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Spirit-Anointed TeachingSeminar Guide

The What, the Why, and the How

And they were astonished at his doctrine:

for he taught them as one that had

authority, and not as the scribes.

(Mark 1:22)

Pilate:What is Truth?

Jesus:I am Truth.

By Mark and Patti Virkler

3792 Broadway St.

Cheektowaga, NY 14227

U.S.A.

www.CWGMinistries.org

This seminar guide is designed to be

accompanied by audio series with the same

title. Both may be freely reproduced

(see page 2).


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pirit-Anointed TeachingSeminar Guide

2001 by Mark and Patti Virkler

2010 Revised by Mark and Patti Virkler

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Mark Virkler Ph.D. and Patti Virkler D.Min.

T s manua s t e resu t o t e un te e orts o ot aut ors. T e concepts an eas

are a cu m nat on o cooperat ve stu y an reve at on. T e exper ences escr e are

common to both. The pronoun I is used to demonstrate the unity of our thoughts.

Verses are rom t e KJV B e un ess ot erw se note .

Pu s e y:

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You may freely reproduce and distribute this guide as long as it is com-plete and not abridged in any way. A free PDF of this Spirit-Anointed

Teaching Seminar Guide is available at www.CWGMinistries.or andPowerPoint slides are available for purchase.

Additional materials which deepen this training experience: isguide is designed to be used together with the DVD/CD series Spirit-

Anointed Teaching. Expanded versions of these principles are found in

ow o ou now andExperiencing God: Lamad Encounter Groups byMark and Patti Virkler. In addition, it is vital that you have the ability tohear Gods voice and see divine vision. Both of these skills are taught in

How to Hear Gods Voice by Mark and Patti Virkler, and all these materi-als are available at www.CWGMinistries.org.

Note: ere are a few extra ideas inserted in this guide, which are notspoken live on the DVD/CD, so from time to time you will discover thatthe live presentation appears to skip ahead. At these times, if you arefollowing your notes closely, you will simply jump ahead in your notesabout a paragraph or two so that you stay current with the live presen-tation. Come back and re-read these extras in greater detail once theteaching is over as they are deemed extremely valuable supplementalinformation.


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Session 1hat Is Spirit-Anointed Teaching?

Jesus was a Spirit-anointed teacher: And they were astonished at his doctrine: for he taughtthem as one that had authority, and not as the scribes. (Mark 1:22)

IntroductionCan I e an anointe teac er every time I teac ?

Story teaching living truth versus teach-ing dead truth.

e problem Can I be an anointedteacher every time I teach?

Have I ever taught under the anointing ofthe Holy Spirit?

Have I ever taught without the anointingof the Holy Spirit?

Can I dene the elements necessary for teach-ing with the anointing well enough to ensureit happens every time you teach? You will be

able to by the time this seminar is over.

e Western left-brain educational process

kills right-brain creativity. (Creativity is theresult of two right-brain faculties, vision andintuition, working together.)

at age 5, nearly all children rank high increativity

at age 7, 10% rank high in creativity

at adulthood, 2% rank high in creativity

Einstein said, e intuitive mind is a sacredgift and the rational mind is a faithful ser-vant. We have created a society that honorsthe servant and has forgotten the gift. I believethat the intuitive mind is where we receive therevelation of the Holy Spirit, as we x our eyeson Jesus and tune to ow.

Einstein also said, Example isnt anotherway to teach, it is the only way to teach. Jesus

certainly taught by example! He never taughtin a classroom. So the classroom probablybecomes illegitimate i we cannot bring ex-ample, story and life into it. It is reported thatEinstein did not pick up a book for a year afterhe left college. Left-brain Western educationhad made learning odious to him.

My conclusionI want a dierent educational approach

than that of Western education.

How does one go about knowingruth, according to the Bible?

e Old Testament word for know is ya-

dah which means personal encounter. It

involves encountering God, receiving revela-tion from God through the Holy Spirit andresponding to this revelation. So as a teacheror preacher I must lead my students into apersonal encounter with the Holy Spirit, and Imust do this every time I teach.


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Pilate asked, What is Truth? (Jn. 18:38).Pilates question was wrong, as truth is nota what. Jesus said, I am Truth (Jn. 14:6).Jesus had already said that truth is wrapped

p in a person. e goal of knowing is notsimply to acquire information.

Truth is not a pile of detached information.Truth involves personal revelation from God toan individual, which is then lived out in that

ersons life by the power (anointing) of theHoly Spirit.

e New Testament word for know is gi-

nosko and this is the word used for a manknowing his wife and bearing a child. usit connotes the idea of personal encounter,

and the implanting of the ideas and power ofAlmighty God within the student.

Paul contrasts knowledge (knowledgewhich came through mans reasoning)withtrue knowledge (knowledge which camethrough revelation from the Holy Spirit Phil.1:9; Col. 2:2; 3:10).

In Philippians 3:1-10 Paul calls his Bibleschool teachers dogs, and the Bible school

education dung, because it was simply biblicallaws without revelation knowledge by the HolySpirit! (Law without spirit is the ministry ofdeath 2 Cor. 3:7.)

What is supposed to happen in thelassroom?

James 1:5 We are to guide our students intoasking and receiving wisdom from God.Isaiah 11:2 Have the Holy Spirit provide us

knowledge through the Spirit.

us our teaching style moves from eatingfrom the tree of knowledge of good and evil(where man believes he can know truth apartfrom divine revelation Gen. 3:5) to eatingfrom the tree of life where we tune to ourhearts and receive a ow of revelation knowl-edge from Almighty God (Gen 2:9).

Two false philosophies from satan in the gar-den of Eden (Gen. 3:5 ou can now)

You = Humanism Life is about humancapacity

Know = Rationalism Life is abouthumans reasoning

e truth is that life is about man takingwalks with the Lord in the cool of the day andreceiving wisdom and power from AlmightyGod. (Christ lives, not I! Gal. 2:20)

Exodus 35:35 God even lls engravers anddesigners with revelation knowledge to dotheir jobs well. For example, Mozart receivedthe Hallelujah Chorus from music that wasowing in his heart and mind. Einstein de-

scribes his creative process by saying theideas danced in my mind.

So I am not trying to pack students heads fullwith information. Instead, I am trying to leadthem to the fountain of life so they can receiverevelation from the Holy Spirit.

How to conduct a two-wayJournaling Time where people hear

from GodOne way of drawing students into a personalencounter with the Holy Spirit involves havinga time of prayer where they ask God what Hewants to speak to them and let them recordand share with others what God has spoken tothem.

Make sure you rst teach them how to clearlyhear Gods voice (i.e., quiet yourself down, x

your eyes on Jesus, tune to Gods voice whichis sensed as spontaneous owing thoughtsand pictures, and then write down this ow ofthoughts or pictures).

After the journaling time above, where stu-dents individually encounter Jesus, have thembreak into groups of two and share with some-one next to them the encounter they have just


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The Role of the Mind in Learning

had with Jesus. en ask for volunteers to readtheir journaling to the entire group.

The goal of knowing is to encounter theHoly Spirit and let Him give revelation knowl-edge into our hearts.

Knowing must not be limited to left-brain functions alone, which includereading, writing and arithmetic (the threerequired Rs in Western education). We mustalso train the right side of the brain, whichincludes vision, intuition, art, and music (con-sidered electives in the Western educationalprocess). It is interesting to note that schoolshave discovered when they spend less time onthe three Rs and more time on the electives,

students not only become better in art, mu-

sic and drama, but their reading, writing andmath scores also improve.

Christians also want to incorporate the heartin the educational process. e heart includesa passion for truth, and a seeking of revelationfrom Almighty God as well as obedience tothe truth that has been revealed. (Not be-ing obedient to previously revealed truth willhinder ongoing revelation and anointing.) Godexpects us to hear and do (Ps. 26:3; Heb. 5:7;Jas. 1:22).

We must nd ways to bring our students intoa direct encounter with the living God duringwhich God changes them. And we need this tohappen every single time we teach.

As we prepare to preach and teach, we hope-

fully receive revelation knowledge which wedesire to pass on to our students. How can wepass this on in a way which makes it revelationknowledge to them and not simply informa-tion? What is the process we need to use if wewant them to receive revelation knowledge? Inanswering this question, we will discover howto move from Western study to biblical medi-

tation, and how to move from reasoning on

our own to Spirit-led reasoning.

Lets not use Western study, sincehe Bible doesnt endorse study

Ecclesiastes 12:12 Excessive study of booksis tiringere is no verse in the Bible that commands

s to study the Bible. (I Timothy 2:15 in theGreek is be diligent, not study.)


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Lets use Biblical Meditation as thestrategy to receive and transmit revelationknowledge. Gods alternative to Western studyis biblical meditation and it is commanded 20times in Scripture.

What is meditation? e words meditateand meditation in the Greek and Hebrewconvey the following meanings, according tothe denitions given in Strongs ExhaustiveConcordance Old Testament numbers: 1897,1900, 1901, 1902, 7878, 7879, 7881; New Tes-tament numbers: 3191, 4304:

To murmur; to converse with oneself, andhence aloud; speak; talk; communication;mutter List ways you could speak over

Scripture:______________________________

________________________________________

______________________________

Babbling (i.e., speaking in tongues) we canpray in tongues before and while we read theBible.

Roar When would you roar over Scrip-

ture __________________________________

Mourn When would you mourn over

Scripture? ______________________________

To study Study is acceptable if it is encom-passed by the other component parts of bibli-cal meditation which are described in this list.

Pray We must always pray Ephesians 1:17-

18 and Psalm 119:18 as we approach Scripture.We must start out our personal meditationtimes, our class times and our sermons bypraying with heartfelt passion the prayer ofEphesians 1:17-18.

Musical notation is should be soft,quiet, soaking music with no crescendos andno words to it, and not a melody you know

and could sing along with (as that stimulatesyour mind). It can be on in the backgroundduring meditation times, class times, and evenduring sermons.

Imagine We are to picture Bible stories.Great teachers/preachers are great story tell-ers. Jesus always taught using parables, whichare picture stories (Matt. 13:34).

Biblical meditation includes all of the above.Western study normally only involves man us-ing his reasoning capacity.

Instead of promising God you are going to doa thing (e.g., meditate), it is better if you say, Ipurpose by the power of the Holy Spirit to do

thus and so (Matt. 5:33-37: God says dontmake any vows.)

Purposes you can confess out loud: I choosebiblical meditation over Western study. Ichoose revelation knowledge over reasonedknowledge. I choose the voice of God overmyself in action. I choose Gods thoughts overmy thoughts.

Spirit-led reasoning: Luke 1:1-3 is an ex-

ample of careful investigation, coupled withdivine inspiration (II Tim. 3:16). is is Spirit-led reasoning. We can dene this experien-tially as reasoning guided by ow. I x myeyes on Jesus and tune to ow, and I receiverevelation knowledge.

e only command in the Bible to reason

is Isaiah 1:18 where God says, Come let usreason together. God has given us a mind so

we can give it back to God so He can use it,which results in anointed reason, or reason-ing together with God or Spirit-led reason-ing.

David reasoned on his own and summarizedit this way: is was troublesome in my sightuntil I came into the presence of God (Ps. 73:16,17).


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Lets speak this together: I purpose to NEVERREASON OUTSIDE OF THE PRESENCE OFGOD!

We present the right side of our brains to Godthe same way we present the left side. Wewould say, I present my picturing capacityto the Holy Spirit and ask Him to guide thesepictures through ow. en we tune to ow-ng p ctures.

