Episode description
Well, it's been such an amazing journey and fruitful time while our Senior Leadership have been visiting our sister church in Sydney, Australia. During their trip God did so many amazing things including: setting our Sydney Church alight with new vision and helping members -- those who we already call family and some who are new to the family -- find their place. Which is the perfect way to describe this portal.
For the finale time in a while the portals panel brings you an episode from down under that is set to leave it's mark. Hosted by Sydney Campus Pastor, Christie Kassas, our Senior leadership -- Dr Robyn Kassas, Ps. Tony Kassas, and Ps. Nathan Kassas -- dive right in to a meaty subject but one that is going to help you find your spiritual fit.
Ps. Tony starts us off with the process of assimilation as we join the family of God. This not only applies to joining a church, but to every aspect of life. He challenges us with the important revelation that some of us are pioneers, and some of us are settlers. One is not better than the other, and we definitely need both.
Then it gets put into overdrive as Dr Robyn shares the revelation that we can't make people try and fit where they aren't created to fit. She encourages us to let the process of finding our place lead us into greater maturity and not wait until we are mature enough to then find our place. If that wasn't enough, then Dr Robyn and Ps. Nathan challenge our mindsets that when we project ourselves and our own ideas of what a person should be or behave like, we actually deflect who we really are because we are too busy trying to project our expectations on people...we actually never truly live our own lives at all. Wow, what a flesh-killer that last statement was, and to wrap it all up the team charge us to first, come as we are; next, find our place and our identity; then, let maturity take it's place in our character; so finally, we can leave as He is.
This one is definitely gonna require a couple of listens. What a way to wrap up eight weeks of Holy Spirit led time in Sydney, Australia. Now back to the mothership. NYC here we come!