We took a few minutes at the start of the year to talk about how we will strive to be formed this year by God. More importantly, we spent a few minutes in prayer for God to form us. Specifically, we prayed for:
1) Our family to grow in size
2) Our family to grow in maturity
3) Our family to grow in love
If the story of the Bible really is the True Story of the world, what implications does this have for us? Shouldn’t this True Story then shape and form us as people living in the world? This week we explored together how the God who is writing the True Story has been at work forming a people from the beginning… and won’t stop until it’s done.
The Gospel is Good News of a true event that has taken place in history and has changed everything. Those who believe in this good news have been and are being transformed. We have been given a new identity, so we are no longer enemies of God, but we are a Family of Servant Missionaries, Learning to follow Jesus in all of life.
Last week we looked at this identity lived out in the first followers of Christ. This week we take a look at how we, as followers of Christ, are formed into a community on mission.
The Gospel is Good News of a true event that has taken place in history and has changed everything. Those who believe in this good news have been and are being transformed. We have been given a new identity, so we are no longer enemies of God, but we are a Family of Servant Missionaries, Learning to follow Jesus in all of life.
This week we take a look at how this new identity formed the first followers of Christ into a community on mission. Next week we will see how this is still true for us today.
