August Vision Sunday 2017

Published: Aug. 6, 2017, 6:05 p.m.

Our Core Values:

1. We keep Jesus the main thing.

2. We do life together.

3. We add value to the world around us.

4. We believe in the next generation.

5. We live with urgency.

We lead people into a new life of freedom in Jesus.

Where there is no revelation, people cast off restraint\u2026 Proverbs 29:18 (NIV)

We don\u2019t need any more information; we need more revelation.

No eye has seen, no ear has heard, and no mind has imagined what God has prepared for those who love him. But\xa0it was to us that God revealed these things by his Spirit. For his Spirit searches out everything and shows us God\u2019s deep secrets.\xa01 Corinthians 2:9-10 (NLT)

We lead people into a new life of freedom in Jesus.

We\xa0lead people into a new life of freedom in Jesus.

They\xa0devoted themselves to the apostles\u2019 teaching\xa0and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread\xa0and to prayer.\xa0Everyone\xa0was filled with awe at the many wonders and signs performed by the apostles.\xa0All the believers\xa0were together and had everything in common.\xa0They\xa0sold property and possessions to give to anyone who had need.\xa0Every day\xa0they\xa0continued to meet together in the temple courts.\xa0They\xa0broke bread\xa0in their homes and ate together with glad and sincere hearts,\xa0praising God and enjoying the favor of all the people.\xa0And the Lord added to\xa0their\xa0number\xa0daily those who were being saved. Acts 2:42-47 (NIV)

We\xa0lead\xa0people into a new life of freedom in Jesus.

Then Jesus came to them and said,\xa0\u201cAll authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.\xa0Therefore go and make disciples of all nations,\xa0baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit\u2026 Matthew 28:18-19 (NIV)

We lead\xa0people\xa0into a new life of freedom in Jesus.

He answered, \u201c\u2018Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind\u2019;\xa0and, \u2018Love your neighbor as yourself.\u2019\u201d Luke 10:27 (NIV)

We lead people into a\xa0new life\xa0of freedom in Jesus.

The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life,\xa0and have it to the full. John 10:10 (NIV)

We lead people into a new life of\xa0freedom\xa0in Jesus.

\u201cThe Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me\xa0to proclaim good news\xa0to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind, to set the oppressed free, to proclaim the year of the Lord\u2019s favor.\u201d Luke 4:18-19 (NIV)

We lead people into a new life of freedom in\xa0Jesus.

When Jesus came to the region of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples,\xa0\u201cWho do people say the Son of Man is?\u201d They replied, \u201cSome say John the Baptist;\xa0others say Elijah; and still others, Jeremiah or one of the prophets.\u201d \u201cBut what about you?\u201d\xa0he asked.\xa0\u201cWho do you say I am?\u201d Simon Peter answered, \u201cYou are the Messiah, the Son of the living God.\u201d Jesus replied,\xa0\u201cBlessed are you, Simon son of Jonah, for\xa0this was not revealed to you by flesh and blood,\xa0but by my Father in heaven.\xa0And I tell you that you are Peter,\xa0and on this rock\xa0I will build my church,\xa0and the gates of Hades\xa0will not overcome it.\xa0I will give you the keys\xa0of the kingdom of heaven; whatever you bind on earth will be\xa0bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.\u201d Matthew 16:13-19 (NIV)