DISCIPLESHIP MOMENT

Engaging in a discipleship community is essential for spiritual growth and development. Whether you’re connecting with friends and family or participating in one of the FBCG ministries, the Discipleship Moment offers a valuable opportunity to delve deeper into Sunday messages. This initiative is dedicated to strengthening our journey of faith as we grow together as a church family. To maximize your experience, be sure to carve out time in your meet ups to collectively walk through the Discipleship Moment.

Message of the week:

I Got Time Today

Guest Preacher: Reverend Joshua Jenkins

Scripture: Acts 16:16-18


Summary:

We have been given the keys of the kingdom to override the gates of hell. The binding and loosing we execute on earth releases what God has already bound and loosed in Heaven. We must stop waiting on God and realize that God is often waiting on us to move in obedience to unleash His pre-approved purposes.


Reflective Questions:

  1. Question: Get Annoyed with the Enemy (vs.18). – We must stop being annoyed with people (spouses, leaders, children) and situations, and redirect that annoyance toward the real enemy. What specific situation or person have you been directing your annoyance toward? How can you intentionally redirect that feeling toward the spiritual source of the problem?

  2. Question: Address the Enemy (Acts 16:18). – The sermon used the analogy of arguing over a chirping smoke detector (the distraction) when the real issue was the dead battery (the spiritual problem). What is one specific “dead battery” in your life that you have been ignoring or mistaking for a relationship problem or situational annoyance? What does it practically mean for you to address the enemy in this situation, instead of clapping back at the person involved?

  3. Question: Take Authority over the Enemy (Acts 16:18). – Authority is the right to enforce behavior or action, which comes from a relationship with Jesus Christ. So, if you take authority in Jesus' name, the problem has got to come out. Does this sound too simple or too good to be true? What holds you back from boldly exercising your God-given authority?

Prayer of Personal Transformation:

Father God, we are done being sick and tired of being sick and tired. We commit to getting annoyed with the true enemy, addressing the spiritual root of our problems, and walking in the authority of Your Son, Jesus Christ. We confess that the authority is not in our power but in our relationship with You. We pray for the courage to tell the enemy “what our daddy said” so that every oppressive spirit must come out in Jesus’ name. Amen.