Preparation Weeks
Introduction:
Beginning in October, everyone in the church will be participating in an opportunity to "grow" in the Lord. It is called 40 Days of Purpose. You will experience a life changing event AND you will not be alone. All of us will be given the opportunity to understand and apply God’s Purpose in our lives and what a difference that will make in individual lives and the life of our church.
Over the next four weeks, there will be an emphasis on preparing everyone for the 40 Days of Purpose.
The first week will be about "Preparing the Way" for spiritual change. We will study John the Baptist to see how he prepared for the Messiah, Jesus Christ. By understanding John’s commitment to the kingdom of God, we can challenge each other to prepare our hearts for the 40 Days of Purpose.
During the second week, we will be studying the wonderful life of Mary of Bethany. We will see her listening to Jesus, see her life touched by Jesus, and see her life changed based on that touch. We will be anticipating that same "touch" as we participate in the 40 Days of Purpose. We will be in awe of how God uses that "touch" to change people’s lives.
The Holy Spirit will be studied on the third week. It is a fundamental spiritual fact that the Holy Spirit is the power agent for spiritual change in people’s lives. We will see the need to rely on the Holy Spirit to understand spiritual things and to empower us to act on behalf of God during the 40 Days of Purpose.
PRAYER is the topic for the fourth week and is the KEY for the 40 Days of Purpose. God begs us to communicate with Him. During the fourth week, we will challenge one another on strengthening our prayer life. We will see that prayer is necessary to grow in our knowledge of God.
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