by Paul Wood | General Materials, Small Group Materials
Achievement regulates self-worth If ‘we are what we achieve’, we only feel we are a good person when we have done something sufficiently well. This is not the same as feeling satisfied we have done a good job, in fact some people can never feel this. a. Flying upwards...
by Paul Wood | General Materials, Small Group Materials
Temptation Without doubt, the mind is the premier battlefield for Christians today. It would be easy to go over the top in considering the degree of temptation we face on a daily basis, but we are far more likely to under-estimate the degree to which we are bombarded...
by Paul Wood | General Materials
James 1: 2-8 2 Consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds, 3 because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance. 4 Perseverance must finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything. 5 If...
by Paul Wood | General Materials
What Spiritual warfare is not. 1. Speaking against unspecified principalities and powers. 2. ‘Regaining’ territory for God by warring in heavenly places. 3. Speaking directly to the Devil. We do not have authority to ‘bind the enemy’. The...
by Paul Wood | General Materials
Introduction A ‘prophet’ is someone who prophesies, that is, declares the word of God as it bears on particular national, communal, or personal circumstances. Prophecy also contains elements of prediction, though they are not its main function. Biblical and historical...
