The Unbreakable Link

Rom 8:38 For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, Rom 8:39 Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Nearer To Thee
Nearer, my God, to Thee, nearer to Thee! E'en though it be a cross that raiseth me; Still all my song would be nearer, my God, to Thee, Nearer, my God, to Thee, nearer to Thee! Though like the wanderer, the sun gone down, Darkness be over me, my rest a stone; Yet in my dreams I'd be nearer, my God, to Thee, Nearer, my God, to Thee, nearer to Thee!

Gao Hung Tse

can't read can't remember how to witness??? spent hours praying brought 180 in 1st year

Promise of the Holy Spirit

-Joh 14:16 And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever;

Promise of the Holy Spirit

-Joh 14:17 Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you.

Promise of the Holy Spirit

-Luk 24:49 And, behold, I send the promise of my Father upon you: but tarry ye in the city of Jerusalem, until ye be endued with power from on high.

Promise of the Holy Spirit

-Joh 20:19 Then the same day at evening, being the first day of the week, when the doors were shut where the disciples were assembled for fear of the Jews, came Jesus and stood in the midst, and saith unto them, Peace be unto you. -Joh 20:20 And when he had so said, he shewed unto them his hands and his side. Then were the disciples glad, when they saw the Lord. -Joh 20:21 Then said Jesus to them again, Peace be unto you: as my Father hath sent me, even so send I you. -Joh 20:22 And when he had said this, he breathed on them, and saith unto them, Receive ye the Holy Ghost:

Promise of the Holy Spirit

-Joh 15:26 But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of me: -Joh 15:27 And ye also shall bear witness, because ye have been with me from the beginning.

Promise of the Holy Spirit

-Joh 16:13 Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come. -Joh 16:7 Nevertheless I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you that I go away: for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send him unto you.

Promise of the Holy Spirit

-Joh 14:18 I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you. -Joh 14:20 At that day ye shall know that I am in my Father, and ye in me, and I in you.

Hymn: I Need Thee Every Hour

I need Thee every hour, most gracious Lord; No tender voice like Thine can peace afford. Refrain I need Thee, O I need Thee; Every hour I need Thee; O bless me now, my Savior, I come to Thee.

Pentecost
-gathered together to wait for the promise -humbled their hearts in true repentance -confessed their unbelief -recalled the words of jesus regarding His sacrifice -repeated to one another the truths they remembered -meditated upon Christ's holy life -determined to share Jesus with the world -prayed with intense earnestness to lead sinners to Chriist -put away differences and came close together in fellowship -praised Jesus in song for sins forgiven -contemplated with wonder the love of God -took hold of the imparted gift

Hymn: When We All Get To Heaven

Sing the wondrous love of Jesus, Sing His mercy and His grace. In the mansions bright and blessd Hell prepare for us a place. Refrain When we all get to Heaven, What a day of rejoicing that will be! When we all see Jesus, Well sing and shout the victory!

Layman's Revival

Jeremiah Lanphier New York Prayer group of 6 then 100 then 50,000 10,000/week conversion reached other parts of the world

Song
Holy Spirit of God dwell in me and rule my life cast away every sin in my soul will you take a full control of my life and make me whole Holy Spirit of God dwell in me

Welsh Revival

1902 Keswick Convention pledged to pray for revival around the world 1904 Evan Roberts Bend the church... -1. confess any known sin to God and make right any wrong to others -2. put away any doubtful habit -3. obey the Spirit promptly -4. confess your faith in Christ publicly 35,000 / year added to the church

Hymn: Jesus is all the world to me

Jesus is all the world to me, my life, my joy, my all; He is my strength from day to day, without Him I would fall. When I am sad, to Him I go, no other one can cheer me so; When I am sad, He makes me glad, Hes my Friend. Jesus is all the world to me, my Friend in trials sore; I go to Him for blessings, and He gives them over and oer. He sends the sunshine and the rain, He sends the harvests golden grain; Sunshine and rain, harvest of grain, Hes my Friend.

