Comments on: February 26 / Colossians 3:12-4:6 http://www.westcobbchurch.com/rooted/february-26-colossians-312-46 Wed, 03 Mar 2010 00:51:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Sean Connery http://www.westcobbchurch.com/rooted/february-26-colossians-312-46/comment-page-1#comment-375 Sean Connery Sat, 27 Feb 2010 18:09:47 +0000 http://www.westcobbchurch.com/blog/?p=677#comment-375 God has been moving within me to work with others that are in need. I kept making excuses to not do it. God, through Ken's sermons in Rooted has taught me that what God needs for me is more important than what I want for myself. I now see that what I want is what God needs from me. What an awesome feeling it is to have a greater purpose in life. I recently joined the Street Reach program that God has been gently nudging me towards. I am not afraid to say that it was the most important and moving experience I have ever had in my life (next to accepting God in my life). Being able to serve those less fortunate than I is very humbling. We worry so often about so many trivial things; do I have to wear those pants again this week, guess its a ham sandwich again today, wonder when I can buy a new car; and these people have to worry about when they will eat! How to stay warm! I saw people elated, ELATED over a pair of socks! They were joyous in having a simple conversation and having a hand-shack from someone who will pray with them. Just having someone who cares enough to look them in the eye and say "Hey, how are you doing today?" moves the world for them. God has ROOTED Himself deep within my humbleness to move me into the Street Reach program every week. ROOTED me in my faith and direction God wants me to move towards. ROOTED my every day life so that I may come closer to knowing what it is to always have God beside me holding my hand and sharing His warm, tender love with me and my family. I am ROOTED in Gods love! Thank you Ken, for watering this tree and letting its roots grow! God has been moving within me to work with others that are in need. I kept making excuses to not do it. God, through Ken’s sermons in Rooted has taught me that what God needs for me is more important than what I want for myself. I now see that what I want is what God needs from me. What an awesome feeling it is to have a greater purpose in life.
I recently joined the Street Reach program that God has been gently nudging me towards. I am not afraid to say that it was the most important and moving experience I have ever had in my life (next to accepting God in my life). Being able to serve those less fortunate than I is very humbling. We worry so often about so many trivial things; do I have to wear those pants again this week, guess its a ham sandwich again today, wonder when I can buy a new car; and these people have to worry about when they will eat! How to stay warm! I saw people elated, ELATED over a pair of socks! They were joyous in having a simple conversation and having a hand-shack from someone who will pray with them. Just having someone who cares enough to look them in the eye and say “Hey, how are you doing today?” moves the world for them.
God has ROOTED Himself deep within my humbleness to move me into the Street Reach program every week. ROOTED me in my faith and direction God wants me to move towards. ROOTED my every day life so that I may come closer to knowing what it is to always have God beside me holding my hand and sharing His warm, tender love with me and my family.
I am ROOTED in Gods love! Thank you Ken, for watering this tree and letting its roots grow!

]]> By: Tom Bland http://www.westcobbchurch.com/rooted/february-26-colossians-312-46/comment-page-1#comment-374 Tom Bland Fri, 26 Feb 2010 16:24:47 +0000 http://www.westcobbchurch.com/blog/?p=677#comment-374 "Blessing" is the singular word I can use to sum up this series and the past few months. God has revealed Himself to me by delivering an unexplainable peace in the midst of Cindy's health challenges. Actually, I'm not so sure if it's His revealing Himself to me, but more of Him taking my blinders off and giving me the chance of a new perspective. “Blessing” is the singular word I can use to sum up this series and the past few months. God has revealed Himself to me by delivering an unexplainable peace in the midst of Cindy’s health challenges. Actually, I’m not so sure if it’s His revealing Himself to me, but more of Him taking my blinders off and giving me the chance of a new perspective.

