Family of God: Re: [Awake4HisReturn] Decisions That Define Us

Amen! Amen!

On Thu May 5th, 2011 7:55 AM CDT Michael J. Knight wrote:

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>Decisions That Define Us
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>"These are some of the decisions that define who we are as a
>community and how we choose to live our lives. These decisions are not
>destinations, but rather journeys…"
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> * We have decided that teaching the gospel without demonstrating the
>gospel is not enough. Good preaching, good doctrine, and being good
>people are not enough.
> * We have decided that having a good church club is not enough, good
>fellowship is not enough, and just being a member of that club is not
>enough.
> * We have decided that having good Bible studies is good, but not
>good enough, that just making it to heaven is not our goal, and that
>knowing about God without truly knowing and experiencing God is
>meaningless.
> * We have decided that having good programs is not enough, that
>change without transformation is intolerable, and that staying where we
>are is not an option.
> * We have decided that gifting without character is futile.
> * We have decided that singing songs without worshiping is empty, and
>having meetings without God showing up is pointless.
> * We have decided that having faith without works is not enough and
>having works without love is not acceptable–that our function comes
>out of our relationship first with the Father and second with each
>other.
> * We have decided that reading about the book of Acts without living
>the book of Acts is unthinkable.
> * We have decided that confident faith is good and bold faith is
>better.
> * We have decided that hearing about the Holy Spirit without
>experiencing Him is silly, that believing in His presence without seeing
>it manifested in signs and wonders is hypocrisy, that believing in
>healing without seeing people healed is absurd, and that believing in
>deliverance without people being delivered is absolutely ridiculous.
> * We have decided to be Holy Spirit filled, Holy Spirit led, and Holy
>Spirit empowered–anything less doesn't work for us.
> * We have decided to be the ones telling the stories of God's
>power–not the ones hearing about them.
> * We have decided that living saved but not supernatural is living
>below our privilege and short of what Christ died for.
> * We have decided that we are a battle ship not a cruise ship, an
>army not an audience, Special Forces not spectators, missionaries not
>club members.
> * We have decided to value both pioneers and settlers: pioneers to
>expand our territory and settlers to build on those territories. But we
>are not squatters, people who take up space others have fought for
>without improving it.
> * We have decided to be infectious instead of innocuous, contagious
>instead of quarantined, deadly instead of benign.
> * We have decided to be radical lovers and outrageous givers.
> * We have decided that we are a mission station and not a museum.
> * We have decided that it is better to fail while reaching for the
>impossible that God has planned for us than to succeed settling for
>less.
> * We have decided that nothing short of His Kingdom coming and His
>will being done in our world as it is in heaven will satisfy.
> * We have decided that we will not be satisfied until our world cries
>out, "Those who have turned the world upside down have come here
>too" (Acts 17:6, NKJV).
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>Remember
>Only one life, will soon be past,
>Only what is done, for Christ will last.
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>The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the
>communion of the Holy Spirit be with you all. Amen. (2 Corinthians
>13:14)
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>Love & Prayers,
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>Michael J. Knight.
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>What we are is God's gift to us. What we become is our gift to God.
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