“God’s Word is so life changing. I am grateful to be able to share these outlines with you which are based on God’s Word. They are just outlines, some with more info than others, so you can add from your own insights to give them your flavor for your people. I pray that they are a blessing to you personally and to your ministry as well.” ~ Eddie Lawrence

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. SIX THINGS THE LORD SAYS TO THE TIRED, AFRAID, AND LONELY2.THINGS TO REMEMBER WHEN HARD TIMES COME3. SIX TRUTHS ABOUT BLESSING A NATION4. SUPERNATURAL RESISTANCE5. THE DWELLING LIFE6. TAKE THE STEPS TO LIVE THE LIFE7. 7 REASONS I WANT TO SAY, “THANK YOU DADDY GOD” ON THIS FATHER’S DAY8. FOUR FACTS ABOUT GOOD FATHERS9. FOUR REASONS THE GOSPEL IS THE BEST NEWS EVER10. NEED GOD TO DIRECT YOUR PATH?11. THREE TRUTHS WHEN TEMPTED TO LOSE HEART12. FOUR ANCHOR AREAS FOR A STRONG AND STABLE LIFE13. A POWER VERSE FOR DAILY LIVING14. A PREACHER'S 7-1115. NEED A MIRACLE? - GIVE GOD A CALL!16. PENTECOST - LIVING DAILY IN THE POWER OF CHRIST17. THREE THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT JESUS18. BEAUTIFUL BENEFITS FROM THE BOUNTIFUL SON19. YOU'VE GOT A FRIEND20. SIX THINGS EVERY CHRISTIAN MOTHER DESIRES FOR HER KIDS

Bio of Eddie Lawrence

SIX THINGS THE LORD SAYS TO THE TIRED, AFRAID, AND LONELYby Eddie LawrenceIntroduction: The following two verses contain some potent truth for us to remember on those occasions when we are struggling with discontent, worn out, afraid of things happening, or you just feel forgotten. Be encouraged by the following six things I think the Lord would say to you through these two little verses:

Hebrews 13:5Let yourconductbewithout covetousness;becontent with such things as you have. For He Himself has said,“I will never leave you nor forsake you.”6So we may boldly say:
“The Lordismy helper;
I will not fear.
What can man do to me?”

1. BE CONTENT

Hebrews 13:5Let yourconductbewithout covetousness;becontentwith such things as you have.
- Someone said. “Everyone lives in one of two tents: content or discontent. It takes Jesus to be truly contented. Only he can restore us to what we were made to enjoy – the unhindered fellowship and relationship with God.

2. I’M HERE

Hebrews 13:5Let yourconductbewithout covetousness;becontent with such things as you have. For He Himself has said,“I will never leave you nor forsake you.”

3. I’M NOT LEAVING

Hebrews 13:5Let yourconductbewithout covetousness;becontent with such things as you have. For He Himself has said,“I will never leave you nor forsake you.”

4. I’LL HELP

Hebrews 13:6So we may boldly say:

“The Lordismy helper;
I will not fear.
What can man do to me?”

5. DON’T BE AFRAID

Hebrews 13:6So we may boldly say:

“The Lordismy helper;
I will not fear.
What can man do to me?”

6. REMEMBER I’M GOD

Hebrews 13:6So we may boldly say:

“The Lordismy helper;
I will not fear.
What can man do to me?”

THINGS TO REMEMBER WHEN HARD TIMES COME
by Eddie Lawrence

Introduction:The group of men that I have been meeting with the past five years early each Tuesday morning helped me come up with the following list of things we all need to remember when we are going through hard times. The list is not complete, you could add many more things of importance, but it does contain a lot of really good encouragements. I hope it will prove helpful to you as you develop it and add appropriate scriptures and illustrations.

1. Remember to help others in their hard times.

- It is often in giving away what you need that you position yourself to receive it yourself. Selfless acts of love always carry a note of victory that strike at discouragement.

2. Remember to rehearse the testimonies of god’s faithfulness in previous situations you have gone through.

- When you celebrate a past victory it cultivates your faith and fills the atmosphere with the truth that can birth a new testimony in your current situation.

3. Remember that when you are suffering in the temporal realm think on the truth of the eternal realm.

- What you are going through is not all there is. The light afflictions of your present difficulty is not worthy to be compared to the glory that will come.

4. Remember that God is with you and that he is always enough.

- He has promised never to leave you nor forsake you. He has promised to supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus.

5. Remember that we are stronger together than we are apart.

- The enemy wants to separate you from your sources of encouragement.
- One can put a thousand to flight, two can put ten thousand to flight.
- When two agree in prayer it shall be done.
- There is a glory of God on unity of believers.

6. Remember to call upon the Lord.
- Jeremiah 33:3 is a potent promise for hard times. Call upon the Lord and watch the great and mighty things He will do. This was given Jeremiah when God’s people were in really hard times.

7. Remember that God has not forgotten you.

- Hebrews 13:4-6 gives us some great truth and encourages us to remember He is with you whether you think He is or not.

