So much to do. So little time. So many great things happenings and so many people to do them, see them and just to be with. You have to know that I am excited about all God is doing in His world. That includes the piece I live in. You have been praying, I am sure, for the changes that have taken place with our family and ministry. In the last few days, God has continued to give answers to prayer, insight to our needs and words to share with others.
This week a small group from our church are going to be training the art and skills of church planting. Please pray for the six of us (also, know that this is your only e-devotion for the week because of that) who are excited about the future and want to do our best to see a congregation be all God would have it to be.
I need God. I don’t need my own personal opinion or the opinion of the best theologian or preacher or missionary. I need God. That is why each day I am asking the Lord to fill my mind and heart with Him. Think about that. Man’s thinking, my thinking is flawed big time. God’s thinking is perfect.
“A thief is only there to steal and kill and destroy. I came so they can have real and eternal life, more and better life than they ever dreamed of.” John 10:10 (MSG)
“God can do anything, you know— far more than you could ever imagine or guess or request in your wildest dreams! He does it not by pushing us around but by working within us, his Spirit deeply and gently within us.” Eph 3:20 (MSG)
I need God. This morning I was reading a note from a pastor friend and went back to his church’s core values. You see one of the things looming in my mind is the creation and dreaming of the core values of this new church I am a part of. These values must be 100% Biblical and 100% committed to by our leadership. They are not to be something we learned from another church or got out of a book. These core values must come from our time with God, His leading in the process and our conviction about the path of this new work.
I am copying that pastor’s core values for your consideration to make think. I mean really THINK, and I am saying and convinced that “I need God.” Read on and may God give us His vision for His values for us!
12 core values are part of the DNA of National Community Church (both descriptive and prescriptive of who we are): Expect the unexpected, Irrelevance is irreverence, Love people when they least expect it and least deserve it, Playing it safe is risky, Pray like it depends on God and work like it depends on you, Everyone is invaluable and irreplaceable, Everything is an experiment, You cannot out give God, Maturity does not equal conformity, Go the extra mile, It's never too late to be who you might have been, and Do it right and do it big!
This week a small group from our church are going to be training the art and skills of church planting. Please pray for the six of us (also, know that this is your only e-devotion for the week because of that) who are excited about the future and want to do our best to see a congregation be all God would have it to be.
I need God. I don’t need my own personal opinion or the opinion of the best theologian or preacher or missionary. I need God. That is why each day I am asking the Lord to fill my mind and heart with Him. Think about that. Man’s thinking, my thinking is flawed big time. God’s thinking is perfect.
“A thief is only there to steal and kill and destroy. I came so they can have real and eternal life, more and better life than they ever dreamed of.” John 10:10 (MSG)
“God can do anything, you know— far more than you could ever imagine or guess or request in your wildest dreams! He does it not by pushing us around but by working within us, his Spirit deeply and gently within us.” Eph 3:20 (MSG)
I need God. This morning I was reading a note from a pastor friend and went back to his church’s core values. You see one of the things looming in my mind is the creation and dreaming of the core values of this new church I am a part of. These values must be 100% Biblical and 100% committed to by our leadership. They are not to be something we learned from another church or got out of a book. These core values must come from our time with God, His leading in the process and our conviction about the path of this new work.
I am copying that pastor’s core values for your consideration to make think. I mean really THINK, and I am saying and convinced that “I need God.” Read on and may God give us His vision for His values for us!
12 core values are part of the DNA of National Community Church (both descriptive and prescriptive of who we are): Expect the unexpected, Irrelevance is irreverence, Love people when they least expect it and least deserve it, Playing it safe is risky, Pray like it depends on God and work like it depends on you, Everyone is invaluable and irreplaceable, Everything is an experiment, You cannot out give God, Maturity does not equal conformity, Go the extra mile, It's never too late to be who you might have been, and Do it right and do it big!
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