Reminder

          Everybody gets a little lazy,that's just human. Maybe you didn't make it to Metro (10.01.2012) ,maybe you didn't get to meet all the amazing people, drink the best tea on earth and listen to some good worship songs,oh well that happens, but we're not gonna let you miss out on anything more. This is another overview of last Metro, this time one of  "Salt and Light" series(spoken by Kārlis Kārkliņš). Let it remind you something .

It all started with a question -what did we hear in the last "Salt and Light" (this is 3rd in the series)?
Well, we talked about motivation and what are the main motivators for people to tell others about God and to actually get to know Him. What are they?

1. God is good! (You just want everybody to know Him)
2. Hell (As scared as we are to admit)
3. Joy
4. The call (God has called you to do so)

• The biggest lie in our lives is that we think,that God is not calling us.
• God has got a specifik challenge for your life.
• Hell is a part of the Bilbe, no matter how hard we don't want to believe that, hell is real.
• If somebody you know , hasn't found the right path yet, act fast! You never know what might happen.

This leads us to today's speach - money, talent or person?

• Does money have a big role in your life?
• Does talent have a big role in your life?

Mark's 1:16-20

• It's good to develop yourself , but Jesus tries to teach you that there's something more.
• A person has a lot bigger value than talent or money.

It's wise to check - http://www.stevenfurtick.com/spiritual-growth/dont-put-jesus-first-this-year/

• You can be a fisherman !

Challenge for next month -be a fisherman!

Think of 3 people ,who you want to "fish"

How can you help/serve these people?

Spend time with them !

• When you're thinking about your future plans, try to involve God in them, how are your plans servin Him?
• Work hard, earn money and gain talent but remember , in the end your fortune is not going to be the money you've earned, but the people you've saved.
• How can I reach people?

Here are some of the questions we had to answer during our discussion time:

1. If you could choose ,what would be your dream job?
2. What would be the thing you'd do with most pleasure?
3. How did the invitatin from Jesus change Peters life?
4. have you come to the conclusion that "fishing people" is the most importans business in the world?
5. What is the difference between a christian (teacher, bank manager, business man etc.) from a person who's ot christian , in the same position?

overview

I wanted to share some thoughts from Metro (03.01, spoken by Raimonds Logins) .  These might be just some reminders, on the other hand they can be awakeners ,whatever you let it be,and whatever you want it to be :)

• Well it's a fact that we are recieving some kind of information almost all the time, but have you noticed, that many times we tend to put it in place of our own? An example- if I hear somebody's opinion,in another conversation I might use it as mine, actually replacing that with my own opinion. Has it happened to you too? Well in the end our mind stops thinking on it's own.
• God wants us to love him with our own hearts and minds.
• It's important to focus ,and keep your mind focused also while reading Bible , because you never know what you might learn, but as important is to keep it(the whole reading process) organized - it's very hard to understand Bible if we're just grabbing some random pieces from it,so to not misunderstand it's better to start a story from the beginning.
• Read bible very carefully ,because it wants to tell you something.
• Listen with your eyes in the things God wants to show you through the Bible.
• Learn to discipline yourself .