Unit 2 - Experiencing-God - Looking to God

1. UNIT 2
EXPERIENCING GOD:
LOOKING TO GOD

2. Psalm 20:7
Some trust in chariots and some
in horses, but we trust in the
name of the LORD our God.

3. Jeremiah 17:5
This is what the LORD says:
"Cursed is the one who trusts in
man, who depends on flesh for
his strength and whose heart
turns away from the LORD.

4. Isaiah 2:22
Stop trusting in man, who
has but a breath in his
nostrils. Of what account is
he?

5. cliches: Tiwala lang! (San ang tiwala? Sa Sarili diba?)
Maniwala ka lang! (Believe!)
(San o kanino ka maniniwala? Sa sarili di ba?)
Dollar: IN GOD WE TRUST

6. Psalm 56:4
In God, whose word I praise, in
God I trust; I will not be afraid.
What can mortal man do to
me?

7. CHOOSING GOD-CENTERED
LIVING RATHER THAN THE SELF-
CENTERED LIVING

8. 1. IT IS ABOUT TOTALLY
DEPENDING ON GOD FOR ABILITY
AND PROVISIONS RATHER ON
HAVING WRONG CONFIDENCE ON
SELF AND RELYING ON OWN SELF
AND EFFORTS

9. 2Corinthians 1:8-10
2Co 1:8 We do not want you to be
uninformed, brothers, about the hardships
we suffered in the province of Asia. We
were under great pressure, far beyond our
ability to endure, so that we despaired
even of life.

10. 2Co 1:9 Indeed, in our hearts we felt the
sentence of death. But this happened that
we might not rely on ourselves but on
God, who raises the dead.
2Co 1:10 He has delivered us from such a
deadly peril, and he will deliver us. On him
we have set our hope that he will continue
to deliver us,

11. 2. IT IS ABOUT FOLLOWING
GOD’S PLANS AND WAYS
RATHER THAN HUMAN
PLANS AND WAYS

12. Joshua 14:8
but my brothers who went up with
me made the hearts of the people
melt with fear. I, however, followed
the LORD my God wholeheartedly.

13. Proverbs 3:5-6
v.5 Trust in the LORD with all your
heart and lean not on your own
understanding;
v.6 in all your ways acknowledge
him, and he will make your paths
straight.

14. 3. IT IS ABOUT DENYING SELF
RATHER THAN GRATIFYING FLESH
ESPECIALLY PRIDE

15. Luke 9:23
Then he said to them all: "If
anyone would come after me, he
must deny himself and take up
his cross daily and follow me.

16. Romans 13:14
Rather, clothe yourselves with
the Lord Jesus Christ, and do
not think about how to gratify
the desires of the sinful
nature.

17. Galatians 5:16
So I say, live by the Spirit,
and you will not gratify the
desires of the sinful
nature.

18. 4. IT IS ABOUT SEEKING THE
WAYS OF THE KINGDOM OF GOD
AND HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS FIRST
RATHER THAN CONFORMING TO
THE WAYS OF THIS WORLD.

19. Matthew 6:33
But seek first his kingdom and
his righteousness, and all
these things will be given to
you as well.

20. Romans 12:2
Do not conform any longer to the
pattern of this world, but be
transformed by the renewing of your
mind. Then you will be able to test
and approve what God's will is-- his
good, pleasing and perfect will.

21. 5. IT IS ABOUT SEEKING GOD AND
HIS PERSPECTIVE IN EVERY
CIRCUMSTANCE RATHER THAN
LOOKING AT CIRCUMSTANCES
FROM A HUMAN PERSPECTIVE

22. Ephesians 5:17
Therefore do not be foolish,
but understand what the
Lord's will is.

23. Psalm 119:10-11
v10 I seek you with all my heart;
do not let me stray from your
commands.
v11 I have hidden your word in
my heart that I might not sin
against you.

24. 2Corinthians 4:16-18
2Co 4:16 Therefore we do not lose heart. Though
outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are
being renewed day by day.
2Co 4:17 For our light and momentary troubles are
achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs
them all.
2Co 4:18 So we fix our eyes not on what is seen,
but on what is unseen. For what is seen is
temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.