PostEncounter Lesson

Post-Encounter
INDEX
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Chapter 1 How To Confront The World……………………………..2
What Is The World?……………………………………………2
Chapter 2 How To Confront The World II……………………….9

How Does The World Affect Me?
How Do I Confront The World Now
That I Am A Christian?
Chapter 3 How To Overcome Temptation I…………………….13

What Is Temptation?
How Is Temptation Birthed?
Where and How Is Temptation Birthed?…..
Chapter 4 How To Overcome Temptation II…………………….17

Keys To Overcome Temptation
Chapter 5 How To Conquer Obstacles……………………………….21

Obstacles That We Can Confront:
A. The World
B. Temptations
C. Family
Chapter 6 Welcome To The War I…………………………………..28

The General And His Army
The Enemies
Chapter 7 Welcome To The War II………….………….………….31

The Weapons Of Our Warfare
Triumphant Army
Obedient Army
Chapter 8 How To Speak With God……………..………….……..35

The Importance Of Prayer
How To Have A Good Prayer Time
Chapter 9 The Word, Fountain Of Life I…………..………..41

How To Get Close To The Word
How To Study The Word
Chapter 10 The Word, Fountain Of Life II………….……...49

Benefits Of Getting Closer To The Word
Chapter 11 Balanced Life…………………………………………….…....53

Intelectual Aspect, Physical Aspect
Spiritual Aspect, Social Aspect
Chapter 12 How To Know God’s Will……………….…………..…..63

Benefits Of Doing God’s Will
How To Know God’s Will
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Post-Encounter
Chapter I
HOW TO CONFRONT THE WORLD I
A lot of people when they go to an Encounter, they come back very excited
and are willing to follow the Lord being radicals in all areas of their lives.
They don’t want anything with the world. Nevertheless, since they don’t
know how to handle certain things in their lives, they allow those
circumstances to overcome them.
Some young kids come back home very motivated, they abandon drugs, bad
companies and some bondages; but they give in to temptation when they
don’t know how to overcome some embarrassing situations.
A certain young man had just come back from an Encounter and when he
went back to the university he wanted to blend in with the crowd (fit in,
being still like them), he didn’t want to be accused of being a “fanatic”. On a
certain occasion he went with them to a bar, his intentions were honest to
just drink a coke, but he ended up drinking a beer, he did drugs and was once
again in bondage by Satan.
As time passed, he dropped off from the university, and left his home. He
started living a very miserable life, he sold his clothes for drugs, got into
fights that left his arms stabbed and needless to say, his life was marked
with unhappiness.
I. WHAT IS THE WORLD
A. WORLD
The world represents everything that displeases God, and opposes God’s
teachings and is under the dominium (ruling) of Satan (1 John 5:19).
Philosophies, concepts and doctrines (teachings) that distort or deny Jesus

and his sacrifice on the cross of Calvary, offering other types of salvation
different from the established Word of God, those are manifestations of
the world.
Ministerios Transformadores Globales

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The apostle John teaches three aspects that manifest love for the world:
1. THE DESIRES OF THE FLESH, 2.THE DESIRES OF THE EYES,
AND 3.THE BOASTING OF WHAT HE HAS AND DOES; VAINGLORY.
(WHAT I HAVE AND WHAT I DO).
1 John 2:15-17
Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the
world, the love of the Father is not in him. For everything in the world
–the cravings of sinful man, the lust of his eyes and the boasting of
what he has and does—comes not from the Father but from the world.
The world and its desires pass away, but the man who does the will of
God lives forever.
B. DESIRES OF THE FLESH

Are those things that are by nature in us and they push us into doing wrong
even from our childhood, to follow what the flesh wants. We can describe
the desires of the flesh as the satisfaction, passion or joy for the incorrect
things and by which we allow sin to take place in our lives.
Galatians 5:17-21:
For the sinful nature desires what is contrary to the Spirit, and the
Spirit what is contrary to the sinful nature. They are in conflict with
each other, so that you do not do what you want.
This shows the big conflict that every Christian lives: The flesh wants one
thing and the Spirit wants another thing, that is why is very important that
we feed our spiritual man.
Galatians 5:19-21 gives us a long list of sins of the flesh, these

include: 1. SEXUAL SINS, 2. THOSE SINS RELATED WITH
PAGAN RELIGIONS SUCH AS WITCHCRAFT, AND 3.THOSE SINS
RELATED WITH OUR TEMPER OR CHARACTER.
The FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT IS TOTALLY OPPOSITE TO THE FLESH.

In relation with GOD: Love, Joy, Peace; In relation with OTHERS:
patience, kindness, goodness; In relation with OURSELVES: faithfulness,
gentleness, and self-control.

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Our purpose should then be that our spirit overcomes the battle against the
flesh. Dr. Billy Graham illustrates it in the following manner:
There was a fisherman that used to go to town every Saturday in the

afternoon. He always brought with him his two dogs. One was white and the
other one was black. He had really taught them to fight good. Every
Saturday afternoon the whole town would get together at the park to watch
the fight between the two dogs, and all the fishermen would make bets. One
Saturday the black dog would win, and the following Saturday the white dog
would win, but of course that the fisherman, the owner of the dogs would
win every Saturday! His friends started to ask him how could he manage for
black to win one Saturday and white to win the next. He responded: “I
starve one and feed the other one. The one that I feed is the winner
because he feels stronger”.
This teaches us that if we want to overcome the desires of the flesh, we

should pay attention to our spirit, feeding it carefully in such a way that
even before temptation our spirit can prevail.
C. DESIRES OF THE EYES

The eyes can be a fountain of life, purity, inspiration, or they can be
instruments of evil, perversion or bad desires. Dr. W.E. Vine describes them
as: “The main avenue of temptation”. The desires of the eyes can be
described as a vile joy, with bad intentions and greed, that includes not only
the eyes, but also the mind and the imagination.
1st.Peter 2:14:
“With eyes full of adultery, they never stop sinning; they seduce the
unstable; they are experts in greed – and accursed brood” (a pattern of
continued evil- an offspring of evil).
Matthew 5:27-28:
“You have heard that it was said, Do not commit adultery, But I tell you
that anyone who LOOKS at a woman lustfully has already committed
adultery with her in his heart”.
The word “LOOKS”, refers to the desires of the eyes, to a look filled with
lust, that awakens in our minds images and impure thoughts.

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Someone said “the first look is not a sin, but it is the second look”
The second look seeks to satisfy, even in the mind its own desires.
Beacon’s commentary says that this kind of lust is: “the tendency to be
captivated (caught up) by the outer appearance of things, without finding
out their true value”.
The desires of the eyes include not only a “LOOK”, but also the “MIND” and
the “IMAGINATION”, and they seek satisfaction through pornography,
literature, or movies that don’t edify, CREATING AN ADDICITON THAT
CAN ONLY BE SATISFIED BY THE PLEASURES OF THE FLESH.
Generally, the desires are fed through the following:

1. Induces to look at sin as pleasing, pleasure, lifting
1. Thoughts
up high thoughts to justify them, making it seem
insignificant, telling you that since you have not yet
2. Memories or done it is not a sin. Besides, it blinds them from
Remembrances seeing the consequences that their behavior can bring
to them and also to those that love them.
2. A very common example is when the mind goes back to past
3. Choices practices of sexual sins, drunkenness, betting games, or parties.
The enemy tells the mind how good of a time he had, the pleasure
he had, and how good it would feel to experience it again. These
4. Sensation thoughts are accompanied by declarations as: “there’s nothing
wrong with it”, “everybody does it”, “I don’t have to be a fanatic”.
5. Imagination 3. Free Will
4. Pleasure
6. Will
5. A Plan Is Established
6. Action. High thoughts justifying it making it seem

insignificant and telling you that since you have not done it is not
a sin. Besides, it blinds you form seeing the consequences that
your behavior can bring to your life and to the lives of those
that love you.

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As we can see, the influence of the desires of our eyes are serious, they
manipulate our mind and they take us to the point of forgetting what Christ
did for us, this is why it is good to follow the advise of the apostle Paul, who
exhorts us to walk in the Spirit and not to satisfy the desires of the flesh.
After a person has committed the sin that originated in the mind, the
sequence follows, it does not stop there. There are CONSEQUENCES
THE SEQUENCE OF SIN
Habit
Loss of Control
Supernatural Bondage
Enemy’s Camp
Control

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D. BOASTING OF WHAT HE HAS AND DOES (VAINGLORY)

It refers to when he (Satan) makes us believe that the true sense of life is
found in the appearance and the price of things rather than in the true value
that God has given to our life. “The boasting of what he has and does”
refers to allowing ourselves to follow the superficial, the inflating of the ego
and that makes us believe that position, money and friends have more value.
These “Boastings” (position, money and friends) become strongholds in the

minds of the individuals that allow them in and Satan through the
strongholds makes people (us) believe that we have a position with people
and therefore we have to live up to their standards. That is the reason why
a lot of people step all over people, violating biblical principles and even the
Will Of God. Satan makes those, (us), to hide our insecurity behind our
appearance.
A good example of it is when I spend more money than what I earn, and I
live indebt, which robs my peace. I cannot get rid of this HABIT, because I
want to show off by buying brand name clothes, cell phone, going to “IN”
places, belonging to social clubs, thinking that this is how I can gain respect
from people.
God wants us to be prosperous. When we love Him, He will place us in a

GOOD POSITION. God is the One that gives us a true value, and not his
benefits. If we seek Him first, He will add on all the blessings to us, and not
only that, but we will gain respect and we will have the AUTHORITY given by
the Lord and not an authority earned with money.

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HOW TO CONFRONT THE WORLD

Post-Encounter
Chapter 1
Workshop 1
1. What does the World represent?
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2. The Three aspects that manifest love to the world are:

The D_______________, The D______________ and The
B_______________________. 1 John ___:____
3. What are the desires of the flesh?

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4. How do the desires of the eyes get fed?

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5. What is the Boasting of what he has and does?

