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Sin/Prayer in the New Testament: John 9:31, God does not hear sinners. 1 Peter 3:7, Anything between you and your wife, hinders your prayers. I am usually trying to prepare people for step 2 by now, so I often use only 1 Peter 3:7, but I will say, "Ladies, it works the other direction too." And sometimes bring in, "Youth, parents, it works the same way. If there is ANYTHING between you and anyone else, your prayers will be hindered." To Prepare for Repenting before God, look at, or just mention the main points in the two passages below, but DO bring them up! I believe that they are critical for the preparation for the next step. If I am concerned about time I will reduce some of the ABOVE verses but NEVER the two passages below: Luke 15:7, 10 - Well used parables for the unsaved, but NOT ONLY THEM: o There is great rejoicing in heaven when ANY sinner repents. o And the first parable does talk of the lost sheep, not goats, just say'in 2 Kings 4:1-7, Elisha and the Widow's oil: o The oil stopped flowing when they ran out of empty vessels. o Praying Hyde says, "The Holy Spirit stopped flowing for want of empty vessels." o And then I ask, "Are you an empty vessel that the Holy Spirit can flow thru, or do you have garbage in your life that you need to deal with?"
(c) Is there anyone about whom I think jealous, envious thoughts? (d) Do I have an attitude of doubt and unbelief? (e) Do I have any tendency toward being harsh or critical? 3. Holy Speech "But I say to you that for every idle word men may speak, they will give account of it in the day of judgment." (Matthew 12:36) (a) Have I uttered any inappropriate or slang speech? (b) Do I have patterns of cursing or off-color words? (c) Am I prone to exaggeration or lying? (d) Do I have patterns of complaining and griping? (e) Am I guilty of any form of divisive speech? (f) Do I have any patterns of critical, judgmental speech? (g) Have I blogged, emailed or forwarded anything that violated Scripture or grieved God's Spirit? (h) Have I said things when alone that would cause great shame if made public? At this point, before reminding them to live Romans 6:11, I will usually say, "Remember, and this is not to be threatening, simply to be sobering, ALL will be revealed." 4. Right Relationships "Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God; and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God." (1 John 4:7) (a) Is there anyone I have offended but have not asked forgiveness? (b) Have I failed to seek full reconciliation and make restitution to anyone I have offended or harmed? (c) Do I harbor the slightest unforgiveness and anger toward anyone? (d) As a father, am I leading my family spiritually? (e) As a mother, am I sacrificially and joyfully serving my family? (f) Have I in any way failed to honor, respect or show attention to my parents? (g) Have I spoken negatively about anyone behind their back? (h) Am I involved in any form of gossip or negative, critical speech? (i) Do I tend to hurt and offend people with my words or emails? (j) Is there any pattern of failing to respect and support my spiritual leaders? At this point, before reminding them to live Romans 6:11, I will usually say, "Sins of relationships are especially serious with God." 5. Rejecting Sins of Commission "For I acknowledge my transgressions; and my sin is ever before me." (Psalm 51:3) (a) Am I engaged in any form of sexual immorality? (b) Have I compromised by viewing anything unclean via movies, TV or Internet? (c) Do I have habits that abuse or neglect my body? (d) Do I commit idolatry by placing anyone or anything over loving and serving God? (e) Have I dabbled in any form of gambling or new ageism? (f) Am I doing anything for which I do not have perfect peace? (g) Am I in any way harsh or unkind to others? (h) Have I abused God's grace by taking sin lightly? (i) Do I confess sins but fail to forsake them?
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6. Renouncing Sins of Omission "Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin." (James 4:17) (a) Am I failing to abide in Jesus by neglecting regular time in His Word and prayer? (b) Do I neglect to be a daily witness and fail to generously support evangelism and missions? (c) Have I neglected to discern and use my spiritual gifts? (d) Am I allowing any point of spiritual bondage to remain in my life? (e) Have I failed to support and respect my spiritual leaders? (f) Am I failing to daily pursue holiness? (g) Am I robbing God by failing to tithe and give generous offerings beyond the tithe? (h) Have I neglected to work at improving my marriage and family life? (i) Do I fail to pray with my family? 7. Embracing Full Surrender and Obedience to Jesus "If any man will come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross, and follow me." (Matthew 16:24) (a) Have I willfully failed to surrender certain areas of my life to God's total control? (b) Do any people or things come before my relationship and service to God? (c) Has work, family or recreation become idols that take priority over God? (d) Has God told me to do something yet I still haven't obeyed Him? (e) Is there some area where I pretend not to know what God is saying, yet deep down I know I do? (f) Are there things God has told me to stop; yet I still do them? (g) Is there any area of service I should be doing; yet I am not? (h) Have I continued to sin willfully in areas about which God has clearly spoken? (i) Are there areas of my life about which I do not have full peace? (j) Do I sense there are issues about which I am delaying to embrace God's full will? (k) Do I find yourself repeatedly confessing the same three or four sins yet there is little real improvement?
Footnotes
1. I never capitalize the evil one's name. It is just a personal preference of mine. 2. Over time I have ONLY changed Greg's questions by adding the following: a. After 2.c, as a new question "Do I desire to manipulate another, rather than to trust God?" b. As a part of 4.b "remember, if what you did was public, you may need to ask forgiveness publically, even if you have already apologized privately." c. As a part of 4.f I add, "your parents may have already passed on, but you may still need to deal with this with God." d. As a part of reading the title of section 5, I add, "things that you commit, things that you do." e. After 5.a, as a new question "Do I try to manipulate other people? f. As a part of 5.d I include "worry" as a point of idolatry. g. As a part of 5.e I insert "Astrology" in the center. h. As a part of 7.c I insert "worry" as another idol.
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