Overcoming Your Shadow Mission - May 17 2009

Top 10 Shadow Missions

1. Just give me home, health & a hefty 401(K)
2. Busy, busy, busy
3. I don’t care who’s in charge as long as it’s me.
4. Show me the money.
5. It’s all about me
6. Maintaining hidden addictions (pornography – food)
7. I’ll think about it tomorrow (procrastination)
8. Looking nice by avoiding conflict
9. Climb the ladder first, put people 2ndo
10. Shop till you drop

o What's your shadow mission? If your life just goes on auto pilot…. where will it drift?

Before you try to name your shadow mission:
1. Get in a quiet place and pray.
2. Ask the Holy Spirit to open your eyes.
James 1:5 says that God give wisdom for those who ask for it
Ask Yourself
a) When Have I failed?
b) When have I felt shame
c) When has a gentle whisper indicated that I’ve gone off track.
• Circle the temptations
• Zero in on your failings
• Then try to narrow it down to a catch phrase or a single word.
• Run it past your Mordecai…to see if someone who knows you well sees this in you.

Example “I fall into living my shadow mission when I get so busy that accomplishing tasks becomes more important to me then loving God and my neighbor”

Catchphrase – To-Do list All Done

One Word – Busyness
Other possibilities: control – lust –anger - greed – wealth – popularity –attention etc

You may have more then one…If so Focus on the one that you most want to hide.

The Danger of Shadow Missions - May 10, 2009

God created us with a Mission in mind. He has gifted us and strategically placed us where we are so that we can join Him in reaching this world. But it is possible for us to miss this in our lives either by our disobedience or by us serving another mission....Shadow Missions.

Esther is a great story this and illustrates this isn a powerful way.

Arise - Winning the War Within - May 3, 2009 Terry Hyer

Terry Hyer is one of the elders at Living Stones Community and he gives a great message out of the book of Judges on how to deal with the enemies that war against your soul. Gideon was a man who believe God for the impossible and resisted fear as trusted God's leadership in his life.