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Post-Encounter
Chapter 2
HOW TO CONFRONT THE WORLD II
1. HOW DOES THE WORLD AFFECT ME?
It is not a secret or a mystery the environment in which youth lives now

days. What the world has to offer is rumba, vices, uncontrollable passions,
and in general a vain and a void life.
The means of communication: Radio, Newspaper and Television, along with

society, everything is pushing us into this type of life, and they make us
believe that in order for us to have fun, we must mix and get involved with
their activities, and if we don’t keep up with them they say we are the most
boring and bittered people. These words, “boring and bittered”, are the
most common used words by non-christians to pressure believers to do what
they want.
The world can affect me when I give in to its demands, when I share and
laugh at its dirty and double meaning jokes, and I participate with their
dirty comments, or with their invitations to participate in drinking liquor and
partying with them. It affects me when these activities stop being fun and
start being a bondage, when I end up involved in situations that I want to get
out of, but cannot get out anymore .
For Example; a bad sentimental relationship will only leave you frustration,
disillusion, an illness such as cirrhosis of the liver due to excessive alcohol,
or a venereal disease due to a loose sexual and disordered life.
These types of situations show how a worldly life is a mere mirage

(disillusion) that makes us believe that, that is real life, but it does not let
us see the true disillusion and the consequences that it brings to those that
practice such things.

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Jesus does not want to isolate us from the world, He wants us to shine and
for us to be light in the place that we are in, He said:
“My prayer is not that you take them out of the world but that you
protect them from the evil one”. John 17:15
II. HOW CAN I CONFRONT THE WORLD NOW THAT I AM A

CHRISTIAN?
A. BY NOT PARTICIPATING OF WHAT THE WORLD HAS TO OFFER
Ephesians 5:11 “Have nothing to do with the fruitless

Deeds of darkness, but rather expose them”.
You should learn from the beginning, to be a radical against sin and be able
to show to the world without disguise that you are an overcomer and a true
Christian. For example: If they offer you a drink, don’t lie saying: No
Thank You, I’m taking medication, but the truth of the matter is that you
are not really taking any medication, but you truly don’t want to confront the
situation.
B. BE RADICAL IN YOUR POSITION AS A BELIEVER
Job 22:28
“What you decide on will be done, and light will shine on
your ways”
Decide ahead of time those things that you will not give into. For Example:
Going to parties or social gatherings with non-Christians where there is
alcohol or other vices. If you determine yourself ahead of time you will
avoid a struggle and you will be able to close the door to a possible fall.
The important thing is to say: “No matter what happens, I will not leave the
path that I have chosen; that is a true determination! when I do my part,
God will surely do His: He will bring His Light to show us what we should say
and what we should do.

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C. AVOID SPENDING TOO MUCH TIME WITH

UNBELIEVERS
They will constantly dare you to do evil, and they will instigate you (convince
you) to go back to the world.
D. SEEK FRIENDSHIPS THAT SHARE YOUR SAME PURPOSES AND

GOALS
Share with those people that dare you or challenge you to have a Stronger
relationship with God.
E. SECURE YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD
Share with God every day through prayer and be able to maintain a style of
living that will not allow you to separate from God. For this, it is very helpful
to ask yourself the following questions when you confront situations that
bring doubt or uncertainty:
“What Would Jesus Do If He Was In My Place?”
John 14:30
“For the prince of this world is coming. He has no hold
on me”
REMEMBER:
WHEN YOU ARE BEFORE SITUATIONS THAT BRING YOU DOUBT OR

UNCERTAINTY, ASK YOURSELF: “WHAT WOULD JESUS DO IF WAS
IN MY PLACE?”

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Post-Encounter
Chapter 2
Workshop 2
HOW TO CONFRONT THE WORLD II
1. Write 3 specific things in which the world is already affecting you.
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2. Does the Lord want us to isolate ourselves from the world?

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3. A way to confront the oppression of the world is:
a. By not P _______________________________________________
b. Be R __________________________________________________
c. Avoid S ________________________________________________
d. Seek F_________________________________________________
4. Of the things you indicated on question No. 1 indicate

specifically what you will do to confront them.
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REMEMBER
IN FRONT OF SITUATIONS THAT BRING DOUBT OR UNCERTAINTY,

ASK YOURSELF: “WHAT WOULD JESUS DO IN MY PLACE?”

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Post-Encounter
Chapter 3
HOW TO OVERCOME TEMPTATION I.
I. WHAT IS TEMPTATION?
Synonyms of Temptation: To Instigate, To Impel, To Drive, To Force,

To Stimulate.
It is a very powerful spiritual influence that attacks the soul of the human
being (everybody, including you) with the sole purpose of separating us from
the intimate, beautiful and fruitful relationship that we have with God.
II. HOW IS TEMPTATION BIRTHED?

James 1:15-16
Then, after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it
is full-grown, gives birth to death. Don’t be deceived, my dear
brothers.
Temptation is compared to the process that a woman experiments when

she is going to have a baby:
(1.Conception, 2.Pregnancy, 3.Child Birth)
Following are some observations made from the biblical verses of James
1:15-16
1. Temptation starts during a conception. In other words, I get pregnant

with temptation “Has Conceived”. But in order for that to happen, “I had
to have an intimate relationship” between my soul and temptation.
2. Temptation is degenerative. What is means is that it produces a very

severe and steep fall, but at the same time it is a gradual fall (little by
little). What this means is that at this very moment you may be being
tempted (in your mind) to fall into a sin, but that you have the opportunity to
get out of it quickly before temptation converts into sin.

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“And Sin, when it is full grown, gives birth to death” temptation comes
before sin, temptation came in, and the person “hatched it”, in other
words, the person got pregnant with sin and then there comes a painful
process of the separation from God, and as a consequence, “spiritual
death” comes in.
III. WHERE AND HOW DOES TEMPTATION START?
In the first place, God the Father has nothing to do with the temptations
that we as humans have:
James 1:13
When tempted, no one should say, “God is tempting me.” For
God cannot be tempted by evil, nor does he tempt anyone.
In the second place, we are going to learn that the bible, the Word of
God says that the beginning (source) of temptation comes in a three fold
(triple way):
1. TEMPTATION COMES FROM THE DEVIL:

One of his names is “the tempter” (1 Thessalonians 3:5), in other words
that the tempter has as one of his characteristics, to tempt every believer
to take us away from our relationship with God. Satan tempted Our Lord
Jesus Christ using different weapons to keep him away from fulfilling the
purpose of Jesus’ coming to this world, (Matthew 4:1; Mark 1:13; Luke
4:2) and if he did it with Jesus, with no doubt, he does with us.
2. TEMPTATION COMES FROM THE WORLD:

In other words, the Worldly system, which is the satanic system, its main
target is to make us stay away from God.
“But the Most powerful source of temptation is in man himself (us, by our
own desires)…”

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3. TEMPTATION COMES FROM OUR OWN FLESH:
James 1:14
“But each one is tempted when, by his own evil desire, he is dragged
away and enticed.”
We have made several observations from this verse: (James 1:14)
A. Temptation is individual “each one”

B. Temptation is a real thing, it will come to you sooner or later,
Without fail “is tempted”.
C. Temptation “is” continual “is” (present tense), continual,
“constantly tempted”
D. Temptation comes up from uprooted desires within the Soul
“His own desire”…
E. Temptation comes up from an appetite of the Soul “own evil
Desire” – carnal appetite, out of control.
F. Temptation always presents itself as very appetizing, very
Desirable, very pleasing “is tempted”
G. Temptation blinds the Soul, distorts the thoughts, the
feelings and the will. “dragged away and enticed”
James 1:14
As human beings we have a lot of weaknesses, in other words, areas in which
the flesh or Satan controls by attacking us through different temptations.
The weakness refers to an aspect of our life in which we have no control, or
in which we lack strength.
Weakness is the fuel that temptation needs to take action.

If there is no weakness, then temptation will not have its effect.
CONCLUSION:
Hosea 4:6“My people are destroyed from lack of knowledge. “Because you
have rejected knowledge, I will also reject you as my priest”.
TAKE GOOD NOTE OF THE FOLLOWING:

If you understand the significance of the origins of temptation, that will
surely help you to overcome it and not fall for it. A war is won mainly
by knowing your enemy. You can overcome temptation if you are able to
“see it coming to you”.

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Post-Encounter
Chapter 3
Workshop 3
HOW TO OVERCOME TEMPTATION I
1. Write the definition for temptation.

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2. Describe the process of birth-pregnancy-child birth of temptation.
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3. Name the triple source of temptation
a.______________________________________________________
b.______________________________________________________
c.______________________________________________________
4. Which is the most powerful source of temptation?
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5. Which is the fuel that feeds temptation?
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Post-Encounter
Chapter 4
HOW TO OVERCOME TEMPTATION II
I. Keys To Overcome Temptation
The Christian fruitful and victorious life is based in the discipline of applying
the following keys every day of your life.
1. I can overcome Temptation when I have a Prayer life. “Pray

continually” 1st Th. 5:17 “Pray that you do not come into
temptation”. Let us see that if we have a life of prayer, it does not
guarantee us that we will not be tempted - Jesus was tempted right
after He had been in prayer and fasting for 40 days & nights.
A daily key prayer that we should pray daily is to ask God that we
have God’s fear in our lives (Prov. 8:13). We should always confess
our sins in our prayer. (1st Corinthians 11:28; Psalms 51:1-19 & 1st
John 1:9) This does not imply that we should be confessing the same
sins all the time, unless we are committing the same sins over and
over, which if that is the case that implies that something is wrong
with our Christian life.
2. I can overcome temptation because Christ took my weaknesses on

the Cross.
He Provided a way out through the shedding of his blood. He
took up our “infirmities” and carried our diseases or weaknesses.
Matthew 8:17. He already overcame every obstacle and every
enemy on the cross. Col. 2:10-15
3. I can overcome temptation when I put my weakness on

the strength of the infinite Grace of our Father God.
We are what we are, and do what we do, only through His
Grace.
Seek refuge in His Grace every day. 2nd. Cor. 12:9-10

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4. I can Overcome temptation because I have been

enabled by God to overcome it. Matthew 4:4-11
1st. Corinthians 10:13

“No temptation has seized you except what is common to man.
God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you
can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way
out so that you can stand up under it.”
FROM THIS VERSE WE CAN LEARN SEVERAL DIVINE TRUTHS:
a. Even though temptation is presented in humanistic and materialistic

terms, in reality temptation is spiritual, that is, it proceeds and
originates within human logic within the spiritual realm.
b. God will always be there to help me come out of temptation.

“God is faithful”
c. Every temptation that comes to my life will always be much

smaller than my capacity to resist it.
d. though my mind and the devil tell me that I won’t be able to overcome
it, “God will not let us be tempted beyond what we can bear.” We
have the divine capacity to resist every temptation.
e. Along with Temptation we will always have a way out. On our

own strength we are not capable, but with the help of our
Lord, we will come out victorious.
The best solution for temptation will always be to seek a way

out and flee from it “He will also provide a way out so that you
can stand up under it.”

