From Believers To Followers | Ps Melanie Politanski

Hey, welcome to the City Point Church podcast.

Thanks for joining us. Every day is an opportunity to

take hold of. So we hope this message inspires

you and build your faith that it helps you have more of a God

perspective for your day. Enjoy.

Graham and I are. Very, very excited.

And at the same time, to be perfectly honest, for the first

time in a long time, I'm being really vulnerable with you.

I am. I'm nervous about bringing this

word. This word carries weight.

I know it carries weight for you and I and it's going to carry

weight for future generations. And so it.

Can't remain limited. To 1 Preach.

It's going to be something that we unpack over the next month

and it will culminate when Pastor Sharon comes on August

1st and August. It's not the first that's the we

get. I get her.

She flies in on the 1st I get her.

On the first you. Get her on the 3rd.

All right on the. 3rd. To.

Bring us as a church or. Begin to lead us in a specific.

Way that we. As the church are going to step

into for the first time in many years and so the the.

Title of this theme that. We're going to unpack over the

next couple of weeks. Is called from.

Believers to followers from believers to followers.

And so I would like to. Open.

This theme with something a little bit.

Unusual. I'd like to.

Open this theme with an apology that might sound really unusual.

Who in the room? Has followed Jesus.

For more than 45 years, yeah. So could just a little higher.

So we can see 123-4567 8 about let's say 10 to 15 people,

right? I can tell you.

That what? We're going to lead in this next

month. Us as a church.

Into and. See it in your spirits.

Is something. That we.

As the church. Have not done very well since

that time. There is a specific generation

of people who, when they came to know Jesus, had the gift.

And the blessing? To have their lives transformed

or their lives undone by all that God had done.

For them and. And then move.

From that moment. To have their lives walked with

somebody through the transformation that

discipleship. Brings, I know.

Because I am a child of. Somebody who got discipled.

When my. Mum and Dad radically came to.

Jesus in the 80s. The church in that era was

heavily led by discipleship. In that time, the heartbeat of

the church was to go into all the world.

So it was not an unusual thing that churches had giant.

Maps of the world. In their foyers with little

pins. In them I remember the pins.

And I I was because I was a church.

Kid John was there with me. We.

Were doing it together. Misbehaving up there.

Moving the pins. Tell me you didn't see.

Who else did a? Moving of the pins.

Like placing Bolivia in, you know, England.

So fun. Because they also had.

String attached to them. Everywhere that we were going to

reach with the gospel of Jesus Christ had pins with string.

And I love to make shapes with the string.

You knew a lot of. Kids were doing it in the church

because there were so many extra pin holes in the map.

But the heartbeat of the church in that era was to go into all

the world and not live in the vicinity of other people in that

nation, but to share the gospel of Jesus Christ and see people

come into a knowledge of who he was.

But that was part of what that. Era was about the.

Other part of it was which was the pretty much the the

culmination of everything the church did was about taking that

person who had accepted Jesus with their with their life and

say, let me walk with you, Rachel, the journey of

Christian. Faith.

So because of it, my parents 2 drug addicts who had had

devastating childhoods, walked from brokenness and didn't just

experience wonderful worship services and hear the word of

God for 25 minutes on a. Sunday, they got walked.

Hand in hand with specific people into.

Come on, I believe that the holy.

Spirit wants to heal this specific thing.

Not finished, not done. Just begun.

Come on, I believe that that specific behaviour that you

carried and operated in before you knew Jesus, God wants to

transform. He wants to align according to

his word. Let's do it.

Because of this, I got to witness as a child and a

teenager, than a young adult and now as a woman, the continuing

process in my parents of people's lives being

transformed. Not.

Was transformed in a season in the 1st 18 months of them

becoming believers but over their life being continually

transformed. And so my parents in their 60s

are doing more powerful things in the spirit, in the spirit

realm and for the Kingdom of God then they did in their 20s and

in their 30s, even though God used.

