Episode 135: Target Practice

Episode 135: Target Practice

 

1 Peter 2:9-12   9 But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his possession, so that you may proclaim the praises of the one who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light. 10 Once you were not a people, but now you are God’s people; you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy. -- 1 Peter 2:9-10 (CSB)   Does your church have a target problems A floating target? Following fads  Constantly redefining the target   The wrong target? Shooting at a metric that Jesus didn’t Bodies, Baptisms and Budgets   No target? Not intentional If you aim at nothing - you will hit it every time   The target The church exists for one timeless purpose- to glorify God by making disciples   3  identities on the target We are worshippers. Vs 5 and 9                 We are family               Not just as individuals but collectively               “One another” is used over 70 times in scripture               We are sharing life together   We are missionaries to everyone else              Vs 11-12 Our identity fuels us   And directs us