First 180 encounter of the season 2008

180 Encounter
Wednesday 3 September 2008

- Discipline
- Begin of the last season Maldo shared the vision for 180 – a wave in the youth Group. For leadership to bring youth to a higher level – (for myself: make time for youth, even if it’s only 1 person)
Take time to spend time with God.
- Explosion will take place. Signs and wonders will take place (see in Acts)
- God will manifest Himself everywhere we go – 180 means turn away from our sins, from our old lives. (the world drains us spiritually, it’s hard)
180:

Time to take our stand of who we are in Christ and live a 180° life in Christ. Righteous, Holy life according to God (Holy life = being set apart by God for God)

180 Encounter:

A vision by itself- come Wednesday with a sense of expectancy. A life changing moment that we meet God. Allow the Spirit to move in you, to change you.
Motto / slogan of 180: Come as you are, leave changed

180 Connect:

Opportunity to connect with God – byond youth meeting, also in our everyday lives (school, work, with our friends, through chat example facebook,…)
Acts 2:42
MESSAGE:
Acts 2:42 They devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching and to the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer.
Last season message: Growth – growth in quality and quantity
In acts: how do they do evangelism, prayer – many people came to know God, many miracles happened.
Word of the season is “SEEKING”
Seeking more of God who He is, seeking in our lives to do His Will, seeking in through His Word
God is bigger, greater, more powerful than we realize from time to time, we take it too often for granted.
Keytheme of the month is: “on our knees”

It is time for being serious in His Kingdom. Take responsibility for our own actions, repent for our wrongs and have discipline so we grow towards God, so we won’t mess out His blessings.
4x in Acts: key is “devoted”. Devote to apostal teaching – meditating God’s Word, fellowship, breaking of bread, communion (=remembering what Christ did for us, why He died).
Devoted to prayer.

Next Wednesday: we will be devoted to worship & prayer.
Maldo doesn’t want us to be serious and he is serious that we won’t fool around. That we be devote the Wednesdays to worship and prayer.
Faith – I believe. This was something really spoke to me and something I need to repeat for myself if I pray.
Don’t seek God only once a week, but each day – Wednesdays will change, so our heartswill be different.
Seek who Jesus is in our lives.
John 14:6 Jesus is the Way, the Truth and the Life
Attitude of prayer, spirit of seeking Him.