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5. I can overcome temptation in a practical way.
a. By confronting and programming ourselves against our

own weaknesses. Fleeing away from it, knowing that
temptation will take us straight to sin.
b. By using common sense. I know that if I have a drink of

liquor, that could make me go back to drinking, I will not
get close to liquor, I will not accept any invitations where there’s
liquor or other vices.
c. By getting rid of bad habits. Let us change bad habits

for good habits.
(1st Cor.15:33, Galatians 5:16; Eph. 5:18).
d. Let us seek help from our group leader. James 5:16
e. Let us not stop from attending our Net meetings, post-

Encounters, Youth meetings and church services in
General.
Hebrews 10:19-25
CONCLUSION
According to the measure of my communion with Christ, that determines my

victory over temptation by allowing him to strengthen me with the same
measure of my devotional prayer time and my faithfulness to His word.

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Post-Encounter
Chapter 4
Workshop 4
HOW TO OVERCOME TEMPTATION II
1. Describe 5 keys to overcome temptation
a.________________________________________________________
b.________________________________________________________
c.________________________________________________________
d.________________________________________________________
e. _______________________________________________________
2. Write down a temptation that you are struggling with and

trying to overcome and how you will apply the principles you
learned in this lesson to overcome it.
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Post-Encounter
Chapter 5
HOW TO CONQUER OBSTACLES

GOAL
The student must understand the available tools he has, that will help him
confront the obstacles that exist in the Christian life and how to overcome
them.
INTRODUCTION
The will of God for us is complete victory. It is because of the victory of
Christ on the cross of Calvary over sin, death and Satan, that every
Christian has the right and the ability to walk a victorious life. This walk is
free of condemnation, guilt, fears, burdens and defeats.
Fundamental truth:
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1 . Corinthians 15:57
“But thanks be to God! He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus
Christ”.
The Lord will always guide you to be triumphant in Christ and will never guide
you to any defeats.
2nd. Corinthians 2:14

“But thanks be to God, who always leads us in triumphal procession in
Christ and through us spreads everywhere the fragrance of the
knowledge of him.”
You cannot be ignorant of the devises of the enemy. In order to have an

effective spiritual warfare, you must know the tactics of your enemy. It is
important that you know his tricks, it is not enough to know that he exists.
“Put on the full armor of God so that you can take your stand against
the devil’s schemes” Ephesians 6:11
Definition:
An obstacle is an object or something that keeps a person from doing
certain things. It is something that makes us fall into sin or a stumbling
block.

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Obstacles that we can confront:

1. The world
2. Temptations
3. Members of the family that are not saved
A. THE WORLD
“John 17:15 My prayer is not that you take them out of the world but
that you protect them from the evil one.”
Three of the most strongest obstacles that Christians face in the world:
- The desires of the world (Glory, riches, own abilities)
- The desires of the flesh (everything that is against the Spirit of God)
- Friendships of the world (non-Christians)
HOW TO CONQUER THE WORLD VERSUS EVERYTHING THAT IS IN

THE WORLD
Keeping your thoughts in God:
The Apostle Paul writes to the believers:
Philipians 4:8
“Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is
right whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable-if
anything is excellent or praiseworthy-think about such things”.
Colossians 3:1-3
“Since, then, you have been raised with Christ, set your hearts on
things above, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God. Set
your minds on things above, not on earthly things. For you died, and
your life is now hidden with Christ in God.”
FOCUS AND HUNGER FOR THE THINGS OF THE SPIRIT

Romans 8:5-6
“Those who live according to the sinful nature have their minds set on
what that nature desires; but those who live in accordance with the
Spirit have their minds set on what the Spirit desires. The mind of
sinful man is death, but the mind controlled by the Spirit is life and
peace;”

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Galatians 5:16
“So I say, live by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the
sinful nature”.
Galatians 5:24-25
“Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the sinful nature with
its passions and desires. Since we live by the Spirit, let us keep in step
with the Spirit”.
DO NOT BE YOKED OR HAVE ALLIANCE WITH THE WORLD IN ANY

AREA OF YOUR LIFE
2nd. Corinthians 6:14-15

“Do not be yoked together with unbelievers. For what do righteousness
and wickedness have in common? Or what fellowship can light have with
darkness? What harmony is there between Christ and Belial (the
devil)?”
THEREFORE WE MUST SEPARATE FROM THEM
WITH THE WORD (BIBLE):

Psalms 119:9 “How can a young man keep his way pure? By living
according to your word.”
Psalms 119:11 “I have hidden your word in my heart that I might not
sin against you.”
WINNING OUR FRIENDS FOR THE LORD:
James 5:19-20 “My brothers, if one of you should wander from the
truth and someone should bring him back, remember this: whoever turns
a sinner from the error of his way will save him from death and cover
over a multitude of sins”.

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B. TEMPTATIONS
1st.Corinthians 10:13 “No temptation has seized you except what is

common to man. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted
beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also
provide a way out so that you can stand up under it”.
What is temptation?
Temptation is something that tests the endurance and strength of the
character of a person. Temptation comes from Satan and of the desires of
the flesh.
How does temptation work?
The Devil looks for an area in your life where you are weak. He then tempts
you in that area. Temptation is not a sin- it becomes a sin when you give in
to it.
SIN IS CONCEIVED WHEN YOU GIVE IN TO TEMPTATION

Then when sin gets a “hold” of you, it becomes stronger (if you do not repent
and turn away from it) until it controls you and finally it destroys you.
HOW CAN I OVERCOME TEMPTATION

A. Constant prayer and communion with the Lord
“ Jesus said, Watch and pray so that you will not fall into temptation.
The spirit is willing, but the body is weak.” Matthew 26:41 (Model
prayer of Jesus).
B. Saturate yourself of the Word Of God
Just as Jesus overcame temptation. Matthew chapter 4
C. Practice Being In The Presence of God
James 4:8 “Come near to God and he will come near to you. Wash
your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded”.
D. Renounce any root of sin in your life
“Therefore, get rid of all moral filth and the evil that is so prevalent
and humbly accept the word planted in you, which can save you.” James
1:21
E. Fill your mind with the things of the Spirit
Romans 8:6-7 “The mind of sinful man is death, but the mind controlled
by the Spirit is life and peace; the sinful mind is hostile to God. It
does not submit to God’s law, nor can it do so.”

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F. We can be conquerors by proclaiming the praises of God

The same way the Psalmist did:
Psalms 18:1-3 “ I Love you, O Lord, my strength. The Lord is my
rock, my fortress and my deliverer; My God is my rock, in whom I take
refuge. He is my shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold. I
call to the Lord, who is worthy of praise, and I am saved from my
enemies.”
Psalms 145:2-3 “Every day I will praise you and exalt your name for
ever and ever. Great is the Lord and Most worthy of Praise; his
greatness no one can fathom.”
C. THE FAMILY
Men and women all over the world are born to families and all these families
have their own traditions and values and in most cases, they have their
religious beliefs which they practice. If these traditions and beliefs are not
of the Christian faith, the believer suffers persecution or he is attracted to
traditions and family beliefs. In both cases these are obstacles that come
to try to destroy his faith.
This is the reason that we must know how to conquer those negative family
influences and obstacles so that they will not hurt our effectiveness as
Christians.
How to conquer negative family influences and all obstacles
Win your family over in prayer. 1st. Timothy 2:1 “ I urge, then, first
of all, that requests, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for
everyone”
SEE THEM SAVED BY FAITH

Mark 11:24 “Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer,
believe that you have received it, and it will be yours”.

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BELIEVE IN THE PROMISE OF GOD THAT YOU AND YOUR

HOUSEHOLD WILL BE SAVED.
Acts 16:31 “Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved you and
your household.”
ALWAYS BE WISE IN THE THINGS YOU DO – ALWAYS HAVE A

GOOD TESTIMONY
Matthew 10:16 “I am sending you out like sheep among wolves.
Therefore be as shrewd as snakes and as innocent as doves.”
1st. Timothy 4:12 “Don’t let anyone look down on you because you are
young, but set an example for the believers in speech, in life, in love, in
faith and in purity.”
PERSEVERE AND BE CONSISTENT

1ST. Corinthians 15:58 “Therefore, my dear brothers, stand firm. Let
nothing move you. Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord,
because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain.”
Galatians 6:9
“Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will
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Post-Encounter
Chapter 5
Workshop 5
HOW TO CONQUER OBSTACLES
1. Which are the most strongest obstacles in the world?
a._______________________________________________
b._______________________________________________
c._______________________________________________
2. What is temptation and How does temptation work?

_________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________
3. Write down the steps to overcome temptation
a._______________________________________________
b._______________________________________________
c._______________________________________________
d._______________________________________________
e._______________________________________________
f._______________________________________________

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Post-Encounter
Chapter 6
WELCOME TO THE WAR I
Introduction
Without any doubt, we all have heard or watched the Battle of the Galaxies,
where they pretend to teach us about the struggle between good and evil;
nevertheless, the Bible affirms us that since the beginning of creation
there’s a true war, which we know as The war of the kingdoms; the kingdom
of the darkness and the Kingdom of Light, The Kingdom of Heaven and the
kingdom of hell,
Every human being automatically belongs to either one of these kingdoms

ever since we were born until we die – and even after death-
Ever since we gave our life to the Lord Jesus Christ, we became God’s
children and “we were transferred to the Kingdom of His beloved Son”
This kingdom transfer brought us enmity (an enemy) of Satan and all his
demons and the beginning of a spiritual war.
The following are some of the most important elements of

spiritual warfare:
1. THE GENERAL AND HIS ARMY
Exodus 15:2-18
The Lord is the one who fights our battles (our warrior)
a. The Lord has an uncountable army in the heavens, and they serve
him day and night. Daniel 7:10; Jude 1:14; Psalm 68:17;
2nd.Kings 6:14-17; They are prepared for great battles Jude 1:9;
Revelation 12:7-9
b. Nevertheless, the Lord uses another army to overcome

the enemy, that army is called the Church of Jesus
Christ. God uses us as his weapons of war. Isaiah 49:1-2
Jeremiah 1:14-16; Jeremiah 51:20; Revelation 12:11
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II. THE ENEMY
a. He is not the way they have pictured him 2nd.

Corinthians 11:14 “Angel of Light”
b. He has power over the world and the unbelievers.

