This is Muraina and I in the Ihop library. Muraina is from Puerto Rico, and basically, she is hilarious. We share a row of seats together in class every day, go to bookstores together...as she bribes me with food and money to take her places. I oblige. She teaches me about the fire of God, and I counsel her in some English, and, I had to explain what, uh, long-johns are. She is really looking forward to seeing snow for the first time. And needless to say, fall weather, 50ish-degrees, is the coldest she's ever been. At least she didn't move to Minnesota, or North Dakota. As my beloved Anne (with an e) Shirley would say, "She is a kindred spirit."
I just want to say that though I have tried many times, I just don't like mushrooms. I think they are gross.
So. The past two days of class have been on worship. Just because I am not great at pulling out the big picture and summarizing it, I will highlight for you some of the notes that were awesome. Some of this stuff I had already been chewing on, and then it was taught on, so that was good, it cleared up some things I was wondering about. These notes are quoted from Corey Starks Revelation of Worship notes, and some of it is just stuff he said in class. Here goes.
~Worship is to bow down, kneeling or prostration to do homage or make obeisance. It is to humble yourself before what is worthy.
~The heart of worship is first and foremost an inward reality that flows from a revelation of who God is, His worth or worthiness, which is then expressed and reflected outwardly in the life. (Luke 7:44-47)
~Intimacy is like precious oil and the response of worship is like a sweet smelling fragrance that proceeds from it. Fragrance (outward expression of worship) only exists, because there is substance (intimacy). The fragrance isn't the oil, even as outward expression by itself isn't the worship, but rather the fragrance is the evidence that oil is present even as various outward expressions give evidence of or attest to the probability that a reality of worship may be present at the heart level. The fragrance lets you know that the oil is there. The oil holds the fragrance.
~God's desire is that we BECOME worship. And worship boiled down to it's essence, is summed up in our submission to God.
~We cannot worship without the Holy Spirit.
~True worship of the heart will always be evidenced by reflections and effortless expressions.
~There is an emergence of two worship movements.
~Satan is raising up a worldwide worship and prayer movement in which he and the Antichrist will be worshipped by several billion people. This will cause the people in the kingdom of darkness to have a deep heart connection with Satan himself. They will be deceived into attributing 'great worth' unto Satan himself (Rev. 13:4, 8, 19:20). Jesus warned that this time frame in human history will be the most supernaturally powerful, deceptive and dangerous season that the world has ever known.
~Satan will finally receive what he has always wanted, to receive the worship that is due to God. In other words, to be like God by deceiving the majority of the world that he is God. But, it's unrestrained height will only last 3 1/2 years.
~This war is for our hearts. Satan will use the Antichrist, false prophet, the mark of the beast, and the image of the beast (mentioned 7 times in Daniel) as his instruments to mobilize and finance this global worship movement, while penalizing the resistors with death.
~"Even know, we are warring against everything that seeks to usurp the holy flame of our hearts." Lou Engle
I just want to say that though I have tried many times, I just don't like mushrooms. I think they are gross.
So. The past two days of class have been on worship. Just because I am not great at pulling out the big picture and summarizing it, I will highlight for you some of the notes that were awesome. Some of this stuff I had already been chewing on, and then it was taught on, so that was good, it cleared up some things I was wondering about. These notes are quoted from Corey Starks Revelation of Worship notes, and some of it is just stuff he said in class. Here goes.
~Worship is to bow down, kneeling or prostration to do homage or make obeisance. It is to humble yourself before what is worthy.
~The heart of worship is first and foremost an inward reality that flows from a revelation of who God is, His worth or worthiness, which is then expressed and reflected outwardly in the life. (Luke 7:44-47)
~Intimacy is like precious oil and the response of worship is like a sweet smelling fragrance that proceeds from it. Fragrance (outward expression of worship) only exists, because there is substance (intimacy). The fragrance isn't the oil, even as outward expression by itself isn't the worship, but rather the fragrance is the evidence that oil is present even as various outward expressions give evidence of or attest to the probability that a reality of worship may be present at the heart level. The fragrance lets you know that the oil is there. The oil holds the fragrance.
~God's desire is that we BECOME worship. And worship boiled down to it's essence, is summed up in our submission to God.
~We cannot worship without the Holy Spirit.
~True worship of the heart will always be evidenced by reflections and effortless expressions.
~There is an emergence of two worship movements.
