Last time, we meet there were some specifics for our bible time. We dabbled into the question: Who is God? We focused on Genesis 1:1, and we travelled to the book of Job as well. We saw for ourselves in the book of Job the awesomeness of God depicted in His conversation with Job. And as we progress forward, I want to remain in the beginning, or the time of creation. And as the Lord would see fit, and move us further into the Word of God. But, before we begin our march to the land of Caanan---lets pray.
Dear Heavenly Father, we come to you this evening lifting up the name that is above all names. Father, this evening we magnify Your Holy name with the fruits of our lips. Father, we desire to be consumed by You this evening. We want to feel Your presence in a tangible way this evening. We want every word that You inspired to come alive in us this evening. We ask You, Most Holy One that You search us clean of all imperfections this evening. We ask that if there is anything in us that is not like You that You wipe it from us, and purge us to Your satisfaction Lord. We ask that Your anointing penetrate our existence, and glorify You in our earthly bodies. We thank you for the burden and yolk destroying power of Your Son, and Our Sweet Savor, Christ Jesus. We love on You this evening Lord, and we credit You for everything that we are, and will be. In the name of Jesus we pray. Amen and Amen.
Well, bless the name of the Lord this evening...I don't know about you, but it is always refreshing to pray. I have found that there is such a lifting when I am praying. I could go on and on in my prayer time because it just makes me feel like I am getting everything off of me. Have you ever had that feeling? When so much is going on around you, and you want to call your friend, or cousin who is a good listener. And you start off by telling them, that you don't know what you are going to do, and then they ask you... "What's wrong?" and from there is on.... You start telling them everything that happened that whole month, and they are sitting on the phone telling you what they would do, or would have done if it was them. Well, this is how I feel in my prayer time. I feel the exact same way, but because God is everywhere, and in all things. He can actually do something about what I am saying. He can actually see me, and the situation I am talking about. And every time I take my situation to Him in prayer, the results are immediate. Which brings me to the topic for this particular lesson, which is The Creation of Man.
In the word of God there are several things that I want to point out. Our God calls Himself the Lord of Hosts. And often times it is downloaded in our spirits to call Him as such, but there hasn't been a great deal of knowledge until now, as to why we call Him the Lord of Hosts. And as we dive into the word of God, I ask that the Lord impart wisdom to you. Here are some scriptural references that we are going to meditate on, and study.
- Genesis 2:1-2--Thus the heavens and the earth, and all the host of them, were finished. (2) And on the seventh day God ended His work which He had done, and He rested on the seventh day from all His work which He had done.
- Genesis 2:4--This is the history of the heavens and the earth when they were created, in the day that the Lord God made the earth and the heavens.
