Livermore Alive

Change is in the air. We are now moving in a new direction. well, not a new direction, but God is making changes in all of our lives all the time. It is amazing how God pulls us apart and breaks us, only so we can love him more. He shows himself in the most amazing ways, even when we least expect it. I have had a huge week myself. I have laid my life on the alter for all to see and am letting God do whatever he wants with me. In doing so I was able to open myself up to a whole group of people that can now look at me as an equal. Some times i think when you miss the process all you can see is the end result and that can be so intimidating. but in doing this we were all able to receive devastating news and let God’s love wash over it. He immediately took something broken and made it new. I don’t want to say what happened was swept under any rug, because it hasn’t. There is much pain and suffering, but it is being done with God as our ruler and King, instead of the devil directing our path. We are able to love unconditionally, and see it happen in real life.  Tonight, I have seen a “rag tag” mismatched group of people love like I’ve never seen before. It was truly seeing God in Action. What an amazing thing to witness. He makes me thankful I am His, because I know that He can love me in my weakness.

linsey

 

stay tuned for important updates over the coming weeks!!! God is moving!

My testimony:

 

Hi everyone. God has really convicted me today and has helped me to open my eyes. I have really been struggling lately. bare with me for a minute in what i am saying, the end gets to an understanding point.

ok, I have to work really hard to be the person that i am, as in, it takes a lot of effort on my part to do what i do. To give you an idea, my parents got a divorce when i was in like 2nd grade. my dad was very manipulative, emotionally abusive, and always out for himself. He completely left my life for most of my childhood and all of my teen years, to say the least, i came out pretty damaged, not to mention all the other bad choices i made growing up. i started smoking in 6th grade, and pot came shortly after, mostly i dabbled, but that was the crowd i surrounded myself in most of my life. They “accepted” me. I was always kind of awkward, i was referred to as a black sheep a lot,
mostly cause i was on a journey to find out who i was, i just didn’t know, and was lost. So, i came out of all that picking up most of my dad’s less than approving qualities. Which means, i can almost always get what i want, and make people think what ever i want. also, i am very good at completely walking away from people without thinking twice… I am not so good at lying, but i do it anyway because it is easier than telling the truth, i was a shoplifter until i got caught, then was scared to do it after, only because i was afraid of getting in trouble. i started drinking in 7th grade, at one of the many parties at my own home… that happened from the time i was in 6th-7th grade until i
moved out at 18. We had the “best” parties, my alcoholic step-dad bought us alcohol, and me cigarettes, and he would do shots with us all night long. i thought being with an alcoholic, drug addict, who spent more time having fun than being responsible was normal. I was the one laughing at the girls that went to church 2-3 times a week, and were the first to be naked at a party on Friday night, i didn’t want a  God like that. What use would i have for that life. i was just fine where i was. My friends and I would use bible pages to roll joints… and laugh about it. I was as far away from God as a person could get. I was in my first abusive relationship when i was 17, the guy had been stalking be
since 15, and i use the word stalking because he was 25 when we started dating. he got me drunk and stole my virginity, and i just kept going, after a year and a half i wanted to mess around with another guy because he was cute and giving me attention, so i left a note at my bf house and left his key to break up with him, and never thought twice about it. the boy i broke up with him for was my age, and lived in Chicago, and me in Missouri, so of course, i took a road trip to see him. we slept together the entire week i was there. a few months later he moved all the way to Missouri, in part because of his dad, but mostly for me. I decided he was too annoying after he moved there, so i stopped calling him, then there was the guy that was stealing my money and wouldn’t leave my house.  I broke up with him as i was dropping him off for work. the next guy i had gone back and forth with but he wouldn’t invest enough time with me, so then i got engaged with someone else (Eric). Eric and I were engaged in January of 2003. he was deployed to the war at the time and didn’t get stateside until may. between Jan and may i met a guy, and he was so cute, and made me feel special, while i never actually gave it ALL up, i might as well have, and my heart was there, and the bible says, if it is in your heart, your actions are irrelevant. It was a struggle to stop, but i knew i had to, because i still wanted to leave my home town, and Eric was my key. so he came and picked me up, we had sex right away, cause well, that is what you did to make a man happy, right? oh, forgot to mention, December of 02 i became a christian about a week after Eric asked if i believed in God. i went with my atheist best friend for free breakfast. so even though i was cheating on Eric while we were in deployment limbo, i was going to church every day soaking