Dec. 6th Test Flashcards
Just as an oak is not complete without the Roots, Trunk, and Fruit, a man of God is not whole without godly _______, Spirit-lead motives, and fruitful______.
Character, motives, ministry
God builds his kingdom with _______ men!
Broken
Concealed beneath the soil of your ______ ministry are the roots of your walk with God.
Public
It is impossible to have ________ character and a _______ ministry.
Flawed
Fruitful
Adversity forces a person to choose one of two paths:
Character
Compromise
Leaders cannot rise above the _______ of their character.
Limitations
To improve your character and build a solid _____ for your leadership, you must:
Foundation
Find the ______ in your _______ because the enemy will.
Cracks
Armor
Men have two major areas that they cannot afford even hairline fractures, _____ and ______
Money and morality
Look for ______ patterns
Poisoned
Don’t be afraid to look in the ______, it can save you, your family, the church, and your ministry down the road if there are problems.
Mirrors
If character defines who you are, then ________ determine why you do what you do.
Motives
Your EGO is going to do one of two things:
Edge God Out
Exalt God Only
Woven intricately into the proud, wicked nature of our old man is the desire for _______, _________, and ___________.
Pinnacles
Power
Notoriety
We are not _____, we are ministers and we must remember that the crown we are called to wear is a crown of thorns.
Actors
The ______ symbol we carry is a cross.
Status
The _______ position we can attain to is washing feet.
Loftiest
So let your _______ for ministry always be with a towel, a basin, a pitcher of water and making life better for others at the sacrifice of self.
Motive
In the Kingdom of God any power that comes is always to ______ others.
Serve
The three most powerful temptations a leader faces are:
Instant gratification
Recognition
Applause
Do I make decisions out of ______ and _____ or out of _______ and _________.
Pride and fear
Submission and humility
Pride and fear always ______ man from God, man from other people, and man from himself.
Separate
Focus on your ______ (root), and your _______ (route), and your _____ (fruit) will take care of itself as a natural outflow of having the inner man right!
Character
Motives
Ministry
Whatever you build, you will live in.
Build it right
Fasting mortifies your ______. It puts your flesh under ________ to the spirit.
Flesh
Subjection
fasting empties ______ of _____
You
You
In the OT the fast was a regarded to
Emergency
Liberate
Support
He teaches us through his example fasting that fasting is associated with _____ upon God.
Dependence
Fasting is a _______. Every believer is expected to fast. Christ said “when ye fast.” He expects us to fast.
Duty
We should never consider _____ and _____ dead before you are.
Fear and pride
________, in which there is no intake of food for a prescribed period of time, though there may be an intake of liquids;
Normal
_________, in which the diet is limited, though some food is not allowed;
Partial
_______, in which there is a total abstinence from food and liquids in all forms.
Absolute
Several durations that we find biblically:
One day
Three days
Seven days
Forty days
There are situations biblically that we find people fasting:
Loss and grief Distress Sorrow for Sin Seeking intervention Seeking guidance
Fasting keeps the believer in the _______ of God.
Presence
Fasting ______ the believer’s soul before God.
Humbles
Fasting teaches the believer his ________ upon God.
Dependance
Fasting demonstrates to God (____) a real seriousness.
By action
Fasting _____ the believer to control and discipline his life.
Teaches
Deuteronomy 6:4-7
Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD: 5 And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might. And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart: 7 And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.
