The Power for Living - Week Two

We hope the first week of Community Group meetings touched people’s lives by providing an opportunity to meet new people and even possibly feeling a little more connected to PAC.

This week as you prepare for the second session, first listen to the “Leadership Lifter” on your DVD. You will find the Leadership Lifter at the top of the page after you click on Session Two. Listening to the Leadership Lifter first is very helpful because it contains the heart of the message the teacher is trying to convey in this session.

This week, our session is led by John Ortberg. Magnification of his message can be found in his book, “The Life You Always Wanted”. John calls us back to the dynamic heartbeat of Christianity – God’s power to bring change and growth.

John’s hope in this session is that everyone will walk out of the meeting with determination to deliberately seek to open themselves up to the activity of the Holy Spirit in their lives. The Holy Spirit is not just for well known Christians like Billy Graham or Mother Teresa or Chuck Colson.

John’s plea to us is to not be cheated out of the greatest adventure of living with God, walking daily with the Holy Spirit. Believe it is possible that thoughts that enter our minds are really promptings for us from the Holy Spirit to take action. Promptings may be for us to provide some compassion for someone who really needs mercy or an encouraging note to someone who is in the dumps or even possibly to confront with the truth someone who needs to hear it.

Believe these thoughts are really the Holy Spirit working in our life. Be determined to enter this week seeking the adventure of living with the Holy Spirit in our lives. Realize that God meets us not in a monastery but on Main Street, and that all of everyday life has the potential to be lived as Jesus himself were the one living it.