Last night we had our second team meeting. We met at the home of Bill and Joyce, and Don and Rechile came. There were three other people who wanted to attend but had a prior commitment. Starting in September we will be meeting twice a month on the 1st and 3rd weekends. We will decide this week if we will meet on Saturday or Sunday.
I did a quick overview again of our Vision, Mission, and Values. I then spent the remainder of the evening speaking on the part of the vision ??a family that is passionate about their relationship with Christ?
Before we can build a family that is passionate about their relationship with Christ, we must make sure that is a description of us as individuals.
Passionate about their relationship with Christ It begins with me, it begins with you. How is my relationship with Christ? Let?s be real honest. What gets in the way with my relationship with Jesus? What are distractions? How much time do I spend in prayer and in God?s word each week?
Do I live by faith or fear? What do I do when what I ?see,? ?circumstances,? that do not line up with the call or vision from God. Matt 8:23-27 Jesus was a sleep in the boat while the disciples were afraid. What was in the way of the disciples destination? Jesus new what his destiny was. He new that he had more to complete. He was confident in what the Father had called Him to do. His disciples however, saw only the immediate situation. To live by faith we must hold onto the vision and call God has placed on our lives and the fact that God is faithful.
Exodus 14:15 As the children of Israel were leaving Egypt they were chased by Pharaoh?s army and blocked by the
Red Sea. God had promised them they would go to the Promised Land. The people doubted, and Moses told them to stand still and see what God will do. But God?s response was to tell them to keep moving. Despite appearances we must always move forward to what God has called us to.
Acts 27:21-44
Our faith will keep us moving forward when things seem to be going in the wrong direction. A line from a TobyMac song seems to sum it up. ??Sometimes there is nothing left except to believe?
Are you hearing from God? A great book to read on hearing from God is -Forever Ruined for the Ordinary: The Adventure of Hearing and Obeying God?s Voice by Joy Dawson
Retrospection
- Ask God to reveal if there is any sin in my life?
- Am I living in obedience? Have I acted on what God has asked me to do?
- Have I been presumptuous? Have I acted with out asking God?s guidance?
Each day we get closer to the reality of Redeemer?s Way |
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