Divine Appointment...

My group has met once so far. Everyone was so excited to be a part of this group. It definitely seems to be a Divine appointment! Bonding amongst group members has happened quickly. We are all excited to get the ball rolling and see how God is going to bring growth to each one of us! I know that I speak for everyone in my group when I say "thank you" to the Lead Team for being faithful and answering God's call in making this ministry available to all of us!

God Bless,
Suzette

Intimacy with Christ

It was wonderful. I love that feeling when Jesus Christ is so incredibly present and talking and in fellowship with us. We easily filled up the time together, and had a wonderful discussion about prayer and accountability. I was able to share, with heartfelt tears, my Life Graph, and to open myself up to my precious sisters in Christ. I believe they are nervous yet excited about getting to share their Life Graphs. I can already feel an incredible bond in our intimate group and I am so excited to be a part of their lives. They are both completely committed to this group, ready to change and ready to grow closer to Christ. I could see Him working through them even in our short amount of time together. And He was alive and moving through me equally as much. What an incredible opportunity! I am so excited!!

With warmth in Him,

Mercedes

Romans 8:28

My first meeting went well. My group seems to fit together well, we have myself a new father, we have a very young father with 3 children, a newly married man, a man who just got engaged the Saturday before our first meeting and a single new believer to soak it all in! We all seem to come from different walks of life but through the blood of Christ the paths don't seem that far apart. We had great conversation and all were open to discuss and share their insights. I could see in the eyes of the newer believer that he was truly witnessing something he had never seen before, and I think he was awed at the raw attempt we were making to build a real vulnerable community with other men. The answers were pretty standard Christian answers and we are no where near the point of asking ourselves to look beyond the answers we speak to the answers we live but I anticipate we will get there. I told my wife that it was good but I hope that we can get past sounding good and spewing out the endless knowledge that so many possess in this information saturated culture to the heart of who we are and the reality of how we live, and she told me with time it will come and I think she is right. So all in all it was a great first night, I saw eagerness to learn, I saw passion to connect, I saw much being held back but I could see that walls were already being broken, and I sensed that God has much in store for us.

Ryan M.

Time with the King

My group has now met twice. The first week was great... we played "2 truths and a lie," and exchanged info and got to know each other a bit, and talkedabout prayer and accountability. The second week (on halloween), another woman joined our group, making a grand total now of 5 of us. I shared my"life graph" and am now looking forward to hearing theirs. The girls in my group are all very cool. I feel like so far God has showed me that He will work things out and that I just need to be real and honest and humble in leading this group. I desire to pray more for my girls and spend more time with God in the coming weeks.

Kirsten

Seeking His Instruction & Guidance

We had an inspiring time together discussing our purpose for being together and what each of us was hoping for as outcomes. Each of one is focused on growth and to some extent healing. We also spent time discussing prayer seeking to grow in our ability to be in prayer and fellowship with the Lord throughout the day consistent with Paul's instruction to pray without ceasing.

The amazing thing to me was at the end of our discussions I asked them what they were thinking in an open ended manner. I was a bit floored when the first response seemed off topic - we had been discussing prayer - but ended up being confession of sin. Then I asked the other thinking he might have some admonishment and encouragement but instead offered up the same struggle. Wow. My initial thoughts were to begin to offer my conclusions as to the way they should go. At the same time I sensed the Lord leading me to back off and instead suggest that we offer this up as a prayer to theLord seeking His instruction and guidance in the way they should each go. We had earlier gone over the passages that hinder prayer which included sin so maybe the Spirit had prompted them.

My prayer is that God drives them to repentance and instructs them clearly on how to move forward in their situations.

Blessings,

Michael