Classroom Discussion:The Emmaus Road Reasoned knowledge

versus revelation knowledge

How to do it wrong share mans ideas with-out divine revelation (Lk. 24:14)

Disciples were discussing their own ideasamongst themselves, with no revelationknowledge.

How to do it right talk things over with Jesusand get His perspective (Lk. 24:15-27)

Recognize that Jesus is Immanuel, Godwith you, and x your eyes upon Him as

you walk down the road of life, and tuneto spontaneity (i.e., the ow of the HolySpirit within Jn. 7:37-39). Let Him speakto you. Jesus will often ask you questions,(which is an excellent guided self-discov-ery learning approach which we shoulduse as we teach). Jesus will open theScriptures to you (expounding and illu-minating them), granting you revelationknowledge.

Receive Heart Revelation from the

Lord: You will experience your heart

burning within as you are receiving thisrevelation knowledge (Lk. 14:32).

Now go forth and share your Heart

Experience: ey acted in response tothis revelation, and they are now sharingtheir experiences, where initially theywere discussing their ideas and theology

Lk. 24:33-35). ey have moved fromheir heads to their hearts. ey have

experienced heart revelation and they aresharing heart revelation with others. Maywe do the same as we grow together!

Discuss the following ideas concern-ing learning how to reason together

ith GodIn Isaiah 1:8, what is: Sins as scarlet andwhite as snow? ese are pictures! e rstpicture is of my need (sins as scarlet). e sec-

ond picture is Gods provision (white as snow).Interesting that when God reasons, He goesstraight to picturing, which is a right-brainfunction. For God, proper reasoning involves

sing two pictures: one of mans need (sins asscarlet), and another of Gods provision (whiteas snow).

So as you draw your students into reasoningtogether with God (which is what you want todo as you teach and preach), you must always

paint two pictures, one of their need and oneof Gods provision. en tune to ow andspeak from ow until you have fully describedhow mans need is overcome by the provisionof God. When you have described in detailhow their need is overcome by Gods provi-sion, then your message is over. Ask God to

ive you these pictures, ask for His anoint-ing, and tune to ow (i.e., the ow of the Holy


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Spirit Jn. 7:37-39). In this way as you preach/teach you will be releasing the Holy Spiritsrevelation, emotion and passion.

Watchman Nee said that Pictures are theHoly Spirit's memory. For example, if on aSunday morning, you want to bring back there and passion and anointing you felt Fridaynight as you prepared your sermon, what youneed to do is this: On Sunday morning youmust see again the pictures you were seeing onFriday night and these pictures will bring backthat same re and emotion you had on Fridaynight.

ow in my book this is a priceless under-standing of divine principles, and by practic-

ing this principle, my preaching style has beenreatly enhanced. When you preach from

pictures, you are preaching from the rightside of your brain, and emotion and ow alsocome through the right side of your brain. Soif you preach from pictures, you will be able toeasily speak with passion and ow. Because Iknow this, now I can preach/teach using bothhemispheres of my mind as well as my heart,all being directed by the ow of the Holy Spiritwithin me!

Classroom Journaling Application: Writedown what God is speaking to you about oneor several of the following questions. Fix youreyes on Jesus, tune to spontaneous thoughtsand write down what is coming back to you (5 8 minutes). en turn to someone next to

you and share with them the journaling youhave (5 minutes). en several should volun-

teer to share with the entire group what Godhas spoken to them (7 minutes). As you share

your journaling, read it rather than paraphras-ing it.

Question 1 - What is Spirit-Anointed teach-ng

Question 2 - What can I do to ensure Spirit-Anointed teaching happens all the time?

Exercises to promote revelation athomeA tip on Bible memorization: Write downthe verse on a small card and carry it with

you throughout the day, speaking it over andover. Visualize it. Journal and ask God whatHe wants to speak to you concerning the verse

and its application to your life. Come to classprepared to share your verse from memory aswell as the specic insights God has given to

you concerning its application to your life.

Memorize Isaiah 1:18.

Memorize the following denitions:

Spirit-led reasoning is reasoning guided byow, while your eyes are xed on Jesus.

Spirit-led picturing is pictures guided byow, while your eyes are xed on Jesus.

Ponder the following two pages: Study andMeditation. Continue journaling, and ask Godwhat changes you need to make to move fromWestern Study to Biblical Meditation. Practicebiblical meditation.


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Study(Greek/Western)

Study (My use of one part of one hemisphere of my brain)1. Is nowhere endorsed in Scripture (II Tim. 2:15 is a mis-translation in the KJV Bible).

. Is self in action (Humanism a false god).

3. Is self using reason (Rationalism a false god).

. Results in wisdom from below earthly, natural, demonic (Jas. 3:15). For example, reason

caused Peter to be at odds with the purposes of God (Jn. 18:10,11).

Study violates the following biblical principles:1. Gal. 2:20 I resurrect self, which no longer lives.

. Rom. 12:1 I am using my faculties rather than presenting them to God to use.

3. Is. 1:18 Im reasoning, rather than reasoning together with God.

. Gen. 3:5 Ive fallen prey to the temptation of the Garden of Eden that I can know goodand evil.

Application of the mental facultieso the acquisition of knowledge

(Webster)


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Meditation(Hebrew/Lamad)

To murmur; to converse with oneself, and hence aloud; speak; talk; babbling;communication; mutter; roar; mourn; a murmuring sound; i.e. a musical notation;

to study; to ponder; revolve in the mind; imagine; pray; prayer; reection; devotion(Strongs Exhaustive Concordance*)

Old Testament numbers: 1897, 1900, 1901, 1902, 7878, 7879, 7881; New Testament numbers: 3191, 4304

Meditation (Gods use of every part of both hemispheres of my brain as Hefills and flows out through my heart by His Spirit)

. Is endorsed 18 times in the KJV Bible.

2. Is God in action within the individual.

. Is God granting revelation through the heart and mind which has been yielded to Him.

