1) Be all in.
- You're not hardcore unless you live hardcore : Jack Black
You've got to trust God with your lives. We're called to live among the poor, around people with difficulties and life challenges.
Our culture doesn't value family life, kids are a commodity or they over value them and put them on a pedestal. You have to release them and have faith for them and not protect them too much from life.
Respond to God with issues of family, school, parenting, fear issues and church.
2) Find your own support and be responsible for your own growth.
God never intended us to life alone, but we all still think we can.
Emma after having kids decided that she would seek out answers to the question of what she needed to do with raising her kids. She decided that she wasn't going to let the 'little years be the wilderness years.' She set up mum's prayer to meet with other mums and pray about parenting issues often.
Let God father you and introduce you to people to teach you.
In every new season you have to learn how to relate to God again.
3) Get involved with people.
Get into life's messes with people. Walk through life with them and don't just 'be Christian' at them. God has called all of us to be involved in the poor and with people. Don't stay at a distance but get into the lives of those around us.
4) Be intentionally missional.
Story of 'super dads' and Jason becoming a Christian along with his girlfriend.
Guy who's daughter attempted suicide. Stephen asked to pray for him, he said 'I'd love that thanks.' Went to church for a few weeks and then became a Christian. His wife who was a staunch atheist then followed suit sometime after that.
For Emma: Facebook is a way of following up with people and encouraging them when she hears of need or frustration.
Guy who's daughter attempted suicide. Stephen asked to pray for him, he said 'I'd love that thanks.' Went to church for a few weeks and then became a Christian. His wife who was a staunch atheist then followed suit sometime after that.
For Emma: Facebook is a way of following up with people and encouraging them when she hears of need or frustration.
5) Deal with your junk.
We've all got stuff to work through. You need to have people around you who will ask you difficult questions.
SIN. Jesus is forceful and aggressive with sin. Often we're sympathetic about sin and polite with one another. Instead we should go to war against it. In love, whilst checking your emotional motive, help people fight their sin rather than accommodate it.
SIN. Jesus is forceful and aggressive with sin. Often we're sympathetic about sin and polite with one another. Instead we should go to war against it. In love, whilst checking your emotional motive, help people fight their sin rather than accommodate it.
You can't take the speck out of other people's eyes unless you're willing to take the plank out of your own eye.
6) Trust God with your finances.
Be radical with your finances. We want to be those who are generous. We have a lavish and open handed God. Story of getting the house and getting some new shoes.
You will set the course of your life at the early ages in life and early on in marriage.
7) Manure & rain
God uses everything in our lives to grow you and grow the people around you. God is not committed to my comfort, but he is committed to my good.
8) Walking by the Holy Spirit
God uses everything in our lives to grow you and grow the people around you. God is not committed to my comfort, but he is committed to my good.
8) Walking by the Holy Spirit
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