Hello everybody!
I can't believe it's already been 4 weeks here in YWAM Madison. So much has happened this week.
I would describe this week as one of the most serious weeks we've had so far. Serious because of the topics we have had teachings on and serious because of so many things happening.
I will start with our topics, we talked about this week!
First speaker for this week was Warren Keapprom and he spoke about our foundation. How we can't build our foundation based on others feelings, experiences. God doesn't have grandchildren, he has children. And here in DTS we have the opportunity to start over.
Kingdom of God is built by our loving God, on love and trust. We touched some bible verses like Matthew 7:24 where it speaks about building our house on rock.
Romans 12:2 "Do not be conformed to this present world, but be transformed by renewing of your mind, so that you may test and approve what is the will of God - what is good and well/pleasing and perfect."
What I really liked from all that Warren was talking was the fact that a lot of times people want to go to heaven, but don't want to know God. Our goal should be knowing the Father, and heaven should be the place He happens to be.
So if there would be no Heaven, would you still live for Jesus?
Because what is the point of going to heaven when He is not there.
So the question is:
Are you living for Heaven of God?
2 Corinthians 5:15 says: "And he died for all so that those who live should no longer live for themselves but for him who died for ghem and was raised."
Our second speaker was Dawn Borschers and she spoke about Fear of the Lord.
I really liked the topic she was talking on!
She spoke about healing because of all the things happening with some of the people. More about that later..
So in situations like that (sickness, death...) we should ask God what do you want to do in this situation? Who are you in the midst of it?
In this life we are going to be dissapointed, but are you gonna go through these times with God or without Him?
Some awesome bible verses about Fear of the Lord:
Psalm 33:8 "Let all the earth fear the Lord; let all the people of the world revere him."
Revelation 15:4 "Who will not fear you, O Lord, and bring glory to your name? For you alone are holy. All nations will come and worship before you, for your righteous acts have been revealed."
Proverbs 23:17 "Do not let your heart envy sinners, but always be zealous for the fear of the Lord."
A lot of times we want to bring God down to our standards, but we have to rise up to His standards and share God's value system!
Something God once told Dawn was : "Everyone else has opinions, but I have the truth"
So what matters, is what God is saying.
Isaiah 40 is also one of the coolest chapters we read this week.
Something what Dawn talked about the Fear of the Lord was that we need the Holy Spirit to break the bondage with our sin because we can't be in the presence of the Lord when sinning.. we feel unconfortable, when having junk in our heart.
So Psalm 86:11 says: "Teach me your ways, O Lord, and I will walk in your truth; give me an undivided heart, that I may fear your name."
Some ways to move thorwards fear of the Lord:
1.Our choice (recuires both: me - God)
2.Get honest (you are so busy pretending who you are, so you can't really take the next step forward)
3.Ask for God ("but taste and feel that the Lord is good.." Psalm 34)
4.Diligence (pursuing Him. Don't be a "spiritual couch potato." "I will give them singleness of heart and action, so that they will always fear me for their own good..I will assuredly plant them in this land with all my heart and soul." Jeremiah 32: 38-41)
5.Dealing with sin (confession-repentance-renounce-restitution. Conviction from God, guilt a gift from God; Condemnation from enemy as well as shame, a lot of times. Because when you feel guilty all the time, about everything, than something is wrong. When you deal with sin, your guilt should be taken away. Guilt a lot of times says: I made a mistake but Shame says: I am a mistake. God in the other hand says: I'll take it as far as east is from the west.
So we all can't deserve His Grace, but we are worthy of it!
I wanted to share with you why this week has also been sad and serious for us, and why I am sharing this is so that you may pray for our team, and for their families.
This week there has been a lot of sad news for some of our team members. I won't say any names for the respect for their families and for their privacy, but some of our team members lost one of their close ones and it all happened this week. So you can imagine that it has been hard on them and a lot of processing has been going on throughout the week.
I ask you to pray for our team, for God's peace and protection against enemies attacks!
Thank you for being here for me and supporting me!
Also some good news.. whoever hasn't heard yet:
My outreach will be in India from January to February!
I will send out newsletters about my outreach and how you may be involved in it so if you would like to get one newsletter, please let me know!
