Colossians Series Week 9 | Speaker Taylor Bedoya | July 23rd, 2023

Taylor Bedoya, our Family Pastor, teaches on how our perspective changes everything. Years ago, we had taken a group of students up to a camp for a serving opportunity where they served as waiters in a restaurant. Night one went by and they were shocked…how could that have been so hard? Why were they so exhausted? What did they get themselves into? What they thought would be “easy serving” allowing them to get out and have some fun turned into a huge learning lesson. Night two was even worse! They didn’t feel they were treated like human beings, they were ordered around, they never got a chance to sit down…tough job! Night three came and they began to notice the difference between people who were kind to them compared to the people who ignored them and only cared about getting what they wanted as quickly as possible. As we sat down to debrief, they all grumbled and complained, but one kid sat up straight to share something. He said, “I know how I want to treat waiters now. I never used to ask them their name and I would sometimes feel annoyed if they didn’t get the food out quickly. But, never again. I will never treat them like that again.” Perspective shift! This reminds me of how we might walk into the close relationships we have. We all walk into relationships with a load of previous experiences and it can be easy to simply stick to what we know. To see from the lens of the past. Two in particular - our relationship with God as our Father and our relationship with our children. But, what if God has a perspective shift for us? When we remember that we are children of God and when we remember the kind of Father He is, it changes the way we parent - in fact, it changes the way we see everyone. Welcome to Mountain View Church! Make sure you are subscribed so you get notified about future livestreams and please share this message with someone who needs it right now. If you’re NEW, we’d love to STAY CONNECTED! Simply fill out this form to keep in touch! https://mountainviewchurch.ccbchurch.com/goto/forms/470/responses/new Go to https://mvc.life to give an offering, signup to help, or ask for prayer. If you need help or want prayer, email us at care@mvc.life