WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:02.777 This is called, “Decisions that Define Us” 00:00:04.839 --> 00:00:09.005 We have decided, that teaching the Gospel without demonstrating it is not enough 00:00:10.416 --> 00:00:14.321 Good preaching, good doctrine, being good people is not enough 00:00:15.980 --> 00:00:19.086 We’ve decided that having a good church club is not enough 00:00:19.754 --> 00:00:22.189 Good fellowship – it’s not enough 00:00:22.629 --> 00:00:26.089 Just being a member of that club is not enough 00:00:26.826 --> 00:00:31.032 We’ve decided that having good bible studies is good, but not good enough. 00:00:31.655 --> 00:00:34.068 That just making it to heaven is not our goal 00:00:34.368 --> 00:00:38.238 And that knowing about God without truly knowing and experiencing God 00:00:38.238 --> 00:00:40.273 is meaningless. 00:00:41.295 --> 00:00:44.042 We’ve decided that having good programs is not enough, 00:00:44.242 --> 00:00:48.279 That change without transformation is intolerable 00:00:49.415 --> 00:00:52.252 And that staying the same is not an option. 00:00:53.484 --> 00:00:56.320 We’ve decided that gifting without character is futile 00:00:57.959 --> 00:01:02.081 We’ve decided that singing songs without worshipping is hollow 00:01:02.081 --> 00:01:05.700 And having meetings without God showing up is pointless 00:01:06.730 --> 00:01:11.128 We’ve decided that having faith without works is not enough 00:01:11.128 --> 00:01:14.185 And having works without love is not acceptable NOTE Paragraph 00:01:14.975 --> 00:01:17.776 That our function comes out of our relationship 00:01:17.776 --> 00:01:21.116 1) with the Father and 2) with each other. 00:01:22.296 --> 00:01:24.916 We have decided that reading about the book of Acts 00:01:24.916 --> 00:01:27.888 without living the book of Acts is unthinkable. 00:01:29.060 --> 00:01:31.722 We’ve decided that confident faith is good, 00:01:32.800 --> 00:01:34.192 bold faith is better. 00:01:35.989 --> 00:01:40.568 We’ve decided that hearing about the Holy Spirit without experiencing Him 00:01:41.545 --> 00:01:42.367 is silly. 00:01:44.175 --> 00:01:49.007 That believing in His presence without seeing it manifested in signs and wonders 00:01:49.773 --> 00:01:51.080 is hypocrisy. 00:01:52.647 --> 00:01:56.805 That believing in healing without seeing people healed is absurd. 00:01:57.293 --> 00:02:01.053 and that believing in deliverance without people being delivered 00:02:01.053 --> 00:02:03.157 is absolutely ridiculous. 00:02:04.398 --> 00:02:10.528 We’ve decided to be Holy Spirit filled, Holy Spirit led, and Holy Spirit empowered 00:02:10.528 --> 00:02:13.499 Anything less doesn’t work for us. 00:02:14.698 --> 00:02:18.572 We have decided to be the ones telling the stories of God’s power, 00:02:18.572 --> 00:02:21.040 not the ones hearing about them. 00:02:23.143 --> 00:02:26.881 We have decided that living saved, but not supernatural, 00:02:26.881 --> 00:02:31.751 is living below our privilege and short of what Christ died for. 00:02:33.957 --> 00:02:37.374 We have decided that we’re a battleship, not a cruise ship 00:02:38.726 --> 00:02:40.926 An army, not an audience 00:02:41.452 --> 00:02:44.297 Special forces, not spectators 00:02:44.963 --> 00:02:47.700 Missionaries, not club members. 00:02:48.915 --> 00:02:52.773 We have decided to value both pioneers and settlers 00:02:52.773 --> 00:02:58.197 Pioneers to expand our territory and settlers to build on those territories 00:02:58.197 --> 00:03:00.371 But we are not squatters – 00:03:01.277 --> 00:03:05.752 People who take up space others have fought for without improving it. 00:03:07.222 --> 00:03:10.882 We have decided to be infectious instead of innocuous 00:03:11.988 --> 00:03:14.725 Contagious instead of quarantined 00:03:15.795 --> 00:03:18.132 Deadly instead of benign. 