Pathway To Intimacy With God

Here are the notes from the Women's Ministry Breakfast March 19th at Calvary Grace Fellowship

           REALIZE YOUR END.

The inevitable end

Philippians 2:9-11 NKJV

Therefore God also has highly exalted Him and given Him the name which is above every name, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those in heaven, and of those on earth, and of those under the earth, and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

Don’t be deceived

Read Psalm 49:16-20.

The end of every man is death.

When we die we can take nothing with us.

Men praise you when you do well for yourself.

We are only here for a moment

Philippians 3:20 NKJV

For our citizenship is in heaven, from which we also eagerly wait for the Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ,

1 John 2:17 NJKV

And the world is passing away, and the lust of it; but he who does the will of God abides forever.

Psalm 39:5 NKJV

Indeed, You have made my days as handbreadths, And my age is as nothing before You; Certainly every man at his best state is but vapor. Selah

2.      REMOVE EVERY HINDRANCE.

Don’t be entangled

Read Hebrews 12:1-3.

Lay aside every weight and the sin that easily entangles.

Run with endurance the race set before us.

Fix our eyes on Jesus and His example.

Consider Him so you do not lose heart.

We need to LET GO !!!!

Give what is costly to you to God

Read Matthew 26:6-13.

Pour what is costly to you at the feet of Jesus and a fragrant aroma will come out of your life.

When you are mocked and ridiculed about it, let Jesus take care of it.

( Place yourself in her situation)

Now Jesus had entered the heart of the sinful woman. As she poured out her heart to Jesus through prayer and tears of surrender, a sweet aroma filled her home. It became the aroma of life to her. It had the smell of fresh air after a summer rain and it’s residue was like the sun’s reflection on an ocean wave. Little did she know the delightful aroma of her love to Jesus that swelled in her heart and home would be a stench of death to some others. “What’s that awful odor!” they would say. To them, it was an aroma of death, to themselves and to their life of wanton pleasure and wicked living. “Your life could be used of such wonderful things,” they would respond. “To live like the rich and famous, to have a career of noble esteem, don’t waste your life on religious and foolish spiritual ambitions,” they would taunt. But she couldn’t escape. She was bound to the One who set her free. And all that was costly and precious to her, she would pour at His feet.

Walk in the light

Romans 13:12 NKJV

The night is far spent, the day is at hand. Therefore let us cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armor of light.

3.      REFINE YOUR HEART.

A greater connection

Matthew 5:8 NKJV

Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.

Read Psalm 24:3-6.

God gives us clean hands and a pure heart.

We have fellowship with Him when we don’t lift up our souls to idols.

Pray and ask God to purify your devotion to Him.

Flee and be free!

2 Timothy 2:22 NKJV

Flee also youthful lusts; but pursue righteousness, faith, love, peace with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart.

The best way to be purified (sanctified)

Psalm 139:23 NKJV

Search me, O God, and know my heart; Try me, and know my anxieties.

4.      RUN !

Run after God from the CORE

C - Confession - meditate and think on who God is, what He has done and all He has given. Let your mind be still and know that He is God! (Psalm 46:10)

O - Open - pour out to God all that is inside of you in prayer, praise and worship. Let out all of your thoughts, burdens and thanksgivings. (Psalm 62:8)

R - Receive - obtain God’s truth into your inner being. Read it and take it IN!!!! (Colossians 3:16)

E - Encounter -respond in open dialogue to God through His Word! Don’t just know the Bible, know the Author! (Psalm 51:15)