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This is called, “Decisions that Define Us”

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We have decided, that teaching the Gospel [br]without demonstrating it is not enough

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Good preaching, good doctrine,[br]being good people is not enough

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We’ve decided that having a good[br]church club is not enough

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Good fellowship – it’s not enough

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Just being a member of that club[br]is not enough

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We’ve decided that having good bible[br]studies is good, but not good enough.

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That just making it to heaven [br]is not our goal

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And that knowing about God without[br]truly knowing and experiencing God

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is meaningless.

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We’ve decided that having good programs[br]is not enough,

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That change without transformation[br]is intolerable

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And that staying the same [br]is not an option.

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We’ve decided that gifting [br]without character is futile

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We’ve decided that singing songs[br]without worshipping is hollow

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And having meetings without [br]God showing up is pointless

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We’ve decided that having faith[br]without works is not enough

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And having works without love[br]is not acceptable

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That our function comes out [br]of our relationship

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1) with the Father and[br]2) with each other.

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We have decided that reading[br]about the book of Acts

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without living the book of Acts[br]is unthinkable.

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We’ve decided that [br]confident faith is good,

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bold faith is better.

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We’ve decided that hearing about the [br]Holy Spirit without experiencing Him

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is silly.

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That believing in His presence without[br]seeing it manifested in signs and wonders

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is hypocrisy.

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That believing in healing without [br]seeing people healed is absurd.

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and that believing in deliverance [br]without people being delivered

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is absolutely ridiculous.

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We’ve decided to be Holy Spirit filled, [br]Holy Spirit led, and Holy Spirit empowered

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Anything less doesn’t work for us.

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We have decided to be the ones [br]telling the stories of God’s power,

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not the ones hearing about them.

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We have decided that living saved, [br]but not supernatural,

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is living below our privilege [br]and short of what Christ died for.

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We have decided that we’re a battleship,[br]not a cruise ship

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An army, [br]not an audience

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Special forces,[br]not spectators

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Missionaries,[br]not club members.

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We have decided to value[br]both pioneers and settlers

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Pioneers to expand our territory [br]and settlers to build on those territories

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But we are not squatters –

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People who take up space others have[br]fought for without improving it.

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We have decided to be infectious[br]instead of innocuous

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Contagious instead of quarantined

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Deadly instead of benign.

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We have decided to be radical lovers[br]and outrageous givers

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We have decided that we’re a[br]mission station, not a museum

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Therefore,

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we honor the past,

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but we don’t live in it.

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We live in the present[br]with our eyes on the future

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We see past events, success and failures[br]as stepping stones, not stop signs

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We pursue learning [br]in order to be transformed,

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not learning in order to know.

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We are people of engagement,[br]not observation

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We focus on what could be,[br]not on what is or has been

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We are not limited to the [br]4 walls of this building

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Our influence is not [br]restricted by location

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Not even the nations are ‘out of bounds’

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We are more concerned about[br]how many we send out into the world,

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Than how many we convince[br]to come into the building.

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This building is meant to be filled,[br]and it will be

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But it will not be the measure[br]of who we are,

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or the measure of our effectiveness

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We raise up world-changers, [br]not tour-guides

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We train commandos,[br]not committees

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We are people of our destiny,[br]not our history

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We have decided that it’s better to fail[br]while reaching for the impossible

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that God has planned for us [br]than succeed in settling for less

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We have decided that nothing short of [br]"His kingdom come, and His will be done

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in our world as it is in heaven"[br]will satisfy

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We have decided: we will not be satisfied

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until our world freaks out, and cries out:

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“those who have turned the world upside[br]down have come here too” (Acts 17:6)

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These are some of the decisions[br]that define who we are as a community

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and how we live our lives.

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These decisions are not destinations[br]but rather journeys

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Journeys along an ancient path,

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We’ve not found some new way,

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but rather rediscovered the path[br]as old as Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob

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The same path followed by Moses,[br]Joshua, Caleb, Paul, John, and Peter

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A path followed by [br]the first century church

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A church that revolutionized the culture[br]of the 1st century and beyond.

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It’s a path that will impact [br]the world we live in today

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It’s a path of bold faith

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Believing that what God says[br]is really true and acting on it

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It’s a path of outrageous generosity

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Giving our life away in order to[br]demonstrate his kingdom

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It’s a path of radical love

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Loving God with everything in us[br]and our neighbor as ourselves

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It’s a path of liberty,[br]freedom and healing

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On this path,

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you will find significance,[br]purpose and destiny

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It’s a path less traveled, however

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It’s not a path only available[br]to a select few

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But to whosoever will may come

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It’s for people of every [br]nation, tribe and tongue

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For those in any occupation or vocation.

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No matter where you are[br]on your life journey,

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there’s room on this path for you.