Wednesday, January 12, 2011

IT"S A NEW DAY TO BUILD BRIDGES AND CONTROL OUR FINANCIAL FUTURE

As we begin the new year, and the next decade, I have began two new series. This is a first and I am excited to see the response from challenging the family to build for a strong financial future while learning to build bridges to those in the community.
Sunday morning we looked at Yielding to God what is God's. We studied 1st Chronicles and the prayer that David lifted to God after the people had brought all that was needed to build the temple. He made it clear that each had brought back what belonged to God in the first place.
Sunday evening we jumped into the unknown, by looking at what it takes to build relationships with strangers! It is amazing that we are taught so many things in our lives, but we are never taught how to genuinely build two friendships. So we begin by looking at the most wonderful truth in the world, the most amazing truth in the world, the most marvelous truth in the world is this: God wants to have a relationship with me. As we studied the scripture we found that we must be proactive, stop wearing masks, find common ground, demonstrate God's love and truly care about the feelings and fears of others.