Jn 15:1-10; I Jn 1:1-9 Living contact – Lifestyle of fellowship (eg) talking, listening & obeying God’s written Word. Note: Staying in & protecting your “fellowship with God” is the number one priority of the Christian life. Fellowship is the door to everything God has planned for us. Jer 29:11-13; Deut 4:29 The Word of God directs us into fellowship. (eg) Fruit of the spirit & answer to prayer. The blood of Jesus is the basis of fellowship. Heb 4:16; 10:19 (amp). Our sin is remitted not covered. 2 Cor 5:17 Relationship was established when you made Jesus Lord. Eph 2:8-10,13,19

• Fellowship must be maintained daily by spending time in His Word & Prayer than obeying Him.
• Knowledge without fellowship = religion (no life, no power, no fruit) 2 Tim 3:15 Without fellowship we will not have the power of God to put the things we know in to practice (eg) love, faith, healing, etc. (It’s not what we know but what we do that counts. Fellowship gives us the strength to do what we know) Everything we do in God’s kingdom must flow out of our fellowship with God. Don’t get so busy serving God that you have no time to fellowship with Him Luke 10:40-42 (amp) Intimacy with God produces supernatural strength & anointing in our lives, but no fellowship limits us to our own strength & abilities which will fail us. Isaiah 40:29-31; 2 Chron 26:5 Every believer must make time daily to commune with God in His word & prayer. Rearrange your schedule & activities – establish fellowship with God as highest priority We must draw near to God then He will draw near to us. Center you schedule around God and His plans, don’t try to fit God into your schedule. James 4:8

It is up to us to take advantage of the Holy Spirit Ministry.

First we must become conscious of the Holy Spirit living in us. Purpose to be sensitive to Him, become God inside minded. 1 Cor 3:16; 6:19 1 Cor 3:16 Do you not know that you are the temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwells in you? 1 Cor 6:19-20 Or do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and you are not your own? For you were bought at a price; therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God’s. Acts 17:24 God, who made the world and everything in it, since He is Lord of heaven and earth, “does not dwell in temples” made with hands. Sensitivity to the indwelling H.S. will change what you think on, talk, act. More aware of His ability inside than your inability & lack. Eph 4:29-32 NLT Don’t use foul or abusive language. Let everything you say be good and helpful, so that your words will be an encouragement to those who hear them.—29

And do not bring sorrow to God’s Holy Spirit by the way you live. Remember, he has identified you as his own, guaranteeing that you will be saved on the day of redemption.—-30

Get rid of all bitterness, rage, anger, harsh words, and slander, as well as all types of evil behavior. —-31

Instead, be kind to each other, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, just as God through Christ has forgiven you.—-32 2 Cor 6:14-18

Do not be unequally yoked together with unbelievers. For what fellowship has righteousness with lawlessness? And what communion has light with darkness?

And what accord has Christ with Belial? Or what part has a believer with an unbeliever? —-15

And what agreement has the temple of God with idols? For you are the temple of the living God. As God has said: “I will dwell in them And walk among them. I will be their God, And they shall be My people.”—-17 Therefore “Come out from among them And be separate, says the Lord. Do not touch what is unclean, And I will receive you.”——17

“I will be a Father to you, And you shall be My sons and daughters, Says the LORD Almighty.”——18 1 John 4:4 You are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.

Holy Spirit – will comfort you, teach you, bring us into our inheritance.

Jn 14:16-17, 26; Jn 16:13; 1 Cor 1:9-12 In order to trust God you must develop a “lifestyle of fellowship”. God is not going to change your schedule you must change how you spend your time. Prov 3:5-6 3) Living contact (fellowship) gives you the ability to overcome. Matt 26:40-41; Rom 8:26 Jesus has overcome therefore if we maintain union with Jesus we also will overcome. Jn 16:33; Ps 91:1; Jn 8:31-32 The devil is looking for believers who are lukewarm & lazy. Don’t wait until trouble to develop close fellowship with God. 1 Peter 5:8-9

As long as you live on this earth you will need your faith. Faith will not work apart from intimacy with God. Where you place your trust (natural strength (or) God’s strength) will determine the direction your life will go in midst of a storm. If you put His word in your heart & spend time with Him during the good times you’ll be able to walk by faith during the hard times. Ps 23; Matt 7:24-27 (eg) You won’t let emotions, imaginations & circumstances push you off the word. Note: Victory ( God`s Word ) on the inside produces victory on the outside. You lay hold of the provision (promises) of God in your heart by faith. (eg) healing, answer to prayer) That is why daily fellowship with God must be priority; every victory is won first in our heart then in our circumstances.

Living Contact with God (Lesson #2)

Last week: “Foundation for Fellowship” Staying in “Fellowship with God” is number one priority of every born again believer. 1 Cor 1:9; 1 Jn 1:3

1. “The Basis” upon which we can fellowship with God is “The Blood of Jesus”. Heb 10:19; Isaiah 1:19; 2 Chron 26:5 This is God’s Part: 1) The Blood – Redemption
2. The Word – Light
3. The Spirit – Guides us This is our Part: 1) Meditate on His Word