We’re in the beginning stages of a new sermon series titled “A Vital Connection.” It’s about, as “vital” implies, life and vitality in the local church. The first three sermons are about taking our church’s vital signs. Week one was the heartbeat of the local church, worship of God. Week two was about breath, specifically inhaling and serving one another. Week three will be exhaling and serving the world.
The point is that these three vital signs will be present in a local church if we are alive, and that we must constantly monitor these sign to see how we’re doing. Then it will transition from what a vital church is, to being vitally connected to that church. The theme is “God wants you to be vitally connected to your local church,” and the idea is that vitality flows both ways. We receive life from being vitally connected, but we have life to give as well. We’ll examine our gifts to show how that is the life God has empowered us with for the benefit of the entire body.
If you are not vitally connected to your local church you are not a vital Christian. How that looks from church to church and christian to christian might be slightly different. God’s gifts are “manifold” (1 Peter 4:10). But the premise will always be true for every Christian. Are you vitally connected to the body of Christ?
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June 30, 2008 at 1:18 pm
More of us need to be checking our pulse. We desperately need healthy churches. It is not enough to just keep the doors open and the lights on. Sounds like a good series.
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