God cannot love us more than he does today

Knowing who I am in Christ means that I know there is always so much more to discover through my relationship in Christ.

The more I know about God the more I realise there is more to know

Seeking to be closer to God, the more I realise how big He is and how small I am.

In the time I spend with God I am aware that while God graciously accepts me as I am, His desire is for me to become more like Him.

Joy in our significance does not come from being recognized as an individual, but from seeing the

magnificent beauty of His whole church knit together and working properly. Stuart Lees

““The Church cannot function at its maximum strength The Church cannot function at its maximum strength unless I have taken my place in it and am operating at full unless I have taken my place in it and am operating at full capacity”. capacity”. Stuart LeesStuart Lees..

See, I set before you today life and See, I set before you today life and prosperity, death and destruction. For I prosperity, death and destruction. For I command you today to love the LORD command you today to love the LORD your God, to walk in his ways, and to your God, to walk in his ways, and to keep his commands, decrees and laws; keep his commands, decrees and laws; then you will live and increase, and the then you will live and increase, and the LORD your God will bless you in the LORD your God will bless you in the land you are entering to possess. Duet land you are entering to possess. Duet 30:15-1630:15-16

  Look at what I've done for you today: Look at what I've done for you today: I've placed in front of you I've placed in front of you       Life and Good       Life and Good       Death and Evil.       Death and Evil.   And I command you today: Love GOD, And I command you today: Love GOD, your God. Walk in his ways. Keep his your God. Walk in his ways. Keep his commandments, regulations, and rules commandments, regulations, and rules so that you will live, really live, live so that you will live, really live, live exuberantly, blessed by GOD, your exuberantly, blessed by GOD, your God, in the land you are about to enter God, in the land you are about to enter and possess. Duet 30:15-16and possess. Duet 30:15-16

The Centrality of Obedience The Centrality of Obedience

Jesus says,   If anyone loves me, they Jesus says,   If anyone loves me, they will obey me. Then my Father will love will obey me. Then my Father will love them, and we will come to them and live them, and we will come to them and live in them. But anyone who doesn't love in them. But anyone who doesn't love me, won't obey me. What they have me, won't obey me. What they have heard me say doesn't really come from heard me say doesn't really come from me, but from the Father who sent me. me, but from the Father who sent me. John 14:23-24John 14:23-24

The Centrality of Obedience The Centrality of Obedience

I will sprinkle clean water on you, and I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean; I will cleanse you from you will be clean; I will cleanse you from all your impurities and from all your all your impurities and from all your idols. I will give you a new heart and put idols. I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you; I will remove from a new spirit in you; I will remove from you your heart of stone and give you a you your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh. And I will put my Spirit in heart of flesh. And I will put my Spirit in you and move you to follow my decrees you and move you to follow my decrees and be careful to keep my laws. Ezekiel and be careful to keep my laws. Ezekiel 36:25-27 36:25-27

ImmediateImmediate

WillingWilling

JoyfulJoyful

God is looking for obedience that is: God is looking for obedience that is:

CompleteComplete

To hear His voice To hear His voice

In Christ we are all capable of hearing God's voice In Christ we are all capable of hearing God's voice through the enabling presence of the Spirit through the enabling presence of the Spirit

In the last days, God In the last days, God says, says, I will pour out my Spirit I will pour out my Spirit on all people. Your on all people. Your sons sons and daughters will and daughters will prophesy, your young men will prophesy, your young men will see see visions, your visions, your old men will dream dreams. Even on my old men will dream dreams. Even on my servants, both men and women, I will pour out servants, both men and women, I will pour out my Spirit in those days, and they will my Spirit in those days, and they will prophesy. prophesy. Acts 2.17-18 Acts 2.17-18

To hear His voice To hear His voice

In Christ we are all capable of hearing In Christ we are all capable of hearing God's voice through the enabling presence God's voice through the enabling presence of the Spirit of the Spirit

The watchman opens the gate for him and The watchman opens the gate for him and the sheep listen to his voice. He calls his the sheep listen to his voice. He calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. own sheep by name and leads them out. When he has brought out all his own, he When he has brought out all his own, he goes on ahead goes on ahead of of them, and his sheep them, and his sheep follow him because they know his voice. follow him because they know his voice. John 10:3-4 John 10:3-4

a) In the imagination a) In the imagination   • • Dreams Dreams  •  • Visions Visions  •  • Pictures! inner visions Pictures! inner visions   b) In the mind b) In the mind  •  • God planted thoughts God planted thoughts c) In the intuitive! heart c) In the intuitive! heart •Immediately Jesus knew in his spirit Immediately Jesus knew in his spirit that this that this was was what they were what they were thinking in their hearts, thinking in their hearts, Mark Mark 2:8 2:8

d) With the ears. d) With the ears. • • The audible voice of God e.g. The audible voice of God e.g. Jesus' Baptism. Jesus' Baptism.

“The age in which we live is so married to rationalism and cognitive, analytical thought that we almost mock when we hear of one actually claiming to be able to hear the voice of God”. Mark Vikler

The LORD Answers Habakkuk AgainThe LORD Answers Habakkuk Again    While standing guard on the While standing guard on the watchtower, watchtower,       I waited for the LORD's answer, I waited for the LORD's answer,       before explaining the reason before explaining the reason       for my complaint. for my complaint. Then the LORD told me: Then the LORD told me:       "I will give you my message "I will give you my message       in the form of a vision. in the form of a vision.       Write it clearly enough Write it clearly enough       to be read at a glance. to be read at a glance. Habakkuk 2:1-2Habakkuk 2:1-2

Key Principles Key Principles The principle of Resonance. The principle of Resonance. When a bell or instrument When a bell or instrument resonates at a certain resonates at a certain frequency, other bells, frequency, other bells, instruments with the same instruments with the same frequency resonate with it.frequency resonate with it.Stuart Lees Stuart Lees

In line with Scripture In line with Scripture (Authority). There are many (Authority). There are many things of God which are not in things of God which are not in the scriptures but it must not the scriptures but it must not be against the scriptures. be against the scriptures.