God's Armorbearer 40-Day Devotional and Study Guide (Armor Bearer)

176 Pages·2006·0.37 MB·English

by  Terry Nance

A 40-Day Personal Journey
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FOR NDIVIDUAL AND ROUP SE
God’s
Armorbearer
Volumes 1 & 2
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E R R Y A N C E
© Copyright 2006—Terry Nance
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C
ONTENTS
Day 1 Revelation of an Armorbearer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Day 2 Developing the Spirit of an Armorbearer. . . . . . . . 9
Day 3 Duties of an Armorbearer—Part 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Day 4 Duties of an Armorbearer—Part 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Day 5 Duties of an Armorbearer—Part 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Day 6 Duties of an Armorbearer—Part 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Day 7 Function of an Armorbearer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Day 8 Armorbearers of the Old Testament . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Day 9 Two Different Armorbearers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Day 10 The Ministry of Armorbearing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Day 11 Faithful Armorbearing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Day 12 The Service of an Armorbearer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Day 13 The Cry of God’s Leaders. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Day 14 Send Me a Joshua!. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Day 15 Steps to Develop the Spirit of an Armorbearer . . 61
Day 16 Fields White Unto Harvest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Day 17 The Anointing of an Armorbearer. . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Day 18 Recognizing the Human Side of Leaders . . . . . . . 73
Day 19 Recognizing the Right of Divine Authority . . . . . 77
Day 20 Giving Birth to God’s Will . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Day 21 Understanding Our Assignment and
Appreciating Our Gifts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Day 22 The Hour of the Local Church. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Day 23 Armorbearers Are Vital for Churches . . . . . . . . . . 93
Day 24 Successful Keys to Blooming
Where You Are Planted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Day 25 Keys to Longevity—Understanding
the Call of God . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Day 26 Keys to Longevity—Those Who
Seek God Will Follow a Vision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Day 27 Keys to Longevity—Stay Where God Puts You . 109
Day 28 Keys to Longevity—Trust and Obey. . . . . . . . . . 113
Day 29 Keys to Longevity—Patience and Flexibility . . . 117
Day 30 Keys to Commitment—Loyalty
and Faithfulness. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Day 31 Keys to Commitment—Do Not
Be Too Big or Too Small . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Day 32 Keys to Commitment—Always Do Your Best. . . 129
Day 33 Keys to Attitude—Willingness and Thankfulness 133
Day 34 Keys to Attitude—A Servant’s Heart . . . . . . . . . 137
Day 35 Keys to Attitude—Understanding Authority . . . 141
Day 36 Keys to Attitude—Five Structures of Authority. 145
Day 37 Keys to Attitude—Reproof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Day 38 Keys to Teamwork—Walking Without
Offense and Use Your Talents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Day 39 Keys to Teamwork—You Are
Important and Needed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Day 40 Keys to Teamwork—Run With the Vision. . . . . . 161
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D 1
AY
Revelation of an Armorbearer
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AND DAVID CAME TO SAUL, AND STOOD
BEFORE HIM:AND HE LOVED HIM GREATLY;
AND HE BECAME HISARMOURBEARER (1 SAMUEL
16:21).
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T ’ D
ODAY S EVOTION
We live in a world that seems to know very little about
laying down one’s life for another.A full understand-
ing of this concept is vital to the Christian,especially
if he knows he has been called into the ministry.
Instead of offering ourselves to wait on others, we in the
Church often expect them to wait on us.This is particularly true
of our attitude toward the man or woman of God.…
[Also,] there is a great fear today among many pastors that
their associates are out to steal the sheep from them.As a result,
there is little or no trust between the pastor and his assistant,no
flow between the two of them.I believe God has someone pre-
pared for every pastor…someone to stand with him in the min-
istry.
I see today great ministries which are built around one per-
son.What will happen when he is gone? It is of no credit to a
pastor,or any man of God,to know that when he leaves town the
sheep cannot function….
Where would we be today if Jesus had not put a portion of
Himself into the twelve disciples? What would have happened
if…there had been no one…to take up His ministry on earth?
…Jesus’ ministry increased and multiplied.That’s because
there were armorbearers standing with Him.
(Quote fromGod’s Armorbearer,Volume 1,Pages 11-13.)
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Q
UESTIONS
1. What does “laying down one’s life for another”mean to you? Why
is a full understanding of this concept vital to Christians? Why is it
especially vital if we are called into ministry?
2. Why do you think so many in the Church expect the leaders to
serve them,rather than having a heart to serve the leaders? What
does this kind of attitude reveal about the hearts of many in
churches today? Do you see this attitude prevalent in your church?
3. Have you seen fear between the pastor and those who serve in high
positions of leadership under them? Have you personally experi-
enced the outcropping of such fear? What do you think is at the
root of such distrust?
4. Have you seen a ministry built around one person die after that
person left? Why do you suppose the mantle was not picked up by
another? Why couldn’t people accept a new leader and just con-
tinue on in the ministry?
5. As you study Jesus’example of discipleship training,where do pas-
tors tend to fail or find it difficult to train their leaders? Where do
the leaders they train seem to fail? How has your attitude been
toward others you have served? Have you been trustworthy?
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M
EDITATION
“You and I will never flow in the anointing
of Elisha until we have learned to serve an Elijah.
It is not difficult to claim that we are submitted
to Jesus,but the question is:are we submitted to
another human being? That is a different story.”
(God’s Armorbearer,Volume 1,Page 12)
Submission is a word that can bring feelings
of pain or fear,or it can bring feelings of release.
What feelings does this word bring to your heart?
Take time to ask the Lord to bring release
through submission in your life.
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D 2
AY
Developing the Spirit
of an Armorbearer
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GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS,
THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS
FRIENDS (JOHN 15:13).
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T ’ D
ODAY S EVOTION
T
he word armorbearer [appears] eighteen times in…the
Old Testament.…
…the King Jamesword armourbearerwas translated from two
Hebrew words.The first is nasa or nacah (naw-saw´).This is a
primary word meaning “to lift.”… Some of [its] applications are
to:accept,advance,bear,bear up.carry away,cast,desire,furnish,
further,give,help,hold up,lift,pardon,raise,regard,respect,stir
up,yield.
The second Hebrew word is keliy (kel-ee´), which comes
from the root word kalah (kaw-law´),meaning “to end.”Some of
the applications of this root word are to: complete, consume,
destroy utterly,be done,finish,fulfill,long,bring to pass,wholly
reap,make clean riddance.
From these two Hebrew words,we can see the duty of the
armorbearer was to stand beside his leader to assist him, to lift
him up,and to protect him against any enemy that might attack
him.…
[The concept of the armorbearer] will help anyone who is a
part of the Body of Christ, anyone who desires to fulfill his or
her God-given call.…You will never arrive at a place where you
do not have to submit to anyone.The spirit of the armorbearer is
the spirit of Christ.It is the heart of a servant.
(Quote from God’s Armorbearer,Volume 1,Pages 13-15.)
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