Title of my Message: FOCUS
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(Philippians 3:13-14) “Brothers, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.”
(Matthew 28:19-20) “Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you.”
(Colossians 1:28-29) “We proclaim him, admonishing and teaching everyone with all wisdom, so that we may present everyone perfect in Christ. To this end I labor, struggling with all his energy, which so powerfully works in me.”
o Proclaim Him
o Admonish
o Teaching everyone
o Present everyone Perfect in Christ
How do we do that as a church?
o Proclaim Him...(Reach Them) Through weekend & youth services
o Admonish...(Pastor Them) Through Small Groups
o Teaching everyone...(Teach Them) Through Next Step Process
o Present everyone Perfect in Christ...(Help Them) Through Service Groups
What are your areas that you need to focus on?
My Focus for 2010:
1. My relationship with God
(Acts 17:24) "The God who made the world and everything in it is the Lord of heaven and earth and does not live in temples built by hands.”
(Acts 17:25) "And he is not served by human hands, as if he needed anything, because he himself gives all men life and breath and everything else.”
(Acts 17:26) “From one man he made every nation of men, that they should inhabit the whole earth; and he determined the times set for them and the exact places where they should live.”
(Acts 17:27) “God did this so that men would seek him and perhaps reach out for him and find him, though he is not far from each one of us.”
(Acts 17:28) “For in him we live and move and have our being."
Am I connecting with God regularly?
AWAKENING 2010 Jan 11-31 21 Days of Fasting (SHOW LOGO)
S.O.A.P (Scripture, Observation, Application, Prayer) (SHOW SAMPLE)
2. My relationships with people.
(Hebrews 10:25) “Let us not give up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but let us encourage one another—and all the more as you see the Day approaching.”
(Proverbs 27:17) “As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another.”
Am I relating effectively?
Small Group Rally Sunday is January 24th. (SHOW LOGO)
3. My spiritual growth.
(Hebrews 6:1) “Therefore let us leave the elementary teachings about Christ and go on to maturity..”
(Philippians 1:6) “..being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.”
Am I growing intentionally?
Next Step Process (SHOW LOGO)
(the following need to be written inside each titled slide..visit,attend,serve,
VISIT
3 Week Challenge
Newcomers Reception
ATTEND
Access Freedom
Small Groups
SERVE
Discovery Day
Service Groups
LEAD
Group Leader
Ongoing Leadership Training
4. My purpose in life.
(Ephesians 2:10) “For we are God's workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.”
(1 Peter 4:10) “Each one should use whatever gift he has received to serve others, faithfully administering God's grace in its various forms.”
Am I serving passionately?
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SERVE
Discovery Day
Service Groups
(John 10:10) “..I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.
For more information on the vision of Freedom Church, please visit our website at www.freedom-church.org.
