Encouragement #1 - Groups Out Origins: Abraham

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1 "Now the Lord said to Abram, 'Go from your country and your kindred and your father's house to the land that I will show you. 2 And I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you and make your name great, so that you will be a blessing. 3 I will bless those who bless you, and him who dishonors you I will curse, and in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.' 4 So Abram went, as the Lord had told him, and Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he departed from Haran. 5 And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother's son, and all their possessions that they had gathered, and the people that they had acquired in Haran, and they set out to go to the land of Canaan." 

(Genesis 12:1-5 ESV)

If you lead a group that meets out in the community or are a member of such a group, be encouraged, you are in good company! Our forefather in the faith, Abram, who later became Abraham led his group (his family) out. 

They left what they were used to. 
They left who they were used to. 
They left where they were used to. 
They left predictability. 
They left comfort. 
They left because God sent them out. 
They went out because God had a plan. 

He had a plan to one day save the world through His only Son Jesus Christ. And God had/has a plan to use us, His followers, in sharing the good news of Jesus to all the world--to everywhere we go and gather.

With Jesus at your center, God will use your group as well to be a blessing in your community and the place where you meet. Be encouraged! Keep to the plan--God's plan.