Small Group Questions

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Read John 3:3-8 and Rom 8:9-11

What is the role of the Holy Spirit in these verses?

Is it possible for a person to be a Christian and NOT have the Holy Spirit?

Read 1 Cor 12:13

What does this verse say about the Spirit’s activity in the body of Christ?

To whom does it apply?

In a recent sermon I used the illustration of buying new technology and that even the most advanced devices are useless without the necessary power to function as they’ve been designed.

How does this compare with the Christians dependence on the Holy Spirit?

Read Acts 1:4-8

Why would Jesus give this command to His disciples who already believed (they were already born again by the Spirit—see John 20:21-22)?

Does the baptism of the Spirit that Jesus is speaking of sound the same as 1 Cor 12:13 or different? Why?

Read Acts 2:2-4 and Acts 2:16-18

How would you describe what the baptism of the Spirit looked like at Pentecost? 

Read Acts 8:12-17

What do these verses tell us about receiving the Spirit at a point subsequent to conversion?

Why might we need the empowerment of the Spirit beyond conversion?

Andy Hall highlights the difference between the Spirit “in me” speaking of salvation and the Spirit “upon me” with power to minister… In other words, they were already converted—the Spirit was “in them”—but the Spirit had not yet “come upon them.”

Is this a one time empowerment or is it something we should continue to pursue? (See Acts 4:29-31).

How does it make you feel knowing this is available to us?

What practical actions can you take to continuously seek to be filled with the Holy Spirit?

Read Acts 19:1-7 and 1 Cor 14:2-4

Why did Paul pray for these new believers in Acts 19 and what was the outcome?

What do these verses say about the gift of tongues?

Why would the gift of tongues benefit all believers?

What do your dreams tell you?

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Let us know if you would like to learn more about how God speaks through dreams and we will keep you updated regarding upcoming workshops at the Bridge Cafe.

Streams Prophetic Training

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Heather Sutherland and Heather Thorpe led us in a Streams Prophetic Training Course. Below is a sample of what was covered in the teaching.

Friday night

  1. Introduction
  2. How God Speaks
  3. How is your love life? – Important to be rooted in relationship with God.
  4. Prophetic Exercise

Saturday morning

  1. Recap
  2. Teaching – Role of Prophecy within the church
  3. Prophetic Exercise
  4. Teaching – Prophecy in outreach settings.
  5. Prophetic Exercise

Saturday Afternoon

  1. Recap
  2. Teaching – Prophetic Protocols
  3. Prophetic exercise
  4. Teaching – Prophetic Team dynamics
  5. Prophetic exercise
  6. Close

For more information about Streams Ministries check out their website. Let us know if you would like more details about similar events in the future.

An evening with John Thomas

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Many thanks to John Thomas who led us in a time of teaching and prayer ministry (John is president of Streams Ministries International). 

Let us know if you would like more details about similar events in the future.

Holy Spirit Encounter Day

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Many thanks to Andy Hall who led us in a Holy Spirit encounter day with teaching and prayer ministry in a worship led environment (worship led by Phillip Anderson and Esther Franklin).  Let us know if you would like more details about similar events in the future.

Ellel Ministries-The Healing Heart of God

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The Bridge Church was pleased to host a weekend with Ellel Ministries-The Healing Heart of God.

It was a great time of teaching and prayer ministry.  We would like to thank the Ellel team and the others who helped make this weekend possible.

Let us know if you would like more details about similar events in the future.

Dreams workshop with Rick and Cynthia Hayes

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Rick and Cynthia lead North Atlantic Dreams, a Streams Training Centre.  Streams Ministries is an equipping ministry that offers spiritual teaching and media designed to help you hear God, reveal the often overlooked ways in which God speaks, and train and empower believers at all levels of spiritual maturity to begin using their gifts to spread the truth and power of the Gospel.

Dream Lab with John Thomas // Streams Ministries

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What do your dreams tell you?

Join us to learn more about how God speaks to us through dreams with a time for dream interpretation.

To learn more about John check out his site.  John is President of Ministries at Streams Ministries.

Training day with John Thomas // Streams Ministries

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Topics include: The Reasons God Speaks and Relationship Skills With Holy Spirit.

In addition to pastoring a church and ministering around the world, John has written a course entitled, “Practical Prophetic Ministry”, and recently co-authored a book with John Paul Jackson, “The Art of Praying the Scriptures”. To learn more about John check out his site.  John is President of Ministries at Streams Ministries.