What kind of People are we Called to Be? A Transformational People Vision: A community of LIFE! groups living in and out God’s revolutionary LOVE! where people are being transformed toward wholeness. Begin with prayer seeking God’s movement to be powerfully active in transforming lives in your group as you focus on God’s word and [...]
What Kind of People are we Called to Be? A Relational People Begin with a time of prayer asking God to open your eyes and your heart to others. What comes to mind when we talk about being relational people? What are some positive characteristics of relational people? What turns you off about relational people? [...]
Lessons on prayer from the Master DON’T begin with prayer – I know – I usually say just the opposite. But today I want you to brainstorm what you know about prayer – get a piece of paper and pen or pencil and spend 5 minutes writing down everything you have learned about prayer to [...]
Holy No’s: Knowing Whose Business we are About · Start by opening in prayer and asking God for the wisdom and strength to make Him the priority of our lives. · Read Luke 2:41-52 · What do you picture in your head when you see the word ‘caravan’? · It took a while for [...]
Holy No’s: Rightly Focused Protest Requires Humility Start with a word of prayer asking God to open minds and hearts to the idea of humility in our faith journeys. What does the word humility mean to you? What are some of the positive and negative connotations that come with the word humility? What are [...]
Holy No’s: Rightly Focused Protest…Invites Begin with a word of prayer asking God to show you how your life needs to be more inviting – even to those you disagree with. What are some things that we get invitations to? What is the unique nature of an invitation? (That is – what makes it an [...]
Holy No’s: Rightly Focused Protest…Reminds Open your time together in prayer asking God to speak to your hearts about what it means to say a holy "No" – and a holy "Yes" in PROtest. Let’s face it – we need reminding. And the more time passes, the more reminding we need. Anniversaries (men!!) Father’s Day [...]
Social Justice: Get Involved, Find out More… Last week we shed some light on "Human Trafficking." If you want to get involved or learn more. Please check out these websites or resources: Good Read: "Disposable People" by Kevin Bales Worthwhile Websites: www.humantrafficking.org www.notforsalecampaign.org Agency With a Worthy Cause: ECPAT International at http://www.ecpat.net/EI/index.asp Powered by Qumana
"They Like Jesus, But not the Church" Sunday 7: Now what? Hey everyone, sorry that I didn’t have the blog posted on Monday. I’m afraid I was in Africa mode and didn’t even think about it until today. I think the biggest challenge is to decide what to do about what we have heard. We [...]
"They Like Jesus, But not the Church" Sunday 5: "The Church feels Christianity is right and all other religions are wrong." · Begin with prayer for a heart of openness to the truth God would teach you through this time together. o Remember that the subject for today is again one that many feel very [...]
