ICEA Training – “Teaching: Lesson Preparation and Delivery”


A Training Seminar for All Teachers
and Aspiring Teachers of the PCAFI


Thursday, November 9, 2023

To all members of the PCAFI:

The Pentecostal Churches of the Apostolic Faith International (PCAFI) now offers members 180 one-hour classes that include members’ personal development classes, essential training for ministers, training for teachers, psalms studies, and Saturday Night Sunday school. All classes are offered by Zoom and are taught by approximately 100 rotating PCAFI instructors. The training is free, except for the Evangelical Training Association Course (ETA).  ETA is a self-paced online training for teachers and leaders. We also offer training for instructors who would like to start a new members class at their church.

Also, please register below to be informed
about the upcoming 180 seminars!

The International Christian Education Auxiliary (ICEA) is an arm of the PCAFI is proud to offer these classes to all PCAFI members!

Please click inside the class catalog area below and scroll to view 180+ class offerings with the class headings and descriptions.:

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Once you decide what classes you would like to take, click the “Register Now” text below to register:

REGISTER NOW

Please email us at iceaquestions@att.net
if you have any questions about this wonderful learning opportunity!

Thank you for registering and let’s get ready to learn!


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The PCAFI Christian Education Auxiliary Now Offers 180 Zoom Classes!


To all members of the PCAFI:

The Pentecostal Churches of the Apostolic Faith International (PCAFI) now offers members 180 one-hour classes that include members’ personal development classes, essential training for ministers, training for teachers, psalms studies, and Saturday Night Sunday school. All classes are offered by Zoom and are taught by approximately 100 rotating PCAFI instructors. The training is free, except for the Evangelical Training Association Course (ETA).  ETA is a self-paced online training for teachers and leaders. We also offer training for instructors who would like to start a new members class at their church.

The International Christian Education Auxiliary (ICEA) is an arm of the PCAFI is proud to offer these classes to all PCAFI members!

Please click inside the class catalog area below and scroll to view 180+ class offerings with the class headings and descriptions.:

church-membersministers-brochure-1Download

Once you decide what classes you would like to take, click the “Register Now” text below to register:

REGISTER NOW

Please email us at iceaquestions@att.net
if you have any questions about this wonderful learning opportunity!

Thank you for registering and let’s get ready to learn!


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The Fight of Your Life


I do not fight like a boxer who hits nothing but air.
(I Cor. 9:26)

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You are fighting a real opponent! It doesn’t matter if you are a teen or an adult! (In a sense, the battle starts in the womb and continues on until we become old and breathe our last breath!) Your opponent cares nothing about the fact that you may be weak, female, or elderly. Satan’s powers at work fight to destroy impoverished people as well as the rich. No one is exempt from fighting. If we don’t fight we become defeated! But, so many people are ill-prepared for spiritual war (Eph. 6:11-18)! They haven’t learned how to fight spiritually. They don’t have a working knowledge of the scriptures and they don’t have an intimate relationship with the Lord. Millions who do not pray are left defenseless! So many have not exercised themselves in spiritual warfare, and as a result, they are left vulnerable to an enemy who fights to destroy families, kill dreams, and suggests defeat, as well as suicide as a way of an escape.

We can use the apostle Paul as an example of overcoming and fighting until the end. Here are his words: “I have fought a good fight…I have kept the faith” (II Tim. 4:7).

The scriptures below can be used for spiritual warfare:

  1. “Submit yourselves to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.” James 4:7
  2. “You are from God, little children, and have overcome them; because greater is He who is in you than he who is in the world.” 1 John 4:4
  3. “Be self-controlled and alert. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour. Resist him, standing firm in the faith.” 1 Pet. 5:8-9
  4. “No weapon that is formed against you will prosper; and every tongue that accuses you in judgment you will condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord, and their vindication is from Me,” declares the Lord.” Is. 54:17
  5. “Put on the full armor of God, so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes. For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms. Therefore put on the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your ground, and after you have done everything, to stand.  Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness in place, and with your feet fitted with the readiness that comes from the gospel of peace. In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one. Take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.” Eph. 6:11-17
  6. “In all these things, we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us.” Rom. 8:37
  7. So be careful. When you think you are standing firm, you might fall. You are tempted in the same way all other human beings are. God is faithful. He will not let you be tempted any more than you can take. But when you are tempted, God will give you a way out. Then you will be able to deal with it. I Cor. 10:12-13
  8. “But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.” 1 Cor. 15:57
  9. “But the Lord is faithful, and he will strengthen you and protect you from the evil one.” 2 Thess. 3:3
  10. “Do not be overcome with evil, but overcome evil with good.” Rom. 12:21
  11. “Fight the good fight of the faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called when you made your good confession in the presence of many witnesses.” 1 Tim. 6:12
  12. “,,,On this rock I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.” Matt. 16:18
  13. “But they who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint.” Is. 40:31
  14. “What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who is against us?” Rom. 8:31
  15. “You are tempted in the same way all other human beings are. God is faithful. He will not let you be tempted any more than you can take. But when you are tempted, God will give you a way out. Then you will be able to deal with it. I Cor. 10:13.
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Cares!


