State of the Church Message: A Time for Renewal

I. Learning from challenges and blessings.

• Covid and the public response to it, have caused: uncertainty, suffering, distrust, division, fear, spiritual apathy, and inactivity.

II. Renewing our mind. (Rom. 12:2; 8:5-8; Eph. 4:17, 22-24; II Pet. 3:1; I Cor. 14:20)

• A God mindset. (Ps. 27:1, 4, 8, 14; 57:5, 11: 62:1-2)
• A Grace mindset. (Eph. 2:3-10; Romans)
• A Truth mindset. (Isa. 59:12-15; John 8:32)
• A Mission mindset. (Matt. 28:18-20; Acts 5:41-42; Luke 9:23)
• A Team mindset. (Heb. 10:23-25)
• An Excellence mindset. (Col. 3:23-24)
• An Eternal Life mindset. (II Cor. 4:16-18; Phil. 1:21ff)

I will renew my mind, my heart, and my commitment by the power of God's Spirit.