Tuesday, April 29, 2008

ATF 2008 Notes Friday Night- Phil

· What does it mean to magnify the Lord?
· It’s like looking @ Him thru a telescope & He keeps getting more magnificent, larger, and easier to see.
· We love Him as we’re magnifying Him.
· As you focus on Him more & more, He becomes clearer & clearer.
· Pray to God," if you’re real, show Yourself to me."
· Ask Him to give you one word.
· God inhabits our praises; He comes & lives in our praises.
· During the "fish" demonstration, he says that the fish doesn’t live in a breathing environment.
· The fish would die in this world.
· God created this environment for us, to be His kingdom.
· Matthew 18; 3 Then he said, "I tell you the truth, unless you turn from your sins and become like little children, you will never get into the Kingdom of Heaven. 4 So anyone who becomes as humble as this little child is the greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven.
· Little kids trust God wholeheartedly.
· Little kids are honest.
· Little kids are totally dependant upon Him.
· He wants us dependant upon Him, to love Him as a parent.
· We need to realize/tell Him that we don’t have it all figured out, & the right response for us is to be humble.
· Children need a ton of love.
· The Failure to Thrive Syndrome=a baby literally dies from a broken heart.
· Our culture is infatuated w/ love.
· 1 John 4; 8 But anyone who does not love does not know God, for God is love.
· We get weird when we don’t have love.
· Without love we: fail to thrive, are insecure w/ an arrogant shell, try to get attention/exhibit attention seeking behavior, or we try earning approval.
· There is a God who loves you no matter what.
· Immerse yourself in God’s love like a fish lives in water.
· As Christians, we stay in shallow waters while God has deep things/treasures for us.
· The only thing God asks us to do is to stay in the water.
· The problem is that we keep jumping in & out, it causes us to gasp for air when we’re in the world.
· That’s also how God feels when you take yourself out of His environment.
· We might have asked ourselves at some point, the universe is so big, how can God love me?
· Have you ever smelled a wafting wall of cookie goodness, like fresh baked chocolate chip cookies?
· If not, there’s probably something wrong, your senses haven’t been awakened.
· God wants to get pictures of you awakening.
· He wants pics of you trusting, depending, having honesty of heart towards Him, so tell Him when it’s hard to understand how He can love you.
· We only see stars that are in our galaxy/Milky way.
· Isaiah 48;13 It was my hand that laid the foundations of the earth, my right hand that spread out the heavens above. When I call out the stars, they all appear in order."
· We feel small because God is so big.

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