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Do you see a linkage between psychology and theology? One is the study of human interaction and the other is study of human interaction with God. Could these be related? Could they be the same thing? Consider some content from the Bible that supports this. How can a man say that he loves God whom he cannot see if he cannot love his brother whom he can see? And when did we see you hungry and thirsty and naked and sick and in prison? Verily I say that inasmuch as you have done it unto the least of these, you have done it unto me.

God is our Dream Maker! He has placed a dream within the heart of each of us that only He can supernaturally bring to pass. God gave an impossible dream to Abraham, our Father of Faith. In this powerful message, Mark will show you how God filled the five senses of Abraham’s spirit with His truth and birthed a miracle out through him. You will also learn how you can walk in the same faith while you hear, see, ponder, speak and act out of the Father’s initiative, allowing Him alone to fill the senses of your spirit.

Are you bored? Do you find some things to be boring and others to be fascinating? Do you think that these are inherent properties in the things you observe, or does your response depend on you? There is a difference between saying, ‘this is boring’, and saying, ‘I’m bored’. The first is a judgment and the second is an admission that the problem may be you even if you don’t see it that way. What is your view of reality? Do you understand that every time you open your eyes you see something that I made and every person you meet is created in my image?

Have you ever defied authority? Was this a righteous act or not? When the apostles were reprimanded for proclaiming the gospel, they said, should we obey you or obey God? This was an act of righteous resistance, but how much defiance of authority is of this type and how much is just ordinary rebellion? It is easy to judge your own motives favorably rather than objectively. Do not confuse your own comfort and preferences with the cause of righteousness.

Problem: I want to be healed of fear. Fear NEVER goes away! Everything makes me afraid. I am afraid of financial ruin and declining health. I am afraid for my children and my spouse, and for our nation. I am fearful of evil men and of the antichrist, and of persecution. I am fearful of rejection, and failure. If I decide I want to pray for healing of the sick, I am afraid the prayer will not work and I will look bad, God will look bad and people will be discouraged and fall away from the Lord. Lord, help!

Do you ever act in such a way that doesn’t reflect your true feelings? If your boss wants to tell you about his vacation and it is something you have no interest in, do you tell him he is boring and walk away? In that case your true feelings would not align with your best interests. You know very well that your future depends on your boss having a favorable impression of you. And aren’t you suppressing your true feelings to be more gracious? Is this an acknowledgment that you true feelings are ungracious? Can you extend this principle beyond your boss?

Do you want to learn and grow? Do you like the comfort of being reassured that your current understanding is correct? Do you see the conflict between these positions? If you would be teachable then you must admit that you still have things to learn. Can you recognize that the things you already know may interfere with the things you have yet to learn? Do you see the process of learning as building a structure with more stones placed on stones previously placed, reaching higher and higher? Has it occurred to you that you might have to go back and remove some stones previously placed?

LaWanda - Oh, Lord, my God, my Savior, my King, my Heavenly Father.  What a glorious sermon yesterday - the call to forgiveness.  The debt we could NEVER pay – forgiven by your work on the CROSS.  Thank you, Jesus.  Help me to never hold unforgiveness against anyone.  For I had a debt that I could never repay and you forgave it!  Help me to do the same, Lord.  Help me to do the same. Thank you, Jesus.  Thank you, Jesus!

If the church were a business, what product would it be selling? The forgiveness of sins? Businesses need customers. Is there enough demand for this to keep the church in business? Have you found that believers, who are already forgiven, take sin seriously, and unbelievers, who are not, do not? So you have something they need and they don’t know it. How do you go about giving something to someone who doesn’t want it? Better advertising and marketing? You have the message of life. How can you present it so that it resonates with your audience to satisfy a need they are aware of?

Does your church teach that family is paramount importance and worth every sacrifice? I didn’t teach this. I said that because of me one family member would be set against another, and that a man’s enemies would be of his own household. I also said that my brothers were not flesh and blood relatives, but those who did the will of God. Blessed are you if you have close, loving relationships with your relatives, but you have no guarantee that this will be the case. Even the Bible provides counterexamples. Blood may be thicker than water, but Spirit is thicker still.