For 50 straight days, you get a dare ? a challenge for each day ? to live out the Big Idea in a simple and practical way. We'll dare you with something each day to help you BE spirit-led, missional, and reproducing or to DO something to surrender, risk, and sacrifice. Visit this page daily. We dare you!
Day 1
Spend 15 minutes in prayer asking God to fill your heart with passion and power to make an impact today
Day 2
Share with a friend a dream you would run after if you knew failure was not an option
Day 3
Replace one meal with prayer today
Day 4
Next time you get invited to something say yes, or invite someone new out to coffee
Day 5
What is one thing you would not do today if Jesus were standing next to you? Whatever that is choose not to do it
Day 6
Give an hour of your time to help with someone else's yard work
Day 7
Contact a neighbor today just to ask them how they are doing
Day 8
Spend 15 minutes asking God to show you the ways that you can reach out to others who are different than you.
Day 9
Sign up to serve at a Christmas Gift Mart http://bit.ly/aR5jlp
Day 10
Go on a prayer walk today in your neighborhood. Ask the Holy Spirit to make evident a family you can serve.
Day 11
Contact a staff member and begin the journey of leadership through apprenticing as a leader, coach, or director.
Day 12
Make dinner for a family in your neighborhood or someone in need.
Day 13
Choose a book that helped shape you spiritually and give it to a friend.
Day 14
Go out of your way to encourage someone that you typically walk past.
Day 15
Spend 15 minutes writing out what God has done in your life and through your life over the past two weeks.
Day 16
Write a letter to someone that you need to reconcile with and send it.
Day 17
Pray for someone you know that is struggling. When you're done send them an email or text letting them know that you're praying for them.
Day 18
Sign up to volunteer at a local food pantry and invite someone to come along with you.
Day 19
Buy the meal or coffee for someone behind you in line that you do not know.
Day 20
Invite someone to your home for lunch or dinner that you have never invited over before.
Day 21
Consider what God wants you to financially invest this year in the mission of Jesus. Write down that number.Day 22
Ask someone else to join you in praying for something that you desire to see God do more than anything
Day 23
Buy a gift card for someone at church and send it to them anonymously.
Day 24
Instead of driving somewhere in your neighborhood choose to walk. As you walk pray specifically for your neighbors and your neighborhood.
Day 25
Identify the person you would like to apprentice in the area you currently serve.
Day 26
Post on Facebook/Twitter what God has done in your life.
Day 27
Encourage someone to follow Christ in baptism - perhaps you if you haven't already made that commitment.
Day 28
Share with someone outside your family your desire to make an exponential impact through mission and generosity.
Day 29
Spend 10 minutes today in prayer asking God: what is the one thing in my life that I need to surrender?
Day 30
Send an email or note to someone who has made an impact in your life.
Day 31
Put a retreat day in your calendar where you will plan to spend extended time alone hearing from God about where He wants you to follow him.
Day 32
Go to your small group leader and help them accomplish a task that would free them to accomplish more.
Day 33
Ask someone if you can pray for them.
Day 34
Go out of your way to develop a friendship with someone who is of a different race or socio economic class.
Day 35
Trust God with your finances by committing to give 3% more of your income than you have ever given before.
Day 36
Take the time to catch up on the verses you have not yet read in the Impact Journal.
Day 37
Admit something that you are struggling with to a friend and ask them to call you weekly to hold you accountable.
Day 38
Spend 10 minutes today reflecting on the question: If my entire church invested financially the way I do what would the implications be?
Day 39
Identify one person in your life that you can become a mentor to.
Day 40
Name one major thing that you are planning to spend money on next year, but will choose to give that money to make an impact instead.
Day 41
Look at the number you plan to pledge or have already pledged to IMPACT and ask yourself: Is it a sacrifice?
Day 42
Spend 1 hour doing research on your community to find out what the tangible needs are in your back yard.
Day 43
Spend 10 minutes today reflecting on the question, Am I willing to sacrifice something I love for someone I love more?
Day 44
Offer free babysitting for a family in the church with young children.
Day 45
Write a letter to God thanking him for using your life to make an Exponential Impact.
Day 46
Share the sacrifice you are making with your kids/family so that they can be shaped by your life of generosity.
Day 47
Commit to shovel a neighbor's driveway during the first snow of the year.
Day 48
Invite a waiter or barista to come to church with you for our Christmas series.
Day 49
Decide the amount you would like to give on December 4/5 to get the 2nd year of IMPACT off to a great start.