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Upgrade Week 1- Spiritual Health

Small group Thursday night surpassed my greatest expectations. For me, it was a solid reminder that we are at our best when we are living life the way God intended. Thursday we started a series called “Upgrade” which is focusing on upgrading certain aspects of our lives, and nothing is more important than being spiritually healthy so Thursday focused on a spiritual upgrade. As far as the lesson goes we talked about Romans 12:1-2, specifically look at ways we can go about transforming our minds. I decided we should focus on the 3 big ways to do that, which are prayer, reading the Bible, and community. I sprinkled 3 questions into the lesson that I told the group we would discuss every week:

Who did you meet this week?
How can we pray for you?
Who are you praying for?

(The last question was coupled with a Tweet I saw this week that asked “If God answered every one of your prayers from the last week, how many lost people would be going to Heaven?”)

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We’re Having a BOY!

Babies, Sheep, and Perspective

Discouragement comes easy. I am convinced it’s one of the Devil’s most powerful tools against us because when we become discouraged we tend to become useless and useless people aren’t pursuing God’s vision for their lives.

This summer I was pretty useless. Allie was gone for the summer and my #2 (and only other help) left to pursue another great opportunity. I don’t blame him, but I got discouraged and lost all of my momentum. All of it.

Then October 18th rolled around and my wife told me that after 11 months of trying, she’s pregnant.

I’m going to be a daddy. Do I want to be an example to my kids of audacious faith in the face of discouragement and fear, or an example of missing out on joining God in His work?

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