I am pumped about being able to serve God and His people as a shepherd again. God has a way of consistently compelling you to walk in your your purpose and calling. He is relentless and patient. He has staying power. The funny thing is I always knew this day would come but I didn't know how it would all unfold. When God is ready he makes things happen like noone else can. We have had favor, undeniable favor.
People keep asking me what kind of church are we going to have. They want to know is it a Baptist church or a Pentecostal church? I always respond that it is a nondenominational church. What I want to say is that it is a church where people are loved regardless of where they come from or what they have to offer. A church where we keep it real and our priorities straight. This church is going to be a place of encouragement and hope. Better Life is going to be the kind of place where you feel celebrated and non just tolerated. People matter to God and they matter to us. Our goal is to Honor God by loving people in every way we can imagine.
Church is not a place, it is a community. It is a gathering of people who recognize that we need God and we need each other. What we call church is really the family of God and you can find it both in a sanctuary and at the grocery store, in a pew or out in the pasture. Jesus told us that wherever two or more gather together in His name that he is there also. Church is where believers are. Church is where we connect.
The Bible teaches us to strive to be transformed by the renewing of our minds. Transformation is what God is all about. Transformation is simply change for the better. God desires to help us be better. He wants us to be better husbands, better wives, better friends, and ultimately better people. How does this happen? Good question.
There is one word that sums it up. That word is Love. Love changes everything. Better Life exists so we can love God and love people. That is our foundation and mission. Love is our goal and purpose and that is exactly what we are going to be busy doing. Loving people both inside and outside the walls of our church building. Remember this, God wants us all to have a better life. Let's make it better, together.
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How do you know what your calling is? I feel like I'm listening but I can't hear. I want so badly to have a direction in my life. I'm 34, I have never had a job longer than 5 years. I need to bing thinking of retirement. I feel like a fish out of water. I ask people this question "What is my purpose"? Noone can give me an answer. How do I listen hard enough to hear God.
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