MPACT
Manifesting Your Blessed Life NOW!
July 28, 2008 
In This Issue
A Made-Up Mind
Discover HOPE

 
 
This Week @ HOPE
 
 
Wednesday,
July 30th 
Bible Study @ 7PM
 
Thursday, July 31st
Todah Ensemble Rehearsal
 
Saturday, August 2nd 
Altar Guild Meeting
@ 10AM
 
 Sunday, August 3rd
Seed Time to Harvest
 @ 8:30 AM
 
Discover HOPE...Discipleship Class @ 8:30AM
 
 
 
 
HOPE VALUES
 
TRUTH
 
FREEDOM/LIBERTY
 
KNOWLEDGE
 
EXCELLENCE
 
RECIPROCITY
 
POSITIVE THINKING
 
CHILDREN
 
FAITHFUL FELLOWSHIP
 
GIVING
 
SERVICE
 
PRAYER 

"A Made-Up Mind"

"And, be not conformed to this world:but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may know the good, acceptable and perfect will of God."(Romans 12:2)

Are you in your Blessed Place yet? Are you sure that you want to blessed? Jesus asked a man, who had been waiting for thirty-eight years to be healed, if, in fact, if he wanted to be healed. There are some things for which you simply cannot wait. You must go after them. Are you going after your blessings? Are you traveling to your blessed place? Make up your mind!
 
 
True, we have already traveled quite a distance on our journey, but it is going to take a Made-Up Mind to get the rest of the way there. Many of us are so close now that Satan is about to bring out the big guns, so remember you have the armor of God to protect you. There is nothing that Satan can throw at you that can pierce the Armor of God. You are fully protected, so do not stop running. Make up your mind!

A Made-Up Mind is going to require some mind renewal. First, let us distinguish between a Made-Up Mind and simply being stubborn. Many of us have stubbornly refused to forgive and let go of the past. We stubbornly hold on to destructive habits. We stubbornly refuse to sow financial seeds into the work of the Kingdom. Stubbornness keeps us out of our blessed place.
 
To have a Made-Up Mind, we must, in fact, give-up our stubbornness. A stubborn spirit says,"I'm going to do it my way, no matter what." A Made -Up Mind says "I Believe What God Says." Nothing else matters. When your mind is made-up, you determine not to let circumstances, situations, obstacles, cynics, busy bodies, or skeptics distract you from what God has said. God has said that you are blessed in the City, you are the Top, and not the Bottom, the Head and not the Tail - nothing else should matter. 
 
If you want to keep minor things from knocking you off course, you must begin with a new way of thinking. A Made-Up Mind begins with a changed- or renewed- mind. Begin with your commitment to be transformed by God and not conformed by worldly circumstances or limitations. Pray for humility. Pray for unity. Do not compare yourself to others. The blessings of God are absolute - they are not relative. (No matter what your neighbor has, there is still a blessing for you.) God has gifted you. Identify your gifts, and use your gifts for God, and God will use those same gifts to bless you. These are the commitments of a renewed mind.
 
Do not be stubborn in your old ways.Make-Up Your Mind to think anew, and God will lead you to your blessed place. 
Discover HOPE- Discipleship Class ... Sunday, August 3rd @ 8:30AM
 
Have you asked yourself any of these questions? How can I please God? How can I serve God?  The Discipleship Class is a 7-Tenet Module that is an informative, spiritual growth and development series that provides relevant insight to the above questions and more.
 
The 7-Tenet Module is an easy to follow module that may be taken in any order. New and old members are encouraged to complete the series in order to be better equipped for service through ministry.
 
Introduction - Salvation: How to Know God
Tenet I - Praise & Worship
Tenet II - Giving
Tenet III - Study of the Word
Tenet IV- Service
Tenet V - Contagious Christianity
Tenet VI - Spiritual Discipline
Tenet VII - Christian Fellowship
 
For more information, contact Desiree A. Eastland @ 713-589-4297, ext 203.
UPCOMING EVENTS
O.U.T Reach @ Bread of Life..August 23rd @7:30AM
Ladies Nite...Friday, August 29th @ 7PM
HOPE Church & Pearland Compassion Project @ Carleston Elementary @ 7AM
 HOPE Fest 2008 ... September 27th @9AM
FORCE Men's Retreat ...Friday, October 24th - Saturday, October 25th 
 
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