I love when I get to hear my husband teach! He's good at it, and its a passion of his - to share God's words with others in a practical way. Yesterday he wrapped up a series we've been in the last couple of weeks called Awakening. Here were a few high lights for me -
'What if we could turn our backs on old bad habits instead of turning back to them'
Loved this! Sure we are all going to mess up and give in, take a few steps back even in areas that we struggle in in our lives, but what if we were to keep going forward instead of just giving in to those hard times? Makes me think thats what perseverance is all about - never giving up, or in, no matter what. Turn our backs on bad habits, don't turning back to them.
'Its not the size of our steps it is the direction of our steps that matters'
If we are just running around in circles - going no ware - it doesn't helps us. But when we are taking steps toward the things that God has called us to do, or be involved in and we follow those things it grows us as individuals. It helps us grow our faith! Lots of little steps in the right direction is better than big steps all over the place leading and going nowhere. Its not the size that matters, its the direction.
Philippians 3:13 syas this
'No dear brothers and sisters, I have not achieved it, but I focus on this one thing: Forgetting the past and looking forward to what lies ahead.' NLT
If you missed this message - or any of the other ones in this series you can always check them out at AkronFree.org and click on the 'Watch Messages' tab. We'd love to have you join us this week as we kick off a new series called 'Epic - The Story God is Telling' Sunday mornings at 9 and 11am
Rebecca
'What if we could turn our backs on old bad habits instead of turning back to them'
Loved this! Sure we are all going to mess up and give in, take a few steps back even in areas that we struggle in in our lives, but what if we were to keep going forward instead of just giving in to those hard times? Makes me think thats what perseverance is all about - never giving up, or in, no matter what. Turn our backs on bad habits, don't turning back to them.
'Its not the size of our steps it is the direction of our steps that matters'
If we are just running around in circles - going no ware - it doesn't helps us. But when we are taking steps toward the things that God has called us to do, or be involved in and we follow those things it grows us as individuals. It helps us grow our faith! Lots of little steps in the right direction is better than big steps all over the place leading and going nowhere. Its not the size that matters, its the direction.
Philippians 3:13 syas this
'No dear brothers and sisters, I have not achieved it, but I focus on this one thing: Forgetting the past and looking forward to what lies ahead.' NLT
If you missed this message - or any of the other ones in this series you can always check them out at AkronFree.org and click on the 'Watch Messages' tab. We'd love to have you join us this week as we kick off a new series called 'Epic - The Story God is Telling' Sunday mornings at 9 and 11am
Rebecca
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