Them in that time. This is not supposed to be the

story that is unique. To my parents, to Colleen and

Henry for. Graham witnessed.

The exact same thing. When his parents walked into a

Holy Spirit revival, intoxicated when he was one, came out sober

and filled with the Holy Spirit. Who you know today in Pastor?

Colleen and Henry. Is not who they were 40-5 years

ago and it's not who they were. It's not who they are or were 20

years ago. Just yesterday, Graham and I

watched our wedding video for the first time in 20.

Five years. And I got to see and witness the

transformation that has taken place since that moment in my

parents, in law, in my parents, I was.

I was marked. By it to go.

Wow, who they? Are today.

I knew I had. Good ones.

We knew we had good parents. We knew we'd been raised with a

heritage of faith. But God has been allowed to

continue to disciple their life. Nick so beautifully articulated

the testimony of what God has done in her life to intervene.

Because my mum, a beautifully broken woman at 19, walked into

the Kingdom of God and said here I am.

You love me as you receive me and I accept your love, but

would you transform my life? Would you rewrite who I am?

And has continued to do that for the last.

I don't know how many years, a lot of years.

Because of this, I can attest today that discipleship is a.

Key part. It is not a program in a church.

It is not, even though it is one of the best things you could do.

Because. My father-in-law, amazing man

and God teaches it. It is not a Foundations course

that is finished ten weeks from now.

Discipleship is a lifelong. Journey you do with somebody who

is more mature than you in the faith so that your life is

growing in likeness with God continually and so I this

morning want to right from the get go apologize to the

generations who've come after and.

Even to those. In this generation who may have

missed this because of the church.

And I love the church. I love the church, but we're not

always right. The Word of God says do not be

conformed to the ways of the world because it's reminding us

as believers to not conform to the ways of the world.

But sometimes we like to go or conform or move to what culture

is doing. And Gray and I can see that

there are some things. That as a church.

As a generation, even our generation.

That we have missed. Out on because we.

Moved. From 1:00.

On one relationship. To corporatizing.

As much as we could, we do this because it is being really

frank. A lazier model.

It is easy to do a corporate e-mail than it is to do an

individual. Coffee, am I right?

Come on. I need to.

Hear an Amen. Somebody's like.

Amen. I'm booking you in this week,

right? Come on.

I know. That this is confronting.

But I also know that there are. People sitting here today.

Going yeah, I know, I know. I know there are.

Things I've. Missed out on?

Because discipleship took. A back step.

In the. Church because of it.

We've been left. By its effect in the House of

God globally. But as there isn't a.

Great awakening that has. Begun.

It's not that we're waiting for it.

It has begun across the earth. You and I actually need to step

into this again, exactly what Jesus asked us to do when he

left, to be discipled and to make disciples because.

With a great. Awakening of people with.

The Spirit of God. Moving across our nation.

And people being drawn. By the spirit of.

God. Into.

The House of God saying I know that there is more and I've got

to seek this. This is already happening all

across the planet. There isn't a country attesting

to this. Did.

You know that Amazon? Prime has identified this.

It is the entire model. Of where they've done the

direction. It's why for those of you who.

Follows Amazon Prime. It's why they actually are

flooding this particular forum. With Christian content because.

They've said the next generation is crying out for content to be

disciples and to be able to know how to follow Christ, that this

particular medium that actually just a couple of years ago was

trying to win people with thriller and witchcraft content

identified. It dipped in what this next

generation is crying out for and it started to do away with this

business. They became irrelevant and other

forums were grabbing. People's attention.

And so one smart man just decided, why don't we find out

what the next generation is actually?

Asking for. What are they?

What are they asking for? They're asking for the ways to.

Follow God so. Amazon Prime is flooding their

total forum with shows and content so that people can

actually. Begin to seek.

Out faith and follow and. Find out who Jesus.

Is. This has already begun, but for

us to be able to do what God. Wants us to.

Do with the people. Who walk in here?

