Our
Vision
Our
Goal In Ministry...
is to communicate to believers God’s longing to be intimate
with each of his children. His original desire to fellowship
with Adam has never changed. He just wants to spend time with
each of us and get to know us. God is a Father who just happens
to be God. The Old Testament calls Him Father six times. In
the New Testament He is called Father some 300 times. He’s
trying to tell us something. God wants a family.
A man-centered Gospel…
is suffocating believers today. Much of our preaching, much
of our teaching, and far too much of our music is focused
on us instead of God. Psychiatrists tell us we spend 95% of
our time thinking about ourselves. “It’s not me
anymore,” Paul said in Galatians 2:20, “It’s
Christ.” Christ must be the beginning, the center, and
the end of everything in our lives, or we will be off-center.
We have no bad news…
for the Church. You can get your daily dose of bad news from
the networks and the press. The Gospel is “good news.”
You should leave every church service knowing you are loved
and there is hope. Faith is not about you and me; it’s
about the Lord of Glory. It’s not about our struggle
to believe – it’s about God and His ability and
faithfulness to keep His Word in our lives. In the words of
Corrie Ten Boom: “Don’t struggle, snuggle. Don’t
wrestle, nestle.” Most of us need to give God the time
He requires to build His character into us. A June apple is
green, bitter and juiceless, yet it is a perfect apple (for
June). All the fasting and praying in the world won’t
change June to October. You may not need a breakthrough; you
may need patience. Wisdom you get by asking – patience
you get by waiting.
We are asking the Lord…
to put us in the company of people who are desperately seeking
to know the Lord intimately and are willing to lay down any
tradition that hinders that pursuit. |