8. Remember that grace is available to you.

- Paul who went through tough times tells us that he discovered the sufficiency of God’s grace.
-Always remember that your Heavenly Father is a grace giver. Remember that Jesus came full of grace and truth. God’s grace is God’s power and desire given to you to do God’s will!
- Think of grace as Holy Spirit given fuel for your tank and request God to “fill it up!”

9. Remember that you will need faith to receive all that you can.

- Faith pleases God. Heb. 11:6
- This is the victory that overcomes the world, even your faith.

10. Remember to keep your whole heart God centered as much as possible.
- When you seek Him with your whole heart, you will begin to discover more of Him and what He is doing.

11. Remember to rejoice in your future and keep hope alive.

- Regardless of your present circumstance, your future is secure in Christ. The best is yet to come. Your hope is an anchor for your soul. Keep hope alive by focusing on Jesus and his victorious redemption. You win because He overcame death and broke all sin’s penalty off you.

12. Remember to hold fast and do not waver.

- I love Galatians 6:9 which promises us that we cannot fail if we do not quit. Abraham obtained the promise by patience endurance. He did not stagger in unbelief before the promise of God. He clung to it in faith.

13. Remember that God listens to you and a good friend will too.

- Pour your heart out to God. Pour your heart out to a trustworthy and biblically anchored friend. This often allows us to regain proper perspective.

14. Remember to overcome the temptation to become bitter and commit to the process of becoming better.

- Every adverse circumstance provides us these two paths: bitter or better – your choice.

15. Remember to praise God for the small answers to prayer in order to see more and more breakthrough.

- Sometimes when we are going through a big problem, we fail to see the little blessings that are still present. We are called to give thanks at all times IN all things and by so doing we keep our heart tenderized by the Lord’s goodness and kindness and free from resentment.

SIX TRUTHS ABOUT BLESSING A NATIONby Eddie Lawrence

Text:Psalm 33:11 The counsel of theLordstands forever,
The plans of His heart to all generations.
12Blessedisthe nation whose GodistheLord,
The people He has chosen as His own inheritance.

13TheLordlooks from heaven;
He sees all the sons of men.

1. GOD HAS A PLAN AND WILL GIVE COUNSEL TO NATIONS

Psalm 33:11The counsel of theLordstands forever,
The plans of His heart to all generations.
12Blessedisthe nation whose GodistheLord,
The people He has chosen as His own inheritance.

13TheLordlooks from heaven;
He sees all the sons of men.

-There is a path a nation should walk. God has plans for the nations. They are the inheritance of Jesus. He died to bring the nations to himself.

-We should pray that all nations would know God’s plan of salvation and God’s specific plan for their existence as a nation.

2. THERE IS A NATIONAL BLESSING A PEOPLE CAN RECEIVE

Psalm 33:11 The counsel of theLordstands forever,
The plans of His heart to all generations.
12Blessedisthe nationwhose GodistheLord,
The people He has chosen as His own inheritance.

13TheLordlooks from heaven;
He sees all the sons of men.

-Individuals can be favored and blessed and so can a nation. Ours has been.

3. EVERY NATION HAS A GOD

Psalm 33:11 The counsel of theLordstands forever,
The plans of His heart to all generations.
12Blessedisthe nation whose GodistheLord,
The people He has chosen as His own inheritance.

13TheLordlooks from heaven;
He sees all the sons of men.

- It may be human intelligence (atheism and agnosticism)
- It may be man (secular humanism)
- It may be “other gods” (polytheism)
- It may be Satan (occult and Satanism)
- It should be the LORD (Jehovah God revealed through Jesus Christ)

4. NATIONS WHO SUBMIT TO THE LORD WILL BE BLESSED

Psalm 33:11 The counsel of theLordstands forever,
The plans of His heart to all generations.
12Blessedisthe nation whose GodistheLord,
The people He has chosen as His own inheritance.

13TheLordlooks from heaven;
He sees all the sons of men.

-LORD is the covenant name for the God of the Bible

5. THERE IS AN INHERITANCE THAT WILL PROSPER GENERATIONS

Psalm 33:11 The counsel of theLordstands forever,
The plans of His heart to all generations.
12Blessedisthe nation whose GodistheLord,
The people He has chosen as His own inheritance.

13TheLordlooks from heaven;
He sees all the sons of men.

-serving the Lord prepares the next generation for blessing as well. Righteousness exalts a nation but sin brings a reproach on many people.

-Paul commended Timothy for the generational blessing on his life through his mother and grandmother.

-In the Bible, we see the term that God is the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. It’s a family line blessing.

6. THE LORD SEES AND WAITS ON ALL THE NATIONS

Psalm 33:11 The counsel of theLordstands forever,
The plans of His heart to all generations.
12Blessedisthe nation whose GodistheLord,
The people He has chosen as His own inheritance.

13TheLordlooks from heaven;
He sees all the sons of men.

-This shows us God is concerned for all nations. This is in line with Jesus commission for us to go into all the world. We have a responsibility to lead our nation to serve the Lord and to lead other nations to know and serve the Lord. We need to think BIG PICTURE.

