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Refocus 2022
if there is anything that I know about it's focus…well refocusing after an ADD episode.
It’s easy to get our focus on the things of this world:
economy
politics
COVID
Our Desires
But we need to refocus our attention on the eternal!
Rope illustration
The truth is...We don’t belong here!
This world is not my home
We are ambassadors for our King
So because of that, We need to refocus on somethings this morning!
I. Refocus on God
We need to hit the reset button on our life and refocus on God!
Make Him priority!
Make Him first!
to do this we need to keep at the front of our minds.
Mowing the Lawn - had to keep my focus on the posts
There are some posts we need to focus on today!
A. Walk with God
Everyday, all day!
I cannot rely on my past walk to keep me close to God!
I cannot change one thing about yesterday, and I can change anything about tomorrow, but I can change today!
In order to keep setting our affections on things above, we need to walk with God!
B. Loving God
Love is action
Setting our affections on things above speaks to the love that we ought to have for God.
if someone were to look at your life and prove that you loved the Lord would there be enough evidence?
C. Serving God
We are His servants!
Servants serve!
You say, “but my spiritual gift isn’t service.”
And as we do, we serve God
at the end of the Olivet Discourse, a teaching of the end times, close to the end of His ministry, Jesus told those following Him how they can serve Him.
If we will refocus on God this year, we will see the importance of having a ...
II.
Refocus on Church
What is our purpose?
I would like to lay out a three fold Purpose Statement for our church
Everything we do in this church ought to fit under one of these purposes!
A. Fully devoted to Christ
Do we love God like this?
Are we fully devoted to Christ?
If we love Him, we obey His word!
Ministries and opportunities to show this purpose:
Worship
any service we do for others
faithfulness
B. Biblically growing in Christ
We should do more today than we did yesterday.
If we attend one service a month, we ought to attend two or more.
If we give a little, we ought to in faith give more
If we just attend, we ought to volunteer and work in the church
How is your growth now compared to the beginning of this year?
Have you prayed more?
Have you read more of the Bible
Have you attended more faithfully?
Are you learning more about God?
ministries involved
praching
sunday school
Kids for Christ
Junior Chirch
C. Loving others through Christ
Love is action
ministries involved
Philathea
soulwinning/outreach
Greeters
visitation
How do we do that?
This leads us to the next focus...
III.
Refocus on Others
There are over 59 “One another’s” in the Bible.
Do you think that God wants us to get our focus off of ourselves, and onto others?
Not only do we need to grow this year, but Our church needs to grow this year!
If this church is going to grow, we need more people to come here.
But, “People don’t care what you know, until they know that you care.”
they say that your church should have as many visitors in one year as you have average attenders in order to grow.
Everything in this church should be seen through eyes of a visitor.
When we see a visitor we need to focus on a couple of actions...
A. Walk Alongside
The word Exhort comes from the Greek word parakaleo, meaning to call to one’s side.
One of the Holy Spirit’s names is comforter - paraklaytos - one who walks beside.
We are called to exhort one another - to earnestly support or encourage a response or action.
To walk alongside each other and help each other.
How can you help people around you today?
How can you come along side someone today?
An invitation is great, but a connection is better!
Cook them a meal
Offer a listening ear - Listen twice as much as you talk!
Remember their names and call them by them.
Be available, and say yes when you can!
Just take the next step!
If you don’t know your neighbor, take time and introduce yourself.
If you know them, how can you engage them?
We are talking about being the salt of the earth
What does salt do?
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