My Epic Journey

A recent CNN.com report states:

Just as “Y2K” and its batch of predictions about the year 2000 have become a distant memory, here comes “Twenty-twelve.”

Fueled by a crop of books, Web sites with countdown clocks, and claims about ancient timekeepers, interest is growing in what some see as the dawn of a new era, and others as an expiration date for Earth: December 21, 2012.

The date marks the end of a 5,126-year cycle on the Long Count calendar developed by the Maya, the ancient civilization known for its advanced understanding of astronomy and for the great cities it left behind in Mexico and Central America.

Students are talking about because their schools are talking about. 

So what does God say?

Is the world going to end in 2012?

Could it happen right now?  Before I even finish this sente . . . . . . .

Just kidding-still here.

EPIC Student Ministries is going to explore the prophecy behind the Mayan calendar and compare it to what God says in His Word.

• WHEN:  February 22, 2009
• TIME:  5:00-7:00 pm
• WHERE:  Grace Point Community Church (2393 Peachblow Road, Lewis Center, OH 43035)
• WHO:  All middle and high school students AND their parents.

Don’t miss out on this exciting evening!!!!

I am teaching in "big church" and kicking off a team teaching series from the Narnia movie, Prince Caspian.  As a church, we have rented out a theater for opening night (May 16th).  Terry, our senior pastor, and I are taking two weeks to pull from the movie applications to the Christian life.

This week I am kicking it off with, "finding our way home," and am using the story of the prodigal son as my base.  It is interesting to me that the four sibling in Narnia don’t realize where they are at when they head back to Narnia.  It takes them some exploring and experimenting before they realize that this was once home for them.

I think this is true of us spiritually as well.  We often, as the angel pointed out to the church at Ephesus in Revelation 2, that we "have left our first love."  Like the prodigal son in Luke 15, we have been lured away by the world and have forgotten the joy and fascination of being at HOME with God.

My points this weekend on helping us get back home are:

1.  admit we are not where we need to be (v.17)

2.  recognize what has pulled us away (vs. 18-19)

3.  give up what ever is hindering us from going home (v. 19)

4.  begin the journey back home (v. 20)

I would love to get any suggestions and thought from you.  please comment them back to me.