We. Ourselves.

Have to be discipled. Because otherwise what we will

do? Is be friendly.

I don't want to be a friendly church.

I know that sounds really weird. Anybody.

Can put on a. Smile.

Hold a wobble board. Right and say.

We're glad you're here. But I want to know who Victoria

is, and I want to know that Victoria is living his best life

for Jesus. Christ and that.

Everything that called that. God called.

Victoria to is. Being done.

And cultivated and transformed and moved by his.

Spirit and that. Victoria.

Leaves a legacy beyond his family, beyond a bloodline for

the Kingdom of God that happens not in a Sunday service.

This is this this. Here is for encouragement,

edification, to stir us, to come alongside others who are going.

You doing all that God's asked you to do.

Awesome. You're not all right.

Come on, let's walk together. Come on, come on.

There's more. There's more, there's more, so I

want to unpack this morning. Just a couple of things about

discipleship because when I say the word discipleship, I know

that there are going to be 100 different definitions in this

house. Can we begin to see this in your

spirit this morning, church? Thank you, Shane.

Shane is ready to be discipled. Can we see just spirit this

morning for something that hasn't taken place in a long

time? Is that all right?

I know you feel afraid. I can hear it.

That's OK. Belief in Jesus is the key.

It is a key. Like I spoke to Joan, like I

spoke over you when she was being ministered to.

But a discipled life opens the door to the house and allows God

to walk into each room. Clean house and use the rooms

for their proper function. This is discipleship.

Can I give you a biblical definition of discipleship?

Ready discipleship is the intentional.

Spirit. LED process of being.

Formed into the image of Christ. Through obedience.

To His word say obedience, to his word intimacy with Him.

And in a. One-on-one investment from

someone. More spiritually.

Mature so that we. Can learn to follow.

Jesus. And lead others.

To do the same. You cannot be discipled alone.

True discipleship happens in. Relationship, not just with

Jesus. But with someone who walks ahead

of you in faith and Jesus modelled this by closely.

Doing this with his disciples, not merely teaching from a

distance, but. Calling them to individually

walk. With him intimately for 3 1/2

years. Some of my notes are also on my

phone so I'm opening. This quickly can I?

Tell you the results of what we see in the church that sound a

lot like there are areas we have conformed to the ways of the

world that have happened and crept into the church into.

You and I into our everyday. Because of an absence.

Of this in our. Life let me.

Explain some of them. We have become consumer

believers who are fat on content.

And poor in character. Just take a breath.

I'm going to come to hope in a minute.

I'm going to explain what we're going to do in this.

We are concerned about the state of the world, and either we feel

hopeless or we've become conspiracy theorists, or we have

an expectation that the church and leaders do something about

it. Another symptom that is cript in

because we lack discipleship is that opinions flow freely.

They flow freely out of our lips.

These thoughts are allowed to play out like movies and cinema.

In our minds, we. Open our mouths about things

that are destructive, divisive, and not according to the Word of

God. Do you know, even in the last

two years, I have heard people in conversations, I've been

involved. In or in?

After church hangs on significant services where we

have appointed pastors and leaders.

I have heard in cafe conversations where people have

gone. Oh, that's an unusual move to

do. There or what are they doing

with? That person opinions are

flowing. Freely we've had leaders,

spirits. Discouraged on the day of

commissioning because they've gone.

They mustn't have anything else for you to do.

Church. When our words flow freely and

they aren't according to what God has asked us to come into

alignment with His word about our words, it is evidence that

we lack discipleship in our life.

That means there's nobody to go, Oi, that's foul.

I have a question for you this morning.

Who's allowed to tell you that you're off?

Couple know, but I. Want you to?

Think for a second. Who?

Who is actually allowed? Who is actually?

Do you have? One or two trusteds who are

actually allowed to say God didn't say that your feelings

are same. That oh.

Because I can. Tell you I'm going to get there.

When? You are not discipled.

