STUCK IN A RUT???

The Dip: A Little Book That Teaches You When to Quit (and When to Stick)

by Seth Godin.

The DIP concept has been taught by several churches.

Frodo heard this via podcasts.

He had the men open up to JEREMIAH 29:11 - from here the men began

to unpack and unfold how they have fallen in the DIP.

The takehome was this --each man needs to examine where he's at and make the adjustments necessary to get to where GOD wants him to be.

The problem with most of us, is we're not QUITE SURE we know where GOD WANTS US.

THIS was frodo's third consecutive night to lead thetribe in theSHACK. (just in case you are not familiar with thetribe or even theSHACK- allow me to put some skin on this...

thetribe - defined as - the name we ordinary bunch of guys call ourselves

theSHACK - defined as - the name for the room we meet in on mondays at 7pm.

the Dip is the point where just as we were on track to the place that GOD wanted us to be, we lost sight of GOD and His promise. Now we find we're stuck in a rut, with no sight of GOD. we face our own crisis of belief. we wonder if GOD is still there.

It's Not always ENOUGH to be just broken

Ya know that old saying, you sound like a broken record, right?

The bottom line is when we repeat the same lyrics over and over, we don't get to hear the rest of the song.

in livinglifetogether, we too experience such frustrations. those closest in our small civilizations(the family unit) ,

TIRE of hearing i'll CHANGE, i PROMISE, or a combo, i PROMISE i'll CHANGE. They really want to know if there is a different verse, a different stanza in our song.

men, we must either break the record and play a new song altogether, or we must remove the debris on the record LP that is actually causing it to skip.

tonight a couple of men, opened up deep, painful wounds. each shared their real need of dependance on CHRIST. now, its up to each man, to remove the debris in their life, so that the LIFESONG, Jesus placed in their heart may play, and thier small civilizations can reunite in harmony.

as a tribe, we layed hands on one bruther. keep prayin men, for we are sworn to each other's journey.

Compromise & Circumcision

Frodo led tonights discussion as well as teaching from ...

c'mon, ya know, GALATIANS chapter 5, verses 2-7.

We had 11 men and 12 in tribalkids.

So often I CrossOutMyPROMISE. I tend to change up

the promise i just made. I rewrite my vows or just fudge on the details.

We can't fix what's broken with CHRIST. Nor can we allow the HOLY SPIRIT to do HIS reconstruction if we don't acknowledge that we crossed over to THE WRONG SIDE of Obedience.