How Will You Spend The Next 2 Weeks?
Hey Friends,
The next 2 weeks are my favorite time of the year. The world will slow down and I get to spend more time with the Lord. In this precious time I will complete my Personal Growth Plan for 2012. I am so fried up about this because this is the main tool the Lord will use to grow me into the man He wants me to be. I am so excited about all the potential for miracles in the New Year! What are you looking for in 2012?
I am always amazed at how few believers have a growth plan!!! The number one command in the Bible is to:
“LOVE THE LORD YOUR GOD WITH ALL YOUR HEART, MIND, SOUL, AND STRENGTH.”
We all know this and we do actually love the Lord. But, why do so many have no plan for growth and to incorporate the spiritual disciplines invented by God for our benefit? We have a plan for everything else in life except the most important thing.
I am pretty sure the enemy of God has a part in the people that love God not having a plan. Paul told Timothy to be very careful in the
disciplines and to continue to grow. At the risk of repeating myself that is why I wrote the book, The Plan of Your Life. I am very passionate about personal growth and helping others be ready for the Bema Seat of Judgment in heaven.
I want to be on the front row and hear the Lord say to you, “Well done…” As you walk off the judgment seat we will high five and I will have added value to you. Please know of my love and prayers for you. Pray with me that my book will get into the hands of thousands who will read it and become more like Jesus. He is our example. Praying
God’s richest blessing on you in the Christmas season and the New Year.
Love ya,
Pastor Chris
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I have thought about this personal growth plan almost constantly since reciept of this book you have given as a gift to all who have had the priveledge and charge to seek out. As is common to the condition of procrastination as I type now I only have loose notes and His Voice floating around in my soul. It is all in my head and as most thoughts in our head it is an excuse to “not” follow through. But God will see the work He has started through to completion ….. I am heavy burdened, as I hope most of my brothers and sisters, in the Lord, are. We, who love the Lord can not turn away.
You, Pastor Chris, asked how will we spend the next two weeks…..THANKS! I would rather enjoy the festivities and the mundane but Higher Purpose calls to those who are His. Repentance and confession is the order of the day. Always…there are none good. Left alone we will “get by”. I am greatful for the leadership God has provided thru you His vessel.
My growth plan last year was drawn out and not completed and I have beat myself up for not fulfilling the perfectionist mentality in me. Our family devotion this morning was Philipians 2 which led to 1John 1:9 and then to Rom 8. I have argued/wrestled with God as Jacob refusing to let Him go til He bless him/me. I belong to God. His Word says so. I believe. It is hard but Jesus said in this life we will have troubles. This is what I must not rise against but accept and submit myself to… His Truth…then He can do something with my life for the benefit of others and for myself.
Submission.
Submission is truly a beautiful thing. What you submit to gives way to allowing those in your influence to submit to what God would have them do in their own personal lives. You submit to teaching others about His saving grace and leadership. I pray that this year I will do better in growth toward His Voice and Word….The Mind Of Christ. And. I will become a beacon to those in my own sphere of influence. I pray for the follow thru, the planning and execution.True wisdom is the ability to use the Knowledge that He gives us.
Thank you Pastor for what you submittingly give to those in your trusted care. That encouragement and prayerful consideration is why we must not forsake the assembling together as one body and one mind. We need the EXTRA encouragement to rise to the station God has purposed for the individual in the masses of the one body.
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!:)