Luke 4:6, Acts 26:18
c. He fights cunningly (very crafty)
I. He never launches a frontal attack – 1st. Peter 5:8;

Ephesians 6:16
II. Sows discords Matthew 13:38-39
III. Snatches away the good seed Matthew 13:19
IV. He attacks the realm of the Mind-thoughts- John 13:2,
Matthew 16:16-23
V. He was defeated at Calvary. Colossians 2:13-15
CONCLUSION
WE ARE LIVING A REAL SPIRITUAL WAR. WE HAVE OUR

VICTORIOUS WARRIOR ON OUR SIDE. WE BELONG TO A
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Post-Encounter
Chapter 6
Workshop 6
WELCOME TO THE WAR I
1. Describe the “War of the Kingdoms”:
_________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________
2. Which are the most important elements of the spiritual

war?
a. The Gen________and his Ar______

b. The en_________
3. Who fights our battles?
_________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________
4. What are the characteristics of the enemy?
1.________________________________________________________
2.________________________________________________________
3.________________________________________________________
4.________________________________________________________
5.________________________________________________________

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Post-Encounter
Chapter 7
WELCOME TO THE WAR II
INTRODUCTION
Too many times we have seen so many Christians fall of the Grace of God.
Why do Christians fall? Why is it that after some people attend an
Encounter they turn around and immediately abandon the Lord? The reason
for that is that they ignore the fact that they are in a Spiritual War, they
ignore how the enemies of their souls act, but most of all they ignore that
they can overcome them because they have the weapons to do so.
I. THE WEAPONS OF OUR WARFARE
The believer has the only weapons to overcome his three enemies: (The
World, The Flesh, and Satan):
• They are very powerful spiritual weapons 2nd. Corinthians 10:4

• They are weapons capable of destroying spiritual strongholds 2nd.
Corinthians 10:4
• God has given us the Spiritual Power to overcome our enemies:
Numbers 13:30; Philippians 4:13; 2nd. Corinthians 12:9; 13:4;
Ephesians 3:20 “Power that is at work within us.

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”THE BELIEVER HAS THE WEAPONS HE NEEDS TO BE VICTORIOUS

EACH DAY”
THE BELIEVER:
a. Possesses the mind of Christ. 2nd. Corinthians 10:5; Philippians
4:8; “Think about such things”
b. Possesses Holy Hands Psalms 18:34; Job 22:30b; 1st.
Peter 1:15-16
c. Possesses Salvation “helmet” Ephesians 6:17
d. Possesses the Truth (Christ is the Truth) Ephesians
4:15,25,29; 6:14
e. Possesses Righteousness (a Just life) Ephesians 6:14;
Isaiah Chapter 59; 1st.John 3:7-10; 1st.Thessalonians 5:22
f. Possesses and practices the Love in Christ 1st. John 3:10b,
12; 16-19
g. Possesses the Faith that moves mountains 1st. John 5:4-5;
Ephesians 6:16 Protective Shield
h. Possesses the message of Salvation – The Gospel”
Ephesians 6:15; Romans 10:13-15; 1:11-12
i. Possesses the Word of the Lord “Sword of the Spirit”
Ephesians 6:17; Heb. 4:12; Joshua 1:9
j. Possesses the Powerful Prayer Ephesians 6:18-19; 1st.
Thessalonians 5:17
II. A TRIUMPHANT ARMY
No army as ever gone to battle with the certainty of winning the war over
their enemy, like the army of the church of Jesus Christ.
a. The enemy cannot enslave us anymore. Galatians 5:1

b. The enemy has no power over us. Romans 6:2, 6 “dead to
sin”
c. The enemy has nothing on us. Colossians 2:14
d. The enemy has been disarmed. Colossians 2:15 a
e. The enemy has been publicly humiliated. Colossians 2:15
f. The enemy has been defeated on the cross. Colossians
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III. AN OBEDIENT ARMY
The church will continue to be triumphant over the enemy as long as the
church is obedient to the General.
a. An obedient army always resists the enemy. Eph. 4:26-27

b. An obedient army puts on the armor and never takes it
Off. Eph. 6:11
c. An obedient army submits itself to God. James 4:7
d. An obedient army resists the devil daily. James 4:7,
1st. Peter 5:9
e. An obedient army is sober and always watchful
“It is always on guard” 1st. Peter 5:8
f. An obedient army marches in the Spirit. Galatians 5:16-25
g. An obedient army marches in Unity 1st. Corinthians 10:1-6;
Ephesians 4:3-6
h. An obedient army marches in Love Eph. 5:2
i. An obedient army marches with Dignity Eph. 4:1; 17; 32; 5:3
j. An obedient army marches in the Light. Eph. 5:8-6:9
CONCLUSION
In the spiritual warfare that you are in, God wants you to have the victory,
use all the weapons that He has given you, live as a triumphant soldier,
knowing that your enemy has already been defeated, but above all, live daily
as an obedient soldier.
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Chapter 7
Workshop 7
WELCOME TO THE WAR II
1. Which are the most important elements of the Spiritual War?

a. The W_____________OF OUR WAR___________
b. A T_____________ A_____________
c. An O______________ A____________
2. Write down the characteristics of the Spiritual Weapons that

we have.
_________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________
3. Write down 5 of the 10 weapons that the believer has to

overcome the enemy.
1. ____________________________________________
2. ____________________________________________
3. ____________________________________________
4. ____________________________________________
5. ____________________________________________
4. Write down 3 characteristics of a triumphant army

a. ___________________________________________
b. ___________________________________________
c. ___________________________________________
5. Write down 5 characteristics of an obedient army

1. _________________________________________
2._________________________________________
3._________________________________________
4._________________________________________
5._________________________________________

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Post-Encounter
Chapter 8
HOW TO SPEAK WITH GOD
Everyone that longs to live in victory must learn to depend in God daily
through prayer. Prayer is the opportunity that God gives men to
communicate with Him, the Greatest Being: All-Powerful; to whom nothing is
impossible. A constant life of prayer gives us the power to overcome.
Prayer is like dynamite, great things can be done in the lives of those
that practice prayer daily. That is the reason that we should make
prayer a life-style. Prayer can be part of our character and our
habits, just as the habits of eating, sleeping, taking daily showers…etc.
Jesus Christ made prayer a daily habit by getting away from everybody
to talk privately with his father. Mark 1:35
“Very early in the morning, while it was still dark, Jesus got up, left
the house and went off to a solitary place, where he prayed.” Mark
1:35
I. THE IMPORTANCE OF PRAYER
As believers in Christ we should follow the foot-steps of our Master, this
means to dedicate (separate) time to be alone with our God, preferably in
the morning, in order to have his direction all day. We will have His support
in the different situations or decisions that we should take or face for the
day .
In order for you to pray effectively, look for the best time that suits
you, whether it is morning, afternoon, or night; pray by yourself, that
way you can have a time of intimacy with God and you will be able to
pour out your heart to him with liberty.
Praying at church or with other Christians is very nice when you start to
walk with God. But when you pray by yourself with God, you have a lot of
advantages that will make you love that special time with the Lord, without
having to depend to pray with others.
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“But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your
father who is unseen. Then your father, who sees what is done in
secret, will reward you”.
The private prayer has the advantage that since nobody is hearing us, we can
say everything we feel, everything we want, everything that is worrying us,
we can go to God with our defects and virtues, since He knows us just the
way we are, He knows our thoughts and intentions even before we tell him
anything.
God delights Himself in hearing us, He longs for us jealously, and His desire
is to help us through our prayer and through his word.
The most appropriate thing is to have a time during the day in which we
can get together with God through prayer, and begin to develop a habit
to pray. We should not fall in legalism, in other words, if I fail to do
my devotional time with God one day, I should not allow guilt to come in,
in such a case, I should learn my lesson, and seek the Lord more
heartedly, and try not to put other things first. Just think that on
your daily appointment with God, He will not fail you, without doubt He
will be waiting for you to give you His love, to take away all burdens and
to bless you.
Matthew 11:28 God expresses his desire to help us:

“Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you
rest.” The invitation is for those that are weary, in other words those that
are going through tribulations, anguish, those that are sick physically or
emotionally. You can come and drop off all your burdens, all that you have
had to go through, all your suffering. God knows your situation and just like
Isaiah 63:9 “In all their distress He too was distressed”, He identifies
Himself with your pain, that why He says: Come with all you have, family
problems, sentimental problems, school, or work problems, I will give you
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To pray is to pour your heart out, which implies that prayer is much more
than repeating words, or mechanic phrases, while our mind thinks of
something else. To pray is to speak with understanding, being conscious that
we are speaking to an intelligent Being, though we can’t see Him, He is
present everywhere there’s someone willing to seek him with all his heart.
The Lord says “Whoever comes to me, I will never drive away” John 6:37
If we seek Him, He will be there, He will receive us and He will not ignore us.
That is the reason that when we pray, we must pray with all our heart, and
not only with our lips, prayers that we can remember and know when they
have been answered.
II. HOW TO HAVE A GOOD PRAYER TIME
A. Start Your Prayer Time Acknowledging The Presence Of

God.
Hebrews 11:6 says:
“And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone
who comes to Him must believe that He exists and that He
rewards those who earnestly seek Him”.
B. Then, Confess To God Any Sin That You Have Committed

With Words, Thoughts, Or Actions, That Way Your
Prayers Will Not Be Hindered.
Psalms 66:18 affirms: “If I had cherished sin in my
Heart, the Lord would not have listened;”
C. You Can Dedicate Time To Present Your Specific Needs.

Jesus included them in the Lord’s Prayer when he said:
“Give us today our daily bread.” Matthew 6:11 Take
Take advantage then to pray all your needs in the name of
Jesus. John 16:24 teaches: “Until now you have not
Asked for anything in my name. Ask and you will receive,
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D. Determine Yourself To Give God Your Best Time And Not

Your Left-over Time, Because Without Doubt, You Will
Not have Any Time Left. Do it very convinced that you are
Making the Best investment, nothing will open big doors for
You, but only Through your Communion with God, Not only
That but you will be able to keep your life from temptation.
Matthew 26:41
“Watch and pray so that you will not fall into temptation.
The Spirit is willing, but the body is weak.”
In the measure that you get familiar to speak with God, you will include
other persons in your prayers, by praying for them, you will do much for
them. Pray as God guides you to pray for and believe that you will receive an
answer. Finish your devotional time giving thanks to God for the blessings
that you have received and for the work He has done in your life.
You must keep in mind that during the day God is at your side and you can
speak to him at any time that you consider necessary. He will be happy when
you do that, He will feel part of your life and this will be a way in which you
can show your love for Him.
E. Before Going To Sleep, Examine Your Life Asking The

Lord If There Is Anything That You are doing that
Does Not Please Him; Could Be Thoughts, Attitudes,
Words, or Actions, Then, Confess Them To Him And
Depart From It.
The word says in Proverbs 28:13 “He who conceals his sins does not
prosper, but whoever confesses and renounces them finds mercy.”
Then, ask the Holy Spirit the strength to continue living according to
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Post-Encounter
Chapter 8
Workshop 8
HOW TO SPEAK WITH GOD
1. Mark an X on the correct answer.

