It’s Time to Grow Up.
Ephesians 4:14-15 says none of us are meant to stay as spiritual infants. I’ve met people in churches who’ve told me they’ve been Christians for 30 years – when the truth is they’ve actually been Christian for one year, 30 times!
One woman slept nightly with her pet python sprawled across her body. Eventually, the snake stopped eating so she was worried about it. A vet discovered the snake was curling itself around her to size her up, and starving itself as preparation to devour her!
The poor, the lost, the hurting, and the broken are not problems to be solved or burdens to be borne; they are gifts to us, because they help us experience God’s grace afresh as we meet Jesus in their faces
The old way Pastors used to brag was how many people I have in my church (newsflash – it’s not yours). The new way in the circles I move in is ‘how many churches I’ve planted….’
But what if the true measure of success in ministry isn’t about numbers or achievements?
Heaven’s desire and decree is for 2025 to be a year of EXPANSION as the Lord is calling us to stretch wider, dig deeper, and expand beyond what we have yet experienced or ever imagined.
Here’s how I want this vision to inspire and shape my own leadership in 2025 and I invite you to consider it too.
HAPPY NEW YEAR! Last year was Ivy’s year of _____________________________ Our goal continues: “To be a supernatural community that’s all about ________”. Key Scripture for 2025 Isaiah _________ – God wants to do a bigger work in and through each of us this year. – How do we get ready? “Believe Me and _______________ yourself.” 2025: The Year of __________________________ How? – Go deeper – Stretch wider – Grow generationally We start next week our SHAPE Series. Every believer has a unique SHAPE for ministry 1. S – Spiritual _____________ – What am I gifted to do? – “Each has his own gift from God…” _(1 Corinthians 7:7)_ 2. H – Heart – What do I ___________to do?* – “God works in you to will and to do…” _(Philippians 2:13)_ 3. A – Abilities – What am I able to do? – “Our c___________________ comes from God.” _(2 Corinthians 3:5)_ 4. P – Personality – What am I made to do? (Romans 12:6) 5. E – Experiences – What can I help others to do? – God uses spiritual, educational, and even painful experiences _(2 Corinthians 1:4)_. Take Action in 2025: […]
Church is not a place you go; it’s a people you belong to and a mission you live out.
This isn’t about what you aspire to do; it’s about what matters so much you’ll perspire to get it done.
If we love in the truth,
And are faithful to one another in the truth
And walk together in the truth
We will work together for the truth.
Every time someone mentions a name to me, I put them on a matrix of character and competence. Can you be trusted?