OUR JV TEAM WON TODAY. BEAT THE GEORGIA FORCE 10 - 0. TOMORROW OUR VARSITY TEAM PLAYS SPRINGFIELD, MO. FOR THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP! WE PLAY AT 11:00. AFTER THE GAME, WE WILL HEAD HOME. LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU SUNDAY!!!
WRITING TO YOU FORM PANAMA CITY. DON'T WANT TO HEAR ABOUT HOW WARM YOU THINK IT IS HERE. IT IS CCOOLLDD RIGHT NOW. WEARING JEANS AND A FLEECE. PLAY TOMORROW AT 11:00 AND 4:00.
I'M PROMPTED TO REMIND YOU OF THE PRAYER REQUESTS FROM TUESDAY NIGHT.
REALLY ENJOYED FELLOWSHIP YESTERDAY. IT WAS GOOD TO HAVE FRIENDS VISIT WITH US. IT WAS A TASTE OF WHAT MIGHT BE WHEN WE BEGIN TO BELIEVE IN OURSELVES AND THE NEED FOR INFLUENCE WITH OUTSIDERS.
WHAT DID WE TALK ABOUT YESTERDAY?
IT'S NOT MY STUFF. IT'S NOT YOUR STUFF. IT'S NOT OUR STUFF. IT'S GOD'S STUFF.
WE WANT TO GROW TO THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF GENEROSITY. WE GIVE, NOT OUT OF COMPULSION OR NECESSITY, BUT BECAUSE WE REALIZE...IT'S GOD'S...AND HE LETS US USE STUFF....FOR HIS GLORY.
REMEMBER: THIS TUESDAY NIGHT 6:30. AND..
NEXT TUESDAY NIGHT 6:30...THANKSGIVING DINNER TOGETHER.
WE WILL BEGIN SMALL GROUP TRAINING THE WEEK DEC.2 AND BE TRAINING THROUGH THE HOLIDAY SEASON AND ACTUALLY BREAK INTO SMALL GROUPS BEGINNING THE NEW YEAR.
GOD GAVE ME THIS WORD BEFORE I EVER HEARD IT SPOKEN. IT IS GOOD FOR US TO BE IN COMMUNITY. I BELIEVE HE IS SPEAKING IT TO A LOT OF PEOPLE THESE DAYS.
OWN SMALL GROUPS.
WENT BY DFACS YESTERDAY. IT IS A ZOO THERE. I AM IN CONTACT WITH A DIRECTOR THERE WHO IS TO CONTACT ME TODAY OR I WILL GO TO HER OFFICE TODAY. PRAY THAT GOD WILL DIRECT US TO SOMEONE THAT WE CAN REALLY MINISTER TO THIS HOLIDAY SEASON.
HAD A GOOD MEETING WITH OUR SMALL GROUP LEADERS LAST NIGHT. GOOD MEN. THERE IS MUCH FOR THEM TO LEARN....AND THERE IS MUCH FOR ALL OF US TO LEARN ABOUT BEING A PART OF COMMUNITY.
JUST WANT US TO BE THINKING SMALL GROUPS AND BEGINNING TO BELIEVE IN THEM. SMALL GROUPS WILL BELONG TO ALL OF US. LET'S OWN THEM.
I WILL GO BY DFACS TODAY AND SEE IF THERE IS A FAMILY THERE WE CAN SHARE HOLIDAY BLESSING WITH. I'LL LET YOU KNOW HERE TOMORROW WHAT I FIND OUT. PRAY THAT WE CAN INFLUENCE SOMEONE FOR GOOD AND INTO HIS KINGDOM THIS WAY.
WE WANT TO HEAR FROM OTHERS WHO HAVE DONE AND ARE DOING SMALL GROUPS AND LEARN WHAT WE CAN FROM THEM. WE WANT TO LEARN WHAT OUR PURPOSE WILL BE AND WHAT CAN HAPPEN WHEN WE TAKE COMMUNITY
SERIOUSLY.
BE PRAYING FOR BOB, THOMAS, AND GORDON AS THEY PREPARE TO LEAD OUR GROUPS.
GREAT DAY YESTERDAY. ENJOYED THE FELLOWSHIP. ENJOY THE PHOTOS.
HAD A GOOD MEETING WITH OUR GROUP LEADERS LAST NIGHT. WE'LL BE GOING THROUGH LEADERSHIP TRAINING FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS. AND ALL OF US WILL NEED A LITTLE SMALL GROUP TRAINING AS WELL. STARTING THIS WEEK, I WANT TO ASK YOU TO BEGIN TO CHECK HERE EVERYDAY FOR SOME SMALL GROUP THOUGHTS. HERE'S THE FIRST, I WANT US TO MEMORIZE THE GOALS FOR OUR SMALL GROUPS. THEY ARE SIMPLE: