“Having boundaries shows where you end and where you would allow somebody else to begin in your life.”

1. 07.01.10 I Am Global International Ministries Bible Study this week was rooted in setting boundaries for you spiritual life. “ When you are under the apostolic anointing and free and not a slave, you must set boundaries. Sarah giving her maidservant to Abraham was an example of going past boundaries because God had already promised Sarah a child, but she doubted God because of her age.” Genesis 1:26, is when God had given Adam dominion over the boundaries that he had set for him so let’s began there! “ God gave Adam and Eve boundaries in the garden, ie, eat of every tree except the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.” “ As a result of man falling to sin in the garden, he didn’t lose religion but dominion.” “ Anything found in Jesus is not lost.” “ Religion is what you do until you come into a kingdom mindset. People of a kingdom mindset want heaven on earth.” “ Religious folks want to tell you what God said, but they can never understand what God is doing.” “ Boundaries are necessary to prevent you from being successful in the wrong assignment.” Genesis 1:26 “ Because God gave dominion over the earth to man, the only way God can intervene in the life of anybody on earth is if you give Him dominion over your life.” “ You have to go through the people in heaven with dominion to get what you need from heaven.”

2. Matthew 18:18 Bind – lock, prohibit Loose - unlock “ Whatever we bind, heaven will not let it happen, whatever we loose, heaven will permit it.” “ Because we are kids of the Kingdom, whatever we own is by birth right; there is never a need to steal. When you are connected to a King’s kid, there is a commonwealth!” “ When only the pastor’s family is prospering, that church is not of the Kingdom.” “ Finding out who you are is important. The enemy wants to rob you of that because you own property.” “ If you are not careful in a Kingdom ministry, it is easy to leave emotionally drained.” “ If you don’t know your boundaries and what to do in a Kingdom ministry, you will have severe difficulty in taking ownership of your life.” “ Any confusion of responsibilities and ownership in our lives is problem that’s shows we don’t have boundaries set.” “ Having boundaries shows where you end and where you would allow somebody else to begin in your life.” “ We are not responsible for others, but we are responsible to others.” Galatians 6:2-5 Matthew 7:6 “ Boundaries are not walls. We should be wise enough to allow passing and keep out danger.”

3. “ When you put up walls, you block God from using people to help you.” “ Fruits of the spirit are a responsibility for believers and we should be enjoying them. You wouldn’t pat a father on the back for paying child support, its his responsibility” Galatians 6:7 “ Either you define yourself by a boundary or go against the boundary and get injured.” “ The devil has many of us so tired that we are sleeping on the truth.” “ There is always safety in truth.” “ Ownership of how people really feel will help boundaries in relationships.” “ Feelings should never be placed in charge because you will begin to love out of compliance, not free will. Once this happens, resentment sets in, starting with resentment over past decisions made.” “ People with boundary problems have distorted attitudes and feel disowned of their choices and lay them on others.” “ Resentment is bred by making decisions based upon approval of others.” “ If you don’t take ownership for anything, that also means you wont put in the work for it.” “ False desires look real when we don't own up to our real desires. ie, sex addicts are really looking for love and affection.” “ Your desires are aligned with God when they are backed by pure motives.” “ When you don’t seek God’s desires, your desires mix with what you don’t need.”

4. “ There’s a big difference between boundaries and values.” There are three kinds of people when it comes to setting spiritual boundaries as well as boundaries in relationships, compliant people, avoidant people, and controlling people- Compliant People: “ People who have conflict with boundaries pretend to like what people like to go along with them; this is an example of compliance.” “ Compliant people have an inability to say no to bad. They can’t recognize evil, and they are like chameleons; they agree with people long enough to the point they blend in with their environment.” “ Compliant people can’t guard their own heart.” Avoidant People: “ Avoidance people say no to good. Ie, a man passing up a woman of God because she doesn’t look a runway model to him. What does a behind have to do with holiness?” “ Avoiders will not ask for help and withdraw when in need.” “ Avoiders and compliers struggle with avoiding evil and can support everybody except Themselves. They have reversal boundaries and are overly emotional. They do favors for people to receive love, and then they regret what they did.” Controlling People: “ Controllers have no respect for boundaries.” “ Controllers take “no” as a challenge to change another persons mind.” “ Controllers can’t respect other peoples limits.”

5. “ Controllers resist responsibility over their own life so they control others.” “ Controllers project their lack of responsibility on others. And “no” = maybe and “maybe” = yes to them.” “ Controllers get their way by manipulation and try to persuade you out of your own boundaries.” “ Controllers seduce others into carrying their burdens by guilt messages. This is an important reason why after you talk to someone, you have to ask yourself, what is this person trying to get me to carry away from that conversation. ie, after you talk on the phone to somebody you are irritated when you were happy before you go on the phone.” “ Controllers deny their desires to others.” “ Controllers brush off their self-centeredness to know more of you.” “ Caring for someone so they care back for you is a way to indirectly control someone.” “ Controllers who cant control their appetite and go out of their way to get what they want become a slave to what they have fed themselves.” “ Controllers don’t feel love because they feel that people only spend time with them because they are pulling the strings.” “ Controllers will feel abandoned if they stop manipulating people and do not allow God to clean them up. Controllers can often be non responsive and are very critical.” “ Compliant avoidant people turn to controlling non responsive people in relationships!”

6. Ay Join I Am Global Ministries at 22 Irongate Drive Waldorf, MD 20602 You can enjoy more revelation knowledge by attending our next Sunday service, July 11, 2010 @ 5pm. Our next bible study is Thursday July 15, 2010 @ 7pm. Hope to see you there! To order this message on DVD at no charge to you with free shipping & handling, send an email to: [email_address] Request # BS070110