141228 AM Reflecting on 2014 – Have We Lived God-Shaped

Reflecting on 2014: Have We Lived God-shaped?      This year our theme was being God-Shaped. Our aim was to allow God to be potter and humble ourselves to become the clay and allow God to shape and mold us according to His Will and according to His Word. Were we successful in allowing God to shape us?  Did we produce fruit for God? Luke 13:6-9  Did we allow ourselves, as clay, to be shaped by God? Isaiah 64:1-8; Are we ________ -Defined?                          Ephesians 1:3-14; Isaiah 45:5, Job 12:10  Are we ________ -Centered?    Colossians 1:15-20, 21-23   Are we ________ -Led? Galatians 5:16-25, Romans 8:5-6     Are we ________ -Empowered? Romans 1:16-17, 1 Thessalonians 2:1-9   Are we ________ -Fueled?    Romans 10:17; 2 Peter 1:5-11   This leads to the call for all Christians: 1 Corinthians 15:58   Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that in the Lord your labor is not in vain.   A tremendous illustration of someone being God-shaped is Joshua. Joshua 1:1-9, Joshua 23:1-11; Joshua 24:14-15, 31  Can we say that we have “fought the good fight”? 2 Timothy 4:6-7 (agonizomai) Our reward will be the crown of life: 2 Timothy 4:8