He that longs to live a victorious life, must learn to depend
on God:
a. On Saturdays, for the whole week
b. Only on the Cell group day
c. Daily
d. Only when he has problems
2. Mark an X on the correct answer. Prayer is:

a. An obligation
b. A requirement
c. An Opportunity
“BEING THAT OUR GOD IS AN ALMIGHTY GOD, NOTHING GIVES US

MORE POWER THAN A LIFE OF CONTINUED COMMUNICATION WITH
HIM”
3. Prayer does great things in the lives of those who practice it;
that is why we should make prayer
a. A ______-________
b. Part of ___________ _________________
c. And of our __________________
4. Why is it better to speak by ourselves with God than with
other people present.
_________________________________________________________
_________________________________________
5. According to Matthew 6:6
a. When we get ready to pray, we must:
_________________________________________________
b. When I pray in secret:

_________________________________________________
REMEMBER:

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GOD DELIGHTS HIMSELF WHEN HE HEARS YOU, HE LONGS FOR US

JEALOUSLY, AND HIS DESIRE IS TO HELP YOU!!! SET ASIDE TIME TO
HAVE AN APPOINTMENT WITH HIM.
6. If you fail to do your devotional one day, you must:
a. Feel guilty all day long

b. Don’t pray anymore because God is probably very upset
c. Just ignore it, anyway that time was not that important
d. Learn your lesson, and seek Him more heartedly, and don’t
fail Him.
7. According to Matthew 11:28, what should we do when we are

burdened, or in physical or emotional tribulation?
_________________________________________________
8. What should we do in order to have a good prayer time?

_________________________________________________
9. According to John 6:37 What happens if we go before the

Lord?
_________________________________________________
10. Keeping in mind that our prayer must not be a very

systematic prayer, but it should be free to transmit what’s in
our heart, how should our prayer be like:
a. Hebrews 11:6
b. Psalms 66:18
c. John 16:24
“GOD IS WITH YOU DURING THE DAY, SPEAK WITH HIM EVERY
TIME YOU NEED TO, AND IN YOUR DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES AND
ALSO AT THE TIME YOU GO TO SLEEP TO ASK HIM TO EXAMINE
YOU AND TO CONTINUE TO HELP YOU MAINTAIN YOUR
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Post-Encounter
Chapter 9
THE WORD: FOUNTAIN OF LIFE I
On a certain occasion, a young person with a lot of efforts was able to get a
train ticket to make a long trip that he had always dreamed of. During the
trip he hardly ate anything, he had spent all his money on the ticket, and he
didn’t think that the little he had was going to be enough to pay for his food
at the restaurant. On the last day, he was feeling that he couldn’t stand his
hunger anymore, he went to the dining room telling himself: “I’m going to eat
good today, even if I have to pay by washing dishes”. What a big surprise
he had when he asked the waiter for his check, to what the waiter
answered: No Sir, you do not owe anything, your ticket includes all your
meals.
That happens to us a lot of times, we have in our own hands the Fountain Of
Our Provision And Blessing: The Word Of God, Our Fountain Of Life And
Promises, and though we have all this, we do what the young man on the story
did, we live without enjoying every good thing God has for us; we ignore the
Word Of God, Its Promises and Its Blessings.
We should love the word and follow its indications as a captain of a ship does
with the compass. That way we learn to act with wisdom and to take
advantage of it (the word) for our lives. The Bible is the greatest of all
treasures, it has the answer to all our needs, it tells us how to manage our
finances, our relations with other people, family, feelings and problems.
Psalms 119:105 your word is a lamp to my feet and a light for my path.
Joshua 1:8 Do not let this Book of the Law depart from your mouth;
meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do
everything written in it. Then you will be prosperous and successful.
God has given us His Word with a purpose, to be our guide on our daily walk,
and on all decisions and business in our lives. The Psalmist says: “Your word
is a lamp to my feet and a light for my path”. Psalms 119:105 God
inspired different men at different times, different cultures that through
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do we do to understand it? To take advantage of it, to meditate on it, to

practice it, to make my way prosper, and be successful in everything I do?
I. HOW CAN I GET CLOSE TO THE WORD?
In order to get the best of the Bible I must learn to go to it:
A. WITH THE RIGHT ATTITUDE

In other words, with an expectation, expecting to receive the advise of the
Most Wise Being of all the creation, Conscious that this is the means
through which God speaks to his Beloved One, His Church. I should read it
with the same interest and insistence that a young man reads a love letter of
his girlfriend, reading it over and over, excited, feeling the love that is being
transmitted through the letter, reading the sweetness between the lines,
What is God trying to speak to me?. Luke 24:45 says: “Then He opened
their minds so they could understand the Scriptures.”
This is fundamental so that the Word can affect your life; when your
understanding opens up, the Word makes itself light, and you are able to
understand things that you already knew or had heard, but they had never
really touched you. When the Word accomplishes to impact your heart, the
Word now becomes your Fountain of Life, it establishes principles that start
guiding your life, it is a part of your daily walk, it changes your way of
thinking and your way of living.
B. MEDITATING ON IT
the best way to meditate on the Word is by asking questions To the text
you are reading. You can ask “What is this passage Teaching me?” How can I
apply to myself what I have just read? With what person Do I identify
myself?, What do you want to tell me with all this?.
What will also help you is for you to not only read the biblical passage, but
for you to become part of the story and ask the Holy Spirit to help you live
it (live what you read). This will give life to your reading, it will stop being
dead words and for sure it will help you pray with more confidence and
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Joshua 1:8 “…meditate on it day and night”. The invitation to

meditate on the book of the law, the Word Of God, is to do it not only for
a moment, but day and night. In other words to let the Word be present
in all our daily activities, to let it guide us and comfort us. The Lord urges
us through this verse to confess the Word continuously, it says: “Do not
let this Book of the Law depart from your mouth”…
C. WITH OBEDIENCE
The purpose of meditating on the Word is alive in
Joshua 1:8 when it says: “So that you may be careful to
do Everything that is written in it”
The objective is to learn obedience and that our heart be Sensitive enough
to do according to what God has indicated to us. The idea is not to receive
information, but that the Word can penetrate in our heart, that the Word
can influence our heart and for it to show in our daily life. James explains it
Like this:
James 1:22 “Do not merely listen to the word, and so
deceive yourselves. Do what it says.”
D. WITH A FASHIONED HEART (a heart willing to be

MOLDED)
A fashioned heart is that heart that accepts teaching, without feeling that
he is sufficient, that heart that knows the value of the word knowing that
we will never finish Learning from the word.
Psalms 119:96 “To all perfection I see a limit; but your

Commands are boundless”.
Stick to the Word and everyday when you stick to it, ask God to make your
heart a good ground, capable of receiving a Good seed and giving fruit thirty
fold, sixty fold and one hundred fold.
II. HOW TO STUDY THE WORD
When we get close to God, all of us long for him to speak to us in a personal
and direct way. It is almost unbelievable when we find out that He is
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John 14:21 “Whoever has my commands and obeys them, he

Is the one who loves me. He who loves me will be loved by my Father,
and I too will love him and show myself to him.”
When you study the Word of God, You must keep in mind fundamental
factors that play a very important role: The place, the environment, and the
time; therefore, keep in mind the following suggestions:
A. SELECT A DESIGNATED PLACE

If possible in front of a desk, it will help you concentrate.
Please do not select the bed to study the Word, specially if
You are tired. The reason being is that more than likely it will
End up just as a Good intention to study, but you will end up
Falling asleep.
B. GET A NOTEBOOK, AND MAKE THAT YOUR DAILY

DEVOTIONAL
When you do that, it will allow you to take note of the things
God will speak to you and to review them when you need to.
Furthermore, it will aid you to evaluate your progress and it
Will also help you assess what you have already accomplished.
When we write something, it helps you to remember what you
Have read.
C. DEVELOP A STUDY HABIT

Find out the best method that works best for you to get into
the word daily. Do it in such a fashion that it becomes a
habit in Your life. You can do that by determining the
Duration of study time that you will dedicate daily or by
Establishing Chapters you will be studying each day.
D. MAKE YOUR DAILY DEVOTIONAL
Something that could help you is to find the following study
Aspects when you study the word:
• God’s message for today

That is what has impacted you the most of what you have
Read.
• Promise of God for my life

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It is a blessing, something that God has promised to give us.

For example: “And receive from Him anything we ask,
Because we obey his commands and do what pleases Him”
1st.John 3:22. Our promise is: “And receive from

Him anything we ask of Him.”
• Commandment to obey
Generally the promise has its conditions in order to be
Fulfilled, which could be the commandment to obey. In
The Previous text would be: “Because we obey his
Commands and do what pleases Him”. It could also be
Another text where the Lord has showed you that you
Need to change.
• Personal Application
The Lord will show you some very definite areas that
You must Change, and you need to obey. You must
Establish a specific Way and start formulating or
Designing a way to execute it. If the study of the
Word did not make a change in your life, I can say that
You truly did not study it. It is necessary that after
You study the Word it becomes alive in your life style.
If you use this study method, you will be able to
Notice your daily accomplishments, you will be able to
Go back to your notes every time that is necessary,
You will be able to review what you have learned and to
Go to the Word with the intentions of receiving
Something from it. It is highly recommended that you
Start reading the New Testament at least 2 times
Before you start the Old Testament.

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Post-Encounter
Chapter 9
Workshop 9
THE WORD: FOUNTAIN OF LIFE I
1. The Word is a fountain of life and of promises; and sometimes

we don’t take advantage of that life and promises. This is
what the bible tells us about the importance of them.
Fill in the blanks and memorize:
A. Joshua 1:8 “_____ _____ let this ___________of

The _____________ Depart from
Your_____________;
Meditate on it _____________and night, so that
You may Be careful to____every________ Written
In it. Then you will be _____________and
__________.”
B. Psalms 119:105 “Your __________is a __________

To my ___________ and a ____________ for my
__________.
2. According to Joshua 1:8 What Does the Lord want us to do

with His Word?
A. Not to _____________ from it

B. M____________
C. to _________everything written in it
REMEMBER: THE MEDITATED WORD, WILL KEEP YOU

AND IF YOU PUT IT TO WORK IN YOUR LIFE, IT WILL
GIVE YOU SUCCESS.

