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Update from Wendy Thirteen years ago, I jumped into the depths of God with both feet and no life preserver. It was only after it seemed that I was at the bottom of the deep end that I realized I had never had any swimming lessons. But God was faithful. Prior to that, God met me in the place of humility. I was bowed before Him, vowing with all earnest sincerity that, "From this day forward, all I want to do is obey Your voice." I knew His voice and I knew that I had not always heeded it. But now, I was ready to do whatever God asked of me. I had no idea what I was signing up for. Before I knew it, God moved me to a new city and reminded me of His calling upon my life. He had previously revealed it to me but it hadn't made any sense before. I was supposed to write books and speak all over the world. For the first time, I realized that this was for Him and His Kingdom. But me? How could this be? Ministry? Huh? The next thing I knew, God was telling me to give away everything I owned and live by faith without asking anyone for anything I need but just seeking first God's Kingdom and His rightousness (Matthew 6:33,) meditating on His Word day and night (Joshua 1:8,) and delighting myself in Him (Psalm 37:4.) If you've ever been in a position where you really really need God to come through for you... and then He does (because He's awesome)... then you have a pretty good idea of what the last thirteen years of my life have been like. God is faithful. Jesus is enough. He never fails. But at first, I hated living this way. I found it dreadfully humiliating and shameful. I didn't understand why God was doing this to me. It wasn't like God sent me to the mission field, or to seminary, or into any other type of "box" that people could get their minds wrapped around because they had seen it before and knew what it was. Instead, it seemed I was a freak and a fanatic who had lost my mind and common sense. People were unkind, uncaring, inconsiderate, accusatory, and cruel. So, with self-righteous self-pity, like Job, I cursed the day I was born. I asked God to stop beating me up and just be done with me if it was going to go on like this. You see, living this way is full of joy unspeakable and full of glory (1 Peter 1:8) but it is also full of hardships, failures, misunderstandings, persecutions, and all manner of trials which God uses to transform us, mature us, and make us like Jesus. He is the Potter, we are the clay. In the early days of obedience with much resistance, I asked God many times about why I couldn't go get a job to provide for myself. I tried to compromise by saying I'd only work a part-time job so I could obey God with the rest of my time while maintaining the dignity of self-sufficiency and not suffering the humiliation of being in need all the time. I begged God to let me work at the Walmart McDonald's (which would be a rather strange place for a former New York City investment banker to work.) But God told me, "I am asking you to live this way willingly now because the days are coming when people will have to live this way against their will." What God wanted from me was willing obedience, willing endurance through trials, and willing faithfulness to what He was asking me to do - nothing more, nothing less - no matter what anyone else thought about it and no matter what it cost me. Willingness to wait upon God for His perfect plan and for Him to fulfill His purposes in His way and in His timing. I finally gave up resisting. For years, it seemed outwardly like nothing was happening at all. The worse it got, the more people rejected and distanced themselves from me. But God was working in the waiting, the seeking, the meditating, and the delighting in Him. He was also working in the pain, the rejection, and the crucifying of my flesh. God never left me and never failed me. The Lord is righteous in all His ways and kind in all His deeds. (Psalm 145:17.) In the meantime, God taught me His Word. He began to prophesy through me before I even knew what a prophetic word or a prophet was. He introduced me to His power for deliverance and healing not because I was seeking power or manifestations but because I was seeking Him and that's a part of who He is and what He does. To make a long story short, to this day, I still live by faith in total dependence on God alone. Still seeking His Kingdom, still meditating on His Word, and still delighting in Him. God has been very faithful to me. He has allowed me to co-labor with Him to write books which are all about Him to train His people in His word and ways. He wants His people to know Him. He has sent me (by faith) all over the world to proclaim Jesus, teach His Word, and demonstrate the life of obedience to His voice. He has allowed me to be part of His wonderful healings and miraculous power, from blind eyes being opened, deaf ears being re-created, limbs being grown out, supernatural provision of rain in a time of severe drought when rain season was still months away, accurate prophetic words to people I have never met, and so much more. God is faithful! Jesus is enough! And now, it is a new day. Before, it was as if God asked me to jump into the deep end of the swimming pool. Now, it seems that God is asking me to jump into the deep end of the ocean. The days are upon us which God told me about years ago. Every one of God's children needs to learn to live by faith and obedience to His voice. Every one of God's children needs to know and live His word and His ways. Jesus is the only one worthy of our submission and devotion. He is the only One we will give account to when all is said and done. He is the only One who sets us free from every other captor and invites us to be willingly and completely surrendered to Him. I am still willing because He is still worthy. Here is the conclusion I have come to: It is a privilege to need God. It is a privilege to be mourn over wickedness and the ways of the world. It is a privilege to submit to God and obey Him. It is a privilege to long for justice and the ultimate day of judgment. It is a privilege to show mercy to those who don't deserve it. It is a privilege to be purified in heart by God's process in our lives. It is a privilege to deny ourselves and lay down our lives so that others may come to know Jesus and have peace with God. It is a privilege to be misunderstood, mocked, ridiculed, and rejected for Jesus. For those of us with these privileges, to us belongs the Kingdom of Heaven. Jesus is King!