~Satan is raising up a worldwide worship and prayer movement in which he and the Antichrist will be worshipped by several billion people. This will cause the people in the kingdom of darkness to have a deep heart connection with Satan himself. They will be deceived into attributing 'great worth' unto Satan himself (Rev. 13:4, 8, 19:20). Jesus warned that this time frame in human history will be the most supernaturally powerful, deceptive and dangerous season that the world has ever known.
~Satan will finally receive what he has always wanted, to receive the worship that is due to God. In other words, to be like God by deceiving the majority of the world that he is God. But, it's unrestrained height will only last 3 1/2 years.
~This war is for our hearts. Satan will use the Antichrist, false prophet, the mark of the beast, and the image of the beast (mentioned 7 times in Daniel) as his instruments to mobilize and finance this global worship movement, while penalizing the resistors with death.
~"Even know, we are warring against everything that seeks to usurp the holy flame of our hearts." Lou Engle
~The abomination of desolation (from Daniel) will most likely (not saying this is 100% accurate or certain) be a high tech hologram or 'idol' that looks and sounds like the Antichrist and will be set up in the 'Tribulation Temple" in Jerusalem. The abomination of desolation will combine both cutting edge technology and supernatural demonic element causing the image to breathe, speak, and pass legislation (Daniel 3:1-6; 7:25, 8:23-25; Revelation 13:15-17).
~There will be 'houses of prayer' that will be 'Antichrist worship sanctuaries.' These demonic local outposts will be the focal points of spiritual warfare and the antitheses of the true houses of prayer that even now, are filling the earth.
~The great conflict at the end of the age will absolutely be between two houses of prayer or two global worship movements.
~Understanding more about God will be the church's first line of defense to combat fear, confusion, and offense while remaining steady at the heart level and stand against Satan's worship movement, along with his demonic persecutions.
~It is very conceivable and Biblical that Jesus will destroy the final armies of the Beast, as well as, the Antichrist, the false prophet and Satan himself to the sound of His own song!
~The Millennial Kingdom- In the 1000 year Millennial reign of Christ (Rev. 20:1-6) Jesus builds the temple of the Lord Himself and leads the Kingdom from Jerusalem. Progressively moving from nation to nation, the Kingdom of God will expand until it consumes every other kingdom. Finally at the end of the 1000 years, He will offer up to His Father the Kingdom, with an earth that is fully restored; having made peace with every animal, restored plant life as in the Garden of Eden, and a Kingdom of Priests that is untied in love, fully possessed by the Holy Spirit and unconditionally submitted to the Father's will.
~Eternity Future-After the 1000 Millennium, God will renovate the earth with fire (2 Peter 3:10-13) in preparation to fully manifest Himself with His children. The New Jerusalem will descend upon earthly Jerusalem, joining Heaven and earth together as one, by a 'corridor of glory.' (Ephesians 1:10) There will be NO NEED FOR A PHYSICAL STRUCTURE, as God Himself will be our Temple, even as we are eternally His!
Well. That is just a FEW of the amazing things. I am sure that not everyone is reading through all of these notes, and that's okay. It's good for me for reflection.
Today in small group the Lord really encountered me, and several other people. We had a mini-ministry time, and the Lord really impacted my heart. I had a couple prophetic words spoken over me, and am now just chewing on those things, on top of everything else I am trying to take in. But me and my friend Sarah, picture below, really got blown on by the Holy Spirit.
In Excellencies today, we talked about the Pre-Existence of Christ...WOW. Really cool stuff. I don't know how much more I can type at this point, but these are a few things you should read:
~It's robbery to God to NOT let Him use you in your weakness.
~Just one little glimpse of Jesus has been saving souls for 2,000 years.
~St. Augustine said this: God is love. Love involves three aspects: a lover, a beloved, and the spirit of love between them.
~Allen quoted this huge thing from Jonathan Edwards, but I will just quote the part that was easiest to wrap my mind around: The Father is the Deity subsisting in the prime, un-originated and most absolute manner, or the Deity in its direct existence, the Son is the Deity generated by God's understanding (that's crazy!!) or having an idea of Himself and subsisting in that idea (wow). The Holy Ghost is the Deity subsisting in act, or the Divine essence flowing out and breathed forth in God's Infinite love to and delight in Himself.
~How about this for theology? God let a donkey open it's mouth and speak. (Allen Hood is HILARIOUS by the way...) "Put that in your theological pipe and smoke it!"
"If you think Jesus is boring, then you haven't met Jesus!"
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