Last Night in flipside (1/11)!!

Last night was another great night in flipside!!! Worship was really great and I am not just saying that…. Last week we issued a challenge to everyone in flipside called 10:10! 10:10 consists of reading your Bible for 10 minutes and praying for 10 minutes as well. When we consistently spend time in prayer and reading our Bible, it totally opens us up to hear from God and opens our heart for worship as well. As you get to KNOW Him, you will develop a hunger for Him. So, with some flipsiders doing this on a daily basis it will be felt at a time when we are all together! I am so pumped cause I know this is going to spread, keep it up!!!

Last night we also had 3 students commit/rededicate their lives to God! We hit on Part 2 of “not a fan” and it seemed to go over really well. Here are some of the key points from last nights message:

  • Christmas has come and gone… it seemed like it was just yesterday
  • Most of you received that gift that you were a total “fan” about, whether its that new gadget, gaming system, phone, etc…
  • What happens over time, the things that we most wanted lose their value in our lives and no longer serve us in the way we need
  • Whether something else comes out better or we just no longer care about it and it just collects dust
  • We find ourselves no longer being a “fan” of that product
  • Its like how we treat our relationship with God….
  • I know that’s hard to swallow but there is so much truth behind that statement.
  • We give our lives to God and really get excited and we are on cloud 9
  • We begin to do things that help us in our walk with God and then if we are not careful, we will become complacent.
  • Those disciplines that we picked up are no longer in our lives and then we slowly put God on the side and He begins to collect dust in our life
  • These people will be seen as “fans” and not true followers!
  • A follower in the midst of imperfections will stay strong and totally understand how God operates
  • A fan doesn’t understand God and only serves God when its convenient!
  • The question to ask would be… Do you have a knowledge about God or intimacy with Him?
  • The Pharisees in the Bible would be a group of people that knew about God but really didn’t know Him.
  • Read Matthew 15:8
  • Jesus said this about this particular group of people and could easily be seen in the lives of so many “fans” that call themselves Christ followers!
  • There are those that can talk the talk but they for sure don’t walk the walk.
  • These Pharisees gave their lives to study the word of God and they knew everything you could possibly know when it came to the “law”
  • One major area they failed in… they failed to totally surrender their hearts to God!
  • You can know all you want about God but if your heart is not in it, you are just a “fan” and not a follower!
  • I will hate to know how many people have missed heaven because they had a “head” knowledge and not a “heart” knowledge of God.
  • The best example is found in relationships, the best way you get to know someone is spending time with them.
  • You can hear about someone all you want but if you don’t spend time with them, you will really never know them
  • You can go to church all you want but church alone doesn’t help you to KNOW God as you should, you need to spend time with Him too!
  • It helps going to church but you need to do more than just that!
  • There are a lot of people sitting in churches that know about God but really don’t KNOW him!
  • TO KNOW COMPLETELY AND TO BE COMPLETELY KNOW
  • When you marry someone, the goal should be to know them before you make that commitment.
  • Then on your wedding night, you become COMPLETELY KNOW to them.
  • In Psalm 139, David couldn’t explain it any better. (READ IT)
  • We get to the place of truly knowing God, when we totally give our lives to HIM!
  • When was the last time you poured your heart out to God?
  • Would Jesus look at you and say, “You know about me or you truly know me.”

My challenge to you would be to “KNOW HIM!” Spend time with Him and don’t live to be a “fan” but live to be a follower! We love you at flipside and implement 10:10 in your life. That is a great way to KNOW HIM and know we are here for you!

-Pastor Leo

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