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June 30, 2010
| He Knows Exactly What You Need to Hear |
| Does your prayer time seem a little lack-luster on occasion? I know mine does. God wants to hear from us. He expects us to show up and delights in the minutes we give solely to him. But once in a while it starts to feel a bit contrived and obligatory…going through the motions. When this happens to me I change things up. There are probably a million and ten books on prayer so I’m not going to offer any brilliant |
June 10, 2010
THE SUPERIOR PLEASURES IN THE GRACE OF GOD
The Bride referred to the “superior pleasures” of the Word. This reveals her theology related to holiness. She points to the superior pleasures that come from growing in revelation of God’s heart (affection). God created us with 7 longings that draw us to Him and reflect His glory in us.
2 Let Him kiss me with the kisses of His mouth– for Your love is better than wine (Song 1:2).
In this session, we will look at seven principles of “Jesus’ love… Read the rest of the story
June 9, 2010
THE THREE PRIMARY DESCRIPTIONS OF GOD’S BEAUTY (REV. 4; REV. 1; SONG 5)
The purpose of this session is to provide a general overview of God’s beauty. We will bring three key passages together into ten categories so as to give a road map to study God’s beauty.
Revelation 4 gives us significant insight into God’s beauty. It describes the Father’s Throne Room in the Holy of Holies of the New Jerusalem. I refer to this as the “beauty realm of God.”
I have outlined Rev. 4:1-7, into five main categories with each having three specific themes (totaling 15… Read the rest of the story
June 9, 2010
UNDERSTANDING THE KISSES OF GOD’S WORD
2 Let Him kiss me with the kisses of His mouth (Word) – For Your love is better than wine. (Song 1:2)
The Bride made her request to the One with authority over the King. She said, “Let Him…” She asks the One who could influence the King in personal matters. We cry “Father, let Him kiss me with the kisses of His Word.” In this, we pray the prayer of faith asking for grace to love Jesus with all our heart. The commandment to love God is God’s first priority in our lives.… Read the rest of the story
June 9, 2010
INTRODUCTION
In this session, we will give introductory information about the Song of Solomon and principles of interpretation. This will give us a road map so as to understand the big picture in the Song.
King Solomon is the author of this eight chapter love Song in approximately 900 BC. It was probably written before his spiritual decline (1 Kings 11:3-4).
The two primary sections of the Song are Song 1-4 and Song 5-8.
The first four chapters of the Song focus on the Bride understanding and enjoying her inheritance in Christ. These chapters emphasize how God views and desires… Read the rest of the story
