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1/13/2019Our Bodies – A Living SacrificeGifts DefinedBodies G4983 sōma so'-mah From G4982; the body (as asound whole), used in a verywide application, literally orfiguratively: - bodily, body, slave. Total KJV occurrences: 146A tangible expression of love given willingly to someone withoutexpecting anything in return.55Bodies G4982 sōzō sode'-zo From a primary word σῶς sōs̄; tosave, that is, deliver or protect(literally or figuratively): - heal,preserve, save (self), do well, be(make) whole. Total KJV occurrences: 11058Gifts God Has Given Us Jesus – John 3:16 Holy Spirit – Acts 1:4 Fruit of the Spirit – Galatians5:22–––––Love, joy, peaceGoodness, kindnessForbearanceGentlenessSelf-controlThe Gift of Our Love for God & Others Gifts of the Spirit – I Corinthians 12:810–––––––––Matthew 22:37-40 “Love the Lord your God with all your heartand with all your soul and with all your mind.’ This is the firstand greatest commandment. And the second is like it: ‘Love yourneighbor as yourself.’ All the Law and the Prophets hang onthese two ous PowersProphecyDistinguishing Between SpiritsSpeaking in Different TonguesInterpretation of Tongues5659Our Gift to GodThe Gift of Your Love to OthersRomans 12:1 Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in viewof God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy andpleasing to God-this is your true and proper worship.“Every5760time you smile at someone it is an action of love, agift to that person, a beautiful thing.”Mother Teresa

1/13/2019Gifts Dialect Acts of ServiceSelf-sacrificing actions (e.g. helping & meeting needs)Loving the unlovableReleasing God’s presence and peaceOffering prayer, comfort, or hopeRE-gifting:John 15:12-13 My command is this: Love each other as I haveloved you. Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’slive for one’s friends.– Fruit of the Spirit– Gifts of the Spirit6164Acts of ServiceChallengeActs of Service DefinedAny action done to ease the burden of responsibility fromanother person. These actions speak louder than words.62Luke 6:27-28 But to you who are listening I say: Love yourenemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curseyou, pray for those who mistreat you.Luke 6:32-33 If you love those who love you, what credit is thatto you? Even sinners love those who love them. And if you dogood to those who are good to you, what credit is that to you?Even sinners do that.65Our Acts of Service for GodGod’s Acts of Service for UsMatthew 25:35-36 For I was hungry and you gave me somethingto eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was astranger and you invited me in, I needed clothes and you clothedme, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and youcame to visit me.Matthew 25:40 The King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever youdid for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, youdid for me.’63Matthew 11:5 The blind receive sight, the lame walk, those whohave leprosy are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised,and the good news is proclaimed to the poor.John 13:5 After that, he poured water into a basin and beganto wash his disciples’ feet, drying them with the towel that waswrapped around him.Hebrews 12:2 For the joy set before him he endured the cross,scorning its shame 66

1/13/2019Acts of Service Dialect Physical Touch Dialect Appropriate touch when praying Touching the untouchable with:MissionsCookingBuildingVisiting:– A glance– A smile Hugs Ministry in institutional settings (physical presence)– Elderly– Sick– Hurting– Assisted living– Hospice Care– Incarcerated6770God’s Physical TouchOur PrayerMark 10:16And he took thechildren in hisarms, placed hishands on them andblessed them.Psalm 139:5You hem me inbehind andbefore, and youlay your handupon me.68Heavenly Father, thank you that your presence surrounds usalways as a tangible reminder of Your good and perfect love. Asyou touch us, may we be “Jesus with skin on” to those who needa touch from You. Cause us to use our hands to build up othersand to bless them; not to harm in any way. Help us to be onewith you in Christ through the Holy Spirit so that the world mayknow that Jesus is Lord.71God’s Love LanguagesWrap-UpPhysical TouchJohn 17:20-21 My prayer is not for them alone. I pray also forthose who will believe in me through their message, that all ofthem may be one, Father, just as you are in me and I am in you.May they also be in us so that the world may believe that youhave sent me.69 God speaks ALL 5 languages to us—He initiates! Ministry to God as we reflect His languages back to Him iswhere we find the deepest place of intimacy. Our calling is to help others hear God speak through a lovelanguage that they desperately long to hear. Intimacy with God can only be born out of relationship withHIM!72

