FOUR. Love and God's invitation.
--in a nutshell <daily sidebar>
1. I know God more intimately as He reveals Himself to me through my experiences with Him.
2. To worship is to reverence and honor God, to acknowledge Him as worthy of your praise.
3. If I love Him, I will obey Him!
4. When you see the Father at work around you, that is your invitation to adjust your life to Him and join Him in that work.
5. What God initiates, He completes.
--in more detail <daily subheadings>
(1) Know God: Knowing God by experience
summary> Knowing God comes by experience as He reveals himself
(2) Worship God:
Ways to worship> bless his name, glory in his name, call on his name, hope in his name, remember the name, declare/sing praise to his name, know/seek his name, ear his name, lift up hands in his name, love his name, trust in his name
(3) Love God: God's nature, God's commands
summary> Obedience is the outward expression of inner love of God; God is all-knowing/all-powerful; when giving a command God frees me, not restricts me
(4) God invites you to join him: God works through people, God's revelation is your invitation, working where God is at work [already]
summary> God takes the initiative to involve me in his work; God opens my spiritual eyes so I can see what he is doing; when I see him at work that is my invitation to adjust my life to him
(5) Knowing where God is at work: Things only God can do [draw people to Himself, cause people to seek Him, reveal spritual truths, convict the world of guilt about sinning; about righteousness; about judgment]; Watching nfor God's activity; When God speaks
summary> A tender, sensitive heart will be ready to respond to God at the slightest prompting; Pray and watch what God does next; Make the connection/ask probing questions and listen; What God initiates He also completes [in his own time]
::::: DVD message notes 1-9, p87
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