Home Team Round-Up

Here are some thoughts from Thursday night's home team discussion:

• Some spiritual disciplines that have encouraged our growth of faith were prayer, reading God's Word, having a spiritual mentor, meditation (not the creepy "Om" stuff, just resting in God's presence), praying one-on-one with someone, seeking spiritual wisdom, having an accountability partner and tithing.
• If we had a greater connection with the Father, we would be more equipped to make decisions, we would be more aware of what is actually happening and we would have the authority to banish Satan from our thoughts.
• What would we do differently if we could see as God sees? One common theme was evaluating your own motives. "Am I saying this because I need to deal with a situation or am I saying this because I want to hurt this person?" Pastor Art Evans during a sermon on Jonah said, "We judge ourselves by our motivations and others by their actions. That's dangerous!" How true. What are our actions saying about us? Also can we see the motivations or perspectives of others before judging them?