My life changed when I started doing things God's way. I spent years asking God to bless my path, instead of trying to get on His path for me. I prayed for abundance and prosperity, knowing that God was the “lamp to my feet and a light for my path (Psalm 119:105) but I didn’t take responsibility for my part of cooperating with His plans. I neglected to take into consideration that God was lighting His path for me, not my path for me. No wonder it kept getting dark. ARE YOU A: CONTROL-FREAK, PERFECTIONIST, WORKAHOLIC OR OVER-ACHIEVER? An invitation for you... Introduction Hi. My name is Wendy, and I'm a Recovering Type A. I’ve been a control-freak, perfectionist, workaholic, and over-achiever approximately since birth. I was a private equity investment banker in New York City and the youngest one to ever make the executive team. After my first encounter with God, (more on this in Chapter 12) I continued to pursue my Type A agenda with only slight lifestyle modifications. In fact, my life became increasingly glamorous outwardly but unfortunately, it grew increasingly hollow inwardly. That is, until I finally listened to what God had been trying to tell me for quite some time. (More on this in Chapter 4.) By God’s grace, my life has changed. I have gone through a complete metamorphosis and I now have fulfillment, love, joy, peace, and wisdom – abundant life and purpose – that I have never had before. (More on this in Chapter 15.) The purpose of this book is to encourage you on your own journey so that you, too, can experience this kind of transformation and satisfaction. Depending on where you are in life right now, you may prefer certain sections of this book over others. For some of you, Section One (written from a Type A perspective) will feel like you are talking to yourself, while for others of you, it will be intense and exasperating. Section Two could make almost anyone uncomfortable because it exposes the err of a lot of our thinking, Type A or not. For some of you, Section Three may be what you have been seeking for some time, while for others of you, it may feel awkward and impractical. All I ask is that you stick it out through the parts that push your buttons and boundaries. Getting out of your comfort zone is part of growing. No matter where you are in your life right now, I hope that this book blesses you and stretches you into new places in your relationship with God so that you, too, can finally hear what He has been trying to say to you for quite some time and start living the purpose that He has for your life... Are you ready to recover? Paperback Edition EBook Edition Request Wendy to Speak

Manifest Our King Podcast - Jews Israel & Jesus Jews, Israel, & Jesus Listen on your preferred podcast provider . Follow to receive updates! Free PDF Study Guide Course Description: This course will impart to you a Biblical revelation of God’s redemptive purpose for Israel, the work of Jesus/Yeshua as their Messiah, and how that impacts God’s dealings with the Jewish people and the nations of the world, even up to today. Category: Approach Courses Key Verses: For I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God that brings salvation to everyone who believes: first to the Jew, then to the Gentile. - Romans 1:16 NIV Related Products: Jews, Israel, & Jesus Paperback Study Guide USB Flash Drive of Audio Files & PDF Study Guide Listen Now Free Click on the links below to listen to each episode. Some episodes cover more or less than one point listed below. Jews, Israel, & Jesus: Course Index Listen to the Course Introduction Unit One: The Jewishness of Jesus 1.A - Common Questions About Israel and the Jewish People 1.B - Your Jewish Bible 1. C - Jesus Confirmed the Promises to the Patriarchs & Opened Salvation to All Nations 1.D - The Woman, Abraham, David, Moses, & Melchizedek 1.E - Born Under the Law of Moses 1.F - Born of God, the Son of God Unit Two: To the Jew First 2.A - Jesus' Ministry to the Jew First 2.B - The Good News Shared with Jews First 2.C - Good News of Salvation to the Jew First 2.D - Wrath of God to the Jew First Unit Three: God's Purpose & Israel's Need for Messiah 3.A - God's Purpose to Be Known as the True God & to Bless All Nations 3.B - The Call of Abram/Abraham & the Blessing to All Nations 3.C - God's Purpose for Israel 3.D .1-3 - Historical Synopsis: Egypt to Exile, Part 1 3.D.4 - Historical Synopsis: Egypt to Exile, Part 2 3.D.5 - Historical Synopsis: Egypt to Exile, Part 3 3.E - The Consistent, Persistent Warnings of God's Prophets 3.F - God's Name in the Sight of the Nations 3.G - God Preserves a Remnant 3.H - The Remnant of Exiles Return & Rebuild the Temple & Jerusalem 3.I - Israel's Failure as God's Servant & the Need for Messiah Unit Four: Prophets Foretell of Messiah 4.A - All Prophets Testify of Messiah 4.B - The Seed of the Woman 4.C - Abraham Saw Jesus' Day and Rejoiced 4.D - Jacob Blesses Judah 4.E - Prophet Like Moses 4.F.1-4 - Messiah in the Psalms, Part 1 4.F.5-8 - Messiah in the Psalms, Part 2 4.G .1-3 - Isaiah's Servant Songs, Part 1 4.G.4 - Isaiah's Servant Songs, Part 2 4.H.1 - Various Aspects of Messiah's Life & Ministry, Part 1 4.H.2 - Various Aspects of Messiah's Life & Ministry, Part 2 4.I - Daniel Foresees the Timeline & Events up to Messiah 4.J - High Expectancy for Messiah's Arrival 4.K - Pagan Honorable Mentions: Balaam & the Wise Men 4.L - Messianic Hope Summarized Unit Five: Israel Rejects Messiah 5.A - Israel Rejects God's Messiah 5.B.1-2 - Israel's Worldwide Rejection of Messiah (except by a Remnant by Faith), Part 1 5.B.3-4 - Israel's Worldwide Rejection of Messiah (except by a Remnant by Faith), Part 2 5.C - The Temple Destroyed Again, 70 AD 5.D - God Has Not Rejected Israel 5.E - A Remnant Believed Unit Six: Covenant 6.A - What is a Covenant ? 6.B - Noah & All Creation: One-Sided, Everlasting Covenant 6.C - Abraham: One-Sided, Everlasting Covenant 6.D .1-2 - Sinai, the Law: Two-Sided Covenant that Fades Away, Part 1 6.D.3 - Sinai, the Law: Two-Sided Covenant that Fades Away, Part 2 6.D.4-5 - Sinai, the Law: Two-Sided Covenant that Fades Away, Part 3 6.E - David: One-Sided, Everlasting Covenant 6.F - The Promise of the Everlasting New Covenant 6.G.1-2 - The New Covenant: Everlasting, Part 1 6.G.3-4 - The New Covenant: Everlasting, Part 2 6.G.5-8 - The New Covenant: Everlasting, Part 3 6.H - Old Covenant: Fading Away but Still in Effect for the Jewish People 6.I - The Spread of the New Covenant Unit Seven: Romans 9-11 7.A - Romans 9 7.B - Romans 10 7.C - Romans 11 Unit Eight: Return to the Land 8.A - The Literal, Non-Allegorical, Interpretation of Scripture 8.B - The Promise to the Patriarchs - the Land of Canaan 8.C - Historical Evidence of the Promise 8.D - Exile from the Land Foreseen & Foreknown 8.E - The Promise of Returning to the Land from Exile 8.F - The Land Trampled by Gentiles - Again 8.G - The Heart Cry of the Exiles 8.H - A Nation Born in a Day - Again Unit Nine: End-Times: Trouble to Triumph 9.A - Latter Days Restoration to the Lord and the Land 9.B - Jacob's Trouble & Restoration 9.C - God's Gathering of the Nations Against Israel to Judgment 9.D - The United Nations Conquered and Cursed, Israel Victorious Unit Ten: Sharing Messiah with the Jewish People 10.A - Gain Jewish Perspective 10.B - More Perspective & Helpful Terminology 10.C - Various Types of Jews 10.D - Brief History & Recognition of Violence 10.E - They Have Been Lied to Since the Resurrection 10.F - Sharing With Jewish People 10.G - Overcoming Common Opposition 10.H - Beware of Pitfalls of Jewish Interest Course Outro Questions about this course? 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你在建什麼？ 該課程可以通過我們的商店以書本形式購買。 基石課程 本課程旨在牢固樹立您對耶穌基督的真理以及在您的日常生活中跟隨耶穌的現實的信念。您將學到耶穌為我們成就的所有一切，以及如何在聖靈的能力下與耶穌同行。您將了解上帝為基督徒社區設計的方法，以及如何通過考驗來戰勝苦難。您將學會體驗神的奇妙奇蹟，並繼續關注神對您生命的旨意。 六節課，每節課四節課，另加小組練習 基石課程的每個單元都深入探討了與上帝生活的特定元素。每個班級都包含各種閱讀材料和屬靈練習，以幫助您了解單詞並通過實際應用來實現所講的內容。 開始課程 該課程是免費在線提供的。 您是否有堅定的信念？ 介紹 參加課程 閱讀簡介 閱讀課程簡介，以了解課程的目的和您將學到的內容。 你知道你相信什麼嗎？ 上課前 考試 課前考試 參加課程前考試，以測試您對課程涵蓋的主題的現有知識。 Start Cornerstone 課程導航 第一單元： 福音 四節課，加上小組練習 閱讀：共16頁 練習：4 經文閱讀：0 小組練習：2個選項 下載第一單元 第二單元： 聖靈 四節課，加上小組練習 閱讀：共15頁 練習：4 經文閱讀：0 小組練習：1 下載單元二 第三單元： 社區 四節課，加上小組練習 閱讀：共18頁 練習：2 經文閱讀：3 小組練習：2 下載單元三 第四單元： 奇蹟 四節課，加上小組練習 閱讀：共16頁 練習：4 經文讀物：2 小組練習：2個選項 下載第四單元 第五單元： 痛苦 四節課，加上小組練習 閱讀：共15頁 練習：4 經文閱讀：1 小組練習：1 下載第五單元 第六單元： 成熟度 四節課，加上小組練習 閱讀：共10頁 練習：6 經文讀物：2 小組練習：3個選項 下載第六單元 Cornerstone Copyright © 2020 Wendy Bowen - All Rights Reserved Worldwide