1/13/2019Boston Mission TripMay 4 – 11, 2019Spring Semester Courses Available to ALL!Join a 15-week Course Now! The Book of Romans New Testament Survey Discipleship Biblical Foundations ofPrayer MinistryHearing God’s Voice SeminarSaturday, February 23rdEffective Prayer Ministry Tools5 Saturdays this SpringStreet EvangelismCultural ImmersionChurch PlantingChurch PartneringTrip info meeting Monday, 1/14, 5:00– 6:00 PM Contact Alex Fields, ACMin Director ofOutreach, for complete information.afields@acmin.org 1/19 - Knowing God’s Heart 2/9 - Building Relationships in Ministry 3/2 – Connecting Hearts with the Heartof God 4/13 – Physical Healing: Set Free &Made Whole 5/11 – Making a Heart Connection withUnbelieversacmin.org/Spring-2019/7376Prayer Leadership Certificate6 Courses – Life-changing Transformation!-Prayer & Spiritual Direction, Dr. David Holt-Spiritual Warfare, Dr. Kurt Genteman-Biblical Foundations of Prayer Ministry, Mrs. Cindy Mackey-Effective Prayer Ministry Tools, Mrs. Dee Pesaresi-The Practice of Prayer, Mrs. Cindy Mackey-Prayer Ministry mentored apprenticeshipMore than intercession! It’s ushering in kingdomVictory out of intimacy with the LORD!74Mark your calendars!Saturday, June 22ndGrace Fellowship Church, onal Day of Prayer BreakfastACMin TransformationalPrayer Ministry CenterStruggles?Trauma?Depression?Relational Issues?Jesus has the answers!Thursday, May 2nd // 7:00 – 8:30 AMThe Classic Prayer-Ministry78

1/13/2019Help ACMin Make Disciples!Building God’s Kingdom Through Love Students Staff AccreditationPlease consider amonthly pledge!79Mrs. Cindy MackeyDirector, ACMin Transformational Prayer MinistryACMin Faculty82The ACMin CampusWhere Relationship GrowsClassroomsPrayer Ministry CenterLibraryStudent HousingFarmChapelPrayer GardenWorship CenterRetreat CenterRecreation Area“Jesus died for one all-encompassing reason:that He might manifest the graciousness of His glorious LOVE tous, and, in turn, reap the extravagant affections of a lovesickBride. He did it all for LOVE!”If You Will Ask by Oswald ChambersHosea 2:19-20 “I will betroth you to Me forever;Yes, I will betroth you to Me in righteousness and in justice,In lovingkindness and in compassion,And I will betroth you to Me in faithfulness.Then you will know the LORD.Our Goal: Groundbreaking!8083Co-labor with ACMin Through Your GiftsThrough time spent together with God, we NURTURE our LOVERelationship. God speaks over us, declaring how beautiful we arein His sight.2 Corinthians 9:12 Your gift not only helps supply theneeds of the saints, but also results in many expressionsof thanksgiving to God.81We respond by opening our HEART to Him with greaterabandonment,praising the glorious attributes of His beauty and His character,andreceiving the lavish affections of His HEART.84

1/13/2019Prayer NOURISHES the LIFE of God within;The Calling of God:LACK of Prayer STARVES the LIFE of God within.Advancing His Kingdom byRevealing the Presence, the GLORY, the GOODNESS of God at all times and in every situationJesus NOURISHED the LIFE of God by His continual contact withthe Father.Mark 1:35 In the early morning, while it was still dark, Jesusgot up, left the house, and went away to a secluded place,and was praying there.(Matthew 14:2; Mark 6:46; Luke 5:16, 6:12,9:28,11:1)85(Matthew 4:23, 10:7, 13:11, 16:19, 24:14;Luke 9:60, 12:32, 21:31)88Psalm 119:20 The Psalmist cried:NASB My soul is CRUSHED with longing after Your ordinances atall times.EHV My soul is OVERWHELMED by desire for Your judgmentsat all times.MSG My soul is STARVED and hungry, RAVENOUS!— insatiablefor Your nourishing commands.Psalm 107:9 For He has SATISFIED the THIRSTY soul, And theHUNGRY soul He has FILLED with what is good.86Jesus laid down His life, doing ONLY what Father said/ what theFather did: (John 5:19,20, 8:28,29, 10:11,15,17,18)to heal: body, soul, and mind,to teach,to comfort,to pray,to serve (by washing feet, etc),to feed,to cast out demonsto resurrect from the deadAll done with One Purpose:to Reveal the Father in the fullness of His GLORY!89As the Believer “hungers and thirsts for Intimacy with God”,one can discern the Mind and Heart of God, praying and movingin accordance with His will.This is the depth, height, and solemnity of our CALLING as Saintsin the Advancement of His Kingdom on earth.(Matthew 6:10; 1 John 5:14,15)“Jesus loved God with ALL His Being.His idea of deep pleasure, of ‘Soul JOY’, had nothing whatever todo with recognition or accomplishments or approval from othersor even intimacy with friends.He found His deepest satisfaction in God. His identity wascentered in His Father.Therefore He was able to give Himself to others withoutdemanding anything in return, to care with genuine othercentered passion, and to speak what was true without feelingthreatened with the possibility of a negative response.”Soul Talk by Larry Crabb2 Timothy 1:9“God saved us and Called us with a holy CALLING . accordingto His own Purpose and Grace granted from eternity”.8790

