Catalyst Takeaway #5 – We’re all in this Together – We are the Church

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If this doesn’t stir up your heart to make a difference in the world with your life, I don’t know what will… Here are some thoughts that stirred me up at Catalyst:

Lose Your Life, Just so You can Find it – Matthew 10:39 – You have not lived until you’ve surrendered your life to God so He can use your life to make a difference in the lives of others. Forget yourself…Focus on others…Find true life.

What Are YOU Passionate about? – You need to find a cause that you would die for… the lost, the broken, the poor, the slave, the prisoner… find your cause, and give your life to it.

We’re in this Together – Everybody in the body of Christ is important. There is no small or insignificant role. We’re all here for one reason – to reach people for the Kingdom of God. No matter what you do, recognize, it is no small thing in God’s eye.

Get a Mega Vision -Craig Groeschel said he hates the term “Mega Church” how can we call a church mega when there are 4 billion people worldwide that don’t know Christ? Millions starving, millions involved in human trafficking, millions abandoned… We need to increase our vision.

If we Don’t Believe in what the Church is supposed to be, how will the world? -We must believe that the church is the catalyst to bringing the change the world needs through Jesus Christ. Do you believe in the church? Your church? Jesus does. It’s time you start.

Judge Your Church on Sending Capacity, not the Crowd - Anyone can build a crowd… the question is – who is that crowd becoming and what are they doing for the Kingdom as a result of being in your church?

We’re all in this together and together we CAN and WILL change the world.

As Mother Theresa said, “You can do what I can’t do, I can do what you can’t do, together we can do GREAT things.”

What are you doing to change the world?

Then the Lord said to Moses, “Has my arm lost it’s power? Now you will see whether or not my Word comes true! . . . Now the Lord sent a wind that brought quail from the sea and let them fall all around the camp. For miles in every direction there were quail . . . no one gathered less than fifty bushels.

~Numbers 11:23, 31,32

“The Greatest Blessings in our lives often come Out of Nowhere” -Mark Batterson

I absolutely loved this message by Mark Batterson. I think so often we see God do amazing things in and through people and think to ourselves “I wish that was me” “when am I going to get my breakthrough” etc. However, if you’d ask the people you look up to, I’m sure they’d tell you that their success came “Out of Nowhere” “When they least suspected it” “In the middle of the biggest mess of their lives” etc. Here are some things I’ve noticed about God moving “Out of Nowhere”

God will do Big Things Out of Nowhere when We’re Willing to be Developed instead of being Discovered – Perry Noble preaches this constantly… people never see God do big things in their life because their more focused on being discovered or the next big thing instead of allowing God to develop  who He made them to be.

God usually moves “Out of Nowhere’ after we’ve been faithful with what is in front of us – Another Perry quote, “If you’re still where you are, you’re not ready for the next level.” Be faithful where you are, and when your ready, God will promote you “out of nowhere”

You Can’t Take Credit for Things that Happen Out of Nowhere: If it happened because of our efforts, God wouldn’t get any glory… we always need to be recognizing our dependency on Him.

Have you had any experiences in your life where God moved “out of nowhere”?

If you’re interesting in running the Marine Corps Marathon on October 25th – I’m looking for one more person to join us…Here are some details:

When: Friday, October 23rd – Monday, October 26th (Marathon is Sunday)

Registration: Registration is full for the marathon, but you can still register as long as you run for a charity – REGISTER HERE FOR THAT

Cost: $131 will cover your stay at the hotel rooms I’ve booked. You’d pay the cost of registering for the marathon and take care of your own food.

Training: If you live here -  you’re more than welcome to train with our team (We have a team of 5-6 people)

If you’re interested please let me know as soon as possible by commenting or e-mailing me at bsmith@lifeatvictory.com

Thanks,

Bubs