Who is God RUNNING TOWARDS that I am RUNNING FROM?
God did not make us for RELIGION. God made us for RELATIONSHIP.
God did not make us for HOSTILITY. God made us for FRIENDSHIP.
God meets us WHERE WE ARE, but he does not LEAVE US WHERE WE ARE.
God does not want us to BLOCK THE WAY; God wants us to SHOW THE WAY.
- EXAMINE your heart
ACTION PLAN: Read Psalm 139:23-24. Offer this as a prayer this week. Reflect on this verse in light of the message from this weekend about our call to love everyone.
- SOFTEN your heart
ACTION PLAN: Listen to the Living Water episode of Saddleback's The Well podcast and think about how you could be an oasis to somebody in your life.
- OPEN your heart
ACTION PLAN: Let's put these week's Action Plan points together. You've examined your heart, you've softened your heart, now make a plan for how you can open your heart. Who is somebody that you can reach out to this week to form or reconcile a relationship with? Consider inviting this person to church with you this weekend.
Diving Deeper: Listen to this interview with Jesus Revolution writer/director Jon Erwin from Saddleback's Doable Discipleship podcast.