Yesterday, we started a new series in our morning worship service called “God, Horizon and You!” To me this is more than a message series…it is the foundation of what I believe God wants to do in and through our church. I believe it is who God wants us to be! I think if you will be passionate about being faithful to church these next couple of weeks, there will be no confusion on your part about how to move deeper in your life with God.
Yesterday, I talked at length about what we believe the mission and purpose of God is behind everything. I believe the biblical answer to this question is the GLORY OF GOD! God’s desire is that His people continually proclaim the goodness of His glorious name in and through everything. Everything God does is in pursuit of that one goal. My challenge to all of us…including myself…was to think about what our lives really reflect. Do I reflect the glory of GOD or the glory of ME?
I want to encourage you to be in church this Sunday because two important things are going to happen that will help us moving forward. First, we are going to talk about the mission of the church. If God is about His glory then it only makes sense to say that His people, the church, should be committed to the same thing. How do we as a local church carry this out? Second, our theme for 2012 is “Living Life Around the Cross!” This is not just a catchy slogan…this phrase is going to direct who we are for 2012 and beyond. As part of this effort, we are going to take a spiritual vitality / life / devotion assessment on Sunday. We will give this assessment out on Sunday morning. This assessment will serve as the foundation for you to understand where your spiritual life is strong and where are the areas that you are out of balance. You really don’t want to miss it!
Lastly, let me also say that I passionately believe that while we should be about God’s mission, we will never be successful without God’s help. So much of what God is asking of us is impossible outside of His divine aid. Because I believe this so passionately, this Wednesday night will be a time of extended prayer. We will humble ourselves before God and do the most important thing that our church will do this year…ask God for His help! There will be no teaching and no Kid’s Connection…just prayer. We will continue to have these special prayer services on the first Wednesday night of every month for 2012. If there is anything that our church does that you should be at…it is these services. We really have no right to expect God’s blessing if we don’t care enough to ask. I can’t think of a better way to pursue God’s glory than this…we will start at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday…see you there!
Darin
