Daily Encounters
Senior Lead Pastor Landon Schott
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Exodus 16:2-5
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2 And there in the desert they all grumbled against Moses and Aaron.
3 “If only we had died by the LORD’s hand in the land of Egypt!” they said. “There we sat by pots of meat and ate our fill of bread, but you have brought us into this desert to starve this whole assembly to death!”
4 Then the LORD said to Moses, “Behold, I will rain down bread from heaven for you. Each day the people are to go out and gather enough for that day. In this way I will test whether or not they will follow My instructions.
5 Then on the sixth day, when they prepare what they bring in, it will be twice as much as they gather on the other days.”
3 “If only we had died by the LORD’s hand in the land of Egypt!” they said. “There we sat by pots of meat and ate our fill of bread, but you have brought us into this desert to starve this whole assembly to death!”
4 Then the LORD said to Moses, “Behold, I will rain down bread from heaven for you. Each day the people are to go out and gather enough for that day. In this way I will test whether or not they will follow My instructions.
5 Then on the sixth day, when they prepare what they bring in, it will be twice as much as they gather on the other days.”
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Exodus 16:15
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15 When the Israelites saw it, they asked one another, “What is it?” For they did not know what it was. So Moses told them, “It is the bread that the LORD has given you to eat.
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Exodus 16:16-18
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16 This is what the LORD has commanded: ‘Each one is to gather as much as he needs. You may take an omer for each person in your tent.’”
17 So the Israelites did this. Some gathered more, and some less.
18 When they measured it by the omer, he who gathered much had no excess, and he who gathered little had no shortfall. Each one gathered as much as he needed to eat.
17 So the Israelites did this. Some gathered more, and some less.
18 When they measured it by the omer, he who gathered much had no excess, and he who gathered little had no shortfall. Each one gathered as much as he needed to eat.
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Exodus 16:21
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21 Every morning each one gathered as much as was needed, and when the sun grew hot, it melted away.
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Exodus 16:23
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23 He told them, “This is what the LORD has said: ‘Tomorrow is to be a day of complete rest, a holy Sabbath to the LORD. So bake what you want to bake, and boil what you want to boil. Then set aside whatever remains and keep it until morning.’”
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Exodus 16:31
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31 Now the house of Israel called the bread manna. It was white like coriander seed and tasted like wafers made with honey.
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Daily Encounters are the greatest way to spiritually grow as a disciple of Jesus!
Exodus 3:5
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5 “Do not come any closer,” God said. “Take off your sandals, for the place where you are standing is holy ground.”
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You choose your Daily Encounter, God chooses your Holy Visitation!
There is only one way to God, and it’s through Jesus—but in Jesus, there are many ways to connect with God.
Knowing how you best connect with God is a game-changer for your ability to connect with God.
Connect with God ways:
- Adoration is ministering to God’s heart through worship.
- Conversation Is an active, two-way relationship of asking, listening, and responding.
- Compassion is connecting with His heart towards His people.
- Creation is feeling His presence, hearing His voice, or being moved to worship by being in His creation.
- Expression is feeling closest to God when you are creating - whether it is through writing, painting, playing, dancing, etc.
- Fasting is intentionally denying the flesh so you can hunger for God, hear His voice, and draw closer to Him.
- Learning is when God teaches you new revelation you didn’t know before.
- Meditation is focusing on God’s Word and stewarding it as it renews your mind and heart.
- Movement is when you experience God’s presence when you move your body physically.
- Reformation is when you partner with God to make the crooked ways straight.
- Remembrance is When you remember what God has done, you feel close to the Lord.
- Solitude is experiencing intimacy with God by getting alone Him.
- Adoration is ministering to God’s heart through worship.
- Conversation Is an active, two-way relationship of asking, listening, and responding.
- Compassion is connecting with His heart towards His people.
- Creation is feeling His presence, hearing His voice, or being moved to worship by being in His creation.
- Expression is feeling closest to God when you are creating - whether it is through writing, painting, playing, dancing, etc.
- Fasting is intentionally denying the flesh so you can hunger for God, hear His voice, and draw closer to Him.
- Learning is when God teaches you new revelation you didn’t know before.
- Meditation is focusing on God’s Word and stewarding it as it renews your mind and heart.
- Movement is when you experience God’s presence when you move your body physically.
- Reformation is when you partner with God to make the crooked ways straight.
- Remembrance is When you remember what God has done, you feel close to the Lord.
- Solitude is experiencing intimacy with God by getting alone Him.
Without Daily Encounters, your faith won't last.
