willing to listen and obey what he says about having a relationship with him... it all comes down to our heart.

In this lesson, we break into the first part of the speaking gifts... Evangelism and Teaching. It is important to see what the Bible says about these gifts and not trust in what we think we know or what we see other Christians highly esteem - "...for that which is highly esteemed among men is abomination in the sight of God." (Lk. 15:15)

This last mystery really shows how effective the mystery of iniquity is in the hand of the devil. From the moment Lucifer fell into sin the mystery of iniquity began and it manifests itself in the mystery of Babylon the Great. Only a Bible-believer will be able to see this one clearly as God detailed it in the scriptures.

This mystery has been at work from the very beginning of Lucifer's fall and will continue until he is cast into the lake of fire. He will do anything and everything he can to counter, counterfeit, and confound the work of God. Ultimately, if we are not careful, we can fall prey to the mystery of iniquity in our own lives, and when we do we immediately halt our ability to glorify God.

This lesson goes through the scriptural details of the rapture where it fits into the timeline of history. Seeing the Lord Jesus Christ face to face, whenever that may occur, should excite us, purify us, and cause us to be better stewards of our time here and now! 

God specifically states in Romans 11:25 that we are not to be ignorant of this mystery. If we choose to disregard this mystery we will find ourselves dabbling in many, many false doctrines that will warp our whole view of the Bible. We need to take the time to understand this and get it right!

Many of Christians today, and myself included, misunderstand the body of Christ, our purpose in it, and why God designed it to be this way. When I have a construed view of the Church then I will not be able to glorify God properly in my life. The body of Christ is a unique way that we can glorify God now unlike any other!

The only gift in this category that is still in operation today is the discerning of spirits gift. This gift from the Holy Ghost is very valuable in building up the body of Christ through accountability and protecting against false teachers and false doctrine. Do you have this gift?

The revealing gifts that are still in operation today are the word of wisdom, the word of knowledge, and faith. All of these are critical to the edifying of the body of Christ as they reveal God's wisdom through his word at the right place, at the right time, and in the right way. Do you have these gifts?

The miracle of salvation is something that we should never grow tired of hearing and thinking about! The Spirit of Christ permanently joins our dead spirit to give us new life and he literally takes up residence in our mortal bodies. This reality should impact every facet of our daily lives. Wow!

This mystery is of utmost importance - God was manifest in the flesh! If we get this one wrong we will get everything about God, Jesus, and salvation wrong and it will send us to hell! There is great controversy over this biblical truth, but there doesn't have to be any controversy in our lives about it! We can have great confidence because God specifically states, "And without controversy, great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh..."

The seven New Testament mysteries are incredibly important for us to know and understand. God calls us stewards of these seven mysteries, and our stewardship of them will determine the rewards we receive at the judgment seat of Christ. Those rewards we receive at that time will be used by us to glorify God for all eternity! We better take heed!

This lesson picks up where we left off to go deeper into understanding why sign gifts (specifically healing, tongues, interpretation of tongues) are no longer in operation during the church age.