Ninjas

This week we covered John 7:1-24. A few of the key points we talked about were 1) God’s timing versus our timing. We want to be patient and wait on God’s timing. One of the ways we can know God’s timing is by being in relationship with Him. As we get to know Him and recognize His voice, He will clue us into His timing for our lives and for the people around us. 2) Doing things in secret – Jesus didn’t make a big fuss about Himself. He was humble. He was all about the heart. We want to make sure that our actions are done with the right heart attitude. We don’t want to be showy. This also ties together with verse 18 that talks about speaking to gain your own honor versus speaking to gain honor for Christ. We want to be a group of people that strives to honor Christ in our actions and words. I believe the phrase was used, “go in like a Ninja.” This means you enter into relationships and situations quietly, not beating people over the head with your spirituality or beliefs. 3) Verse 24 says, “stop judging by mere appearances and make a right judgment.” We talked about not being judgmental and being kinder to those around us. 4) Forgiveness and apologizing – this was more of a tangent than actually coming out of the passage, but we dove into God’s will for forgiving people and apologizing. God says to pray for your enemies and ask Him to bless them, tough to follow…

We also had some really cool stories of people that have made some major steps towards giving up addictions. It has been cool to see God working even in the past week in people’s lives. Let’s continue to lift each other up in prayer for all of the action points that we shared. Let us walk forward in obedience! And as always – let us be a group of people who live life on purpose. Striving to love God, love people, and make disciples!

So, if you want – respond to the post with your thoughts. Here are some questions for discussion to help you along!

1) How have you tried to live more by God’s timing and not your own?

2) How have you checked yourself when you find yourself saying or doing things to gain your own glory? What have you done instead?

3) How have you “gone in like a Ninja?”

4) How are you doing with not being so judgmental?

5) How are you doing with forgiving people?