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3. In order to enjoy all the benefits that the Word has for me, I
must get close to it:
a. ___________________________________
b. ___________________________________
c. ___________________________________
d. ___________________________________
4. With your own words, explain what it means: “To Have The
Right Attitude”
_______________________________________________
_______________________________________________
_______________________________________________
5. Match left column with the appropriate right column in order
to determine the three things that will help you read the bible
effectively.
a. Let it become light to my life I. A fashioned heart

in such a way that I can find willing to be
in such a way that I can find molded.
a word that touches me in
such a way to establish in me
a new Godly way of thinking
and living.
b. That I be moved through the II. MEDITATION

word in such a way that people
can tell by the way I live.
c. Come to God without feeling III. OBEDIENCE

self-sufficient, understanding
that the Lord has something
new to teach me. Also that
I may be willing to give good
Fruit.

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6. Please name the four important fundamental factors to study

the word.
a. ______________________________
b. ______________________________
c. ______________________________
d. ______________________________
7. Let us discover how to make a daily devotional, taking the text
1st. John 3:22:
A. WHAT IS “THE MESSAGE OF GOD FOR TODAY”
_________________________________________________
B. WHAT IS THE PROMISE FOR MY LIFE
_________________________________________________
C. WHAT IS THE COMMANDMENT TO OBEY
_________________________________________________
D. PERSONAL APPLICATION
_________________________________________________
SPECIAL NOTE:
DON’T FORGET TO TAKE A NOTEBOOK, TAKE NOTES OF WHAT THE

LORD SPOKE TO YOU. LATER WHEN YOU REVIEW THEM YOU WILL
BE ABLE TO TELL HOW MUCH YOU HAVE LEARNED.

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Post-Encounter
Chapter 10
THE WORD: FOUNTAIN OF LIFE II
I. Benefits Of Getting Closer To The Word
A. IT ALLOWS ME TO OVERCOME SIN

When the word of God is treasured in our hearts, we have a place to go to
when temptation knocks on our door, The Holy Spirit can remind us the
specific word that will give us the Victory. Jesus used the word and
overcame the three times that Satan tempted him by saying: “It is written”
Luke 4:4, 8, 10. The Psalmist also confirms in Psalms 119:11 when he
says: “I have hidden your word in my heart that I might not sin against
you.”
B. IT EQUIPS US TO CONFRONT DOCTRINAL ERRORS

Titus 1:9 “He must hold firmly to the trustworthy Message as it has
been taught, so that he can encourage others by sound doctrine and
refute those who oppose it.”
C. IT HELPS US IN SPIRITUAL WARFARE

As a sword the Bible is a defensive and offensive tool. With Biblical verses
we can confront the enemy and we can order him to loosen our lives, our
finances, our families, our minds, and our emotions.
Ephesians 6:17 teaches: “Take the Helmet of Salvation and the Sword
of the Spirit, which is The Word of God.”
D. IT GIVES US POWER IN PRAYER

Jesus gave us the promise that if the Word remains in us, we will have an
answer in everything we ask.
John 15:7 “If you remain in me and my words remain in You, ask
whatever you wish, and it will be given you.”
E. IT GIVES US THE ASSURANCE OF BEING SAVED

When we start our new walk with Christ, one of Satan’s favorite weapons is
to make us doubt our salvation, he brings guilt to us and he wants us to
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forgiveness. That is the reason why the Lord encourages us in 1st. John
5:13 saying:
“I write these things to you who believe in the name of the
Son of God so that you may Know that you have eternal life.”
F. HE GIVES US PEACE IN THE MIDST OF AFFLICTION

When circumstances are negative, our strength is the word of God that is
hidden in our hearts and the promises that we have from God. The Lord
comforted his disciples by telling them: “I have told you these things, so
that I me you may have peace. In This world you will have trouble.
But take heart, I have overcome the world.” John 16:33
G. IT EQUIPS US TO MANIFEST OUR FAITH

Peter exhorts us to be prepared to be able to defend the Gospel from
those that want to redicule (mock), as well as those that simply want to
know more. The correct way is by preparing ourselves to be able to explain
about our faith and to confront any attack when necessary.
1st. Peter 3:15
“But in your hearts set apart Christ as Lord. Always be prepared to
give the reason for the hope that you have. But do this with gentleness
and respect.”
H. IT ORIENTS US IN LIFE DECISIONS
When you come close to the Word, The Word itself is Preparing you to face
life with wisdom, God will show wisdom To make decisions in life: family,
business, feelings, and friendships. That is why the Psalmist said: “Your
word is a Lamp to my feet, and a light for my path”. Psalms 119:105
I. IT GUARANTEES US A LIFE OF SUCCESS
Joshua 1:8 He who meditates on the Word and “Keeps it”, will make his
way prosper and have success on everything. Everything he does will
prosper.
Always end your time of bible reading and meditation by Praying, asking God
to teach you how to apply what you have Learned during your study, and also
ask God to forgive any sin or sins that you might have committed. Also pray
that He takes control of every area of your life. That way, without any
doubt you will reach success and everything that you will do will be good.
“ ONLY YOUR WORD IS PERFECT. I LOVE THE WORD, I THINK

ABOUT IT ALL DAY LONG.”

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Post-Encounter
Chapter 10
Workshop 10
THE WORD: FOUNTAIN OF LIFE II
THE BIBLE OFFERS US MULTIPLE BENEFITS WHEN WE COME CLOSE

TO IT:
1. What is the recommendation that Paul gives Titus on Titus 1:9

And for what?
_________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________
2. According to Ephesians 6:17, what is the Word good for and
How can I use it?
_________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________
3. What should I do in order to have power in Prayer? According
to John 15:7
_________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________
4. When we first start our walk with Christ, we have battles from
Satan to make us doubt our salvation; but 1st. John 5:13
Teaches us:
_________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________
REMEMBER:
“THERE IS NOTHING BETTER THAN THE WORD OF GOD TO GUIDE

YOU IN EVERY DECISION OF YOUR LIFE”.

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Post-Encounter
Chapter 11
A BALANCED LIFE
One of the aspects that determines our future is knowing how to manage our
present, and for that it is very fundamental to establish our priorities and
that we believe the challenge of growing like Jesus did. Not only in one
aspect, but in all areas of life, this will surely make of us people of success,
we will attract others to us and we will be a positive influence in the circle
that we live in: family, social, laboral or ministerial.
Luke 2:52 “And Jesus grew in wisdom and stature, and in favor with
God and men.”
This verse reflects a Jesus that set an example and marked a way that we
should follow. It is amazing to see a Jesus that was not a conformist, but
always challenging, and never accepted being stagnant as a life style, but
continued daily to improve.
The word “growth” comes from the Greek “Prokopto” which means a
continued walk, in other words it means to progress, and the Lord Jesus did
it (grew) in the four basic aspects which are: 1. Intelectual Aspect,
2. Spiritual Aspect, 3. Physical Aspect, 4. Social Aspect.
I. INTELECTUAL ASPECT
The word says: “And Jesus grew in wisdom..”. Wisdom refers to the
intellectual aspect. It has to do with the development of the intellect,
challenging yourself to be wiser, studying, your career, ext. For example, at
home, you can challenge yourself to be a better son, daughter, father,
mother, husband, wife.
God knows that only those people that leave negligence and laziness behind
can accomplish their purpose in life and can reach success, they can grow to
be better people. It is not enough to dream and to want to have, but in
order to accomplish it, it is necessary to act with diligence, consistency, and
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Proverbs 13:4 “The sluggard craves and gets nothing, but the desires
of the diligent are fully satisfied.”
The sluggard (lazy) person is always trying to justify his behavior, but as
time goes by, his progress ended up being only “good intentions” without any
fruit, and therefore he ends up frustrated and feeling insufficient.
Proverbs 26:16 “The sluggard is wiser in his own eyes than seven men
who answer discreetly”.
God does not want to see us frustrated, feeling that our lives are no good.
He gave us an example to grow, and to be better in all areas.
A good challenge so one will not fall on a trap of being lazy, is by setting up
clear and concrete goals. By doing this, will help us to give priority to the
really important matters and not to be tangled up with urgent things. “The
important thing” will get us close to our goal, “The urgent thing” is the
unexpected, and that deviates us from our goal.
In the intellectual aspect we must set specific goals that will bring us closer
to our objectives. For example: To read a book monthly or weekly; learn
systems or the basic studies to work with computers or to learn English, or
Spanish. We should challenge ourselves to be the head and not the tail, to
be the first and not the last, and that goes wherever you are, school,
college, university or work.
According to your dreams set yourself at least 3 goals to be accomplished

within a certain period of time like 3 months, 6 months, 1 year, or as you
consider it convenient. But it is very important that you determine a
specific time, or it will end up being “Good Intentions” only.
II. PHYSICAL ASPECTS
“Jesus grew in…stature…” Luke 2:52
The stature refers to the physical aspect, we should always progress also in
the physical aspect. Our life style, our eating habits, nutrition and
recreation will exercise a direct influence in our image and the image we are
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On a certain occasion, a man of God, Dick Iverson gave my husband and I an

advise. He recommended 3 basic practical things to take care of our
physical condition. The first one, take care of our nutrition; the second one
practice a sport, and the third one do not allow stress.
I believe this man is right, it is of wise people to be balanced on everything.

