God's Plans

Here are the sermon notes from this morning. I gave this message this morning with Brad Krebs. You can listen here.

1. Know God has a Voice

God has now revealed to us his mysterious plan regarding Christ, a plan to fulfill his own good pleasure. –Ephesians 1:9

The way you get meaning into your life is to devote yourself to loving others, devote yourself to your community around you, and devote yourself to creating something that gives you purpose and meaning. –Mitch Albom

For I know the plans I have for you,” says the Lord. “They are plans for good and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope. –Jeremiah 29:11

2. Listen to God’s Voice

My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me. –John 10:27

In the moments we get too caught up in the busyness of the world, we lose our connection with God, others, and ourselves.

3. Trust God’s Voice

Don’t worry about anything; instead, pray about everything. Tell God what you need, and thank him for all he has done. Then you will experience God’s peace, which exceeds anything we can understand. His peace will guard your hearts and minds as you live in Christ Jesus. –Philippians 4:6-7

We're never so vulnerable than when we trust someone - but paradoxically, if we cannot trust, neither can we find love or joy. –Walter Anderson

4. Follow God’s Voice

And so, dear brothers and sisters, I plead with you to give your bodies to God because of all he has done for you. Let them be a living and holy sacrifice—the kind he will find acceptable. This is truly the way to worship him. Don’t copy the behavior and customs of this world, but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think. Then you will learn to know God’s will for you, which is good and pleasing and perfect. –Romans 12:1-2

No, O people, the Lord has told you what is good, and this is what he requires of you: to do what is right, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God. –Micah 6:8

There is never a wrong time to do the right thing.

Grace is what God gives us when we don't deserve and mercy is when God doesn't give us what we do deserve.

Humility is not to opposite of arrogance. Nor is it the opposite of low self-esteem. And it isn’t the same thing as modesty either. Humility is the ability to see that you and everybody else are fully human and fully a child of God. It is thinking of yourself and all others in pretty much the same way.

Training Update

I ran 15 easy miles is Tonya at Lake Zorinsky. About an hour and 55 minutes.