Matthew 7:24-27
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24 Therefore everyone who hears these words of Mine and acts on them is like a wise man who built his house on the rock.
25 The rain fell, the torrents raged, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because its foundation was on the rock.
26 But everyone who hears these words of Mine and does not act on them is like a foolish man who built his house on sand.
27 The rain fell, the torrents raged, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell—and great was its collapse!”
25 The rain fell, the torrents raged, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because its foundation was on the rock.
26 But everyone who hears these words of Mine and does not act on them is like a foolish man who built his house on sand.
27 The rain fell, the torrents raged, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell—and great was its collapse!”
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In Daily Encounters, There Are 2 Words to Focus On
1. DAILY
1. DAILY
Matthew 6:11
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11 Give us this day our daily bread.
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Matthew 4:4
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4 But Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.’ ”
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Psalm 145:2
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2 Every day I will bless You, and I will praise Your name forever and ever.
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Joshua 1:8
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8 This Book of the Law must not depart from your mouth; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. For then you will prosper and succeed in all you do.
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Psalm 90:12
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12 So teach us to number our days, that we may present a heart of wisdom.
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Practical Advice:
Have an appointment with the Lord every day!
Have an appointment with the Lord every day!
Warning:
There is always resistance to the things of the Spirit!
There is always resistance to the things of the Spirit!
You choose your Daily Encounter, God chooses your Holy Visitation!
In Daily Encounters, There Are 2 Words to Focus On
1. DAILY
2. ENCOUNTERS
1. DAILY
2. ENCOUNTERS
Daily Encounters is discipleship!
Matthew 28:18-20
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18 Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to Me.
19 Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit,
20 and teaching them to obey all that I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, even to the end of the age.”
19 Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit,
20 and teaching them to obey all that I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, even to the end of the age.”
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Hebrew: לָמַד (lamad) = to learn by practice, to be trained.
Greek: μαθητής (mathētēs) = disciple, apprentice; someone who orders their life around Jesus.
Matthew 16:24
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24 Then Jesus told His disciples, “If anyone wants to come after Me, he must deny himself and take up his cross and follow Me.
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Discipleship Simplified: A disciple is someone who follows Jesus, obeys Him, and builds their life around Him every day.
Daily Encounters are the greatest way to spiritually grow as a disciple of Jesus!
3 Elements of a Daily Encounter
1. Daily prayer
1. Daily prayer
Prayer is conversation with God!
Jeremiah 33:3
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3 Call to Me, and I will answer and show you great and unsearchable things you do not know.
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Practical Advice for Growing in Your Prayer Life
1. Pray through the Lord's Prayer (Matthew 6:9-13)
2. Make prayer lists and targets
3. Pray the perfect will of the Lord
1. Pray through the Lord's Prayer (Matthew 6:9-13)
2. Make prayer lists and targets
3. Pray the perfect will of the Lord
Ephesians 5:10
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10 Test and prove what pleases the Lord.
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Matthew 6:10
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10 Your kingdom come, Your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.
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3 of My Favorite Prayers
1. I want what You want; show me what You want!
2. Lord, I don’t know what to do; give me Your heart and mind.
3. Holy Spirit, teach me!
1. I want what You want; show me what You want!
2. Lord, I don’t know what to do; give me Your heart and mind.
3. Holy Spirit, teach me!
Practical Advice for Growing in Your Prayer Life
1. Pray through the Lord's Prayer (Matthew 6:9-13)
2. Make prayer lists and targets
3. Pray the perfect will of the Lord
4. Pray in the Holy Spirit
1. Pray through the Lord's Prayer (Matthew 6:9-13)
2. Make prayer lists and targets
3. Pray the perfect will of the Lord
4. Pray in the Holy Spirit
Jude 1:20
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20 But you, beloved, by building yourselves up in your most holy faith and praying in the Holy Spirit,
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3 Elements of a Daily Encounter
1. Daily prayer
2. Daily Bible reading
1. Daily prayer
2. Daily Bible reading
Psalms 119:11
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11 I have hidden Your word in my heart that I might not sin against You.
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Matthew 4:4
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4 But Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.’ ”
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Caution:
Young people, you can be swirly, but you must be biblically grounded!
Young people, you can be swirly, but you must be biblically grounded!
Types of Bible Translations
1. Word for word (exact) translations
2. Thought-for thought translations
3. Paraphrase versions
4. Corrupt/apostate translations
1. Word for word (exact) translations
2. Thought-for thought translations
3. Paraphrase versions
4. Corrupt/apostate translations
Question:
What Bible should I read?
What Bible should I read?
