Not Yet…, Part 2: What Are You Waiting For?

Wendy Powell, Community Outreach Pastor

If we lose our place in God’s story, we will forget essential things that shape our hearts, our lives, and our eternity.

We forget .

But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s special possession, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light. Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God; once you had not received mercy, but now you have.
     Dear friends, I urge you, as foreigners and exiles, to abstain from sinful desires, which wage war against your soul. Live such good lives among unbelievers that, though they accuse you of doing wrong, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day he visits us.  1 Peter 2:9-12

Which kingdom primarily ?

We are formed in Christ’s image and mature in our new creation identity in the context of a body of believers.

We forget who we .

Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love… Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God lives in us and his love is made complete in us. 1 John 4:7-8, 11-12 

Do you , which is the foundation of God’s Kingdom and the distinctive characteristic of his followers? 

Operating in love means we will practice loving well with . 

We forget the .

In whose kingdom have you placed ? 

Share the gospel with yourself, your spiritual family and others. 

We forget of our lives right now. 

Integral to living in God’s Kingdom is to the ways of the King. 

Which kingdom’s rule are you under?

We forget to be .

If I know who I am, who I belong to, the message I carry and who’s in charge, then the inevitable outcome is .

What good is it, my brothers and sisters, if someone claims to have faith but has no deeds? Can such faith save them? Suppose a brother or a sister is without clothes and daily food. If one of you says to them, “Go in peace; keep warm and well fed,” but does nothing about their physical needs, what good is it? In the same way, faith by itself, if it is not accompanied by action, is dead. James 2:14-17

Which kingdom are you ?

Small Group Questions

1. If you were with us over the past summer, what has stuck with you from the sermon series on Revelation?
2. Is there someone God has asked you to love on purpose who you wouldn’t otherwise prioritize? How are you showing love to them?
3. As a means of encouragement, briefly share with the group something God is doing in your life right now. 
4. We are called to be about God’s business in this world, which can look many different ways. What comes to mind for you?
5. How can we pray for you right now and throughout the week?