God says everything God says. What to eat for?

Breakfast because you want to. Eat the waffle and not something

healthy. He's like you deserve it because

I love you. You are beautifully and

wonderfully made. So are waffles.

Go for it and. Not.

Your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit, and you are to

cultivate it. And you are to look after it.

And you are to nurture it. With all the.

Due diligence of that a holy Creator created it and is

entrusting it to. You to steward because he's got

things to do in and. Through it is somebody allowed

to say that poignant thought, but our opinions flow freely.

We claim God told. Us when in.

Fact, our feelings or. Preferences told us, we claim

God told us. In actual fact, in the last

three years, I have been told multiple times that God told me

by people who had heard it in gossip, and I knew they'd heard

it in gossip. They'd heard information and

they said I'm silly, I'm silly. Pastamel, I've been around for a

long time, followed Jesus my whole life.

I just knew. See that I just knew.

Undisciple. It's called gossip.

You had a conversation on Thursday.

Where you found out? And now you're fishing for

information. Come on, let it stir our spirit.

Let it challenge us. This particular message right

now is discipling a couple of us.

All right. We are forming.

Another symptom is is we form our own doctrines.

The. Hymns are the only holy songs.

Oh, you laugh. I know you're laughing, but in

truth. We.

Form our own doctrines when we're undisciple.

And these new songs, they're too wordy and I've got to follow the

overhead projector, which is only half up there half the

time. And so I can't do it.

They should. Just do the hymns because they

were the only. Holy songs.

Oh. Sorry to David and all of the

beautiful poets in the Bible who wrote the songs way before the

hymns. Ever.

Were written. Come on, if we're going to get

bigger on the doctrine, let's go back and.

Only sing the psalms. Come on.

And then Miriam's out a step because she wasn't in the

Psalms. When she sang a song.

Awkward in awkward. But here's the thing.

You might go. I've never.

Articulated that however you're. Standing in worship and going

hmm Yep. And the drums are really loud

again. Oh, it's in my eyes, right in.

My eyes. It's in my eyes and oh.

Right, we've just been taken to heavenly places.

I'm so glad. Thank you, Gray and Mel, for

allowing the Holy Spirit to lead this morning.

We form our own doctrines because of undiscipleship.

Being undiscipled, all right, We can't be instructed how to live,

so therefore we never come under authority, which means we are

not practiced at coming under God's authority.

We can't come. Under God's authority and yet

not come under man's because it is in the relationship of

humans. That we learn.

Humility we learn Vulnerability. We learn transparency when I

engage in a. Conversation with Rachel.

We talk. About the things that.

Hurt. And how to forgive?

And we talk. About the.

Things that are fractured and how to heal.

There is vulnerability and. Humility.

And it's in that space that the Holy Spirit can transform our

lives. Another thing that I can.

Say is the result. Of not discipleship is our

altars are empty. Our altars are empty.

Which means we've got a problem with pride.

I'm really grateful as the pastor of the church that my

name is on the seat right there, so I can stand here really

easily. Just because you might be in the

3rd or the 15th or the 20th row does not mean you can't come and

stand on this whole tattoo regularly.

Do you know our young people, being younger, in faith, and

still in a stage of such passion and vigor for the Lord, know in

their heart that this is a place of humility and vulnerability

when God is doing something in them.

You can all see it and you're watching like this.

Come on with the one eye, everybody knows it.

Who's a seasoned one Eye worshipper?

You know what I'm talking about. This place is exposed for a

reason. Because when you come and you

bring your. Stuff into the beautiful.

Exposure before God, he. Does.

Things in this place. That are more restorative.

Than in a place of pride going. That's just for somebody else.

So our altars are empty, we don't share our faith, we don't

serve. And the absence of discipleship

has bred super spiritualism in the immature and pride and

religious spirits in long term believers.

This is the result of the church without discipleship.

But God had an antidote. He's always had an antidote.

In actual fact, it wasn't the antidote.

