Personal and Corporate Spiritual Truths
Liberty University
Spiritual Growth Plan: Sections Two and Three
A Spiritual Growth Plan Submitted to
In Partial Fulfillment of the requirements For
The course EVAN 500
Liberty baptist Theological seminary
By
Lynchburg, Virginia
Friday, December 13, 2012
Table of Contents
Section Two Personal And Corporate Spiritual Truths 2
Section Three The Power of Prayer 4 Being Prepared 5 The Call to Worship 6 Personal Growth 7 thinking Strategically 9
Bibliography 11
Section Two
Personal and Corporate Spiritual Truths Perhaps the lesson given the most support throughout the course of this semester is the healthy church is a church whose members are devoted to prayer.1 Powerful movements and spiritual breakthrough happen when one spends time in prayer, often accompanied by fasting. It is also significant to realize the importance of praying as one body. The Holy Spirit is not bound by doctrinal position, popular opinion, or denomination allegiance.2 Prayer is essential, another essential spiritual practice, that is often misunderstood, is worship.
When a Christian thinks of worship, many immediately think of music, the session at church just prior to the preaching of the Lord’s word. It is often thought of as a response to what God has done, for what He is currently doing. Worship goes beyond music and should be displayed in our every day obedience to God. Wheeler and Whaley view Great Commission worship as formational, it should sculpt, form, and shape us.3 God uses worship to change us just as much as He uses the message taught every Sunday morning.
A. W. Tozer in his book The Crucified Life, writes of the great obstacle in ones walk with Christ, self-trust. Self-trust robs God of what belongs to Him. He defines self-trust as the respectability and self-assurance of self that one learns through education, friends, and experiences. Tozer explains that self-trust is wrong because it robs God; it
Spiritual Growth Plan: Sections Two and Three
A Spiritual Growth Plan Submitted to
In Partial Fulfillment of the requirements For
The course EVAN 500
Liberty baptist Theological seminary
By
Lynchburg, Virginia
Friday, December 13, 2012
Table of Contents
Section Two Personal And Corporate Spiritual Truths 2
Section Three The Power of Prayer 4 Being Prepared 5 The Call to Worship 6 Personal Growth 7 thinking Strategically 9
Bibliography 11
Section Two
Personal and Corporate Spiritual Truths Perhaps the lesson given the most support throughout the course of this semester is the healthy church is a church whose members are devoted to prayer.1 Powerful movements and spiritual breakthrough happen when one spends time in prayer, often accompanied by fasting. It is also significant to realize the importance of praying as one body. The Holy Spirit is not bound by doctrinal position, popular opinion, or denomination allegiance.2 Prayer is essential, another essential spiritual practice, that is often misunderstood, is worship.
When a Christian thinks of worship, many immediately think of music, the session at church just prior to the preaching of the Lord’s word. It is often thought of as a response to what God has done, for what He is currently doing. Worship goes beyond music and should be displayed in our every day obedience to God. Wheeler and Whaley view Great Commission worship as formational, it should sculpt, form, and shape us.3 God uses worship to change us just as much as He uses the message taught every Sunday morning.
A. W. Tozer in his book The Crucified Life, writes of the great obstacle in ones walk with Christ, self-trust. Self-trust robs God of what belongs to Him. He defines self-trust as the respectability and self-assurance of self that one learns through education, friends, and experiences. Tozer explains that self-trust is wrong because it robs God; it