100 Days to a Healthier ChurchSample

Day 37 (Sunday)

Today’s Big Idea: KEEP your attention on Christ’s mission. In Weeks 1 and 2, we reaffirmed that Jesus is in charge of His church. Therefore, anything and everything we do should start and end with God’s will, not ours.

Key Verse: The number of disciples was increasing (Acts 6:1).

Thoughts to Consider: “The number of disciples was increasing.” That doesn’t sound like a problem, does it? Of course, it’s not. But more people means more complexity, and more complexity means more problems—or at least new problems. That’s what happened in the early church. The increased growth meant there were new challenges coming along.

That pattern has repeated itself throughout church history. We follow God, which brings blessings, then the blessings cause us to lose focus on the God who gave them.

In the first two weeks of this process, we reexamined Christ’s mission for his church and our part in it. As we approach Decision Day, there will be other important tasks that will tend to draw our attention away from this. Take some time to consider what we need to do to assure that we keep our attention focused on Christ and His mission.

What do we need to do to KEEP Christ’s mission as the focus of our attention?: