Who or what is in plain
sight? What can you see? What
is right in front of you? What
are we to do with what is right there? What
are we to do with who is right in front of you?
We are to encourage and develop every individual who does know Him and
particularly those who we see.
These who are in plain sight are those we are sent to love encourage
and develop.
The Mission
“Our business is people and
Our reason is Jesus Christ.
Our purpose is to personally live Jesus
Christ.
Because of His love for us,
We can love Him and one another.
We believe in the absolute necessity of
conversion to Jesus,
The absolute reality of eternal life now
in Jesus,
And the absolute need of each other in
the fellowship of believers.
Our desire is to present Jesus Christ In
compassion and understanding
To every individual who does not know
Him,
And to encourage and develop every
individual who does know Him. “
By Gerry Hickman
Scripture
Text:
Titus 2:1 (NIV) You must teach what is in accord with sound doctrine.
2 Teach the older men to be temperate, worthy of respect, self-controlled, and
sound in faith, in love and in endurance. 3 Likewise, teach the older women to
be reverent in the way they live, not to be slanderers or addicted to much
wine, but to teach what is good. 4 Then they can train the younger women to
love their husbands and children, 5 to be self-controlled and pure, to be busy
at home, to be kind, and to be subject to their husbands, so that no one will
malign the word of God. 6 Similarly, encourage the young men to be
self-controlled. 7 In everything set them an example by doing what is good. In
your teaching show integrity, seriousness 8 and soundness of speech that
cannot be condemned, so that those who oppose you may be ashamed because they
have nothing bad to say about us. 9 Teach slaves to be subject to their
masters in everything, to try to please them, not to talk back to them, 10 and
not to steal from them, but to show that they can be fully trusted, so that in
every way they will make the teaching about God our Savior attractive. 11
For the grace of God that brings salvation has appeared to all men. 12 It
teaches us to say "No" to ungodliness and worldly passions, and to
live self-controlled, upright and godly lives in this present age, 13
while we wait for the blessed hope--the glorious appearing of our great God
and Savior, Jesus Christ, 14 who gave himself for us to redeem us from all
wickedness and to purify for himself a people that are his very own, eager to
do what is good. 15 These, then, are the things you should teach. Encourage
and rebuke with all authority. Do not let anyone despise you.
The
Mission is to encourage and develop everyone who does know him.
Why?
Because of His love for us, We can
love Him and one another.
How are we to do it?
What are we to do?
Who’s job is it?
Everyone is involved in the ministry/mission of the church.
How are you? Would you become involved?
2
Teach the older men
to be temperate, worthy of respect, self-controlled, and sound in faith, in
love and in endurance
teach the older women
to be reverent in the way they live, not to be slanderers or addicted to much
wine, but to teach what is good. 4 Then they can train the younger women
train
the younger women
to love their husbands and children, 5 to be self-controlled and pure, to be
busy at home, to be kind, and to be subject to their husbands, so that no one
will malign the word of God
encourage
the young men to
be self-controlled. 7 In everything set them an example by doing what is good.
In your teaching show integrity, seriousness 8 and soundness of speech that
cannot be condemned, so that those who oppose you may be ashamed because they
have nothing bad to say about us.
9 Teach
slaves (workers) to
be subject to their masters in everything, to try to please them, not to talk
back to them, 10 and not to steal from them, but to show that they can be
fully trusted, so that in every way they will make the teaching about God our
Savior attractive.
Each
of us has received the gift of salvation.
Each of us has a
responsibility to pass it on.
Each of us has been given
accountability to God on how we have handled the gift.
Each of us has the
opportunity to make the Christian life attractive and beautiful to others.
Each of has the command to
be teachable and moldable, as a potter
with the clay. Sometimes we are
the potter and sometimes we are the clay.
Would we be committed to God
and to others? This is God’s
work. This is our calling.
This is our privilege.