God's Heart

I am learning a lot about christian organizations and churchs. These things will be very important as I feel called to be in ministry vocationally. (I write "vocationally" because every believers life is to be ministry.)
Something I have recently learned from the Lord is that His 1st priority is that we would know and believe Him. This comes from time in His word and continual surrendering of our pasts, pain, pride, etc. From this belief and knowledge comes the energy, the ability to serve. From my own expereince, I know we sometimes switch that around. I am just now beginning to truly know and stand on God's word above ALL else.
I am also discovering that God's Truth does not condemn, but as Beth Moore says, it does CONFRONT. It confronts my sin, my pride, my idol's, my priorities, my behavior and my attitude. It confronts the lies i've believed from the enemy as well as those from other people and past experiences. If I let it, God's confrontation can change and renew me in His likeness. It can bring freedom, peace, satisfaction in Him, and knowledge of His word that I can live by.
Moore writes:
You may never feel like giving your circumstance, hurt or loss to Him; but you can choose to submit to His authority out of belief and obedience rather than emotion. Obedience is the mark of authentic surrender to God's authority in any matter."
Essentially, authority UNDER Christ is the key to peace IN Christ~

also, I am learning to thank Him for this suffering and the trials He has given me. For when I am weak, His power is made perfect.
For the glory of His name, Kate

Psalm 73:25-26

"Whom have I in heaven but You?
And there is nothing on earth that I
desire besides You.
My flesh and my heart may fail,
but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever."

Ginny Owens

So when the whole world turns against me
And I'm all by myself
And I can't hear You answer my cries for help
I'll remember the suffering Your love put You through
And I will go through the darkness If You want me to~

My life verse: 2 Corinthians 6

" but as servants of God we commend ourselves in every way: by great endurance, in afflictions, hardships, calamities, beatings, imprisonments, riots, labors, sleepless nights, hunger; by purity, knowledge, patience, kindness, the Holy Spirit, genuine love; by truthful speech, and the power of God; with the weapons of righteousness for the right hand and for the left; through honor and dishonor, through slander and praise. We are treated as impostors, and yet are true; as unknown, and yet well known; as dying, and behold, we live; as punished, and yet not killed; as sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, yet possessing everything."