More of My Life Notes

I'm still digging through my stash of notes and transcribing a few more.  They're jotted down from Speakers, Books, testimonies, etc so they're not my words.

Note on Bad Things:
  I can't control what bad things come into my life, but I can control how I react to them.
  Someone asked C.S. Lewis why the righteous suffer?
  C.S. Lewis replied, "why not, they're the only ones who can take it.

  "Smooth seas do not make skillful sailors." - African Proverb
 

Note on Prayer:
    Not overcoming God's reluctance but laying hold of God's willingness. 

Note on Joy:

  We shouldn't confuse joy with pleasure or happiness.  Happiness happens, but joy abides in the heart that is fulfilled with Jesus.  

Note on Husband and Wife: God made woman out of man's rib

          Not from his head so she could top him

          Not from his feet so he would trample her

          But out of his side, under his arm

          So he could hold and protect her

          Close to his heart so he would love her.

Notes on God: God is an opportunist--He takes pain, suffering, and tragedy and works it to our good. ---God never said if you don't attend church you can't please Him, or if you don't do lots of works you can't please Him, but he said without Faith it is impossible to please Him. 

-God is the same yesterday, today, and tomorrow

Notes on Faith:  
      Faith is an act - acting on God's Word

      Faith is now - it is present tense

      Faith is God's antidote for fear

      Faith comes from hearing and hearing from the Word.  

      Faith is rejecting the feeling of panic when things seem out of control

      Faith is thanking God for the specific thing that upsets me.

      God uses storms of correction & storms of perfection to increase our faith.

Note on Fear:
     Opposite of faith

     False Evidence Appearing Real
     Fear sees the circumstances – Faith sees the word of God and its answer

Notes on the Bible: 
   Seven days without reading the Bible, makes one weak.

   Sin will keep you out of the Bible, the Bible will keep you out of sin. 

   The Bible - Scrutinize(read), Analyze it, Personalize it.
    Old testament - Root of God's word
    New Testament - Fruit of God's word

Notes on Goals:
       Set goals - aim at nothing and that is what you'll get.

                             

Note on Self:
   Deny self - Take up your cross and follow me.  

   Give up that which you can't keep for that which you can not lose. 

   How do you know when self is on the throne?  

   When you haven't denied self - when self is in control, there is: 

       1. A desire to indulge (Lust of the flesh) 

       2. Desire to possess( Lust of the eyes)

       3. Desire to impress (Pride of Life)

Note on Wisdom:
     The ability to use knowledge
      Confusion- opposite of wisdom
      God's Word applied              

Note on Strife:
    Opposite of love

Note on Tomorrow:
  Only when you release your yesterdays will you receive the promises of tomorrow.

Note on Gossip: 
   If I'm not part of the problem or part of the solution, then I shouldn't be talking about it.