Journal Week 19

- In God’s economy, an asset is something that causes me to come to Him. What the world calls an asset, God calls a liability and what God calls an asset, the world calls a liability.

- My success in life is dependant upon my relationship with God, nothing else.

- When I come into situations where I know I am inadequate, I have two options: to run or to turn it over to God.

- When I ask for wisdom, God won’t make me feel wise, but He will give me wisdom, I simply have to trust Him.

- I need to live out my faith, but I also need to tell others by what power I am living just like people didn’t turn to God by seeing Solomon’s wealth but by Solomon’s testimony of what made the difference in his life.

- Solomon didn’t fall away from God because he didn’t know better but because his heart was in the wrong place. I need to ask myself what is captivating my heart and give it all over to God otherwise He will never be first in my life.

- It is never my knowledge that will protect me from sin but Christ in me.

- The way I live will affect generations to come.

- Peter was an apostle, meaning messenger. In other words, it was not about who he was, but who sent him.

- I am an alien in this world, in other words, this world is not going to protect me.

- “Grace is the God initiated and humanly underserved divine provision that removes our falleness and imparts Jesus’ righteousness.”

- Shalom (peace) is not the absence of something (warfare or tension) but the presence of someone: God!!!

- Belief that doesn’t behave is not belief.

- A sign of maturity is an appetite for God and His word.

- The ultimate purpose of my life is to reveal God. This should be evident in all I say and do.

- No matter what authority I am under, I am to submit to it for the Lord’s sake. This is the key to a right attitude. I should demand justice for myself but I should never stop being just to others.

- I am called, as a woman, to be submissive to my husband in the future because the goal of marriage is not ultimately happiness or fulfillment but bringing glory to God.

- Beautiful women in the Bible (like Sarah) were not beautiful because of outward adornment but because they put their hope in God.

- I need to have an answer for the hope inside me for anyone who asks but I need to but it’s not worth winning an argument to lose the war so my heart and attitude need to be right.

- I need to beware of prayer becoming ordinary because it is a dynamic interaction with the Living God, not just a passing acknowledgment.

- Our responsibility is to lift up God. I need to be careful not to disguise Him to make Him seem more appealing to the world.

- I may be robbing myself of rich Christian experience and growth if I put my personal safety as my highest priority. Instead, I should rejoice in suffering (1Peter 4:13)

- I am to clothe myself with humility. This requires a continuous effort but will have eternal consequences.