1/13/2019God’s GLORY is manifest in OTHER-Centeredness.Through Jesus’ Death and Resurrection, the Believer is now invitedinto the GLORY shared by the Trinity!Hebrews 12:2Jesus . Who for the JOY set before Him endured thecross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the Right Handof the throne of God.John 17:22-23 (TPT) Jesus prays:For the very GLORY You (God) have given to Me I have given themso that they will be joined together as ONEand experience the same UNITY that We enjoy.You (God) live fully in Me and now I (Jesus) live fully in themso that they will experience perfect UNITY,and the world will be convinced that You (God) have sent Me,for they will see that You love each one of themwith the same passionate love that You have for Me.The JOY of Jesus: Knowing that His actions would PLEASE GOD.Joy (“Chara”) Calm delight, be well, thrive9194Mankind was created and “crowned with GLORY” and Majesty.(Psalm 8:4-6)2 Corinthians 3: 18But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirrorthe GLORY of the Lord, are being Transformed into the sameIMAGE from GLORY to GLORY, just as from the Lord, the Spirit.Adam and Eve lost their “GLORY-covering” when they sinned.They realized that they were naked; in shame and fear, they hidfrom God. (Genesis 3:6-10)92Philippians 2:12b 13 .work out your salvation with fear and trembling; for it is GodWho is at work in you, both to will (desire, passion) andto work (strengthen, empower) for His good pleasure.95Mankind was created and “crowned with GLORY” and Majesty.(Psalm 8:4-6)God’s GLORY imparts His LIFE:-by worshipping Him, we find Health and Nourishment-by serving Him, we find the Purpose for which we werecreated.Adam and Eve lost their “GLORY-covering” when they sinned.They realized that they were naked; in shame and fear, they hidfrom God. (Genesis 3:6-10)The GLORY of God on Moses’ face faded as he left God’sPresence. (2 Corinthians 3:4-13)9396

1/13/2019Philippians 2:5-8God’s GLORY imparts His LIFE:-by worshipping Him, we find Health and Nourishment-by serving Him, we find the Purpose for which we werecreated.Have this ATTITUDE in yourselves which was also in ChristJesus, Who, although He existed in the form of God, did notregard equality with God a thing to be grasped, but EMPTIEDHIMSELF, taking the form of a bond-servant, and being made inthe likeness of men.John 4:34Jesus said to them, “My food is to do the will of Him Who sentMe and to accomplish His work.97Being found in appearance as a man, He HUMBLED Himselfby becoming OBEDIENT to the point of death, even death on across.100God’s COMMITMENT to His GLORY GUARANTEES our JOY:Philippians 2: 3-4Living in RELATIONSHIP with God (Romans 3:22)andLiving in HOLINESS, RELATING to others as Jesus relates toothers.(Matthew 7:12, 22:36-40; 2 Peter 1:1-4)Do nothing from SELFISHNESS or empty conceit, but withhumility of mind regard one another as MORE IMPORTANTthan yourselves;do not merely look out for your own personal interests, but also{look out} for the interests of others.98101God instructs us to take up our Cross and DENY our “SELF”.HOW did our LORD JESUS RELATE to others?WHAT does that look like in the life of the Believer?“SELF must be utterly Denied and its every claim is to berejected. Jesus came to redeem us from SELF!” One who has Denied himself becomes an EMPTY vessel to beFILLED with all the blessings and power that God desires to pourout.” (Luke 9:23)From Steve Smith, Facebook postAndrew Murray, “ SELF is our greatest curse”.99102

