i'd like for us to really get the ball rolling: discuss new student outreach, lay out some concrete lg topics, speaker ideas, discuss meeting times, etc. but before all that exciting "planning," i'd like to challenge all of us, myself included, to spend some time each day in prayer really asking God to search us and prepare us. i'm mainly led to pray this because it's what i think i really need right now--for God to examine my heart motives, my anxieties, etc. about acf and acknowledge them before him. i know that God isn't limited to a one-week crash course in acf-leading prep, but if that could be our focus for the next few days, maybe we can all approach a (somewhat) common point to pick up on our conversation for next year. here are a couple questions you may consider meditating on during your conversations w/ God:
- what am i most anxious about and why?
- in what ways do i expect God to work? in what areas do i not have expectation?
- what causes me seek God versus being self reliant?
use these if they help. feel free to post any thougths you have on these prompts, exciting plans you want to see next year, or anything else.
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my lack of patience leads me to rely on self. i expect God to do something within a certain timeframe, it doesn't happen, so... like king saul, i go ahead and offer the sacrifice since samuel was late.
i'm excited right now because of the possibilities for next year. i know this would drive some people mad, but the fact that our vision is still somewhat unfixed and in flux-- well it makes me anticipate what the Spirit may inspire us to do.
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