Feeding on His Faithfulness

God's faithfulness is what sustains me. Below are notes from this weekend's women's retreat.

Psalm 37

v4 - Delight yourself also in The Lord and He shall give you the desires of your heart

DELIGHT

a high degree of pleasure or enjoyment; joy; rapture

- spend adequate time with God

- worship Him for who He is

- God is the pleasure giver

1- when you're with God, what do you experience? Romans 8:1

Do you feel unfit or disapproved of?

1 Cor13:5 God doesn't keep records of wrong 

Psalm 103:12 God is NEVER rocked by our sin 

God's track record is Love, Faithfulness, and Mercy 

2 - what pleasures do you need to remove in your life so that you can delight in God more? 

v23 The Lord delights in you for He has created you in His image

Adam Watts 

Tyranny of the urgent - pamphlet  

V.7 rest in The Lord 

What do you do in God's waiting room?

Mark 5 Jarius and his daughter 

God's plan is different. just believe.

Noah. Waited. 

King David waited on God's time

The disciples waited for the Holy Spirit.

BE STILL AND KNOW THAT HE IS GOD-psalm 46:10

Isaiah 40:31

Resting: Calm reliance on Him,  joyous freedom in Him

Rest is a privilege and a duty

On the 7th day God Rested

- discipline, obedience, surrender, submission, Solitude

-He calls us to wait so that He can work on our hearts

Psalm 40:1-3 

Proverbs 16:32 aelf control

1peter 5

Self Control in Anger

Proverbs 19:11

Psalm 19:14

Do not fret and do not envy

Things to do:

Trust and do- psalm 118

Dwell and feed

Dwell and receive 

Rest and wait

Trust is motivating fretting is paralyzing 

Don't stop doing good

Dwell - take possession

Faith however slender saves the soul

(Charles Spurgeon)

When we truly delight in Him, the desires of our heart will change

Do not FRET - tell the worry committee in your head to sit down And shut up!