1. First Light! Welcome To We Meet Every Wednesday at 6:30 AM.
Join Us Afterward, Upstairs in the Café.

2. Speaker Schedule: Jan 10 – Walt Tomme Jan 17 – Walt Tomme
Jan 24 – Bob Sibert

3. Marriage Conference: Marriage Conference with Dr. Paul Tripp
Marriage Conference with Dr. Paul Tripp
Friday-Saturday, Feb 2nd & 3rd
Tysons Campus-Cost = $35.00

4. 2018 New Service Times Saturday Evening—No Services
Sunday Mornings—9:00 AM, 11:00 AM, 1:00 PM
Sunday Evening—5:00 PM
This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND

5. retired Pastor and Leadership Consultant
Today’s Speaker:
Walt Tomme
retired Pastor and Leadership Consultant

6. Walt Tomme
Walt grew up in Texas. He is a Veteran of the United States Marine Corps. He is a graduate of Shenandoah Conservatory of Music and Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. Walt is the former Pastor of First Baptist Church of Mt. Rainier, MD, was Senior Pastor of Capitol Hill Baptist Church, Washington, D.C., and the founding Pastor of Tysons Community Church (now Cedar Run Community Church). For 25 years he ran his own Leadership Consulting business, working with organizations and mentoring leaders. He has served high school football programs as leadership coach at Oakton H.S., Centreville H.S. and T.C. Williams H.S. He is now retired and engaged in a variety of projects.

7. Take It Like a Man (The Power of Unconscious Beliefs)
Walt Tomme
January 10 and 17, 2018

8. God Provides More than Fire Insurance

9. Saratoga, TX (1947 – 1949)

11. Interesting conclusions have been drawn from this picture

13. Take It Like a Man Out of Control. Loss of Control. Imagined Control.
Romans 8: New American Standard Bible (NASB)
28 And we know that God causes all things to work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose. 29 For those whom He foreknew, He also predestined to become conformed to the image of His Son
Out of Control.
Loss of Control.
Imagined Control.
Relinquished Control.

14. All this sounds like a great ending
This is not the end of the story
The man covered with chicken Feces was in a completely different place 22 years earlier

15. Walt’s Dad W.S. Tomme, Sr

16. W.S. Tomme, Sr.

17. The greatest changes came between 45 and 60
God’s desire is to completely transform us
The end game is for us to be like Jesus
Next week we will talk about how He changes our inner world
The things that drive our behavior – unconscious / involuntary things

18. Table Discussion
Who was the most instrumental person who influenced you in your faith in Christ?
What circumstances provided the motivation to seek God’s control over your life?
How has God worked to make your life different?