Intimate Friendship with God

Quote from the book Intimate Friendship with God by Joy Dawson pp. 67 & 68

Satan can come at any point in time and tempt us with any kind of sin. It does not matter what it is, unbelief, lust, pride, criticisim, disobedience to God, or anything. We will find there is no attraction to that temptation to sin to the degree that we have been asking for the fear of God and receiving it by faith. We will have Jesus' attitude toward sin, and instantly we will say to Satan, "Nothing doing! I happen to hate your suggestion and I am not about to do what I hate. I resist you in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ. It is written in James 4:7, 'Resist the devil and he will flee from you".

God tells us to replace the evil thought with pure ones. "whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is gracious, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things". (phil 4:8) The amplified bible says ' Fix your mind on them'. That is a deliberate, determined, disciplined act of your will.

Think of the face of the Lord Jesus Christ. Look at a beatiful flower or scenery and worship the creator. Quote or read the word of God aloud.........

... How do we know when evil thoughts come into our minds if they are satanic in origin or from our own hearts? The answer is very simple- by our immediate reaction to these thoughts. If we have an immediate reaction of hatred for them we know they never came from our hearts. The thoughts, came, therefore from satanic activity upon our minds. If we have not had an immediate reaction of hatred to some critical, evil, unforgiving, lustful, or unbelieving thought, then we know there is still a love for that sin in our hearts. We know we have some homework to do in that area. We need to ask for the fear of the Lord to come upon us to relpace the love for that sin.

Revelations w2

Revelation Week 2

Hmmm... I didn't take a lot of notes last week because the children were with me, but here are some thoughts about the session anyway.

I disagree with Hilton Sutton. I have discovered I am not a Premillennialist

"Come up here, and I will show you what must take place after this."

Hilton Sutton used this verse from Revelations 4 as part of his argument for Christians being raptured pretribulation. He drew a parallel between the words come up here, being needed, because that is what would be happening during the rapture.

I am afraid that this interpretation isn't enough to convince me of his position.

When I read the scriptures, specifically Matthew 24, Thessalonians and Revelations I don't believe Christians will be raptured before the tribulation. I believe that they will have to go through it, and persevere until the end. I believe this is why there are so many references to the ones who will over come to the end.

While I have come to this conclusion, I have really liked hearing this teaching and have felt that it has been very worth while. I am really glad I have at least made the first two.

What are your thoughts?

Revelations w1

Josh, I went to the Revelation's sessions last night, and I was pleasantly surprised.

Once I got over the shock of thinking that Hilton Sutton was Tim Allen from The Santa Clause 2 in disguise. I settled down nicely into what he had to say to us.

I have tried to read Revelations a couple of times now and must say have never really been able to overcome the mental barrier of all the symbolisim. So I feel I am able to breath a spiritual sigh of relief at having some of that explained to me.

So what did I learn?

Revelation is a book of blessing.

Revelation is 'not' a book of symbolism

Revelation DOES contain symbols but only 21 and that is less than 1 per chapter- and these are easily interpreted. This gives me great hope.

Revelation is a book of obedience.