4. Results in wisdom from above pure, peaceable, gentle (Jas. 3:17).

Meditation applies the following biblical principles:

. Gal. 2:20 I let Christ live through me.

2. Rom. 12:1 I am yielding my outer faculties to the indwelling Spirit (i.e. to ow Jn. 7:38).

. Is. 11:2 When reasoning together with God, I receive a spirit of wisdom, understanding andknowledge.

4. Jn. 5:19,20,30 Im living as Jesus did, out of divine initiative, doing what I see and hear myFather doing.


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God focuses on the heart 8X morethan on the mind.ere are 100 verses on mind and 800 verseson heart in the Bible.

What God does to the heart: Thebenefits of living out of the heartGod can stir up the heart to do things (Ex. 35:21,26,29). God can ll the heart with wisdomto do all types of work (Ex. 35:35). God canturn the heart to a direction of His choos-ing (Prov. 21:1). If your heart trusts God, Hemakes you prosper (Prov. 28:25). God sendsangels to grant revelation to the humble, seek-ing heart (Dan. 10:12). God can open yourheart to receive truth (Acts. 16:14). God cancircumcise your heart (Rom. 2:29). e purein heart get to see God (Matt. 5:8). A heartwithout doubt is a requirement for producingmiracles (Mk. 11:22-24).

Imagination is always linked with the heart inScripture. So heart faith would include faithwrapped in divine pictures. When God gaveAbraham (the father of faith) a picture (Gen.15:5), it instantly produced faith (Gen. 15:6).

e hearts function: To believe unto salva-tion Rom. 10:9,10); to love God and trust Godwhole-heartedly (Deut. 6:5; Prov. 3:5,6); to

seek knowledge (Prov. 15:14); to ponder (Lk. 2:19); to add persuasiveness to the lips (Prov. 16:23); can receive thoughts from satan (Jn. 13:2; Acts 5:3). Out of the heart ow the issues oflife (Prov. 4:23).

e heart in poor condition: e heart canbecome waxed over and dull so it doesnt hearGods voice (Matt. 13:15). e disciples had

nbelief and hardness of heart (Mk. 16:14).

ere are 600 verses with S/spirit in them.When you add this to the 800 verses withheart in them, you have 1400 verses withheart or spirit in them and only 100 verseswith mind in them.

us God focuses on heart and spirit 14Xmore than on the mind. is, too, should beour focus!

e Spirit: e light of the Lord enters man

through his spirit (Prov. 20:27). God indwellsthe spirit of the Christian (I Cor. 6:17). GodsSpirit provides: truth and guidance into truth(Jn. 16:13-15); revelation (Lk. 2:26,27); light,wisdom, understanding, knowledge in allmanner of workmanship (Ex. 31:3; Dan. 4:18);and anointing when one speaks (Acts 6:10).e spirit can sense anothers thoughts (Mk.2:8).

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A well-trained person has learned how to live in, and out of,the presence and anointing (the wisdom, power,

provision and creativity) of Almighty God.

What more could one need in life?

Jesus did only what He saw the Father doingand heard the Father speaking (Jn. 5:19,20,30;8:26:38).

The goal of

instruction is:

1. Love from a pure heart

2. A good conscience

3. A sincere ait

note: a eart rea ities

nter into Gods

presence through:

1. A sincere heart

2. Heart sprinkled cleanrom an evi conscience

3. Fu assurance o ait

. Bo ies was e witpure water app ying

Word)

Heb. 10:22Tim. 1:5 NASB

What are we supposed to teach?We are to teac peop e ow to enter Go s presence to receive reve ation


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A Spirit-Anointe C assroom Met o o ogy

1. Begin by building spiritual sen-sitivity through a time of praise,

worship and prayer, welcoming theHoly Spirit as the Teacher. You mayuse either an anointed worship leader or ananointed cassette or CD. As a group, enterGods presence in praise and worship andconclude the worship time with a prayer forthe Holy Spirit to grant revelation knowl-edge amongst the group during your timetogether (Eph. 1:17,18). Never grieve theHoly Spirit by not honoring and welcoming

Him as your Teacher.

2. Since personal growth is oftendifficult, build emotional opennessand intimacy with a hug break. Havea short time of mingling and sharing hugsone with another. is touching breaksdown walls and builds intimacy among thegroup, allowing the members to share moredeeply during the guided self-discovery dis-

cussion time which will follow.

3. Capture everyones heart and at-tention with a story. e group leaderintroduces the discussion by painting apicture of a real-life situation which involvesthe topic being explored in that class, andrelates it meaningfully to the group, showingthat having a right or a wrong understandingand application of the topic at hand will have

a signicant eect on each individuals life.After sharing such a story, have group mem-bers share their memory verses, insights,answers to the discussion questions andwritten weekly summaries.

4. Set the pace by modeling open,honest sharing. e leader may chooseto share an anointed insight God gave him

through the weeks assignment, and how thismet a real-life need or dilemma he was fac-ing. e group will not share their lives any

more deeply than the leader shares his.

5. Involve all group members inharing of revelations. Go around theroup and have members read verses from

the homework on which God gave themrevelation insight. Have them share whatGod spoke to them from these verses andwhat practical dierence it makes in theirlife. Draw out the timid students by calling

on them to share, and limit the naturallytalkative.

6. Have an anointed teaching ele-ment and/or a filler exercise in case

iscussion lags. e anointed teachingshould be something God has freshly re-

vealed to the teacher concerning this weeksor next weeks lesson, and which he senseswill be meaningful and relevant to the lives

of the students. is can come early in theroup meeting. e ller exercise is some-

thing which would be interesting and ben-ecial to the students but which wont betragic if it is missed. is can come nearerthe end of the meeting.

7. Close with a time of journalingand/or ministry where you practiceand apply the truth in the classroom.is allows students a chance to recorddirectly from God what He wants to say tothem and to receive prayer and the laying onof hands by the group to meet their individ-

al needs. End with a prayer of thanksgivingto the Holy Spirit for His presence duringthe meeting.


