Welcome to this new and very important team. I pray that you will take the responsibility to be an Influencer in our church seriously. Please, Take the time again to read the commitments and expectations I'm asking from you. If for any reason you don't feel like you can accept this responsibility let me know. I choose you because I believe you have what it takes to fill this role and because I believe in you. I believe God put you here at Family Life to rise up and be an influence for God and for good in these troubling, challenging times. Now, let's get in the boat, pick up an oar and start rowing together.
Here are the notes from our meeting on Sunday, Re-read them again and let me know where you are at.
What does it mean to be an Influencers?
INFLUENCER: the capacity or power of persons or things to be a compelling force on or produce effects on the actions, behavior, opinions, etc., of others:
An Influencer is someone who…
• …makes our church a better place by their words and their actions.
o They GIVE generously.
o They SERVE faithfully.
o They ATTEND consistently.
o They are willing to CHALLEGE and be CHALLENGED to grow.
• …believes and supports the leadership and vision of our church.
Why are influencers needed?
• Because people need models to follow.
Titus 2:1-5 The Message (MSG)
1-6Your job is to speak out on the things that make for solid doctrine. Guide older men into lives of temperance, dignity, and wisdom, into healthy faith, love, and endurance. Guide older women into lives of reverence so they end up as neither gossips nor drunks, but models of goodness. By looking at them, the younger women will know how to love their husbands and children, be virtuous and pure, keep a good house, be good wives. We don't want anyone looking down on God's Message because of their behavior. Also, guide the young men to live disciplined lives.
• Because people need spiritual mothers and fathers.
o Go to the link and watch this message http://thecity.org/message/not_many_fathers
1 Corinthians 4:15 New King James Version (NKJV)
15 For though you might have ten thousand instructors in Christ, yet you do not have many fathers; for in Christ Jesus I have begotten you through the gospel.
1 Corinthians 4:15 The Message (MSG)
14-16I'm not writing all this as a neighborhood scold just to make you feel rotten. I'm writing as a father to you, my children. I love you and want you to grow up well, not spoiled. There are a lot of people around who can't wait to tell you what you've done wrong, but there aren't many fathers willing to take the time and effort to help you grow up. It was as Jesus helped me proclaim God's Message to you that I became your father. I'm not, you know, asking you to do anything I'm not already doing myself.
• Because the world is watching the church.
John 13:35 The Message (MSG)
34-35"Let me give you a new command: Love one another. In the same way I loved you, you love one another. This is how everyone will recognize that you are my disciples—when they see the love you have for each other."
Here’s what I want an influencer to commit to…
• To pray with me and for me and our leadership team.
• To pray that God will enable you to be the influencer I see you can be and the one that God is wanting to equip you to be.
o I want you to be the best you that you can be for God.
• To learn and then live out the vision and purpose of our church in such a way that people around you are influenced by your lifestyle and commitment.
o I want you to live as if God is with you.
o I want you to make decisions as if God is leading you.
• To engage people in conversations that promote progress, health and unity in our church.
o I want you to use your influence to talk about difficult but needful subject, challenge attitudes and actions and answer questions.
o I want you to
• To attend a monthly influencer get together
Here’s what we will we talk about at our monthly meetings.
• We will talk about keeping ourselves healthy and growing.
• We will talk about upcoming events.
• We will discuss and answer any questions.
• We will talk about people who have left or joined.
• We will constantly be clarifying… Who we are. What we believe. Where we are going.
A funny thing happened to me today... I received a call from an employee telling me that one of my work trucks wouldn't start. I jumped in my car, drove the 40 minutes to the vehicle and sure enough the batteries (2 of them) were totally drained. I charged them and they still would not hold a charge. I laid my hands on the truck and in front of my jaw dropped employee prayed and said in the name of Jesus! I gave a smile and a wink to the stunned employee and went to start the truck. Does it really matter what happened next? O ye of little faith! I put the key in the ignition and... Really? This is the God that created EVERYTHING!!! Well, the truck started right up and my employee said he is going to start attending church. Why am I saying this? God has led us all to this point. He has led us through great victories, heart breaking defeats, love, pain, and all because He loves us and has built us in to a vessel that can be used. The real question is, are you ready to be used? We have been called at this point in our journey to raise up "our children" in the way of the Lord. let's run, not walk, to our calling! Do I sound crazy? If you're not crazy, don't worry- I'll train you!
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