We are all immature in the beginning of our walk with God
If you feel weak & adored = you will live a life of love for God
The wrath of God has been quenched by Jesus
We know God loves us, but does he enjoy us?
He knows me better than I know me
We want to follow him but sometimes our immaturity won't let us
God is most glorified in me when I am most satisfied in him!
We love him because he loved us first
He professes his love for us although he knows we will fail
Love is prefected in us when we cast out fear and condemnation of our father
The only way to break shame is by the father's love!
Luke 15: He wants us home with him, he takes us back no matter what, we are still part of the inheritance, he is full of mercy, we bring him pleasure.
Micah 7: Delight in mercy
We need a POWER (where he comes and loves us well) encounter with God
Weak or willing? Strong or Rebellious? Which one are you?
The more you hold the harder it is to back off
We will suffer because of what God gives us to handle
Have courage to get through the suffering
You signed up to compete with rules (bible)
When you said yes to this call you said yes to suffering
Grace = when you get something you don't deserve
Suffer well
We signed up for the WAR AND THE ARMY not just the Army...
Enjoy God in your suffering
Fight long-term
God is our great reward
Keep the faith well - Fight with endurance - Have a vision to finish well
When you suffer as a christian - CELEBRATE!
We associate with Jesus so our friends may not like us because we are not like them
We're yoked with Jesus
We suffer for God's gain
He keeps us weak so we won't become arrogant with the gifts he gives us
Weakness keeps us humble
When I am strong I don't have the power of God in me only through weakness
He is more valuable than everything
Don't think it's strange when you suffer
Be willing to be willing to go!
Weak broken people will change nations
Heaven is coming to earth!
Lift your vision!
Preach the word - Be sober minded always - Endure suffering - Do the work of an evangelist - Fulfil your ministry
When God's vision is displayed, his purpose is fulfilled
If we never fall, we would never know the attributes of God.
We are his beloved
We are most longing when we are most satisfied
Be more in love with the man rather than the wedding day
God is commited to my joy
Honor him through your delight not through your duty
Worship will only be intense as you're glory experience
Your will is subject to your physical needs
No one will please God in the flesh only the blood
Behavior follows the heart
What you behold you become
Why do I have a desire for God? - He wounded us on the inside
Satan belittles the glory of God
God magnifies his glory!
People will give all they have when they know he is the treasure
Salvation is a means the end is the Glory of God
God's greatest gift to us is himself = greatest act of love!
So I have bolded some of these because they are some of the ones that affected me more than the others. We need to be weak so that he can build us up. When we are weak we are most vulnerable in him. Some Christians think that oh sweet now I'm going to heaven so I don't have to worry about anything now. NO that's not it. The people who do that just sign up for the army and some train and learn more but they arn't in it for the war. When we actually do go to war we need the weak people that God is going to make strong and say hey follow them. We need to trust in him to raise up leaders.
"Who you hang out with you become..." Have you ever heard that saying before? I have and it's true. When you hang out with the cool kids you will over time become like them, if you hang out with the pot smoking drinking until you don't know who you are type of people you will most likely become like them. Catch my drift? So when you hang with Jesus you most likely will become like him which is what he wants! He wants you to come to him crying and without energy that is when I feel most close to God when I have no energy or words or when I've been thinking about a lot and most when I'm crying. He will just take you in his arms and comfort you. It's like when you scrap your knee when your young and your dad just takes you in his lap and you tell him everything that happend and he just listens holding you then eventually he is crying because he hates to see you hurting and he wants to take the pain away. God does take the pain away. He won't let you off his lap until every wound is healed and when you stop crying. He just wants to love on you. He wants to get you ready to fight the fight and to Finish Well. We need to finish well, when you prepare for a race you stay focused and all the coaches say finish well that's what your goal is, when you are weak and tired you need to rely on things that will get you through to the end and finish well.
We have to enjoy God also. We love him yes but do you like him? Do you enjoy him? He loves us but does he enjoy us? The answer is yes. It's just like in a relationship with a man or woman here on earth. But we go the other way we like them first then move into loving them and then you have to ask your self if you enjoy them? That's why I think some people are more excited about the wedding day than the actual marriage. So much time and effort goes into one day but what about the rest of your life?
That kind of plays into the Lift your vision point. That means we need to have a vision of where God wants us to go and of what God's vision is. Where is our world headed in the next 10 years? Where is our generation taking us? What are people thinking? What is your worldview? Where do you see yourself going? I honestly don't know where I am going I'm just trusting in God to point me in the right direction and for him to send me wherever because I'm willing to go. I encourage all of you who read this to just think about all this and to pray about it may be God will reveal something to you that you had no idea about. Something about his vision that you play apart in, that without you it wouldn't work. We are all part of the body although we are different parts, we are all needed to make it complete.
I hope all of you are well and hopefully staying warm, with all the Christmas shopping and decorating going on hopefully not to stressful! It's about 70 here today so nice and sunny, it's been rainy the past week so it's nice to see that the sun is still part of the sky. God Bless you all!
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