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Assistants’ Retreat – Tim e Wi th Papa
8th November 2014Wisdom & Prayer Cathedral
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not easy to do or understand
PROBLEMS/CHALLENGES
hardto accompl ish or deal wi th
Troubles...struggles
causes of embarrassment
DISAGREEMENTS...DISPUTES...DIFFERENCESReluc tances... Resistances
Objections...obstacles... inconveniences
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2Ti 2:3 “You therefore must endure hardship as a good
soldier of Jesus Christ.”
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Pr 3:5 Trust in the LORD with all your heart, And lean noton your own understanding; In all your ways acknowledge
Him, And He shall direct your paths.
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Eph 4:31-32 Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, clamour, and
evil speaking be put away from you, with all malice. And be
kind to one another, tender-hearted, forgiving one another,
just as God in Christ forgave you.
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Ro 8:27-28 Now He who searches the hearts knows what
the mind of the Spirit is, because He makes intercession
for the saints according to the will of God. And we know
that all things work together for good to those who love
God, to those who are the called according to His
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Ps 1:1 Blessed is the man Who walks not in the counsel
of the ungodly, Nor stands in the path of sinners, Nor sits
in the seat of the scornful.
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2Co. 10:5 Casting down arguments and every high thing
that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, bringing
every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ.
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Php. 4:8 – 9” Finally, brethren, whatever things are true,whatever things are noble, whatever things are just, whatever
things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things
are of good report, if there is any virtue and if there is anything
praiseworthy--meditate on these things. ..”
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Ro 5:3-5 And not only that, but we also glory in
tribulations, knowing that tribulation produces
perseverance; and perseverance, character; and
character, hope. Now hope does not disappoint, because
the love of God has been poured out in our hearts by the
Holy Spirit who was given to us.
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Php. 3:12-14 Not that I have already attained, or am already
perfected; but I press on, that I may lay hold of that for which ChristJesus has also laid hold of me. Brethren, I do not count myself to
have apprehended; but one thing I do, forgetting those things which
are behind and reaching forward to those things which are ahead, I
press toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ
Jesus. Therefore let us, as many as are mature, have this mind; and
if in anything you think otherwise, God will reveal even this to you.
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2Ti 2:23-25 But avoid foolish and ignorant disputes, knowing that they
generate strife. And a servant of the Lord must not quarrel but be gentle to
all, able to teach, patient, in humility correcting those who are in
opposition, if God perhaps will grant them repentance, so that they may
know the truth ,and that they may come to their senses and escape the
snare of the devil, having been taken captive by him to do his will.
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Ga 6:9-10 And let us not grow weary while doing good,
for in due season we shall reap if we do not lose heart.
Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to all,
especially to those who are of the household of faith.
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Heb 13:1 Let brotherly love continue...
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Ro 8:36-37 As it is written: "For Your sake we are killed all
day long; We are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.“
Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors
through Him who loved us.
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Ps 119:165 Great peace have those who love Your
law......And nothin causes them to stumble.
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Heb 10:24-25 And let us consider one another in order to
stir up love and good works, not forsaking the assembling
of ourselves together, as is the manner of some, but
exhorting one another, and so much the more as you see
the Day approaching.
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Isa 26:3-4 You will keep him in perfect peace, Whose
mind is stayed on You, Because he trusts in You. Trust in
the LORD forever, For in YAH, the LORD, is everlasting
strength.
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Heb 12:2 looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our
faith, who for the joy that was set before Him endured the
cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right
hand of the throne of God.
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1Co 12:12 For as the body is one and has many
members, but all the members of that one body, being
many, are one body, so also is Christ... But now indeed
there are many members, yet one body.
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Php 4:6-7 Be anxious for nothing, but in everything byprayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your
requests be made known to God; and the peace of God,
which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts
and minds through Christ Jesus.
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Heb 6:10-12 For God is not unjust to forget your work and
labour of love which you have shown toward His name, in thatyou have ministered to the saints, and do minister. And we
desire that each one of you show the same diligence to the full
assurance of hope until the end, that you do not become
sluggish, but imitate those who through faith and patience
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2Co 2:14 Now thanks be to God who always leads us in
triumph in Christ, and through us diffuses the fragrance of
His knowledge in every place