The joys and challenges of experiencing God.
Joys
- Satisfaction
- Excitement
- Faith
Challenges
- Time
- Priority
- Surrender
- Desire to control
- Expectations
John 5:17, 19-20
17 In his defense Jesus said to them, “My Father is always at his work to this very day, and I too am working.”… 19 Jesus gave them this answer: “Very truly I tell you, the Son can do nothing by himself; he can do only what he sees his Father doing, because whatever the Father does the Son also does. 20 For the Father loves the Son and shows him all he does. Yes, and he will show him even greater works than these, so that you will be amazed.
The 7 Realities of Experiencing God
Experiencing God: Knowing and Doing the Will of God by Henry and Richard Blackaby and Claude King
- God is at work around you.
- God pursues a continuing love relationship with you that is real and personal.
- God invites you to be involved with him and his work.
- God speaks by the Holy Spirit through the Bible, prayer, circumstances, and the church to reveal himself, his purposes, and his ways.
- God’s invitation for you to work with him always leads you to a crisis of belief that requires faith and action.
- You must make major adjustments in your life to join God in what he is doing.
- You come to know God by experience as you obey him and he accomplishes his work through you.
Questions
- Do you feel like your life with God is more boring or more exciting right now? Why?
- Share a story of how you have experienced one of the seven realities of experiencing God.
- Do you feel like you are “stuck” on one of the seven? Explain.
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