Fountain of Living Waters Ministries (FOLWAMS)

IN OUT AND OUT IN (PART TWO) 1JOHN 1:20&27 This morning I will be sharing with us the concluding part of my last post.  From the last post, we were able to see how God can lead us from inside the word to outside by helping us to see our experiences from the perspective of God's Word as we study the scriptures. Direction, wisdom and guidance can come to us from inside the word of God to help us know what to do on a particular situation as we study the Word of God.  There are instances that you can have a situation on your hand that you don't know how to handle or something happened to us whether good or bad and the Holy Spirit show us from the Word of God the perspective we should have. In this instance you are not studying the Word. I will give us two examples to explain what I mean. God doesn't wait for us to be perfect before He starts to use us, He uses the assignments He gives us to perfect us.  There will be times when we encounter situations and our response is ...

IN OUT AND OUT IN John 14:26 I know you are wondering what is the meaning of in out and out in. Please, ride with me. The knowledge you are about to receive this morning will help you understand how the Holy Spirit teaches us the Word of God. The Holy Spirit does not lead us separate from the Word of God, John 15:26&27, John 16:13-15.  According to John 5:31-38, there are three levels of knowing Jesus. The first level is knowing Jesus through the testimony of a witness, John 5:32. A witness is someone like a man of God or a Pastor, an evangelist, discipler, mentor or teacher. Read John 1:6-8. John the Baptist said he was not the light but came to bear witness of that light, that all men through him might believe, John 1:7&8.   The second level is through His works, John 5:36, John 10:38. The works Jesus did testified of Him as The One sent by God. You can know Him through His works which is a greater witness than the first.  The third and the highest level of...

LISTENING ATTITUDE LUKE 8:18 This morning I will be sharing with us on listening attitude. It is a continuation of my last post, "PAY ATTENTION!".  Listening attitude refers to the way we listen, either to a person, a message, a book. You read a book but the truth is you are listening to what the author is saying in the book.  Your listening attitude refers also to the posture you assume to listen to something and it goes a long  way to determine what we get from whatever we listen to. Two people may listen to the same thing but what each will hear will be different. Here are some of the listening attitude we can have. 1) Listening to learn 2) Listen to argue or disagree 3) listen to criticize or find fault 4) Listen to find point of agreement or support for what you already believe 5) Listening to contribute, help, correct and adjust 6) Listen to commend or praise a work Some of this listening attitude are wrong while some are right. However what each person listen to is...

PAY ATTENTION! PROVERBS 4:20 The proof of knowledge is remembrance. The proof that you read something is that you can remember what you read.  Without remembrance no knowledge is impacted. Practice this excercise whenever you read.  After reading, close the book and try to remember what you read. Do it immediately after reading and do it hours after you have quit reading.  Do this especially for the Word of God because if there is something the devil is ardent on stealing it is the Word of God from your heart, Matthew 13:19, John 10:10 There are two ways by which we listen , you listen with your ears and you listen with your heart.  Here is how you will know whether you have been listening with your ears or heart.  When you listen with your ears, it enters one ear and goes out through another but when you listen with your heart, it remains with you. The next question you will want to ask me is how do I listen with my heart? BY PAYING ATTENTION.  Attention i...