We are in the middle of our series on Getting Calvary Back on Track and have covered the main mission of the church. We have been created by God to glorify Him. The church exists to reveal and display the glory of God. This glory revealing is basically going public with the fame of God. We are to let the world know that everything is about God!

“Now to him who is able to do far more abundantly than all that we ask or think, according to the power at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, forever and ever. Amen.” (Ephesians 3:20-21)

Now that we know what our focus is we can ask, “How do we get there?” God has given at least four means that we honor Him as a church. These are four tools in our toolbox; these are four avenues to travel in spreading God’s fame to the world; these are four truths we tenaciously hold to…

First, we gather to worship God. Our gathering is not focused on entertainment but on worship. We don’t want to be about us, but about God.

Second, we grow in the grace and knowledge of God. We accomplish this primarily through Sunday school groups that meet at 9:15 on Sunday morning. Keith Higginbotham our Sunday School Director knocked the ball out of the park on Sunday night during the vision casting meeting. What a blessing it is to have a guy like this leading us.

We are praying and planning that this grows and more classes are added to meet that numerical growth. We are also praying for new groups to form. We could easily see small pockets of men, women, couples, and students meeting for prayer, accountability and encouragement throughout the week. All of these groups meet for the purpose of helping us find strength in God (1 Samuel 23:16).

Third, we give of ourselves to the Lord. This giving includes our time, talents, and treasures. God created us to be givers, not takers. Giving takes sacrifice and everyone in the church is called upon to sacrifice to see the gospel advance in the kingdom of darkness. We are not called upon to give with an eye on others; we always give to God, not because He is needy but because He is worthy. Paul attributed the following statement to Jesus,

“It is more blessed to give than to receive.” (Acts 20:35)

We will cover the fourth avenue next week. Until then…

Grace & Peace,