Following His lead

My purpose in life is to bring joy to God's heart

Here are my take aways from Thursday's lecture

- What you believe about others, is what becomes. If you believe someone doesn't like you, that's what happens. We believe that God is who is Holy, Perfect and Almighty who is both creator and the judge of the universe and therefore who is feared by all creation. That God is at the same time a personal being, wants an intimate loving relationship with man and therefore we can communicate with God. Therefore we believe that it's important to learn to hearing His voice so that We can bring joy to his heart (our goal in life) by obeying God, fully (immediately & completely, which is the way we live), out of our intimate and passionate love for God. 

- If you are intimate with God, you are God's friend, and your prayers are effective. 

- A word about Holy. Holy means you are not effected (구별된). example,  I can meet with friends who drink and smoke or do drugs, but i do not drink and smoke with them. i am not effected by their ways. A great example our school leader gave was Bill Hybels of Willow Creek community church. He looks worldly, looks materialistic, looks upper middle class, looks professionalistic, but has God's heart. His heart, his lifestyle is seperate from materialistic group he is reaching out to. He lives a Holy life. 

- Doing Church ministry does not mean we live a holy life. sometimes we have the form, but not the heart. Man sees the outside, but God sees the heart. Man can judge only by the outside. The important thing is the motive of your heart. If ministry and serving in the church is more about reputation and power, you slip away from holiness.
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