A warm welcome!
Here you will find all the information about our Gottes Haus school of faith, teaching videos to deepen the individual topics and the possibility to register as a participant.
If it is your desire to grow personally and continually in faith and to understand spiritual connections better or if you want to lead people in your personal environment as sustainably as possible into a process of discipleship , the material presented here will certainly be helpful for you.
"The Way" contains numerous stages on fundamental topics such as "Identity", "Hearing God's Voice" or "Freedom from demonic burdens". Each of these lessons has various additional tasks and impulses meant to encourage you to become spiritually active yourself and to seize all that God has for you.
Participation in the school of faith as well as the individual books (incl. shipping within Germany, Austria and Switzerland) are free of charge.
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Please note: This is not evangelistic material and is not intended for distribution or for passing on indiscriminately to others.
It is designed for personal study for new converts and for interested Christians – for example within a cell group.
In the following video, Philipp and Martin tell you how the project "The Way" came into being, what content is taught and what you can do to make the best use of this school of faith for yourself.
Important Notes
To complete the individual stages of "The Way", a few additional tasks and impulse questions are to be worked through in each case. You will find these at the end of each stage. This also includes reading a few chapters from the Bible and engaging with thematically fitting videos.
You should take at least 7 days to work through one stage and keep reflecting on the current content in prayer and tackle the activations and additional tasks. Less than 7 days would be too short, because you are not merely to store all this in your head but to take it into your heart. Of course, you are welcome to allow yourself more time, especially if certain content challenges you.
For the reading task we have put together a Bible reading plan for you, in which you read different sections of the Bible in parallel. In this way you will quickly discover larger contexts and thematic connections in the Word of God, and after just a few stages you will notice that your knowledge of the Bible has become more comprehensive.
Accordingly, depending on how you organize your time, you have one to one and a half chapters of the Bible to read per day in order to complete the additional task.
If you ever do not understand a passage, that is no problem. Bear in mind that this task is initially about following the broad lines of the Word of God, from creation, through the longing of the people of Israel for a savior, to the death and resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ and His imminent return.
You do not have to fully grasp every detail you encounter while reading. Just keep reading; much will gradually become clear to you. In addition, many points are addressed in the following stages of the school of faith.
Overview of Section 1
First things first!
Did you know that you can really hear God's voice? Did you know that God wants to free you completely from the trauma of the past? And did you know that He will lead you victoriously through life if you follow Him?
In "The Way – The School of Faith of Gottes Haus" you discover week by week the magnificent promises of a life of following Jesus Christ and learn to lead a life in true freedom.
Beginning with the first steps, you discover the most important basics and, through various stages and sections of the path, keep moving forward on your journey of faith and into a deeper relationship with Jesus.
The Way – a unique school of faith for the brilliant path of life that God has prepared for you.
God has more for you!
I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.
John 14:6
Contents of Section 1
Introduction: The Way
Foreword: It Is in Your Hand
Stage 1: Conversion
Path section 1: The question of relationship
Path section 2: White bed sheets
Path section 3: In search of the black box
My personal decision for Jesus Christ
Tasks Stage 1
Stage 2: Baptism
An Engagement and a Death
Tasks Stage 2
Overview of Section 2
What You Absolutely Need to Know
This 2nd volume of the Gottes Haus school of faith is about central content on which you can build further in order to lay a good foundation of faith. The first "stone" that must sit firmly is a question consisting of three short words: "Who are you?"
How you answer this question will determine the direction of your whole life. Who are you really? And what does that do to your thinking and acting? Let's find out!
The further stages, which deal with the baptism in the Holy Spirit and Communion, also form important foundations for the following sections.
The Way – a unique school of faith for the brilliant path of life that God has prepared for you.
God has more for you!
Show them the way in which they must walk and the work they must do.
Exodus 18:20
Contents of Section 2
Preliminary remark
Stage 3: Identity (Part 1) – Who do you actually think you are?
