Week 7's focus was "The person and ministry of the Holy Spirit" and the lectures were done by a woman named Maureen Menard, who presently lives in South Africa. The neat thing is we will probably get to have dessert at her house one night when we're there! For this week, we combined classes with another school (Community Transformation DTS) which made our size grow from 35 to about 100! There was lots of grace for the week, even when the electricity was off for construction and we had lecture in a small classroom with no a/c, no fans and 100 people!
I really enjoyed Maureen's thorough understanding of the Bible. She had tons of Scripture to show us the truth about the Holy Spirit. I really love the topic of the Holy Spirit because it discusses a subject I care a lot about....my friend! The indwelling Holy Spirit who lives inside me! I love Him! I also enjoyed the teaching on the incarnation of Jesus. Not many people out there preach the incarnation of Jesus past His ascension. I loved hearing another speaker boldly say that yes, Jesus is a Man forever! Amen!
My favorite lines from week 7 are:
- "We need to cooperate with and keep getting filled with the Spirit. It is a process and the fruit is that we will look like Jesus and increase in intimacy!"
- "The Holy Spirit dwells in believers and is involved in both the salvation and sanctification process."
- A good question to ask Him is "Holy Spirit, is there anyway that I've grieved You?"
- "He wants a relationship. He is a personal being."
- "We have all of the Holy Spirit, not just part of Him! But He doesn't necessarily have all of us."
- "You can live as though He's not there."
- "The Father, Son and Spirit have their own thoughts, emotions and will and they talk to each other. They honor and respect one another."
- "You can't get any closer to God than you are right now. You can only become more aware."
- "God intended us to be human. God did not intend for us to be sinful."
- "You have to cooperate with the call of God on your life and include the Holy Spirit."
- "Despite individual calling, I am called to extend the ministry of Jesus."
Other highlights:
- The beginning of the corporate fast (details here)
- More in-depth study on Jonah during our School of Biblical Studies Bible Study
- Learning more details about South Africa from our school leader who used to live there during our outreach prep....there are lots of needs there!
Here are some pictures of week 7. We didn't do a lot of picture-taking in week 7 and we spent the weekend working on our support letter so we didn't get out much =) But, here's some pictures of our walk to Walmart for cold meds and our first Starbuck's date since September and Winnipeg! It was a taste of home and buy one get one free to boot!
Our first sit down and connect date with my honey off campus!
My good-looking husband!
The view from the sidewalk on the walk back to campus
The sun and the ocean were beautiful on our walk back, but pictures just don't do justice!
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