]]> By: Kirk Rogers http://www.westcobbchurch.com/rooted/february-26-colossians-312-46/comment-page-1#comment-373 Kirk Rogers Fri, 26 Feb 2010 13:23:08 +0000 http://www.westcobbchurch.com/blog/?p=677#comment-373 "that you may know how to answer everyone" jumped out for me. In order for Ken and the senior staff to know how to proceed with a future Rooted-like series, we need to fill out the online survey so that Ken may know how to account for everyone's recommendations in the next series. Personally, I would like to hear many more people's SOAP'ing insights. If you've been reading mine, you know it's ok to sound stupid. If you've been reading Tom's, you know it's ok to share life's difficulties. If you've been reading Ken's, you know how important is to be real and genuine. When someone says "How are you?", sometimes you're not "Fine". It's ok not to be "Fine". It's ok to have failed. Maybe someone needs to hear your heart so that they can find the soul at WCC who knows exactly what they're going through and make that connection. If you need me to shutup so that there's room on the blog for you, I will stop. Trust is in short supply out there. But it shouldn't be such a rare commodity in a community of believers. I've enjoyed hearing everyone's stories and thoughts. Consider adding your own to the next round. Thanks again Ken and everyone at WCC for Rooted!!! “that you may know how to answer everyone” jumped out for me. In order for Ken and the senior staff to know how to proceed with a future Rooted-like series, we need to fill out the online survey so that Ken may know how to account for everyone’s recommendations in the next series.

Personally, I would like to hear many more people’s SOAP’ing insights. If you’ve been reading mine, you know it’s ok to sound stupid. If you’ve been reading Tom’s, you know it’s ok to share life’s difficulties. If you’ve been reading Ken’s, you know how important is to be real and genuine. When someone says “How are you?”, sometimes you’re not “Fine”. It’s ok not to be “Fine”. It’s ok to have failed. Maybe someone needs to hear your heart so that they can find the soul at WCC who knows exactly what they’re going through and make that connection. If you need me to shutup so that there’s room on the blog for you, I will stop. Trust is in short supply out there. But it shouldn’t be such a rare commodity in a community of believers. I’ve enjoyed hearing everyone’s stories and thoughts. Consider adding your own to the next round. Thanks again Ken and everyone at WCC for Rooted!!!

]]> By: danny coogle http://www.westcobbchurch.com/rooted/february-26-colossians-312-46/comment-page-1#comment-370 danny coogle Fri, 26 Feb 2010 05:59:31 +0000 http://www.westcobbchurch.com/blog/?p=677#comment-370 No thank you Ken, thank you for being true to yourself and the word of God. Thank you Ken, for providing this resource, this vehicle, this experience it has brought me closer to understanding myself and my relationship with others and my place in God's kingdom on earth. "To have no opinion of ourselves, and to think all was well and highly of others, is great wisdom and perfection.Thomas a Kempis". I have been asking myself why do Christians struggle with and have a problem with self-denial. Jesus said "if any man would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me". I am coming to believe the difficulty is due primarily to the fact that we have failed to understand Jesus' teaching that the way to self-fulfillment is through self-denial. George Matheson set into the hymnody of the church this wonderful paradox of fulfillment through self-denial: make me captive, Lord, and then I shall be free; force me to render up my sword, and I shall conqueror be. I sink in life arms when by myself I stand; imprisoned me with in Thine arms, and strong shall be my hand. Thank you Ken. No thank you Ken, thank you for being true to yourself and the word of God. Thank you Ken, for providing this resource, this vehicle, this experience it has brought me closer to understanding myself and my relationship with others and my place in God’s kingdom on earth. “To have no opinion of ourselves, and to think all was well and highly of others, is great wisdom and perfection.Thomas a Kempis”. I have been asking myself why do Christians struggle with and have a problem with self-denial. Jesus said “if any man would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me”. I am coming to believe the difficulty is due primarily to the fact that we have failed to understand Jesus’ teaching that the way to self-fulfillment is through self-denial. George Matheson set into the hymnody of the church this wonderful paradox of fulfillment through self-denial: make me captive, Lord, and then I shall be free; force me to render up my sword, and I shall conqueror be. I sink in life arms when by myself I stand; imprisoned me with in Thine arms, and strong shall be my hand.
Thank you Ken.

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