Here’s a follow up to my teaching time this morning:

We each live out a personal mission. One way or another, our decisions and actions follow the core desires of our hearts. The way we operate our lives range from a conscious decision arrived at though guidance from God with prayer and study and insight from wise-ones in our lives to the other end of the spectrum being a hodgepodge collection of spontaneous choices that will not bring a full, satisfied existence. Harry would call the later “willy-nilly”. Most of us are some where in the middle, experiencing true joy only occasionally with most of life lived in the gray clouds of mediocrity.

God calls us to follow him higher, into the shinning brightness of his joy and his mission for our lives. The mission of Live Oak Church is based on Deuteronomy 6:4-5, Matthew 22:37-40 and Matthew 28:18-20. Go ahead and study Mark 12:28-34 for additional insights. I’ll cover Matthew 28 and how God’s gifts us for our mission next week. The working statement of these verses is,

“To reach our communities for Jesus Christ through our ministries and lives and to equip believers to be devoted followers of Him.”

Here’s my challenge to you, study and pray about these scriptures and this statement. Re-write it into the words God gives you personally to help you hang on to it. It will make an eternal difference in your life.

Your brother,

brad

P.S.  I forgot to reference my three miracle stories this morning. The accounts come from the book “God in the Foxhole” by Charles W. Sasser.