Lots to learn

the last few EGS (encounter God Services) have been really great. Last friday, Misty Edwards spoke on Hosea "God's strategy to Win a Rebellious Bride", reminding us all that God will do anything for love from His people. She talked about turning our glory into shame when we sell ourselves to lesser loves, and that God will take us to nothing to show us that he is everything... and then we still have a choice... amazing. The encouragement was to "stay steady in the wilderness"... that he is acquianted with our grief, and HIS encouragement is to stay steady... it is all temperal, and that the eternal reward in overcoming is more than we will ever know!

Then last Saturday, Stuart Greaves spoke out of Revelation 1. His exhortation was that revelation reveals Jesus and His beauty. It's about His return, and is a call to righteousness. He reminded us that the pharisees "did" it right... they knew the scriptures but missed the visitation. It is so easy to get caught in the "fog" of circumstances, and we need to be reminded that He is returning and our daily struggles are TEMPERAL. Stay strong... (hmmm... sounds familiar)

Then on Sunday Hal Linhardt spoke on righteousness and following the truth of "working out our salvation" with fear and trembling... that yes God's grace is there, but that we are called to live a life bigger than a wimper... i like that.

Then this past Friday... Mike spoke on the beauty of God, but the statement that struck my heart was "do not receive God's grace in vain". He gave two examples of how we can do that... one way is to live in condemnation when we have been called to life. The other way was to continually live in sin, in full knowledge of that sin and refuse to walk in his grace... The condemnation one was a big one for me...

The teaching here continues to inspire and move me forward in God. I am awed at all that I have learned in the last 15 months... I am privileged to be here. God is good.