up what the preacher was saying about god. so he gets here, and we get baptized, then head off into the sunset. we were married in December because that was when we could fit it in, the week after we got back from getting married ( no honeymoon) i ended up with a stress headache that spread down my back, and i was out for over a month. so that was the beginning of our wedding bliss.. i didn’t tell Eric about Joel ( the guy) until i was pregnant with Elli, he was already pretty invested by then… and we had already been through his DUI, where my biggest concern was that no one got hurt, i didn’t even mention the fact that before he left i asked him to not drink and drive 3 times. anyway, not about him, but that does bring in my “perfect man” with the alcoholism, and after the DUI we completely stopped drinking and have been sober since. so along with the story, the month after we moved to Hawaii my mom got us tickets to audio adrenaline for our birthdays, and during that concert my life completely changed, i finally let go, and gave my life to God, i didn’t know it then, but i finally made the choice to follow him. (insert here the revealing of the adultery) . we worked through it, Eric tried to make me feel better, but over the years of talking about it, he finally admitted that he feels that i did cheat on him, and it did count even though he wasn’t here, i had always felt that way, but he kept telling me different to spare my feelings, so in Hawaii we began growing with Jesus, learning his importance and learning to give our time and worship god with our money and every aspect of our life, looking back, we were on a good journey, but we were still so far off. it was great growth, and in getting out of the military and moving out here was done out of trying to follow god’s will, which i think we are completely in line with here. God has really grown us since being here. We found Livermore Alive from the internet, and since doing the tangible kingdom and being around the amazing people here, God has put me into a position to rely on him and walk me through it. the weight, the changes in my life, the love i can share, i have learned over my short life, i am so broken and beaten down, i have nothing to offer, and am not worth the time. But with God, He makes me worthy, he puts value in my life, He has taken my talent of manipulation, and turned it into a voice of truth, and allowing me to be assertive and stand firm in his truth, i still struggle with it, it breaks my heart when people i love are angry with me saying something “truthful” that hurt them. i am still learning to use the gift. he has taken my detached heart, and helped me to be able to see people and know that their actions aren’t their fault, today learning , that i think i do know how to love people even through their actions, i can separate the 2, my lies have turned to truth, the thought of deceit or stealing terrifies me. I know that i am one choice away from having my entire life fall apart, that i hold on as tight as i can to god, because i know the only reason i have what i have is because he has given it to me.  on a side note, the week Eric got a DUI our house was broken into and i had all of my electronics and all of my jewelry stolen. talk about retribution for being a thief. but god has taught me that what he gives he will take away if i don’t use it for him. my fear of sin ruling my life keeps me on the straight line i travel. and i am in no way perfect. i am walking on this road next to you, stumbling on the way. and there is so much more to my story, but i feel like i can stop here. I just hope that when you look at me, you can see me, and see what god and Jesus have done for me. I am who i am because of them. not anything i have done myself, and i promise i wouldn’t be telling you my dirt if i wanted you to look at me. this is my shame, my dirty embarrassing don’t look at me shame. but Jesus has dusted me off, washed me and picked me back up, and he says i can walk with him. That he thinks that he did good, and i am worthy of love. that i can be in his family, and he will put me in a place where i can share my life with others, so my life can glorify him. so the point of this way to long story is, i am no different than you. I don’t have it all together, and i am learning with you. i have never read the whole bible, i don’t pray every day. before moving here, i almost never prayed out loud, i have only begun doing it because god says i have to. i would much rather someone else. God hasn’t given me a gift of prayer, but i am learning, and it gets easier every time. i was the girl growing up, that if i were in that situation, i would say no, and my prayers are hilariously short, i screw up, i do actually say bad words some time, i try not to, i do believe that god says as Christians, when people look at us, they should see something different, i try to be that, at least i am working on it. thanks for listening.

So in short, I am a liar, thief, adulterer, impure, i cheat, am selfish, prideful, abused, broken, I gossip, judge, treat people like they hold no value, and as long as i feel good, everything is fine, regardless of those around me.

BUT, as my flesh is all of those things, i have the spirit of God, and he has washed me clean from all of my sins. Everything that separates me from God, Jesus cleared with His blood.

linsey

Part 4: A life worthy of the Calling

Scripture: Ephesians 4:17-24

 

Take a few minutes to share “I used to…but I don’t anymore…” stories

What was it that inspired the change?