SUPERNATURAL RESISTANCEby Eddie Lawrence

(This message in audio form can be heard at)By listening to the sermon, you’ll get tons more material and clarification.

Introduction:There are two extremes when it comes to the truth of spiritual warfare. Toward one extreme are those who see a demon behind every bush and become so preoccupied with all the enemy is doing that they live with their eyes on the enemy and not on Christ. There is a difference in knowing Satan’s devices and becoming fixated on him and the evil he performs. By doing this, he is overly magnified and begins to set the agenda for your life. We are not called to react to the devil but to deactivate him.

The other extreme is to relegate spiritual warfare, the devil and demons to myth and ignorance. We allow our western way of thinking to seduce us into disregarding spiritual warfare. This is something the devil delights in. He enjoys being able to do his evil works and have people hide themselves in pride and arrogance and worldly wisdom.

Jesus confronted evil and the devil. Jesus taught the reality of both. Jesus has saved us and calls us to advance the Kingdom and carry a message of salvation, healing and deliverance from evil. Let’s look at a passage together that clarifies this for us.

A Clarifying Scripture

Ephesians 6:10Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might.11Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.12For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age,against spiritualhostsof wickedness in the heavenlyplaces.13Therefore take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.

Landing Pad and Launching Pad
Where is sin is tolerated, the enemy sets up a ground of operation. Remember Paul taught for example that when we get angry and sin, we give place (topos-ground) to the devil. Here are four areas to consider.

  • Warfare – You are in a war whether you know it or not. Advancing the Kingdom means facing the enemy. Don’t allow him to get you off track by becoming overly focuses on him. Keep your eyes on Jesus. He is your victory.
  • Wickedness – When you sin, he can get in. Don’t walk in known sin as this is rooted in rebellion. The enemy is the chief rebel and therefore wants you to have areas where you choose to rebel against God.
  • Weakness- These can be passed on in family lines or it can be a result of failure in your life where the enemy has set up a stronghold in your thought life ( 2 Cor. 10:3-4).
  • Woundedness- Unhealed hurts can bring about entry ways for the enemy. Resentment, unforgiveness, bitterness, and the like or all swamps in the soul where the enemy lurks.
    (I want to thank Michael Cusick, an incredible counselor in Denver, Colorado for the above for points of information.)

Truths to Anchor In:

  • 1 John 3:8…For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that He might destroy the works of the devil.(There is a warfare and it has been won. The Devil is real and so is Jesus’ victory.)
  • John 12:30I will no longer talk much with you, for the ruler of this world is coming, and he has nothing in Me. (Jesus offered no landing pad for the enemy. Now believer, where is your life? Is it not in Christ? Therefore, see yourself filled with his victory. Focusing on your struggle will not liberate you. Focusing on Christ’s victory will!
  • Romans 13:14But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, tofulfill itslusts. (We are called to robe ourselves in Christ. We are righteous in him. He overcame every temptation and this is how we do so….by seeing ourselves rooted and grounded in his life and victory.)
  • 1 John 4:4You are of God, little children, and have overcome them, because He who is in you is greater than he who is in the world. (This verse clearly tells us we have the same power to overcome the enemy and all that is thrown at us. We have the same Holy Spirit in us.)

Our Armor for Warfare

Ephesians 6:14Stand therefore, having girded your waist with truth, having put on the breastplate of righteousness,15and having shod your feet with the preparation of the gospel of peace;16above all, taking the shield of faith with which you will be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked one.17And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God;18praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, being watchful to this end with all perseverance and supplication for all the saints—

OUR ARMOR FIRST AND FOREMOST IS CHRIST HIMSELF!

SO LET’S PUT ON CHRIST:

1. Truth - (John 14:6 I am the way, the truth and the life…..)

2. Righteousness - (2 Cor. 5:21For He made Him who knew no sinto besin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.)

3. Peace – (Romans 5:1 …..I have peace with God through the Lord Jesus Christ.)

4. Faith – (Gal. 2:20 ….the life which I now live I live by the faith of the Son of God who loved me and gave himself for me.)

5. Word of God – (John 1:1 In the beginning was the word and the word was with God and the word was God…)

6. Prayer – Hebrews 7:25Therefore He is also able to save to the uttermost those who come to God through Him, since He always lives to make intercession for them. & when we are praying in the Spirit, is it not his Spirit leading the way?)

In Conclusion-I simply want to read a passage of Scripture over you. Listen to it from your heart as Paul encourages believers to root themselves in Christ. Listen for how Christ through the cross has already disarmed the enemy on our behalf:

You Are Complete in Christ!

Colossians 2:6As you therefore have received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in Him,7rooted and built up in Him and established in the faith, as you have been taught, abounding in itwith thanksgiving.

8Beware lest anyone cheat you through philosophy and empty deceit, according to the tradition of men, according to the basic principles of the world, and not according to Christ.9For in Him dwells all the fullness of the Godhead bodily;10and you are complete in Him, who is the head of all principality and power.