I meant to post this a week ago but you know what they say, better late than never right? I wanted to post some lessons my heart has been learning. I know they’re in bullet point format but I hope at least one of them speaks to you!
Ø Learning not to leverage my self-righteous/superiority against other people.
Ø Praying for a heart that’s passionate about ministering to ALL people, both child and adult, Christian and non-Christian (even nominal Christians)
Ø Learning to runs towards the Light—where sin loses its power on me. Dancing in a field of freedom
Ø May I never forget that the blood of the lamb is upon me and power that comes in that
Ø “we know that we have come to know him if we obey his commands”—1 john 2:3 (God doesn’t need anything but our faithfulness; all he wants is our devotion)
Ø “This is how we know we are in him: Whoever claims to live in him must walk as Jesus did”—1 John 2:6 (Thankful that I GET to walk as Jesus did—that I even have the ability to attempt to do so!)
Ø IN CHRIST—is where I want to be; not establishing my own kingdom. I’m praying for an invasion—for territory in my heart to be taken over and established with a new banner of identity (throughout history when countries overtook other cities, a symbol of their victory and dominance over another land was to raise their country’s flag. Praying that the banner over me would be God’s love!)
Ø “But we know that when he appears, we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is. Everyone who has this hope in him purifies himself, just as he is pure”—1 John 3:3 (is my hope really in getting to see Jesus as he really is?!)
Ø Complacent Christians amuse me (including myself), often a lot of us grew up in church and have attempted to follow after Jesus with several years of our life, and yet we are still babies when it comes to the faith. We don’t have consistent prayer life, our devotion time is still weak even at its best, we aren’t passionate about the body and the beauty of the bride, we want to share our faith but many of us do a terrible job of even ATTEMPTING to do so and yet we look at some many “baby Christians” and feel superiority towards them because they don’t know as much as we do yet and that we’re “farther along in the spiritual journey” than them, WHEN REALLY, as much as we’d like to think we’re farther down the road than them we’re still just about a block a head. The difference between old nominal Christians and new Christians is quite marginal. If anything, the baby Christian is farther ahead due to his/her’s vibrant heart before the Lord that aware of their sinful condition and is in touch with the love of God in their life.
Ø Flawed attitude: came here expecting everyone to be world changers; had a standard for everyone. If you’re at leadership college—you should be able to pray out loud, you should be able to read your Bible (judged/got disappointed when I saw that people weren’t meeting this standard and didn’t feel sorry for them) “anyone who does not do what is right is not of God; nor is anyone who does not love his brother”—1 John 3:10
o “And this is his command: to believe in the name of his Son, Jesus Christ, and to love one another as he commanded us”—1 John 3:23 (WOW)
Ø When I pray and confess my sins I should always keep in the forefront of my mind that “the one who is in me is greater than the one who is in the world” so that I can understand the power/MAGNITUDE of what is indeed happening as Jesus is “faithful and just and forgives my sin and purifies me from all unrighteousness” WOW
o Garments of mourning to garments of praise
o He is the vine-dresser and is clothing me with life (compassion, humility, joy, love, peace, patience, kindness)
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