1. Wednesday Night in the Word June - August

2. Eph 2:1-5 2:1 And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins; 2 Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience: 3 Among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others. 4 But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us, 5 Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;) KJV.

3. Eph 6:4 4 And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord. KJV

4. Wednesday Night in the Word The Messiah Center The CHARACTER Test

5. Wednesday Night in the Word The Messiah Center Description: The character test is when you are surrounded by ungodliness that attempts to pull you in its direction. When you are tempted in the lust of the flesh, lust of the eyes and the pride of life. Purpose: To show us the different areas of weakness in our own personality. God’s purpose and desire is for you to have strong, Godly character qualities in your life. In order to develop this Godly character, God puts you in fiery places so that you will learn to stand strong in Him. When God allows us in situations that require us to have patience, we realize that we MUST call on and depend on God’s grace in order to meet that need. God allows us to see the area of weakness that we have so that we can allow Him to work on it. This test exposes our TRUE INWARD SELF to us.

6. Character The stable and distinctive qualities built into an individual's life which determine his response regardless of circumstances. American Dictionary of the English Language Example: Character can have positive or negative associations. For instance, when someone is called a man of character, the unsaid adjective is a positive one. It means that he is ethically and morally upright and can be trusted.

7. Gal 4:29 29 But as then he that was born after the flesh persecuted him that was born after the Spirit, even so it is now. KJV NATURE Ps 51:5 5 Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me. KJV

8. The law of the natural or moral world (Rom 11:24) Birth, origin, natural descent (Gal 2:15) Genus, "kind": "for every species of beasts," etc. (James 3:7) Men of the same nature as you (Acts 14:15) (James 5:17; "a man just like us," NIV) NATURE (from The New Unger's Bible Dictionary. Originally published by Moody Press of Chicago, Illinois. Copyright © 1988.)

9. NATURE John 3:3 3 Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God. KJV 1 Peter 1:22-23 22 Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently: 23 Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever. KJV Antidote: The Spirit & the Word

10. NURTURE Eph 6:4 4 And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord. KJV

11. The whole training and education of children that relates to the cultivation of mind and morals. For this purpose commands and admonitions are sometimes used and at other times, reproofs and punishments. It includes also the care and training of the body. It also is a term describing God's dealing with His children under grace. (from The New Unger's Bible Dictionary. Originally published by Moody Press of Chicago, Illinois. Copyright © 1988.) NURTURE

12. NURTURE 2 Tim 3:16-17 16 All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: 17 That the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works. KJV

13. NURTURE Prov 9:8-9 8 Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee. 9 Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: teach a just man, and he will increase in learning. KJV Prov 22:6 6 Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it. KJV Prov 15:10 10 Correction is grievous unto him that forsaketh the way: and he that hateth reproof shall die. KJV Prov 3:11-12 11 My son, despise not the chastening of the LORD; neither be weary of his correction : 12 For whom the LORD loveth he correcteth; even as a father the son in whom he delighteth. KJV

14. NURTURE Obedience to Instruction Humility in Correction To the Word To Authority