Comments on: George Müller’s 6-Point Strategy for Finding the Will of God http://www.desirespiritualgrowth.com/george-muller%e2%80%99s-6-point-strategy-for-finding-the-will-of-god/ Passionately pursuing intimacy with God in Christ Thu, 21 Apr 2011 04:55:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: The Need for Collective Prayer- Desire Spiritual Growth http://www.desirespiritualgrowth.com/george-muller%e2%80%99s-6-point-strategy-for-finding-the-will-of-god/#comment-284 The Need for Collective Prayer- Desire Spiritual Growth Mon, 02 Nov 2009 14:47:20 +0000 http://www.desirespiritualgrowth.com/?p=578#comment-284 [...] friends together to pray (Daniel 2:17-19), when we read the biographies of men like D.L. Moody and George Meuller, or when we step out and experience the spiritual disciplines in a new, refreshing [...] [...] friends together to pray (Daniel 2:17-19), when we read the biographies of men like D.L. Moody and George Meuller, or when we step out and experience the spiritual disciplines in a new, refreshing [...]

]]> By: Jonathan http://www.desirespiritualgrowth.com/george-muller%e2%80%99s-6-point-strategy-for-finding-the-will-of-god/#comment-252 Jonathan Thu, 15 Oct 2009 22:04:06 +0000 http://www.desirespiritualgrowth.com/?p=578#comment-252 The Lord will fulfill His purpose for you. Ps. 138:8. Peace to you, Ruth, in our Lord Jesus Christ. The Lord will fulfill His purpose for you. Ps. 138:8.

Peace to you, Ruth, in our Lord Jesus Christ.

]]> By: Ruth http://www.desirespiritualgrowth.com/george-muller%e2%80%99s-6-point-strategy-for-finding-the-will-of-god/#comment-251 Ruth Thu, 15 Oct 2009 21:57:26 +0000 http://www.desirespiritualgrowth.com/?p=578#comment-251 Hi Lei, I'm not qualified to or comfortable with talking doctrine or theology, but since I wrote and since you asked me a question...I hope I never put anyone above Christ. I dearly love my Savior: Jesus the Son of God, the Head of God's Church, of which we, including Peter, are the Body. I put my trust in Jesus Christ for the remission of my numerous sins and for His continued work and sanctification in my soul. I just wanted to share the comfort and encouragement I receive from Peter's story: that he received this blessing from the Lord only to be rebuked later as one who is more mindful of the things of men than of God, that he walked with and served Jesus for years only to deny Him when He was arrested. Knowing Peter's faults and weakneses sustains me when I am so desperately aware of my own. I am thankful that this is the kind of man Jesus chose to be His disciple and to be a vessel of the Holy Spirit's work as God revealed Salvation through His Son during the early days of the church. I still have much to learn, but by the grace of God, His Spirit at work in me has given me a very grateful heart. Hi Lei, I’m not qualified to or comfortable with talking doctrine or theology, but since I wrote and since you asked me a question…I hope I never put anyone above Christ. I dearly love my Savior: Jesus the Son of God, the Head of God’s Church, of which we, including Peter, are the Body. I put my trust in Jesus Christ for the remission of my numerous sins and for His continued work and sanctification in my soul.

I just wanted to share the comfort and encouragement I receive from Peter’s story: that he received this blessing from the Lord only to be rebuked later as one who is more mindful of the things of men than of God, that he walked with and served Jesus for years only to deny Him when He was arrested. Knowing Peter’s faults and weakneses sustains me when I am so desperately aware of my own. I am thankful that this is the kind of man Jesus chose to be His disciple and to be a vessel of the Holy Spirit’s work as God revealed Salvation through His Son during the early days of the church. I still have much to learn, but by the grace of God, His Spirit at work in me has given me a very grateful heart.

