Jul 31 2008
RECAP - I AM LEGEND
written by vcore from Atlanta, GA
In this July series, Pastor Steven challenged us with the question: Can one person make a difference in the world? The answer was: Yes! We were further challenged with the question: Will YOU be that person?
PART I - THE CRISIS:
With every legend story, there is always a CRISIS that the hero must face. In each of our lives, we must face the crisis. The crisis is what defines the character and integrity of the legend.
The top three crises of Singlehood are: Isolation, Selfishness, and Purity. As singles, we must overcome these crises by guarding our hearts with the word of God and not guarding our hearts with our own human experiences. We must learn to trust in God completely and recognize that he will perfect all things concerning his children. This includes our purpose and our relationships. Finally, we must presevere. We must stay in the trial, if we desire God’s great purpose for our life.
PART II - THE SACRIFICE:
In every legend’s life there is also a time for SACRIFICE. The life of the legend is a life consumed with laying down his or her life and picking up their cross. That cross is the sacrifice of living not for yourself but living your life so that through you others are drawn out darkness to the light. A legend must also be a person who is totally committed and a person who keeps their word. If we cannot make a commitment in the small areas of our life, we will not be able to make a commitment in the large areas of our life. Someone once said that it is easier to die for God than it is to die to Him.
Therefore, we must make a personal commitment to dying daily and realize that our life is not our own because we belong to God.
3 responses so far
The first lesson was truly awesome. It was an honest message about how the Enemy will eat you alive when you seclude yourself from people, especially other Believers. I heard only positive and glowing remarks about the message and look forward to the next one.
I was a bit aprehensive about seeing the movie “I Am Legend” again.
I saw it when it first came out… in LOUD surround sound- with a theatre full of other people jumping out of their seats.
It was very interesting to hear everyone’s take on the symbolism.
I enjoyed sharing stories with the members in the front lobby about the movie- as I was not the only one who didn’t watch the full movie again (LOL)
The End(of the world) The Savior?-Magazine cover on the fridge, The Butterflies in the fields(Life) The darkseekers(afflicted) The woman(angel) The sacrifice (his death at the end) The blood(healing) The safe land(heaven)…. wow- This movie had so much for us to relate to- it’s no wonder our comments session had to be ended so we could adjourn.
I look forward to our next series.
The series was great and made me think a lot about my life and how I need to live a selfless life. The quote by Pastor Steven that “We have to live a life consumed with life through the means of death,” really left an impact on me. I just kept thinking about that quote and how I need and will implement this into my own life. This was a very challenging series for me. There were so many spiritual aspects within this movie which I never would have observed had it not been for this series.