All class recordings can be viewed via Steve’s Meeks’ FreshWater Int’l YouTube page.
EMBERS TO FLAME: IGNITING YOUR LIFE THROUGH PRAYER
January 12 – March 30, 2022
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God is intimately with us, and He is also infinitely beyond us. It is prayer alone that can reconcile these two polarities. Through prayer we begin to experience both God’s intimate presence and transcendent dominion. Consistent prayer helps us to feel companioned by God.
Ps. 62:8 Trust in Him at all times, O people; pour out your heart before Him; God is a refuge for us.
Prayer is a key that opens the door to a secret chamber of your heart where your true life is hidden with Christ in God (See Colossians 3:3-4). In prayer we shift the center of living from self-consciousness to self-surrender. As a tree torn from the soil, as a river separated from its source, the human soul wanes when it is detached from God through the absence of prayer. Without prayer, we are like the scattered rungs of a broken ladder. To pray is to become a ladder on which our lives and others can mount up to God. And He also comes down the ladder to us.
This Prophetic Life Workshop will explore how to experience a satisfying life of prayer that leads you into ever deepening companionship with God.
CLASS NOTES
Real Prayer (January 12)
What is Prayer? (January 19)
Praying in the Spirit (January 26)
Prophetic Life Workshop Archives
BEDROCK: FAITH THAT LASTS FOREVER
August 11 – October 13, 2021
YouTube link for this workshop.
This class will address the issue of faith. What is faith? How does it work? Why is faith important? These and many other questions concerning our faith and its nature will be explored over this semester. The world we live in will trivialize our lives unless we learn to “walk by faith and not by sight.”
This class is aimed at deepening our intimacy with God through cultivating a bedrock faith in our soul. “Without faith it is impossible to please God, for those who come to Him must believe that He is and that He is a rewarder of those who seek Him.” Faith is a bedrock substance that increases God’s pleasure and presence in our lives.
CLASS NOTES
The Nature of Faith (August 11)
THE RIVER Poem, Perfecting Faith, Faith–Over All, Through All, In All (August 18)
Perfecting Faith, Bedrock (poem), God’s Self Revelation (August 25)
The Physics of Faith – Expecting the Unexpected (September 1)
The Physics of Faith – Seeing the Invisible (September 8)
The Physics of Faith – Believing the Impossible (September 15)
Belief vs Faith (September 22)
Overcoming Faith (September 29)
Living Faith and Understanding Faith (October 6)
A Theology of Hope (October 13)
SPRITUAL FORMATION: BECOMING LIKE JESUS
April 7 – May 26, 2021
YouTube link for this workshop.
Spiritual formation is not a quick-fix, a one-size-fits-all, or a controllable technique. Disciples are hand-crafted, not mass produced.
Authentic spirituality must touch our lives in meaningful and practical ways. During this course, Pastor Steve will bring a comprehensive approach to spiritual growth, revealing a number of ways that God conforms us to the “image of His Son.” Ultimately, all spiritual formation is about learning to be loved and to love the Living One we call God.
CLASS NOTES:
Living With Love (April 7)
Living With Love and Spiritual Formation–Some basics (April 14)
“Self” Centered (April 21)
SELF Centered (April 28)
The Bonding Process and Rules for Second Half of Life (May 5)
Rules for Second Half of Life (May 12 and 19)
What is Bible and Transformational Agenda (May 26)
LIVING A GOD-FILLED LIFE
January 6 – March 31, 2021
YouTube link for this workshop.
Through His Spirit and His Word, God continually calls us to be filled…to be filled with his Word (Col. 3:16), to be filled with the Spirit (Eph. 5:18), to be filled with Christ (Gal. 4:19), and to be filled to the fulness of God (Eph. 3:19). Our calling as followers of Christ leads us to experience God’s presence and anointing until our cup overflows (Ps. 23:5).
Would you say that your cup is overflowing? Is your life bathed in the presence of God? What would your life be like if you were filled to all the fullness of God? How would your life be different?
This Prophetic Life Workshop will guide and inspire you to experience all that God is offering. Augustine said, “We come to God by love, not by navigation.” Spiritual formation is about removing the things that hinder love. If you are longing to increasingly experience God’s nearness, this workshop is just for you.
CLASS NOTES:
Living a God-filled Life – Sessions 1, 2, and 3 (January 6, 13, and 20)
Living a God-filled Life – Session 4 (January 27)
Spiritual Practice Comparisons (February 3)
Everything Belongs (February 10)
Character Comes Through (February 10)
Creating Liminal Space and Five Truths for Everyday Living (March 3)
Five Truths for Everyday Living (March 10)
Whoever Loses Wins (March 24)
Lose Your Life for My Sake (March 31)