I want to end this year by celebrating who we are and acknowledging the great work of God in each of us and through each of us and to each of us and surrendering ourselves afresh to the priorities and purposes of God for this year ahead and our whole lives.
I want to look forward to 2012 recalibrating our focus and corresponding lifestyle.
I want to begin next year with fresh fire and passion for the purposes of God.
The vision of our church is:
From the throne room of God into all the earth in every generation: connected, revived, equipped, pouring out
The heartbeat of our church is first and foremost that you know God AND then that that flows out into the world around each one of us.
No one is exempt in the kingdom of God. We’re all called. If we’re breathing we’re called. If we’re saved, we’re called. If we’re redeemed, we’re recruited.
You have to know you have a divine destiny – before you were born God formed you and called you. You have to know it doesn’t happen by accident – that life is intentional and the choice to say YES to God is up to you.
So let’s spend this first part of the year getting revived and then intentionally equipped so that we can pour out and live out our God-given purpose. Let’s make 2012 the greatest year of our lives to date! Let’s build the Kingdom for God’s glory!
Normal Christianity is a doing thing, not a personal closet thing.
You are like light for the whole world. A city built on top of a hill cannot be hidden, and no one would light a lamp and put it under a clay pot. A lamp is placed on a lampstand, where it can give light to everyone in the house. Make your light shine, so that others will see the good that you do and will praise your Father in heaven. Matthew 5:14-16
We are all unique and created by God to be who we are. We are created for a purpose and a plan.
For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do. Ephesians 2:10
“God has saved us and called us to a holy life—not because of anything we have done but because of his own purpose and grace. This grace was given us in Christ Jesus before the beginning of time,”- 2 Timothy 1:9.
The word of the LORD came to me, saying, “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart; I appointed you as a prophet to the nations.” Jeremiah 1:4-5
The big question is:
Do you have a vision for your life?
Do you have a direction you are heading in?
Do you have a purpose and a priority that defines who you are and what you are doing?
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December 4, 2011 at 3:22 pm
Wayne Augden
This is an excellent post, and very well written. You inspire, you teach, and you ignite. If I might make a small suggestion. While this is truly a wonderful post, I wonder if you might get more views, and more comments by perhaps dividing it into 2 or 3 posts.. There’s a lot to digest here. I’m not trying to judge or criticize you, so please don’t take it that way. This is a post that deserves readership and is very worthy of consideration and contemplation.
December 4, 2011 at 6:08 pm
fireball3316
hi wayne, thank you so much for hte compliment. i have broken it up and starting a series. funnily I AM CALLED is part 1 of a 8 part series which i did in our housegroup this year…
so stay tuned for more I AM CALLED posts
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