Overwhelming Joy

Joshua 5:13-15 Remain in the quiet place of God's presence.

Earnestly and diligently desire the voice of God!

Listen and be an available vessel for God.

God uses the unusual to accomplish the impossible.

Psalm 81:1-16

Worship Him!

Seek Him Only!

Listen to Him!

Open yourself up to Receive Him!

Enjoy an abundant life here on earth until eternity.

Midweek Motivation - God Most Gracious

Song - "Grace Greater Than All Our Sin" by Bob Kauflin

1 Corinthians 15:9-11 - God does what He does by Grace. Each of us is what we are by God's Grace. We should let others be what they are by God's Grace.

"We should get a hold of ourselves if we begin to get ahead of God." P. Sherrer

Psalm 67:1-7; Psalm 68

Zechariah 12:10; Hebrews 10:29; Isaiah 11:2; 1 Peter 4:10

Charles Swindoll - Charles Swindoll Study Bible

Jen Wilkin - In His Image

Joshua chapters 6, 7, and 8

Joshua 6:18 "Keep yourselves from the things devoted to destruction."

Joshua 7:13 "There are devoted things in your midst, O Israel."

1 Corinthians 10:13

Hosea 6:1-2 and verse 6

James 1:14-15

Proverbs 28:13

Rationalization vs Reconciliation

Midweek Motivation - God Most Merciful

1 Peter 1:3-16 WOW! What wonderful promise in His Word!

Deuteronomy 4:31

Table Talk with my daughter, Madison.

Deuteronomy 10:12-13 "What does the Lord your God require of you, but to fear the Lord your God, to walk in all His ways, to love Him, to serve the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul, and to keep the commandments and statutes of the Lord, which I am commanding you today for your good."

Psalm 66:16 - "Come and hear, all you who fear God, and I will tell what He has done for my soul."

Luke 9:23 - "And He (Jesus) said to all, "If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me."

What is your daily discipline?

What is your spiritual growth since conversion?

Are you in consistent communication with God?

Are you in deep communion with God?

Psalm 73:1 - "Truly God is good to Israel, to those who are pure in heart."

Psalm 73:16 & 17 - "But when I thought how to understand this, it seemed to me a wearisome task, until I went into the sanctuary of God; then I discerned their end.

Are you seeking to meet with God in His sanctuary?

Psalm 73:28 - "But for me it is good to be near God; I have made the Lord God my refuge, that I may tell of all your works."

Midweek Motivation: God Is Just

Just = fairness aligned with God's Holiness

Grace = receiving something undeserved

Mercy = not receiving something we deserve

Do you trust God's Justness?

Titus 2:11-14 Live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives in the present age.

Deuteronomy 4:23 The Lord your God is a consuming fire, a jealous God.

Deuteronomy 6:1-19 Do you love the Lord your God with all your heart, soul, and might?

Jen Wilkin - In His Image

Charles Swindoll - The Swindoll Study Bible

Are you delighted or distracted?

Luke 10:38-42

God is our portion. In Hebrew, "portion" is our "inheritance".

Psalm 16:5; Lamentations 3:24; Psalm 73:26; Numbers 18:20

As a daughter of The King, is your first priority to be in relationship with Him?

To learn from Him?

To have an overflow from Him?

To work only out of His overflow?

Do you seek Him in prayer? Luke 11:1-4

Psalm 76:1-12 "Happy people are those who are filled with the knowledge of God which fills their hearts." Matthew Henry

Psalm 76:11 Are you given yourself in surrender to God?

Romans 12:1 "Present yourself a living sacrifice."

Allow your true emotions to lead you to God's Truth and His character!

God Most Good - 1 John 1:5, Genesis 1:31, Psalm 106:1, Titus 3:4-5, James 1:17

Take a break, use a spiritual checklist, and refocus your walk with God.

Luke 6:43-45 FRUIT CHECK

This will guide us to examine what comes out of our mouth and therefore our heart.

Luke 6:46-49 FOUNDATION CHECK

This will guide us to examine how strong we stand in the face of adversity.

Luke 7:1-10 FAITH CHECK

This will guide us to examine how our faith is in God's sight.

Allow your true emotions to lead you to God's Truth and God's character.

Agape is the word used to describe the love of God.

Eros is the word used to describe romantic love.

Philia is the word used to describe brother-sister love or love shared between peers.

Storge is the word used to describe a parent's love for a child.

Agape love - Romans 5:8, Luke 6:35, 1 Corinthians 13:4-8