Transcript of The Will of God: Our Mission. Definition: What God wants… What God wants… His purpose…. His...
The Will of The Will of God: God: Our Mission Our Mission
Definition:Definition:
What God What God wants…wants…
His purpose….His purpose….
Pre-requisites for
knowing the will of
God: Rom 12:1-2
1. Offer your bodies as living sacrifices: commitment to God.
2. Be holy: set apart for God’s use.
3. Be pleasing to God: the standard for all we think, do and say.
4. Realize that true commitment is true worship.
5. Stop letting the world squeeze you into its mold.
6. Live a transformed life by the renewing of your mind.
THEN… you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is: it is good, pleasing and perfect!
What was God’s will for Adam and Eve?
1. To have fellowship with Him
2. To have a loving, family relationship
3. To do meaningful and productive work.
4. To obey.
How are we doing?
(Take the survey and tally your results)
Survey evaluation:
26-65 below average
66-104 average
105-130 above average
What can we do if we did not do well on our survey??
1. Make a concerted effort to emphasize these areas of the will of God in your own life.
2. Start with your own relationship with God. If you are not faithful in daily prayer and Bible study, begin there and keep at it.
3. Make the effort to work on your relationships with others, family members, spouse, neighbors, friends and fellow church members. Where there are breaches, mend them.
4. Take a look at how meaningful and productive your own ministry is within the church and in your personal life. If you find problems, work to fix them.
5. Be open and honest with God about any areas of disobedience and make corrections.
Helping our
Churches
1. Fellowship with God:
a.Teach and preach and
remind people that all we
do should enhance our
relationship and fellowship with God.
b. Don’t be so busy
working FOR God that
you forget to have
fellowship WITH Him.
c. Help people understand
that ‘doing religious
activities’ is not the
same as spending time
with Him.
d. Help them understand
how detrimental the
effects of disobedience
and unconfessed sin are
to an open relationship
with God.
e. Teach people what true
worship is and the
necessity of it in our
daily lives as well as on
Sundays.
f. Teach them the value
and necessity of prayer,
and the necessity of
listening to as well as
talking to God.
2. A loving relationship with others:
a. Plan for more ways for
people to get to know
each other on a personal
basis.
(1)fellowships/small and large groups
(2) Home Bible studies
(3) Members of the month info in newsletters
(4) Pictures and write-ups on new members
(5) Testimonies in services
b. Emphasize families and marriages(1) Classes (4) conflict mgmt
(2) Retreats seminars
(3) Fellowships (5) Sermon series
c. Teach and preach on
the need for Christians
to love and to forgive
each other.
d. Develop plans/ways to
minister to people in
crisis.
3. Meaningful and
productive work in the
Kingdom of God.
a.Classes on spiritual
gifts.
b. Develop an environment
where there is
expectation that all
members serve in
some capacity.
c. Allow members to
volunteer to “do their
passion” in some way:
art classes for the community,
building projects, etc.
d. Plan ways to encourage
and recognize those who
serve in various ways.
e. Develop service
opportunities for children
and youth.
4. Obedience
a.Emphasize seeking and
doing God’s will in all
aspects and decisions by
the church.
b. Teach people to seek daily for God’s will for their lives, and then it will more likely carry over into church activities and decisions.
c. Teach people what to do
when they have been
disobedient to God.
d. Foster an open and accepting attitude toward those who have been disobedient, but who are now seeking to be obedient to God.
e. Consider starting accountability groups or partners who will help each other in working on their obedience level with God.
Is the will of God YOUR mission and passion??
Ponder this……
God gave Adam and Eve only one thing NOT to do…
and they disobeyed Him….
He gave the children of
Israel 10 commandments
…. And they disobeyed
them all…
Jesus summed up all of the 10 commandments into just two….
And they could not keep them!
The Holy Spirit inspired the writing of the New Testament with more specific instructions….
…..for us….
Here are just a few:
1. Be holy for I am holy
2. Be filled with the Spirit
3. Forgive one another as I have forgiven you.
4. Be devoted to one another in brotherly love
5. Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you.
6. Do not judge, or you will be judged
7. Ask the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into the harvest
8. Go into all the world and preach the gospel
9. Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth
10. Be careful not to do your righteous acts before men
11. Be on guard against the yeast of the Pharisees
12. Be self-controlled and alert. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour.
There are many more….but why not start with these 12 as a way to start moving you and your church toward the commitment to doing God’s will as our mission and passion??