2011_01_18 Session 02 Promise Keepers

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Living the Promises of God

Faith Service Worship Vision

There may be times when you find it difficult to reconcile God’s truth to your own opinion or worldview, God’s truth is eternal, it does not change, our understanding of the truth does change as we allow God to work in our hearts and minds. These sessions are not about opinion, they are about learning truth, the truth contained in the Bible, together we are going to focus on how we apply God’s truth, black & white in a grey world. To set godly priorities, grow in Christian character and live according to God’s standards so that we are a living witness to others. Notes from previous sessions are available from the Bible Study Section of www.ashingdonelim.co.uk.

Session 2

18 January 2011

The Promise Keepers Everyday there are many promises that people make to each other, promises like: “I promise I will be home by 8pm.” “I promise I will be there to help you.” “I promise your next on the list to get promoted.” “I promise to love you in sickness and in health, for richer for poorer, till death do us part.” Promises. In the world we live in there are often promises that are made and not kept, that’s a reality of life isn’t it?

Can you think of a promise you have not kept this week? Did you have a good reason for not keeping it? Thankfully, there are some people in this world who do keep their promises. They may be hard to find, there may not be as many as there should be, but they do exist. As Christians we should be people who are Promise Keepers. In this session we are going to focus on the Greatest Promise Keeper we can ever know.

Solid foundations Our Faith and Trust in God is on solid Ground with God, because He always keeps His promises, He never Fails, He’s never late and He’s always right where we need Him to be! As Christians in the 21st Century, living in our community, living in the world, we need to understand and experience the reality of one of God’s greatest promises to us - The Holy Spirit. The promise of the infilling, the promise of walking step by step with, the place where we receive the power to live a holy life, comes from receiving the promise of the Holy Spirit. We are going to look at: n

The Promise of the Holy Spirit’s Presence in your life.

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The Promise of the Holy Spirit’s Purpose, and

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The Promise of the Holy Spirit’s Provision.

The Holy Spirit is God’s Supernatural gift to make the new person we have become alive and real. The Holy Spirit is at the heart and soul of the Christian faith and the enabler of a victorious Christian life. The Holy Spirit is necessary to make sure that knowledge about God is transformed into an experience with God. Lets start our study by looking at one of the foundational New Testament passages for understanding the Promise and the Person and the work of the Holy Spirit.

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