Faith, Finances, and Heart Surgery

How hungry and thirsty are you for God?!

David Hamilton talks about intesifying our passion for God and rekindling it and learning how to nourish the flame in your heart. Our relationship with God is similar to those with people. To truely get to know someone and learn about them it's not just a one time encounter. We can deepen the love relationship with God by spending time in prayer, in his Word; it's an ongoing activity so we need to allow the spirit to give you more passion for the heart of God.

Darlene Cunningham, "Mama Dar", and Interpretor

Chris Leredo "Iron Man"

David Hamilton "Man with the Traveling Mustache"

Loren Cunningham "Founder of YWAM"

The Word of God is like a giant salt shaker. The more you read, the thirstier you get. So as we spend more time reading, the discipline will create thirst which will provoke one another to faith and good works. We need to read the Bible the way it is intended to be read. BIBLE=REVELATION. Faith comes by hearing (Romans 10) The Bible is a story, like a dramatic narrative; when you read it by chapter and verse it chops up the natural flow of the story. It's like dissecting a frog...when you dissect the word and piece it apart it will lose it's true life. Spiritual awakening cultivates thirst from the Word of God so I'm going to let my apetite for God drive me and my passions to reality.

Shawn Murphey spoke about faith and finances. A point he drove home was when we live comfortably, we post-pone the abundent life of God. It's a concious choice we need to make and be willing to risk things to get radical with God. When we step out in obedience, faith will come with this. God will call you to do some crazy things but as we recognize the voice of Him and be obedient, he will bless you and protect you. Position yourself in hard situations to build up your own character.

Be grateful because God has given us so much so we're called to be good stewards. As we walk in abundance with people around us daily, God will provide. Generousity is more than just finances. Everything is God's...people and money both and we need to reflect this in our lives and be willing to surrender both. I'm learning to walk in the spirit of generosity and give and be generous with one another in ways that are possible and God will take care of the impossible.

My heart and life are being wrecked..in a good way; in a God way. For the last couple days, it's felt like I was just going through the motions. Nothing was fully striking a cord in my heart so I humbled myself and asked the Lord to truely examine my heart. It was something inside of me that felt wrong. He revealed some ugly things that I didn't necesarially want to claim but I'm now seeing things through new light, clear eyes, and God's perspective. All of the content we're learning is now starting to make sense. I've had to unclench my fists of some things that have become a part of me. It's a lot of uprooting, molding, refining and it's all bittersweet.