notes

The last couple of evenings I listened to Passion 2011.  It made me wish I had been exposed to this when I was in my 20's. Here are just a few of the notes I want to remember. I didn't take enough, for sure. The thing I love about being a Christian is the fact that it doesn't matter how old we are; He keeps teaching.  I hope I keep learning when I'm 80 years old!  The following notes are very unorganized, but I wanted to get them down. Maybe you will be Blessed as well.

Beth Moore:
RENEWED MIND
2 Tim 2:26  Satan also has a plan for my life.
Eph 4:17-19 New Testament definition of addiction: with a continual lust for more. compulsion, substance- calls for more.
**Psalm 27:4 Renewed mind focus (reflect on Him) not multitasking. Shut off every other voice. Do one thing. Memorize a chapter. Phil 3:10 JUST DO ONE THING.
Luke 2:18 & 19 Think past the obvious, amazing will not change my mind. Think it through... Don't multitask. Don't just be amazed.
I have the capacity to choose how I want to think.
I can think a new thought about the old thing.
I can't change how I feel. No, I can change my mind and it will change my heart. You can't change how you feel but you can change how you think. And that will eventually change how you feel!
1 Cor 2:9-10 No mind has conceived... what God has prepared but He has revealed it by his Spirit.
Luke 24:45 He opened their minds so they can understand the Scriptures that I will love it more.
I want to love Him with my MIND.
Romans 12:1-2 But be transformed by the renewing of your mind. THEN we will be able to test and discern His Will for our lives.

John Piper:
"You are precious to me. I will not let your preciousness be your God. I alone am your God." (I didn't hear his whole message. I wish I could have heard more.)

Francis Chan:
Does it make sense according to what I believe?  I want to have so much joy. Let my life match up with what I believe in. Please Lord, let me be bold.

I want my life to make sense in light of the Gospel.

Andy Stanley:
Our APPETITE... It can overpower our prayers... It has the potential to determine the direction and quality of our life. I will rule it or it will rule me.

There is an appetite for... Progress, Responsibility, Respect, Win, Love, Acceptance, Fame, Recognition, To be Envied, Things.
GOD CREATED THEM, SIN DISTORTED THEM. THEY AREN'T BAD, JUST BROKEN.
THEY ARE NEVER FULLY AND FINALLY SATISFIED!!!!!!! Same is true of all of those things. Our appetites always whisper NOW, never LATER.
Trade the ultimate for the immediate.
We eat things we shouldn't eat... Drink things we shouldn't eat...
My response to my appetite will affect God's Will in my life.
First sell me your birthright ... for a bowl of Stew!!! Jacob and Esau
I'm about to die... What good is the birthright to me?
Impact bias takes a simple appetite and magnifies it out of proportion. It exaggerates... Your brain lies to you. This is why you have buyers remorse.
Focalism... focuses our minds on one thing and blurs out everything else.
Surrender your appetite for HIM. The stew was gone and so was his birthright!!
Is it worth trading my...
Five years from now...
My appetite wants MORE and NOW.
What's at stake? I don't know because I have no idea what God could do through me. What's my bowl of stew right now?
You might be trading your future for...? My habit. My shortcut? It's my bowl of stew. REFRAME... REFRAIN.

I'm thankful for these obedient servants of God.  I'm also very convinced that there are no coincidences and that He wanted me to hear these messages this week.