Stress: Under New Management: Finding the strength to keep going Introduction: When you’re emotionally worn out and are searching for strength, you need a strategy to recharge your spiritual and emotional battery. In this message, we look at 4 truths from God’s Word about how to keep on going when you feel like giving up.…
Raise The Sails: Train believers Introduction: When a person accepts Christ, our work is only just beginning. The first few years — and even the first 24 hours — are vital in establishing a new believer’s walk with the Lord. The process of helping a new believer grow in his faith is training or “follow-up.”…
Raise The Sails: Casting the Vision Introduction: Virtually every business, and every church for that matter, has produced vision and mission statements. They create a vision by visualizing what their ideal business/church will look like and then implement a specific plan to make the vision a reality. Vision and mission statements are not a bad…
Raise The Sails: Start new groups Introduction: They go by different names—small groups, care groups, discipleship groups, grace groups, breakout groups. Whatever they are called, the basic idea is the same: a small gathering of people interested in spiritual growth. Small groups foster close relationships and integral community; they enable people to participate in focused…
Raise The Sails: Go out amongst the lost Introduction: Life often presents moments where one must choose to either stay where they are or attempt to go where we want to be. What makes the choice difficult is that there is a barrier between “are” and “want to be” that will require courage to cross…