Path section 1: A new creation / The righteousness of God in person
Path section 2: A spirit of sonship
Path section 3: Holy, blameless and beyond reproach before His face
Tasks Stage 3
Stage 4: Identity (Part 2) – What God says about you
Tasks Stage 4
Stage 5: Baptism in the Spirit (Part 1) – The power you really need
Tasks Stage 5
Stage 6: Baptism in the Spirit (Part 2) – Release the power
Tasks Stage 6
Stage 7: Identity (Part 3) – Body, soul, spirit
Tasks Stage 7
Stage 8: Communion – True food, true drink
Tasks Stage 8 1
My Daily Confession of Faith
Overview of Section 3
Decisive Truths
The third section leads you onto the battlefield of the mind – a battleground on which you should definitely be able to live victoriously. You will learn that not every thought you think is your own. You will also learn how to distinguish the good thoughts from the demonic ones and how to lead a life of true freedom. Further decisive truths that then come into focus are the Word of God, the power of your words and the necessity of forgiveness.
All this central content, together with the previous sections, forms the foundation for the following teaching units, and you should keep coming back to it whenever needed.
The Way – a unique school of faith for the brilliant path of life that God has prepared for you.
God has more for you!
For the LORD knows the way of the righteous, but the way of the ungodly shall perish.
Psalm 1:6
Contents of Section 3
Preliminary remark
Stage 9: Hearing God's Voice – You can hear Him!
Tasks Stage 9
Stage 10: The Battlefield of the Mind – Take authority over your thinking
Tasks Stage 10
Stage 11: Food for Your Inner Man – How you can read the Bible
Tasks Stage 11
Stage 12: Just Empty Words? – Words have power
Tasks Stage 12
Stage 13: Guard Your Heart – Forgive everything, always and everyone
Tasks Stage 13
Stage 14: Conclusion of Sections 1 to 3 – An important milestone
Tasks Stage 14
20 Positive Statements of Faith
My Daily Proclamation for Protection
Overview of Section 4
Free from the Past
Section 4 concerns an extremely important and challenging area of our life of faith. It is about deliverance – both from things of the past that want to hold you back, and from demonic bondage that tries to divert you from the way.
If you successfully pass through the stages contained in this book, you will see that you can be completely and permanently free from destructive soulish relationships and from the activities of demonic powers.
This practical and eye-opening section will truly move you forward. Together with the first three sections, it forms a stable foundation for your healthy spiritual growth.
The Way – a unique school of faith for the brilliant path of life that God has prepared for you.
God has more for you!
See if there is any way of toil in me, and lead me in the everlasting way!
Psalm 139:24
Contents of Section 4
Preliminary remark
Stage 15: Your New Name – It is time to lay aside old labels
Tasks Stage 15
Stage 16: Free from Destructive Soulish Relationships – Breaking wrong ties
Tasks Stage 16
Stage 17: The Intentions of the enemy – What are you focusing on?
Tasks Stage 17
Stage 18: Doors Open to the enemy? – What gives demonic forces access – and how to close this access again
Tasks Stage 18
Stage 19: Can Christians Even Have demons? – On the importance of resisting the devil
Tasks Stage 19
Stage 20: Free from Demonic Burdens – How you become truly free
Tasks Stage 20
Stage 21: Conclusion of Section 4 – Staying permanently free
Tasks Stage 21
Overview of Section 5
Brilliant Gifts: the Gifts of the Spirit
They lie before us as on a richly laid table: God's brilliant gifts – the gifts of the Holy Spirit. The Lord makes them available to us with great joy, so false modesty is absolutely out of place here!
But what exactly is a word of knowledge? Why is prophecy so important? And what do I need to keep in mind when using the gifts of the Spirit? These are some of the questions answered in this section.
We all need to develop a spiritual readiness to actively seize what the Lord wants to give us. For only then can we, fully equipped as children of the Most High, be a living testimony in a time like this.