It's the plan. He always had a plan.

He has a plan and he says his. Ways lead to life, say his ways.

Lead to life. Now, because of the time, I can

say I'm going to get. Through 2.

Of my five points, and I'm just going to give you those today,

2. This morning I want to unpack

very quickly. In this message saying from

believers to followers. Just two.

Things about discipleship. That we miss when we aren't.

Disciple over the next. Month I'm going to.

Unpack all 5 so that we get a full picture of what we're

missing out on, and I pray that it stirs your spirit to go.

I've got to jump. In on this I need this for my

life. Church.

I need. This for my life.

I would be a lousy pastor. I can tell you that with

confidence. If my life is not led by

somebody more mature, if there isn't wise counsel going, Nope,

that's. You.

Nope, that's. Feelings.

Nope, that's. Being real with me and teaching

me the. Ways of the Lord, places they've

gone that I've never gone. We all need this.

My iPad's going into low power mode, so pray read in the

spirit. We're going to Luke 923 quickly

and it says this. Whoever wants to be my disciple

must deny themselves and take up their cross daily, say daily.

That means not finished. That means not graduated.

That means you're not. Done yet?

That means you're also ready. Whoa.

And follow me. There is a difference between

believing in. Jesus and following Him.

Believing is the. Beginning of the journey

following is the. Transformation of the journey.

Many Christians today stop at belief.

And never step. Into the rich.

But costly, beautiful life of discipleship.

Today I want to unpack just two of five.

Points, and then we're going to see this out over this month of

what we miss out on when we are not discipled #1 if you're

taking notes. If you're not taking notes, this

is discipleship 101. Pull out a notepad.

Pull out your. Phone this is something you're.

Going to go back. And you're going to.

Stew on and meditate. On.

Come on and go. To the word of God and verify

it. Not chat, not chat your BT Go

and verify. It in the word of God we miss

out number one, we. Miss out on the power of.

Transformation. Romans 12/2 says do not conform

to the pattern. Of this world.

But be be by the renewing. Of your mind.

Undisciplined believers say. But this is the way I am.

This is just the way I talk. This is just the.

Way my whole family does this is.

The way I've lived, this is the way.

This is the way. This is the way I.

AM and God loves. Me anyway.

Undisciplined believers also say only God.

Can disciple me, just me and the.

Holy Spirit, he's. Talking to me about it all the

time. That's an attitude, even if it's

subconscious that we have arrived or we've graduated.

At this discipleship journey. I can.

Tell you with confidence. Church, you never arrive until

you've gone to heaven. In the discipleship journey,

you're never finished. These are often used to be.

Really, Frank as an excuse for spiritual stagnation?

True disciples. Say search me Lord and change

me. Search me, Lord put me.

On the Potter's. Wheel again.

Put me on the Potters wheel. Jesus didn't just come to

forgive your sin, He came. To transform your life.

Dallas. Willard says this.

The greatest issue facing the world today is whether.

Those who identify. As Christians will become.

Disciples, students, apprentices, practitioners.

Of Jesus Christ. What a statement.

It's huge. Belief is the beginning.

Transformation is the journey. Without discipleship we we

settle for spiritual survival instead of spiritual renewal.

Believing in Jesus saves our soul, but following.

Jesus transforms our life. Without discipleship, we risk.

Staying the same saved but struggling.

I don't know about you but I want to go beyond Saved but

struggling. Who else here today is?

Saying you know what, that's me. I want to go beyond saved but

struggling. There is more for us and it

comes through. Transformation.

Come on, Jesus didn't just die to.

Give us a new. Destination, yes.

Your salvation equals eternity, and that is worth rejoicing

over. But he died to give you and IA

new identity. Come on.

Discipleship. Reshapes our thinking, our.

Relationships. Our priorities.

Our purpose? And our written story, finally,

as the ban comes this morning #2.

We miss the joy. Of intimacy with Jesus.

