1. What did you get out of this particular lesson?
2. Have you ever thought of “organic” in relation to God? What parallels do you see between the word “organic” and “God?”
3. Is there anything about seeking God that makes you uncomfortable? Explain.
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hi! our group is about to get started on this bad boy in about 2 hours. i'll let you know how it goes!
Awesome--can't wait to hear!
Hello, Well the first group and first session of The Organic God was awesome! We really enjoyed the video and our discussion prompted by the workbook. All seem excited to go on this journey together. Yea!
Here are my answers to your questions;
1. This session encouraged my hunger to know God better. I want to be a "Jesus Girl" too!
2. Here are my parallels to "organic" and "God";
Natural = just me and Him
Pure = no one else telling me what He means
Essential = the fuel I can't get anywhere else
3. Good question....., I think there are several things. Sometimes I think having to admit that sometimes I have ignored him or pretended not to hear him. Next, would be that I question him too often!! However, I can't wait to see him to know he is, and to feel the love I know he has for me exactly as I am.
Thanks for the card Margaret, it made all the difference in deciding whether we should go with this study through Bluefish.TV. We wish you well in NEVADA!
Wed. is our first session! I'm excited!
I thank you for creating a hunger for a new and better relationship with my Father!!
My group has just started the study and we are all soo thrilled to come together to discuss what we have discovered!
There are many times in life that you don't realize something about yourself until someone questions you on it. I didn't think that I was uncomfortable seeking God, but now recognize that I am. I want to be able to do everything "right", and fear that I won't keeps me from forging full speed straight ahead. Thank you for the challenge!
When I first heard about "The Organic God" bible study, I thought this sounds lightweight. I had no idea! We're only through the first section our bible study and already I have had a major revelation about my relationship with God. Sadly, I had pulled away from Him, not He from me. I didn't even realize it. I was looking at the outward circumstances, other relationships, signs and wonders I guess, and when those things died down after being born again and getting knocked down a few times, I realized I was the one who pulled back to lick my wounds and ask why why why? Now I see, He never left me, I think He wanted more intimacy with me and I missed it. Ouch....I'm looking forward to drawing nearer to my heavenly Father so he can draw nearer to me...
This is our third week with the study and so far the ladies here at Eastside Christian Church in Jeffersonville, Indiana love the study.
Thanks
This is our third week with the study and so far the ladies here at Eastside Christian Church in Jeffersonville, Indiana love the study.
Thanks
I am so excited! Our group starts tonight, and I can't wait to see what God does in the hearts of the women studying, including me!
I am going through it myself. Then I will go through it with my Bible Study leaders. They will each then take it and have a study with a small group in our church. Thank you for the note. Our Ladies ministry was very impressed! I read through the book already and when I came to the end of it, I wanted more. It was great! I really am enjoying the time alone with God! I think that is what was impressed on me during session 1.
This week definitely challenged me to dig deeper into my relationship with God, and not take Him for granted. I'm going to start to pray for a hunger for His Word. Can't wait to see how He answers.
Starting tomorrow AM here in NC with my sister chicks. Would like to hear what other leaders are doing to encourage the "all play" that Margaret speaks about in the leaders guide. I've got some ideas of my own, but it's always helpful to hear what others are doing.
We're doing the study here in Monterey Ca with the Protestant Women of the Chapel, which is a military ministry. Since we started on Tuesday, I've been thinking about what it means to love God heart, soul, mind, and strength. I am wondering if loving God is primarily an effort of discipline and planning, or if it's supposed to just flow from some emotional place in the heart. Maybe a balance of both?
We are about to start a small group with the Senior High girls of our church, and I could think of no better way to begin than to introduce them to a living God who is essential to their emotional, physical and spiritual well-being. What a great concept! I am praying that this study will be a life-transforming experience for them.
I'm am so encouraged that all of you are diving into the study! That is awesome and I can't wait to hear about the journeys!
We began this journey last Thursday as a Womens Bible study at First Baptist of Cassville, MO. I have thoroughly enjoyed reading each session chapter and am excited to continue the remainder of this six week study. I really enjoy learning Jewish History along with the Hebrew Language and the wonderful Godly Festivals that are celebrated. I pray that our heavenly Father will continue to do his work through you that many others will open up and see how important it is to have a deep intimate relationship with the Lord our God, In Yeshua's precious Love and Shalom, toda rabah. Amen
We began this journey last Thursday as a Womens Bible study at First Baptist of Cassville, MO. I have thoroughly enjoyed reading each session chapter and am excited to continue the remainder of this six week study. I really enjoy learning Jewish History along with the Hebrew Language and the wonderful Godly Festivals that are celebrated. I pray that our heavenly Father will continue to do his work through you that many others will open up and see how important it is to have a deep intimate relationship with the Lord our God, In Yeshua's precious Love and Shalom, toda rabah. Amen
1. This Lesson has taught me that looking above and beyond will and has helped me begin a journey out of spiritual staleness.
