I’m assuming you have read the past three blogs, or at LEAST the previous one.  if not, go back and read it now before you continue.  If nothing else PLEASE WATCH THIS VIDEO FIRST. click HERE!!

Next step: It is important to know the purpose for doing this 40 day journey, so I’m providing you with a summary of notes describing how to participate on this journey.

There is no ‘sign up’ button, but rather you can follow on the blog, Twitter, or click ‘like’ on the Grace Walk Canada Facebook page and follow along there.  Whatever you choose, do visit the blog each day to get some ‘encouragement’….

Purpose of the 40 day Journey is:

• Not to get closer to God
• Not to manipulate anything from him through ‘special behavioural changes’
• Not to diet, not to impress anyone, especially God,
• Not to create a new ‘system’ of what I have to do to stay or be right with God
• Not to get him to answer a special prayer because now I’ve ‘sacrificed’ something ‘for’ him

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I’m inviting everyone to join me on a 40 day grace journey of “experiencing God” in a personal way.  It all begins Tuesday FEBRUARY  24, 2015.  The journey is not about ‘getting closer to God’ or ‘doing things for him’, or giving up things, etc….  Instead, this is a 40 day journey of becoming more and more aware of the presence of Christ ‘in us’ moment by moment.

Just like a ‘Fitbit’ that I own, I am constantly aware of its presence in my pocket or attached to my belt.  This tends to motivate me to take more steps in a day, climb more stairways, etc.  In the same way, I don’t think many people realize they have a ‘Faith-Bit’ built right into them!    That’s right, a ‘Faith-Bit’!  Jesus is our faith and when we recognize His presence ‘in us’, our awareness and attention will be drawn to him.

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Tomorrow is a BIG day for me!  This blog thing and my reason for doing it are getting more and more exciting.

Some of you may not know that I’m a Pastor in Waterloo, Ontario (Hope Fellowship), and the National Director for Grace Walk Canada. (with Dr. Steve McVey). [website links to the right of this post]  These two roles have blessed me with the greatest growing opportunities that i could ever dream of.  The reason i mention this is because:

Tomorrow I’ll be doing a sermon/message on this very journey.  I will clearly explain the journey I’m inviting everyone on.  Stay tuned TOMORROW evening when I will post details for this ’40 Day Growing Grace Journey’, (I will post the Sunday morning message here as well, it should be exciting!!)

If you have a hunger to ‘experience God’ in a profound way, this 40 day adventure is for you…..stay tuned and invite others!!

that’s it for tonight…..gotta practice daily blogging!!  (so NOT my thing…hahaha)

Mike

Hello everyone,

Welcome to my first ever blog!  I’m not one to write out my thoughts and experiences in a journal, let alone in a blog.  But I am doing this new blog thing for myself and for my personal journey of discovering what it means to ‘live loved’.  Many of you may not care about ‘religious’ things, but I believe more people would resonate with the idea of being ‘spiritual’ instead.  So, in a couple days I’m going to invite anyone and everyone on a ‘Special 40 day journey’ with me, but I will explain more in a couple days….stay tuned. (Tuesday February 24th…..it begins)

A Grace Journey of Living Loved: this idea was sparked by going through a personal discovery of who God ‘really’ is.  This journey began by reading a number of powerful books like, Grace Walk (by Steve McVey), The Shack (by W. P. Young), and many others. This journey has caused me to discover that God ‘IS’ Love, pure love!  This discovery has caused me to question so many things I have been taught about God.  What I am learning now is totally changing my life.(*it is funny to think that we have been given so many answers by pastors, teachers and books, and yet, we have never stopped to question the answers given to us)

I’m learning that God loves absolutely everybody, but more importantly, He loves ME!  As I am discovering that He truly loves me, I need to then learn to live as one loved by Him.  Learning to live loved will cause me to become a more loving person!  I don’t have it all figured out, and probably never will, but I HAVE learned some amazing things over the years that I want to share with everyone.  Which do you prefer, to simply learn about His love, or do you want to ‘experience’ it?  If this is a desire deep within, stay tuned, and share in this journey with me.

So, will you join me on a ‘journey of learning to live loved’?

….whew…blog 1…done!