Do you ever miss the old way?

 

In Ephesians 4:17-24 Paul calls the people of the Ephesian church to a new way of living. Insisting that they leave their old life and embrace the new life they have found in Jesus, he is essentially outlining two options:

 

Option #1- Life as a pagan

Option #2- Life in Jesus

 

He makes no bones about the fact that, as he sees it, new life in Jesus is better

 

Take a minute to read the entire passage (17-24) and then discuss the following:

 

How does Paul describe “Living as the Gentiles do” in verses 17-19?

How does it compare to the description of life in Jesus in verse 20-24?

 

Paul’s description of Gentile living is pretty intense.  Futile in their thinking, darkened in their understanding, separated from life in God, ignorant, hardhearted, having lost all sensitivity, giving themselves over to sensuality, indulging in every kind of impurity with a continual lust for more.

What is your reaction to that description?

 

What do you think he means by saying that the Gentiles have lost all sensitivity and have given themselves over to sensuality?

 

Look up a http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-Nx2BKGNLA&feature=related

What is the basic message of this commercial?

What does it say about our culture if big wig marketing people believe that this message is attractive to so many people that they are willing to spend millions in an ad campaign?

How does the message of this commercial illustrate the kind of loss of sensitivity Paul was talking about?

What are other examples in our culture that signal a lack of sensitivity in our culture?

 

The reality is, just like the Ephesians we live in a world with a value system that is very different than the one Jesus has called His followers to have; and just as Paul wants the people of this first century church to let go of the old way of living and embrace the full implications of their new life in Jesus, so we too are called to do the same.   Notice that Paul’s focus is not on condemning or trying to fix the culture, but calling people to recognizing it for what it is so they can make the decision to live a different way.

 

The question is are you ready to give your life to Jesus to be transformed?

What, if anything, is holding you back?

Personal Reflection:

As you think back through this discussion what sticks out to you?

 

Where are you at right now?

Have you made the choice to enter fully into this new life in Jesus or are you still living the old way?

What would it mean for you to give your life to Jesus to be transformed?

Are you ready for that, why or why not?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Part 3: A life worthy of the calling

Scripture: Ephesians 4:7-16

 

What does it mean to be mature?

How do you know when someone is all grown up?

What are the characteristics of maturity?

What does it mean to be spiritually mature?

 

As new Christians living in a pagan society it was difficult for the new believers in the Ephesian Church to stand strong in their faith.  There were a lot of things pulling at them.  Paul wanted them to grow up in Jesus so they wouldn’t be vulnerable to being tossed back and forth by every wind of teaching and the situations of their lives.  He wanted them to grow in maturity.

 

We need the same to today.  We live in a world that holds a very different set of values than the ones Jesus has called us to live out.  If our faith is not strong we too will be susceptible to being influenced and shaped by the values of our society and the situations of our lives.

 

Fortunately, according to Paul in Ephesians 4:

 

#1- Jesus has equipped His church to grow His people (7-13)

Read Ephesians 4:7-10

What does “to each one of us has been given grace as Christ apportioned it” mean?

Do we all get the same amount of grace?  What do you think about that?

What does Paul cite that gives Jesus the authority to apportion grace?

 

Personal Reflection: Have you ever wondered whether your faith would ever reach maturity?

How does it impact your identity to know that Jesus Himself has provided everything you need to grow up in Him?

 

Read verses 11-13

According to Paul, Jesus has chosen to bless different people for different purposes so that His church will have everything she needs to help people grow in their faith.  The list in Ephesians is very specific:

Apostles- Those who are called to take a leadership/visionary role among the body

Prophets- Those who are called to speak God’s truth into our lives

Evangelists- Those who are called to lead the way in being a living testimony for Jesus

Pastors/Teachers- Those who are called to care for and walk with us through real life situations

 

What do you think of the various roles?

Where do you see yourself on this list?

 

The incredible reality is,

#2- We don’t have to be tossed around by life anymore (14-16)

Read verses 14-16

Jesus has given us everything we need to grow up in Him; to prepare us for works of service; to make us one.

 

The real question is:

As a church are we being grown up in our faith?                Are we becoming mature?

Personal Reflection:

Am I experiencing the goodness of growing in maturity?

In what way am I still tossed around by the situations of my life?

How can I use my gifts to help others grow?

