Hey everybody! I hope everyone had a good week and a great weekend! Wow, the teaching this week was incredible. We had a very well-known speaker, Jeff Pratt. He taught on the “Father Heart of God.” I learned so much but I will try to hit the main points of his teachings!
*God’s love for us is so immense and so great; we will never fully comprehend how much God loves us.
*Jesus took all the pain and the suffering for ME, so I wouldn’t have to feel that pain. HE LOVES US THAT MUCH!! I had such a revelation of God’s love for me this week. It was amazing and it’s still blowing my mind!!!
*”If loving God with all your heart, mind, soul and strength is the greatest commandment, then NOT dong it is the greatest sin”
*Jesus is LONGING to do LIFE with us, to be our FRIEND!!
*God loves us as we are RIGHT NOW, not as we think we should be!
*Brokenness is not a bad thing…it is knowing what our sins still do to the heart of God…
*What is your need for mercy?? What are the bricks around your heart separating you from feeling God’s love? We talked a lot about the different “bricks” around our hearts. A few are bitterness, pride, hurt and pain, guilt and shame and many more. We had a day where we completely “tore down” our bricks and cleansed our hearts. To say the least, it was amazing!
*Jesus’s blood can only cover what’s been UNCOVERED…when we humble ourselves in front of God and others and stretch out the “ugly parts” of our lives
*In dark seasons there are treasures to be found if we KEEP PURSING HIM!
*The greatest blessing of all is us DECREASING and GOD INCREASING.
Jeff Pratt was an amazing speaker and I could probably go on for a long time about what I learned this week! Here are a few verses that stuck out to me:
“If we are faithless, HE remains faithful, for HE cannot disown himself”
-2 TIMOTHY 2:13
“HE was pierced for our transgressions, HE was crushed for our inequities, the punishment that brought US peace was on HIM, by His wounds WE ARE HEALED”
-ISAIAH 53:5
--This week has been amazing. On Monday, we had our community outreach. My group went to an old peoples home. We played cards and talked to them, it was a lot of fun! On Wednesday, our downtown Denver evangelism got cancelled due to snow. On Friday, my small group tye dyed shirts and had a girls day! It was awesome! I’m so looking forward to next week! I know God is going to keep transforming my mind and my heart!! Thanks for your prayers and support, it means so much to me!
God bless you,
-Amy
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| View of the base from the back |
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| Hiking a few weeks ago overlooking Arvada! |
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| A piece of God's handiwork (: |
AMAZING amy! wow, God's revealing so much to you and it's incredible. I can see that you are growing so much! Never forget that God thinks you are beautiful, and no matter what you do, nothing will ever change that! He loves you sooo much!! I'm so happy for you and I know you are having so much fun :) Have a great week my best friend, I pray God will KEEP revealing His heart to you <3
ReplyDeletewith TONS of love,
A.