Wednesday, June 16, 2010

G12 Life Group Notes– June 13, 2010–6:30 a.m. Pastor Goudeaux (Pg 1 of 2)
Open in Prayer Song Testimonies Prayer of Three
Witnessing Closed Cell


READING from Successful Leadership through the Government of 12 by Cesar Castellanos


Exodus 18:20
20And thou shalt teach them ordinances and laws, and shalt shew them the way wherein they must walk, and the work that they must do.
• We must examine ourselves and make sure we are always doing the things that God has commanded us to do.
• We must be on guard and not allow ourselves to be drained, depleted, and destroyed.

 Read John 17 every day for one week.

Reading from Chapter 8, “You are the Leader” - Attributes that Distinguish a Leader of Twelve

He is recognized by His Team as a Person of Faith
• His or her group is doing something. Faith is always moving.
• Faith is trusting leadership.

He is Faithful to the Message he Communicates
• As leaders, we must first be partakers. You cannot expect someone to do something if you are not doing it.
• We must be faithful to the message we are communicating.

“I cannot over emphasize the importance of prayer.” Pastor Phillip Goudeaux
• The more time we spend with the Lord, the greater leader we will be.
• We need to spend time worshipping. There should not be a day that goes by that we don’t pray for our twelve.
• We should pray for the peace of God, health, divine protection, and that God will use us to be a bold and powerful witness.
• We need to make a difference in our homes, jobs, and community.

Ezekiel 22:30
30And I sought for a man among them, that should make up the hedge, and stand in the gap before me for the land, that I should not destroy it: but I found none.
• We should pray for and honor leaders that are promoting the Kingdom of God.



G12 Life Group Notes– June 13, 2010–6:30 a.m. Pastor Goudeaux (Pg 2 of 2)

Jeremiah 51:20
20Thou art my battle axe and weapons of war: for with thee will I break in pieces the nations, and with thee will I destroy kingdoms;
• We must spend time praying with our disciples.
• “With thee” means we are workers together with God.

Jeremiah 1:10
10See, I have this day set thee over the nations and over the kingdoms, to root out, and to pull down, and to destroy, and to throw down, to build, and to plant.
• This scripture tells us how God has set us over Life Groups, etc.

Jeremiah 1:19
19And they shall fight against thee; but they shall not prevail against thee; for I am with thee, saith the LORD, to deliver thee.
• We will not be without challenges.
• Memorize this scripture.


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Wednesday, June 9, 2010

G12 Life Group Notes– June 6, 2010–6:30 a.m. Pastor Goudeaux (Pg 1 of 2)
Open in Prayer Song Testimonies Prayer of Three
Witnessing Closed Cell


READING from Successful Leadership through the Government of 12 by Cesar Castellanos


Exodus 18:20
20And thou shalt teach them ordinances and laws, and shalt shew them the way wherein they must walk, and the work that they must do.
• All of us are leaders and this scripture is our commandment.
• The four key elements are: 1following God’s ordinances, 2laws, 3the way we must walk, 4and the work we must do.
• Our G12 meetings should reflect these principles.

Deuteronomy 5:33
33Ye shall walk in all the ways which the LORD your God hath commanded you, that ye may live, and that it may be well with you, and that ye may prolong your days in the land which ye shall possess.
• Everything God has commanded us to do we should be working on.
• You are either moving forward or sliding backwards.
• Live long and prosper can be shown in your home, on your job, etc.

Successful Leadership through the Government of 12
Reading from Chapter 8, “You Are the Leader”

• Our first job is to help our disciples to develop a relationship with the Holy Spirit.
• There are qualifications we should have as leaders.
• We want to do what Jesus did, and that is to magnify God.

QUALITIES OF A LEADER
1. He or she is recognized as a person of faith.
2. He or she is faithful to the message he or she communicates.
3. He or she is honored by the fruit of his or her twelve.

