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STEP UP – Week One

Seek God … See His Vision … Save Room for Him to Work!   STEP UP Step up to the plate and focus on the ball. Seek God and His Will! Step up to the plate and envision the homerun He has in store for you, your church, and your ministry. See a Vision of a Bright and God Inspired Future! Put away all thoughts, concerns, and obstacles to being 100% available for what God can do and wants to do. Save Room for God to Work in Your Life, Ministry, and Church! Your Tasks for This Week   Today Jot down names, addresses, phone numbers, email addresses, or whatever contact information you have for 3-5 people who need to be invited to the STEP UP banquet. Give them to Ann or Russ Ann before leaving. Pick up 1 or more extra copies of this pull out and bulletins for whoever you notice is not here. Drop it off on the way home or sometime early this week – or drop it in the mail tomorrow. Make sure that you have cleared March 14 at 5:00 P.M. on your calendar for the STEP UP banquet.   During the
I AM STEPPING UP WITH THESE NAMES of folks to invite to the banquet:   Please give us whatever information you have, even if it is incomplete, including names, addresses, phone numbers, email addresses and your number.   Your Name _______________ Your # __________________ Your EMAIL :     My Friends Are:                                                  

STEP UP DEVOTIONAL THOUGHTS for February 16-22

Monday, February 16 - (Jeremiah 10:23 ) " O LORD, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps." - We like to think we are in charge of everything in our lives. In reality, we are only in charge of our choices, our beliefs, and our attitudes. Our task is to seek God through everything else, to be open to Him and to be ready to be obedient to the vision that He plants in our hearts . Tuesday, February 17 - (Romans 4:12) … who also walk in the steps of that faith of our father Abraham …. " The promises of God transcend time and lineage and are extended to all come to Him in faith. What God offered Abraham in terms of a vision of significance for His life, is available for us. We can be blessed to be a blessing to others. In your seeking and visioning this day, are you saving room for the great things God wants to do in and through you? Wednesday, February18 - (I Peter 2:21 ) " For even hereunto were ye cal

STEP UP DEVOTIONAL THOUGHTS - Week of February 9-15

This is a little late, but it works:   Monday, February 9 - (Psalm 73:2 ) "But as for me, my feet were almost gone; my steps had well nigh slipped ." - Faith is not equivalent to overconfidence. It is not about being careless about our ways. If it were not for God, our feet would slip. Without God, left to our own devices, slippage is a probability. Never forget that it is God who makes you to stand and sustains you. You need Him . Tuesday, February 10 - (Psalm 85:13) "Righteousness shall go before him; and he shall set us on the way of his steps. " -Among the good things God gives is His righteousness. Righteousness being rightly related to God and others and being on the right path in the right direction. When His righteousness envelopes us, He sets us on the way of His steps - not ours. His intent is to establish us in His way. To the extent that such is your prayer and the intent of your heart, it shall be granted. How does this inform your praying today