Following His lead

God doesn't need us ... period

Take aways from today's lecture on "Hearing God's Voice"

- We are spending time with God here at the University of Nations to be sent out. There is no returning home. If we do go home, we are being sent home. 
 
- Mission is a fancy word for being sent out. We will all go out, and we are all missionaries. 
 
- To become a mission, planning does not work. You have to live there first. You have to know the people, know the city, know the culture before you go. 
 
- Don't go home and tell people what great things you will do. 
 
- How do you prepare for a mission? one step at a time. Don't jump. Don't run or you will hurt yourself and others. The key is hearing God's voice. 
 
- God doesn't need our money, God doesn't need our ability, God doesn't need us period. Because He can do anything. He created the world. He is almighty. He doesn't need us to proclaim the gospel. He wants us to participate in His work for our benefit. God doesn't need workers. So why does God call us? Why does He call us to DTS, Why does he send us out? Why does God give us a heart to go out to nations? 
 
- Wrong understanding of the Bible. We hear many times that even if i was the only person on earth, God would still send his son Jesus to die for us. No where in the bible does it say that. 
 
- What makes me valuable to God? What makes me valuable? It is ONLY because God loves you that you are valuable. Only in the eyes of God, not to us. Others can hurt us, if we know we are valuable to God, we can even forgive and love our enemies. 
 
- The fear of the Lord is the start of the knowledge of God. Not the love of God.  Imagine, that fearful God loves us! oh my! That fearful God, the God that killed nations, came as a non-threatening carpenter, an approachable person to die for us. 
 
- Always put on a filter when listening to the lectures. the filter is the bible. Always have a question mark about the teachings, not to doubt, but to grow deeper in the Lord. 
 
- So how do we feel God's love? do what children do... how do children learn about their parent's love? they play around their parents, they involve everything. Involve God in everything we do. 
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