I prayed with a guy this week who was asking some deep
questions about where he was going in his life. Once upon a time, I used to get
a little frustrated with people always asking for prayer around where they were
coming from, or where they were headed … I used to think we (I was probably
more frustrated with myself, feeling guilty God’s purpose for my life was not
written in the clouds ahead of me!)
No longer. Now I believe this is exactly where God meets us. We can only ever start from where we are, so it’s a waste of time and energy trying to start from anywhere else.
No longer. Now I believe this is exactly where God meets us. We can only ever start from where we are, so it’s a waste of time and energy trying to start from anywhere else.
It’s this sense of listening to God and going with that I’m
trying to encourage both with planting DNA Groups, which are designed to
encourage us all to reflect on how and where we are following Jesus (the “D”
stands for Discipleship), engaging with other people ( the “N” stands for
eNgagement) and how we’re doing with our integrity (the “A” stands for
authenticity).
It’s also threaded through our pattern on Twitter where
Monday-Friday a daily tweet will highlight each step on the discipleship cycle:
Monday’s Tweet will relate to #listening.
Tuesday’s Tweet will relate to #looking.
Wednesday’s Tweet will relate to #living.
Thursday’s Tweet will relate to #learning.
Friday’s Tweet will relate to #leading.
If you want to start getting into this rhythm I think
signing up to @WeAreSeventyTwo will encourage you.
Some of you who pop in here will be aware of Seventy-Two, but for others this is the name we're giving to some aspects of the missional partnership existing across four of our Baptist Regional Associations, but we welcome all!