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Classroom Discussion Questions. Let volunteers quote memory verses to

the class and share what God has spokento them concerning the verse.

. Is it credible for a training institutionto focus on training the heart over the

mind?. What does the Bible say our minds can

do for us?

. What does the Bible say our hearts/spirits can do for us?

5. You can check out your concordancefor the words mind and heart to seewhat the promises are for living in ourminds versus living in our hearts.

Classroom Journaling Application: Take 5minutes and prayerfully write out the answersGod gives you to the following question(s).en turn to someone next to you and share

your answers in groups of two. en take 8minutes or so and have the entire class sharetogether their answers to these two questions.Record the answers others give. Go homeand ponder these answers during the comingweek.

Lord, what do You want to say to me aboutthe principles of this teaching session? Howcan I minister more to the heart as I teach?What should be the goal of my teaching? Howimportant is it for me to journal on a regularbasis? Lord, is there anything You want to sayto me to help me improve my teaching style?

Exercises to promote revelation at home

Review the following page which suggestsa Spirit-anointed approach for discoveringtruth. Consider how this model is similar ordierent from your own approach to learningtruth. Journal and ask God what He wants tosay about this paradigm and how He wouldhave you adjust your own approach for dis-covering and delivering truth. Come to class

prepared to share this journaling. Also, journalabout the questions from the previous para-graph.

Memorize I Timothy 1:5 and Hebrews 10:22.Journal about each verse and ask God whatHe wants to speak to you concerning it and itsapplication to your life.

ession 3Practical Suggestions forSpirit-Anointed Teaching

Introduction - Review of I Timothy 1:5:e goal of our instruction is love from a

pure heart and a good conscience and a sin-cere faith.

Spirit-Anointed Teaching: To teach is toreate a space where revelation knowledge isxperienced and practiced.

e Spirit-Anointed Teacher: e teacherust have a living relationship with the subject

at hand (i.e., a love and passion and revelationknowledge), and invite his students into that

relationship, as full partners, to experiencetheir own living relationship with the subject.

How do we create space, boundaries and hos-pitality in a classroom?

. Create physical space by putting chairsin a circle or semi-circle or chairs put ina V formation so students at least par-ially face one another.


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A Spirit-Anointed Paradigm for Discovering Truth

Pillar # ey erse How Experienced How Compared

Pillar One

IlluminedScriptures

And they said one to an-other, Did not our heartsburn within us, while He

talked with us by the way,and while He opened tous the Scriptures? (Luke24:32)

is pillar is experienced as theHoly Spirit illumines Scripturesto you you sense them leap-

ing o the page or just comingto your attention spontane-ously.

is pillar could be viewed asenhanced Biblicism; however,we go beyond studying the

Bible with our intellects only,asking for the Holy Spirit to il-lumine Scriptures to our heartsand minds.

Pillar Two

Illuminedoughts inOnes Mind

It seemed tting for me aswell, having investigatedeverything carefully fromthe beginning, to write itout for you in consecu-tive order, most excellentTheophilus. (Luke 1:3NASB)

his pillar is experienced asthe Holy Spirit guiding yourreasoning process throughspontaneous impressions. It isobvious that Lukes gospel wasmore than simply investigativeresearch of his own mind, aswhat he wrote has stood as the

Word of God for 2000 years.

is pillar could be viewed asenhanced rationalism; however,we go beyond simple rational-ism to allowing the Holy Spiritto guide our thinking process(through combining intuitionand reason) rather than guidingit ourselves.

Pillar ree

IlluminedWitness in

Ones Heart

And immediately whenJesus perceived in Hisspirit that they so rea-soned within themselves,He said unto them, Whyreason ye these things inyour hearts? (Mark 2:8)

his pillar is experienced asan impression perceived inyour spirit. Deep inner peaceor unrest is often part of thisexperience.

is pillar could be viewed asenhanced hedonism in thatwe are doing what feels good;however, in our case, we are go-ing with the feel within ourhearts, rather than the feelingsof the esh.

Pillar Four

Illumined

Counsel ofOthers

Where no counsel is, thepeople fall: but in themultitude of counselorsthere is safety. (Proverbs11:14)

his pillar is experienced asyou ask your spiritual advisorsto seek God for conrmation,additions, or adjustments inthe guidance you sense God

as given you.

is pillar could be viewed asenhanced humanism, as weare receiving counsel throughothers; however, we go beyondpeoples wisdom and ask themto impart the wisdom of Godo us.

Pillar Five

IlluminedUnderstanding

of LifesExperiences

Ye shall know them bytheir fruits. Do mengather grapes of thorns,or gs of thistles? (Mat-thew 7:16)

is pillar is experienced as youask God to give you insight and

nderstanding concerning thefruit life is demonstrating. God

ives you revelation as to whatas caused the fruit.

is pillar could be viewed asenhanced empiricism, in thatwe are examining life carefully;however, we go beyond our ownlimited understanding of life andask God to give us His under-standing of what we are seeing.

Pillar SixIlluminedRevelation from

God roughDreams,Visions,

Prophecy, andournaling

And it shall come to pass

in the last days, saithGod, I will pour out ofMy Spirit upon all esh:and your sons and yourdaughters shall prophesy,and your young men shallsee visions, and your oldmen shall dream dreams.(Acts 2:17)

is pillar is experienced as you

receive direct revelation fromGod through dreams, visions,and journaling. Journaling isthe writing out of your prayersand Gods answers.

is pillar could be viewed as

enhanced mysticism; however,we go beyond just any spirit-encounter as we pursue HolySpirit-encounter.

THE OBJECTIVE: To have all six pillars in agreement before making a major decision.


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. Create intellectual space by readingvarious points of view and discussingopenly.

3. Create emotional space by allowing allfeelings and opinions to be freely ex-pressed.

4. Create boundaries with statementssuch as, We are required to honor eachperson in the class; no question is to beconsidered stupid; no one will take anauthoritarian stance.