How can others help me grow up in my faith?

 

 

Part 2: a life worthy of a calling

Scripture: Ephesians 4: 1-6

Go around and read through each of these truths one by one. Listen to them as they are read.  When one sticks out to you circle it. After you are done reading, talk about the truths that you circled.

 

Why did that truth stick out to you? What does it mean if that truth really is true?  Why is it significant? Why are you glad this truth is true?

 

Start by taking some time to discuss the idea of “a calling”

When you hear the word “calling” what do you think of?

What does it mean when someone says, “I have a calling”?

Where do callings come from? Can you give yourself a calling?

Do you think most people have a calling in life?          What kinds of things do people get called to?

Is having a calling a good thing or a bad thing?

 

Do you have a calling in your life?

If yes, what is it? If no, why do you think that is?

 

Paul was a man who lived with a sense of calling, and in his letter to the Ephesians he invites followers of Jesus to join him in living a life worthy of the calling they have received.

 

Truth #1- I have a calling (Ephesians 4:1)

 

Read Ephesians 4:1.

According to Paul, followers of Jesus have received a calling.  The calling Paul senses in his own life is so strong he considers himself enslaved to it, compelled by it.  He even calls himself a prisoner of Jesus

What do you think about Paul identifying himself as a prisoner of the Lord?

What is significant about this perspective?

 

Whether you believe in Jesus or not can you imagine being so committed to His call that you considered yourself a prisoner to it? What does that even mean?

 

As a follower of Jesus, what would it look like for you to take on the same perspective as Paul?

How would it change the way you view Christianity? How would it change the way you live?

So it’s clear we have a call which of course leads to a second question: What does it mean to live out the call of Jesus on our lives.  For Paul it starts with a commitment to each other.

Truths from Ephesians 1:3-14

I have been drenched with every spiritual blessing (v. 3).

God chose me before He ever created anything (v. 4).

I am holy and blameless in His sight (v. 4).

God wants me in His family (v. 5).

Jesus redeemed me with His blood

and my sins have been forgiven (v. 7-8).

God chose to let me in on His plans (v. 9)

God’s plan is not a mystery anymore (v. 9).

God is going to bring all things in heaven and earth

together under the authority of King Jesus (v. 10).

I have been marked by the Holy Spirit (v. 13).

The Holy Spirit is the deposit guaranteeing my inheritance (v.14).

Truths from Ephesians 2

I was at one time spiritually dead in my sins (1)

I used to be a slave to the ruler of this world (2)

When I sin I give Satan authority in my life (3)

I was separated from God (3)

God loves me in spite of my sin (4)

God made me alive with Christ (5)

God raised me up with Jesus (6)

Nothing I can do can make God love me more (8)

God has now prepared good works for me to do (10)

I was considered an outsider (11)

There was a point in my life when I was an outsider (12)

I had no hope in the world (12)

I have been brought near (13)

Jesus took away what separated me from the people of God (14)

Jesus is making us one (14)

Through Jesus I have access to God (18)

Through Jesus everyone has access to God (18)

I am no longer a stranger (19)

I belong (19)

I am a member of God’s household (19)

We have a firm foundation (20)

We are rising up as a holy temple (21)

God lives in me (22)

I am a part of His temple (22)

Part 1: a life worthy of a calling

Scripture: Ephesians 1:15-19 & 3:14-21

The book of Ephesians is a very personal letter from Paul to the people of the church in Ephesus.  To open the letter he starts off by getting really excited about what God has done for His people in Jesus.  Takes some time to read Ephesians 1:3-14 and work together as a group to find as many life giving truths as you can.  Use these questions to help you find them:

 

Read through and list all the truths you can find-

Are there any statements that say something specific about God; who He is or what He is doing?

Are there any statements that say something specific about who we are as followers of Jesus?

Now rephrase the statement to make it more  personal and you have a life-giving truth.

Which one of these truths resonates most deeply with your heart?

 

The neat thing about this letter is how personal it is.  These people were Paul’s friends. He spent more than two years with them and they went through a lot together (Acts 19-20). Paul cared about these people very much. That’s why two times in the first 3 chapters he takes time to pray for them.

 

What does it mean to pray for someone?

Why do we do it? When you pray for someone what do you usually pray for?

How does it impact the other person when you pray? How does it impact you?

