Yesterday's Sermon - From Vision to Victory!

Next Saturday, January 1st 2011, marks the first day of the decade when we begin what we are calling, “The 2020 Vision!” As I shared with you on Sunday, August 29th, (the day you voted to call me as your Pastor full-time) I believe it is certainly possible to grow our church at a rate of 15% per year for the next ten years.

If the Lord allows us to reach this lofty goal, at the end of this coming decade we will have grown from 90 to 350 in Sunday School each week; from 140 to 570 in worship each week; and, we will have baptized 338 new believers and added another 338 people to our church by Letter or Statement!

This morning, as we stand at the threshold of this amazing journey, I want to provide you with biblical answers to the three most vitally important questions we face about the 2020 Vision: “Why”; “How”; and “Why Now?”

Why? Because of Four Relevant Realities:

The COMMANDS from Above!
Matthew 28:19-20; Mark 16:15; Luke 14:23;
John 15:16; John 20:21

The CRIES from Below!
Luke 16:19-28

The CONDITIONS Around Us!
Revelation 22:14-15

The COMPASSION Within Us!
Matthew 9:35-38

How? By Renewing Three Commitments:

Renewed Commitment to our Individual Spiritual Growth

TALK to God Luke 18:1

LISTEN to God 2nd Timothy 2:15

OBEY God James 1:22; 4:17

SERVE God Matthew 20:28

Renewed Commitment to our Corporate Spiritual Growth

MEET with One Another Acts 2:42-47

MINISTER to One Another Hebrews 10:23-25

MENTOR One Another Proverbs 27:17

MULTIPLY MEMBERS Who Meet with, Minister to, and Mentor one Another 2nd Timothy 2:2

Renewed Commitment to our Numerical and Financial Growth

BEGINNING Relationships with New People

BUILDING Relationships with New people

Bringing New People to CHRIST

Bringing New People to CHURCH

Why Now? At least three great reasons:

Why us? Because we’re the Right FOLK!

Why here? Because we have the Right FACILITIES!

Why now? Because we do not know the FUTURE!

God has given us a great vision of what we can accomplish for Him through the ministry of our Church. I hope you will join me in praying for this vision to become a reality; and participating in the thousands of things we will have to do to see this come to pass. God bless you!