God cannot love us more than he does today Knowing who I am in Christ means that I know there is always so much more to discover through my relationship in Christ. The more I know about God the more I realise there is more to know Seeking to be closer to God, the more I realise how big He is and how small I am. In the time I spend with God I am aware that while God graciously accepts me as I am, His desire is for me to become more like Him.

Joy in our significance does not come from being recognized as an individual, but from seeing the magnificent beauty of His whole church knit together and working properly. Stuart Lees

“The Church cannot function at its maximum strength unless I have taken my place in it and am operating at full capacity”. Stuart Lees.

See, I set before you today life and prosperity, death and destruction. For I command you today to love the LORD your God, to walk in his ways, and to keep his commands, decrees and laws; then you will live and increase, and the LORD your God will bless you in the land you are entering to possess. Duet 30:15-16 See, I set before you today life and prosperity, death and destruction. For I command you today to love the LORD your God, to walk in his ways, and to keep his commands, decrees and laws; then you will live and increase, and the LORD your God will bless you in the land you are entering to possess. Duet 30:15-16

Look at what I've done for you today: I've placed in front of you Life and Good Death and Evil. Look at what I've done for you today: I've placed in front of you Life and Good Death and Evil. And I command you today: Love G OD, your God. Walk in his ways. Keep his commandments, regulations, and rules so that you will live, really live, live exuberantly, blessed by G OD, your God, in the land you are about to enter and possess. Duet 30:15-16 And I command you today: Love G OD, your God. Walk in his ways. Keep his commandments, regulations, and rules so that you will live, really live, live exuberantly, blessed by G OD, your God, in the land you are about to enter and possess. Duet 30:15-16

The Centrality of Obedience Jesus says, If anyone loves me, they will obey me. Then my Father will love them, and we will come to them and live in them. But anyone who doesn't love me, won't obey me. What they have heard me say doesn't really come from me, but from the Father who sent me. John 14:23-24

The Centrality of Obedience I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean; I will cleanse you from all your impurities and from all your idols. I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you; I will remove from you your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh. And I will put my Spirit in you and move you to follow my decrees and be careful to keep my laws. Ezekiel 36:25-27

Immediate Willing Joyful God is looking for obedience that is: Complete

To hear His voice In Christ we are all capable of hearing God's voice through the enabling presence of the Spirit In the last days, God says, I will pour out my Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your young men will see visions, your old men will dream dreams. Even on my servants, both men and women, I will pour out my Spirit in those days, and they will prophesy. Acts

To hear His voice In Christ we are all capable of hearing God's voice through the enabling presence of the Spirit The watchman opens the gate for him and the sheep listen to his voice. He calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. When he has brought out all his own, he goes on ahead of them, and his sheep follow him because they know his voice. John 10:3-4

a) In the imagination Dreams Dreams Visions Visions Pictures! inner visions Pictures! inner visions b) In the mind God planted thoughts God planted thoughts c) In the intuitive! heart Immediately Jesus knew in his spirit that this was what they were thinking in their hearts, Mark 2:8 Immediately Jesus knew in his spirit that this was what they were thinking in their hearts, Mark 2:8 d) With the ears. The audible voice of God e.g. Jesus' Baptism. The audible voice of God e.g. Jesus' Baptism.

“The age in which we live is so married to rationalism and cognitive, analytical thought that we almost mock when we hear of one actually claiming to be able to hear the voice of God”. Mark Vikler

The LORD Answers Habakkuk Again While standing guard on the watchtower, While standing guard on the watchtower, I waited for the LORD's answer, I waited for the LORD's answer, before explaining the reason before explaining the reason for my complaint. for my complaint. Then the LORD told me: "I will give you my message "I will give you my message in the form of a vision. in the form of a vision. Write it clearly enough Write it clearly enough to be read at a glance. to be read at a glance. Habakkuk 2:1-2

Key Principles The principle of Resonance. When a bell or instrument resonates at a certain frequency, other bells, instruments with the same frequency resonate with it. Stuart Lees In line with Scripture (Authority). There are many things of God which are not in the scriptures but it must not be against the scriptures.