03-17-24

Our Mission: Bringing Hope and Impacting Our Community by Leading People into a Growing Relationship with Jesus

S3E3 – I LOVE MY CHURCH

15 “Be careful how you live. Live wisely, not foolishly. 16 Make the most of your time and take every opportunity to do good because evil is everywhere. 17 Don’t live carelessly without thinking. Instead, make sure you understand what the Lord wants you to do with your life.” Ephesians 5:15-17 (NIV)

I LOVE MY CHURCH – HOW DO I LOVE MY CHURCH?

1. LIVE ON MISSION – The Church has a mission given by Jesus

Therefore, go and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. Matthew 28:19 (NLT)

· CLEAR DIRECTIVE – GO – GATHER – GET EQUIPPED – GLORIFY GOD.

2.   SERVE WITH  _________________  

43 …Whoever wants to be a leader among you must be your servant, 44 and whoever wants to be first among you must be the slave of everyone else. 45 For even the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve others and to give His life as a ransom for many. Mark 10:43-45 (NLT)

BONDSERVANT – “doulos”, meaning __________, and it literally meant a person ________- by another for his or her lifetime.

God has given each of you some special abilities; be sure to use them to help each other,                    passing on to others many kinds of blessings. 1 Peter 4:10 (LB)

7 ATTITUDES OF A SERVANT

1. VOLUNTEERING IS SOMETHING _________ –

2. VOLUNTEERS FOCUS ON WHAT THEY _________   –

3. VOLUNTEERS KEEP _______  –

4. VOLUNTEERING IS __________ –

5. VOLUNTEERS WANT ______ TO LOOK GOOD –

6. VOLUNTEERING IS ABOUT ________ –

7. VOLUNTEERING MAKES YOU ___________ –

NEXT STEPS

COMPLETE GROWTH TRACK

FIND A PLACE TO SERVE

ASK GOD WHAT HE WANTS ME TO SACRIFICE
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