Believers Church Of Sylvania

(Luke 9: 57-62 MSG) 'On the road someone asked if he could go along. “I’ll gowith you, wherever,” he said. Jesus was curt “Are you ready to rough it? We’re not staying in the best inns, you know.” Jesus said to another, “Follow me.” He said, “Certainly, but first excuse me for a couple of days, please. I have to make arrangements for my father’s funeral.” Jesus refused. “First things first. Your business is life, not death. And life is urgent: Announce God’s kingdom!” Then another said, “I’m ready to follow you, Master, but first excuse me while I get things straightened out at home.” Jesus said, “No procrastination. No backward looks. You can’t put God’s kingdom off till tomorrow. Seize the day.”'

• Leave your yesterdays

(Isaiah 43:18-19 NIV) "Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past. See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland.

• Leave some old habits.

(Isaiah 58:6 NIV) ... the kind of fasting I have chosen: to loose the chains of injustice and untie the cords of the yoke, to set the oppressed free and break every yoke?

• Leave your hurts.

(2 Corinthians 5:17-18 NIV) Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here! All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation:

(Matthew 4:17 NLT) From then on Jesus began to preach, "Repent of your sins and turn to God, for the Kingdom of Heaven is near."

• Today you can take #ONEstep. (GET CLOSER)

(James 4:8 NLT) Come close to God, and God will come close to you. Wash your hands, you sinners; purify your hearts, for your loyalty is divided between God and the world.

• Today you can let people in.

(James 5:16 NLT) Confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The earnest prayer of a righteous person has great power and produces wonderful results.

• Today you can walk with purpose & passion.

(Jeremiah 1:5 MSG) '“Before I shaped you in the womb, I knew all about you. Before you saw the light of day, I had holy plans for you: A prophet to the nations— that’s what I had in mind for you.” '

• Today you can be a part of something bigger than yourself.

(Ephesians 2:10 MSG) (God) creates each of us by Christ Jesus to join him in the work he does, the good work he has gotten ready for us to do, work we had better be doing.