Adventures With God
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I recently had the opportunity to visit for seven days three cities in
John shares these word from the Lord with us, "Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed; And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free." (John 8:31-32) What word was Jesus referring too? Certainly, Jesus was not referring to the Bible for it was not yet written. Jesus was referring to the previous word which He had spoken to His disciples. "And he opened his mouth, and taught them, saying, Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven." (Matthew 5:2-3) It is in such word as "Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled." (Matthew 5:6) is where we find the strength to believe, in spite of our situations and circumstances, that if we seek righteousness we will be filled. In such word, we can know truths as, "I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee" and be made free even in the mist of great poverty. Knowing the truth is not dependent on our situations and circumstances, but is dependent on knowing the word that God has spoken to us. That word that He speaks to our hearts, that specific word that He speaks which gives us hope, salvation, and our very life. A word that will cause us to turn our eyes away from our situations and look toward the One who can save us. Even in the face of nothingness we rest in God's spoken word to us. "I will never leave thee, nor forsake." Pastor Jacob thanked me for sharing the word and my love with them.
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This book is full of Adventures with God. It is filled with my life experiences in God over the last nine years. It is our life experiences God uses to reveal His nature and character to us and to conform us into His image. It is our life experiences, our adventures God uses to glorify Himself through us and to have His glory manifest upon the earth in us. In all of this glorification God has a purpose and intention; it is a qualifying and an approving by us to be able to receive yet greater glory from Him. This book is about losing so that others may win. It is about sacrifices and joys, dangers and splendor, it is about death and life, the life that I have allowed God to work in my life. It is about death to my selfish and self-centered ways. It is full of many hopes and fears, many lessons I believe I have learned, and a knowledge of God that will enable me to be productive in my next life-age to come. After all this is what this Christian life on earth is all about. It is not about doing and working, but it is all about becoming and knowing. Many Christians in the church today seem to be trapped in the working and doing part of serving God, but this comes far short of what God really expects. We can do all for God and never know Him. How could this be? Well my friend come along with me for a few Adventures with God and find out. Beware the road is long and hot, not for the faint of heart, courage is required and most of all obedience and integrity will be the measure of success or failure.
About the Author
There is within us a call to places we do not know and an insatiable hunger to know God and His ways. This book is one answer along the way of His call. Ordained, the author is the Founder of Beholding His Glory, an international Bible teaching ministry and was senior Pastor of Christliche Gemeinde Stuttgart a Spirit-filled, international, non-denominational church located in a small town outside the city of
In August 2000, Pastor Dave retired at the rank of Lieutenant Commander from the United States Navy. His career spanned over 24 years from E2 to 04. He proudly served as a Hospital Corpsman in Naval Hospitals working in clinics, dispensaries, the operating room, and with the United States Marine Corps deployed in combat and ashore. As an Officer he served as a Joint Medical Planner in the Medical Serve Corps also deployed in combat and ashore at many Service and Joint Headquarters.
His formal educational background includes; receiving a Bachelors of Science from Southern Illinois University in Hospital Management in 1987 and a Masters of Science in Human Resource Management from
The one thing most important to know about the author is he loves God and his family with all of his heart, mind, and spirit. Everything else is secondary.