The Way – a unique school of faith for the brilliant path of life that God has prepared for you.
God has more for you!
With all my ways you are acquainted.
Psalm 139:3
Contents of Section 5
Preliminary remark
Stage 22: Divine Gifts - A supernatural healing
Tasks Stage 22
Stage 23: Get to Know the Gifts of the Spirit (Part 1) – Supernatural gifts of God
Tasks Stage 23
Stage 24: Get to Know the Gifts of the Spirit (Part 2) – The Lord has placed more in you than you realize
Tasks Stage 24
Stage 25: Before You Start… – Given to build the Kingdom of God
Tasks Stage 25
Stage 26: Activate Your Gifts – Boldly forward… and no fear of mistakes
Tasks Stage 26
Stage 27: Conclusion of Section 5 – How you can keep growing
Tasks Stage 27
Overview of Section 6
Sanctification as a Lifestyle
Permanent freedom from bondages and negative habits is possible through the working of the Holy Spirit – that is the core message of the sixth volume of the Gottes Haus school of faith.
A lifestyle of sanctification is extremely liberating – but it only works if we do not attempt it in our own strength! Jesus is the author and finisher of our faith. Therefore, in the stages ahead we train one thing above all: letting go and trusting the Lord.
This encouraging section unfolds surprisingly differently than you might expect. For true sanctification is not strain and religious compulsion, but real freedom and joy.
The Way – a unique school of faith for the brilliant path of life that God has prepared for you.
God has more for you!
Wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction , and many enter through it. How narrow is the gate and how hard the way that leads to life , and few are those who find it!
Matthew 7:13-14
Contents of Section 6
Preliminary remark
Stage 28: What About Holiness? – It is not irrelevant how we live
Tasks Stage 28
Stage 29: How Sanctification "Works" – A life in the light of His glory
Tasks Stage 29
Stage 30: Laying Aside – But How? – The result of a living relationship
Tasks Stage 30
Stage 31: Watch Your Steps – How you can walk in the Spirit
Tasks Stage 31
Stage 32: Conclusion of Section 6 – The goal: becoming ever more like Jesus
Tasks Stage 32
Overview of Section 7
God's Word – Living, Sharp and Active
The Bible is God's living Word; there is no book in this world that even comes close. It is unique and breathes the Spirit of God, for it was inspired by Him. What exactly that means is what we want to find out in the seventh section of the Gottes Haus school of faith.
The world is full of deception, lies and false prophets who want to lead us away from the path of life. But if we are deeply grounded in the Word of God, we will successfully complete our race of faith.
Therefore, in this volume we want to work on making the truth of the Bible permanently the undisputed foundation of our whole life. If we do this, we will reach the goal.
The Way – a unique school of faith for the brilliant path of life that God has prepared for you.
God has more for you!
Your word is a lamp to my feet, a light to my path.
Psalm 119:105
Contents of Section 7
Preliminary remark
Stage 33: The Only Standard – God's Word – the infallible authority of our life
Tasks Stage 33
Stage 34: Become a Person of the Word – Delight in the commandments and seize His promises
Tasks Stage 34
Stage 35: Abide in His Word – Permanently and steadfastly in hearing and doing
Tasks Stage 35
Stage 36: The Perfect Beauty of the Word – A book like no other
Tasks Stage 36
Stage 37: When Push Comes to Shove – Our faith put to the test
Tasks Stage 37
Stage 38: Conclusion of Section 7 – An attitude of humility toward the Word of God
Tasks Stage 38
Overview of Section 8
The Letter to the Ephesians Verse by Verse
It was a special moment for the disciples when Paul's letter arrived at the church in Ephesus. With great attention they listened to the tremendous revelations about their identity and God's will for their lives.
To this day, this content has lost none of its central significance for the life of a follower of Jesus.
In Section 8 of the Gottes Haus school of faith, with the verse-by-verse study you get to know a new method of Bible reading with which you can make larger portions of the Word of God fruitful for your life in a profitable way. In doing so, you acquire another important tool for the path ahead of you as a follower of Jesus.