That is the reason why we should make good habits that prolong our life and
not shorten it being affected through our health. We sometimes think that
is not important to take care of ourselves, and we abuse our youth and we
fall into excesses that later on we see the consequences.
Excess in eating is seen when one consumes without limits sweets, salts,
chocolates, fats. We should establish new habits, we must verify if we are
eating healthy and be able to make corrections. You can start with small
challenges like not eating chocolates in one day, not drinking cokes for one
week, not to add extra salt on food, ext.
As far as time to rest, or recreation, I must include a sport or exercise that

implies activity, besides being healthy, it relaxes you and it blocks stress. It
is unbelievable when we see young people that don’t practice a sport, but
rather spend all day in front of the TV. Their physical condition is so bad,
that they can’t do a simple exercise, or they get sick. Please practice a
sport, but don’t go to extremes, a lot of people make sports their god and
they forget about the True God.
Our image reflects what we are and the God in whom we believe. In this
area Jesus was also an example to us. Though he was born on a humble
manger, He excelled and dressed the best clothes of his time,
John19:23-24 “When the soldiers crucified Jesus, they took his
clothes, dividing them into four shares, one for each of them, with the
undergarment remaining. This garment was seamless, woven in one piece
from top to bottom….”
In the physical aspect we should follow the Master and progress in the way
we live, we dress, we love, without making a god out of it, rather we should
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III. SPIRITUAL ASPECT
“And Jesus grew…in favor with God and men”. Luke 2:52
One of the things that brings blessing and a realization is the growth in the
knowledge of God.
Matthew 6:33 “But seek first His kingdom and His righteousness, and
all these things will be given to you as well.”
That growth is manifested through a continued search for God, to be able to

know him and to please him, when we do so, it will bring us the richest
blessings materially, physically, emotionally and spiritually.
The Apostle Peter advises us to challenge ourselves, so that we will not be

ineffective and unproductive. He first proposes that we first be diligent
to add to your faith goodness; and to goodness, knowledge; and to
knowledge, self-control, and to self-control, perseverance; and to
perseverance godliness; and to godliness, brotherly kindness; and to
brotherly kindness, love. We must decide to move up, to rise above in our
spiritual life; a higher level each time and that it can show in our daily life.
It shall be fulfilled in the following manner 2nd. Peter 1:8-10 “For if
you possess these qualities in increasing measure, they will keep you
from being ineffective and unproductive in your knowledge of our Lord
Jesus Christ”. And it adds: “…For if you do these things, you will never
fall”.
If our search to be better Christians falls in second priority, then we have

forgotten the sacrifice of Christ on the cross and the price that He paid to
cleanse us from our sins. That is why, the best we can do, in order to
maintain our spiritual growth is to remain steadfast to God’s hand, He will
show us the areas in which we are giving in to the enemy and will council with
us to come out victorious. Not only that, but he will help us to challenge
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Jesus grew in favor with God, and the result of that growth made it possible
for the power of God to manifest upon Him with the gifts of the Holy Spirit.
He had a very successful ministry and multitudes of people were
transformed, healed, delivered, and restored through His life.
That same Jesus lives now inside of us and in the measure that we grow in
his knowledge and grace, He will have the liberty to work through us
converting us in a channel of blessing.
Our spiritual life will be prompt if we develop challenges, we must get

involved in the work of God, not as simple expectators, but as active
members. When we assume challenges we create a higher level of diligence
in the spiritual field. For example, if we have to teach others, we have a
need to prepare ourselves, review what we have learned and ask God for his
support.
The gifts flow when we create a need for them, God gives them to us so we
can serve his people and not to boast ourselves of them. In the same
measure in which we involve ourselves in the work of God, the Lord will pick
us up and pour his gifts upon our lives. The Apostle Paul says a great truth in
1st. Corinthians 15:58 “Therefore my dear brothers, stand firm. Let
nothing move you. Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord,
because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain”.
This verse encourages us to be firm, and not to allow anything to move us

from what we are now in Christ, to believe, in other words, to do more than
what they expect me to do or they ask of me; doing everything with an
iniciative to do things better every time.
Paul teaches us how our work in the Lord is not in vain, and we should know
this and believe it, though at the present time we don’t see fruit, God knows
what we have done and He will reward us accordingly.
Determine yourself to grow in the spiritual aspect and do it by setting up

specific goals in order not to get stuck, don’t be satisfied because you
attend all the different activities of the church, but rather be a part of
each one of them, such as a cell group, school of leaders, the different
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III. SOCIAL ASPECT
“And Jesus grew …. In favor with…. Men”
To have balanced lives is not going to the extremes and to give everything
its own place. The Lord knew how important people were, that is the reason
he was very interested in them, he met them and supplied their needs. All
these things gave Him favor with the people, they wanted to share with him,
they wanted to hear him, they wanted to be by his side and that is why they
followed him.
We should progress in our dealings with those that surround us, in such a
fashion that they may see in us people that are worth to follow and to
imitate. We speak much more with what we do than with what we say, a lot
of people are watching us, and if they find that we are simple people, that
have love, and warmth and that we live a good Christian life, they will open
the door of their hearts so that we can make them member of God’s family.
Prophet Samuel in his youth didn’t follow the bad example of the youth of
his age that shared the same house with him, he decided to be upright in his
life and God accepted him over the rest of the men of his time.
1st. Samuel 2:26 “And the boy Samuel continued to grow in stature and
in favor with the Lord and with men.”
One of the places in which we should take care of: Our testimony is at home,
this way we will progress in our relations with our family. At home, our
changes are more noticible since our family knows us, and they can tell the
progress and advancement of our spiritual life. We should set up simple
goals but effective ones.
For example, if we used to respond with a bad temper when something was
wrong, or when somebody mistreated us, we are going to change. There
should be a progress in our dealing with the rest of the people, in our
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We cannot allow that our goals in other areas take the place with our family,
deteriorating the family relationship, creating a distance or taking away
communion with them.
A certain young lady had a very big pain in her heart. Every time her dad
needed her, she didn’t have time for him because she always had other
priorities. She didn’t dedicate time for him and when she finally wanted to
do it, it was too late, her father passed away and she felt a pain in her heart
and felt impotent.
God wants us to have a balance in the dealings with our family, He wants us
to give them time and attention, and that we our love and testimony we can
win them over for the Lord. In the same way, our testimony reaches also our
relationship with third parties. Paul teaches to Timothy: 1st. Timothy 3:7
“He must also have a good reputation with outsiders, so that he will not
fall into disgrace and into the devil’s trap.”
A very determinant aspect to grow in the social area is integrity in our way
of living, this gives confidence to those around us, they will find out that our
purpose is not to take advantage of them, but rather to be a positive
influence in their lives.
Don’t let anyone look down on

you because you are young, but
set an example for the believers
in speech, in life, in love, in
faith and in purity.
1st. Timothy 4:12
There’s nothing worst than to lose credibility, which in turn causes doors to
close in our relation with others. We shouldn’t compromise with ethical and
moral principles that rule our life, those small concessions are a stain in our
character that instead of doing us good, it steers people away from us, they
stay on the defensive when they discover a deception, they feel used and not
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Someone said: “People were made to be loved, and things to be used”.

This is very true, when we love people instead of using them we have a solid
and long lasting relationship that will reflect integrity of our character, a
genuine interest, love and fellowship and a life with ethical principles.
If we follow the example of Jesus, growing in all areas intellectual, physical,

spiritual and social, we will have a successful life, personal satisfaction and
blessing not only for us, but also for our families and those around us.
They will see that it is possible to have a better life style when we follow
the Lord, this will give them the opportunity to go to God and enjoy the
blessing that we have to know the Lord and they will allow him to guide their
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Post-Encounter
Chapter 11
Workshop 11
A BALANCED LIFE
1. The Word teaches us that Jesus was a well balanced person

during his growth. According to Luke 2:52 What did his
growth consist of?
_________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________
2. What does GROWTH mean?
_________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________
3. Name the 4 aspects in which we should grow
_________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________
4. What should we leave behind in order to better intellectually and why?
Proverbs 13:4
_________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________
5. What is a good challenge in order for one not to fall on a trap
of being lazy?
_________________________________________________________
_________________________________________
6. What are the areas that intervene in our physical aspect?
_________________________________________________________
_________________________________________
7. Which is the aspect in which I must grow which will bring
blessing and a full realization ? Matthew 6:33
_________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________
8. Why is it important to establish challenges in our spiritual
Life. 2nd. Peter 1:8-10
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9. Jesus grew in favor with God, that brought the manifestation

of certain things in his life.
The P________________
The G________________
And a Great M___________________
REMEMBER THIS: “JESUS LIVES INSIDE OF US AND IN THE SAME

MEASURE THAT WE GROW IN HIS KNOWLEDGE AND IN HIS GRACE,
HE WILL WORK IN US TO MAKE US CHANNELS OF BLESSING”
10. Our spiritual life will be prompt if we develop ___________________

that will take us to a higher level of___________________________
with that base:
My Ch_______________________ are:
____________________________________________
____________________________________________
____________________________________________
11. When do the gifts flow through us and for what?
_____________________________________________
_____________________________________________
12. What should be our best preaching tool?
_____________________________________________
13. What did prophet Samuel determined in his heart in his youth?
According to 1st. Samuel 2:26
________________________________________________
________________________________________________
14. What should we take care of in order to protect our
testimony in our house? Give personal examples:
_________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________
15. Why is integrity fundamental for growth in the social aspect?
1st. Timothy 3:7
_________________________________________________
_________________________________________________
A WELL BALANCED GROWTH WILL NOT ONLY GIVE US SUCCESS AND
PERSONAL SATISFACTION BUT ALSO BLESSINGS FOR ME AND THOSE
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Post-Encounter
Chapter 12
HOW TO KNOW GOD’S WILL
It is a Great blessing to know God, but to see him work in each of the areas
of our lives really depends a lot of times on the decisions we make in
different situations.
We have a great advantage and that is that we can count on the direction of
our All Powerful God, who is with us to show us the path that we should walk.
God never makes mistakes, He knows better than us, He knows what’s best
and He is willing to give us His best.
Proverbs 3:5-7
“Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own
understanding, in all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your
paths straight. Do not be wise in your own eyes; fear the Lord and
shun evil.”
All the wrong decisions that without exceptions, we all have made are a
product of doing things our own way, without taking God into consideration
for his advise. This usually happens because we don’t know that he is
interested even in the small things that concern us. We believe the bible
does not have the answer to our needs or simply, we have not stopped to
think what is God’s opinion about our decision.
I. BENEFITS OF DOING GOD’S WILL
If we want to act wisely and have a good future let us stop acting lightly,
since that is the reason that a lot of times we make decisions that we are
sorry later on. That is why we should go to God and seek his direction, He
never makes mistakes and always chooses to give us good things, He loves us
and has good thoughts about us and not to harm us, He wants to give us the
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Jeremiah 29:11
“For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans to
prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.”
To believe in God and trust in Him is the best thing we can do in order to
secure our future. God is like a pilot that sees from above the things that
are good for us and those that will only bring us problems. If we seek his
council and obey what He says, we are acting with wisdom.
Romans 12:2
“Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed
by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve
what God’s will is, His good, pleasing and perfect will.”
This verse (Romans 12:2) expresses three great truths about God’s will: It
is Good, it is Pleasing, and it is Perfect.
The word “good” comes from the Greek Agathos, which means something
that is good in its character, it is beneficial in its effects. It is Good
because it comes from a God whose essence is Goodness and His objective is
to give us the best so that we can enjoy the life that Christ conquered for
us on the cross to its fullest.
The word “pleasing” means that it is satisfactory for us in all aspects.

