Highlands Fellowship

Difference Maker (week 3)
November 17, 2019
Locations & Times
Highlands Fellowship Johnson City Campus
100 Centre Park Dr, Johnson City, TN 37615, USA
Sunday 9:30 AM
Sunday 11:00 AM
Difference Maker
THE CHURCH
“The eyes of the Lord search the whole earth in order to strengthen those whose hearts are fully committed to Him.”
2 Chron. 16:9a
WILL YOU HELP OUR CHURCH
MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THE LIVES OF 33,333 PEOPLE?
What Do You Think It Means To Be Fully Committed to the Church?
IMPERFECT PEOPLE EMBRACING IMPERFECT PEOPLE TO EXPERIENCE LIFE WITH JESUS
FIVE BENEFITS OF BEING FULLY COMMITTED TO MY CHURCH:
MY CHURCH HELPS ME CENTER MY LIFE AROUND GOD.
“‘Teacher, which is the most important commandment in the Law of Moses?’ Jesus replied. ‘You must love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, and all your mind. This is the first and greatest commandment.’” Matt. 22:36-38
MY CHURCH HELPS ME CONNECT WITH OTHER BELIEVERS
“A second is equally important: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself. The entire law and all the demands of the prophets are based on these two commandments.’” Matt. 22:39-40
“So now you… are no longer strangers and foreigners. You are citizens along with all of God’s holy people. You are members of God’s family.” Eph. 2:19
MY CHURCH HELPS ME GROW UP SPIRITUALLY
“Their responsibility is to equip God’s people to do his work and build up the church, the body of Christ. This will continue until we all come to such unity in our faith and knowledge of God’s Son that we will be mature in the Lord, measuring up to the full and complete standard of Christ. Then we will no longer be immature like children… Instead, we will speak the truth in love, growing in every way more and more like Christ, who is the head of his body, the church. He makes the whole body fit together perfectly. As each part does its own special work, it helps the other parts grow, so that the whole body is healthy and growing and full of love.” Eph. 4:12-16
“All the believers devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to fellowship, and to sharing in meals, and to prayer.” Acts 2:42
MY CHURCH HELPS ME GIVE SOMETHING BACK
“Just as bodies have many parts and each part has a special function, so it is with Christ’s body. We are all parts of his one body, and each of us has a different work to do.” Romans 12:4
“Since you excel in so many ways – in your faith, your gifted speakers, your knowledge, your enthusiasm, and your love from us, I want you to excel also in this gracious act of giving.” 2 Cor. 8:7
MY CHURCH HELPS ME SHARE GOD’S MESSAGE
“And all of this is a gift from God, who brought us back to himself through Christ. And God has given us this task of reconciling people to him. For God was in Christ, reconciling the world to himself, no longer counting people’s sins against them. And he gave us this wonderful message of reconciliation.” 2 Cor. 5:18-19
“I will build my church, and all the powers of hell will not conquer it.” Matt. 16:18b
THE CHURCH
“The eyes of the Lord search the whole earth in order to strengthen those whose hearts are fully committed to Him.”
2 Chron. 16:9a
WILL YOU HELP OUR CHURCH
MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THE LIVES OF 33,333 PEOPLE?
What Do You Think It Means To Be Fully Committed to the Church?
IMPERFECT PEOPLE EMBRACING IMPERFECT PEOPLE TO EXPERIENCE LIFE WITH JESUS
FIVE BENEFITS OF BEING FULLY COMMITTED TO MY CHURCH:
MY CHURCH HELPS ME CENTER MY LIFE AROUND GOD.
“‘Teacher, which is the most important commandment in the Law of Moses?’ Jesus replied. ‘You must love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, and all your mind. This is the first and greatest commandment.’” Matt. 22:36-38
MY CHURCH HELPS ME CONNECT WITH OTHER BELIEVERS
“A second is equally important: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself. The entire law and all the demands of the prophets are based on these two commandments.’” Matt. 22:39-40
“So now you… are no longer strangers and foreigners. You are citizens along with all of God’s holy people. You are members of God’s family.” Eph. 2:19
MY CHURCH HELPS ME GROW UP SPIRITUALLY
“Their responsibility is to equip God’s people to do his work and build up the church, the body of Christ. This will continue until we all come to such unity in our faith and knowledge of God’s Son that we will be mature in the Lord, measuring up to the full and complete standard of Christ. Then we will no longer be immature like children… Instead, we will speak the truth in love, growing in every way more and more like Christ, who is the head of his body, the church. He makes the whole body fit together perfectly. As each part does its own special work, it helps the other parts grow, so that the whole body is healthy and growing and full of love.” Eph. 4:12-16
“All the believers devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to fellowship, and to sharing in meals, and to prayer.” Acts 2:42
MY CHURCH HELPS ME GIVE SOMETHING BACK
“Just as bodies have many parts and each part has a special function, so it is with Christ’s body. We are all parts of his one body, and each of us has a different work to do.” Romans 12:4
“Since you excel in so many ways – in your faith, your gifted speakers, your knowledge, your enthusiasm, and your love from us, I want you to excel also in this gracious act of giving.” 2 Cor. 8:7
MY CHURCH HELPS ME SHARE GOD’S MESSAGE
“And all of this is a gift from God, who brought us back to himself through Christ. And God has given us this task of reconciling people to him. For God was in Christ, reconciling the world to himself, no longer counting people’s sins against them. And he gave us this wonderful message of reconciliation.” 2 Cor. 5:18-19
“I will build my church, and all the powers of hell will not conquer it.” Matt. 16:18b
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