New Year: New Community

Last Week - A new Creation

The New International Version Chapter 5

17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here!

PRAY

I - I wish I didn't do things like that, but when I try and change it it just doesn’t work out. - When my transformation has been STALLED, my faith is stalled

Trans: But its not that EASY

Y - We all have things like that…

Trans: I dont think I’m the only one

We want to get past some of these things. We want to grow in our faith. To trust more, to be more like Jesus but...

Some of us have come a long way, but have stalled

Some of us are brand new and dont know where to start.

Some of us know we want to be better, closer, more transformed by are afraid people might find out how screwed up we are.

Some of us think we have it pretty much all figured out.

Some of us have advice and help and council to offer but no longer feel we have the voice to share it.

We want to be new, we want to encourage, we want to spur on, but we just dont have the strength to do it on our own.

We have tried stuff, and it feel flat.

G -

Trans:

Y - take a step towards someone

be vulnerable

be present

ask questions

believe FOR somoone

ask someone to believe for you.

The evil one wants to DIVIDE and conquer

W - We have this idea that we got to figure this stuff out alone, we have to have it all alone. We are afraid someone will figure out we dont get it

BUT MY GOD NO