Listening to God

last week I had an amazing week with my speaker Donna Jordan, a true Canadian at heart. She spoke to us about listening to God, and just being willing to not just talk at him, but to converse. She explained it like this: when you are talking to your best friend do you just talk at them and as soon as you are done, turn around and walk away without letting them talk back? Of course not! When we talk to God we have to be open to hearing his will, ask questions, HE WILL ANSWER!! I've loved doing that this week, and just being reaffirmed of the intimacy he longs for. In my Bangladesh group, we wrote numbers on the top of a blank sheet of paper. every paper had a number on it from 1 to 11. we each picked up each paper and asked God what He wanted to say to that person, without knowing who it was on the team. It was amazing what God said to each one of us through others. The next day, the entire school picked a name out of a hat and asked God what to say to that person specifically. The girl that got me got the verses Proverbs 31: 10-31 with an emphasis on verse 30 "Charm is deceitful and beauty is vain, but a woman who fears the LORD, she shall be praised" While reading it in my study Bible, it referred me to a verse in 1 Peter which says "the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is of great worth in God's sight" (1 Peter 3:3-5). The reason this verse brought such revelation to me was that the day before I asked God what he liked about me and he automatically answered with "your calm and quiet spirit!". How great and loving is our God that His word is still active today. That He is bringing revelation to us!

It's February!

wow. that is all I can say! I can not believe that is February already and that I have been in DTS for almost a month, it makes me so sad that time is flying by I don't want it to end. So okay, what to say about this week. whooo dang! I'm learning about the Holy Spirit and his work in us. I know many of us are hesitant to learn more about the holy spirit and how he works, especially when speaking in tongues and prophesying. It is not something to be afraid of or hesitant of, I know I'm still dealing with get over these presumptions, but the Holy Spirit is part of the Trinity and cannot be ignored. I'm slowly opening my heart to his work and its overwhelming what He has done. It shows you so much of the power of God when you let go of control and open your heart to his will. He speaks in so many different ways, you dont need to speak in tongues and prophesy to have the holy spirit dwelling within you. Remember Galations - the Fruits of the Spirit! well yea, one of my leaders got a pictures for me. God was taking a pie out of the oven and placed it in front of me to eat and right away I just start eating all of it (thats a typical picture of me and pie..) He told me that the pie was filled with the fruits of the spirit! God wants to show me how warm and loving he is. The Sprit is so great!!