2. Yes, in a sense because he is a natural source that is not changed by anything or anybody, definitely with no perservatves or pesticides. LOL. He proved that by coming to earth and spending 30 some years as a perfect being in flesh, how many of us can say that, no one, only God can be unchanged or "organic".
3. No, He is the all knowing God and if we are ashamed of something we should make it right with Him not be uncomfortable or afraid.
Hi,
Our group started our discussion this past Monday night. Being an outdoors girl and a health nut as well, I could easily relate to a natural God. My hope is that during this study that God will reveal Himself to me as He really is and not by the preconceived notions that I may have about Him.
I'm asking Him to uncover all the pollution that is in my heart. I'm excited about the adventure that He is going to take us on!
"Above all else, guard your heart,
for it is the wellspring of life" Proverbs 4:23
Good Evening . . . tonight was our first session of The Organic God. I want a real, natural, pure, essential relationship with my Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. I want God to reveal Himself to me and draw me closer to Him than I have ever been. I am looking forward to the next 6 weeks studying this book.
Sharon,
I can't wait to hear more about how the study goes--you should definitely send me a picture of your group! I'd love to post it! Many blessings on your journey!
Margaret
I loved the first session, it made me hungry for God all over again. I want to have a all natural, organic, me and God relationship!! After the lesson our teacher had brought a fruit and veggy tray to snack on and it was totally appropiate for the situation. I myself enjoyed some sweet delightful pinapple. God is sweet and delightful in all that he does for us and I delight in him to such a degree well words cannot describe. Looking forward to the next lesson!
My women's group is just starting this book... great so far! :)
1. It inspired me to really get to KNOW God, and to start praying for hunger and thirst for Him!
2. Not until I started this book, but it makes a lot of sense. He is authentic and when we really seek to know Him, our relationship will be authentic and our behavior will come from a pure heart, rather than having a relationship polluted by religion or pride.
3. Sometimes it makes me uncomfortable simply because I'm selfish or trapped in a stronghold, and I know that really KNOWING God and walking in obedience will cause me to change... but I know God is for me, and knowing Him is the key to obeying Him, and obeying Him is the key to true freedom!
I went to the first session of The Organic God and am looking forward to seeing where this next 6 weeks is going to take me. My desire is to have a closer relationship with God, to know him on a deeper level and to walk in faith as I never have before. I have always loved and believed in God but (I hate to admit) it has always been on my terms. I want so much to let go of my control and my will and leave it in his very capable hands.
He's not exclusive to one of us - He's available to all of us! He is unique to each of us in the way He knows we need. God loves variety as evident in the beauty of the Alaskan back drop on the DVD. We should be seeking him with Puppy Love enthusiasm. How many remember growing up with one phone in the house and when you followed the cord it was slipped under a door? You just couldn't wait to talk to that special someone on the other end. Regardless of the fact you just left them at school 5 minutes before. Did you have to ask Mom to buy the longer cord? Or are we like Kramer bursting in the door with news we want to share with God? Are you excited to meet with God in that favorite place on the couch or out on a balcony? How about the way God reveals himself to you and guess what you can share his creation with someone right next to you. Weren't you excited to read about the covenant promise God made with Noah and the sign was in the RAINBOW? Did you get the part from Adam to Noah and the Great Flood, no one had ever seen a rainbow? Yet we still see God's promise from Genesis 9 to today! Have fun unpacking this Bible Study!
Hi there,
I am really excited to be getting into this study. I have wondered what it would be like to strip away all the additives and really get to know God for mysels so this study is perfect for me! The answers to your questions are:
1. I have learned to ask God to give me spiritual hunger in my life, not something I had put together on my own.
2. Organic in relation to God to me means that he is an essential part of my day and that my relationship with Him can only be natural and pure since that is exactly what He is.
3. I do actually sometimes still feel a little weird talking to God when I can't physically see Him and don't usually experience an answer from Him.
I am curious, too, about some suggestions for a busy person who has a hard time shutting her mind off, on good ways to meditate to shut my mind off and to really sit quietly and listen for God. Thanks!
We started last Wednesday and I have sailed through the firs 3 chapters of the book. This first session has definately wetted my appetite.
I have never really thought of God as organic, but I never really thought about the word before. The parallels are obvious: God is natural, pure, and ESSENTIAL.
Since God is essential is doesn't seem logical that seeking him would make me feel uncomfortable, but it does. It's a paradox. I am uncomfortable because I feel like a failure. I feel that I don't seek God enough. I, like you, "find myself tempted to live a distracted life." I thirst and hunger to know God, but eat and run. Which isn't nourishing me at all, only wetting my appetite.
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