Re- Focus~
I want to challenge all of you this year to pick one word that describes what you want God to help you do. This concept was shown to me while I was in college and words such as trust and perseverance have with God's help, get me through some crazy times. As you know our church is in need of your prayer, however it is my prayer that you don't stop praying there. That you will pray for lives that need to be changed, eyes that need to be open and hurting that needs to be healed. I also want you to think about what if God wants you to be the answer to your own prayers?
Below I have written some of my word for this year and how I came about deciding on it. I pray that God will give you wisdom, hope, love and encouragement as this year is going to be hard in multiple ways. Encouraging you I want to leave you with Philippians 2:12-13 Therefore, my dear friends, as you have always obeyed- not only in my presence but now much more in my absence continue to work out your salvation with fear and trembling, for it is God who works in your to will and to act according to his good purpose!
My One WORD!
This past year and a half has been the craziest of my life. When the ending and graduation of school in 2009, rolling into the working force, quitting my job to being called back to central NC, starting grad school, interning, now a children's minister, while attempting to change grad schools and continue my education, life has been a roller coaster.
It is amazing to see how faithful God has been through each of these changes and how He has used each one to His glory. Here is my problem and thus the word for the new year. With all of these changes and life altering occurrences, my focus has not always been on point.
Working on what had to be done next or getting side tracked with what someone had to have at that moment and not being able to focus on long term. This sometimes was not the greatest mindset to have. I was able to go to Passion Conference this year. Through this God hit me with a ton of bricks, I realized there are so many things that I need to do for Him and not for anyone else and there are so many things I am doing now that do not make a difference at all in eternity.
With this comes the focus or lack there of. I am notorious for moving from project to project without finishing one until much later. This year I want my focus to be on God to delve not just skim his word and to truly listen to what He is trying to tell me! This means first I have to read His word more often then I do, and truly try to understand what He is trying to tell me through it! This with my current mindset I know will not be easy and challenges are not my strong point but I know with God I can do anything.
God turned one of the greatest persecutors of the church into one of his greatest advocates. Just the first word in Philippians alone shows that Paul is writing it not the former Saul, and that God changed Him. It is crazy to think that God uses all His enemies to show His glory, because if you think about it we were all His enemies before we were saved by His grace. God can and will use you!
As my attention, becomes a focus I hope that God grants each of you with a reality of what your word needs to be in your life this year!
Below I have written some of my word for this year and how I came about deciding on it. I pray that God will give you wisdom, hope, love and encouragement as this year is going to be hard in multiple ways. Encouraging you I want to leave you with Philippians 2:12-13 Therefore, my dear friends, as you have always obeyed- not only in my presence but now much more in my absence continue to work out your salvation with fear and trembling, for it is God who works in your to will and to act according to his good purpose!
My One WORD!
This past year and a half has been the craziest of my life. When the ending and graduation of school in 2009, rolling into the working force, quitting my job to being called back to central NC, starting grad school, interning, now a children's minister, while attempting to change grad schools and continue my education, life has been a roller coaster.
It is amazing to see how faithful God has been through each of these changes and how He has used each one to His glory. Here is my problem and thus the word for the new year. With all of these changes and life altering occurrences, my focus has not always been on point.
Working on what had to be done next or getting side tracked with what someone had to have at that moment and not being able to focus on long term. This sometimes was not the greatest mindset to have. I was able to go to Passion Conference this year. Through this God hit me with a ton of bricks, I realized there are so many things that I need to do for Him and not for anyone else and there are so many things I am doing now that do not make a difference at all in eternity.
With this comes the focus or lack there of. I am notorious for moving from project to project without finishing one until much later. This year I want my focus to be on God to delve not just skim his word and to truly listen to what He is trying to tell me! This means first I have to read His word more often then I do, and truly try to understand what He is trying to tell me through it! This with my current mindset I know will not be easy and challenges are not my strong point but I know with God I can do anything.
God turned one of the greatest persecutors of the church into one of his greatest advocates. Just the first word in Philippians alone shows that Paul is writing it not the former Saul, and that God changed Him. It is crazy to think that God uses all His enemies to show His glory, because if you think about it we were all His enemies before we were saved by His grace. God can and will use you!
As my attention, becomes a focus I hope that God grants each of you with a reality of what your word needs to be in your life this year!
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