LESSON 5

Being a Woman of Excellence: Lesson 6

 

Share your Memory Verse

Discuss Colossians 2

The power of the agreement

Definitions of agree on the Web:

  • be in accord; be in agreement; “We agreed on the terms of the settlement”; “I can’t agree with you!”; “I hold with those who say life is sacred …
  • consent or assent to a condition, or agree to do something; “She agreed to all my conditions”; “He agreed to leave her alone”
  • match: be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics; “The two stories don’t agree in many details”; “The handwriting checks with the signature on the check”; “The suspect’s fingerprints don’t match those on the gun”
  • harmonize: go together; “The colors don’t harmonize”; “Their ideas concorded”
  • be agreeable or suitable; “White wine doesn’t agree with me”
  • achieve harmony of opinion, feeling, or purpose; “No two of my colleagues would agree on whom to elect chairman”

World view

Madison Avenue, world business, world politics and world culture’s success are all based on their ability to gain agreement from the masses.  When you agree with the value of a product you buy it.  When you agree with the value of a business you support it.  When you agree with a political agenda you vote for it.  When you agree with the value system of a culture or society you mimic it. What you stand in agreement with will direct the course of your life.

Agreement with your peers (peer pressure) can direct your life into all types of sin: drug addiction, sexual promiscuity, alcoholism, criminal activities, etc. Agreement with Madison Avenue can have you believe the lie that you need the latest greatest product in order to be beautiful and loved.  Blind agreement with the government can enable them to manipulate you to support corrupt agendas.

Agreement is a very powerful thing.

God’s view

Agreement is a premeditated choice we make.

Amos 3:3 Do two men walk together unless they have made an appointment?

Agreement brings unity and power. Genesis 11:5-6 The LORD came down to see the city and the tower which the sons of men had built. The LORD said, “Behold, they are one people, and they all have the same language. And this is what they began to do, and now nothing which they purpose to do will be impossible for them.

Unity

  • The state of being one; oneness.
  • Concord; harmony; conjunction; agreement; uniformity; as, a unity of proofs; unity of doctrine.

With unity in God’s purposes comes blessing. Psalm 133 1Behold, how good and how pleasant it is forbrothers to dwell together in unity! 2 It is like the precious oil upon the head, coming down upon the beard, even Aaron’s beard, coming down upon the edge of his robes. 3It is like the dew of  Hermon coming down upon the  mountains of Zion; for there the LORD  commanded the blessing – life forever.

Coming into agreement with God, through knowing, understanding and being obedient to His Word positions our lives for blessing.

Yeshua’s last prayer for believers was for us to be in unity (with God and each other.) John 17:13-21 13 But now I come to You; and these things I speak in the world so that they may have My joy made full in themselves.  14 I have given them Your word; and the world has hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.  15 I do not ask You to take them out of the world, but to keep them from the evil one.  16 They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.  17 Sanctify them in the truth; Your word is truth.  18 As You sent Me into the world, I also have sent them into the world.  19 For their sakes I sanctify Myself, that they themselves also may be sanctified in truth.  20 I do not ask on behalf of these alone, but for those also who believe in Me through their word;  21that they may all be one; even as You, Father, are in Me and I in You, that they also may be in Us, so that the world may believe that You sent Me.

How do we achieve unity amongst ourselves?

Philippians 2:1-3 Therefore if there is any encouragement in Christ, if there is any consolation of love, if there is any fellowship of the Spirit, if any affection and compassion, make my joy complete by  being of the same mind, maintaining the same love, united in spirit, intent on one purpose. Do nothing fromselfishness or empty conceit, but with humility of mind  regard one another as more important than yourselves;

Hindrances to our walking in agreement with God’s Word

Strongholds/fortresses (mind sets)

  • Anger
  • Fear
  • Jealousy
  • Lust
  • Pride
  • Unforgiveness

Strongholds cannot be talked away or negotiated with– it takes mighty (not carnal) weapons– they must be pulled down. When a person or a group is bound by a stronghold, they find protection and security in that stronghold. They stay in strongholds because they have certain feelings of safety and familiarity in them.

We can look at Joshua 6 and see the city of Jericho as an example of a physical stronghold. The very fortress (walls) that they hid behind, that they thought was a place of safety was actually part of their downfall. Joshua 6:1 says “…none went out, and none came in.” In some respects they were their own prisoners. The person or group behind a spiritual stronghold has lost the ability to “rightly divide,” reason, or be at liberty.

A stronghold is a forceful, stubborn argument, rationale, opinion or philosophy that is formed and resistant to the knowledge of Jesus Christ and the Word of God.

How do we pull down strongholds?

  • Make a conscious choice to agree with God’s Word.
  • Be humble and admit that you may be wrong when your thoughts are different from what God’s Word says.
  • Verbalize the fact that God’s Word is truth.
  • Verbalize God’s Word over your life.
  • Pray for the Holy Spirit to reveal and pull down the strongholds in your life.
  • Pray God’s Word out loud when you see strongholds rise up in your life.
  • Cut off evil influences from our lives

What to do in order to walk in agreement with God’s Word

  • Study the Word of God daily
  • Spend time with God in prayer daily
  • Make a conscious decision to choose to obey the Word of God
  • Attend weekly congregational worship and teaching services
  • Submit to the leadership of a local congregation
  • Attend bible studies
  • Eliminate evil influences from your life
  • Cut off relationships that provoke you to sin
  • Build relationships within the Body of Messiah
  • Be a witness and Disciple of Messiah and witness to and help disciple others
  • Be thankful
  • Be loving
  • Be faithful

Memory Verse:2 Corinthians 10:4

For the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh, but divinely powerful for the destruction of fortresses. 

Scripture reading:  John 17

  1. In verse 2 Yeshua says that God gave Him authority over all flesh. How does He have authority over your flesh?
  2. In verse 3 how does Yeshua describe eternal life? What does this mean to you?
  3. What does verse 5 mean to you?
  4. What are some of the names of God that Yeshua manifested to us? (see Isaiah 9:6; etc…
  5. How can a woman of excellence run into these names and be safe? (Proverbs 18:10)
  6. Going back to John 17, what does verse 11 mean to you?
  7. For what purpose does Yeshua speak these things in the world? (v. 13)
  8. According to verse 17-19 how do we become sanctified in the truth?
  9. Define sanctified.
  10. What is the result for us in unity? (v. 23)
  11. What is the result for the world when we’re perfected in unity? (v. 23)
  12. What supernatural prayer does Yeshua ask in verse 24 that the Apostle Paul confirms in Ephesians 2:6?
  13. What does verse 26 teach about how a woman of excellence is to model the fact that she walks in agreement with God’s Word?

 

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