Faith Walk: Station Two

     Remember, this faith walk series was from the speaker of our retreat.  She listened to what God wanted her to do and AWESOME stuff happened.  The faith walk was one of those things.  Please take the time to just sit and read through each part.  If you were at the retreat, do it again.  Let God remind you of what He said or listen to Him speak something new.  If you were not on the retreat, ask God to speak into your life and what He has for you. 
     We are walking to Station Two of our Faith Walk.  Remember, it is very dark.  We are heading toward rushing water and there are trees around.  On the way to the next stop we discuss, "What would you do in life if you knew that nothing was impossible and you could not fail?"  A slight breeze is blowing.  It is cool, not too cold, but getting there.  We stop right before a small wooden bridge. 

 You are Here for a Purpose: To Go and Share God’s Love


 Consider: We can choose to stay in the safety of the lives we create or we can step out into the dark, uncertainty of faith, offer our lives to God, and arise to live and love through Christ.  

Ephesians 2:8-10 “For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God—not by works, so that no one can boast. For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.”

Matthew 28:18-20 “Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.”

John 14:12-13 “ Very truly I tell you, whoever believes in me will do the works I have been doing, and they will do even greater things than these, because I am going to the Father. And I will do whatever you ask in my name, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son.”

Isaiah 61:1-4 “The Spirit of the Sovereign Lord is on me, because the Lord has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim freedom for the captives and release from darkness for the prisoners, to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor and the day of vengeance of our God, to comfort all who mourn, and provide for those who grieve in Zion—to bestow on them a crown of beauty instead of ashes, the oil of joy instead of mourning, and a garment of praise instead of a spirit of despair.”

 

1 John 3:16-18, 4:7-12 “This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers and sisters. If anyone has material possessions and sees a brother or sister in need but has no pity on them, how can the love of God be in that person? Dear children, let us not love with words or speech but with actions and in truth…let us love one another, for love comes from God...This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him...Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God lives in us and his love is made complete in us.”

Challenge: Hold hands and walk single file onto the bridge.  Once everyone is on the bridge, stop.  

Reflect: Be still and listen to God’s voice inviting you to step out in faith.  What is God inviting you to?  Whom will you serve, where, and how? 



     Are there things that are stopping you from stepping out?  Ask God to take those things away and make His voice clear to you.  Thanks for reading.  :-)