00:03:19.720 --> 00:03:23.603 We have decided to be radical lovers and outrageous givers 00:03:24.671 --> 00:03:28.906 We have decided that we’re a mission station, not a museum NOTE Paragraph 00:03:30.171 --> 00:03:32.081 Therefore, 00:03:32.081 --> 00:03:33.583 we honor the past, 00:03:33.583 --> 00:03:35.783 but we don’t live in it. 00:03:36.883 --> 00:03:39.718 We live in the present with our eyes on the future 00:03:40.694 --> 00:03:47.260 We see past events, success and failures as stepping stones, not stop signs 00:03:48.131 --> 00:03:52.060 We pursue learning in order to be transformed, 00:03:52.060 --> 00:03:55.499 not learning in order to know. 00:03:57.003 --> 00:04:00.005 We are people of engagement, not observation 00:04:00.774 --> 00:04:05.512 We focus on what could be, not on what is or has been 00:04:06.897 --> 00:04:10.082 We are not limited to the 4 walls of this building 00:04:10.082 --> 00:04:13.554 Our influence is not restricted by location 00:04:14.302 --> 00:04:17.160 Not even the nations are ‘out of bounds’ 00:04:18.092 --> 00:04:22.362 We are more concerned about how many we send out into the world, 00:04:22.362 --> 00:04:26.000 Than how many we convince to come into the building. 00:04:27.222 --> 00:04:30.070 This building is meant to be filled, and it will be 00:04:30.330 --> 00:04:33.540 But it will not be the measure of who we are, 00:04:33.540 --> 00:04:35.708 or the measure of our effectiveness 00:04:36.811 --> 00:04:40.046 We raise up world-changers, not tour-guides 00:04:41.043 --> 00:04:44.539 We train commandos, not committees 00:04:45.119 --> 00:04:48.522 We are people of our destiny, not our history 00:04:50.756 --> 00:04:55.162 We have decided that it’s better to fail while reaching for the impossible 00:04:55.162 --> 00:04:59.163 that God has planned for us than succeed in settling for less 00:05:00.704 --> 00:05:05.942 We have decided that nothing short of "His kingdom come, and His will be done 00:05:05.942 --> 00:05:09.443 in our world as it is in heaven" will satisfy 00:05:11.677 --> 00:05:14.207 We have decided: we will not be satisfied 00:05:14.212 --> 00:05:17.295 until our world freaks out, and cries out: 00:05:17.295 --> 00:05:21.249 “those who have turned the world upside down have come here too” (Acts 17:6) 00:05:22.694 --> 00:05:27.595 These are some of the decisions that define who we are as a community 00:05:27.595 --> 00:05:29.564 and how we live our lives. 00:05:30.930 --> 00:05:35.099 These decisions are not destinations but rather journeys 00:05:36.153 --> 00:05:38.671 Journeys along an ancient path, 00:05:38.671 --> 00:05:40.882 We’ve not found some new way, 00:05:40.882 --> 00:05:44.944 but rather rediscovered the path as old as Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob 00:05:45.979 --> 00:05:50.877 The same path followed by Moses, Joshua, Caleb, Paul, John, and Peter 00:05:52.202 --> 00:05:55.024 A path followed by the first century church 00:05:55.754 --> 00:06:00.060 A church that revolutionized the culture of the 1st century and beyond. 00:06:01.120 --> 00:06:04.802 It’s a path that will impact the world we live in today 00:06:05.132 --> 00:06:07.757 It’s a path of bold faith 00:06:07.757 --> 00:06:11.601 Believing that what God says is really true and acting on it 00:06:12.225 --> 00:06:15.843 It’s a path of outrageous generosity NOTE Paragraph 00:06:15.843 --> 00:06:19.249 Giving our life away in order to demonstrate his kingdom 00:06:20.262 --> 00:06:22.616 It’s a path of radical love 00:06:22.616 --> 00:06:26.520 Loving God with everything in us and our neighbor as ourselves 00:06:27.235 --> 00:06:30.159 It’s a path of liberty, freedom and healing 00:06:30.690 --> 00:06:32.787 On this path, 00:06:32.787 --> 00:06:37.565 you will find significance, purpose and destiny 00:06:38.477 --> 00:06:41.367 It’s a path less traveled, however 00:06:43.717 --> 00:06:46.739 It’s not a path only available to a select few 00:06:47.558 --> 00:06:50.338 But to whosoever will may come 00:06:51.459 --> 00:06:54.065 It’s for people of every nation, tribe and tongue 00:06:54.065 --> 00:06:57.149 For those in any occupation or vocation. 00:06:57.619 --> 00:06:59.795 No matter where you are on your life journey, 00:06:59.795 --> 00:07:03.256 there’s room on this path for you.