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We've been learning this week about the Father heart of God. It's been such a great week so far and I know it's only going to get better. Here's just a few points from lectures the past few days.-Jesus loves me, this I know. Get this wrong and you'll live a christian lifestyle. Get this right and you'll live a christian life.
-God's original intent was that we would walk with Him, know Him, and be known by Him.
-We should be comfortable with God's presence as we are comfortable with a Dad.
-You either live for or from your father's approval.
-Your heavenly father can give you what your earthly father never could.
-We should burn for God, but not burn out.
-If we don't expect much from God, he won't do much.
-God cannot change your past, but He can alter your future.
-The only way to get free from junk in your life is to go to Him first and let Him get rid of it. You shouldn't wait until you get rid of it to come to Him.
-The more creative you are, the more you must guard your mind because that's where the enemy will attack you.
-Quit living by emotion and live for what is true. Then your emotions will follow that truth.
-An imagination may be on e of the most powerful tools for good or for evil.
-When a person is deceived, they are deceived in their imagination.
-The enemy will use your senses to influence your imagination and manipulate your mind.
-When the devil reminds you of your past, remind him of his future.
-The devil is not creative, he is just a good liar. He uses two lies: 1. God didn't really say that. 2. You can be like God.
I've been reading more old testament lately, and today I was reading in Hosea and found this passage. You're gonna love it.
Hosea 2:14-20:
Therefore, behold, I will allure her, and bring her into the wilderness, and speak tenderly to her. And there I will give her her vineyards and make the Valley of Achor a door of hope. And there she shall answer as in the days of her youth, as at the time when she came out of the land of Egypt. And in that day, declares the LORD, you will call me 'My Husband,' and no longer will you call me 'My Baal.' For I will remove the names of the Baals from her mouth, and they shall be remembered by name no more. And I will make for them a covenant on that day with the beasts of the field, the birds of the heavens, and the creeping things of the ground. And I will abolish the bow, the sword, and war from the land, and I will make you lie down in safety. And I will betroth you to me forever. I will betroth you to me in righteousness and in justice, in steadfast love and in mercy. I will betroth you to me in faithfulness. And you shall know the LORD.
THIS IS SO WEIRD. Hosea 2 been my passage for the last few weeks. I've been reading the Old Testament too (because the way it works here, fall semester is for the OT and spring is for NT, so reading the Old Testament has felt a lot less like homework), and I read that passage about three weeks ago and completely fell in love with it. Especially the last couple of sentences. It's amazing. I'm glad you've been blessed by it too :)