THE KINGDOM OF GOD

NEW BEGINNINGS

LESSONS REVIEW

• Jesus is at the center of all things.
• God is a wrap around God. (He has all areas of our lives covered)

KINGDOM OF GOD CONT'D

• Gen 1:27-28.
• Do those verses apply to us today?
• Can we achieve what we don't believe?
• Can we achieve what we can't perceive?

RENEWING THE MIND

• Each brain is differently prepared to learn different tasks.
• Learning capacity are shaped by:
• Prior learning experiences
• Personal choice
• Pre- and Perinatal events
• Environmental exposures. (Heller,R.2019)

FAITH

• How does our prior learning experiences and environment impact our faith?
• Matt 17:20...Mustard seed faith. Is this attainable?
• Mark 16: 14-18...These signs shall follow them that believe.
• James 5:14..Call for the Elders

EXAMPLES OF FAITH IN ACTION

• Luke 7:1-10...Centurion and his servant.
• What was Jesus's response?
• Matt 5: 25-34..Woman with a blood condition..She would not be denied.
• Matt 5:37-43... Jairus daughter.
• Mark 6:4...Negative impact of lack of faith.

HOW DO WE WALK IN FAITH?

• Intimate relationship with Jesus, and the Holy Spirit.
• Trusting in Jesus's abilty to perform and deliver as promised.
• Personal choice to believe.(challenge prior experiences and belief to the contrary)
• Exhibiting stubborn faith even in adversity.
• Surround yourself with people of strong faith.

HOW DO WE WALK IN FAITH CONT'D

• Retrieval Practice - Revisit scriptures and testimonies that build your faith.
• An article in the Oxford Learning Center Inc. (2018) mentioned the forgetting curve and how much knowledge is lost over time when our brains are not engaged in any effort to remember it. It further states that material must be revisited and reviewed for retention.

SUPERNATURAL BENEFITS

• Natural organic (love)heavenly experience.
• Discernment
• Fellowship with Christ
• True love and fellowship with believers.

WHAT DOES THE KINGDOM OF GOD LOOK LIKE?

• Serving the poor and downtrodden.
• We were designed to exist in the supernatural.(Gen. 1..)
• Bridge the gap between written(scriptures) and actual.

REFERENCES
Oxford Learning.com: How to Study Using The Spaced Practice Method.
https://www.oxfordlearning.com/what-is-spaced-practice/

Heller, R (2019) An interview with Tracey Tokuhama-Espinosa : What we know (and think we know) about the learning brain

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