Love you guys,
Liis
I can't believe it's already been 4 weeks here in YWAM Madison. So much has happened this week.
I would describe this week as one of the most serious weeks we've had so far. Serious because of the topics we have had teachings on and serious because of so many things happening.
I will start with our topics, we talked about this week!
First speaker for this week was Warren Keapprom and he spoke about our foundation. How we can't build our foundation based on others feelings, experiences. God doesn't have grandchildren, he has children. And here in DTS we have the opportunity to start over.
Kingdom of God is built by our loving God, on love and trust. We touched some bible verses like Matthew 7:24 where it speaks about building our house on rock.
Romans 12:2 "Do not be conformed to this present world, but be transformed by renewing of your mind, so that you may test and approve what is the will of God - what is good and well/pleasing and perfect."
What I really liked from all that Warren was talking was the fact that a lot of times people want to go to heaven, but don't want to know God. Our goal should be knowing the Father, and heaven should be the place He happens to be.
So if there would be no Heaven, would you still live for Jesus?
Because what is the point of going to heaven when He is not there.
So the question is:
Are you living for Heaven of God?
2 Corinthians 5:15 says: "And he died for all so that those who live should no longer live for themselves but for him who died for ghem and was raised."
Our second speaker was Dawn Borschers and she spoke about Fear of the Lord.
I really liked the topic she was talking on!
She spoke about healing because of all the things happening with some of the people. More about that later..
So in situations like that (sickness, death...) we should ask God what do you want to do in this situation? Who are you in the midst of it?
In this life we are going to be dissapointed, but are you gonna go through these times with God or without Him?
Some awesome bible verses about Fear of the Lord:
Psalm 33:8 "Let all the earth fear the Lord; let all the people of the world revere him."
Revelation 15:4 "Who will not fear you, O Lord, and bring glory to your name? For you alone are holy. All nations will come and worship before you, for your righteous acts have been revealed."
Proverbs 23:17 "Do not let your heart envy sinners, but always be zealous for the fear of the Lord."
A lot of times we want to bring God down to our standards, but we have to rise up to His standards and share God's value system!
Something God once told Dawn was : "Everyone else has opinions, but I have the truth"
So what matters, is what God is saying.
Isaiah 40 is also one of the coolest chapters we read this week.
Something what Dawn talked about the Fear of the Lord was that we need the Holy Spirit to break the bondage with our sin because we can't be in the presence of the Lord when sinning.. we feel unconfortable, when having junk in our heart.
So Psalm 86:11 says: "Teach me your ways, O Lord, and I will walk in your truth; give me an undivided heart, that I may fear your name."
Some ways to move thorwards fear of the Lord:
1.Our choice (recuires both: me - God)
2.Get honest (you are so busy pretending who you are, so you can't really take the next step forward)
3.Ask for God ("but taste and feel that the Lord is good.." Psalm 34)
4.Diligence (pursuing Him. Don't be a "spiritual couch potato." "I will give them singleness of heart and action, so that they will always fear me for their own good..I will assuredly plant them in this land with all my heart and soul." Jeremiah 32: 38-41)
5.Dealing with sin (confession-repentance-renounce-restitution. Conviction from God, guilt a gift from God; Condemnation from enemy as well as shame, a lot of times. Because when you feel guilty all the time, about everything, than something is wrong. When you deal with sin, your guilt should be taken away. Guilt a lot of times says: I made a mistake but Shame says: I am a mistake. God in the other hand says: I'll take it as far as east is from the west.
So we all can't deserve His Grace, but we are worthy of it!
I wanted to share with you why this week has also been sad and serious for us, and why I am sharing this is so that you may pray for our team, and for their families.
This week there has been a lot of sad news for some of our team members. I won't say any names for the respect for their families and for their privacy, but some of our team members lost one of their close ones and it all happened this week. So you can imagine that it has been hard on them and a lot of processing has been going on throughout the week.
I ask you to pray for our team, for God's peace and protection against enemies attacks!
Thank you for being here for me and supporting me!
Also some good news.. whoever hasn't heard yet:
My outreach will be in India from January to February!
I will send out newsletters about my outreach and how you may be involved in it so if you would like to get one newsletter, please let me know!
Love you guys,
Liis
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