Our mission statement says “Transformed by God to bring hope to others through Christ”.

We believe this concise, yet powerful statement gives light and guidance to our purpose as the church and as individual believers.

This teaching series, called Mission in Action, is not just to help us understand our mission more deeply, but to engage in the mission in these days.

As we continue in our series, we want to understand, and affirm, that God is central in our mission.

The Lord speaks directly to his people, saying that in covenant relationship with Him- he is the exclusive one to whom we give ourselves. He is to be the center and the focus of our lives- and there is to be no other.

If we are in relationship with God- we cannot be worshiping or giving ourselves to another- that’s not covenant.

Our world is full of false gods: wealth, power, prosperity, self-sufficiency, freedom, my sin-of-choice, my rights, etc.

But our mission statement points us to the one and only God, existing in the nature of the Trinity: God the Father, God the Son, Jesus the Christ, and God the Holy Spirit.

Nazarene Article of Faith #1:
We believe in one eternally existent, infinite God, Sovereign Creator and Sustainer of the universe; that He only is God, holy in nature, attributes, and purpose. The God who is holy love and light is Triune in essential being, revealed as Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

We can’t reach others with hope until and unless we are being transformed.
And we won't be truly transformed until He takes His rightful place in our lives.
As we surrender completely to Him, He transforms us.
We are transformed by God!

A prayer of response:
God, I need you. You alone are worthy of my worship, my life.

Verses for further study/reflection:
Deuteronomy 5:1-10
Isaiah 40:28
Revelation 1:8
Psalm 18:30
Isaiah 44:6
Jeremiah 51:15
Zephaniah 3:17
Genesis 1:1