Twitter was too cumbersome for keeping up with news, so I finally succumbed to an RSS reader and hence Google Reader. I’m part of the not so happy it’s closing crowed.
Some funny tweets on the matter:
@znielsen: After Google Reader biting the dust I don’t know how anyone can be post-millennial. It’s clearly all downhill from here.
@BuzzFeed: Google Reader still drives far more traffic than Google+
Ask God to help you to see things the way he sees them.
We can do more, but we can’t do it all.
You need a laser like focus from god.
1) keep it simple
2) have fun
Note: it takes time to draw your hearts together
Keys:
F- faith trust god to give your the right focus
O- obedience will we obey?
C- courage “courage the back bone of leadership” book by Gus lee
U- understanding 1 chor 12- men of war they understood the times
S- souls Luke 19:10
The church is the one place that exists for the people who aren’t there yet.
If you’re full and choose to not build or add a service here is what you’re saying:
“We love you but we’re out of space so you can go to hell.”
What happens when you have a laser like focus…
Know what and why
Know how to budget
Know who to hire and why
Know your targets
Silos go down and unity increases
Workshop by Bruce Aubrey
Disciples who make disciples
Mat 28:19ff
“There is a difference between talking about something and taking people with you.” ~ M. Blackaby
There is a difference between the crowd and the disciples. Jesus took a group of guys with him.
Luke 6
There are different levels of followers. At the cross thy all speed out.
Even Jesus knew he could only spread himself so thin.
Jesus prayed about it.
Who will continue your ministry after you?
What keeps your from giving up? It’s knowing God brought them to you.
Notice the rag tag group
Sermon by Mike Blackaby
Who stole the easy yoke
“Sometimes you’re the idiot.”
Listen, there are jerks. Even one of the twelve was a jerk.
Matthew 11:28-30
What happened to the yoke being light & easy
R- be realistic
E- enjoy what you have
L- learn the way the world works
A- allies are important
X- exchange your stress for his strength
Pace of grace- those in a hurry won’t stop to help
Sermon by Charles Lowery
fire extinguishers Acts 15:1-35
Some people are more comfortable with old problems rather than new solutions.
How does a person enter a permanent relationship with God?
Make sure your striving of Faith are fuel for the fire and not extinguisher.
1) pushing tradition over truth.
2) Pushing rules over relationships.
3) Pushing the external over the internal
4) Pushing preferences over people
We have fire extinguishers because we don’t see people the way god sees people.
Hills to die on:
Trinity
Deity of Jesus
I reenact and authority of bible
Salvations by grace through faith
Sermon by Dr James Merit
Run with endurance Hebrews 12
2 Timothy 2
Fight like a solder
Run like an athlete
Work like a farmer
Hebrews 12
Run the race
Know the Reason to run
Remember while we run
Walk in righteousness while we run
We need to resolve to finish this run
Trust the promise of god
Focus on Jesus
Sermon by Bruce Aubrey
The secret place Matthew 6
Why does the mission not happen?
We don’t spend time with God.
Why the secret place?
Ask seek and knock.
Place to receive revelation
Place to connect
Place to fall in love
Place to win spiritual warfare
Place where you receive a break through
Sermon by Pastor George Jackman
A productive life thoughts from John 15
Connect to the vine through relationship with God
Stay connected through growing fellowship with Christ
Rely on The Lord and not yourself
Never under estimate the importance of prayer!
What brings god glory? Much fruit
Where’s the fruit?
Notice the progression
No fruit, fruit, more fruit, much fruit
Sermon by Bruce Aubrey
As a first grader the Titanic captivated my attention. It was recently discovered by Dr. Robert Ballard and a classmate had a grandmother who was on the Carpathia during the rescue. At one point I had just about everything memorized about the ship that an elementary student could.
I discovered in college the reports on the Titanic investigation. The clever intro to the report was simple: Pragmatism went down with the Titanic. The Titanic set sail the way things were always done. Even with new technologies and size, no one challenged the status quo. New technologies gave a sense of false safety or their potential ignored. New size changed the way things operated. Sailing at full speed on a calm night was normal practice and no injuries happened as a result… until Titanic sunk.
The bottom line:
Change in life happens. Challenge the status quo went changes arrive. Because it always worked doesn’t mean it will work in the future. We cannot predict the future, but we can always revisit why we do what we do. Principles don’t change but methods and programs do and must. After all, pragmatism went down with the Titanic.
T.Woznek 