• “You cannot operate in the supernatural and exercise authority and dominion if you are natural.” Pastor Goudeaux
• No matter what group you have you will always have some differences. There are spirits that will try to keep them from being faithful and get them into sin.
• The leaders must operate in the supernatural and deal with the spirits that are attacking his or her twelve.
• It takes a supernatural leader to deal with supernatural things.


G12 Life Group Notes– June 6, 2010–6:30 a.m. Pastor Goudeaux (Pg 2 of 2)

I Corinthians 12:8-9
8For to one is given by the Spirit the word of wisdom; to another the word of knowledge by the same Spirit; 9To another faith by the same Spirit; to another the gifts of healing by the same Spirit;

• The Holy Spirit gives supernatural gifts.
• The faith the scripture talks about is not faith by hearing, but “special faith.”
• We need to ask God to give us a discerning spirit regarding people so we can know what issues our disciples are dealing with. We can then help them to stay on track.
• There are spirits that try to keep us from being productive that we must come against.
• Our G12 groups should be a brotherhood or sisterhood. We should be pushing and encouraging one another.


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Wednesday, June 2, 2010

G12 Life Group Notes– May 30, 2010–6:30 a.m. Pastor Goudeaux (Pg 1 of 2)
Open in Prayer Song Testimonies Prayer of Three
Witnessing Closed Cell

• We must be honest with ourselves.
• In order to move to the next level, we must not allow pride to prevent us from following the lead of a mentor or role model.
• In order to encourage people to come to church, there is an excellent book entitled, “The Bible in Light of Our Redemption” by E.W. Kenyon. We can start a bible study (15 or 20 minutes) using this book.

The Disciples Walk
Colossians 2: 6,7,10
6As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk ye in him: 7Rooted and built up in him, and stablished in the faith, as ye have been taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving. 10And ye are complete in him, which is the head of all principality and power:
• Walk, regulate your life.
• Thanksgiving is the act of faith in God demonstrated.
• 4 key areas we must regulate our life includes: being rooted, built up, established in faith, and abounding in thanksgiving.
• Our lower nature must not be stronger than our higher nature.
• Verse 10 means we should walk worthy, unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every
good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God.

II Thessalonians 2:17
17Comfort your hearts, and stablish you in every good word and work.
• Comfort and encourage your heart - that heart is your soul.
• We have to remind our head about our heart.
• We must comfort our heart with the Word.
• We must keep ourselves busy when we are going through something.
• We must learn to establish and comfort ourselves in the Word.
• We must be about building the Kingdom.

Psalms 84:11
11For the LORD God is a sun and shield: the LORD will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.
• God is going to shine on us with grace and favor.
• We must keep our walk consistent.
• Walking means walking after Him circumspectly (watchful and discreet, cautious, prudent).
• All men/women deal with temptation.

Psalms 85: 12, 13
12Yea, the LORD shall give that which is good; and our land shall yield her increase. 13Righteousness shall go before him; and shall set us in the way of his steps.


G12 Life Group Notes– May 30, 2010–6:30 a.m. Pastor Goudeaux (Pg 2 of 2)

II Corinthians 5:7
7(For we walk by faith, not by sight:)
• There is a habit that is formed. We walk and conduct ourselves by faith.
• Our circumstance does not regulate us.
• We must walk by faith, not appearance.
• We must remove our pride.
• There will be people in our lives that will provoke us to grow in the things of God and take us to the next level.
• We need to be around people that can help us to operate at a higher level.
• If we are around people with wisdom, we increase in wisdom.
• Some people provoke joy in us and we like being around them.
• We must live by believing, not by seeing.

Roman 1:17
17For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith.
• We must walk our faith walk all the way to the end.
• We must walk out our adversities in life by faith.
• God cannot reveal Himself unless we walk by faith.
• We must continuously pray and speak the Word.

