Central Assembly
Pastor Jim Bradford | September 30, 2018
Ephesians 4:16 NIV
Vision: What do we want to do?
We want to help people connect to . . .
- God
- Others
- Purpose
Values: How do we want to do it?
We want to be people who have . . .
- Hungry hearts
- Attentive eyes
- Linked arms
- Open hands
- God-sized footprint
Hungry Hearts: The shallow distractions of life never satisfy like the deep currents of God's truth.
John 14:6 NIV
John 6:35 NIV
John 7:37-38 NIV
Hungering for God keeps our work for Christ from replacing our walk with Christ.
- The Pharisees had externalized religion.
- The scribes had professionalized religion.
- The Sadducees had secularized religion.
- The Zealots nationalized religion.
(James Stewart)
1 Corinthians 1:9 NIV
"You have made us for Yourself, and our hearts are restless until they rest in You." (Augustine)
- Hungering for God opens us up to the power of the Spirit
Luke 24:49 NIV
Acts 1:8 NIV