ICNU – CAPTURE THE MOMENT

ICNU – CAPTURE THE MOMENT

“For everything there is a season, a time for every activity under heaven. A time to be born and a time to die. A time to plant and a time to harvest. A time to kill and a time to heal. A time to tear down and a time to build up. A time to cry and a time to laugh. A time to grieve and a time to dance. A time to scatter stones and a time to gather stones. A time to embrace and a time to turn away. A time to search and a time to quit searching. A time to keep and a time to throw away. A time to tear and a time to mend. A time to be quiet and a time to speak. A time to love and a time to hate. A time for war and a time for peace.”

Ecclesiastes 3:1-8

TYPES OF PIVOTAL MOMENTS

1. Significant
2. Uncertain
3. Difficult
4. Unexpected

HOW TO STEP INTO A “GOD MOMENT”

“…A great wave of persecution began that day, sweeping over the church in Jerusalem; and all the believers except the apostles were scattered through the regions of Judea and Samaria. But the believers who were scattered preached the Good News about Jesus wherever they went.”

Acts 8:1, 4

1. Decide in advance to say “ to God

“As for Philip, an angel of the Lord said to him, “Go south down the desert road that runs from Jerusalem to Gaza.” So he started out, and he met the treasurer of Ethiopia, a eunuch of great authority under the Kandake, the queen of Ethiopia. The eunuch had gone to Jerusalem to worship, and he was now returning. Seated in his carriage, he was reading aloud from the book of the prophet Isaiah. The Holy Spirit said to Philip, “Go over and walk along beside the carriage.”

Acts 8:26-29

1. Take a spiritual

“Philip ran over and heard the man reading from the prophet Isaiah. Philip asked, “Do you understand what you are reading?” The man replied, “How can I, unless someone instructs me?” And he urged Philip to come up into the carriage and sit with him.”

Acts 8:30-31

1. Make it about

“The passage of Scripture he had been reading was this: He was led like a sheep to the slaughter. And as a lamb is silent before the shearers, he did not open his mouth. He was humiliated and received no justice. Who can speak of his descendants? For his life was taken from the earth.” The eunuch asked Philip, “Tell me, was the prophet talking about himself or someone else?” So beginning with this same Scripture, Philip told him the Good News about Jesus.”

Acts 8:32-35

1. Act on your

“As they rode along, they came to some water, and the eunuch said, “Look! There’s some water! Why can’t I be baptized? He ordered the carriage to stop, and they went down into the water, and Philip baptized him.”

Acts 8:36-38

FINAL THOUGHT

When I feel like an outsider:

When I feel like an insider: