Over the last several weeks we have been teaching through a series entitled "Hi Def". Our hope has been to give those who attend Summit Church a clearer picture of what a disciple of Jesus Christ is to BE... We have four core values at Summit; God, Truth, Love and Mission. Our Team decided to add five thresholds that we believe will flow out of the life of a believer as they anchor and build their lives around these values. The thresholds are as follows: Intimacy with God, Qualitative Distinctiveness, Stewardship of Life, Spiritual Giftedness and Grace Story. Yesterday we began the discussion on Grace Story. We defined Grace Story as embracing the fullness of the Gospel and being transformed by it in such a powerful way that you seek to share God's message with others.
The desire yesterday was to clarify that we can not share our Grace Story until we actually have one. So we set our teaching to layout the Gospel and God's redeeming love through Jesus' sacrifice on the cross. We talked about God's amazing and powerful grace. We challenged our people to make a move towards the cross of Christ and God moved in an incredible way. As the band sang Amazing Grace my heart absolutely jumped as people came down to make a decision to make Christ the Lord and Savior of their lives. At Summit we do not usually do a traditional alter call, but yesterday was a different day. Each time a person responded to the Lord's leading the rest of the church applauded. It was incredible. You could truly sense the presence of God. God's grace is truly "amazing" and I am still in awe that He would save a wretch like me!
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