NEXT LEVEL BELIEVING ….. FAITH 2.0

INSTRUCTOR: DEACON ANTHONY VAUGHN

MARCH 13-15, 2018

BISHOP WALTER S. THOMAS, SR., PASTOR

NEW PSALMIST BAPTIST CHURCH SPRING INSTITUTE

SESSION 1-3

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CLASS OVERVIEW

• “Over the next several days, we as a class will explore how to take our faith in God to the next level. We will examine through scripture and spiritual interactions, how God created us as spiritual beings for His Glory. We will see that we are more than human flesh with human EXPERIENCES. But, we are Divine Vessels, created by God Himself. We will dismantle our earthly concepts, philosophies, ideas, traditional thinking, and opinions about our definitions of Faith, to replace them with the essence of God’s Authority to transform lives and change situations that will align with God’s glory for our lives. Trusting in God can sometimes be difficult because He sometimes does not give us what we ask for right away. We receive what we need through love, faith, and patience. The waiting part is usually the test that stretches and increases our faith to a new level.”

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THE ESSENCE OF THIS CLASS IS BASED ON …

• That God loves me

• That the resurrection is real

• Jesus died for our sins

• There is a divine correlation between you believing in God and achieving your dreams and fulfilling your destiny.

• That God is supreme

• There is a promise on our lives

• That God will never leave me nor forsake me

• I was created in God’s image

• God wants to take me to another level in life

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AS WE READ IN GENESIS , THE CREATION OF MAN AND THE WORLD.

Why did God create the earth and create us with it? He doesn't really need us, so why did he create anything? How

did He actually do it?

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WHAT IS FAITH …?

• Complete trust or confidence in someone or something.

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What does it mean to have faith? What does it mean to believe and trust in God?

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WHAT IS FAITH ?

• Hebrews 11:6 But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him. -KJV

• 6 And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him. - NIV

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WHEN YOU GO THROUGH DEEP WATERS I WILL BE WITH YOU . – ISAIAH 43:2

What is Faith in God?

• Hebrews 11:6 King James Version (KJV)

• 6 But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.

• 2 Corinthians 5:7 King James Version (KJV)

7 For we walk by faith, not by sight.

• Philippians 4:19 King James Version (KJV)

• 19 But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus.

• John 3:16 King James Version (KJV)

• 16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

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HAVE YOU EVER THOUGHT HOW YOU CAN BRING GLORY TO GOD?

• Jesus honors God by fulfilling his purpose here on Earth. We too can honor God the same way, especially when we fully

believe and trust in God.

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WHAT IS IN ME THAT IS ALSO IN JESUS ?

Characters of Christ

• Humble service (John 13:1-5)

• Holiness (I Peter 1:15-16)

• Righteousness (I John 3:7)

• Purity (I John 3:3)

• Love (Ephesians 5:1-2)

• Kindness (Luke 6:35)

• Forgiveness (Colossians 3:13)

• Compassion (Ephesians 4:32)

• Endurance (Hebrews 12:2-4)

• Submission (I Peter 2:21-4)

• Humility, Obedience (Philippians 2:5-8)

• Generous Giving (II Corinthians 8:1-9)

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“IN ORDER FOR ME TO START BELIEVING IN GOD’S PLAN FOR MY LIFE, I HAVE TO START CHANGING MY PERCEPTION OF MY SITUATION”

• Your problem is never your problem. Your reaction to the

problem is really your problem!

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WHAT IS GOD’S PLAN FOR MY LIFE ?I MUST BE WILLING TO:

• Walk with God: Learn to walk with Him the more time you spend with God, the more you cultivate your relationship with him. Proverbs 3:5-6

• Surrender your will to God: God, I am seeking your approval and I am committed to your desires. Rom 12: 1-2 . I give you permission to order my steps.

• Obey the Word of God: Be obedient to what His word says.

• Understand the gift that God has given you: God’s plan is connected to my gift. 1 Peter 4:10

• Be willing to listen to God’s Spirit: God will speak to your heart and guide your thoughts: John 10:27, Psalms 37:4-5. I MUST BE OPEN TO CHANGE. 12

“ GOD GIVES US CHALLENGES FOR A REASON ”

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THE OTHER PERSON WHO LIVES IN US WANTS TO CONTROL OUR DESTINY.

“In each of us, there is another whom we do not know” Carl Jung.

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HOW DO A BELIEVER GO FROM “IF” TO “YES I CAN”?

