Impressions
Okay, So I have been thinking a lot about what else I would like to talk about concerning the sermon series you all are listening too, but to be honest there are just to many things I want to talk about. When I think about the sermons I think of issues like: sabbath, importance of Fathers, priorities, self examination and many many more things. But I wanted to open things up and see what gripped you. So I would love for you all to comment below on what impacted you the most from these sermons?
daniel
posted by Daniel Simmons at
8:25 AM
8 Comments:
In a conversation I had with a friend last night, I was processing through a lot of things the sermon series was bringing up in my heart. I ended up turning the thoughts of the conversation into a blog post and the friend told me I should post it here. So here is the link: http://warrior-lion-loving.blogspot.com/2010/06/seek-first-kingdom-of-god.html Love you all!
June 29, 2010 at 11:04 AM
that friend was meeeee.....haha...and the blog post is AMAZING. it should be published into a book. so, all, please read it ASAP!
June 29, 2010 at 3:12 PM
The importance of fathers is undeniable. There are so many people in my life who have shared with me and their stories, whether good or bad, prove the impact that a father has on us. This applies especially to understanding the role of God the father in our lives and the love that should flow from that.
June 29, 2010 at 6:26 PM
ok daniel, you said two thorough posts in the intern booklet, so here goes: this is my second "thorough" post to wrap up my june assignment:
these sermons are so comforting since it helps to relieve the constant guilt-tripping i feel when I am trying to rest. its so much of a good thing that the enemy tries to steal, kill, and destroy that.
my problem is that i am not good at being disciplined with keeping a constant, structured schedule the way the Lord would be pleased with it. that has been something i've been trying to fix all of this past school year and have not yet mastered.
i would like to get that down as an goal accomplished over this next year- get into the habit of having consistent prayer times with the Lord. the thing is, i am already SUPER hungry to rest in the Lord's presence and I just crave more and more of meeting with Him, but the enemy knows that, so he tries to distract me all the time and oftentimes gets it. i would like to defeat him for good and have awesome times of prayer, worship, intercession, studying, and reading the mound of 30-something books for spiritual growth i've accumulated over the last few months.
this might sound really wierd, but a huge part of me not resting more in college was the fact that i often had hard roommate situations. as a result of my college housing places being a place of unrest and tension, i formed a habit of staying out the house as much as possible. this past year, i had great roommates and a beautiful house in athens but still struggled to form a habit to stay home and rest when i need to. i'm go-go-go, even if that means GOING to the wesley prayer chapel for quiet time-which is why you guys see me there so much.
this year is different though since i'll be already spending all week at wesley, and i'm usually not one to stay in one place put all day every day, that i know i will need rest away from wesley and that means turning to learn how my home can be a place of rest. fortunately, god is a smart guy and has placed me to live on a street on pineview with some of my close friends and in a house with girls who are on the same page with me spiritually, more than ever as far as having roommates goes.
thus, this is a perfect opportunity for me to realize that i am living in a place of rest and peace where the Lord's presence is welcomed and thus giving us rest. i am living in a place surrounded by sisters and friends who encourage me and build me up, making me feel at home and at rest and able to REST better than ever in the Lord's presence! I have a strong feeling living there this coming year will lower my anxiety levels that i deal with as a result of past pains and will heal me from roommates hurting me in the past and making me feel unwelcomed at home.
June 30, 2010 at 2:28 AM
Cool. There's a lot in these sermons that inspired me. I feel like the biggest thing God is doing in me now is trusting Him to provide for me financially. I've always been one to pray about finances and then constantly be spinning around in my head ways to make extra money or wondering if I'll get enough in a pay check to pay for everything I need. I love the story about Tracy's son and how they just asked the Lord and He provided. I'm really inspired to just ask the Lord and let Him do it. This is sooooo hard for me, really trusting Him and not relying on myself or others. I feel like I believe Him for a lot but money is difficult for me because I tend to look at it as something that is my responsibility. I forget that He says that if we give it will be given back and He anxiously looks for someone to bless. I'm really going to ask Him and let go of it and see what He does. I'll let you guys know how it goes. :)
June 30, 2010 at 5:43 PM
One main thing that stood out to me was the commentary about "Be still and know that I am God." He said something like, if you were an enemy of God and you knew that his followers would only grow closer to Him by being still...what would you do? Make them as busy as possible. Wow. That's pretty tricky. Make us think we're doing good things, good events, good programs, but then without us even noticing, we are drifting further from the one that all the "stuff" we do is about. I want to do a good job this year, but I don't want to do so much that I look back and see all the stuff I did, which wouldn't be much, instead of seeing what God did. That would be a shame.
July 2, 2010 at 1:27 PM
The thing that gripped me the most was by far the part in What Matters Most where Les references C.S. Lewis's Screwtape Letters in which he described stealing time from Christians by distractions. This struck me deep because it happens to me way too often. Before listening to these sermons I never thought much about all the little distractions that Les talked about in this sermon. The sabbath sermons were really good too. The fact that we are supposed to be living from rest and not towards rest was very encouraging as well.
July 22, 2010 at 12:01 AM
I really really loved the sermon about how the Kingdom of Heaven is NEAR. That brings me so much rest, hope and confidence. He talked about how we often get swept up in seemingly "impossible" situations and we rely on ourselves to figure things out or to solve the problem with "natural means". He encouraged me to claim out loud that no matter what it feels like the Kingdom of Heaven is near and with that comes overflowing power, wisdom, and hope from the Holy Spirit. We do have weapons that aren't of this world, and we have a hope that if we put in God, will NOT disappoint. I have grown deeply dependent on God this summer to take me through each day. I have nothing and am nothing without Him. He is my hope and my answer.
July 27, 2010 at 11:28 AM
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