Motivation for Missions

The Sonic restaurant in Raymore, Missouri hopes to give their customers a little something extra by including verses from the Bible with their food. The store used to print the verses on customer’s receipts, but a recent software upgrade eliminated that possibility. In order to continue the tradition,…

Are you looking for the Lord’s return? Listen for the Trumpet!

Vision. Almost every conference, every class, every meeting I have ever been at talks about a vision. Since grade school someone asks you what are your goals? What do you want to do? What do you want to achieve? Every year at this time you see people make New Years resolutions. We make resolutions and…

There is a door that Jesus has opened for us so that we might be able to have a home in Heaven with him! Will you walk through the door Jesus has opened for you?

1. Pre-Introduction 1.1. Video 1.2. Joke These are just jokes, don’t anybody be offended by them. But I heard about these 3 aspiring psychiatrists. They were taking their first test on emotional extremes. The professor asked the first student from Harvard, what’s the opposite of sadness? He replied,…

Recap Ruth 1 Out of Despair Opens in Tragedy - Naomi, Famine, Death, Loss Ends with Hope - God has visited his people in Bethlehem Ruth 2 Into Hope Ruth Gleans for food God provision through his law - caring for stranger/poor “Just so Happens” Ruth goes to Boaz’s field… meets him Boaz shows God’s compassion…

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The Call “Come, follow me,” Jesus said, “and I will send you out to fish for people.” As Jesus was walking beside the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon called Peter and his brother Andrew. They were casting a net into the lake, for they were fishermen. “Come, follow me,” Jesus said, “and I will…

The thanksgiving of praise as we live out our lives for the mission of Jesus Christ. Introduced the proposed name change.

True and Proper Worship 1. The mission is a statement of what the church is supposed to be doing, while the vision is a snapshot or picture of it. 2. The mission is used for planning where the church is going; the vision is used for communicating where the church is going. 3. A mission statement must…

Can we show the commitment Paul showed? Maybe. maybe not. But at least we can touch the back wall…

Waiting on the Promise of the Father

What a great day to be together. I’m excited and I hope you are as well. We’re here for a reason, and that is… well, it’s sort of like half-time, and I’m hoping that I might be able to help get you excited about our potential future with God as our leader. Since it’s reformation Sunday, I thought I would…