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Wednesday, May 26, 2010

G12 Life Group Notes– May 23, 2010–6:30 a.m. Pastor Goudeaux
Open in Prayer Song Testimonies Prayer of Three
Witnessing Closed Cell

THE DISCIPLES WALK

• We must give our whole heart.
Colossians 2:6-7
6As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk ye in him: 7Rooted and built up in him, and stablished in the faith, as ye have been taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving.
• Walk in Him means we need to learn everything about Him.
• If we were actors we would learn everything about the person we wanted to portray.
• Walk is a command, an action word.
• “The wind of adversity in your life will determine the depth of your roots.” Phillip Goudeaux
• We all get attacked. If you are a believer, you are either going through or coming out of an attack.
• When we come out of an attack our roots should be stronger.
• If our roots are exposed when we are going through something, it shows a lack of depth.
• We should not allow discouragement, disappointment, temptations, tests, or trails to weaken our faith.
• A believer’s root should be growing each day.
• A tree that only gets surface water will not have strong roots.
• Reading the Bible and studying out words strengthens our roots.
• Abound with thanksgiving means not complaining. Talking about your situation will not cause you to abound. Don’t give glory to negative things in your life.
Colossians 1:9-10
9For this cause we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to desire that ye might be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding; 10That ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;
• Walk, live, and conduct yourself in a manner worthy of the Lord.
• Our job is to work on ourselves. When we are working on ourselves, we are more forgiving of others because we understand the challenges we all face.
• We need to focus on ourselves. When we focus on ourselves, we get benefits.
• Bearing fruit means we are steadily growing and developing fuller and deeper insight.
• You cannot walk worthy without the Holy Spirit.
• Men/women have issues. We have to have the power of God in order to overcome insecurities, etc.
• The Holy Spirit is the empowering agent to aid and assist us.
Successful Leadership through the Government of 12 – Cesar Castellanos
Part II, Chapter 7, Page 161
• Men/women need to know how to raise standards.
• We are leaders. Our disciples must see our standard and should be able to draw something from our lives.

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Wednesday, May 5, 2010

G12 Life Group Notes– May 2, 2010–6:30 a.m. Pastor Goudeaux (Pg 1 of 2)
Open in Prayer Song Testimonies Prayer of Three
Witnessing Closed Cell

We should be focused on winning family members, neighbors, and co-workers with creative ideas.

We should establish a hit list of 10 people that we are going to win to the Lord. We must target our prayer and power to this hit list.


DISCIPLES WALK

Genesis 17:1
1And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the LORD appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am the Almighty God; walk before me, and be thou perfect.

• The enemy wants to affect our walk so he can affect our testimony.
• We must be mindful of our walk so that we are bright shining lights to the world.
• When God says walk, He means in Hebrew staying before His face. God is saying, “Stay in My face.”
• God is telling us to live habitually before Him.
• “What is before you consistently is what you will become.” Phillip Goudeaux
• Two ways the enemy affects men and women’s walk is by what you hear and see.
• We must be on guard regarding what we spend our time on. We must guard and protect our walk.
• We should spend time on the Word and in worship.
• We should be around positive people.
I Kings 2:4
4That the LORD may continue his word which he spake concerning me, saying, If thy children take heed to their way, to walk before me in truth with all their heart and with all their soul, there shall not fail thee (said he) a man on the throne of Israel.

• Our walk affects not only those around us but those that have authority over us (such as Pastor).
• The failure in the walk of the people has caused some pastors to become discouraged and quit.
• God is interested in us and the leader He has placed over us.
• There is always an excuse why we cannot come to Sunday night service or Wednesday or Thursday night services.
• When the Holy Spirit is speaking, we must be ready to act on what we hear right away.
• God wants our whole heart.
G12 Life Group Notes– May 2, 2010–6:30 a.m. Pastor Goudeaux (Pg 2 of 2)

• God is not going to show Himself to someone who is serving Him with half a heart.
• Most people are only interested in God when they are in crisis.
• As G12 leaders, we must not allow ourselves to become discouraged.
• We can all step up our game.
• The biggest problem with some who have been at church for awhile is they have moved from revelation to displacement to crystallization to fossilization.
• Fossilization occurs when you are not on fire for God and have lost your zeal. We must ask God to rekindle our love and passion for Him.
Deuteronomy 6:5
5And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might.

• God wants a total commitment.

