The Godly Use of Desire and Ambition The Lion and the Steak Exercise by Richard Kinney Lesson 5: School of the Lion The Godly Use of Desire and Ambition The Lion and the Steak Exercise by Richard Kinney How can desire be helpful in our lives? How can it assist in helping us to change? Desire can drive us to do things we really don’t want to do. That is what it takes for us to change, an intense desire for things to be different in our lives. Unfortunately, the traditional attitude in the Christian church concerning desire and ambition has gotten a bad rap in the Christian church, people have been led to believe they should be ashamed if they have desire or ambition. Desire is God given. A child has desires of different things he wants to be. It helps us to accomplish things. Especially if unpleasant. Desire and passion are helpful and shouldn’t be discouraged. Lesson 5: The Godly Use of Desire and Ambition The Lion and the Steak Exercise Below you will an audio and a transcript of the lesson; study and personal application questions; a prayer, scripture and finally a quiz on the class with an answer key. Click on the link. Audio of Lesson Audio of the Lion and Steak Exercise Discussion Questions Answer to Discussion Questions Reflection Questions Prayer Scripture Quiz Answers to Quiz Go to List of Lion Classes

The Way of the Christian Warrior by Richard Kinney Lesson 2: School of the Lion The Way of the Christian Warrior by Richard Kinney A warrior is able to turn a battle around to a time of promotion. We can get roughed up in the battles of life, but victory is assured. We have already won. The devil and company will be defeated. No matter how bitter the battle, we win. A soldier is not surprised if they get hurt or inconvenienced. But what does the enemy try to con us into believing? The enemy is always trying to con us into believing we are weak and have lost. How can moments of seeming defeat be an opportunity for promotion. Part of it is that the Lion of Christ inhabits the Lamb of our vulnerability and sacrifice in our lives. When your challenging moment comes, you can choose to face it and win, or you can choose to walk away and lose. It is a day where you have a unique opportunity to move forward. Lesson 2: The Way of the Christian Warrior Below you will an audio and a transcript of the lesson; study and personal application questions; a prayer, scripture and finally a quiz on the class with an answer key. Click on the link. Audio of Lesson Discussion Questions Answer to Discussion Questions Reflection Questions Prayer Scripture Quiz Answers to Quiz Go to List of Lion Classes

Teaching on how to grow from the School of the Four Living Creatures. Receiving Authentic Spiritual Growth from the School of the Four Living Creatures by Richard Kinney and Dr. Nancy Moelk Richard Kinney and Dr. Nancy Moelk give examples of how these four elements of God's character can be built into our lives. Click here for the audio file. Below you will find an audio of the lesson; study and personal application questions, a prayer, scripture and finally a quiz on the class with an answer key. Click on the link. Audio Discussion Questions Answer to Discussion Questions Reflection Questions Prayer Scripture Quiz Answers to Quiz Richard Kinney explains how the School of the Four Living Creatures can result in authentic spiritual growth. Below you will an audio of the lesson; study and personal application questions; a prayer, scripture and finally a quiz on the class with an answer key. Click on the link. Audio Discussion Questions Answer to Discussion Questions Reflection Questions Prayer Scripture Quiz Answers to Quiz Go to Next Intro Class

Books available on Amazon.com by Dr. Nancy Moelk in English and Spanish Saturday, March 22 at 10:30-12 EST Spiritual Self Defense, Part 2. Click Here to Register Topics for March 22: Richard Kinney on "The Psychology of Angels" and "Learn to Work and Play with Angels" and "What Demons Hate" Scroll down for books Books available on Amazon.com God Wants to Be with You Good Grief Revised, Updated, and Expanded By Their Fruit: Oil, Genocide & Faith - A Chronicle of the South Sudan Titles in Spanish Dios Quiere Estar Contigo Del Duelo al Consuelo

Firehouse Ministries, Inc. offers free spiritual exercises, classes and more to help you develop spiritually. Lesson 1: School of the Man Emotional Health and Spiritual Growth by Richard Kinney Emotional health will impact our spiritual growth. We will have an easier time having intimacy with Jesus with more emotional health. If we have low self-esteem, it hinders us from experiencing the depth of His love. The children of Israel were freed from the bondage of Egypt and their enemies destroyed. So, like us, as Christians, they were saved and “baptized.” But more change was required in their lives. Inside of them they were still “slaves” in their way of seeing themselves. They needed fresh encounters with God. And so do we. We don't want to just live out of our conversion experience. Richard Kinney helps us to move forward in now encounters with God, the manna for today we all need. Lesson 1: Emotional Growth and Spiritual Health Below you will an audio and a transcript of the lesson; study and personal application questions; a prayer, scripture and finally a quiz on the class with an answer key. Click on the link. Audio of Lesson Discussion Questions Answer to Discussion Questions Reflection Questions Prayer Scripture Quiz Answers to Quiz Go to List of Man Classes

