Welcome to Alpha Training In this training we shall discuss: Talk One: Leading Small Groups Talk Two: Talk Three: Additional Discussion Items: -the importance of following the ‘Recipe’ -the importance/use of music -how to mange the food requirement -Catholic issues -issues within video presentations

Welcome to Alpha Training Ministry In this training we shall discuss: Talk One: Leading Small Groups Talk Two: Talk Three: Additional Discussion Items: -the importance of following the ‘Recipe’ -the importance/use of music -how to mange the food requirement -Catholic issues -issues within video presentations

A Quick Outline What Is Ministry? Model For Prayer Ministry Successfully Applying Ministry In Our Own Life

“I am among you as one who serves.” What Is Ministry? Ministry Is Service Modeled After Jesus Christ “I am among you as one who serves.” Luke 22:27 Jesus’ Ministry = Simplicity And Truthfulness KEY: Everything done during ALPHA is ministry!

What Is Ministry? All Christians Have Been Called To This Service “Go therefore, and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you ALWAYS, until the end of the age.” Matthew 28:19-20 KEY: Why do I want to GO THERE FOR?

What Is Ministry? Let’s Get our Perspective Right: “You did not choose Me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should remain, that whatever you ask the Father in My Name He may give you.” John 15:16 “For you brethren, have been called to freedom; only not to use freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another.” Galatians 5:13 KEY: God chooses to involve us in HIS PLANS

KEY: Serving others includes PRAYING for them! What Is Ministry? Prayer Ministry is: Meeting The Needs Of Others On The Basis Of God’s Resources.” John Wimber Connecting Their Hand With God’s Hand Facilitating What The Holy Spirit Intends To Do KEY: Serving others includes PRAYING for them!

What Is Ministry? Prayer Ministry is a cooperation between God and Us “And you [Moses], lift up your staff and with hand outstretched over the sea, split the sea in two, that the Israelites may pass through it on dry land.”…Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and the Lord swept the sea with a strong east wind throughout the night and so turned it into dry land. When the water was thus divided, the Israelites marched into the midst of the sea on dry land, with water like a wall to their right and to their left.” Exodus 14:16,21-22

What Is Ministry? What We Learn from Moses: We Are Extremely Dependent On God It Is Very Hard To Invite The Holy Spirit For The First Time Believing Is Seeing Start Where You Are, Just Do It! “What you do now will lay a foundation for the future.” ~John Bridgeland on service/ministry KEY: Stretch out your hand, God will do the hard part!

Model For Prayer Ministry GOD It’s Simple: Let God do the hard part! US THEM KEY: Serve others by connecting them with God.

Model For Prayer Ministry Maintain the Dignity of the Individual: Keep Confidences Affirm The Person - Do Not Condemn Faith - Place No Additional Burdens On Them Men With Men; Women With Women Give them a Choice Pray For People Quietly With A Team Of Two, One Leads The Prayer Explain How You Are Going To Pray; Encourage Faith On A Particular Promise Of God.

Model For Prayer Ministry KEY: Make praying for others comfortable to your style.

Model For Prayer Ministry General Prayer Model: Face The Person You Are Praying For Keep Your Eyes Open Determine The Prayer Need Extend Your Hand In Faith Speak Clearly And Ask The Holy Spirit To Come KEY: You took the step of faith, He won’t leave you hanging: TRUST and LISTEN!

Model For Prayer Ministry 6. Welcome Him When You See Signs Of The Spirit Wait On God For Further Direction: -Impressions, Words, Pictures, 1 Cor. 12:8-11 8. Ask The Guest What Is Happening -Do You Sense God Is Saying Something? -What Do You Feel Is Happening? Thank God For What He Is Doing And Will Continue To Do Encourage Guests

Model For Prayer Ministry The Holy Spirit... will minister to the person receiving prayer even if you are not aware!

Model For Prayer Ministry Remember: When Asked The Holy Spirit Comes “Commit everything you do to the Lord. Trust Him, and He will help you.” Psalms 37:5 The Spirit Of God And The Written Word Never Conflict Manifestations Are Not What’s Important; It’s What God Is Doing In The Heart Of The Person That Matters KEY: Keep your eyes on what’s really important: HEAVEN!

Model For Prayer Ministry “The Spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him: a spirit of wisdom and of understanding, a spirit of counsel and of strength, a spirit of knowledge and of fear of the Lord.” Isaiah 11:2 KEY: The Holy Spirit is present to encourage you. Completely trust in Him!

Successfully Applying Ministry In Our Own Life The Holy Spirit Comes To: Convict Of Sin In Order To Make Us Holy Take Away Our Doubts About Salvation Make The Presence Of Jesus Real In Us Teach Us How To Pray: “The Holy Spirit helps us in our distress. For we don’t even know what we should pray for, nor how we should pray. But the Holy Spirit prays for us with groanings that cannot be expressed in words.” Romans 8:26

Successfully Applying Ministry In Our Own Life The Holy Spirit Gives Us Power: “When the Holy Spirit comes upon you, you will receive power.” Acts 1:8 Produces In Us The Life Of Jesus: “The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, generosity, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control.” Galatians 5:22 KEY: The most wonderful thing the Holy Spirit does is produce in you the life of Jesus!!!

Successfully Applying Ministry In Our Own Life “Let the Holy Spirit fill and control you.” Ephesians 5:18 This Is A Surrender Of Our Will, Without Reservation, To The Will Of God. How? Continually Examine Ourselves, Confess Our Sins, Thank God For Forgiving Us And Once Again Surrender The Control Of Our Life To Him. KEY: Surrender to the Holy Spirit is a continual process; like breathing air.

Successfully Applying Ministry In Our Own Life Have I truly let go of my past to live in freedom now? PAST KEY: We can’t change our past, but we can change the future

Successfully Applying Ministry In Our Own Life “No, dear brothers and sisters, I am still not all I should be, but I am focusing all my energies on this one thing: forgetting the past and looking forward to what lies ahead, I strain to reach the end of the race and receive the prize for which God, through Jesus Christ, is calling us up to heaven.” Philippians 3:13-14

Successfully Applying Ministry In Our Own Life We Can Now: Walk In Peace Knowing For Certain That Our Lives Belong To Jesus Walk In Power With The Holy Spirit That Has Been Given To Us Walk In Victory- We Are FREE To SERVE!!!

A Quote With A Challenge “The Holy Spirit has not changed, but the church looks elsewhere. If the church trusted less in human wisdom and calculating methods, if she administered by a supernatural power, who can doubt that the grinding and groaning of our cumbrous missionary machinery would be vastly decreased and the demonstration of the Spirit far more apparent?” -A.J. Gordon