We are on an adventure! Not necessarily a thrill seeking type adventure although sometimes it seems that way. Not too long ago our church planting coach called our vision/strategy "squirelly" (is that how it's spelled?). Since then we have gained clarity - some. We met with some of our team and the question posed to us was "how radically out of the box are you willing to be?" Well, I'm still hearing those words over and over in my head. Usually I'm on the asking end of that question, not the being asked! It felt good to tell you the truth. We spent some time this weekend with some very good friend and mentors in Indianapolis. We hadn't seen these people in
over 8 years and it didn't seem that it possibly could have been that long. Again, during this time we heard a very clear message - we are not meant for status quo. We have been given "apostleship" gifts for a purpose. We are called to the life of adventure and being led by the Holy Spirit into a land we are not familiar with. Why? Because our Creator is passionately in love with this city. A city that is called liberal because the people here are unafraid to stand up for a cause. The people here are progressive thinkers and are willing to live side by side others who don't agree with them, don't look like them, don't worship like them - and be neighborly nonetheless. So, we can be no different. We are called to bring the freedom, the good news of the Kingdom - the Kingdom is here! It just may not look like anything we are familiar with.
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Now that's what I'm talking about! Sweet
2 Timothy 3
1 But mark this: There will be terrible times in the last days. 2 People will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, proud, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, 3 without love, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not lovers of the good, 4 treacherous, rash, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God-- 5 having a form of godliness but denying its power. Have nothing to do with them. 6 They are the kind who worm their way into homes and gain control over weak-willed women, who are loaded down with sins and are swayed by all kinds of evil desires, 7 always learning but never able to acknowledge the truth. 8 Just as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so also these men oppose the truth--men of depraved minds, who, as far as the faith is concerned, are rejected. 9 But they will not get very far because, as in the case of those men, their folly will be clear to everyone.
10 You, however, know all about my teaching, my way of life, my purpose, faith, patience, love, endurance, 11 persecutions, sufferings--what kinds of things happened to me in Antioch, Iconium and Lystra, the persecutions I endured. Yet the Lord rescued me from all of them. 12 In fact, everyone who wants to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted, 13 while evil men and impostors will go from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived. 14 But as for you, continue in what you have learned and have become convinced of, because you know those from whom you learned it, 15 and how from infancy you have known the holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus. 16 All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, 17 so that the man of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.
after reading your last post...this scripture came to mind for you. take it for what it's worth...life.
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