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By: Mike Jones It has been said, "Worship in Spirit is worship motivated by the life of God in the church community and His Spirit will manifest itself through visible actions by ALL that will participate." To go a step further, worship in "Spirit and in truth" simply means worship motivated by the life of Christ; and this worship is expressive because of the covenant God established with His Son and we've been given privy to it as children of the

By: Dr. Mike Jones Permit me to start this teaching by saying there's a big difference between Christianity and other religions. Christianity stands alone because of the way she treats her enemies. The thing in the Christian Church we have the guard against is when Christians get angry, lash out at another person, and call it righteous indignation, causing hurt or harm to the person that mistreated them. We're prompted in God's Word (Romans 12:1-2), "I urge you therefore, brethren, by the mercies

By: Mike Jones As you view this list of qualities of a Christian counselor, keep in mind that this is not a measuring stick of qualifications because, as stated in earlier chapters, no one is perfect except Christ, Himself. Christian counseling is a privilege, and the list below should be used in preparation and as an objective moving forward to help bring deliverance to the counselee. Born again - "Jesus answered and said unto him, verily, verily, I say unto thee, except

By: Dr. Mike Jones (Proverbs 6:16-19) There are six things the Lord hates, seven that are an abomination to Him: haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood, a heart that devises wicked schemes, feet that are quick to rush into evil, a false witness who pours our lies and a man who sirs up dissension among brothers. As many sinful acts that there are, Solomon (the writer of Proverbs) could have given us many other sins the Lord hates,

By: Dr. Mike Jones One of our great Bible teachers of the 21st Century stated, "When you are deeply hurt, no person on earth can shut down your inner fears and deepest agonies. Not even the best of friends can understand the battle you are going through or the wounds inflicted on you." Saints, the thing to remember about this Christian walk is that God didn't promise you a painless way of life but He did promise you a way of escape.

By: Dr. Mike Jones [The initial call of Jesus to the 12 Disciples/Apostles was to make disciples and to evangelize the world.] In this chapter, we will answer certain questions, such as, what is the meaning of Christian Discipleship? What are the various categories/types of disciples? How does one become a disciple? What is the ministry of a disciple? And many other questions pertaining to 'Discipleship'. The great German Theologian, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, made some profound statements about Biblical Discipleship. He said, "Salvation is

By: Dr. Mike Jones The Christian Researcher and Pollster George Barna said 93% of Americans believe in God, unfortunately (says Barna) 53% also believe "that all people pray to the same God or spirit, no matter what name they use for the spiritual being." [Saints, things are so out of control in the world today, that the world has open the door for the for-runners of Anti-christ.] We in Christendom know beyond a shadow of doubt that people who say all religious

By: Dr. Mike Jones Down through the years, I've witnessed Christians with bad attitudes, and when confronted in love, their response is, "This is the way I am

By: Dr. Mike Jones The sin of PRIDE is a preoccupation with SELF. Year-after-year, we're reminded that the middle letter in P