Mike

prayer for broken homes visitation of members other stories -take God seriously, and God will take you seriously too

God In You

-Col 1:27 To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory:

God In You

-"Transformation of character is the testimony to the worrld of an indwelling Christ. The Spirit of God produced a new life in the soul, bringing the thoughts and desires into obedience to the will of Christ; and the inward man is renewed in the image of God." Patriarchs and Prophets, p 233

God In You

-"Only to those who wait humbly upon God, who watch for His guidance and grace, is the Spirit given. The power of God awaits theirr demand and reception. This promised blessingg, claimed by faith, brings all other blessings in its train. It is given according to the riches of the grace of Christ, and He is ready to supply every soul according to the capacity to receive." DA 672

Die Daily (Sanctification)

-Rom 6:11 Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord. -1Co 15:13 But if there be no resurrection of the dead, then is Christ not risen: -Rom 6:5 For if we have been planted together in the likeness of his death, we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection:

Glorification

-1Co 15:51 Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, -1Co 15:52 In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. -1Co 15:53 For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality. -1Co 15:54 So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory.

Salvation

-Eph 2:8 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: -Eph 2:9 Not of works, lest any man should boast. -2Co 5:21 For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him. -1Jn 1:9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. -1Jn 3:2 Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.

Overcoming

"Sin could be resisted and overcome only through the mighty agency of the Third Person of the Godhead, who would come with no modified energy, but in the fullness of divine power. It is the Spirit that makes effectual what has been wrought out by the world's Redeemer. It is by the Spirit that the heart is made pure. Through the Spirit the believer becomes a partaker of the divine nature. Christ has given His Spirit as a divine power to overcome all hereditary and cultivated tendencies to evil, and to impress His own character upon His church. {DA 671.2}

Overcoming

-Rom 5:10 For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life. -Adam and Eve created perfect but sinned (Eze 28:1215, 17a) -Jesus second adam -1Co 15:45 And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam was made a quickening spirit. -devil had nothing in Him (Joh 14:30 Hereafter I will not talk much with you: for the prince of this world cometh, and hath nothing in me. )

Christ gave His life

-no one took His life, He gave it of Himself -Joh 10:17 Therefore doth my Father love me, because I lay down my life, that I might take it again. Joh 10:18 No man taketh it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This commandment have I received of my Father. -Joh 19:30 When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished: and he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost.

Crified In Christ

-Gal 2:20 I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.

Christ In Me, I In Him

-Php 1:21 For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain. -Joh 10:9 I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture. Joh 10:10 The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly. -Act 17:28 For in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain also of your own poets have said, For we are also his offspring.

Christ In Me, I In Him

-Joh 15:5 I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing. -Eph 1:4 According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love: -Eph 1:7 In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace;

Christ In Me, I In Him

-Eph 1:11 In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will: -Eph 1:13 In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise, -Col 2:10 And ye are complete in him, which is the head of all principality and power:

Christ In Me, I In Him

-1Jn 2:28 And now, little children, abide in him; that, when he shall appear, we may have confidence, and not be ashamed before him at his coming. -1Jn 3:6 Whosoever abideth in him sinneth not: whosoever sinneth hath not seen him, neither known him. -1Jn 4:13 Hereby know we that we dwell in him, and he in us, because he hath given us of his Spirit.

Story of Young Wife & Mother

The Father's presence encircled Christ, and nothing befell Him but that which infinite love permitted for the blessing of the world. Here was His source of comfort, and it is for us. He who is imbued with the Spirit of Christ abides in Christ. The blow that is aimed at him falls upon the Saviour, who surrounds him with His presence. Whatever comes to him comes from Christ. He has no need to resist evil, for Christ is his defense. Nothing can touch him except by our Lord's permission, and "all things" that are permitted "work together for good to them that love God." Romans 8:28. {MB 71.2}

Hymn: It is Well with My Soul

When peace, like a river, attendeth my way, When sorrows like sea billows roll; Whatever my lot, Thou has taught me to say, It is well, it is well, with my soul. Refrain It is well, with my soul, It is well, with my soul, It is well, it is well, with my soul. Though Satan should buffet, though trials should come, Let this blest assurance control, That Christ has regarded my helpless estate, And hath shed His own blood for my soul.

Witnessing, Fruits, & Gifts

-Act 1:8 But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth. -"One interest prevailed; one subject of emulation swallowed up all others. The ambition of the believers was to reveal the likeness of Christ's character and to labor for the enlargement of His kingdom." {AA 48.1}

Witnessing, Fruits, & Gifts

-Gal 5:4 Christ is become of no effect unto you, whosoever of you are justified by the law; ye are fallen from grace. -Gal 5:5 For we through the Spirit wait for the hope of righteousness by faith. -Gal 5:16 This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.