God know what we like, and according to that He will choose the best for us.
We shouldn’t fear to trust in God, since He knows us more than we know our
own selves, and He will give us excellence”
Some people fear having to submit their sentimental area to God, they think
that God will probably give them the opposite of their desires, they think
that God ignores their needs. For example, there’s men that don’t like
talkative ladies and they fear that God will give them a parrot (loquacious
woman), “a woman that talks toooo much”.
There’s women that are not drawn to men that are cold and insensitive to
their needs and they are fearful that God will give them one that will never
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“Perfect” comes from the Greek Telion which means equipping us to realize
the real purpose of our existence. Therefore, Beacon’s commentary states
it is the experience
of fulfillment to be complete. With this we can understand that by doing
God’s will we will develop our maximum potential and we will be fulfilled.
II. HOW TO KNOW GOD’S WILL
In order to understand God’s perfect will it is necessary to take several

steps that will confirm God’s purpose in our life:
A. I MUST DIE TO MY OWN WILL IN ORDER TO DO

WHAT GOD SAYS
The Lord gifted us with a free will, in other words, He enabled us to decide.
When we were without Christ we would make decisions ignoring His opinion.
Now, it is necessary that I die to my own feelings, to my likings, to my old
way of doing things to now submit myself to his will. We should now be
willing to obey him in this step, without creating any type of pressure in our
prayer in order to convince Him that my way is the right way. We cannot
pray: Lord, do your will, but please let your will coincide with mine. In the
sentimental area, for example, I have always believed that we should pray
for the person giving the characteristics that we desire. That he (she) may
be sweet, warm, loving, expressive, and a beautiful personality. But we
should be able to keep a neutral position, we cannot pray the person in by
name, a certain person. Some people waste time doing that, and I say they
waste time because God will not give in. Before I got married I found out
that a woman from Church had been praying for my husband for a whole
year so that he would marry her. She was convinced that because of her
insistence, God would make us bring our courtship to an end and God would
give her Cesar as her husband. It didn’t work out for her, we got married
and she left very disillusioned to another place. God doesn’t make mistakes,
we will act wisely if instead of grasping what we want, we renounce it and
wait on the Lord, He truly knows what’s best for us.
Isaiah 55:8-9 “For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are
your ways my ways,” declares the Lord. As the Heavens are higher
than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts
than your thoughts.”

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We need to die to the desires of doing things our way in order to submit to
God’s will. He will give us what’s best, though this may not necessarily be
what we want.
We should trust in His will and understand that His decisions are much
better than ours, He will always give us excellence for our lives.
B. SEEK GOD’S COUNCIL THROUGH HIS WORD

Psalms 119:105
“Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light for my path”
The bible has the answer to each and every one of our Needs, it could be
economical, sentimental, university, Family, ext.
We should come to the Word of God to seek what it says in respect to our
petition or need. If what we are asking for is within God’s will, the word will
confirm it. If you don’t know how to know God’s direction ask God for
wisdom and He will give you abundantly without reproach. James 1:5
“If any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously to
all without finding fault, and it will be given to him.”
Search for bible verses according to your need, God Will take care of
speaking to your heart, since the Word has the quality of getting to the
most intimacy of man, discerning the thoughts and the intentions of the
Heart. Hebrews 4:12
Some years ago, we had not gotten an apartment, I started to look for one
very persistently and God gave me ”Psalms 127:1-2 “Unless the Lord builds
the house, its builders labor in vain. Unless the Lord watches over the city,
the watchmen stand guard in Vain. It is in vain for you to rise up early and
stay up ate, to eat the bread of sorrows; for so He gives His beloved sleep.”
I understood then, that I wasn’t going to get anything by running around,

looking from one place to the other. He told me that everything that I
would do would be in vain, if He was not in the plan. He told me to wait, that
He would give it to me without me Looking for it. Months went by, and the
Lord Worked Out the miracle. He gave us an apartment, just the way we
had prayed to Him. It was not necessary for me to go out there to look for

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it. He simply sent a person to us that took us to the right place, and the
Lord did the Rest.
C. GIVES THE DESIRE TO DO HIS WILL

Philippians 2:13
“For it is God who works in you to will and to act according to his good
purpose.”
One of the aspects that will confirm if we are moving according to God’s
purpose, is that He will incline our heart to His desire, because he loves us,
as the word says “He does it according to his good purpose”
When God puts an acknowledgement, it is fundamental, Pastor Cho advises

that we must submit our desires to the test of time, if they were from
Satan or from the flesh, they will go away; but if they are from God, they
will remain. Knowing that the desire of God is that which is according to His
Word. The following Psalm confirms it. Psalms 33:11
“But the plans of the Lord stand firm forever, The Purposes of his
heart through all generations.”
D. GOD PUTS PEACE IN THE HEART TO CONFIRM HIS WILL
Philippians 4:7
“And the Peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard
your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus”
One of the signs that we can trust to know if we are in the will of God is the
peace that He brings to the heart. It is an internal peace in regards to the
decision that we are about to make that surpasses our own understanding.
God puts that peace in our hearts, He removes all doubt, and brings trust
and assurance. This trust cannot be based on good reasoning, we can show a
make-believe assurance, but we cannot shut that voice inside of us that says:
No, don’t do it. That Is God’s voice telling us that the way we were thinking
is not His will.
In this case, the most recommendable thing is to seek God in prayer and
sincerely tell Him the secrets of your heart, asking Him that if it is not His
will to block all plans; but if it is, for Him to affirm our thoughts.

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There are people that pray time after time for a sentimental relationship
with a non-Christian person for God to do His will. Nevertheless, when God
speaks to their heart, they start doubting, and fearing; and the peace they
had about their future with that person is gone. Even though they know that
God is not in agreement with that relationship, they don’t obey. They always
have an excuse, a justification, a later, a last opportunity; but when the
established time for the last opportunity comes, they postpone the decision
again, without knowing that they are wasting their life in a relationship that
will not give fruit. Sometimes people are stubborn and when they realize
their mistake, it is too late.
Proverbs 16:3
“Commit to the Lord whatever you do, and your plans will succeed.”
This is the result of seeking God. The Holy Spirit will work by reaching the
depths of the heart and will put an internal feeling of confirmation or of
denial; a deep conviction of His perfect will, a sensation of peace that
surpasses his understanding.
E. THE CIRCUMSTANCES FAVOR US
When we move according to God’s will, we will see that circumstances will
favor us, if not circumstances will be adverse and difficult.
The bible states a very specific case about moving against God’s will, the
case of Balaam. He wanted to go and curse Israel, he consulted God and God
answered
“Do not go with them. You must not put a curse on those people,
because they are blessed.” Numbers 22:12
Nevertheless, Balaam’s greed was greater than his obedience, and he ended
up going to that place to Curse Israel. God opposed in such a way, that He
used a donkey to make Balaam come to his senses, the donkey resisted and
did not walk and even spoke to him, God changed the curse into a blessing
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Definitely, we must recognize when God is not in the plan by analyzing each
situation and the circumstances. If we see that things don’t work out and
something always happens, the wisest thing is not to fight against it, but to
renounce to that thing and wait upon the Lord, and without doubt, the Lord
will always bring something better.
I am convinced that if you follow these five steps, you will secure your
future. Since you will have the direction of the wisest being of the universe.
He sees everything and wants the best for your life in all aspects.
“THEN YOU WILL BE ABLE TO TEST AND APPROVE WHAT GOD’S

WILL IS – HIS GOOD, PLEASING AND PERFECT WILL” ROMANS
12:2b

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Post-Encounter
Chapter 12
Workshop 12
HOW TO KNOW GOD’S WILL
1. Why is it that sometimes we make a mistake when we

make some decisions in our live.
_________________________________________________
_________________________________________________
_________________________________________________
_________________________________________________
2. According to Romans 12:2, the will of God has 3

characteristics, those are:
G __________, P ______________ and P ____________
3. Write down the 5 steps to confirm the will of God for us:
a. _____________________________________________________
b._____________________________________________________
c._____________________________________________________
d._____________________________________________________
e. _____________________________________________________

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Chapter 2 How To Confront The World II……………………….9

Chapter 3 How To Overcome Temptation I…………………….13

Chapter 4 How To Overcome Temptation II…………………….17

Chapter 5 How To Conquer Obstacles……………………………….21

Chapter 6 Welcome To The War I…………………………………..28

Chapter 7 Welcome To The War II………….………….………….31

Chapter 8 How To Speak With God……………..………….……..35

Chapter 9 The Word, Fountain Of Life I…………..………..41

Chapter 10 The Word, Fountain Of Life II………….……...49

Chapter 11 Balanced Life…………………………………………….…....53

Chapter 12 How To Know God’s Will……………….…………..…..63

HOW TO CONFRONT THE WORLD I

Philosophies, concepts and doctrines (teachings) that distort or deny Jesus

Ministerios Transformadores Globales

B. DESIRES OF THE FLESH

Galatians 5:19-21 gives us a long list of sins of the flesh, these

The FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT IS TOTALLY OPPOSITE TO THE FLESH.

Ministerios Transformadores Globales

There was a fisherman that used to go to town every Saturday in the

This teaches us that if we want to overcome the desires of the flesh, we

C. DESIRES OF THE EYES

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Generally, the desires are fed through the following:

5. Imagination 3. Free Will

6. Action. High thoughts justifying it making it seem

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THE SEQUENCE OF SIN

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D. BOASTING OF WHAT HE HAS AND DOES (VAINGLORY)

These “Boastings” (position, money and friends) become strongholds in the

God wants us to be prosperous. When we love Him, He will place us in a

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HOW TO CONFRONT THE WORLD

2. The Three aspects that manifest love to the world are:

3. What are the desires of the flesh?

4. How do the desires of the eyes get fed?

5. What is the Boasting of what he has and does?

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HOW TO CONFRONT THE WORLD II

1. HOW DOES THE WORLD AFFECT ME?

It is not a secret or a mystery the environment in which youth lives now

The means of communication: Radio, Newspaper and Television, along with

These types of situations show how a worldly life is a mere mirage

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II. HOW CAN I CONFRONT THE WORLD NOW THAT I AM A

A. BY NOT PARTICIPATING OF WHAT THE WORLD HAS TO OFFER

Ephesians 5:11 “Have nothing to do with the fruitless

B. BE RADICAL IN YOUR POSITION AS A BELIEVER

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C. AVOID SPENDING TOO MUCH TIME WITH

D. SEEK FRIENDSHIPS THAT SHARE YOUR SAME PURPOSES AND

E. SECURE YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD

WHEN YOU ARE BEFORE SITUATIONS THAT BRING YOU DOUBT OR

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HOW TO CONFRONT THE WORLD II

1. Write 3 specific things in which the world is already affecting you.

2. Does the Lord want us to isolate ourselves from the world?