“We head to the well together with pitchers on our heads, chattering incessantly, filled with anticipation to draw deeply from the Living Water. I want to be a person God can use to show Himself mighty…I want to be a person of vision.” My New Year’s Resolution: I want to be an incendiary lioness, a dream-catching prophetess.Īlthough I participated in this study on my own, Beth Moore’s Daniel is ideal for women’s ministry where women “so different in age, background, gifting, and personality” gather as girlfriends. Daniel’s intense relationship with God fills me with holy jealousy. He represents a life God can use wildly in the worst of circumstances. He sets us free so we can” set the captives free. Christ didn’t set us free just for freedom’s sake. He wants us to have integrity so we can be trusted with responsibility. “God doesn't mean for us to have integrity just for integrity’s sake. Christ alone satisfies the ailing human soul.” The world’s claim of happiness is betrayed by an ever-increasing lust for more. His upside-down path is the only way to true contentment and satisfaction. The greatest in the kingdom is the servant of all. “Our lives can become flesh-and-blood felt boards of the great and glorious paradox: life is found by losing it for the sake of Christ. Does anyone have any suggestions?Īlthough it’s New Year’s Day, I just finished Beth Moore’s Daniel, the embodiment of the acronym Easter: Every Alternative Savior Takes Early Retirement. I would love to read more about this topic from other viewpoints. The eschatology is exciting, but it is also applicable here and now. It was fun to read this at the same time as my pastor preached through the book of Revelations. God gives us many layers of understanding. I really believe that is how scripture plays itself out, all throughout the bible, stories point to Jesus, and it is the same with the end. Beth made the application that sometimes God allows us to go into the furnace in order to free us from longstanding sin or bondage in our lives.ģ- Finally, I was interested in teh concept of their being both a near (it has already been lived out) and a far fulfillment to some of Daniel's prophecies. A couple things that really struck me-ġ-Friendly captivity is dangerous, like the lobster in the pot we begin comfortable and get cooked (my own metaphor)Ģ-In the fiery furnace, the only thing that burned was the ropes-there was no smell of fire on them (complete deliverence). We are living in a babylon, and we do need to learn to be Daniels in the middle of it. The daily homework didn't seem as intensive as I hoped, and at times she can be hokey-but that fluffy encouragement at the beginning of each chapter must be for someone. I am slightly hesitant to leave it, and I am going throught each chapter one last time, just taking a day to review. I really enjoyed diving into this book that has seemed so elusive in the past. It was a refreshing time together in God's word. William ended up joining me in the study. I am excited about what God has to teach me in the book of Daniel. Well, now they have been found and I can't wait to get started. I bought the workbook with birthday money in March, and then the DVD's at church went missing.
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