Sermon Cloud

Everybody wants the very best life possible for everybody.

Every way does not lead to the best life for everybody.

Jesus says He is the Way that leads to the best life for everybody. Now. Forever.

Cost: Everything. Because everything matters much.

Beyond the cliché: more than words…

The Good News: Doing life Jesus’ Way is innate for every human being; there is a strange familiarity with The Way in all of us.

The Bad News: We have become so unfamiliar with the Way that it is more foreign than familiar.

The Need: Holistic Recalibration. New wardrobe. New lens. New mindset. New paradigm. New Way of life. This is the primary mission of the Church.

Gather, Grow, Give… all because of Grace

Gather: You cannot do it alone, nor will you.
o You need large groups (worship) to remind you you’re in a movement. Make weekly worship a priority!
o Smaller groups where you can’t hide from reality. Coming soon.
o Close relationships where you can bare your soul without fear.

Grow: We don’t know much, no matter how much we know!
o Grow through weekly teachings of many kinds. Even Pete’s.
o Dialogue in smaller groups where you can sort stuff out.
o Daily devotional reading to give God the chance to speak into your life. Are you in the Life Journal? Are your doing SOAP?

Give: Everybody has much to give to impact the world for good.
o Love those closest to you well. If you stink at loving those closest to you, you’ll be stinkier with those who aren’t.
o Use your skill set in the marketplace to the best of your ability – “work as unto the Lord.” Where you spend most of your time is one of your biggest opportunities to be a Kingdom conduit. This is your primary mission field.
o Use your gifts to help the church – the Bride – to be as beautiful as she can be. Find a place to serve that fits and help out – many hands make light work! Don’t be a pew potato.
o Spend some time serving a local or global need – Coats for Kids, AA, NA, NAMI, Al Anon, Food Pantry, Project Hope (serving meals to homeless), Deborah’s House (Tijuana Women’s Shelter), Furaha (Nairobi, Kenya school for orphans and clinic for HIV+ women). Do something beyond your normal scope!
o Budget your financial support. Not everyone can tithe (10% of income) right now, but every can work toward it, and should. Disciplined giving to Kingdom causes keeps personal spending balanced, and blesses the world in ways we cannot fully comprehend. CrossWalk and the missions we support is incapacitated when financial support is limited. We need help to reach this community. What is your current monthly income? What is ten percent of that? What are you currently able to give? Are you willing to take steps to discover where you can shift your budget to get on the road to the full tithe?

Grace: If you look at Christ long enough, you’ll start looking like Him. Have you taken at look at Jesus lately? Have you fallen in love with Jesus yet? Is He “Lord” yet? See Matthew 7:21-23. To know is to master – those whom Jesus did not know never gave themselves over to the ways of God, and missed God their whole lives. Listen up! Until you surrender, you are missing it. You are already surrendered to something or someone; make it Jesus and begin living. Now. Forever.