The Driven Missions trip to Greater Los Angeles 2006
Our Mission
Turn both your pockets and your hearts inside out and give generously to the poor
Jesus
Covenant
1. Do all blog devotionals 2. Attend Driven/Sunday School/invert/small group when not at work 3. Weekly Prayers: 15 min for L.A. & 15 min for team 4. Silence: 1 hour weekly (20 min times) 5. Helping Hands 6. Committed to each other.
Training Schedule
April 22 - 6p April 23 - church services April 23 - 12:30-2pm May 7 - 12:30-2pm May 21 - 12:30-2pm June 3 - 9am-4pm all day advance June 3 - 3pm Parents Meeting June 4 - 12:30-2pm June 11 - 12:30-2pm
These verses are talking about how awesome Jesus is, and everything that we will do for him is worth it and equal almost. But because he died on the cross, Paul says this: "So I am willing to endure anything." I love that - and it applies to us absolutely. Not only for LA, but in our everyday lives. ~Theresa
Paul wants Timothy to keep trying. He doesn't want him to fail. He wants him to be strong for Jesus. Paul wants Timothy to keep teaching people about Jesus Christ, and Paul wants him to go through all the hard things in life like everyone else. *Amanda*
So...why on earth would Paul want Tim to go through the hard things?
"Because of the oppression of the weak and the groaning of the needy, I will now rise," says the Lord. "I will protect them from those who malign them."
My interpretation: God hears the cries of those in need and promises to rise up and defend them from evil. He will send us out to answer the cries he hears. We are His hands and feet on this trip. *Cathy
Question: What are the cries you are hearing? What is your response?
Onesiphorus has come to him and he feels better because someone looks up to him while he's in jail. It's kinda like now, the homeless and drinkers are like him in jail and they look up to us...*Shanda
Lately we've really been talking about how to talk to people about our faith. In these verses Paul was in jail for being a priest. He talks about how he was persecuted for speaking the Word of God. This is easily relatable to our trip, and life. We've all been like Paul and will be. But here he tells us not to worry about it because Jesus was persecuted as well. The verses also tell us that we can be made fun of or whatever and to not be ashamed because we know God. In verse 14, it says to "guard the good deposit that was entrusted to you - guard it with the help of the Holy Spirit who lives in us." To me this says to not let other people's (non-believers) thinking get to us. And, with the help of the Holy Spirit, no one will be able to shake our thinking or our own relationship with God. This makes me feel confident in knowing that we have the Holy Spirit there helping us when we are being challenged by being persecuted. ~Michelle
What I think this is saying is that to the people that need help out there, God is going to help them. And on this missions trip, we are God's hands to the people that need His help the most. ~Andrew
I think this means that God gave us the ability to be powerful and self-disciplined but also to love. He gave us this "flame" which represents the gospel. We need to fan that flame to make it grow or spread to others. ~Jordan
This afternoon I spent some time on the phone with Rudy, the director of Harambee. We are going to be so busy - I don't know how it will all get done - but the major part of evidence from our conversation is that we are seeing the way that God is already working and will for sure.
I have two big things that I need from each of you as soon as I can get it -
1. Your t-shirt size. You can post it in the comments or email me: james(at)sacchurch.org
2. This Sunday we are going to be praying for our team in the second service - many of you are in children's ministry, so it would be cool if you got out of that for 10 minutes - but we are also going to have "trading cards" for each of you in the bulletins. On one side will be the names of our entire team, on the other there will be the name of one individual and specific prayer requests for you. So it will say something like:
James Pray that I may have patience and compassion on all those who I serve. Pray that I am able to see the face of Jesus in the faces of L.A. Pray that I will lead our group as Jesus would want, so that we can become as Jesus would want.
You can post yours in the comments, or email it too me also.
