and so this would be part three
then there was talking about intimacy.
the main thing is to follow Jesus.
in everything to follow Jesus.
one of the many good sentences I heard during the weekend was : religion is when you define intimacy with prayer, Bible etc. nowadays there is a danger for this "worship-culture", do you know what I mean? many people might think worshipping Jesus is when you go to a meeting, lift your hands up and sing. (I am not saying here that its a bad thing to do so, but if you limit worship to that, then something might be wrong..) it says in the ephesians: in order that we, who were the first to hope in Christ, might be for the praise of his glory.
thats a thought, just to BE for the praise of His glory.
so I can actually be intimate with Jesus holistically.
Jesus said that he only does what he sees the Father doing,
so could I maybe learn to do the things I see Jesus doing?
being intimate with him in action as well.
during the time in prague my eyes were a bit opened to see how much
legalism and religion really do affect my life and thinking. how easily I slip
into doing things for God, rather than really concentrate on Him.
its not about" doing christianity", its about being in Christ at all times.
like Paul writes in phil 3 that everything that would be for his profit he
counts as loss for the sake of Christ.
I would really welcome a fresh revelation of the cross every day. .
and maybe the sucject of dying to self walks hand in hand with intimacy.
at some point in prague Joy shared a good Bible passage concerning this,
its from exodus 33, where Moses asks God to reveal His glory to him.
and God says that no one can see him and live.
also Ive heard a teaching of the passage from numbers 12:3 where it says:
Now Moses was a very humble man, more humble than anyone else on the face of the earth.
I heard that the word humble which is used here in hebrew is the kind, that if you read it backwords it means dead. so moses was the most dead person. maybe it had something to do with the fact that really did see God. (by the way, in the same teaching I heard a good thought about humility. humility isnt a gift or a quality, its a constant choice. something to learn again..)
the main thing is to follow Jesus.
in everything to follow Jesus.
one of the many good sentences I heard during the weekend was : religion is when you define intimacy with prayer, Bible etc. nowadays there is a danger for this "worship-culture", do you know what I mean? many people might think worshipping Jesus is when you go to a meeting, lift your hands up and sing. (I am not saying here that its a bad thing to do so, but if you limit worship to that, then something might be wrong..) it says in the ephesians: in order that we, who were the first to hope in Christ, might be for the praise of his glory.
thats a thought, just to BE for the praise of His glory.
so I can actually be intimate with Jesus holistically.
Jesus said that he only does what he sees the Father doing,
so could I maybe learn to do the things I see Jesus doing?
being intimate with him in action as well.
during the time in prague my eyes were a bit opened to see how much
legalism and religion really do affect my life and thinking. how easily I slip
into doing things for God, rather than really concentrate on Him.
its not about" doing christianity", its about being in Christ at all times.
like Paul writes in phil 3 that everything that would be for his profit he
counts as loss for the sake of Christ.
I would really welcome a fresh revelation of the cross every day. .
and maybe the sucject of dying to self walks hand in hand with intimacy.
at some point in prague Joy shared a good Bible passage concerning this,
its from exodus 33, where Moses asks God to reveal His glory to him.
and God says that no one can see him and live.
also Ive heard a teaching of the passage from numbers 12:3 where it says:
Now Moses was a very humble man, more humble than anyone else on the face of the earth.
I heard that the word humble which is used here in hebrew is the kind, that if you read it backwords it means dead. so moses was the most dead person. maybe it had something to do with the fact that really did see God. (by the way, in the same teaching I heard a good thought about humility. humility isnt a gift or a quality, its a constant choice. something to learn again..)
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Laura sää puhut huisin hyvin englantia!
enhän mä täällä puhu, kun kirjotan :)
Vihdoinki oli aikaa lukee sun ajatuksia prahan reissusta oikeen ajan kanssa! Hauskaa kuulla (tai siis nähdä..) mitä mietit. Toivottavasti nähdään pian! :)
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