1/13/2019“Self-Denial is NOT intended to be a morbid invitation to PAIN;He meant it as a glorious Invitation to Intimacy with Him .yet we often avoid it because we think the price tag is too high.We haven’t yet understood what we are buying. It is likesomeone offering us a new Mercedes Benz for 20, and we arebemoaning the fact that they are trying to extricate 20 from us.”When the things of this world fail to SATISFY,we sense that something is terribly WRONG within us;this typically leads to shame, blame, justification, fear andhiding.We become COMMITTED to RELIEVING the PAINrather than EMBRACing the PAIN in order to wrestle morepassionately with the character and purposes of God.(Romans 8:28-30)“Self-Denial and Intimacy go hand-in-hand.It awakens the FLOW of LOVE.”Secrets of the Secret Place by Bob Sorge103106As we practice Self-Denial, we are saying:-I want to KNOW and Encounter Jesus!-I am committed to learn to hear His Voice, to abandon myselfto every Word that proceeds out of the Mouth of God!-I desire an accelerated change in my heart and my behavior!-I desire to accrue eternal treasures!-I long for the outpouring of His Spirit on the earth.-I aspire to “press in” with spiritual violence in order to advancethe Kingdom!104“We pursue our Happiness at the Expense of Others;God pursues our Holiness at the Expense of His Son.”The Unfolding Drama of God by Reverend Kent Denlinger107“God never sends anyone away EMPTY .except when we are FULL of SELF.”Reverend Daniel KolendaWe attempt to FILL the Space with:self-protective energy,self-serving passion,conditional love,frowning disapproval,irritable impatience.Mankind is masterfully deceptive (Jeremiah 17:9); in seekingour own Glory, we attempt to FILL the Space, created for God todwell, with other things.Spiritual Battle Battle for Competing Desires: God vs. Idols(Leviticus 19:4)105108

1/13/2019The Union between Father and Son is such a live concrete thingthat this union, Itself, is a Person. What grows out of the jointlife of the Father and the Son is a real Person; in fact, it is theThird of the three Persons Who are God.(C.S. Lewis)God is ONE Who pours Himself out Abundantly .wherever He finds SPACE.(St. John of the Cross)109The Goal NOT to pursue RELIEF from PAIN or “SATISFACTION.”The Goal EMBRACE the PAIN in order to IDENTIFY what isgetting in the way of our DEEPEST SATISFACTION:LOVING God and LOVING others.112SIN is a HEART issue so deeply rooted in usthat it requires the Spirit’s radical work ofDISRUPTION and DEATH through the expertise of Holy Spirit.It often takes SUFFERING to LOOSEN our GRIP on the things thatare filling the SPACE reserved for GOD.With the GRIP released, Christ is INVITED into the situation,effectively REDEEMING and TRANSFORMING.110QUESTIONS to ask when in PAIN and/or in a Difficult Situation:-WHAT is God “up to” in this difficult event?-WHAT is God EXPOSING in me that is getting in the way of theGREATEST SATISFACTION, Loving God and Loving others?-HOW is He TRANSFORMING me into His IMAGE through this?-HOW is God’s being GLORIFIED in my response?113HONESTLY CONSIDER:If we can “STAY HONEST” in the middle of the Battle for ourSoul, the profound Dis-Contentment will indicate that the JOYwe are after is being BLOCKED by a subtle enemy that has longmasqueraded as a Friend: SELF!Am I more interested in COMMUNION with God that willeternally SATISFY my Soul .OrProverbs 14:12, 16:25There is a way which seems right to a man,but its end is the way of death.111114

1/13/2019HONESTLY CONSIDER:GOD’s LIFEAm I more interested in COMMUNION with God that willeternally SATISFY my Soul .OrAm I more interested in COOPERATION from God that willIMPROVE my LIFE and to find a convenient PLAN that I canfollow that will bring about this IMPROVED LIFE?.BELIEVER’sHEART115JOY, SatisfactionGOD’s GLORYMANIFESTHis Kingdom Come118BUT, BELIEVERS are NOT defined by Self-Centeredness.His GLORY is MANIFESTED on the earth!Only God defines who we are: “Beloved Children of God”!(1 John 3:1)His KINGDOM has COME; His WILL has been DONE.BELIEVERS are earthly vessels whose CENTER is GOD, Himself,pulsating with the most Powerful Energy of the Universe: LOVE!116We have become “people of whom the world is not worthy.”(Hebrews 11:38)119As we grow from GLORY to GLORY, this God-given Desire toLOVE God and LOVE Others is “unearthed”.We speak with POWER into people’s lives, AROUSING andAWAKENING their desire for God . until their THIRST for Godconsumes them.Building God’s Kingdom Through LoveWrap-upBuilding the Kingdom through loving God and loving others is oursource of joy and the manifestation of His glory in the earth!Proverbs 10:11 The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of LIFEProverbs 13:14 The teaching of the wise is a fountain of LIFEto turn aside from the snares of death.117OTHERS’SOULS120

1/13/2019Evidence of SalvationAdvancing God’s Kingdom Through ObedienceDr. Marcia WilburACMin President121#1- A decision to turn away from personal sin and rebellion.1 John 3:6 No one who lives in him keeps on sinning. No onewho continues to sin has either seen him or known him.Romans 6:6 For we know that our old self was crucified withhim so that the

The Holy Spirit - God’s Agent of Intimacy 1 Corinthians 2:10-13 The Spirit searches all things, even the deep things of God .No one knows the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God.What we have received is not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God