At the Conference

We got to the conference late afternoon Friday. After setting up our rooms and walking to dinner (some of us taking the longer route:), we went to the first session. It was a powerful teaching on repentance, God’s glory, and holiness. The lights were dim, and God sent a thunderstorm to back up the anointed teaching on His majesty. There simply are not words to describe the greatness of God’s character that was revealed to us that evening.

What we learned through the weekend-

Useful definition: Flirting is drawing attention to myself.

We have entered a covenant with the King of kings: He gave His life for us, and requires our life in return.

It is the life that has no time for trifling that counts. Amy Carmichael

No matter the outcome to us, even if it were hell, God deserves all the glory that comes from our full obedience and surrender.

Inactivity or entertainment is not rest and refreshment. These only come from Christ. “The times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord.” Acts 3:19b

We may be able to get to Heaven without the extreme and full surrender asked of us, but that is not the point. Our Lord Christ deserves our all and everything. In the light of His sacrifice, nothing we give can compare to the glory He deserves. Our joy in giving back to Him surpasses any enjoyment we might get out of what we hold back.

We must trust God to fulfill the desires that He has given us, pleading with Him in prayer.

The Christian life is not about us. (So simple, yet so hard to grasp.)

God’s desire is the poor, hungry, sick and needy; what He desires is worth my life.

I have a claim to all of Christ; He has a claim to all of me.