Casting all your care upon Him; for he cares for you.
 (I Peter 5:7)

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Those who have feelings of anxiety often feel like there is no hope and no one understands — and there is no one to help them come out of what they are experiencing in that moment. People with anxiety can often feel overwhelmed with thoughts of what other people’s opinions are about them.  Those with anxiety may even be worried about the future or something else that is unfolding in their lives.

GOD IS THE ANSWER TO ANXIETY! David had feelings of anxiety, but he learned how to overcome his fears. He said in Psalms 61:2-3, “From the most remote place of the earth, I will call to you, when my heart is overwhelmed. Lead me to the rock that is higher than I. For you have been a refuge for me, a strong tower from the enemy” (NHEB). The enemy is expert at trapping unsuspecting souls, but it is written: “Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers: the snare is broken, and we are escaped. Our help is in the name of the LORD, who made heaven and earth” (Ps. 124:7-8).

There are solutions to life that we don’t have and questions about life that we can’t answer. God is there to give solutions and to answer questions. He will amaze you with His problem-solving and answers! He has the ability to take the most complex situation in our lives and turn it around for our good! What a mighty God we serve! He will never leave or forsake us; He proves Himself time and time again!

Can’t you hear Jesus’ words to Martha: “But the Lord answered her, “Martha, Martha, you are anxious and troubled about many things” (Luke 10:41 – ESV).  Like Martha’s sister, Mary, there are times when we are to put away the details and come sit at Jesus’ feet! We are to cast all our cares on Him. He cares for us! This day has enough to deal with, so don’t give undue thought about tomorrow, but seek God’s kingdom (Matt. 6:33-34). We are not to be anxious about anything, but our cares should be given over to Jesus as we pray (Phil. 4:6-7).

He that has ears to hear, let him hear!

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Independent from God!


 

For in him we live, and move and have our being…
(Acts 17:28)

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THIS IS MAN!

Look at how God has created us. We have the capacity to think, and to reason, and make decisions that affect us and those around us! We have only to look around and see the inventions that were initially conceived in the minds and thoughts of mankind. We have created cars for transportation, medicines to improve health, and governing bodies to maintain order and safety. People have made many of these types of contributions that reach into our lives and have made positive impacts to benefit all. You need not look far and you will realize that God has given you and me abilities, as well. We are barbers and cooks, inventors and gardeners, steel workers and truck drivers. In America, we can independently pursue our dreams and have the freedom to walk down our own paths! It is these very paths of freedom that can lead to dangers of becoming independent of the God who created us for His glory and wants us to consistently acknowledge Him as we use those gifts.

THE DANGER OF BEING INDEPENDENT!

God has given us this world to enjoy and to make godly and positive contributions in, and yet many WILLINGLY have sought paths that lead away from Him (Rom. 1:25). It’s becoming apparent that just simply being preoccupied with our own independence (and without great dependence on God) can cause us to drift from God’s will for our lives! There are so many things we can pursue independently of God. It is true that independent people are driven, but not always Spirit driven!

“This only have I found: God created mankind upright,
but they have gone in search of many schemes.”
(Ecc. 7:29)

We see a confident man by the name of Saul as he travelled on a road to Damascus. He also travelled to different places to persecute Christians. He was a man that was independent of God. He later was given the name Paul, and through many trials, came to know Jesus and realize that he was a servant of Jesus Christ. He took time — by the Spirit — to write these words:

For in him we live, and move and have our being…
(Acts 17:28)

We, like Paul, must come to a place that we realize every ability we have, God gave us! The gifts we have are to be used to be of assistance to others. Being both independent and having gifts is a thing of the past. God is wanting the body of Christ to be dependent on Him and on one another.

THE APOSTLE PAUL’S EXPERIENCE

The apostle Paul went from an independent man to a man who totally yearned for God’s will for his life. Here are the words he wrote:

I have suffered the loss of all things, and do
count them but dung, that I may win Christ.
(Phil. 3:8)

His dependency on God reach a new high, as he wrote these words to comfort the church at Corinth:

But we had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should
not trust in ourselves, but in God which raiseth the dead.
(II Cor. 1:9)

What dependence Paul had, and yet, he used his skills and abilities to minister to the churches. What’s your contribution to the body? It seems, during wartime, all soldiers fight, that we might please Him who has called us to be soldiers (II Tim. 2:4)!

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