Friday, March 25, 2011

Raising the Bar

This week we are continuing our lessons based on the book "Doing Hard Things" by Alex and Brett Harris. Our lesson flows on from last weeks excellent lesson on doing things that take us out of our comfort zone into rising above complacency and doing things that go beyond what is expected or required of us.
We all have expectations placed upon us in our homes, schools, workplaces, churches and our social circles. Do we merely meet those expectations or do we strive for excellence and go beyond what we are asked to do? It is easy to become complacent and think that "near enough is good enough" but have we really done all that we can do in order to make our world a better place? As Christians, Jesus wants us to go the second mile, but, in order to do that, we must move out of complacency - and out of our comfort zone - and stretch our abilities to try to become everything He wants us to be.
Complacency kills growth on a personal level and on a societal level. It is vital for all Christians to rise above it and become the vessel that Jesus wants us to be.
Our memory verse for this week is found in 1 Timothy 4:12-13
Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an example of the believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity. Till I come, give attendance to reading, to exhortation, to doctrine


Please feel free to come and chat with us at any time.
God bless you,
Melanie and Heather

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