We miss. The Joy of intimacy.

John 1515 says this I no. Longer call you.

Servants, somebody needs to hear this today.

You've come to know Jesus. You are rejoicing in the.

Salvation of your sins. But he's saying to.

You and I today. I no longer call you servants.

Instead I've called you friends. Friends.

Undisciple believers say I just. Need the church?

Service to feed me all that. Great podcast to feed me.

Actually I have a whole Sunday set up.

I love this. Preacher, then this preacher,

then this preacher on. You know, Christian TV or

Instagram or whatever, and then I'll come to the service, love

it. The life experience that can

feed me. I am.

Feeling encouraged and a. Boost of faith.

To launch me into my Wii? Undesirable.

Believers say, which is. Common and.

Very, very sad. I.

Believe in God. But I don't feel close to God.

I don't feel his nearness. I don't.

Feel His presence that is with me always.

As his words. Says it is.

He doesn't. Leave you.

He doesn't forsake you, he says. I will.

Never leave you. And I will never.

Forsake you. But when we miss the joy of.

Intimacy we can often. Be very aware.

That he does not feel near or present in our everyday life and

so we often will come to a Sunday service and be consumers

of a feeling that makes me feel near to the presence of God.

Did you know you can experience? That always I wonder.

If you believe that today. Did you know you can experience

that when you brush your teeth, you.

Know I think I'm crazy, but you can.

You can experience it's. Hard to pray in the Spirit.

Brushing your teeth. I don't recommend it.

You can do it here. You can feel His presence and

His nearness in every moment, waking and sleeping.

For some of you, you are plagued in your dreams.

With things. That God never designed.

To be there, deposit there for you to have to process and his

presence and His nearness. Is not felt because there is a

lack. Of intimacy with him.

When you take a journey of discipleship, somebody can walk

you through how to be a spiritual overcomer, even in

your. Sleeping hours because you.

Can be an overcomer. In your sleeping hours.

I have walked with girls who used to be plagued with

nightmares. They were marked by this for

their life, who now are spiritual prophetesses.

And you know what? They often don't dream anymore

because I know that the enemy is afraid.

When he shows up. And they're wielding this, so

you go back for more. Ready.

Come on, in the name of Jesus, we have the.

Ability to do this. But many of us actually have to

be. Not many.

All of us have to be walked. Like Jesus?

Called disciples to walk with so they understood and knew how to

do this. Because of this, this reflects.

Second hand relationship discipleship leads us into

direct. Communion with God.

CS Lewis says this. Christ says give me all.

I don't want so much of your time or so.

Much of your money or so much of your work?

I want it all. It's not going to cost you

something church to follow Jesus.

It is going to cost you everything.

Jesus doesn't want your. Belief He wants your heart, He

wants your thoughts, He wants your actions, He wants your.

Walk. He wants your.

Talk. Come on, followers.

Make space daily to meet with Jesus in.

Scripture in prayer. And in obedience.

At our IMC conference this week. Oh, it was fun.

Graham and I were. Challenged in the.

Very first session for as a. In a.

Pastor's lunch. It's supposed to be the cushy

section. You know, cushy session with

lunch. And Corey Russell says to us as

pastors, who covets your prayer life?

Who wants it? Come on, I know.

Even here in this. House today.

There will be. Specific believers that you.

Covet their prayer life. Come on, am I right?

Covered in a good way. There are spiritual gifts.

You're allowed to covet. Do you know if you want to learn

to pray? Why?

Don't you spend some? Time with Rachel Eaton.

Even in an office when I'm trying.

To get work done. There is warfare and intimacy

taking. Place at all times.

And I love it because it draws me in to say.

I covet this gift. I covet the gift of prayer on

Pastor TJ and Saraya's. Life, but it's I.

Wonder if this morning you and I can go instead of coveting?

These things. Coveting the prophetic of Pastor

Rachel, we go and said, I'm going to be walked into the

development and the fulfillment and the fullness of the gifts

God's placed in my. Life.

