taking your next steps

Epiphany!Beginning of a new adventure.

The Life of a Christian Tourist

Tourists: superficial, consumer-oriented, pleasure, comfort

Tourists: rather see the sites than go the distance

Tourists: entertainment value

Next StepWe are the adventurers of God’s Kingdom!

ex·hil·a·ra·tion noun1.a feeling of intense excitement, euphoria or bliss.

ex·hil·a·ra·tion noun1.a feeling of intense excitement, euphoria or bliss.

“For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to

harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.” Jeremiah 29:11 (NIV)

God has a PLAN …This is what the LORD says: “Stand at the crossroads and look; ask for the ancient paths, ask where the good way is, and walk in it, and you will find rest for your souls. But you said, ‘We will not walk in it.’ Jeremiah 6:16

God has a PLAN …You have a Choice

The Plan will PROSPER you“I have come that you may have life and have it

abundantly.” John 10:10

The Plan will PROSPER youI will give you hidden treasures, riches stored in secret places, so that you may know that I am the LORD, the God of Israel, who summons you by name. Isaiah 45:3

The Plan will PROSPER you"Our prayers are answered not when we are given what we ask but when we are challenged to be what we can be." M Alder

God’s Plan will not HARM youI will go before you and make the crooked places straight.

Isaiah 45:2

God’s Plan will not HARM youCHRIST: He who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all—how will he not also, along with him, graciously give us all things? Rm 8:32

CHURCH: Encourage one another and build each other up, just as in fact you are doing. 1 Thess 5:11

CONFIDENCE: Let us then approach God’s throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need. Heb 4:16

God’s Plan will give you HOPEHope does not escape circumstance, it TRANSCENDS it.

“In Christ we are more than conquerors…” Rm 8:37

God’s Plan will give you DESTINATION

We must have some credible vision of the future

before we can release the past.

“For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.” Jeremiah 29:11 (NIV)

I will go before you and will level the mountains;I will break down gates of bronze and cut through bars of iron.I will give you hidden treasures, riches stored in secret places,so that you may know that I am the LORD, the God of Israel, who summons you by name. Isaiah 45:2-4 (NIV)

I will go before you and make the crooked places straight. Isaiah 45:2

“We are kept from our goal not by obstacles but by a clear path to a lesser goal.” Robert Brault

The test of leadership is simple:Are the people entrusted to our care better off?