Quotes...

It's kind of hard to put everything I'm learning into succinct paragraphs, so I just decided to share with you all of my quotes from both of the weeks (well, not ALL of them) but the ones that really stood out to me. That way, you will have an idea of what I am learning, and you can just kind of take them for what their worth (which I think is a lot! ) :)
there's a lot, so read if you want to....
"Love in the New Testament that Christ speaks about is rarely an EMOTION. It's a decision and a choice." -Bruce Skinner when talking about living together in community
We should be jealous for the honor of God's name, for that which is our birthright and belongs to us as children of God. We should be jealous with a FIGHTING SPIRIT. -Bev Tuddenham
"Prayer is a relationship activity. In the process of prayer, we get invited into the Godhead and become the 4th member of the conversation of the Trinity." -Bev Tuddenham
"Striving to 'get into the zone' is missing the purpose of prayer." -Bev
"Relationships are not the by-product of the Kingdom. They ARE the Kingdom." -Steve Savelich
"God is a dreamer, and he DOES his dreams and he invites us into them." -Bev.
"the tyranny of the urgent... prayer is about so much MORE than just the urgent. If we are only praying for the urgent, we are missing blessing." -Bev
"Ask God what HE is burdened about and actually listen." -Bev
The fear of the Lord is loving what God loves and hating what God hates. It is choosing to walk in obedience or disobedience. When he speaks, it's committing to obey and follow through because God says "this is in safe hands." -Bev
"We create new realities with God" -Bev
Prov 18:21 "Death and life are in the power of the tongue. Those who love it will eat its fruit."
"When we encourage, we are assaulting the enemy and fighting in Spiritual Warfare." -Bev
We need a big enough picture of who God is, not limited by circumstance and culture. -Bev
"If we meet with God ANYTHING can happen because of who God is and because of who we are because of CHRIST'S righteousness." -Bev
"God's ability to get through to us is GREATER than our difficulty in perceiving Him." -Bev
"When you choose to thank God, you are shifting your mind to the reality of who God is, and thankfulness is a key that unlocks the supernatural power of God!" -Bev
"Feel convicted not condemned" -Bev
Make a proclamation unto God-- a proclamation is "an official announcement made with boldness and confidence on behalf of the King." -Bev
"Worry is looking at something over and over again from every angle. Meditation is too." -Ken Clark
"When we let go of the outward look and let it become an inward journey that flows out from us..." -Bruce Skinner
"I'm hoping that we get really freed this week and totally delivered from a whole bunch of fear!" -Matt Dawson
"Jesus is constantly turning on light where there is darkness so He is constantly changing and enlightening us to the reality of God, which is always uncomfortable because Satan hates the light." -Matt Dawson
"We become so used to relating to each other superficially, and its so destructive. It makes us stuck and we continue round and round in the same patterns over and over." -Matt Dawson
"We become segmented, one way in one setting and another in the next." -MAtt
"God wants to totally and radically get a hold of the deepest part of our soul." -Matt
"God is not a list of attributes. He is so alive, living, moving, and breathing." -MAtt
"Gos is not in a huge fuss about your wrong thinking, as long as you can extend some TRUST to him."
"Jesus wants to call you into something so much more beautiful and so radically different than you've ever experienced before.... it should be devastating to your life, but there is beauty and healing he wants to bring." -Matt D.
"The world lives in a way that is so complex (filled with stuff) but so easy to do. Jesus calls us to the exact opposite. It's so simple, but it costs us everything." -matt
"The big picture seems important, but God wants to walk with me intimately in friendship each day." -Matt
"Do you believe the truth or DO the truth?" -Matt Dawson in talking about John 3:21
"His call is not arrive with me. It is FOLLOW me." -Matt
"As we become aware of the truth, we start behaving rightly. Your behavior is a result of what you think, what you believe is TRUTH." -Matt
"The work of the Holy Spirit is to witness to me what Jesus was like." -Matt
"Jesus lived with such a boldness that came from His relationship with His father." -Matt
"If you are a person who loves the light, then you are a person who loves ALL the light" -Matt Dawson
"Do I feel compelled to be REAL with the people around me?" -Matt
"We change the WAY we think because of the realities Christ shows us." -Matt
"It's easier to trust in God when you realize how much smarter he is than you." -Matt
"Intimacy with God does not come easily because it is WAY too valuable. It costs us everything, so we must make the decision about if we actually want it." -Matt
"The enemy offers a cheap, immediate substitute for the promises of God." -Matt

whew... there ya go! Congrats if you actually made it to the end... just wanted you who helped me get here to have a taste of the things I am learning here! We serve such a faithful God.
christy