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How to Cultivate Christian Spirituality

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Where Do I Begin?

Mark and Patti have written more than fifty books, and people often ask, "Where should I begin? What book or training module should I order first?"  Great questions, and here is their answer.

The first skill you will want to sharpen is the ability Adam and Eve had to enjoy two-way conversations with Almighty God. They walked and talked with Him in the cool of the day, and He longs to delight in the same fellowship with you. This foundational skill allows us to receive God’s counsel and wisdom as we walk through life. Therefore, the first materials you order should be from the series on “4 Keys to Hearing God’s Voice” or the accompanying college course, “Communion with God.” This is the turning point in all our lives, as we learn to do Spirit-anointed works by living out of His voice. This is the first required skill for one who wants to walk and live by the Holy Spirit. Jesus said, "My sheep hear My voice."

Confess out loud: "I will learn to daily hear God’s voice."

Intensity of Focus Brings My Breakthrough!

Mastering a skill is different than learning facts. Academics can be limited to simple memorization, whereas lifestyle changes take time. Our desire is that you not be content with simply filling your mind with new information, but that you commit yourself to being transformed by the knowledge and revelation you receive. So give yourself at least three months of focused effort to allow the Holy Spirit to work a lifestyle change in you.

Jesus told me (Mark Virkler) in my journaling that:

“Whatever you focus on grows within you, and whatever grows within you, you become.”  

This gave birth to my understanding of "intensity of focus" or “laser light focus.” Both 2 Cor. 4:17, 18  and James 1:25 discuss the idea of being transformed by looking.

It was in 1979 that I discovered the power of concentrated attention. I had previously spent ten years dabbling with trying to hear the voice of God. Then I spent one year of focused effort to recognize His voice, and I found the breakthrough which had eluded me for so long. “Focused effort” meant that I spent every spare hour that year exploring this area.

  • All my Bible meditation was in this area.
  • All the books I read were in this area.
  • All the conferences I attended were in this area.
  • All my experimentation was in this area.
  • All my preaching was in this area.

By focusing all my energies for twelve months, I received a breakthrough in an area where I had been defeated for ten years. I learned to hear God's voice!

Confess out loud: "I will focus intensely until I experience my breakthrough!"

Uniting With a Multi-gifted Team Accelerates My Growth

Two are better than one because they have a good return for their labor, for if either of them falls, the one will lift up his companion. But woe to the one who falls when there is not another to lift him up. Furthermore, if two lie down together they keep warm, but how can one be warm alone? And if one can overpower him who is alone, two can resist him. A cord of three strands is not quickly torn apart. (Eccl. 4:9-12)

If you have an excellent mentor, someone who has gone in front of you and who is working closely with you, you can generally get a breakthrough in much less time than if you try to grow on your own.

Four Ways of Teaming Up:

  1. Ask your spouse or a small group to meet weekly with you for 10-12 weeks, and go through the training module together with them. As an alternative, you may ask two or three spiritual friends to be advisers with whom you can share your growing experiences.
  2. Hire a Personal Spiritual Trainer from Communion with God Ministries to function as a coach for three months.
  3. Take the training through our electronic School of the Spirit downloads.
  4. Take the training as a college course from Christian Leadership University and have an instructor at your side.

Confess out loud: "I will unite with a multi-gifted team and enhance my success!"

It Is Easiest if I Acquire Spiritual Skills in an Orderly Fashion 

If we live by the Spirit, let us also walk by the Spirit. (Gal. 5:25 & Rom. 8:13, 14)

Growing in intimacy with the Holy Spirit is a step-by-step process. Our passion is to provide training modules that will help you to acquire skill after skill as you grow in your relationship with God, through the Holy Spirit.

Below is your opportunity to discover your current skill level so you can easily discern what your next step of mastery should be. We have listed the first skills you are to acquire as the foundational abilities and the place to begin. The "Expansion" training modules are skills which build upon this solid foundation.

Enjoy your growth in the Spirit. We want you to succeed!

Confess out loud: "I will acquire the skills necessary to live and walk in the Spirit!"

FOUNDATION: Establishing Intimacy with God through the Holy Spirit

In this category, we encourage you to master the skills in the order listed below, as the skills build upon each other as you move down the list.

   Select 1-5 as you answer the statements below:

  1. Not at all or not much
  2. Sometimes or a little bit
  3. A fair amount or about half way
  4. Most of the time or mostly
  5. All the time or completely

Throughout the day I recognize God’s voice and see visions:  1,  2,  3,  4,  5
         If less than 4, we recommend 4 Keys to Hearing God’s Voice Training Module

I exude faith, hope and love because I receive God’s counsel daily:  1,  2,  3,  4,  5
        If less than 4, we recommend Counseled by God Training Module

My heart is free because my deep heart wounds have been healed through prayer ministry:  1,  2,  3,  4,  5
        If less than 4, we recommend Prayers That Heal the Heart Training Module

I receive wisdom from the Wonderful Counselor nightly through my dreams:  1,  2,  3,  4,  5
        If less than 4, we recommend the Dream Interpretation Training Module

EXPANSION: Releasing the Holy Spirit Into Various Areas of My Life

In the "Expansion" category (which you begin after completing the "Foundation" category), you follow the Spirit’s guidance by recognizing the desires and passions of your heart. You will not necessarily go through these in the order listed below, but in the order your heart tells you to go through them, taking into account your life’s needs and your spouse’s recommendations. You may even seek input from spiritual advisors.

My body is vibrantly healthy. I am full of energy and free of pain:  1,  2,  3,  4,  5
        If less than 4, we recommend Go Natural Training Module

I know the Bible (I scored over 70% on all eight free online Bible Quizzes)  1,  2,  3,  4,  5
        If less than 4, we recommend Through the Bible Training Module

I impart God’s grace, blessing and joy to my children daily:  1,  2,  3,  4,  5
        If less than 4, we recommend the Parenting Training Module

I am working and succeeding, utilizing the unique gift mix God has given me:  1,  2,  3,  4,  5
        If less than 4, we recommend Gifted to Succeed Training Module

I release Jesus’ anointing of life, wisdom and power throughout the day:  1,  2,  3,  4,  5
        If less than 4, we recommend Naturally Supernatural & Intimacy with the Holy Spirit Training Modules

I easily, constantly identify S/spirit sensations within myself and others:  1,  2,  3,  4,  5
        If less than 4, we recommend How to Walk by the Spirit Training Module

I have a multi-gifted fivefold team surrounding me, helping me succeed:  1,  2,  3,  4,  5
        If less than 4, we recommend How to Build a Winning Team Training Module

I live in financial freedom (I lend and don’t borrow):  1,  2,  3,  4,  5
        If less than 4, we recommend the Fulfill Your Financial Destiny Training Module

I speak in tongues daily, building up my spirit:  1,  2,  3,  4,  5
        If less than 4, we recommend the Introduction to the Supernatural Training Module

I continuously release divine creativity:  1,  2,  3,  4,  5
        If less than 4, we recommend the Spirit Born Creativity Training Module

I bring out the best in people I supervise. They grow while working with me:  1,  2,  3,  4,  5
        If less than 4, we recommend 20 Key Principles of Management Training Module

I Will Be a Doer of the Word (James 1:22)!

Spiritual maturity is not determined by what we know or have heard, but by the lifestyle we live. Jesus warned in the Parable of the Soils (Matt. 13:3-9; Mk. 4:14-20), that many would hear the word, but it would not profit them because they would make the following mistakes.
   
Jesus Said...
21st Century Paraphrase...

The Word of God is sown and some fell …  

I heard this great teaching and…

Beside the road = birds ate it, or devil
snatches away the word from their heart.

I forgot what was said, and didn’t
take the time to go back and review.

Rocky places = received with joy but no firm
root, and so when tempted or persecuted                   
because of the word, they fall away.

It was exciting, but someone said
it was New Age so I set it aside
because I don’t like controversy.

Among thorns = worries, riches and
pleasures choke out the word.

I have so much going on, I just am
not able to focus on it so I lost it.

Good soil = hear with an honest, good heart,
hold fast, persevere and bear 30, 60, 100 fold.

I took the time to internalize it and
the results in my life are astounding!

Confess out loud: "I will be a doer of the word and not a hearer only!"

God's Roadmap to Producing a Bountiful Harvest

 

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Overflow of the Spirit MP3s

12 sessions | 7 hours | by Mark Virkler and Charity Kayembe

Mark and Charity have teamed up again to create a training series on how to easily manifest the nine gifts of the Holy Spirit. It took us several years to break through all the confusion, and present a clear, simple understanding of how to release the nine-fold manifestation of the Holy Spirit everywhere you go and with everyone you touch. It is not hard! It can’t be since these are gifts of the Holy Spirit, not things you have to work for.

