Encounter Church

So How far are you away from God? Thats a pretty important question we ALL need to ask ourselves (and be real with the answer!)Drift Happens.......and most times we don't even realise. It's so easy to get distracted and pulled by the world.......that we don't even realize we have 'drifted' away from our first love- GOD!We must be aware of the 'steps' that will cause us to 'drift' and the Life Lines that will hold us in place.Drift happens.......but it doesn't have too!

Almost every time we talk about SEX in church, many people get angry, and feel that 'this kind' of talk doesn't belong in the church!.......but here's my response- Where does it belong then? If we don't teach people the TRUTH from God's Word, many will find themselves- 'Lost In The Wilderness.'Listen as we present many truths including 8 practical 'building blocks,' that will help you build your 'moral Margin!' The trap of sexual sin and enticement is very much real and devasting....and therefore our response to it has to be DRASTIC (FLEE!!!!!!)

If the grass is looking greener on the other side......It's time to water your own lawn!When it comes to relationships, we have got to get weird, because normal isn't working here too! Normal leads us down a pathway where we-Compromise-Entitlement-BitternessInorder to have a WEIRD relationship we must-Concentrate-Communicate-Colaborate.Listen and be totally challenged!

Normal never has enough.....nor is satisfid! It constantly compares itself to everyone else. It very rarely (if ever) considers itself to be rich........after all there are much wealthier people than me..........!We are rich today, not because of what we have (stuff and fluff) but becasue of the opportunities we have available to us.Normal lives WELL outside it's means.......and charges and goes in debt for more. NORMAL Isn't Working!Weird- finds satifaction in what it has, and lives within it's means........ALWAYS puttng God first (paying tithe). Weird may pass on the latest, newest stuff.......but it honors God with everything it has!It's TIME to be Weird......because Normal isn't working!

How many times are we there in person.......but nothing more? The challenge for each one of us is- Where ever you are, be ALL there.It's sad when we 'check' out of important things, because our minds are so busy planning everything else that needs to be done. It's not more time we need, but a great awareness of the time we have!It's time to get Weird......be all there........learn how to rest......because NORMAL still isn't working!

We have all said it so many times......'If only i had more time!' But what would you do with more time? Probably what you are doing now.......trying to pack more and more into our already over-scheduled life. The answer is not more time, but a greater awareness of the time we have. A Normal life steers us further and further away from the priorities of our lives. In all the busyiness, we justify our response because........'that's what everyone else is doing!'It's time to rest, to stop long enough to embrace what matters the most.Weird realizes 'ONE THING MATTERS........'

Normal people are stressed, overwhelmed and exhausted. Many of their relationships are, at best, strained and, in most cases, just surviving. Even though we live in one of the most prosperous places on the earth, normal is still living paycheck to paycheck and never getting ahead. In our oversexed world, lust, premarital sex, guilt, and shame are far more common than purity, virginity, and a healthy married sex life. And when it comes to God, the majority believe in Him, but the teachings of Scripture rarely make it into their everyday lives.Simply put.......normal isn't working(Craig Groeschel)It's time to get WEIRD!

In this message we learn how sometimes thru answered Prayer there can still be 'issues' we will still have to over come.....because with an answer comes-changeconfusionchallengecomittment.