Friday, January 29, 2016

Compassionate or Critical?




This past Sunday we continued our SERIES "Just Walk Across the Room." This entire series we are looking at how to share our faith in natural way regardless of your personality type or experience.." You can listen to the podcast or download it by clicking here WYANDOTTE FAMILY PODCAST

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The first D in 3D living is learning to DEVELOP FRIENDSHIPS. The 2nd D in 3D living is Discovering other peoples story!  

It is easy to become critical of others who are different than us or don't believe what we do. We start grouping people together like, "Those Republicans or those Democrats. Those Christians or those Atheists." 

However, we want to be a genuine Christ follower we are called to be like Him. We are called to be compassionate. Let's look a a a verse from the Old Testament and the New Testament. 

Psalm 119:136-Rivers of tears gush from my eyes because people disobey your instructions. 

When we see people acting in a way that is contrary to God's nature and character, it should break our hearts. Prayer should be our #1 response not picketing. Intercession not instigating should be our natural reaction. 

Matthew 9:36When he saw the crowds, he had compassion on them because they were confused and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd.

Jesus saw people that were not following God's word or His ways. That is actually why he left heaven and become human. May we follow His example and live our lives the same way. 

Wednesday, January 27, 2016

Living in 3D part 2



This past Sunday we continued our SERIES "Just Walk Across the Room." This entire series we are looking at how to share our faith in natural way regardless of your personality type or experience.." You can listen to the podcast or download it by clicking here WYANDOTTE FAMILY PODCAST

You can also download an Amazon App for only $1.99 and have easy access to all of the podcasts right on your Android Smart phone or tablet. 
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The first D in 3D living is learning to DEVELOP FRIENDSHIPS. The 2nd D in 3D living is Discovering other peoples story!

Everyone has a story. Each persons story has some good moments, bad moments, joyful moments and painful moments. Our stories our good indicators of why and who we are today. When you get to know someones story you can relate and connect with them in greater ways. When you learn someones story you can be compassionate instead of critical. 

So how do you learn someones story? Ask questions! Ask more questions than you talk about yourself. Find out about the other persons life. Here are some great starter questions...
  1. What was your childhood like growing up? 
  2. As a teen/young adult what did you dream of doing? 
  3. Have you always worked in this field/line of of work? 
  4. What was your spiritual life like growing up? 
  5. Where do you usually find your happiness from? 
  6. Has there been a season of your life that you have enjoyed the most? Why? 


There is obviously thousands of more questions you could ask but these questions will begin to help you develop of habit of getting to know other peoples stories. As you learn other peoples stories, you will see natural doors open up for you to share your faith.  

Living in 3D part 1



On January 17th we continued our NEW SERIES "Just Walk Across the Room." This entire series we are looking at how to share our faith in natural way regardless of your personality type or experience.." You can listen to the podcast or download it by clicking here WYANDOTTE FAMILY PODCAST

You can also download an Amazon App for only $1.99 and have easy access to all of the podcasts right on your Android Smart phone or tablet. 
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We all have seen people sharing their faith in ways that are less desirable. We have seen people talk, talk and talk and never listen. We have seen people with megaphones and signs. We have even seen people yell and get angry. So how in the world are we supposed to share our faith? 

The first D in 3D living is learning to DEVELOP FRIENDSHIPS 

Building friendships takes more time and effort than simply sharing information. Listening to others and learning about others is harder than talking. Loving people is harder than proselytizing. 

Proverbs 18:2 says a fool finds no pleasure in understanding but delights in airing his own opinions. 

If we want to share our faith we have to become better at friendship building. We have to become better at caring for people. Listening to people. Loving people. We have to become better at understanding. 

I love what Mark Batterson says in his book "The Wild Goose Chase." "If we are going to fulfill the ancient commission we need to get out of the comfortable confines of our Christian ghettos and invade some hellholes with the light and love of Christ." 

What would happen if you put your script, speech and plans aside for a moment and began to build friendships with people around you? What would happen if you genuinely looked for opportunities to serve and help? Can you imagine what doors God would open up for you to share your faith? 



Thursday, January 14, 2016

Can we really be good at sharing our faith?


This past Sunday we kicked off our NEW SERIES "Just Walk Across the Room." This entire series we are looking at how to share our faith in natural way regardless of your personality type or experience.." You can listen to the podcast or download it by clicking here WYANDOTTE FAMILY PODCAST

You can also download an Amazon App for only $1.99 and have easy access to all of the podcasts right on your Android Smartphone or tablet. 
GET THE ANDROID APP 


Sharing our faith can be intimidating and awkward at times. We don't want to come across pushy or offend others. Yet we know sharing our faith is important. It says in Psalms...

Has the Lord redeemed you? Then speak out! Tell others he has redeemed you from your enemies. Psalms 107:2 NLT 

So how do we do this? Is there a way to share our faith in a natural way? We are going to spend the next 3 Sunday morning gatherings and the next 3 blogs going over 3D living. 3 D's to sharing our faith in a natural way.