Big Idea: You and I are supposed to be restorers
Restorers: someone who envisions the world as it was meant to be and works towards that vision partnering with God.
· It’s not all going to be restore before God comes back, that is when it will be completely restore.
Quiz
· 1-9 with one question: four things that you can do to be a restorer?
Four Possible four answers
o Answer #6: be willing to believe broken parts of your life and this world can be restored
o Answer #7: don’t separate into Christian subcultures
o Answer #8: Instead of being offended by culture, but be provoked by it in a healthily way.
o Answer #9: Thinking of your vocation not as a barrier on God’s call on your life but as an opportunity.
Five Things
· We have to pay attention to and have to do before we touch 6-9
Gabe Lyons, “no matter how progressive your approach is to your faith, we are all susceptible to stumbling.” There are things that cause us to get off track and if we assume we are ready to go into the grittiest of places and we are immune to falling, then we are blind and we are lost. Everybody is susceptible to temptations and the appealing nature to what the world has to offer but as restorers and we’re not disciplined in that approached we risk sacrificing the greater work that God may want to accomplish though us.
Mesillat Yeshiram, path of the just (Jewish pub)
· If a man is allured by the things of this world and is estranged to his creator, it is not he alone who is corrupted but the whole world is corrupted with him.
Romans 12:1-2
Things to allow us to stay anchored/ stay grounded to God.
· Read and enjoy the bible
o When was the last you woke and was excited to dive into scripture for the day?
o How am I approaching the word of God as a person?
o How do I handle it?
o What is it about scripture that is going to get your excited about it again.
o Tips to do this
§ Don’t be afraid to read/ compare different translations.
§ 2 Timothy 3:16
· Stop Being Productive
o How many of you have regretted not getting everything done this week?
o Move into our lives the idea of the Sabbath
o Moved with intention with replenish our soul so we the energy to finish.
o Having sometime , a day, half a day, or significant time where you are not required to be your job or you.
· Fast for Simplicity
o Reminds us of our dependence on God
o Confirming that we need more God and less of the other stuff.
· Be Fully Present
o Being embodied
o We become divided people
o To be fully present in conversation and life
· Prayer
o Gabe Lyones, “Prayer should humble us and posture us, puts us in the posture of understanding any power we have to get by in life comes from our connection with God. And the work he is doing through the spirit in our live
o 1 these 5:17 never stop praying
o Inviting God into how you are living.
o Story of Daniel 1:11-17
§ If it worked he would be in a better position to show how to live.
§ Counted on his faith incepting with God’s faithfulness.
When we practice these five things then we have a better chance of intercepting with God’s faithfulness.
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