The Way – a unique school of faith for the brilliant path of life that God has prepared for you.
God has more for you!
Teach me your way, O LORD, and lead me on a level path because of my enemies!
Psalm 27:11
Contents of Section 8
Preliminary remark
Stage 39: Ephesians, Chapter 1 – How you can read a book of the Bible
Tasks Stage 39
Stage 40: Ephesians, Chapter 2 – Important truths about our life
Tasks Stage 40
Stage 41: Ephesians, Chapter 3 – Far more than we can ask
Tasks Stage 41
Stage 42: Ephesians, Chapter 4 – Walk worthily!
Tasks Stage 42
Stage 43: Ephesians, Chapter 5 – No fellowship with the works of darkness
Tasks Stage 43
Stage 44: Ephesians, Chapter 6 – Off to battle
Tasks Stage 44
Stage 45: Conclusion of Section 8 – What has become important to you?
Tasks Stage 45
Overview of Section 9
Free from the System of the World
Who actually rules this world and its nations? Money? God? The politicians? Or perhaps the devil after all? It is obvious that the answer to this question will have a considerable influence on our personal lifestyle.
In this part of the Gottes Haus school of faith, we want to take a precise look at the system of the world in the light of the Bible and find out exactly what it is and how it works. How are we as believers to position ourselves in this regard? Our stance toward the world is a central aspect of our following of Jesus and of the greatest importance.
The Way – a unique school of faith for the brilliant path of life that God has prepared for you.
God has more for you!
He leads me in paths of righteousness for his name's sake. Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me. You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; you have anointed my head with oil, my cup overflows.
Psalm 23:3-5
Contents of Section 9
Preliminary remark
Stage 46: What About Your Worldview? – Our perception put to the test of the Bible
Tasks Stage 46
Stage 47: Who Actually Rules the World? – An uncomfortable truth
Tasks Stage 47
Stage 48: Anti-Godly Structures – How satan controls the world system
Tasks Stage 48
Stage 49: The Limits of Our Obedience – We must obey God rather than men
Tasks Stage 49
Stage 50: Ambassadors of the Living God – In the midst of the world – not of the world
Tasks Stage 50
Stage 51: Ready for the Exodus? – Consequences for your personal situation
Tasks Stage 51
Stage 52: Conclusion of Section 9 – How you resist the spirit of the world system
Tasks Stage 52
Overview of Section 10
Basics of Spiritual Warfare
In this section of the Gottes Haus school of faith, we deal with the spiritual battle ordained for us as Christians. "The Way" leads us onto the battlefield of the spirit, on which every determined and devoted follower of Jesus has to stand firm and fight in his race of faith. One thing is clear: we do not fight on the natural level, but solely on the level of the spirit – and there we do not want to grant the enemy, satan, a single millimeter of ground.
What are the spiritual weapons we are to use? How can we stand firm in the evil day? What must we do in order to stand permanently (defense) and to advance victoriously (offense)? What about curses? And much more.
The Way – a unique school of faith for the brilliant path of life that God has prepared for you.
God has more for you!
I have fought the good fight, finished the race, kept the faith.
2 Timothy 4:7
Contents of Section 10
Preliminary remark
Stage 53: Battleship or Cruise Liner? – Examine your expectations
Tasks Stage 53
Stage 54: Battle Is Ordained for Us – A clear command of our commander
Tasks Stage 54
Stage 55: Shields Up! – Basics of defensive warfare
Tasks Stage 55
Stage 56: Back to Sender! – Warding off curses and spiritual attacks
Tasks Stage 56
Stage 57: Swords Out! – Basics of offensive spiritual warfare
Tasks Stage 57
Stage 58: Take Your Promised Land – You have everything you need
Tasks Stage 58
Stage 59: Conclusion of Section 10 – Never give up!
Tasks Stage 59