Love For A Broken World

Love for a Broken World

“Remember your leaders, who spoke the word of God to you. Consider the outcome of their way of life

and imitate their faith. 8 Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.” Hebrew 13:7

Intro: I want to talk to you today about “Love for a Broken World.”

The world is so full of brokenness and broken people.

There needs to be a place where people can come into the presence of God.

A place to worship the Father, Son and Holy Spirit.

Because of the pain and struggle of daily life

We need somewhere to rest our mind, heart and soul.

The world needs a savior.

We need a place to worship God.

We thank God for how God loves us and how we can boldly come to God through the blood of Jesus Christ.

We thank God that we can come here every week and worship together.

We praise God for the opportunity to that we have to worship and serve together.

There needs to be people who love and care and encourage the poor, the weak, the sick, the lost and the broken.

I thank God for each person here who serves.

We thank God for the Nurture team.

The Nurture team is responsible for membership care.

Their duty is to be in contact with you.

To pray for the members.

To help the members who are going through a difficult time.

To share the joys of the members who are celebrating.

To keep track of who may be missing.

To reach out to our members who live away from Johnson County.

There needs to be servants who will minister to the members needs in the church.

We thank God for the Outreach team.

Outreach is responsible for serving the people in the community.

Their mission is to reach out to those around us with food, and clothing, and shelter,

and to share the hope that comes from the cross and the risen savior.

It is spoon and cross

It is clothes and grave clothes

It is food for the body and food for the soul

It is financial help and spiritual help.

There needs to be servants whose mission is to the hurting and needy unchurched in the community.

We thank God for the Witness Team.

The Witness team are the pray warriors and the messengers.

Those who will pray together.

Those who will reach out hands to the lost world and cry with those who are crying,

And Love those who feel unlovable.

To preach and teach and testify

that there is something better, something greater, something bigger than your problems.

That Jesus is the way not only to salvation

But the way to real change in this life.

There needs to be servants whose ministry is to win the lost to Christ.

There needs to be ministry to Children, and Youth and also to the parents and young adult.

We must not neglect our Senior adults

Women’s group and Men’s group

Family Life Group

And Trustees, and Finance, and Staff Pastor Parish Relations

Administrative Council.

And all the other groups that work within these categories.

Can you imagine

Will you dream with me

What does it look like when all the people are working together in unity, and harmony for the same good?

with all the committees and teams and Missions and Ministry groups

All meeting and planning and sharing and following through with the work that each one is responsible for

what does that Kingdom look like?

What does that community look like?

What do you look like as you work and serve God and others?

I thank God that we have a place to come and worship and settle in and call our home church.

And teams of people who work to bring so many other people onto the church property

and into the church building

which gives us the chance to tell them about Jesus

and share our faith and tell the Good News of what Jesus has done for us and can also do for them.

I pray that God will give you greater vision for what the church and community needs.

That God will give us wisdom, strength and courage that we can be here in this place and in this community

That we can worship God and serve on another and also be the church for the people that God wants us to be.

Now, I want to turn your attention to the book of Titus.

We can learn a lot about serving God and loving others from Titus.

The book of Titus may not be very familiar to you.

It is often overlooked because it only has 46 verses.

But it is awesome. It has so many amazing things to teach us.