In case you missed the last Sunday of our Vision Series, here are the videos we showed:
At the beginning of the vision series, I wanted God to use me but I felt very unclear about what He wanted me to do. Even after several weeks of praying about it, I still didn't understand how God was going to use me and I was beginning to get frustrated.
When I heard about the building project, I knew I wanted to be a part of it and commit to give. Since I'm a Realtor though, my monthly income fluctuates a lot and there's absolutely no way to know how much I'll make. Still, I kept praying and spending time discussing things with my vision series group.
Then two weeks ago in church, I felt the Lord telling me that He wanted me to give half of everything He gives me specifically to the building fund. In an instant, a flood of feelings came over me. First I was excited that God had answered my prayers, and then wowed with what He had led me to give. Then I was ready to answer His call. Very surprisingly, I was never scared or uncomfortable at all, because I knew what I needed to do. It feels so good to pray for, anticipate, obey, and praise God's will being done.
Since that day in church, God has shown me that I've been trying to keep things for myself. In the past, I was always happy to give when my worldly wants were first taken care of, but now God is showing me the meaning of dying to myself and being willing to give up 100% of everything for the sake of His kingdom.
The building hasn't even been started yet, but God has already done so many awesome things! I've never been a part of anything like this in my life and I feel tremendously blessed that God has put me right here, right now to be part of what He's doing in Austin.