Witnessing, Fruits, & Gifts

-Gal 5:22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, -Gal 5:23 Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law -Gal 6:7 Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. -Gal 6:8 For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting.

Witnessing, Fruits, & Gifts

-Joh 15:1 I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman. -Joh 15:2 Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit. -Joh 15:5 I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing. -Joh 15:8 Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be my disciples.

Pruning
-"Many who sincerely consecrate their lives to God's service are surprised and disappointed to find themselves, as never before, confronted by obstacles and beset by trials and perplexities. They pray for Christlikeness of character, for a fitness for the Lord's work, and they are placed in circumstances that seem to call forth all the evil of their nature." ... they question, "If God is leading us, why do all these things come upon us?"

Pruning
-"It is because God is leading them that these things come upon them. Trials and obstacles are the Lord's chosen methods of discipline and His appointed conditions of success. ... He sees that some have powers and susceptibilities which, rightly directed, might be used in the advancement of His work. In His providence He brings these persons into different positions and varied circumstances that they may discover in their character the defects which have been concealed from their own knowledge. He gives them opportunity to correct these defects and to fit themselves for His service. Often He permits the fires of affliction to assail them that they may be purified." {MH 471.1}

Abide (LINK) In Him

-Joh 15:16 Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.

Abide (LINK) In Him

Rom 11:17 And if some of the branches be broken off, and thou, being a wild olive tree, wert graffed in among them, and with them partakest of the root and fatness of the olive tree; Rom 11:18 Boast not against the branches. But if thou boast, thou bearest not the root, but the root thee. Rom 11:19 Thou wilt say then, The branches were broken off, that I might be graffed in.

Abide (LINK) In Him

Rom 11:20 Well; because of unbelief they were broken off, and thou standest by faith. Be not highminded, but fear: Rom 11:21 For if God spared not the natural branches, take heed lest he also spare not thee. Rom 11:22 Behold therefore the goodness and severity of God: on them which fell, severity; but toward thee, goodness, if thou continue in his goodness: otherwise thou also shalt be cut off. Rom 11:23 And they also, if they abide not still in unbelief, shall be graffed in: for God is able to graff them in again.

Abide (LINK) In Him

Rom 11:24 For if thou wert cut out of the olive tree which is wild by nature, and wert graffed contrary to nature into a good olive tree: how much more shall these, which be the natural branches, be graffed into their own olive tree? -God loves us ->Joh 13:1 Now before the feast of the passover, when Jesus knew that his hour was come that he should depart out of this world unto the Father, having loved his own which were in the world, he loved them unto the end. -Hang/Link On ->Gen 32:26 And he said, Let me go, for the day breaketh. And he said, I will not let thee go, except thou bless me.

Results of LINKing (Gifts of the Spirit)

Romans 12, 1 Cor 12-14, Eph 4, 1 Pet 4 (1 cor 13:3; 7:7,32-34; eph 3:1,7)

More Now
-Rom 5:20 Moreover the law entered, that the offence might abound. But where sin abounded, grace
did much more

abound:

-2Co 12:9 And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. -Joh 3:34 For he whom God hath sent speaketh the words of God: for God giveth not the Spirit by measure unto him.

More Now
the promise of the Holy Spirit. This promise belongs as much to us as it did to them, and yet how rarely it is presented before the people, and its reception spoken of in the church. In consequence of this silence upon this most important theme, what promise do we know less about by its practical fulfillment than this rich promise of the gift of the Holy Spirit, whereby efficiency is to be given to all our spiritual labor? tm 174

Svea Flood

1921 from Sweden to Belgian Congo Not allowed to witness to community only one audience boy selling eggs got malaria got pregnant gave birth, died, husband went home 100,000 christians now in country

Comforter
-Joh 16:7 Nevertheless I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you that I go away: for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send him unto you. Joh 16:8 And when he is come, he will reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment:

Hymn: Tis So Sweet To Trust In Jesus

Tis so sweet to trust in Jesus, And to take Him at His Word; Just to rest upon His promise, And to know, Thus says the Lord! Refrain Jesus, Jesus, how I trust Him! How Ive proved Him oer and oer Jesus, Jesus, precious Jesus! O for grace to trust Him more!