Teaching the Gospel without demonstrating the Gospel is not enough. Good preaching, good doctrine, and being
good enough people is not enough.
Having a good church is not enough, good fellowship is not enough, and just being a member
of the Body of Christ is not enough.
Having good Bible studies is good, but not good enough. Just making it to heaven is not our
goal, and knowing about God without truly knowing and experiencing God is meaningless.
Having good programs is not enough. Change without transformation
is intolerable, and staying the same is not an option.
Gifting without character is futile.
Singing songs without worshipping is hollow, and having meetings without
God showing up is pointless.
Having faith without works is not enough, and having works without love is not acceptable.
Our function comes out of our relationship firs with the Father and
second with each other.
Reading about the book of Acts without living the book of Acts is unthinkable.
Confident faith is good. Bold faith is better.
Hearing about the Holy Spirit without experiencing Him is wrong. Believing
in His presence without seeing it manifested is hypocrisy. Believing in healing without seeing people healed is absurd, and
believing in deliverance without people being delivered is absolutely ridiculous.
Living saved but not supernaturally is living below our privilege
and short of what Christ died for.
We are a battle ship not a cruise ship, an army not an audience; Special Forces not spectators,
Missionaries not club members.
Value both pioneers and settlers: pioneers to expand our territory and settlers to build on those territories. But we are not squatters, people who take up space others have fought for without improving
it.
To
be infectious instead of innocuous. Contagious instead of quarantined, deadly instead of benign.
To be radical lovers and outrageous givers.
We are a mission station and not a museum.
It is better to fail while reaching for the impossible that God has
planned for us than to succeed settling for less.
Nothing short of His Kingdom come, His will be done in our world as it is in heaven will satisfy.
We will not be satisfied until our world cries out, "Those who have turned the world upside down have
come here too."