God has done amazing things this past year in my life. Yesterday I highlight some of the blessings that God has given me this year as gifts to enjoy and new ministries to serve Him in. God has also taught me many different things throughout the year and challenged me in some of the areas of my life. Today I want to highlight 3 of the biggest lessons that Go has show, taught, and reminded me of this past year.
#1-Confidence, use, and power of His Word
This past year I read the book, Reverberation, which showed me the power and purpose of the Bible. As a new pastor I found myself trying to grow, change, and equip my new family faith to serve God in my own power to many times. The Word of God is the only power that I need. God's word created the universe, sustains it as functions, and creates life every day in the people of this world. God's Word is the most powerful force in existence and it is a power source that I can read, learn from , and apply everyday to my own life. God taught me that I needed to rely on this power in my ministry and in my life to function health and lead well. God showed me that all I need is His Word and I am successful. God also reminded me that I need to read His Word everyday and apply it to my life and let His Word change me to the core. My confidence and faith in His Word has also grow as I have seen the power and felt the power in life as I trust it more. God has changed me in my view and understand of His word. So in 2015 I will be reading through the Bible in a year, with my faith family, and I will be blogging many many days on what I am learning from God's Word and the change that reading through and relying on His Word will bring.
#2-Humility
As I have stated yesterday, one of the biggest blessing that God has placed in my life this past year was placing me as a "little shepherd" in HIs church under the Chief Shepherd. This has brought much humility to my life. Every day I find challenges, problems, questions, and situations that I have no answer for. God has shown me that He placed Godly men in my life that have helped find answers and He has also shown me from His Word the answers I need when I need them. God has taught me to live humbly and rely on Him, His Word, and wiser men in many situations that I come to every day. Humility is the best way to lead, love, and serve others. Humility is a character trait and fruit of the Spirit that has been sharpened and through the power of the Spirit has grown in my life as I try and lead and love in ministry that I need God and His Word for to accomplish. God has shown me that when I am faithful to Him, He will be faithful to me every time and give me the strength and wisdom form His Word and others to what I need. God has reminded me to live and walk humbly before Him and He will exalt what needs to be exalted.
#3-I am living His Story
6 years ago, God stripped my life, work, and desires to the bone. For the next 5 years I sought and found a new direction for me to live my life and love my Savior. This past year God has reminded me even more and much deeper that I am living God's story in my life. God has placed me in a house that is no different than the one I have lived in the past 6 years and I find it even more beautiful and homely. God has placed me in a new exciting ministry that 3 years ago I would have laughed at, yet today I do not want to me anywhere else. God has kept showing me this past year He is in charge and nothing has happened He was not prepared for. God has reminded and shown me that He is ruling the universe and my life all the same and that I need to live in faith knowing this life I am living is His to rule. God has whispered some days and other days has yelled, "Hey wake up, you are right where I want you". I have felt closer to God the more I have surrendered and that just shows it is His anyway, why do I hold so tight? I am truly sole living the story of Jesus in my life and it is His story He is writing.
These are 3 of the biggest truths God has taught me in 2014, what has God taught you?
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