{"id":755,"date":"2010-09-14T12:11:13","date_gmt":"2010-09-14T17:11:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.freedomfrommedom.com\/member\/?p=755"},"modified":"2013-07-20T11:58:43","modified_gmt":"2013-07-20T16:58:43","slug":"twirl-008-91410","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.freedomfrommedom.com\/member\/lessons\/twirl-008-91410","title":{"rendered":"TWIRL 008 (9\/14\/10)"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>This Week In Recovery Lesson<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Before you begin your TWIRL activity, please read the FREEdom from MEdom Series article, Sound Investment Strategy (Ridin&#8217; with the King). <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Then come back to TWIRL and observe the following Scripture.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Delight yourself also in the LORD, And He shall give you the desires of your heart.<\/strong> <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Commit your way to the LORD, trust also in Him, and He shall bring <em>it<\/em> to pass. <\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Psalm 37:4-5 (NLT)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Do what the LORD wants, and he will give you your heart&#8217;s desire. <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Let the LORD lead you and trust him to help.<\/span><\/strong> <span style=\"color: #000000;\">Psalm 37:4-5 (CEV)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><sup id=\"en-NKJV-26703\">7<\/sup> If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, you will ask what you desire, and it shall be done for you. <sup id=\"en-NKJV-26704\">8<\/sup> By this My Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit; so you will be My disciples. <sup id=\"en-NKJV-26705\">9<\/sup> \u201cAs the Father loved Me, I also have loved you; abide in My love. <sup id=\"en-NKJV-26706\">10<\/sup> If you keep My commandments, you will abide in My love, just as I have kept My Father\u2019s commandments and abide in His love. <sup id=\"en-NKJV-26707\">11<\/sup> \u201cThese things I have spoken to you, that My joy may remain in you, and <em>that<\/em> your joy may be full. <sup id=\"en-NKJV-26708\">12<\/sup> This is My commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. <sup id=\"en-NKJV-26709\">13<\/sup> Greater love has no one than this, than to lay down one\u2019s life for his friends. <sup id=\"en-NKJV-26710\">14<\/sup> You are My friends if you do whatever I command you. <\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">John 15:7-14<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">May you experience the love of Christ, though it is too great to understand fully. Then you will be made complete with all the fullness of life and power that comes from God. <\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Now all glory to God, who is able, through his mighty power at work within us, to accomplish infinitely more than we might ask or think. <\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Ephesians 3:19-20 (NLT)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The thief\u2019s purpose is to steal and kill and destroy. My purpose is to give them a rich and satisfying life. <\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">John 10:10 (NLT)<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">1.\u00a0 Having read, Sound Investment Strategy, what did you learn about God&#8217;s economic principle of sowing and reaping?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">2.\u00a0 How would you say the world&#8217;s (society&#8217;s) economic principle for sowing and reaping is similar to God&#8217;s way?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">3.\u00a0 How would you say that worldly principles for sowing and reaping are different than God&#8217;s economic principles?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">4.\u00a0 What would you say it means when the Bible instructs you to &#8220;Delight in the Lord&#8221;? (HINT: see the CEV version above of Psalm 37:4)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">5.\u00a0 What would you say Jesus was talking about when He said, &#8220;If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you&#8221;? <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">6.\u00a0 What was it about the words of Jesus that you need them to be abiding in you, whatever that means?<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">7.\u00a0 Why would you say that Scripture always seems to tie a condition to getting what you want?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">8.\u00a0 Why is it so important to DO what God wants in order to receive what you want from God?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">9.\u00a0 What does God want for you to do, and how is it tied in to what you want?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">10. What does it mean to you to be a friend of Christ?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">11. How do you get to be a friend of Christ?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">NOTE: To get the full context of being a friend of Christ\/God, read <a class=\"wp-oembed\" title=\"Open John 15:1-17 in Bible Gateway\" href=\"http:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=john%2015.1-17&amp;version=NLT\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #993300;\">John 15:1-17<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">12. According to John 10:10 above, what is the flipside, or inevitable consequence, of not being in right relationship with Jesus Christ as our friend? Who else is out there? 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