eternal life and kingdom and is the same thing
-blessed are the righteous
-kingdom of God is a future reality... righteous inherited at the end of 2nd coming
we can experience the kingdom of God, eternal life
we can have eternal life now, but not in full now
what is eternal life
1. knowledge of God
-we can start knowing God
-knowledge is not having information... is abt experience (personal encounters, entering into relationship, becoming God's friend, entering into fellowship and communion with God)
-to know a person means to have experience (knowing facts is easy.. google, facebook but doesnt mean knowing the person)
-we need to be born again
-water, not abt baptism, but in the new covenant, the Holy Spirit will cleanse us
born again person within us
spirit = our heart, inner-man
1. result = Christ is being formed in us
-personality is who are externally, how we present ourselves to the world
-easily changed via coaching
-character is internal (the real us) - fruit of the spirit
-formed through transformation over time
-through thoughts
-character is what God is focusing on
2. desire to integrate all aspects of all our lives
-if our spiritual life is not integrated with our life, our soul breaks down
-dont do exactly what we say... having a divided heart
-integrity = character
3. process = place our "real self" in the presence of God
-spirituality makes us aware of our true self
-bring it before God's presence so that He can change us
-when we overwork, we be stress / pressured.. become irritable/easily angry
-only 1 thing is needed... spirituality
-sometimes we allow ourselves to being so busy
-the true self maybe more angry, not be so pure, honest, kind
-ppl are afraid to come before God, surrender to God... things may not turn out how we want it to be...we are not willing to accept it
-weary = overworked, tired, burnout
-burdened = worried, stressed
-its a promise! but we must first come to God
-silent all our mind, come before the presence of God, focus our whole heart on Jesus
-our spirituality is more important than all other world accomplishments
-Mary chose the most important thing... that is to spirituality
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