Deuteronomy 30:2
2And shalt return unto the LORD thy God, and shalt obey his voice according to all that I command thee this day, thou and thy children, with all thine heart, and with all thy soul;

• God commands us to obey all of His commandments.

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Wednesday, April 28, 2010

G12 Life Group Notes– April 25, 2010–6:30 a.m. Pastor Goudeaux
Open in Prayer Song Testimonies Prayer of Three
Witnessing Closed Cell

DISCIPLES WALK
Ephesians 1:1-14
Ephesians 2:1-10
• You are careless when you act out of character and think you can do anything without consequences.
• You are either walking the disciples walk with God or you are walking with Satan.
• There is a conduct of the disciple that we must follow. We are not to do what everyone else does. We must not follow the course or fashion of the world.
• Ephesians 2:2 fits everything that we are dealing with in the world today. For example, everything that is wrong is made to look right, and if you stand up for what is right and descent, you are criticized.
• Satan’s job is to allure us with temptations.
• There is a walk the believer is commanded to follow. Ephesians chapter 1 talks about all the blessings of the disciples walk.
• Ephesians chapter 2 talks about what happens when we follow the old walk and what happens when we operate in the new walk.

Ephesians 4:1
• We are to lead a life that shows that there has been a change in us.
• While we are helping others, we are still growing.
• Four key words we deal with each day: decision, change, transition and transformation. These four words are impacting everything in our lives.
• If we want to experience a greater area of transformation and God’s greater blessings, we must walk in a greater area of how we conduct ourselves. We should be in a constant state of changing, and that is working on ourselves.
• When we are dealing with challenges, we become stronger through our victory.
Genesis 17:1
• “You never outgrow the area of growing.” Phillip Goudeaux
• God is not telling us to be perfect; He is telling us to strive for maturity.
• We must work on our mind and flesh every day.
• We must read the Word every day. The devil will fight us each day from spending time with God.
• We should be memorizing scriptures.
• There is a constant warfare in our lives to keep us from growing. We grow by praying, fasting, reading, and memorizing scriptures.
• There can be warfare going to church. The enemy will try to stop you from going to church Sunday night, and Wednesday or Thursday night.
• G12 is about our walk with God and helping others in their walk with God.
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Calvary Christian Center
G-12 Administration – Life Notes
Pastor: Phillip Goudeaux
April 25, 2010
“Moving in his Power and Receiving his Promises”

Foundation Scriptures:
Ephesians 1:19 Ephesians 3:20 Ephesians 6:10

• Attention Calvary: This is what we are believing God for in 2010

1. Debt Cancellation 2. Doors to Open

3. Household Salvation 4. Miracle Money

• The power in your life is for others – This is a year like no other – Full of power

• Did you know we can be Christians and still have issues – Receive his promise

• There is power to help people in life – We are to manifest the power

• You are called to release the power and receive the promises – It’s a principle

• The power that works in us will give deliverance to you as well as others

• Great power is in you – laying dormant – Release the power within you

• It is according to the power of God that works in you – We have the power

• People get a spirit of being tired and they can’t do anything – I will try to do it

• To try to do something when you are tired is failure – If you do something you will not be tired

• Get up and do something – Don’t sit on the power – Tiredness, shyness is a spirit

• When we don’t like to do something it shows – It’s shows in the way we do it

• Manage the power in you – Examine yourself in the word – God use me in some area

• God is with all that will release the power - God will use you – Release the power

• The anointing is on us – Jesus, the anointed one and his anointing


Four areas we must walk in - Faith – Love – Wisdom - Righteousness
Matthew 9: 8 John 10: 18

• Anointing represent power – Burden removing – Yoke destroying – Power of God

• A room changes just because you walk into it – The anointing and the power

• The world is in bad shape because we do not use the power – Power is divine

• Equality - Authority –Submission – Rightful place – Authority only - No power

• It will not work if you have only one – Releasing the power makes others equal

• Equality is both authority and power – The Church that makes a difference is the Church that releases the power

• This is a year like no other – Move in his power – Receive the promises


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