““So do not throw away your confidence; So do not throw away your confidence; it will be richly rewarded. You need to it will be richly rewarded. You need to persevere so that when you have done the persevere so that when you have done the will of God, you will receive what he has will of God, you will receive what he has promised.promised.””Hebrews 10:35-36

Defining The Heroes’ JourneyDefining The Heroes’ JourneyAn enduring story of personal transformation and collective renewal – PART TWO

Common Elements of THJ

Abraham’s Heroic Journey• Hebrews 11:8-19– Allowed God to CAPTURE CAPTURE his imagination• “…and all peoples on earth will be blessed through

you” Gen 12:3

• “For he was looking forward to the city with foundations, whose architect and builder is God.” Heb 11:10, 13-16

– Even let himself be captured captured by God’s promise that he and his barren wife would give birth to God’s chosen people. Heb 11:11-12

Abraham’s Heroic Journey• Hebrews 11:8-19– Abraham had enough faith in God to LEAVELEAVE• “obeyed and went” Heb 11:8

– Learned to SURRENDERSURRENDER his natural way of thinking and trust God more• “He who had received the promises was about to

sacrifice his one and only son…” Heb 11:17

• “Abraham reasoned that God could raise the dead, and figuratively speaking, he did receive Isaac back from death.” Heb 11:19

There must be a place

God Is Capturing Our Imaginations!

…where the salvation of the world can begin, where the world can be the way God has always wanted it to be.

““God is forming EBCLA into a FAITH VILLAGEGod is forming EBCLA into a FAITH VILLAGE—a unique social community—whose life —a unique social community—whose life together is both a picture and a preview of together is both a picture and a preview of what God is doing in and for all creation.”what God is doing in and for all creation.”

Our Our MISSIONMISSION must be to train must be to train heroic apprentices of heroic apprentices of Jesus,Jesus, people who clearly embrace and embody biblical people who clearly embrace and embody biblical reconciliation and missional living.reconciliation and missional living.

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• Didn’t wait for the Perfect Plan but waited till we were captured by God’s vision

• Left the known for the unknown

• Learning to surrendersurrender our will, our plans to whatever Spirit wants to do with us

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