 

Paul prayed for these people because he cared for them and in his prayer he asks for two basic things:

 

#1– Revelation- Read 1:15-19 – What do you think about the statement, “I have not stopped… remembering you in my prayers”?

How would it feel to have someone who cared about you that much? Does anyone pray for you like that?

How powerful would it be if we could say that to each other in our church family?

Do you pray for anyone like that?

 

Why do you think Paul prays for a Spirit of wisdom and revelation?

 

#2– Filling– Read 3:14-21 – Paul uses two important words– dwell and be filled. He wants “Christ to dwell in their hearts” and for them to “be filled to the measure of all the fullness of Christ.”

 

So the question is what does that mean?

What pictures pop into your mind when you hear the word filled?

Have you ever heard someone say, “My heart is  full right now”?

What does that mean? Full of what?

 

What does it mean to be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God?

 

The language Paul uses is extreme because Paul has a big view of who His God is.  Look at verses 20-21,

He believes his God can do more than he can ask or imagine.

 

What is your view of God?   Can He do anything?

How would it change the way you pray if you  believed He could do anything?

 

What is one situation you need to lift up before a God who can do anything?

 

Who is one person you want to “receive a Spirit of wisdom and revelation” and “to be filled to the

measure of all the fullness of God”?

This We Believe

Part 8- I have the power of God Living in Me

Acts 1, Romans 6, Romans 8, Galatians 5

Luke Brower, Preaching

 

When you hear me say “Holy Spirit” what pictures pop into your mind?

What do we know about Him? lf somebody were to ask us to explain the Holy Spirit to them

what are some things we would want to make sure we say?

How would you describe your relationship with Him?

 

The Holy Spirit is a very interesting and mysterious subject, but there are two things I know that are

foundational to understanding who He is and what He is doing in our world.

#1- He is God

#2- Jesus sent Him to live in the hearts of believers

 

That means, that as a believer,

I have the power of God living in me

Me…l…have the power of God…living inside me.

 

The real question is, how can I engage that power in my everyday life?

 

Article #6 outlines a nice succinct statement focusing on what the Holy Spirit does. Underline all 10

verbs in the statement:

We believe that the Holy Spirit, in all that He does, glorifies the Lord Jesus Christ.

He convicts the world of its guilt. He_-regenerates sinners, and in Him they are baptized into union with

Christ and adopted as heirs in the family of God. He also indwells, illuminates, guides, equips and

empowers believers for Christ-like living and service.

 

There are 2 postures we as followers of Jesus must take in order to engage the power of the Holy Spirit

in our lives.

 

#1- Wait on Him (Acts 1:4-5, 2:1-3) – Engaging the power of the Holy Spirit starts with waiting on Him

When you hear the word wait what comes into your mind?

 

The primary issue with waiting is time. Waiting for a moment to arrive when something happens that

changes things from the way they were before into something new. ln Acts 1 & 2 Jesus makes it very

clear that His followers must wait on the power of the Holy Spirit before they move. The fact is nothing

happens in God’s Kingdom if it is not initiated by the Holy Spirit. He does the work: He Glorifies,

Convicts, Regenerates, Baptizes, Adopts. We must put ourselves in a position where we can join Him in

what He is doing, rather than running out on our own.

What is one way you can being to practice waiting on the Holy Spirit?

 

#2- Walking with Him (Romans 6:3-6, 8:1, 5, 9-15, Galatians 5:16-25) - Once we have slowed ourselves

enough to join Him in what He is doing, our job is to faithfully keep in step with Him. As His initial work

takes shape inside us, He invites us to engage in a journey of following Him. On this journey He indwells,

illuminates, guides, equips and empowers us to engage in Jesus’ Mission. We are called to walk in step

with the Spirit. The question is:

How? What can we do to walk in step with the Spirit?

 

Acts 1:4-5, 2:1-3

“Do not leave Jerusalem, but wait for the gift my Father promised, which you have heard me speak about. For John baptized with water, but in a few days you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.”

 

When the day of Pentecost came, they were all together in one place.  Suddenly a sound like the blowing of a violent wind came from heaven and filled the whole house where they were sitting.  They saw what seemed to be tongues of fire that separated and came to rest on each of them.  All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit enabled them.

 

Romans 6:3-7

Don’t you know that all of us who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death?  We were therefore buried with him through baptism into death in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may live a new life.  For if we have been united with him in a death like his, we will certainly also be united with him in a resurrection like his.  For we know that our old self was crucified with him so that the body ruled by sin might be done away with, that we should no longer be slaves to sin- ‘ because anyone who has died has been set free from sin.

