THE VISION GOD GAVE – PART 4
Theme: The Four Legs Of Vision [Part 1]
Encounter: With a focus on ensuring that our weekly gatherings are geared toward an encounter with God, what are some of the individual things that you can do, whether during the week or on the day of, that prepares your heart and mind for an encounter with God. What are some collective things that we can do, the day of, that will prepare us as a congregation to meet with God?
Posture: During Sunday’s sermon Pastor Meikle spoke of the importance of having the right posture or disposition when coming to worship or tor hear from God. Share with the group some keys on how you posture yourself for worship, for prayer, or for receiving the word of God. What are some of the factors that cause resistance to the moving of the Holy Spirit and how can we overcome them? Finally, do you find that you are receiving from the Lord with every gathering?
Culture: It is indeed “good and pleasant for brethren to dwell together in unity,” (Ps. 133:1). As it was with the early church, so our Rhema culture is critical for our present and future success. With an emphasis on collective participation, have you noticed any changes within our culture of worship? Are there areas where we can get better in a collective sense? If asked, how would you grade the current Rhema culture?
Prayer & Worship: On Sunday Pastor shared two of the four legs upon which our vision is carried. The leg that set the pace of vision is prayer and the leg that provides God with a dwelling place is worship. How often do you find yourself in prayer and what are some of the types of prayers that you use? Are there things that you would like to see us spending more time in prayer about when we gather? Lastly, how do you find the worship experience? Has there been a noticeable difference in the quality of our worship in recent months?