This last week we started off into 1 Timothy, and the initial challenge that the book brought to the surface was the idea of remaining faithful to the commitments you’ve made, to the responsibilities God has given and you’ve accepted. This morning as I sit here praying about our movement, I thought it appropriate to prompt us to really take inventory on what those commitments are (that we’ve been given by God to steward) and then to take some time to allow God (individually and through the collaboration of others) to further direct us in those things.

• What are they?

• Where are you with them? Discouraged? Afraid? Excited? Hopeful?

• What is “the dip”? In other words, what obstacles are you going to have to overcome and what will be the cost of overcoming them?

• How can you elicit the help (collaboration) of others to be more faithful and/or to remain faithful?

As you know, we just came out of a series in which the focus was creating culture, that is, joining with God in making something of the world. The connection between our last series and what we talked about last week has the potential to be very strong. So, I encourage you, as one passionate about loving God back by joining Him in bringing heaven to earth, to spend the energy to determine how to move forward.