Change Your Pace | Pastor Greg Ford Sermon | One Church Columbus

ICEBREAKER:

What is the most interesting unknown fact about you and why?

MESSAGE NOTES:

Ready. Aim. Fire.

[Genesis 12:1-3]

The Lord had said to Abram, “Leave your native country, your relatives, and your father’s family, and go to the land that I will show you. 2 I will make you into a great nation. I will bless you and make you famous, and you will be a blessing to others. 3 I will bless those who bless you and curse those who treat you with contempt. All the families on earth will be blessed through you.”

What is your default pace?

Where do I need to change pace?

Where do I need to change my perspective of my change of pace?

[Genesis 16:1-2]

Now Sarai, Abram’s wife, had not been able to bear children for him. But she had an Egyptian servant named Hagar. 2 So Sarai said to Abram, “The Lord has prevented me from having children. Go and sleep with my servant. Perhaps I can have children through her.” And Abram agreed with Sarai’s proposal.

[Genesis 18:10-12]

Then one of them said, “I will return to you about this time next year, and your wife, Sarah, will have a son!” Sarah was listening to this conversation from the tent. 11 Abraham and Sarah were both very old by this time, and Sarah was long past the age of having children. 12 So she laughed silently to herself and said, “How could a worn-out woman like me enjoy such pleasure, especially when my master—my husband—is also so old?”

[Genesis 21:1-3]

The Lord kept his word and did for Sarah exactly what he had promised. 2 She became pregnant, and she gave birth to a son for Abraham in his old age. This happened at just the time God had said it would. 3 And Abraham named their son Isaac.

“When we are no longer able to change a situation - we are challenged to change ourselves.”

- Viktor E. Frankl

How does God want to use a change of pace to change your perspective?

DISCUSSION QUESTIONS:

QUESTION 1:
How would you define your current pace in life? Where do you need to slow down or speed up?

QUESTION 2:
Have you ever felt frustrated with the pace you feel God is moving in? How do you lead yourself through it?

QUESTION 3:

How do we decipher between our flesh and God’s spirit in determining the pace of which we move?

GUIDED PRAYER:

God thank you for your presence and leadership to move me forward at all times. Show me how to be led by you, and stay in perfect stride with your pace in everything that I do. Amen.

One ChurchSeptember 5, 2023