I-DTS Week 4: The Father Heart of God

On a week like this week there really is to much that could be said! We had Frank Naea on The Father Heart of God. Frank has a real gift to teach and minister the Father Heart through one simple biblical philosophy:

"For I did not speak of my own accord, but the Father who sent me commanded me WHAT to SAY and HOW to SAY it." John 12:49

Of course, you cannot sum up his way of teaching based on teaching alone! His style of teaching is mixed with tangible stories, a prophetic weaving, and, an ability to teach to all the learning styles (See, Touch, hearing ,etc). Also, the man himself has the personality of that of a loving teddy bear who has the ability to heal with even just a hug! His sense of humor is original.He carries an anointing of the Father Heart that is rather inviting and soothing to the soul. So when we speak of teaching the Father Heart of God we're not just talking about the theology behind it but we're also talking about the experiential manner in which it comes alive for those in the classroom.

This week consistently is a landmark week on the course and usually a course favorite for many of the students because of the nature of joy and healing that comes forth for them personally. So this week was just that. He took 3 sessions to teach and tell stories and 2 sessions to minister. The following are a few quotes from the teaching sessions:

Salvation is not merited for anything we've done or thought. It is 100% from the Father. Jesus didn't primarily die for us , He died because the Father sent Him! But in His dying, He died so that we would have relationship with Him. (I am in the Father, and you are in Me. Through this reality we grow in relationship with the Father).

We are to live in relationship not to live to be like the relationship! When are primary focus is to be like Jesus we grow tired and let down; when our primary focus is to be in Jesus we find rest and hope in our pursuit!

God is law, Jesus is intimacy! Jesus took on the fullness of the law and it's consequences in our stead so that we could have intimacy.

When our understanding of loving God is based on our own ability to love God we than find that it is not a gift of God but our own attempt at relating to God which we cannot sustain!

John 14:18: I will not leave you orphans; I will come to you.

"Currently humanities condition is as orphans because of the fall. Everything outside of God's presence and perfect love begins to deteriorate! When Satan was cast out of the perfect love of the Father and His presence was taken from him, in Satan became the perfect spirit of the orphan." Frank Naea

"A great misconception in the Church is that Satan comes like this grotesque thing! Our image of Satan is in serpent language, but Satan was the angel of worship, he was the most stunningly beautiful thing that God had created in eternity past. Rarely do we fall for something that seems grotesque, we fall for that which appears beautiful and satisfying." Frank Naea (Ezekiel 28:11-18; Isaiah 14:12-21; Genesis 3:1-7)

There is so much more that could be said and so much more that needs to be said to really get what the students received this week through his teaching.

The last 2 sessions were what Frank calls the Word becoming flesh. You take the John 12:49 WHAT to Say & HOW to Say it. Frank had us all draw names from a hat. We then had about 24 hours to ask the Father of Glory what He wants to say to the person we drew and how do way say it. The ministry times then become a demonstration of the prophetic but are so personal it's mind blowing! For example: One person was given the scripture "You are dark but lovely", meaning that though we are darkened by sin the Lord through Jesus blood sees us as lovely and perfect! So that person went and bought several bars of dark chocolate to make that word become flesh. And, the result was that of healing and revelation from the Fathers Heart. It gets much more profound at how accurate some of the prophetic words are, but for the sake of honoring those involved i won't share. But i hope you get the gist.

My personal favorite thing that Frank talked about in his teaching time this week was that the whole is an orphanage. Satan, when cast down from heaven was cast to the earth. For Satan, earth has become his imprisonment of rejection and he has made it his goal to father humanity in to the orphan spirit because in satan we find the father of orphans! But, the nature of the blessing of the Gospel is:

John 14:18: I will not leave you orphans; I will come to you.