And instead of vicariously operating out of Rachel, I go.

Would you teach me how? What does this require?

How many hours a day of intimacy with God?

Is there a number? I learnt some numbers.

This week we. Learnt some numbers.

This week that went. Something we're coveting,

Something that we're craving, Something we want to step into.

We allowed. Team members to disciple us and

went well, this is what it's cost us.

This is the cost of this discipleship gift.

OK, how do we do that? How do I step into that?

Would you help me? Would you start to walk with me

in this? Would you?

Begin to cultivate this and not would.

You do it for me. Would you hold me accountable to

it? Would you ring me up and say

what did God speak? To you about when you.

Asked him that. What did he tell you?

Are you going to do? It how when when are?

You going to do these things, discipleship, church, You and I

cannot lack intimacy with God because when we do, we have a

whole lot of knowledge about who He is.

But we can't lead people who are searching for somebody to

absolutely turn their lives upside down if we've not allowed

God to totally turn our lives upside down.

And I'm not talking about fill up your calendar.

I'm talking about transform your life.

We can't live off second hand faith.

We can't be consumers. Podcasts, sermons, others

experiences. Today Jesus is inviting us to

walk with him, to hear his voice, to know his heart.

Because disciples are not just learning about Jesus, they are

becoming more like him. And so this morning I'm going to

ask for a response to this message.

And I know it's been challenging.

Put your seatbelts on. We're going for four weeks to

see this, but it's not going anywhere after a month.

We believe there is a power and an intimacy found when we become

mature disciples, which doesn't happen in a moment, it happens

in a journey. So I'm wondering right now in

this meeting is Keys beautifully plays and you've been reminded

that God is here, He is near, he is present if you have.

Felt during this. Time the challenge, the

reminder, the call to be disciple, if you would just

stand to your feet where you are.

God, this is such a humbling journey.

There's something you want to do in each and every one of us.

You don't want us to miss out on the fullness of what you want to

do in us. Every single one of us has been

called the Purpose. But to walk in it, we've got to

walk following you. This is not done alone.

And so this morning, with arms outstretched.

We. Humbly come before you to do

what you've asked us to do to follow.

You if you're. Choosing to do that this

morning, I'm going to just ask you to confess it.

Say I'll follow you, Jesus. Now just I believe in you.

I am choosing from this moment forward to follow you.

To walk in. Obedience to your word to be

transformed, and so to grow in intimacy with you.

To actually hear your. Voice and not profess your voice

based on my feelings. God, you have.

Permission to lead my life. Would you say your own prayer

this morning instead of me doing it?

You can borrow my words, but God, would you lead my life?

Would you? Help me to be.

Humble and allow people. Allow somebody.

To come. Alongside my life and.

Walk with. Me on this journey.

To speak in the areas where there is more that you have.

For me. In the areas that maybe I've.

Settled or become comfortable God would you do it because this

morning I. Choose to follow you.

I choose to follow you. I want to be counted.

As one of your disciples, not just believers.

I want to be counted as one of your.

Disciples I want. To know you intimately, I want

to know how you think, how you speak, how you do.

I want to know the questions to ask, like how do I pray?

Because I witness it in your. Life God teach me how?

Help me to keep my spirit sweet, teachable, humble so that I'm up

for this journey and never let me get stagnant or comfortable

or complacent in an attitude that I have made it.

And that it's done. And that it's finished and that

it's. Just for the young.

Ones. God, shake that up.

You had permission this morning to put us on.

The Potter's wheel. To put us on the.

Potter's wheel again, God. Break us and make us and mold

us. To be in the likeness of you for

you. Alone.

Holy. You alone are righteous.

You alone are good. You alone are mighty, you alone

are powerful, and for me to carry and do any of these

things. I've.

Got to be transformed. Into your likeness.

So God you have. Permission this morning to

transform my life. That is your.

Prayer this morning say Amen.