God's Self-Existence

I loved the Definition of an Attribute, I loved the analogy he used in reference to reading someones biography you know all about them but you don't personally know them. I LOVE the fact that by learning the attributes of God we are not learning little snipits about Him we are learning who He is!!!


It Stood out to me that when Tozer was refering to God never have been created how often times I forget that He was first and was never created He was before time( but more importantly before me). I think it made me realize how truly depraved I am in the sense that I am blessed with the knowledge of Him yet I still fall so short in grasping the true gravity of how small I am yet He still chose to bless me!!


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~ I am what I am means before all thing God was and is and will be after all things!

~ With God having not been created it brings perspective to the fact that we are so small that we were created! We begin and we end! God remains!

~ To make our Prayers more than just a "shopping list" I must first address where my prayer life is, If I am just coming to God once a day seeking for myself versus seeking God through prayer at every opportunity. Am I humbling myself at His thrown and lifting up others or am I just self seeking. I need to let the Spirit lead me in prayer I need to humble myself when I seek an audience with the Most High!

~Once God truly opens our eyes and ears and removes out heart of stone, We have new hearts to seek God for His glory and not for our own selfishness!

~ The Essence of Sin is self, The world as whole tends to think of things that feel good right now instant gratification, which leads to the me-ness we constantly want for ourselves, I want this or I want that, seldom do we consider others through out the course of our day. Moreover how often do we let our heavenly Father fall to the back burner of self. In the world today that is what everthing is about is about self-esteem, positive self-talk, addictive personality mad me do it. There is one self that is always missing from today, Self-control.

~Of all the sins refered to in Galatians 5:19-21 They all boil down to SELF!


Ladies I lift you up today and will continue to lift you up daily. I will be praying for the families and the people of Haiti throughout the day. May God continue to Bless this study and open up our hearts to Glorify Him!!

Ch 1 God's Self-Existence

Definition of attribute - love that he did this; so often I think I know what a word means only to find out I'm wrong! I'm thankful for the wonder about God that I have & that there are things about Him I CAN'T know so I don't need to fret about them! (forgive the over-use of "!").
God to Moses: "I am the God of your forefathers & I will be the God of your descendants."
"God has no origin" - His existence doesn't depend on & is not affected by ANY person, situation, circumstance, etc.
"The essence of sin is independent self" - ouch! I forget/ignore/disregard the fact that Barb is ONLY because God is first. All else depends on Him. I can't be independent of God, altho I sometimes run my live - & others - as tho I am. Dealing w/it - daily/always allowing Him to show me my sin & to deal w/it, along w/its manifestations.
When I exclude God, everything is tainted & less than it should be. An iota of sin prevents holiness & affects every part of my life. Related to salvation, I was unable to save myself or clean myself up enuf to be saved; didn't even know I needed salvation until God blessed me with His saving grace - alleluia!
Quotes I liked:
"Reason must always fall short of God."
"God rises transcendently above all that we can understand. The human mind must kneel before the great God Almighty. What God is can never quite be grasped by the mind; it can only be revealed by the Holy Spirit.”
“… the mind is never better employed than when it is seeking to know this great God Almighty.”
"“He gives answers to prayers, but after we’ve used up the answer or don’t need it anymore, we still have God.” (LOVE THAT!)
God, forgive me for trying to take Your place on the throne of my life; forgive me for neglecting You; forgive me for squandering my blessings. God, would You place a desire deep within my heart to know You? Help me please to follow hard after You, for nothing else compares to You. Thank You for choosing me to be Your daughter. Amen.

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Ladies,
I trust that everyone is settled back into their normal routines after our holiday madness. The blog is now ready for anyone to begin posting for chapter 1. I look forward to reading the insights of you all.

HELLOOOO Anyone out there????

I am wondering if anyone is out there.. Did you get my last post???? Do you all want to wait until Jan 1 to start this...

Should we wait?

Ok everyone..
So I notice that everyone is sluggish in posting and after speaking with some of you by phone, I know that it is a very overwhelming time of the year. I was wondering if it would be better for everyone if we waited until the first of the year to begin. I would love your responses on this so we can make a decision. Just let me know what you all would rather do. I am flexible.