Fear of the Lord

This is the subject we learned about this week. Our teacher was originally from Australia, so he was great to listen to. There was so much I learned thru this week. What exactly is the fear of the Lord? It is having reverance, awe, worship, respect for Him. Also it means to hate evil. We learned about conviction and condemnation. Conviction comes from God and condemnation comes either from Satan or our own mind. We also talked about our conscience. Some of us have a strong conscience where nothing bothers them and some of us have a weak conscience where we are very strict with ourselves. One thing that he said that really made me think was, Sow a thought- reap an action. Sow an action-reap a habit. Sow a habit-reap a character. Sow a character-reap a destiny. Really makes you think doesn't it? On Fri. we had a lady come in and she is going to teach us how to study the bible. I am really looking forward to that. Also another lady will be coming in each week and help us to debrief, we had to explain what we learned to a people group and ours was to non-christians. It was a very good exercise and she said it would help us on our outreach.
I can't begin to tell you the change that took place this last week among my roomates. I had a great week. I think it just takes a little adjusting. We also began getting together one night a week and praying for one another. I think this will really draw us together. I still have been praying that God would continue to love them through me, and that He would give me words to say to relate to them.
I found this saying in my journal that I really liked. Love comes while we rest against our Father's chest. Joy comes when we catch the rhythms of His heart. Peace comes when we live in harmony with those rhythms.
It says in Ephesians 1:11-12, It's in Christ that we find out who we are living for. Long before we first heard of Christ and got our hopes up, he had His eye on us, had designs on us for glorious living, part of the overall purpose he is working out in everything and everyone. How great it is to know He has His eye on us isn't it?
I can't begin to tell how much your prayers have meant to me. Thank you and please continue.
I should know next week where we are going for outreach. I will keep everybody posted.