UTURN Aug. 27 Recap

Here's what we talked about last night:
Time Alone With God


Make a commitment: If you want to grow in any relationship, including your relationship with God, it takes commitment. We can’t expect to become mature in our faith without committing time and energy into our relationship with God.

Develop a Plan: This is where we want to help. We will provide you with “DiscipleHelps” Journals for you. This will give you a simple plan for daily time with God through prayer and bible study. We will also provide you with a seven day reading guide each week to put you in the word. Not only will we give you these seven days on your own, we will structure everything we do to surround those seven days with supplementary teaching and discussion through UTURN Sundays and Small Groups. We are committed to you to Supply the tools you need to grow, Support you in that growth, and Supplement you with loving adults who want to encourage you along the way through teaching and accountability.

Expectations: Expect to Grow. Just like a garden, if you tend to it, it will grow and flourish and produce something. In your life in Christ, if you tend to it, you will grow and flourish and produce fruit that others can see and enjoy.

God’s Word: Luke 8:1-15
v.5 & v.12 – In one ear and out the other
v.6 & v.13 – Emotional, cry, even said a prayer, but no heart change
v.7 & v.14 – Never missed youth group, when youth group gone, so goes their faith
v.8 & v.15 – Disciple of Christ, one who has committed, submitted and producing fruit through their relationship with Jesus. This is the only group that will see heaven and eternal life.

What will you do?
Tonight our challenge begins. Begin to count the cost of what it means to be a disciple of Jesus. Our heart is to teach the truth, even if unpopular. We believe that if we can produce disciples through the power of the Holy Spirit, God will bless us as individuals as well as a ministry. The question you must ask yourself is this, “Am I tired of playing games? Am I tired of the camp highs and the valley lows? Am I ready to commit my life, submit it to Christ, and tend my garden in a way that will cause it to flourish and bear fruit?” You need to answer these questions before you will ever really experience the abundant life Christ offers. Jesus tells us, “Whoever finds his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.” (Matthew 10:39)