HOW TO HAVE THE BEST SUMMER EVER

SUMMER AT ROCKCREEK – HOW TO HAVE THE BEST SUMMER EVER

Big Idea: The best summers don’t happen by , They happen on .

HERE’S WHAT I’M LEARNING

Nobody accidentally has a marriage.
Nobody accidentally gets .
Nobody accidentally to God.

That person is like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in season and whose leaf does not wither whatever they do prospers.

Psalm 1:3 (NIV)

GUIDING TRUTH: people and growing people don’t take .

WHAT MAKES THE BEST SUMMER EVER?

A relationship with

Yes, I am the vine; you are the branches. Those who remain in me, and I in them, will produce much fruit. For apart from me you can do nothing.

John 15:5

FOUR DECISIONS THAT CAN CHANGE YOUR SUMMER

1. Jesus before your

Seek the Kingdom of God above all else, and live righteously, and he will give you everything you need.

Matthew 6:33

If Jesus is , everything else finds its .

         2. Stay.

And let us not neglect our meeting together, as some people do, but encourage one another, especially now that the day of his return is drawing near.

Hebrews 10:25

         3. in relationships that strengthen your.

As iron sharpens iron, so a friend sharpens a friend.

Proverbs 27:17

Show me your relationships, and I’ll show you your.

         4. Be Available for God to you.

Now all glory to God, who is able, through his mighty power at work within us, to accomplish infinitely more than we might ask or think. 

Ephesians 3:20

BOTTOM LINE

The best summers don’t happen by. They happen when you stay.

A potted plant can but a planted tree can .