Local Church Purpose - Vision

Proverbs 3:5-6

Proverbs 3:5–6 ESV

Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths.

Matt 22:37-40

Matthew 22:37–40 ESV

And he said to him, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the great and first commandment. And a second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself. On these two commandments depend all the Law and the Prophets.”

Matt 28:19-20

Matthew 28:19–20 ESV

Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”

5 areas of local church purpose:

1. Worship

2. Fellowship

2. Discipleship

4. Evangelism

5. Ministry

Vision

Let’s talk about Vision and how it relates to our purpose.

as individuals

as a local church

Proverbs 23:7a (NKJV)

7 For as he thinks in his heart, so is he.

Proverbs 29:18a (KJV 1900)

18 Where there is no vision, the people perish:

APPLICATION

What is your (and -your-) VISION for:

Discipleship

Worship

Fellowship

Evangelism

Ministry

Communion

1 Corinthians 11:27–29 ESV

Whoever, therefore, eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be guilty concerning the body and blood of the Lord. Let a person examine himself, then, and so eat of the bread and drink of the cup. For anyone who eats and drinks without discerning the body eats and drinks judgment on himself.

Benediction

Romans 8:38–39 ESV

For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.