Warming God's Heart
Before I begin, I have a few notices that got missed:
(Insert quote from Adrian Plass "Sacred Diary of Adrian Plass, Christian Speaker Aged 45 3/4" p77-79)
I want to talk about ...
... the downward direction from God to the worshipper.
God desires our worship. From the very first, God's people were involved in worship of their God. The first argument was over correct worship. Able ...
... about the threads that supposedly make up a good Christian walk.
We are to spend quality time in God's word; spend a number of hours in prayer (for our Pentecostal and charismatic brethren this must include ...
... possibilities of the launch of a new phase of ministry.
I continued my walk out of the labyrinth. I felt a real sense of God's acceptance of me and this process of moving on in ministry. I felt a real ...
... began by saying, "I use a very simple method. I draw a small circle on the ground, I take the money I throw it in the air and anything that lands in the circle is mine and the rest is God's."
The Catholic ...
... seeing the King for a month, by being in the center of God's purpose, by simply being instead of doing, the King recognized her and held out the scepter to her.
I think we miss what that meant. The scepter ...
... person can bring. Just beginning.
- As we begin to be a different church with different expressions of God's love in this building and beyond, what assumptions will we have to see past?
- We can ...
... the need to be open to the flow of God's Spirit in challenging our beliefs and practise with the need to be true to the orthodox faith?
4) How valid is the "remnant" theology which suggests that for any ...
... or measures of revival.
Revival for them was the outpouring of God's grace, an increased measure of the Holy Spirit at work in their ministries. Just as salvation was something that they could in no way ...
... effusions of God's Spirit in these parts.' (ibid)
Note they were emphasising two things - a continuity with normal ministry and an increase in response. In their normal ministries they saw the move of ...
... All symbolic of purity.
- The hoe to bury excrement in a foot deep hole, apron to cover the private parts so as not to offend the emanations of God's brilliance the sun and the robe the garment of the ...
... began
- they decided disputes between the people
- by divine intervention they also protected and delivered God's people from their oppressors
- Theirs was a very charismatic leadership - God empowered, ...
... static because it was taken and reused again and again to meet the new situations God's people found themselves in.
- Should be seen more in terms of preachers sermon notes...
New Testament time of ...
... by the head of the household - Gen 22
- however this meant that at times a number of other Gods were worshiped cf Gen 35
- During the wilderness/exodus period the distinctive cultus was formed
- ...
... gained both Depth and Breadth. Breadth as all the leaders were involved down to the leaders of hundreds, and depth as people gave beyond reason. As a result of the stated vision of building "God's House", ...
... of issues, a messenger of God. They continually compare the church to the vision and also the standard of the Bible. They are called more than any other office to be independent and to be God's representative. ...
... Y
1) Elder: Zaqen - Old, Aged, Bearded
a) Ex 17:1-7
· What is the role of the elders?
· Is their role secular or spiritual leadership?
· Are they aligned with God's vision?
b) Ex 19:1-8
· ...