05/03/11
Making the Grade: Raising Awareness of God in our Lives
Category: Intentional Awareness of God's Presence
For four months, WordServe Church has been working to raise our awareness of God’s presence in our lives—in big ways, small ways, and everything in between. We have heard INCREDIBLE stories of how people have seen God show up, and we keep seeing people grow and change and become more and more aware of God in their lives. In fact, when we began this journey, the people of WordServe took a survey to measure how aware we were of God’s presence...and we averaged a C+. As we stretched ourselves to look harder, pray more, and experience God through things like fasting, serving, and giving, something happened. Our latest report card shows our overall average at a B!
Our goal when we started was to raise our average to a B+ by the end of May...and we’ve almost made it! How are you doing at looking for God in your everyday life? Read more and use the resources at www.wordserve.org/aware to help us make the grade, and join us for the home stretch and experience all that God wants to do! We will take our final survey and celebrate during worship on May 29th. Don’t miss it—there will be SO much to celebrate!
For now, check out some of the amazing ways people have seen God in their lives:
“I felt an immense sense of peace in the midst of great sadness.”
“[God showed up] in the ladies in my Community Group. When sharing prayers there was a real sense of honesty. With no fear of what others thought, people shared and God showed up in a way I have never seen.”
"In giving up the thing I had the least of (time), I had a profound experience & I'm trusting that the thing I didn't get to will work out. God gave me an experience and it challenged me to trust Him."
"Serving Burmese refugees with other WordServe folks - AMAZING!"
“God has given me the desire to spend more time with him.”
“I felt content one day this week for the first time in years.”
"God reminded me of Psalm 19:14 at the very moment I needed it."
"I felt God giving me guidance on a situation at work.”
How is God working in your life? If you'd like to share a way you have been aware of God, please click here and tell us your God story! You can even share anonymously.