]]> By: Jonathan http://www.desirespiritualgrowth.com/george-muller%e2%80%99s-6-point-strategy-for-finding-the-will-of-god/#comment-250 Jonathan Thu, 15 Oct 2009 19:54:05 +0000 http://www.desirespiritualgrowth.com/?p=578#comment-250 I think you have an accurate exposition, Lei, but I think Ruth's comment was for more for testimony purposes. Plus, I don't think she explicitly stated that Peter was the "foundational" rock of the Church. But yes, Jesus was referring to the fact that He is the Messiah, the Rock. That was the truth Peter confessed, and upon that truth, Jesus will build His Church. I think you have an accurate exposition, Lei, but I think Ruth’s comment was for more for testimony purposes. Plus, I don’t think she explicitly stated that Peter was the “foundational” rock of the Church. But yes, Jesus was referring to the fact that He is the Messiah, the Rock. That was the truth Peter confessed, and upon that truth, Jesus will build His Church.

]]> By: lei http://www.desirespiritualgrowth.com/george-muller%e2%80%99s-6-point-strategy-for-finding-the-will-of-god/#comment-249 lei Thu, 15 Oct 2009 19:28:05 +0000 http://www.desirespiritualgrowth.com/?p=578#comment-249 Dear Ruth, Isn't Jesus refering to himself as the rock on which his church is built in Matthew 16:18? How could the church be built on a pebble? Peter's name means pebble, and Christ was referring to himself the Rock of our salvation, the Cornerstone the Jew's rejected, not to Peter. The word "on this rock i will build my church" means more of a bedrock rock, not pebble. Peter, or pebble, is an insufficient rock to be built on. It is a play on the words, and Jesus was using it to show Peter that he needed to depend on the true Rock. It follows in context because to the Jews, Jesus was a stumbling block (Matthew 21:42) in Mt 16:23 it says "Jesus turned and said to Peter, 'Get behind me, Satan! You are a stumbling block to me; you do not have in mind the things of God, but the things of men." I am thankful that the church is not built on what is a stumbling block to Jesus, rather it is built on a stumbling block to those who trust in themselves. Like you, I belive happiness in seeing the Jesus Christ revealed in the scriptures. Dear Ruth, Isn’t Jesus refering to himself as the rock on which his church is built in Matthew 16:18? How could the church be built on a pebble? Peter’s name means pebble, and Christ was referring to himself the Rock of our salvation, the Cornerstone the Jew’s rejected, not to Peter. The word “on this rock i will build my church” means more of a bedrock rock, not pebble. Peter, or pebble, is an insufficient rock to be built on. It is a play on the words, and Jesus was using it to show Peter that he needed to depend on the true Rock. It follows in context because to the Jews, Jesus was a stumbling block (Matthew 21:42) in Mt 16:23 it says “Jesus turned and said to Peter, ‘Get behind me, Satan! You are a stumbling block to me; you do not have in mind the things of God, but the things of men.” I am thankful that the church is not built on what is a stumbling block to Jesus, rather it is built on a stumbling block to those who trust in themselves. Like you, I belive happiness in seeing the Jesus Christ revealed in the scriptures.

]]> By: Daniel C. Wilson http://www.desirespiritualgrowth.com/george-muller%e2%80%99s-6-point-strategy-for-finding-the-will-of-god/#comment-195 Daniel C. Wilson Mon, 05 Oct 2009 01:49:51 +0000 http://www.desirespiritualgrowth.com/?p=578#comment-195 Jorge, your honesty is refreshing. Christ has set you free to be honest with yourself. And not even brutal honesty can stamp out the hope found in Christ. Thank you for coming by the blog. Jorge, your honesty is refreshing. Christ has set you free to be honest with yourself.

And not even brutal honesty can stamp out the hope found in Christ.

Thank you for coming by the blog.

]]> By: Jorge Bessa http://www.desirespiritualgrowth.com/george-muller%e2%80%99s-6-point-strategy-for-finding-the-will-of-god/#comment-194 Jorge Bessa Sun, 04 Oct 2009 23:40:38 +0000 http://www.desirespiritualgrowth.com/?p=578#comment-194 Awesome! Daniel, Jonathan and Ruth, I have to confess that I am really crying, feeling and noticing how far I am from the central will of God in my decision processes. Thanks for sharing Daniel! Awesome! Daniel, Jonathan and Ruth, I have to confess that I am really crying, feeling and noticing how far I am from the central will of God in my decision processes.
Thanks for sharing Daniel!

