Day 6 AWAKENING 2012

Today has been fresh. Did a memorial service this morning for family who chose to cremate their loved one. I saw Jesus touch hearts and lives.


Luke 19:42
"If you had known, even you, especially in this your day, the things that make for your peace! But now they are hidden from your eyes. NKJV

Lord give us eyes to see your grand plans for us. The purpose of fasting is to clear out / reset our VISION so that we can see and hear clearly the plans that the Lord has for us. Uncluttered VISION in our culture today could be as big a miracle as healing cancer for some.

Pray with me today: Lord give us eyes to see your GREATNESS AND THE GRAND PLAN  that you have for our future. Lord do not let anything  be hidden from me by ________________. You fill in the blank: PRIDE, FEAR, ANGER, POSSESSIONS, MONEY, JOBS, DISOBEDIENCE etc.

He desires PEACE for us and the only way it can come is not by more accumulation. True PEACE comes by ELEVATION over the circumstance which happens when we DEMOTE ourselves (or empty out).

Have Blessed Day,

Five Things Generations Should Know From Their Pastor

Sunday at Generations was EPIC! We have started on a journey that will take each of us on a journey that we never dreamed of before. I know that you are ready for this EPIC journey. Faith and audacity will take our lives to new heights that only God dreamed we could attain.

FIVE THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW:


1. YOUR CITY NEEDS YOU - There are people in your neighborhood, on your job, in your family, and virtually everywhere you look that are DESPERATELY looking for love. YOU are the delivery mechanism for the love of God to be delivered to them. He (GOD) is pulling the trigger on HIS mechanism (YOU).


2. MIRACLES ARE IN MOTION - This is more than a slogan or the title to a cute sermon series. This is a BEDROCK conviction that Jesus is the same YESTERDAY, TODAY, & FOREVER (Hebrews 13:8). Jesus is positioning you in a MIRACLE PLACE of favor so that you can influence as many people as possible for the CAUSE of His Kingdom. This includes how your marriage and family functions to how that He is changing your position in the work force.


3. ARE YOU AS PREGNANT AS I AM? - By this I mean are you as full of VISION as I am? If you are you will begin to pray SUN STAND STILL prayers that will enable you and Generations to TOUCH THE CITY - TEACH THE NATIONS - TRAIN THE WORLD. Our VISION will give birth to thousands of people from all walks of life becoming Christ followers.

4. WE ARE BETTER TOGETHER - I am going to ask you to put aside anything in your life that is self exalting. YEAH! I know, where do I get off asking you to do this? WE can accomplish so much more together if we will focus on doing everything as a TEAM. If you are not a part of ministry team NOW is the time to get involved and serve. If you have a MINISTRY IDEA that you have been sitting on and wait for the go ahead DO NOT LET MONEY OR ANYTHING SMALL LIKE THAT HOLD YOU BACK. As long as it flows with our VISION to TOUCH - TEACH - TRAIN go for it. The only thing that I ask is that you refuse the mentality of a LONE RANGER Get a group of people to do it with you because WE ARE BETTER TOGETHER.

5. OUR GREATEST NEED - Is not money, a building, or even more people. OUR GREATEST NEED is more of Jesus in our hearts, lives, homes, & work place. Will you seek to involve Jesus in every area of your life? More money, more buildings, & more people will come if we have our priorities straight. Get so close to Jesus that you can hear Him give you a directive that can only be accomplished with HIM working through you by praying SUN STAND STILL prayers in FAITH.

Finally I pray that you are realizing that we are capturing some AMAZING MOMENTS each Sunday morning and turning them into MAJOR MOMENTUM which will eventually turn into a MONSTER MOVEMENT that will change lives for all eternity.

Note from the FOREIGN FIELDS

VISION IS VISION NO MATTER WHERE YOU LIVE IN THE WORLD.

As a church in America we are being passed up by Pastors and ministries on in foreign lands. Yes, you heard me right!!

They have such big faith for big projects that are genuinely reaching the lost. Did you heart that? They are not talking about the lost they are talking to the lost and winning them to Christ.

 
http://read.ly/Prov29.18.NIV 

We serve the same BIG GOD!!! I am inspired. The picture here is of the new BETHEL FAMILY CENTER in the middle of Tiraspol, Transniestria.  

VISION 2010

Casting VISION is something that we church leaders talk a lot about and preach about a lot but I think it is one of most challenging concepts to really put into application. It becomes easy to layout big grandiose plans, dreams, and goals but it becomes quite another thing to really live it out.

CASTING VISION IS A LOT LIKE SCATTERING DREAM SEEDS. SOME WILL TAKE ROOT AND MAKE IT AND SOME WILL NOT.

As the LEADER though you must still THINK IT - SAY IT - SEE IT - BELIEVE IT every day of your life and others will eventually get the VISION.

A GOD SIZE VISION is a must. If we can pay for it, If we can figure it out, If we are not just a little bit scared then our VISION probably is not GOD SIZE.

When the VISION comes to pass (either in part or in fulfillment) it will be because it took the hand of God to make the VISION happen and He gets all the glory.

I have a conviction that our VISIONS come to pass as ordinary everyday people in ordinary everyday life do EXTRA-ORDINARY acts of kindness for others. Sort of a FREE MARKET MINISTRY CONCEPT where ministry is taking place anytime, anywhere, by anyone. Let's break the mold and take the ministry to the MARKET PLACE and put ministry in the hands of non-professionals.

This will require a major SHIFT in our thinking. I am convinced that we must go from always thinking SUCCESS (nickels and noses) to thinking SIGNIFICANCE (changed lives). Then as we ENVISION free market ministry taking place anywhere, any place, any time, we will find that the numbers increase along with the ministry.

With the above thoughts in mind GENERATIONS CHURCH is making the SHIFT to advance the King and His Kingdom through SIGNIFICANCE (changed lives) by TOUCHING the city - TEACHING the nation - TRAINING the world. Keep up with how we are doing by checking out www.generationslubbock.com.

I would love to hear your thoughts.
Ed