Price: $49.95

Rivers of Grace MP3s

by Mark and Patti Virkler | 5 Sessions

You can be the parent God wants you to be: loving, encouraging, trusting and able to raise up your children in the way they should go, fulfilling their own unique destinies. Parenting was not intended to be a burden, and anyone who tells you differently has bought into a lie. You will learn to enjoy parenting as an exciting, joy-filled, divinely-ordained opportunity, not a wearying responsibility.

Price: $11.97
Spirit-Anointed Teaching MP3s

Spirit-Anointed Teaching MP3s

by Mark Virkler | 3 Sessions

Spirit-Anointed Teaching Materials designed to strengthen ALL teachers including parents, Sunday school teachers, cell group leaders, pastors and educators in every field! These materials will give you the tools to become a Spirit-anointed trainer!

“They were amazed at His teaching; He was teaching them as one having authority, and not as the scribes.” (Mark 1:22)

Price: $6.97

Take Charge of Your Health MP3s

by Mark Virkler | 12 Sessions

Discover how you can take charge of your own health — keeping yourself young, energetic, attractive, and free of degenerative diseases! Discover the biblical injunctions on diet and health, and the amazing correlations between them and modern scientific research. Updated in 2015 with 20 years of fresh insights since recording the previous "Go Natural" series!

Price: $49.95

Through the Bible 1: Pentateuch MP3s

by Dr. Andrew Hardy | 10 Sessions

Dr. Andrew Hardy guides you from Genesis through Deuteronomy in 10 sessions. This is part one of our Through the Bible series, which gives you an overview of the entire Bible.

Price: $14.95

Through the Bible 2: United Kingdom MP3s

by Dr. Andrew Hardy | 11 MP3 Downloads

Dr. Andrew Hardy guides you through Joshua, Judges, Ruth, 1 & 2 Samuel along with parts of 1 & 2 Chronicles and 1 Kings in 11 sessions. This is part two of our Through the Bible series, which gives you an overview of the entire Bible. 

In these books, which cover the United Kingdom, you will learn about the conquest of the Promised Land under the leadership of Joshua. Read about the early days of the nation of Israel as they lived under judges and kings. The nation prospered under righteous kings and languished under evil kings. Under Solomon, the nation of Israel reached its height in grandeur and glory. Discover what makes a nation prosper and what makes one fall. Learn how one person, living in obedience to Almighty God, can change the direction of a nation! Let us learn from history. 

Pray for God to give you revelation knowledge in your heart and mind as you meditate on His Word (Eph. 1:17,18).

Price: $14.95
Through the Bible III: Divided Kingdom - MP3s

Through the Bible 3: Divided Kingdom MP3s

by Dr. Andrew Hardy | 11 Sessions | Produced 2013

Dr. Andrew Hardy guides you through 17 Old Testament books in 11 sessions. This is part three of our Through the Bible series, which provides you an overview of the entire Bible.

Price: $14.95
Through the Bible IV  Poetry and Wisdom Literature MP3s

Through the Bible 4: Poetry and Wisdom Literature MP3s

by Dr. Andrew Hardy | 11 MP3s

Dr. Andrew Hardy guides you through the Poetry and Wisdom books of the Bible in 11 sessions. This is part four of our Through the Bible series, which provides an overview of the entire Bible.

Price: $14.95
Through the Bible V  Major Prophets MP3s

Through the Bible 5: Major Prophets MP3s

by Dr. Andrew Hardy | 10 Sessions

Dr. Andrew Hardy guides you through the Major Prophets in 10 sessions. This is part five of our Through the Bible series, which provides an overview of the entire Bible.

Price: $14.95
Through the Bible 6: Life of Christ - MP3s

Through the Bible 6: Life of Christ MP3s

by Dr. Andrew Hardy | 10 Sessions

Dr. Andrew Hardy takes you through the Gospels, the Life of Christ, in 10 sessions. This is part six of our Through The Bible series,  which provide you an in-depth overview of the entire Bible. You may choose to begin with the Life of Christ, and work your way through the entire New Testament, and then follow this up by going through the Old Testament.

Why are there four Gospels describing Jesus' life? How are the three synoptic Gospels different from John? What does God want to say to me through the life of Jesus? Can I really imitate Christ and be like him? Yes, Jesus came to model the lifestyle God has empowered us to live!

Price: $14.95

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