• Reading the Bible consistently

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GOD IS GOING TO OPEN DOORS FOR YOU THAT HAVE BEEN LOCKED FOR A LONG TIME ! WHY SHOULD YOU BELIEVE IT ?

• Because it is true

• God is in the business of Restoration

• God cannot lie

• Because you are yielding to God and not yourself

• Because your next level is divinely connected to God’s Plan

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EFFECTIVE PRAYER

IS MORE THAN COMMUNICATION WITH GOD

• “It is the uninterrupted divine access to the heart and throne of grace and mercy, of almighty God, to express thanksgiving, deliverance, guidance, understanding, forgiveness, and renewal of the human spirit with the Creator. It is in prayer that man not only talks to God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit, but listens to develop a deeper intimate relationship with God Himself.”

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PRAYER CHANGES EVERYTHING

• Matthew 7:7-8 King James Version (KJV)

• 7 Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:

• 8 For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.

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WHAT IS TRUE WORSHIP?

• Worship is to honor with extravagant love and extreme submission (Webster's Dictionary, 1828).

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THERE IS POWER IN THE NAME OF JESUS!

• Colossians 1:17-20 The Message (MSG)

Christ Holds It All Together

• 15-18 We look at this Son and see the God who cannot be seen. We look at this Son and see God’s original purpose in everything created. For everything, absolutely everything, above and below, visible and invisible, rank after rank after rank of angels—everything got started in him and finds its purpose in him. He was there before any of it came into existence and holds it all together right up to this moment. And when it comes to the church, he organizes and holds it together, like a head does a body.

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SONG FOR MEDITATION LYRICS : I WILL BLESS THEE O LORD

• I will bless Thee O Lord

• I will bless Thee O Lord

• With my hands lifted upAnd my mouth filled with praiseWith a heart of thanksgiving

• I will bless Thee, O LordI will bless Thee, O LordI will bless Thee, O LordWith a heart of thanksgivingI will bless Thee, O Lord

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NEXT LEVEL BELIEVING ….. FAITH 2.0

INSTRUCTOR: DEACON ANTHONY VAUGHN

MARCH 13-15, 2018

BISHOP WALTER S. THOMAS, SR., PASTOR

NEW PSALMIST BAPTIST CHURCH SPRING INSTITUTE

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JESUS SEES YOUR SITUATION. HIS MESSAGE TO YOU

• Get Ready….. I am turning it around.

• He demands more of you. He demands more love, more praise, more worship, more witnessing, more meditation, and more demonstration. In order to get more of you, Jesus has to reveal more of Himself in you. For example, the more I give of myself to my children, the more they realize how much I love them, and that love spurs a new love from them for me.

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ISAIAH 40:31 BUT THOSE WHO HOPE IN THE LORD WILL RENEW THEIR STRENGTH. THEY WILL SOAR ON WINGS LIKE EAGLES; THEY WILL RUN AND NOT GROW WEARY, THEY WILL WALK AND NOT BE FAINT

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MY FAITH IN GOD IS A REFLECTION OF WHERE I AM GOING AND WHERE I HAVE BEEN.

“Faith is taking the first step even when you don’t see the whole staircase”

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WHAT IS ADVANCED FAITH?

• Living my life in the future

• That God has not brought me this far to leave me now

• Once I start to walk toward the promise of God, things start to happen

• Certain things and people cannot travel with me in my new destination

• Everywhere that I step, I am stepping into the footprint of God. (Baby wearing adult shoes)

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GOD IS JUST A PRAYER AWAY….

• “Dear God… When I lose hope, help me to remember that your love is greater than my disappointments, and your plans for my life are better than my dreams. In Jesus Name .. Amen “

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“ GOD IS ABOUT TO DO A NEW THING IN YOUR LIFE WITH NEW OPPORTUNITIES, NEW RELATIONSHIPS, AND NEW IDEAS.

PREPARE YOUR MIND AND EXPAND YOUR VISION. ”

• THIS IS MY SEASON OF BELIEVING

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GOD HAS TO PERFORM SURGERY ON US (A SPIRITUAL BYPASS)

Remove the disease of:

• Doubt

• Fear

• Nervousness

• Worry

• Concern

• Uneasiness

• Apprehension

• Unworthiness

Replace it with a New Organ

• Assurance of Victory

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GOD HAS MADE US TO BE VICTORS... WE ARE NEVER DEFEATED

• “ First John 5:1-5 depicts the victorious life for believers. The Bible references many terms to describe those who have entered into a personal relationship with Jesus Christ. For instance, we are called Christians. We are also called the children of God (John 1:12), children of light (Eph. 5:8), children of the day (1 Thess. 5:5), and children of obedience (1 Pet. 1:14). But there is another title in the New Testament that may be as exciting as any other, and it is the title overcomers. That is the title John uses in 1 John 5:4: "Whatever is born of God overcomeththe world; and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith."

