August 17th & 21st, 2022
The Art of Being Unordinary
John Wesley
Dear, dear Corinthians, I can’t tell you how much I long for you to enter this wide-open, spacious life. We didn’t fence you in. The smallness you feel comes from within you. Your lives aren’t small, but you’re living them in a small way. I’m speaking as plainly as I can and with great affection. Open up your lives. Live openly and expansively!
—2 Corinthians 6:11-13 (MSG)
Unordinary people are
people.
Never be lacking in zeal, but keep your spiritual fervor, serving the Lord.
—Romans 12:11 NIV
Don’t burn out; keep yourselves fueled and aflame.
—Romans 12:11 MSG
15 For this reason, ever since I heard about your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all God’s people, 16 I have not stopped giving thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers. 17 I keep asking that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and revelation, so that you may know him better. 18 I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you, the riches of his glorious inheritance in his holy people, 19 and his incomparably great power for us who believe.
—Ephesians 1:15-19 NIV
1 “To the angel of the church in Ephesus write:
These are the words of him who holds the seven stars in his right hand and walks among the seven golden lampstands. 2 I know your deeds, your hard work and your perseverance. I know that you cannot tolerate wicked people, that you have tested those who claim to be apostles but are not, and have found them false. 3 You have persevered and have endured hardships for my name, and have not grown weary. 4 Yet I hold this against you: You have forsaken the love you had at first. 5 Consider how far you have fallen! Repent and do the things you did at first. If you do not repent, I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place. 6 But you have this in your favor: You hate the practices of the Nicolaitans, which I also hate.
—Revelations 2:1-6 NIV
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Next Steps:
1. Today, I give my life to Jesus for the first time.
2. I have lost the passion in my life and need to get it back.
3. I am making a choice to stop doing things that are stealing my passion.
4. I will help others with their passion by assisting in nursery or launching a parking team.