Shaun Parsons

The process

2 Corinthians 7:10 (NIV)
Godly sorrow brings repentance that leads to salvation and leaves no regret, but worldly sorrow brings death.

Matthew 5:8

Matthew 5:8 (MSG)
"You're blessed when you get your inside world—your mind and heart—put right. Then you can see God in the outside world.

Unshakeable

Hebrews 12:28-29 (MSG)
Do you see what we've got? An unshakable kingdom! And do you see how thankful we must be? Not only thankful, but brimming with worship, deeply reverent before God. For God is not an indifferent bystander. He's actively cleaning house, torching all that needs to burn, and he won't quit until it's all cleansed. God himself is Fire!

Memory verse 1

Psalm 84:10 (NIV)
Better is one day in your courts than a thousand elsewhere; I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than dwell in the tents of the wicked.

God's timing.

Acts 1:6-7 (MSG)
When they were together for the last time they asked, "Master, are you going to restore the kingdom to Israel now? Is this the time?"

God's power

Zechariah 4:6 (NIV)
So he said to me, "This is the word of the lord to Zerubbabel: 'Not by might nor by power, but by my Spirit,' says the lord Almighty.

Man's approval or God's anointing

Galatians 1:10 (NIV)
Am I now trying to win the approval of human beings, or of God? Or am I trying to please people? If I were still trying to please people, I would not be a servant of Christ.

180degree turn

2 Timothy 2:19 (NIV)
Nevertheless, God's solid foundation stands firm, sealed with this inscription: "The Lord knows those who are his," and, "Everyone who confesses the name of the Lord must turn away from wickedness."

Take to heart that whippin

Job 5:17 (MSG)
"So, what a blessing when God steps in and corrects you! Mind you, don't despise the discipline of Almighty God! True, he wounds, but he also dresses the wound; the same hand that hurts you, heals you. From one disaster after another he delivers you; no matter what the calamity, the evil can't touch you—

A true treasure

Job 23:12 (MSG)
I've obeyed every word he's spoken, and not just obeyed his advice-I've treasured it.

Only one mediator

1 Timothy 2:5 (NIV84)
For there is one God and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus,

Turning on Jesus' compassion

Matthew 9:36 (NIV84)
When he saw the crowds, he had compassion on them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd.

The order of healing

James 5:16 (NIV84)
Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man is powerful and effective.

The call of the wild

Jeremiah 33:3 (NIV84)
‘Call to me and I will answer you and tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know.’

Deep rooted flesh

Colossians 3:8 (MSG)
But you know better now, so make sure it's all gone for good: bad temper, irritability, meanness, profanity, dirty talk.

The strength of grace

2 Corinthians 12:9-10 (MSG)
and then he told me, My grace is enough; it's all you need. My strength comes into its own in your weakness. Once I heard that, I was glad to let it happen. I quit focusing on the handicap and began appreciating the gift. It was a case of Christ's strength moving in on my weakness.

Birth of H. S. prayer

Romans 8:26-27 (MSG)
Meanwhile, the moment we get tired in the waiting, God's Spirit is right alongside helping us along. If we don't know how or what to pray, it doesn't matter. He does our praying in and for us, making prayer out of our wordless sighs, our aching groans. He knows us far better than we know ourselves, knows our pregnant condition, and keeps us present before God. That's why we can be so sure that every detail in our lives of love for God is worked into something good.

Great plans follow great searching

Jeremiah 29:11-13 (NIV)
For I know the plans I have for you," declares the lord, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.

7 basic motivations

Romans 12:6-8 (NIV)
We have different gifts, according to the grace given to each of us. If your gift is prophesying, then prophesy in accordance with your faith;

God's menu of don'ts.

Leviticus 20:9-21 (NIV)
"'Anyone who curses their father or mother is to be put to death. Because they have cursed their father or mother, their blood will be on their own head.

Zechariah 4:6

Zechariah 4:6 (NIV)
So he said to me, "This is the word of the lord to Zerubbabel: 'Not by might nor by power, but by my Spirit,' says the lord Almighty.