]]> By: Jonathan http://www.desirespiritualgrowth.com/george-muller%e2%80%99s-6-point-strategy-for-finding-the-will-of-god/#comment-184 Jonathan Wed, 30 Sep 2009 17:36:37 +0000 http://www.desirespiritualgrowth.com/?p=578#comment-184 What a tetimony, Ruth! Thanks! What a tetimony, Ruth! Thanks!

]]> By: Ruth http://www.desirespiritualgrowth.com/george-muller%e2%80%99s-6-point-strategy-for-finding-the-will-of-god/#comment-183 Ruth Wed, 30 Sep 2009 17:34:08 +0000 http://www.desirespiritualgrowth.com/?p=578#comment-183 (still following the above thread, but this seems to be the only place I can reply...) "And thank the Lord that sanctification comes by degrees, by the Spirit." Amen! Never before this year have I realized just how unable we naturally are to stay focused or to see clearly. Only by the Spirit can we do these things. A sister reminded me recently of the very powerful lesson in Matthew 16 when Jesus says to Peter, "Blessed art thou, Simon Barjona: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which art in heaven. And I say unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church..." and only 5 verses later, He says to Peter, "Get thee, behind me, Satan: thou art an offence unto me: for thou savourest not the things that be of God, but those that be of men." How strange (and wonderfully encouraging to me) that Jesus blesses Peter but later says he is an offense to Him... Even Peter, the chosen rock of Christ's church, needed to be sanctified by the Spirit before he could be fully pleasing to his Lord. The night that sister reminded me of verses 15-17 was the second time those verses fairly jumped off the page. I wish I could describe it to you, Daniel and Jonathan, but surely the Spirit spoke those verses to my heart in a way that made this moment alive and awesome to me! ,,,which brings me back to Muller: "Happiness in God comes from seeing God revealed to us in the face of Jesus Christ through the Scriptures." (still following the above thread, but this seems to be the only place I can reply…)

“And thank the Lord that sanctification comes by degrees, by the Spirit.”

Amen! Never before this year have I realized just how unable we naturally are to stay focused or to see clearly. Only by the Spirit can we do these things. A sister reminded me recently of the very powerful lesson in Matthew 16 when Jesus says to Peter, “Blessed art thou, Simon Barjona: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which art in heaven. And I say unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church…” and only 5 verses later, He says to Peter, “Get thee, behind me, Satan: thou art an offence unto me: for thou savourest not the things that be of God, but those that be of men.” How strange (and wonderfully encouraging to me) that Jesus blesses Peter but later says he is an offense to Him… Even Peter, the chosen rock of Christ’s church, needed to be sanctified by the Spirit before he could be fully pleasing to his Lord.

The night that sister reminded me of verses 15-17 was the second time those verses fairly jumped off the page. I wish I could describe it to you, Daniel and Jonathan, but surely the Spirit spoke those verses to my heart in a way that made this moment alive and awesome to me!

,,,which brings me back to Muller: “Happiness in God comes from seeing God revealed to us in the face of Jesus Christ through the Scriptures.”

]]> By: Daniel C. Wilson http://www.desirespiritualgrowth.com/george-muller%e2%80%99s-6-point-strategy-for-finding-the-will-of-god/#comment-181 Daniel C. Wilson Wed, 30 Sep 2009 04:50:26 +0000 http://www.desirespiritualgrowth.com/?p=578#comment-181 Yes! And thank the Lord that sanctification comes by degrees, by the Spirit. As sure as He is God, He will continue His work, opening our eyes to see things as they really are. Yes! And thank the Lord that sanctification comes by degrees, by the Spirit. As sure as He is God, He will continue His work, opening our eyes to see things as they really are.

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