Acts
Part 28: Sent to be Faithful
Sunday, June 4, 2023
Josh Weiland - August 27, 2023
Enduring Reach: Where God Is Taking Us
God loves to paint pictures of where he wants to take his people, then guides our steps as we plan and follow the lead of the Spirit. This week Pastor Josh paints a picture of where we believe God is taking us as a local church over the next 7 years. By 2030 the people of Wawasee Bible will engage in 10,000 Gospel Conversations and establish an Enduring Local Presence in at least two surrounding communities by meeting practical, emotional, and spiritual needs of people in the Greater Wawasee Lakes Area. Wawasee Bible will be known as a church that not only preaches but lives the truth of the biblical Gospel. The people of our communities will know that they are loved by Jesus and loved by us, and we will be known as a church with a passion for meeting the greatest spiritual needs of every person in our circle of influence.
Scripture References: Deuteronomy 8:1-10, Luke 14:28-32, Proverbs 20:18, Proverbs 14:15, Proverbs 16:9, Proverbs 16:3
From Series: "It's In Our DNA"
This series is about who we uniquely are as a local church (our Kingdom Concept, Mission, Core Values, Strategy, and Outcomes), and where God is taking us in the future.
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Sent to be Faithful
Acts 14 records the heart of Paul and Barnabas’s first journey to spread the Gospel. After being run out of Antioch, they head to Iconium where once again there is fruitfulness as they share the Gospel along with opposition to it. When a plan to mistreat and stone them surfaces, they move on to Lystra. In Lystra a crippled man is healed at Paul’s word. After witnessing the miracle, the crowds believe Barnabas and Paul to be Zeus and Hermes. When Paul and Barnabas insist they are not gods but mere men chaos ensues. Paul is stoned and dragged out of the city, assumed dead. After the disciples gather around him he rises, reenters the city then heads to Derbe the following day. Paul and Barnabas were ministering in a culture deeply divided, chaotic, and often opposed to the Gospel—not unlike our own. When the world is full of chaos, opposition, & division, our job is to be faithful and point people to Jesus, leaving the results to God. Pastor Josh also gave a helpful paradigm of “Receive, Reject, Redeem” for us to use as Christians as we interact with our culture.
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Wawasee Bible is a growing evangelical church located in north-central Indiana between the communities of Milford and Syracuse. We are sent to love people and invite them to follow Jesus with us.
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