G12 Life Group Notes– April 01, 2012– 6:30 a.m. Pastor Goudeaux __
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“Sanctification”


“The level you trust/have faith in God is the level God will promote you” Dr. Goudeaux


I Thessalonians 5:21-23
21Prove all things; hold fast that which is good. 22Abstain from all appearance of evil. 23And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

• Sanctify you wholly
• You must work on keeping your spirit (interchangeable with your heart) under control
• This is the renewing of the mind (strongholds, wrong thoughts…)



Proverbs 25:28
28He that hath no rule over his own spirit is like a city that is broken down, and without walls.

• Having no rule over your own spirit (mind)
• That’s what is trying to put restrictions on you
• People are where they are because of their ignorance and lack of control
• Anyone can act like a “donkey”, but how many people can control them self?
• Without control, there is no defense against any enemy
• Control is discipline (which is applying what you have learned)
• Commit to the right thing as you hear it
• “A city without walls” equals “lack of self-control” Dr. Goudeaux


I Corinthians 9:25-27
25And every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible. 26I therefore so run, not as uncertainly; so fight I, not as one that beateth the air: 27But I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection: lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway.

• Your Christian walk is a continuous fight
• If you don’t fight, the walls will be broken down
• You can be of honor or dishonor
• The only way the enemy can get to you is when you do not obey God

“Don’t complain about the mosquitoes when you have the windows down!” Dr. Goudeaux

Proverbs 16:32
32He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city..

• Ruleth his spirit (control your life)

G12 Life Group Notes– April 01,2012– 6:30 a.m. Pastor Goudeaux (Cont’)__


Proverbs 14:29
29He that is slow to wrath is of great understanding: but he that is hasty of spirit exalteth folly.

• Slow to wrath shows control
• “A quick tempered person stockpiles stupidity” (Message translation)
• Work on lining yourself up with the Word and then teach it
• Stay on a continuous growth cycle
• Your success in a Christian Life depends on how you control your flesh and mind
• You must continue to measure your self according to the standard of Christ
• And not the standard of Man


Hebrews 5:11-12
11And thou mourn at the last, when thy flesh and thy body are consumed, 12And say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof;
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• Dull of hearing
• People overestimate themselves - Do a self-evaluation
• Are you obedient to God? – To your brethren? – Is your walk righteous?
• This is what causes growth
• Working on one muscle group causes deformity (big arms but small shoulders)
• You must have a desire to keep growing
• “No evaluation” equals “No control”



I Corinthians 3:1-3 (Read Amplified)
1And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, even as unto babes in Christ. 2I have fed you with milk, and not with meat: for hitherto ye were not able to bear it, neither yet now are ye able. 3For ye are yet carnal: for hereas there is among you envying, and strife, and divisions, are ye not carnal, and walk as men?

• “Carnal” equals “Meathead” (all flesh)



James 3:13-16
13Who is a wise man and endued with knowledge among you? let him shew out of a good conversation his works with meekness of wisdom. 14But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth. 15This wisdom descendeth not from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish. 16For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work.

• Verse sixteen is the result of being out of control


How you handle the lack of man’s recognition in favor of God’s - Will determine a major moment in your life. Your life is to serve people. It’s not about titles, it’s about obeying God



“Run the race to finish it” Dr. Goudeaux





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