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Welcome
First Presbyterian Purpose Statement Overview
"Glorify God, Make Disciples, and Meet Human Needs."
Purpose Statement: Glorify God
The end of all things is near. Therefore be clear minded and self-controlled so that you can pray. Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins. Offer hospitality to one another without grumbling. Each one should use whatever gift he has received to serve others, faithfully administering God's grace in its various forms. If anyone speaks, he should do it as one speaking the very words of God. If anyone serves, he should do it with the strength God provides, so that in all things God may be praised through Jesus Christ. To him be the glory and the power for ever and ever. Amen.
I Peter 4:7-11
Thomas Carlyle wrote, "The man without a purpose is like a ship without a rudder." When you determine God's purpose for your life, your life takes on new characteristics, Rick Warren says the purpose driven life has meaning, is simplified, focused, motivated, and lived with eternity in view. The glory of God is man fully alive, said Irenaeus, early Church Father.
How are we individually and collectively Glorifying God through:
• Prayer: Have I disciplined myself to set aside time for prayer?
• Superior: Love Peter wrote, "love covers a multitude of sins." (verse 8)
• Hospitality: Are you welcoming strangers without grumbling?
• Service: We are to serve others with our spiritual gifts.
• Speaking God's Words: We are to speak the very words of God.
• Serving in God's Strength: Are you serving in God's strength?
Purpose Statement: Make Disciples
Matthew 28:16-20
Are you in a continual process of growth in your faith?
Are you in a continual process of helping someone else grow in faith?
Donald S. Whitney defines Spiritual Disciplines as, "those personal and corporate disciplines that promote spiritual growth."
• Scripture Intake
• Prayer
• Worship
• Evangelism
• Service Fasting
• Silence and Solitude
Purpose Statement: Meet Human Needs
Matthew 25:31-46
Are we individually and collectively meeting the needs of humans?
• The Inversion from Being Served to Serving Others in Love
• The Inversion from Mega Ministry to Simple Service
• The Inversion from Calculated Service to Uncalculated Service
• The Inversion from Occasional Service to Continuous Service
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