. Create hospitality, so people are willingo share, by starting with worship, hug

breaks, shaking hands, name tags, deepsharing modeled by the instructor.

Journaling received by Mark Virklerconcerning teaching styleMark, I am calling you to move from shar-ing teaching with your life interspersed in it tosharing your life with teaching interspersed int.

Listen to what I am saying. e natural out-growth of living life rather than living a sys-tem of ideas (rules) is that one will eventuallyteach life, rather than a system of ideas (rules).erefore your teaching style continues to be

altered by your lifestyle.

e freer you are to live life, the freer youare to teach life real life, full life, continuouslife, at all times and in all situations. You willnot nd yourself ipping back and forth fromideas to life, but you will always, only, be shar-ing your life, and teaching out of it.

From now on, do not share teachings withyour life interspersed in them. Rather shareyour life, with teaching owing within.

Behold, I have spoken. is is an importantdistinction. It will make much di erence in

your teaching style. It will make it more fun-loving and life-giving. Focus rst on the issuesof life and then secondly on the answers youvefound.

Bringing story into the classroom The place of Narrative Theology:

. e Bible is a book full of stories ofpeoples lives.

2. e power of stories lies in their reso-nance with who and what we most es-

sentially are. at is to say, we experienceour lives as a story made up of stories.

. Stories have the power to speak to thewhole person reason, imagination,emotion; mind, body, and soul in a wayin which nothing else can.

. We must make classrooms story fo-cused He did not speak to them with-out a parable (Matt. 13:34). Lord, teachus to become storytellers.

5. Stories are relational in that a relation-ship develops between the hearer andthe characters in the story.

. We must nd ways to constantly bringstory into the classroom

. Deep intense dialogue and sharing ofthe students within the classroom canbecome a story which the class lives to-gether.


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How to Lea

Spirit-Anointed Discussion Groups

1. Make sure the general goal of train-

ing is always before your eyes as youlead discussions (I Tim. 1:5 Love froma pure heart, a good conscience and asincere faith). Make sure all discussionfacilitates this goal.

. Make sure you have a clear word andpicture from God of what the special-ized goal of the session is. Make sure alldiscussion facilitates this goal.

3. Have chairs in semi-circle.

4. Begin with worship, a prayer invitingthe Holy Spirit to be present as theTeacher, and a hug break.

5. Give enough introductory overviewso everyones hearts are captured andfocused on the topic and situation to becovered. A story, drama, role play, or

something like that are excellent ways tostart. You must connect the life of thestudents with the life of the topic and

the life of the Holy Spirit before you

go on into the classtime. Otherwise youwill have a dead meeting.

. Ask appropriate questions. Ride thewave of the S(s)pirit by sensing with

your heart where God is and where thehearts of the class are as a whole. Bring

these constantly together, through thequestions and dialogue. e classroominteraction will let you know where yourstudents are.

. e guiding question you ask yourselfis, Is this discussion ministering life tothe group at large? If not, redirect it soit is. You may need to say to some, at

is a good question, but lets save it and

alk about it during the break time. OrI think we have gone far enough in thisdirection for now. Lets talk about....

8. If it becomes obvious that you or theroup does not have any revelation from

God concerning the question, then moveon to another question. Encourage the

roup to pray and search Scripture, andcome back next week to discuss it more.Dont continue a discussion when it isobvious there is no light from the HolySpirit concerning the question.

. Honor other peoples positions andinsist they do the same with everyone inhe class. Never allow one to close o his

spirit to another. Address the situationquickly.

10. Know where God wants to take you

and the class, and skillfully guide theclass there, not making them mimics andpuppets of your correct answers to yourquestions but calling them into a creativerole together in releasing the revelationof the Holy Spirit upon the issue.

. Keep things moving by asking a con-stant ow of the questions which bubble

p within you. Seek and honor and ridehe ow from within your own heart.

You have asked for this ow at the be-ginning of class; now hear, receive, andhonor it. It will keep the class bubblingand fun and challenging and life-giving.

12. Depend continuously upon the HolySpirit. ank Him at the close of class forHis Spirit of life which has been presentamong you.


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How to Deve op

pirit-Anointed Discussion QuestionsFollowing are the six ways God speaks with us and some sample questions which you can drawfrom to develop lamad discussion questions based on these six ways the Lord speaks.

1. Illumined Scriptures (Lk. 24:32)Prayerfully mull over the Scriptures asking thefollowing:

What is God showing you from Scripture con-cerning this topic?

What has God shown you from Scriptures inthe past concerning this topic?

What examples of this do we nd in Scripture?What can we learn from these examples?

Have you ever studied all the verses in theBible on this topic?

Has anyone?

What can you draw from their research?

What are the spiritual principles that governthis issue?

How have these principles been exemplied in

the Scriptures?What is the heart of this issue?

Has God illumined any verses to your heartconcerning this topic? Pray about _________(give a specic reference) as it relates to thetopic under discussion.

What is God saying to you through this verse?Write down what He is saying and come pre-pared to share it in class.

How is God asking you to change?

What are the blocks that would keep you fromchange?

Are you willing to embrace the change God isasking of you?

What steps can you take to insure your suc-cess in making the changes God is asking of

you?

2. Illumined Thoughts (Lk. 1:3)Step 1: Prepare yourself to receive anointedthoughts by lling your hard drive (i.e. brain)with information concerning the topic athand.

Step 2: Fix your heart on the Lord, and presentyour mind to Him by tuning your thoughts to

ow. Prayerfully ponder the following ques-tions:

What illumined or spontaneous thoughtscome to you on this issue?

Do they appear to line up with the ways ofGod?

Do they line up with the Word of God? Re-member Gods ways are not our ways, so theimpressions you get may be contrary to theway man would do a thing.

