CORE VALUE: GROW
A God-sized Goal: To glorify God through exponential discipleship.
Disciples, making disciples, making disciples, making disciples, etc.
11 And he gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the shepherds and teachers, 12 to equip the saints for the work of ministry, for building up the body of Christ. Ephesians 4:11-12 ESV
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EQUIP THE SAINTS
Disciple-making begins with equipping each disciple of Jesus Christ to live out these five Core Values: Worship, Serve, Reach, Connect, and Grow.
18 And Jesus came and said to them, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. 19 Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.” Matthew 28:18-20 ESV
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Disciples grow as they learn to OBEY the commands of Jesus.
15 “If you love me, you will keep my commandments.” John 14:15 ESV
28 [Jesus] said, “Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and keep it!” Luke 11:28 ESV
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1: OPEN God’s Word.
16 All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, 17 that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work. 2 Timothy 3:16-17 ESV
12 For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart. Hebrew 4:12 ESV
14 “I have given them your word, and the world has hated them because they are not of the world, just as I am not of the world.” John 17:14 ESV
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2: BELIEVE what you read is true.
16 But they have not all obeyed the gospel. For Isaiah says, “Lord, who has believed what he has heard from us?” 17 So faith comes from hearing, and hearing through the word of Christ. Romans 10:16-17 ESV
14 “Let not your hearts be troubled. Believe in God; believe also in me.” John 14:1 ESV
8 “For I have given them the words that you gave me, and they have received them and have come to know in truth that I came from you; and they have believed that you sent me.” John 17:8 ESV
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3: EXPECT Jesus to transform you.
9 How can a young man keep his way pure? By guarding it according to your word. Psalm 119:9 ESV
2 Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect. Romans 12:2 ESV
17 “Sanctify them in the truth; your word is truth.” John 17:17 ESV
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4: YIELD to the help of the Holy Spirit.
16 “And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Helper, to be with you forever, 17 even the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees him nor knows him. You know him, for he dwells with you and will be in you.” John 14:16-17 ESV
25 “These things I have spoken to you while I am still with you. 26 But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things and bring to your remembrance all that I have said to you.” John 14:25-26 ESV
26 “But when the Helper comes, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth, who proceeds from the Father, he will bear witness about me.” John 15:26 ESV
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O pen God’s Word.
B elieve what you read is true.
E xpect Jesus to transform you.
Y ield to the help of the Holy Spirit.
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