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@Livingwater Study 1 CHRISTIANS CALLED BY A NEW NAME Happy Sunday! Scripture Portion: 1 Peter 4: 12-19 One word we are all familiar with is the word ‘‘Christian’’. Most of us possess a Christian name, and many people in a very broad and nominal sense would call themselves Christians, but are they Christians in the New Testament sense of the word? Some think that because they are born in a ‘‘Christian’’ country or have received a ‘‘Christian’’ education, or have affiliated themselves to a Christian church and adopt Christian principles, that this is all they need to do to become a Christian. The fact is that we can do all these things and still not be a Christian, for these things are external. It is possible to be a church member, good, moral and kind, and still not be a Christian. What, then, is a Christian? In the New Testament we find the answer to this important question and we discover that the word ‘‘Christian’’ is used only three times –- in Acts 11:26; Acts 26:28 and 1

@Livingwater Study10B...Jonah's deliverance Jonah 2:1-9.. Please take note of this study,God bless you and have a nice day... God called to Jonah one day and told him to go preach to Nineveh because the people were very wicked. Jonah hated this idea because Nineveh was one of Israel's greatest enemies and Jonah wanted nothing to do with preaching to them! Jonah tried to run away from God in the opposite direction of Nineveh and headed by boat to Tarsish. God sent a great storm upon the ship and the men decided Jonah was to blame so they threw him overboard. As soon as they tossed Jonah in the water, the storm stopped. Below are what Bro Jonah action after.... 2 . Jonah’’ s urgent prayer It is important to compare Jonah 1:17 with Jonah 2:1. How urgent this man’’s prayer was! –- and he only made his prayer to the Lord when he was really in a tight fix. Look up and read Psalm 107 and particularly notice verses 6,13,19,20, and then the closing verse, verse 43. Concernin

@Livingwater Study 10A THE PRAYER FOR DELIVERANCE FROM TROUBLE GREAT PRAYERS IN THE OLD TESTAMENT Scripture Portion: Jonah 2: 1-9 The key verse to this concluding study in our series is Jonah 2:1. In chapter 1 we read the sad record of the prophet’’s disobedience and doubt, and of the consequent trouble that befell him. It was after this, and only when he was in real trouble, that he prayed. We all experience trouble, and the fact that we are Christians does not give us any immunity from trouble. Indeed, the fact that we are Christians ensures trouble, as we learn from Philippians 1:29; Hebrews 12:5-12; 1 Peter 1:7. But sometimes trouble comes upon us because of our own foolishness and sin. This was so in the case of Jonah. The story is moving and heart-breaking, but also challenging and very practical in its application to us. Notice first of all:- 1 . Jonah’’ s great trouble Read through chapter 1 carefully and notice how Jonah’’s trouble increased with mounting intensity,

@Livingwater Study 9B..Revival.. Isaiah 641:-3 One unanswered prayer that every committed Christian should be praying is that God would send revival to our country. It is as of yet unanswered because nothing that is being described as revival today even comes close to the many examples of true revival that God has sent in times past. True revival is not a matter of hanging a banner in front of the church that announces, “Revival This Week, 7 p.m.” True revival is not a superficial, emotional response that results in a temporary experience, but no long-term fruit of righteousness. 3 . The secret of Revival is revealed . Notice in this chapter some of the conditions which must be met if revival is to come. We are not forgetting that God is sovereign and that He can send revival or withhold it, but we are emphasising that because the need is great, the responsibility rests on us to do all we possibly can to make it possible. Revival cannot be worked up; the language of our verse m

@Livingwater Study 9A THE PRAYER FOR GOD TO REND THE HEAVENS GREAT PRAYERS IN THE OLD TESTAMENT Scripture Portion: Isaiah 64: 1-3 The great need on every hand is for spiritual revival, for an outpouring of the Holy Spirit upon the Church, for God to come in power; and in this study we are to consider whether such a reviving is possible and what we must do on our side to open the channels through which God may pour out such a blessing. Of course revival is always the sovereign act of God. Scripture and experience prove that He can give it or withhold it, but it is also true that revival comes in response to certain human conditions. The Bible teaches this, and so does experience, and the words on which this study is based help us to see this truth. What do they tell us about revival? 1 . The meaning of Revival is explained . What is spiritual revival, revival in a Church? –- it is the Lord God rending the heavens and coming down among His people (Isaiah 64:1). In other words, r

@Livingwater Study 9B...Perfect will,God's will Psalm143:10. The perfect will of God is God’s divine plan for your life. This is what He has divinely arranged – the kind of man or woman to marry, career, ministry, and so on. The permissive will of God is what He permits. A point to note is that the fact that He permits something does not mean it is His will. For instance, if God wants a person to get married at the age of 30, He knows the exact reason why. If the person is obedient and waits for God’s timing, he will receive all the blessings God has for him. Suppose when the person reaches the age of 25 he finds a woman and decides to marry her. It will not be God’s perfect will. If the person continues to pray about it over and over, God will give him a go –ahead. But it will be God’s permissive will. He will still bless them but they will not enjoy the full blessings that come with His perfect will. 4 . It indicates the conditions to be met if we are to know and do His wi

@Livingwater Study 8A THE PRAYER FOR GOD’’S WILL TO BE DONE GREAT PRAYERS IN THE OLD TESTAMENT Scripture Reference: Psalm 143: 10 What a beautiful prayer this is –- ““Teach me to do your will””! It occurs in the last of the seven penitential psalms and it is the heart-cry of the psalmist for grace to know and to do God’’s will. The late Dr G. Campbell Morgan says in his book “”God’’s Perfect Will””, that ““there is no phrase more often in use among Christians than that of the will of God””, and he closes the same book with the words, “”There is but one thing that matters, knowing and doing God’’s will.”” This was the important thing in the life of the Lord Jesus –- look up and compare Psalm 40:7-8; Matthew 26:39; John 4:34; John 17:4. What does David’s prayer –- ““Teach me to do your will”” –- tell us? 1 . It states the first heart-cry and longing of the truly born again soul . Before we become a Christian we are not particularly interested in God’’s will because we’’re concer