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Things the Church
Should Focus On |
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Elder
Mike Montgomery |
1. Let's
stop the worldly rhetoric, words to no profit, and start
talking about the scriptures.
John 5:39, 2 Tim 2:14-16, Acts 17:10-11
2. Let's
stop listening to the so-called experts first and the Lord
second, and start listening to the Lord first and foremost.
Mt 6:33,2 Tim 3:16-17, 1 Cor 1:25-31
3. Let's
stop being afraid of what might be or might happen, and
start being encouraged by the good hope we have in Jesus.
Mt 6:25,31,34, Heb 4:14-16, 1 Pet 1:3, 2 Th 2:16
4. Let's
stop being condescending, sarcastic, and judgmental of
others, and start esteeming others better than ourselves.
Jas 3:9-15, Phil 2:1-5, Rom 12:16
5. Let's
stop getting so worked up about carnal things, and start
getting excited about the Lord and his church.
Ps 37:3-8, Ps 122:1-9, Phil 4:8-9, Acts 2:37-47
6. Let's
stop fighting against each other, and start fighting for
each other and alongside each other.
Gal 5:13-15, Gal 6:1-2, Eph 6:12
7. Let's
stop letting the world drive us, and start letting the
Spirit lead us.
Rom 8:14-17, John 15:19,John 17:15-16, John 18:36
8. Let's
remember that the church is the house of God, the church of
the living God, the pillar and ground of the
truth;
not of all truth, but of a singular, glorious, and heavenly
truth; the truth of the ages: Jesus and Him Crucified.
Ps 122:1-9, 1 Tim 3:15-16
9. Let's
remember that the church is unlike any other organization on
the face of the earth. It cannot be run like
business. It is the public face of the glorious kingdom of
God.
Mt 22:21, Lu 20:25, Eph 3:11-16
10. Let's remember to hold on to that blessedness which we
knew when first we knew the Lord.
Lu 24:32 , Rom 4:6-8, Rom 5:1-5, Rev 2:1-7
11. Let's remember to love one another for Christ's sake and
look over one another in love and cast a mantle of
charity
over our beloved church family.
1 Cor 13, Col 3:12-17, Gal 6:10
12.
Let's remember Jesus, first and foremost, and not forget to
pray.
Phil 4:13, 1 Th 15:23, Jas 5:16 |