What spontaneous thoughts about this topichave come to you while you have been doingautomatic activities (washing dishes, bathing,driving, etc.)? Write them down.

Which ones do you sense probably came fromthe Lord?

Come prepared to share with others in theclass what you sense God is giving to you.

3. Illumined Understanding of Lifesxperiences (Matt. 7:16)

Have you tried it?

What happened?

How did it work?

What has been your experience?

What have you learned from your experience?

Have you journaled about your experience?


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What has God shown you about your expe-r ence

Would you recommend others try it?

Is experience teaching you that you have dis-covered the truth in this area or are you stillmissing some insights? (e evidence that you

are walking in truth is that you are getting thesame results that the Bible says you should be

etting i.e. no condemnation, e ective heal-ing ministry, persecution, etc.)

4. Illumined Witness in Your Heart(Col. 3:15)How does your heart feel?

Are you at peace about the issue?

Is your heart disturbed or at rest?

Are you ill at ease?

Is your heart comfortable?

Is the peace or unrest in your heart comingfrom the Lord or from the accumulated expe-riences of your life? e way to help clarifythis is to quiet your heart before the Lordand see what it feels (rather than quieting

your heart before the issue to see how it feels).Once you have quieted your heart before the

Lord, then present the issue to Him.

5. Illumined Counsel of Others (Prov.1:14

What books on the subject have you read byinsightful authors?

What are they saying concerning this issue?

What input have you received from the heartsof other spiritual brothers or sisters in thebody of Christ?

What is God saying to you through them?

What are their experiences?

What insights do they have?

What have they tried that didnt work?

What have they tried that did work?

What is the historical teaching and traditionof the Church on the subject?

Is there anything in the writings of the ChurchFathers that can counsel you?

Have any non-Christians researched this areaintensely and discovered anything of impor-tance?

If so, who and what?

Which of their insights are compatible withwhat the Bible and the Spirit are saying?

6. Illumined Revelation from Godthrough Dreams, Visions, Prophecy,and Journaling (Acts 2:17)What is God speaking to you through your

journal?What is God saying to you through yourdreams?

What is God showing you through visions?What is God speaking to you through proph-ecy from the Body of Christ?Record what God is saying and come to classprepared to share it with others.

Concluding Classroom Activity: One way todeeply experience Scripture is to enter into aBible story and allow it to come alive throughthe enlightening of the Holy Spirit!

As a small group you may experience a Biblestory, by corporately entering the scene,becoming one of the characters, and experi-encing it in the rst person as the Holy Spiritleads, making it come alive in your heart.

Steps you take to enter and live aBible story:

. Read the Bible passage you are seek-ing to experience more deeply (i.e., the

Upper Room read Acts 1:4,5,8,12-14; 2:1-4)

. Sit in small circles of 4-5 individualsper group.

3. ppoint a leader of the group make ithe oldest person in the group.

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Spirit to take you back to that point inime and allow you to experience and livehat story yourself.

5. Everyone pictures the Bible scene.en everyone tunes to owing picturesand owing thoughts and allows the

Holy Spirit to bring the scene alive. Gen-erally you become one of the characters,and experience it in the rst person.

6. Starting with your group leader youhen go around the circle, numerousimes, with each person xing their eyes

and hearts on the scene, and sharingwhatever they are experiencing.

. hen a person is done sharing, hesqueezes the hand of the person on hisright. is is the signal for them to shareor, if they desire to pass, they may in turnsqueeze the hand of the person on theirright. For the Upper Room, you should

o twice around the circle, waiting forhe Holy Spirit to come and baptize

you. en for the third and fourth timearound the circle, the leader begins bydescribing his experience as the HolySpirit appears in a remarkable way.

After going around the circle four times, comeback as a large group and let people share tes-timonies as to what they experienced and therevelation the Holy Spirit gave to them. isis an exciting way to get into Scripture withthe Holy Spirits leading. You can do this withmany if not all Bible stories.

Classroom Activity Do the above activity assoon as you turn o the video session.

xercises to promote revelation athome

1. Enter another Bible story yourselfsometime during the next week. Followthe steps above and write out what Godspeaks and shows you. Share your expe-

rience with your Christian friends.

2. Journaling: Lord, what do You wantto say to me about the principles of thisteaching session? What do You want tosay to me about the place of story in myteaching style? How can I create a spacewhere revelation knowledge is experi-enced and practiced?

3. Memorize the denition of Spirit-anointed teaching and a Spirit-anointedteacher.

Four Keys to Hearing Gods Voice

Christianity is unique among religions, for italone o ers a personal relationship with theCreator beginning here and now, and lastingthroughout eternity. Jesus declared, is iseternal life that they mayknow God (Jn. 17:2). Unfortunately, many in the Church missthe great blessing of fellowship with our Lordbecause we have lost the ability to recognizeHis voice within us. ough we have thepromise that My sheep hear My voice, toomany believers are starved for that intimaterelationship that alone can satisfy the desire oftheir hearts.

I was one of those sheep who was deaf to hisShepherd until the Lord revealed four verysimple keys (found in Habakkuk 2:1, 2) that

nlocked the treasure of His voice.

Key #1: Gods voice in your heartften sounds like a flow of sponta-

neous thoughts.Habakkuk knew the sound of God speak-ing to him (Hab. 2:2). Elijah described it as astill, small voice (I Kings 19:12). I had alwayslistened for an inner audiblevoice, and God


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does speak that way at times. However, I havefound that usually, Gods voice comes asspontaneous thoughts, visions, feelings, or

impressions.

For example, havent you been driving down

the road and had a thought come to you topray for a certain person? Didnt you believe itwas God telling you to pray? What did Gods

voice sound like? Was it an audible voice, orwas it a spontaneous thought that lit upon

your mind?

