"In life, all our actions and decisions flow out from the pivotal phrase/thought…  ‘therefore’… "

This is an incredibly charged concept – what factors come into play when thinking about your, ‘therefore’? 

 

As disciples do we set our intention for our faith with the same thoughtfulness that we plan our retirement or vacation…? anticipating, sacrificing, discovering etc. 

 

Holiness is a complicated word. What first comes to mind when you think of Holiness? 

 

Do you reflexively think about Jesus and his incarnational life here on earth when you think of Holiness? 

 

Does your concept of Holiness change when you think about Jesus in this way? If so in what ways? 

 

In what ways did your ‘love for others’ show itself this week?  

 

Although displaced where has God “deployed” you?  

 

In what ways do you need to be “activated,” to be an influence?   

 

Spend some time praying that God would establish you again in His grace and give you what you need to be freed from the trapping of the culture while remaining an influencer of it.