The Lion: Cure for Apathy and Ineffectiveness by Richard Kinney Lesson 6: School of the Lion The Lion: Cure for Apathy and Ineffectiveness by Richard Kinney God wants to be with us and have communion with us more than just telling us what to do and micromanage our lives. Communion energies our souls and spirits and empowers us to do things He wants us to do when they come along. We need to get out of false lines of competition. Very little good comes from it. We don't want to compare ourselves to others—you will become more like those you compare yourself to. Instead compare yourself to Jesus and become more like Him. Competition with others is trying to find a place for yourself when you already have one. It is hard to love someone you are even in subtle competition with. What will happen if we give up competing and learn to love and be loved? We will grow spiritually a lot faster. We have an innate desire to be valued, desired and found fascinating. What happens when we do not get this directly from God? We are hungry and will reach out for a semblance of value by being found fascinating by other people or groups. Lesson 6: The Lion: Cure for Apathy and Ineffectiveness Below you will an audio and a transcript of the lesson; study and personal application questions; a prayer, scripture and finally a quiz on the class with an answer key. Click on the link. Audio of Lesson Audio of the Lion and Steak Exercise Discussion Questions Answer to Discussion Questions Reflection Questions Prayer Scripture Quiz (No Answer Key) Go to List of Lion Classes

School of the Ox When Nothing Seems Stable by Dr. Nancy Moelk Lesson 3: School of the Ox When Nothing Seems Stable by Dr. Nancy Moelk Our perception of God strongly emerges when we are in a time of transition or turmoil. If we are to receive His help, comfort and transformation in these times we will need to be able to feel His presence, carry accurate beliefs about His view of us and let go of idealistic standards of “the way it should be”. Do you ever imagine God to be a Butler who is slacking on the job? Or as an Abuser who wants to punish you somehow? Or maybe we see Him as not very smart? Obviously if God were any of those things or other negative projections we may put on Him, we would not want to trust Him or cozy up to Him! Dr. Nancy Moelk walks us through the path of getting connection with God that will help us when nothing seems stable. We will learn how so often, we don’t need a solution. We need a relationship with Someone. Lesson 3: When Nothing Seems Stable Below you will an audio of the lesson; study and personal application questions; a prayer, scripture and finally a quiz on the class with an answer key. Click on the link. Audio of Lesson 1 of the Ox Discussion Questions Answer to Discussion Questions Reflection Questions Prayer Scripture Quiz Answers to Quiz Go to List of Ox Classes

Welcome to the School of the Four Living Creatures: Lion, Level 1. The Four Living Creatures represent four aspects of God that reflect his nature. As He dwells in us, He would like to share this nature with us. His Lion nature is one of strength, warfare, judgement, taking and inhabiting territory and power. We are called to govern our territory and bring His will on earth as it is in heaven. Lesson 1: Part 1--Overview of the Lion Lesson 2: The Way of the Christian Warrior Lesson 3: Deliverance: The Basics Lesson 4: Basic Evangelism Lesson 5: The Godly Use of Desire and Ambition Lesson 6: The Lion: Cure for Apathy and Ineffectiveness School of the Lion Lion Level One-Six Lessons Welcome to the School of the Four Living Creatures: Lion, Level 1. The Four Living Creatures represent four aspects of God that reflect his nature. As He dwells in us, He would like to share this nature with us. His Lion nature is one of strength, warfare, judgement, taking and inhabiting territory and power. We are called to govern our territory and bring His will on earth as it is in heaven. The defeat of Satan where Jesus marched into hell and confiscated the keys to death is a defining Lion moment. The goal of this course is to help us develop fully as the overcomers and victors in Christ we were created to be. Course Goals for School of the Lion • To understand the Lion aspect of God • To grow in a new relationship with the face of God’s authority and power and begin to practice how to manifest it on the earth • To begin to learn how to be the head and not the tail • To take your territory for the Kingdom of God • To learn techniques for taking territory and overcoming the enemy • To learn techniques both defensive and offensive in living a victorious life • To advance in creating, changing and destroying things by the power of the word and prayer • To exercise dominion and power over your life • To make boundaries and learn discipline

