Do you get tired of hearing me rave about my lifegroup? I’m not kidding, y’all. My lifegroup is muy fabuloso, el supremo, and dad-gum-good. You have only a few alternatives:
1. Come and join us, or
2. Start your own rival muy fabuloso group.
I will concede that there could be concurrent lifegroups reaching muy fabuloso status; it’s not an exclusive title.
Tonight we spent a lot of time talking about the names by which we know God. He reveals himself to us in a vast number of ways, and each way teaches us something about his character and nature. Many people shared personal stories of how God has shown up in their lives, leaving his fingerprints on their stories. Others listened quietly, nodding their heads now and then, taking everything in. I talked about how God has been Provider for Team Sublett in countless ways, big and small.
How do you know God? How has he revealed himself to you? Here’s a list of names used to describe Father God, taken from Henry Blackaby’s Experiencing God study. (Someone should seriously buy that man a steak.)
The take-away for tonight focused on EXPECTATION. We share our stories to encourage others. Where God has revealed himself to others, he can do the same for me. When I hear about God being someone’s Strength or Rest or Help or Comfort I begin to look for God to do those things in my life, to reveal himself to me in that way. Mark Batterson writes about the Reticular Activating System, and how an increased awareness leads us to notice things that had once gone under our radar. When I’m hearing about God showing up and showing off in someone else’s life, I start to look for God to move in my life in similar ways.
That’s just part of what I love about my lifegroup–they know and experience God. Are we perfect? Well, not all of us…OK, you know that’s not right. None of us are perfect, but we’re growing, and we’re growing together.
I’m not even joking about you joining us. We have new folks roll in all the time. What are you waiting for? You know you need a group like us! And we need you…
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