I feel like social media is definitely a great tool don’t get me wrong. When social media is negative it’s good to bring the light of Jesus to people and it’s a good way for His love to spread. However I think it’s one of those things where it can definitely get addicting. And me personally I definitely have caught myself being on social media for way too long. But now knowing this I definitely want to start putting time limits or something to set that boundary. I feel like it’s good to use what we do have to spread Gods love, but if not careful I can definitely see social media as addicting and taking over lives.

I think that honesty with God is important because I feel like it’s an opportunity for God to truly reveal Himself to us and pour into us. Because not only does it reveal to God what He already knows, but it shows us the truth of whats in our hearts and how God can truly shape us and refine us. I’m reminded of the man at the pool where Jesus wanted the man to admit that he needed healing. And once he did Jesus healed him. Kind of like us, if we admit to God the truth of how we feel, then God can bring true healing to us!!!

I think my main takeaway from the class was definitely seeing how God is willing to change what He will do for us, and how it really is like a friendship. I feel lime this will help me in the future to just truthfully be genuine with God and honest with Him. Not just praying an every day prayer, but telling Him the things that I’m struggling with, and seeing how He responds. The story with Moses and how God was ranting to Moses really changed my perspective on God and helped me to see Him from a different perspective and see our friendship from a different perspective!

Honestly I think this season God is calling me to build the public alter. I feel like I can still find myself only trying to please other people instead of being obedient and doing what God calls me to do. So I feel building this alter of showing those around me the God that I serve, and not being afraid of what people think, will overall help me to be more free and less fearful if that makes sense. Not looking for validation in man, but instead showing them the God that saved me and can also save them. I feel like if I got the courage to build this alter, then the environments around me will actually begin to change, instead of me just waiting.

I feel like for me it’s definitely Scripture. I’ve been noticing that I’ve been reading the Bible less, and it’s crazy because we’re in a class thats telling me how important that Bible is so God is definitely telling me something. But I feel like I can take the Word of God for granted sometimes. Like not a lot of people have it or know it and it is literal food to our souls. So what I’m doing now is I’m making it more of a priority and being stricter with it. I’ve had this Bible reading plan for a while, and so I’m starting that up again and I’m reading two chapters of that a day, a Proverb a day, then studying the prophets at night(I’m in Isaiah). Then also in my free time reading Psalms!