One key take away that I felt was necessary for me to highlight this week was humility in our approach to finding intimacy with God. Humility is key in hearing God's voice because He lends his ears to those who walk in righteousness (Peter 3:12) and gives to those that are humble (James 4:6).
When we are able to hear God's voice, we find intimacy, and intimacy is Everything that we need in our Christian walk. Miracles, healing, prophetic words exist so that we can find intimacy with God. Otherwise, He will simply say 'depart from me, I never knew you. (Matthew 7:23). I thoroughly enjoyed the fact that we put into practice how we practically can hear from God. Cheyne did an excellent job of showing us the ropes and I can't wait to embark on a whole another approach of my Christian walk. That he would help me know what to pray for, and I'm praying with Him, under His help, and that I'm also praying to Him. It's assuring to know I am not left alone to do this Christian life, but that Holy Spirit is closer than close. He lives in me.
My relationship with God is much more intimate. I can sense that because He has been telling me a lot of cool stuff about myself, I am able to feel His love more outwardly and am able to express myself of how I feel. One cool thing He showed me during Cheyne's lecture is that when I was listening to God, He gave me an image of a "beautiful picture" (that Ciara envisioned/prophesied) where I saw a beautiful home, beautiful nature in the background and a great big happy family. But the strange thing was that this picture turned into bronze color. I felt that God wanted me to bless me with a beautiful home, beautiful garden, and a truly happy family, and give it back/use it as an offering onto the Lord. Just like the bronze lamp, alter, and all the sacred offering onto the Lord was made of bronze in Exodus. I felt that He wanted me to raise my family to love the Lord and "give them up" as an offering onto Him. Another thing was during spontaneous worship, he gave me verse concerning my prayer request for what I should do when I get back. I was thinking about not taking leadership at my home church, but out of the blue, God showed me Philippians 1:24-26. It talks about remaining in the body of Christ so that others can come to boast in the name of Jesus as a result of Apostle Paul's good work. To me, it felt like He was telling me to stay in leadership and grow there for the sake of His people.
God has been setting me free of my old bad habits and bondage and I really don't know what to expect this upcoming week. At the same time, because this week was so powerful, I wish to rest well and process all the teachings. I love DTS so far and I'm excited to keep moving forward.
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