Experience indicates that we perceivespirit-level communication as spontaneousthoughts, impressions and visions, and Scrip-ture conrms this in many ways. For example,

one denition ofpaga, a Hebrew word forintercession, is a chance encounter or an acci-dental intersecting. When God lays people onour hearts, He does it throughpaga, a chance-encounter thought accidentally intersectingour minds.

erefore, when you want to hear from God,tune to chance-encounter or spontaneousthoughts.

Key #2: Become still so you canense Gods flow of thoughts and

emotions within.Habakkuk said, I will stand on my guardpost... (Hab. 2:1). Habakkuk knew that to hearGods quiet, inner, spontaneous thoughts, hehad to rst go to a quiet place and still his ownthoughts and emotions. Psalm 46:10 encour-ages us to be still, and know that He is God.ere is a deep inner knowing (spontaneousow) in our spirits that each of us can experi-ence when we quiet our esh and our minds.If we are not still, we will sense only our ownthoughts.

Loving God through a quiet worship song isone very eective way to become still. (Note IIKings 3:15.) After I worship and become silentwithin, I open myself for that spontaneous

ow. If thoughts come of things I have for-gotten to do, I write them down and dismissthem. If thoughts of guilt or unworthinesscome, I repent thoroughly, receive the washingof the blood of the Lamb, putting on His robeof righteousness, seeing myself spotless beforeGod (Is. 61:10; Col. 1:22).

To receive the pure word of God, it is very im-portant that my heart be properly focused as Ibecome still because my focus is the source ofthe intuitive ow. If I x my eyes upon Jesus,the intuitive ow comes from Jesus. But if I xmy gaze upon some desire of my heart, the in-tuitive ow comes out of that desire. To have apure ow I must become still and carefully xmy eyes upon Jesus. Again, quietly worshiping

the King, and receiving out of the stillness thatfollows quite easily accomplishes this.

Fix your gaze upon Jesus (Heb. 12:2), becom-ing quiet in His presence and sharing withHim what is on your heart. Spontaneousthoughts will begin to ow from the throne ofGod to you, and you will actually be convers-ing with the King of Kings!

Key #3: As you pray, fix the eyesof your heart upon Jesus, seeing inthe Spirit the dreams and visions ofAlmighty God.Habakkuk said, I will keep watch to see, andGod said, Record the vision (Hab. 2:1,2).Habakkuk was actually looking for vision as heprayed. He opened the eyes of his heart, andlooked into the spirit world to see what Godwanted to show him. is is an intriguing idea.

God has always spoken through dreams andvisions, and He specically said that theywould come to those upon whom the HolySpirit is poured out (Acts 2:1-4, 17).

I had never thought of opening the eyes of myheart and looking for vision. However, I havecome to believe that this is exactly what Godwants me to do. He gave me eyes in my heart


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to see in the spirit the vision and movement ofAlmighty God. ere is an active spirit worldall around us, full of angels, demons, the HolySpirit, the omnipresent Father, and His omni-present Son, Jesus. e only reasons for me notto see this reality are unbelief or lack of knowl-edge.

In order to see, we must look. Daniel saw avision in his mind and said, I was looking...Ikept looking...I kept looking (Dan. 7:2,9,13).As I pray, I look for Jesus, and I watch as Hespeaks to me, doing and saying the things thatare on His heart. Many Christians will nd thatif they will only look, they will see, in the sameway they receive spontaneous thoughts. Jesusis Emmanuel, God with us (Matt. 1:23). It is

as simple as that. You can see Christ presentwith you because Christ is present with you.In fact, the vision may come so easily that youwill be tempted to reject it, thinking that it is

just you. But if you persist in recording thesevisions, your doubt will soon be overcome byfaith as you recognize that the content of themcould only be birthed in Almighty God.

Jesus demonstrated the ability of living out ofconstant contact with God, declaring that He

did nothing on His own initiative, but onlywhat Hesaw the Father doing, and heard theFather saying(Jn. 5:19,20,30). What an in-credible way to live!

Is it possible for you to live out of divine ini-tiative as Jesus did? Yes! Fix your eyes uponJesus. e veil has been torn, giving access intothe immediate presence of God, and He calls

you to draw near (Lk. 23:45; Heb. l0: 19-22). I

pray that the eyes of your heart will be enlight-ened.

Key #4: Journaling, the writing outof your prayers and Gods answers,brings great freedom in hearingGods voice.God told Habakkuk to record the vision (Hab.2:2). is was not an isolated command. e

Scriptures record many examples of individu-als prayers and Gods replies (e.g. the Psalms,many of the prophets, Revelation).

I call the process two-way journaling, andI have found it to be a fabulous catalyst forclearly discerning Gods inner, spontaneousow, because as I journal I am able to write infaith for long periods of time, simply believ-ing it is God. I know that what I believe I havereceived from God must be tested. However,testing involves doubt and doubt blocks divinecommunication, so I do not want to test whileI am trying to receive. With journaling, I canreceive in faith, knowing that when the owhas ended I can test and examine it carefully,making sure that it lines up with Scripture.

You will be amazed when you journal. Doubtmay hinder you at rst, but throw it o , re-minding yourself that it is a biblical concept,and that God is present, speaking to His chil-dren. Relax. When we cease our labors andenter His rest, God is free to ow (Heb. 4:10).Sit back comfortably, take out your pen and pa-per, smile, and turn your attention toward theLord in praise and worship, seeking His face.After you write your question to Him, become

still, xing your gaze on Jesus You will sud-denly have a very good thought. Dont doubtit; simply write it down. Later, as you read your

journaling, you, too, will be blessed to discoverthat you are indeed dialoguing with God.

Some final notes: Knowing God through theBible is a vital foundation to hearing His voicein your heart, so you must have a solid com-mitment to knowing and obeying the Scrip-

tures. It is also very important for your growthand safety that you be related to solid, spiritualcounselors All major directional moves thatcome through journaling should be conrmedby your counselors before you act upon them.

Journaling ExerciseLord, what do you want to say to me concerningmy teaching style? Is there anything new or dif-f t hi h t t d ?

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