 

Romans 8:1, 5, 9-15

Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, because through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit who gives life has set you free from the law of sin and death.

 

Those who live according to the flesh have their minds set on what the flesh desires; but those who live in accordance with the Spirit have their minds set on what the Spirit desires.

 

You, however, are not in the realm of the flesh but are in the realm of the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God lives in you. And if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, they do not belong to Christ.  But if Christ is in you, then even though your body is subject to death because of sin, the Spirit gives life because of righteousness.  And if the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you, he who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies because of his Spirit who lives in you.

Therefore, brothers and sisters, we have an obligation- but it is not to the flesh, to live according to it.  For if you live according to the flesh, you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the misdeeds of the body, you will live.  For those who are led by the Spirit of God are the children of God.  The Spirit you received does not make you slaves, so that you live in fear again; rather, the Spirit you received brought about your adoption to sonship. And by him we cry, “Abba, Father.”  The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are God’s children.  Now if we are children, then we are heirs-heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ, if indeed we share in his sufferings in order that we may also share in his glory.

 

Galatians 5: 15-25

So I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh.  For the flesh desires what is contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit what is contrary to the flesh. They are in conflict with each other, so that you are not to do whatever you want.  But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law.

 

The acts of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity and debauchery; idolatry and witchcraft; hatred, discord, jealousy, fits of rage, selfish ambition, dissensions, factions and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like. I warn you, as I did before, that those who live like this will not inherit the kingdom of God.

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law. Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. “Since we live by the Spirit, let us keep in step with the Spirit.

This We Believe
Part #3- The Great I AM wants me for Himself
Exodus 3:13-15
Luke Brower, Preaching

Article #1- God
We believe in one God, Creator of all things, holy, infinitely perfect, and eternally existing in a loving
unity of three equally divine Persons: the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. Having limitless knowledge
and sovereign power, God has graciously purposed from eternity to redeem a people for Himself and to
make all things new for His own glory.
What sticks out to you about this description of God?
What is confusing or hard to grasp?
What traits of God mentioned here stretch your understanding of Him?

The subject of God is a massive topic. lt is so hard to get your head around who He is and what He’s like,
especially trying to do it in one sermon. But there is a story in the Bible that I want us to look at so that
we can use it as a frame work for our discussion of God. lt’s in Exodus chapter 3.
Does everybody know the story?

ln this passage there is a very huge moment when Moses asks God for His name and God answers using
the 1st person present continuous form of the Hebrew verb “to be.” God tells Moses His name is “l AM.”
What is your first reaction to that name?
What do you think is the significance of God referring to Himself in the present
continuous?

The most fundamental truth of God is, that He exists. God “IS.” There was never a time when He wasn’t
and there will never be a time when He isn’t. He is the Great I AM. When God revealed His name to
Moses He created the framework in which we as finite human beings are to understand Him. All other
revelation of God can only be understood when we submit to the reality of His infinite nature. And
according to our statement of faith this is who the Great I AM says He is:

1. I AM The Beginning Deuteronomy 4:35, Deuteronomy 6:4, Isaiah 45:5-6, Joel 2:.27,
Genesis 1:1, John 1:1, Revelation 1:8, Colossians 1:16-17

2. I AM Holy (Ezekiel 36:23, Leviticus 11:44, Matthew 5:17-20)

3. I AM Love (1 John 4:8)

4. I AM King- (Psalm 139)

When you look at these traits and read through these passages how does your heart react to
this description of God?

The best news comes in the last line of the statement- “God has graciously purposed…” The Great I AM
is working to gather together a people for Himself; He has chosen to enter into a covenant of marriage
with His people and in the deep recesses of His heart He wants every human being on the planet to
respond to proposal. That means, The Great I AM wants me for Himself
What do you think about that?

Next Sunday night 7/31 at 6:30 we will be watching Neil Cole and discussing our own missional life.

Childcare will be provided

“Imagination is [the] key for the church and it’s people to see the mission as Jesus sees it. The goal in this move is for each individual and church to “see it.” Once a follower or church is able to “see it” then a missional movement is possible… ”

so… as soon as we can see the mission as Jesus sees the mission then we can start a movement…
Neil Cole: Imagination in Mission