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• Grace Fellowship Church
  www.gracedoctrine.org
• Pastor/Teacher Jim Rickard Sunday
  April 29, 2007

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Mat 514, You are the light of the world. A city
set on a hill cannot be hidden 16Let your light
shine before men in such a way that they may see
your good works, and glorify your Father who is
in heaven.
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1 John Series1 John 311-18Living in the Love
of God(Part XIX)
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10 Problem Solving Devices

• Rebound (confession of sins)
• Filling of the Holy Spirit
• Doctrinal Orientation
• Faith Rest Drill
• Grace Orientation
• Personal Sense of Destiny
• Personal Love for God the Father
• Impersonal Unconditional Love for Mankind
• Sharing the Happiness of God
• Occupation with the Lord Jesus Christ

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Personal Love For God the Father as a Problem
Solving Device.
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Every believer should apply both categories of
love related to the right man and right woman
towards God.
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The man is to bring an aggressive love called
enduring devotion to the marriage. Aggressive
means a vigorous initiative by persistence in the
PMA of Bible doctrine.
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His enduring love is aggressiveness focused on
the vigorous pursuit of God.
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The woman then brings a responding love called
respect to the marriage through genuine humility.
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We only learn to love God in the status quo of
humility. Arrogance in our soul resists the truth
of His Word and defeats any expressions of true
love.
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What causes the believer to get all fouled up in
his life, when in the past he has been very clear
in his understanding of Bible doctrine?
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It begins with reaction to something in fear or
bitterness leading to reversionistic focus on
your situation or status.
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When focus is on self you then begin a frantic
search for happiness.
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We are exhorted to wait anxiously on the Lord as
our soul response to the love of God.Mat 77-11
Luke 119-13 Rom 828 James 112 Jude 21
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Jude 21,Keep yourselves in the love of God,
waiting anxiously for the mercy of our Lord Jesus
Christ to eternal life.
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Rom 828, For we know that to those who love
God, He causes all things to work together for
good, to those who are elected on the basis of a
predetermined plan.
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James 112,Blessed is the person who perseveres
under testing because when he becomes approved,
he will receive the crown of life, which God has
promised to those who love Him.
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We get all fouled up in this life, when we try to
achieve our own success and happiness instead of
petitioning our Father in love and waiting
anxiously on His timing and answers.
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There are five concepts of virtue-love that we
can apply to understand our Personal Love towards
God the Father.
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1) MotivationThe more you know Him the more you
will have appreciation for what He has done, is
doing and will do for you. Rom 1419 Gal 57
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2) Capacity There is no capacity for love until
you have Bible doctrine circulating in your soul
and you are functioning under the filling of the
Spirit.
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3) Verification With the Spirit and Word you
should assess your motivation to love God to
determine if it is pure and based on the capacity
within your soul.
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When you deploy and use the 10 PSD's there is
verification of your love towards God.
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4) ValidityValidity is advancing in the adult
spiritual life having maximum glorification of
God.
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5) Reality You can love God the Father
personally and each other impersonally.
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Rom 55,Hope does not disappoint us, because
the love for God has been poured out in our
hearts by means of the Holy Spirit who was given
to us.
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Rom 828, We know, therefore, that to those who
love God, He works all things together for good
to those who are elected according to a
predetermined plan.
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1 Cor 29, But just as it stands written,
Things which the eye has not seen, and it has
not entered into the right lobe of mankind all
that God has prepared for those who love Him.'
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Grace Fellowship ChurchSunday, April 29,
2007Tape 07S-017Living in Gods Love, Part
19Problem Solving Devices, Part 16Personal Love
for God the Father, Part 51 John Series
Luke 119-13 Rom 828 1 Cor 29 James
112James H. Rickard Bible Ministries 2007