In the midst of a very busy winter and spring I had the opportunity to preach from Titus 2:11-15 yesterday at our church, Rooftop Community Church in St.Louis, MO. The week prior our lead pastor had done a great job emphasizing the importance of teaching each other within the body of Christ.
Yesterday I had the follow up passage on training which Paul mentions in verse 12. Training is taking what we have been taught and applying it to our lives in a consistent and effective manner. It was a great opportunity to encourage our church in their spiritual journeys. I opened the message with a humorous clip from the original Karate Kid, circa 1984. Appropriately, my closing application had to do with God wanting to grow us up or train us up. To illustrate this point I talked about God wanting to build us each a "dojo" where he as our Sensei will direct and guide our training towards Christlikeness, which is the ultimate goal for the follower of Christ.
In addition to giving some basic guidance on what components are necessary for God to build us each a good dojo in which to train spiritually, I offered a follow up meeting on the Tuesday night to follow. As of this posting we have a good number of people signed up. It is VERY exciting to see God's people want to take their "following Jesus" so seriously.
If you are interested in listening for yourself, here is the link.
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