Teaching by Neil Anderson

mrhappy3 · Nov 16, 2014

Big brother is in town

Joy · Nov 17, 2014

what i love is how he is honest shares that Christians tend to repress negative emotions Psalm 32:3-5 and he encourages us not to do this but to to share these negatives with the Lord, and seek his healing.
Because if we do not admit our bitterness, anger,un-forgiveness we are giving the enemy a stronghold in our life.

mrhappy3 · Nov 17, 2014

Even confess them to one another. (at some point they need to be released)

Joy · Nov 17, 2014

Yes people do need to released but he shows that this is something we can encounter by the power of the Holy Spirit and yes sometimes this includes being 'set free' but there's no need to have ministry from a 'deliverance' superstar.

Joy · Nov 17, 2014

please respect that this thread is share based on Neil Anderson's teaching which I believe teaches believer's to apply God's truth in lives not power encounters

Alithis · Nov 17, 2014

MollieSue said:
please respect that this thread is share based on Neil Anderson's teaching which I believe teaches believer's to apply God's truth in lives not power encounters

i must read still more of him.
the term power encounters is ,like so many things,perceptional..especially when presented in a singular sentence... ie what writer means by the term vs what i think he means.
im browsing the website .. so cannot read very much indepth.
(i dont pay money for teaching or the expounding of of scripture -if the lord desires me to hear/learn it, he will bring it into my hands without fail. )

this snippet from here :https://www.ficm.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/The-Reality-of-Demons1.pdf

i have to agree with of course. Due to once holding the opposed view, only to have experienced later ,deliverance from the demonic influence causing me to insist a christian could not have a demon.. and that experience is where my dilemma of terminology lays.. because that "power encounter" is also the working of the application of the truth of the lord jesus in my life it changed me ,caused me to see where i had been blind before... lol isnt terminology a funny thing .

the entrance of the word (written&spirit) give life
(light)

Any way,im enjoying the snippets im reading..

mourningdove~ · Nov 17, 2014

MollieSue said:
what i love is how he is honest shares that Christians tend to repress negative emotions Psalm 32:3-5 and he encourages us not to do this but to to share these negatives with the Lord, and seek his healing.
Because if we do not admit our bitterness, anger,un-forgiveness we are giving the enemy a stronghold in our life.

Yes, while on the other hand, forgiving others doesn't allow satan to take advantage of us.

"Now whom you forgive anything, I also forgive. For if indeed I have forgiven anything, I have forgiven that one for your sakes in the presence of Christ, lest satan should take advantage of us; for we are not ignorant of his devices."

~ 2 Cor. 2:10-11

Always in His Presence · Nov 17, 2014

I really like this

November 17

Safety, Security And Belonging

Philippians 4:19
My God shall supply all your needs according to His riches in glory in Christ Jesus

Not only was Adam given a significant, authoritative role at creation, he also enjoyed a sense of safety and security. All his needs were provided for (Genesis 1:29). Adam was completely cared for in the garden. He had plenty to eat and there was plenty for the animals. He could eat of the tree of life and live forever in God's presence. He lacked nothing.

When Adam sinned, he lost that sense of safety and security. Before, he was naked and unashamed. After, he wanted to hide from God and cover up. The first emotion expressed by fallen humanity was fear.

Safety and security is another facet of our inheritance in Christ. We have the riches of His kingdom at our disposal and His promise to supply all our needs.

Adam and Eve also experienced a sense of belonging in that perfect garden. Adam apparently enjoyed intimate, one-on-one communion with God before Eve was created. Then God said it was not good for man to be alone (Genesis 2:18). So He gave Eve to Adam--and Adam to Eve--to enrich his experience of belonging.

Before the Fall, Adam and Eve had a sense of belonging. But after the Fall they felt rejected, experiencing a need to belong. It is one of our greatest needs today. Notice that what were attributes before the Fall became needs after the Fall.

I believe that a true sense of belonging today comes not only from knowing that we belong to God, but also from belonging to each other. When God created Eve He established human community. It's not good for us to be alone. Aloneness can lead to loneliness. God's preventative for loneliness is intimacy--meaningful, open, sharing relationships with one another. In Christ we have the capacity for the fulfilling sense of belonging which comes from intimate fellowship with God and with other believers.

twob4me · Nov 18, 2014

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mourningdove~ · Nov 18, 2014

Neil Anderson said:
I believe that a true sense of belonging today comes not only from knowing that we belong to God, but also from belonging to each other. When God created Eve He established human community. It's not good for us to be alone. Aloneness can lead to loneliness. God's preventative for loneliness is intimacy--meaningful, open, sharing relationships with one another. In Christ we have the capacity for the fulfilling sense of belonging which comes from intimate fellowship with God and with other believers.

