Making it Personal
This morning we talked about walking in the Light personally. We cannot walk as a church if we are not walking personally. Once we get walking in the Light personally, we will be able to walk in the Light corporately.
God has also blessed this church with people who have a willing spirit. When there is a job to do, many jump in. The misconnect comes when there is no direction or knowledge on what to do next which falls
on the shoulders of leadership.
There are a few things that we need to work on this year. First, is in the area of witnessing and this is probably true of most churches in America. This however, is a personal responsibility more than it is a corporate responsibility.
Next, is our interpersonal relationships with each other. We have no problem loving on people and visitors, but we tend to get busy when dealing with each other. I think one simple thing we can do to help resolve this problem is a prayer chain. This will keep us in touch and praying for each other.
Thirdly, we need to visit each other more often. I realize that visitation might bring up some not so good feelings, but the fact of the matter is, a visit means much more than a call or an email. We need to be calling, in person, on each other especially those who are going through hardships.
Lastly, we discussed the idea of missions. God has blessed us with a giving attitude. However, I feel we can do more in the area of missions. God seems to really reach down and bless the missions minded churches. We will be looking into faith promise in the near future and praying about what God wants us to do next in missions.