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SINCE CHRIST HAS OVERCOME THE WORLD .. SO WILL I

• Everything that Christ is, I Am.

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THERE IS POWER IN NAME OF LORD

God said to us that He is the God that will never breaks His promises to us. As we further examine what does it takes to operate at the

next level of believing.

Let’s look at 1 Samuel 17:23 -51

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REAR VIEW MIRROR FAITH

• “Objects in the mirror are closer than they appear.”

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HOW IS FAITH INCREASED?

• Faith is increased by drawing closer to God through prayer and the study of His Word, the Bible.

• Another way faith is increased is by reading or hearing examples of faith in the Bible publicly stated. This is mentioned in Romans 10:17. “So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.”

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NEXT LEVEL FAITH…

• The Spirit of Appreciation

• The Spirit of Determination

• The Spirit of Creativity

• Th Spirit of Truth ( Promises of God)

• The Spirit of Favor

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SONG FOR MEDITATION“GOD HAS SMILED ON ME” SONG

• God has smiled on meHe has set me free, ohGod has smiled on meHe's been good to me, oh.

• God has smiled on me,He has set me free, yeahGod has smiled on meHe's been good to me.

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NEXT LEVEL BELIEVING ….. FAITH 2.0

INSTRUCTOR: DEACON ANTHONY VAUGHN

MARCH 13-15, 2018

BISHOP WALTER S. THOMAS, SR., PASTOR

NEW PSALMIST BAPTIST CHURCH SPRING INSTITUTE

SESSION 3

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“GOD IS FAITHFUL” MEANS:

• I can trust Him.

• I can rely on Him.

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CAN YOU NAME A TIME THAT YOU EXPERIENCED GOD’S FAITHFULNESS IN YOUR LIFE? HOW DID YOU FEEL ?

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I TRUST GOD TO CHANGE MY LIFE

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GOD IS GREATER THAN THE DEMONS YOU FACE.

GREATER IS HE THAT IS IN YOU, THAN HE THAT IS IN THE WORLD

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• We think God needs help in our situations.

• We want to rush God.

• We forget that He created us. (not the other way around)

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• God blocks some things from ever reaching you.

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I WILL BREATHE AGAIN AND EVEN STRONGER THAN BEFORE!

• Because I don’t quit

• Because I am fearfully and wonderfully made

• Because the good hand of the Lord rests firmly upon my shoulders

• Because I appoint Jesus over my life and every situation that I encounter

• Because no weapon formed against me shall prosper

• Because God said So in His Word, I will breathe again!!57

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YOU HAVE TO KNOW WHEN IT IS TIME TO MOVE ON IN LIFE

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“IF IT CHALLENGES YOU …. IT WILL CHANGE YOU”

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WHY SHOULD YOU PRAY WHEN GOD ALREADY KNOWS YOUR NEEDS? WHY TELL GOD WHAT HE ALREADY KNOWS OR ASK HIM TO DO WHAT

HE ALREADY WANTS TO DO?

• We are inviting God into our lives

• Fellowship. We become “co -workers together with Him“ (2 Corinthians 6:1)

• God is growing us

• We don’t want to be guilty of keeping things hidden from God

• God never wants us to live lives independent of Him

• Prayer Binds Us to God“That is why we tell God what He already knows. He knows what we need before we ask. We are definitely and specifically, told to pray and to ask — not to impress or inform God- but to invite God, so that we might have that fellowship with Him in which we grow and learn to depend on Him.”

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IF YOU SAW THE SIZE OF THE BLESSING COMING, YOU WOULD UNDERSTAND THE MAGNITUDE OF THE BATTLE YOU ARE FIGHTING

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TODAY YOU HAVE THE VICTORY TO GO TO THE NEXT LEVEL OF YOUR FAITH

1 Corinthians 15:57 NIV

• But thanks be to God! He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

• Thank you and be blessed!

In His Service,

Deacon Anthony Vaughn64