I especially like that portion of the November 17th devotional.

Some of us do lose relationships within our birth families once we are born again and following Jesus Christ. As believers, we can quickly find ourselves walking a very different path from them. ('Can two walk together, except they be agreed?' Amos 3:3)

But when we become followers of Jesus, we are born again into a new family ... the family of God ... and it's a very wonderful thing!

mourningdove~ · Nov 18, 2014

MollieSue said:
His emphasis is on a Truth encounter and not a power encounter

Jesus is the way, the truth, and the life (John 14:6).

Where there is no truth, there is no supernatural Godly power ...

FoundInGrace · Nov 18, 2014

A truth encounter is often a power encounter anyway.
When God freed me from some things a person said the truth from God's perspective from God's word about my situation and it did come backed up with power - that was what was so incredible to me. There was power that came with that truth that the person was saying and it was obviously God's intervention because of that imho.

John 8:31-32

So Jesus was saying to those Jews who had believed Him, "If you continue in My word, then you are truly disciples of Mine; and you will know the truth, and the truth will make you free."

FoundInGrace · Nov 18, 2014

mourningdove~ said:
Jesus is the way, the truth, and the life (John 14:6).

Where there is no truth, there is no supernatural Godly power ...

agree

Joy · Nov 18, 2014

thanks for your encouraging posts I will post more after Thursday

mourningdove~ · Nov 21, 2014

November 21

Lord, Touch Me

Mark 8:25
Then again He laid His hands upon his eyes; and he looked intently and was restored, and began to see everything clearly

One of the greatest personal crises I have faced in the ministry revolved around the issue of forgiveness and a board member. I struggled relating to this man, and I knew that I couldn't continue on the way things were. So I decided to resign my pastorate.

The week before I was going to read my resignation to the congregation, I got sick. I was flat on my back with a temperature of 103.5 and I totally lost my voice. It was easy to recognize that God wasn't pleased with my decision. I began reading the Gospels and came upon Mark 8:22-26 where Jesus healed the blind man. I noticed that after Jesus' first touch, the man said, "I see men . . . like trees" (verse 24). I suddenly realized that I saw this man like that: a big tree, an obstacle blocking my path.

Then Jesus touched the blind man again and he began to see people clearly, not as trees. I got the message. "Lord, I don't love this man. I know You do, and I want to. But You will have to touch me like You did that blind man. Lord, I need You to touch me so I can be the person You want me to be." And God did! I chose at that moment to forgive the man completely.

The next Sunday I went to church, not to resign, but to preach. My voice was still so husky that I almost couldn't speak. I confessed to the congregation my own independence and my desire for the Lord to touch me, to see people as people, not as obstacles to my goals. At the end of the sermon, I invited anyone who desired a touch from the Lord to join me at the altar. Soon the altar area and the aisles in the front were packed with people. Eventually all but a few people had come forward. It was a revival!

Guess who was one of the few? To my knowledge he never changed, but I did. And I thank God to this day that He put me flat on my back to make me the pastor He wanted me to be. If I had had my way, I would probably be out of the ministry today.

Prayer: Lord, touch me today that I may love the difficult people in my life as You do.

(~ Neil Anderson, "Daily in Christ")

mourningdove~ · Nov 22, 2014

From 'Families in Christ Ministries', some discussion on Neil Anderson's "Who You are in Christ" ...

Identity in Christ

FoundInGrace · Nov 22, 2014

mourningdove~ said:
From 'Families in Christ Ministries', some discussion on Neil Anderson's "Who You are in Christ" ...

Identity in Christ

Joy · Nov 22, 2014

I love this example given by Neil Anderson
When slavery was abolished in America not all slaves understood they were free and they continued to serve their old masters.
Likewise, by faith in Christ's Death and Resurrection we are free in Christ and no longer are slaves (Gal 5:1). We can hear this Good News but do not understand and we are deceived to think we are still slaves and we maintain a slave identity because of what as an individual I do and think.

Joy · Nov 22, 2014

Another.
When I struggle with doubt I do not have a true knowledge of God.

mourningdove~ · Nov 23, 2014

MollieSue said:
I love this example given by Neil Anderson
When slavery was abolished in America not all slaves understood they were free and they continued to serve their old masters.

Likewise, by faith in Christ's Death and Resurrection we are free in Christ and no longer are slaves (Gal 5:1). We can hear this Good News but do not understand and we are deceived to think we are still slaves and we maintain a slave identity because of what as an individual I do and think.

Amen.

It is often in the 'not knowing' or in the 'not understanding' ... or in the 'not believing' ...
'who we are' in Christ, as new creations in Him ...
that we can become deceived.

But Jesus says ...

If you abide in My word, you are My disciples indeed. And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.

(John 8:31-32)

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