Decisions define our destiny

18/09/2007 12:04
We have decided that:
  • teaching the gospel without demonstrating the gospel is not enough
  • good preaching, good doctrine, and being good people are not enough
  • having a good church club is not enough – having good fellowship and being a member of that club is not enough
  • We have decided that:
  • teaching the gospel without demonstrating the gospel is not enough
  • good preaching, good doctrine, and being good people are not enough
  • having a good church club is not enough – having good fellowship and being a member of that club is not enough
  • that teaching the gospel with out demonstrating the gospel is not enough
  • good fellowship is not enough and just being a member of that club is not enough
  • that having good bible study is good but not good enough
  • that just making it to heaven is not our goal and that knowing about God without truly knowing and experiencing God is meaningless
  • that having good programs is not enough
  • that change without transformation is intolerable and staying where we are is not an option
  • that gifting without character is futile
  • that singing songs without worshipping is empty
  • having meetings without God showing up is pointless
  • that having without faith without works is not enough and having works without love is not acceptable
  • that our function comes out of our relationship first with the Father and second with each other
  • that reading about the book of Acts without living the books is Acts is unthinkable
  • that confident faith is good and bold faith is better
  • hearing about the Holy Spirit without experiencing Him is silly
  • that believing in his presence without seeing it manifested in signs and wonders is hypocrisy
  • that believing in healing without seeing people healed is absurd
  • that believing in deliverance without people being delivered is absolutely ridiculous
  • to be Holy Spirit filled Holy Spirit led and Holy Spirit empowered and anything less doesn’t work for us
  • to be the ones telling the stories of God's power and not the ones hearing about them
  • that living safe but not supernatural is living below our privilege and short of what Christ died for
  • that we are a battle ship not a cruise ship
  • an army not an audience
  • special forces not spectators
  • missionaries not club members
  • to 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
  • that we are a mission station and not a museum
  • that it is better to fail while reaching for the impossible that god has planned for us than succeed settling for less
  • that nothing short of his kingdom coming and his will being done on earth and in our world as it is in heaven will satisfy
  • that we will not be satisfied until our world cries out 'those who have turned the world upside down have come here too'

That’s what we have decided!