Man's Desire by Dr. Nancy Moelk teaches how our desires are part of being made in God's image and how to recognize the benefit and harm they can add to our lives depending on how we chose to meet them. Lesson 2: School of the Man Man's Desire by Dr. Nancy Moelk Are our desires good or bad? Did you know that God is desire driven? We have desires because we are made in his image. They are not good or bad just a part of who we are. In life, we need safe people around us to help us to sound out what we want and what we don't want. It is a process of self-discovery every child should have. If we didn't get it in childhood, then we will need to develop it later in life. In this class, Dr. Moelk also discusses what are the two things that cause a soul to expand and how Jesus Christ is an example of this. This class will increase your ability to bring your “real self” before God. For an in-depth discussion of Man's Desire, click here for "The Evolution of Human Desire." Lesson 2: Man's Desire Below you will an audio and a transcript of the lesson; study and personal application questions; a prayer, scripture and finally a quiz on the class with an answer key. Click on the link. Audio of Lesson Discussion Questions Answer to Discussion Questions Reflection Questions Prayer Scripture Quiz Answers to Quiz Go to List of Man Classes

The Ox school: The Ox nature of God is first of all a symbol of incredible strength. Imagine a 2000 lb. ox who can pull twice his weight. But to earn the title of “ox” and no longer just a cow, he has been trained by his owner to obey directions. Oxen are known for their strength, patience, persistence, and submissive nature. The Ox-like nature of Christ is one of service and sacrifice where strength is made perfect in weakness. Lesson 1: The Unreasonableness of God Lesson 2:Healthy Practice of the Ox Lesson 3:Weak as a Kitten Lesson 4:When Nothing Seems Stable Lesson 5:Chaos, Trust and Elements of Change Lesson 6:The Nuclear Power of Death and Dying to Self School of the Ox Six Lessons As we focus on one of the Faces of God as represented by the Four Living Creatures, we always want to remember how God wants to train us in all four faces eventually because they balance one another. There is also the element of being led by the Holy Spirit in all things and allowing His leading to bring forward in us the type of response that a particular person or situation requires. Keep this in mind as we look more closely at the Ox nature of God. The Ox nature of God is first of all a symbol of incredible strength. Imagine a 2000 lb. ox who can pull twice his weight. But to earn the title of “ox” and no longer just a cow, he has been trained by his owner to obey directions. Oxen are known for their strength, patience, persistence, and submissive nature. The Ox-like nature of Christ is one of service and sacrifice where strength is made perfect in weakness. He was a son who learned obedience through his constant communion with the Father. The cross is the universal act representing the Ox. We will become very powerfully connected to God by opening ourselves to His teaching us to become the Ox. The goal of this course is for the Holy Spirit to guide and orchestrate the development of the ox in us. Here are some of our goals for this course: To educate students in the characteristics of the Ox-like nature of God To identify the process of the Ox in us and how to walk in it. To come to understand that the sacrifice and submission taught in the Ox leads to great strength and power being added to life. To learn how the Ox has massive and unstoppable determination and energy to move forward no matter what. To learn how the Ox gives the balance and stability that is necessary for God to really trust us and to release His power in our life. To learn how the Ox is the platform for living out of the abundance that God intends for us.

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School of the Lion Deliverance by Richard Kinney shares how to do and not do deliverance. Lesson 3: School of the Lion Deliverance by Richard Kinney Deliverance is a misunderstood and sometimes controversial subject. Richard Kinney walks us through the basics and explains the importance of not overemphasizing or dismissing demons as irrelevant for today. He also explains some of the techniques for doing effective deliverance. He discusses what can create areas in our souls that the enemy can hang on to, such as unresolved negative emotions or any area that is out of alignment with God. Lesson 3: Deliverance Below you will an audio and a transcript of the lesson; study and personal application questions; a prayer, scripture and finally a quiz on the class with an answer key. Click on the link. Audio of Lesson Discussion Questions Answer to Discussion Questions Reflection Questions Prayer Scripture Quiz Answers to Quiz Go to List of Lion Classes