Examples of Word-for-Word Translations Are:
ESV – English Standard Version
NASB – New American Standard Bible
NKJV – New King James Version
ESV – English Standard Version
NASB – New American Standard Bible
NKJV – New King James Version
Examples of Thought-for-Thought Translations Are:
NLT – New Living Translation
NIV – New International Version
BSB – Berean Study Bible
NLT – New Living Translation
NIV – New International Version
BSB – Berean Study Bible
Examples of Paraphrase Versions Are:
The Message
The Passion Translation
The Living Bible
The Message
The Passion Translation
The Living Bible
Caution:
Treat paraphrases as commentary, not authoritative translations.
Treat paraphrases as commentary, not authoritative translations.
Warning!
Avoid these corrupt translations:
Jehovah's Witnesses' New World Translation
LDS (Mormon) Bible editions
Mirror Bible
Queen James Bible
Avoid these corrupt translations:
Jehovah's Witnesses' New World Translation
LDS (Mormon) Bible editions
Mirror Bible
Queen James Bible
Question:
What Bible plan should I read?
What Bible plan should I read?
3 Elements of a Daily Encounter
1. Daily prayer
2. Daily Bible reading
3. Daily worship
1. Daily prayer
2. Daily Bible reading
3. Daily worship
Psalm 100:4
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4 Enter His gates with thanksgiving and His courts with praise; give thanks to Him and bless His name.
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3 Kinds of Spiritual Encounters
1. God—the Holy Spirit
1. God—the Holy Spirit
Acts 2:33
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33 Exalted, then, to the right hand of God, He has received from the Father the promised Holy Spirit and has poured out what you now see and hear.
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John 16:7
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7 But I tell you the truth, it is for your benefit that I am going away. Unless I go away, the Advocate will not come to you; but if I go, I will send Him to you.
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Acts 1:8
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8 But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you, and you will be My witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”
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We are invited to encounter the Holy Spirit the same way the Disciples encountered Jesus!
3 Kinds of Spiritual Encounters
1. God—The Holy Spirit
2. Angels
1. God—The Holy Spirit
2. Angels
You will entertain angels this year.
Most of these angelic encounters you will be unaware, but some of them you will be aware—as Hebrews 13:2 tells us.
Hebrews 13:2 ESV “Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.”
There will be testimonies of angels this year.
They will start with our children, then go from children to the youth, and then the youth to the adults.
Most of these angelic encounters you will be unaware, but some of them you will be aware—as Hebrews 13:2 tells us.
Hebrews 13:2 ESV “Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.”
There will be testimonies of angels this year.
They will start with our children, then go from children to the youth, and then the youth to the adults.
3 Kinds of Spiritual Encounters
1. God—The Holy Spirit
2. Angels
3. Demons
1. God—The Holy Spirit
2. Angels
3. Demons
Ephesians 6:12
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12 For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this world’s darkness, and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.
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Warning:
When we have a prophetic word, we tend to be tested with the contradicting demonic spirit that resists the prophetic word.
Don't be afraid of it, but be aware of it.
When we have a prophetic word, we tend to be tested with the contradicting demonic spirit that resists the prophetic word.
Don't be afraid of it, but be aware of it.
Exodus 16:2-3
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2 And there in the desert they all grumbled against Moses and Aaron.
3 “If only we had died by the LORD’s hand in the land of Egypt!” they said. “There we sat by pots of meat and ate our fill of bread, but you have brought us into this desert to starve this whole assembly to death!”
3 “If only we had died by the LORD’s hand in the land of Egypt!” they said. “There we sat by pots of meat and ate our fill of bread, but you have brought us into this desert to starve this whole assembly to death!”
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Question:
How fast do you forget about the goodness of God?
How fast do you forget about the goodness of God?
Exodus 16:4
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4 Then the LORD said to Moses, “Behold, I will rain down bread from heaven for you. Each day the people are to go out and gather enough for that day. In this way I will test whether or not they will follow My instructions.
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John 6:32-35
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32 Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I tell you, it was not Moses who gave you the bread from heaven, but it is My Father who gives you the true bread from heaven.
33 For the bread of God is He who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.”
34 “Sir,” they said, “give us this bread at all times.”
35 Jesus answered, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to Me will never hunger, and whoever believes in Me will never thirst.
33 For the bread of God is He who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.”
34 “Sir,” they said, “give us this bread at all times.”
35 Jesus answered, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to Me will never hunger, and whoever believes in Me will never thirst.
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God is waiting to meet you daily; to teach you; to transform you—one day at a time!
Daily Encounters are the greatest way to spiritually grow as a disciple of Jesus!
