Weekly Messages - Community Church of Greensburg | Batesville

We spend a lot of time thinking about what we want to do in life—but far less time considering who we’re becoming. The truth is, we write the story of our lives one decision at a time. So what if the decisions you're making right now are shaping more than your future… they're shaping your character?

God doesn’t always look like He’s going to do much with our lives. But at some point, in the middle of the mundane, God will ask ordinary people to change course to do something different, something that gives more purpose and meaning. What would you do if it was YOU God asked? Would your faith be so crazy so as to say, “Yes”?

Doesn't it drive us crazy when life doesn't go our way, even though we haven't done anything to deserve whatever situation we are in? It is in the toughest of times that we have the opportunity to decide what are response will be defined by: our frustration and anger or by faithfulness that God is with us, even in the hardest situations. In the story of Joseph's life, we see (actually we don't see) a great example of someone who didn't let adversity define how they would respond.

At some point in life, everyone has a need to identify God’s voice in their lives. When times of stress, uncertainty or confusion happen, we can wonder where God is and what He wants. In this story from the Bible, we will learn about hearing God in these moments from a time in the life of the prophet Elijah.

We all have things in our lives we wish we could undo—mistakes we’ve made, choices we regret, moments we’d take back if we could. But what if the goal isn’t to undo the past, but to move forward from it? Reconnecting with the beginning of God’s story may be the key to understanding how to live with what’s been broken. Genesis 1:1, 31a; Genesis 3:1-5, 7-9, 21; Romans 5:8; Romans 6:21-23