COW TIPPING WEEK 3 March 20, 2011
WE ARE STILL COW TIPPING!-KNOCKING OVER SACRED COWS!
- COWS: PERSONAL LIVES! CHURCH WORLD! -LOSE FOCUS!
Last week-THE CHURCH-BOX… FOCUS SO MUCH ON THE BOX…
- FORGET OUR PURPOSE!
SOME MAY SAY…YOU WERE HARD ON THE CHURCH!
AREN’T YOU A CHURCH…IT’S IN YOUR LOGO-NAME!
- BEGINNING: DESIRE TO BE DIFFERENT! (NOT PERFECT!!)
- HEARD about us: WE ARE DIFFERENT! (MOST AGREE WITH THIS!)
- LOOKING: SOMETHING DIFFERENT…WELCOME! (OUT OF THE BOX)
SO WHAT’S THAT MEAN? BIBLE CONCEPT?
OUR PURPOSE IS TO BE A FORCE IN OUR COMMUNITY-WORLD!
…I will put together my church, a church so expansive with energy that not even the gates of hell will be able to keep it out. Matthew 16:18
JESUS SAID…EXPANSIVE WITH ENERGY!
- AT TIMES…CHURCH SEEMS TO BE…BARELY AWAKE!
WHAT DO YOU MEAN BARELY AWAKE?
- IGNORED PROBLEMS AROUND US… JAPAN VIDEO…AIDS…GENOCIDE
WHAT ARE WE DOING TO HELP?...WHAT CAN WE DO?
TIP SACRED COW #2…MISSION WORK!
- CRAZY OLD COUPLE WITH A SLIDE SHOW
- SOMEBODY ELSE…NOT ME!
IT’S HARD…BUT WE CAN TIP THIS BAD BOY!
UNDERSTAND: ALL OF US ARE CALLED TO DO SOMETHING!
It is He who saved us and chose us for His Holy work, not because we deserved it, but because it was His plan. 2 Timothy 1:9
UNDERSTAND: ANYONECAN DO IT?
- 4YEAR OLD-BIRTHDAY GIFTS-FOR SICK!
- HIGH SCHOOL-JUAREZ, MEXICO AND SUTTONS PICS
- DRINK COFFEE—DO GOOD! Drink coffee do goodPICS
- CRASH JAPAN.COM!—MINISTERS MEETING NEEDS!
- BUSINESS MAN- $60,000 FOR GIRLS HOME!
- STREET LIGHTS VIDEO--100 PEOPLE SPONSOR A CHILD PICS OF US
UNDERSTAND: WHERE THE MISSION FIELDIS LOCATED?
- NOT ALL OVERSEAS! OUR COMMUNITY!
UNDERSTAND:IT’S NOT ALL HARD TO DO!-LOCAL OPPS!
- INVITE A FRIEND-EASTER- CENTURY TEL PICS
- TAKE A KID TO ABASKETBALL GAME-
- OFFER TO BABYSIT FOR A COUPLE WHO IS STRUGGLING!
- PLAY IN GOLF TOURNAMENTS- FCA- GAREN OF ANGELS
- WALK IN COMPASSION DASH- BRYAN JAEGER
- TAKE A KIDTO MOVIE-FREE FAMILY FILM FEST!- SAVED MONEY!
- EAT-SMASH BURGER WHICH WICH FUDRUCKERS-
- WE CREATED A LIST ON LINE—LOCAL OPPS!
UNDERSTAND:THE STRATEGY HAS CHANGED!
- PAINTBALL ILLUS.- I WAS TARGET PRACTICE—HIDE!!
- BEAT UP—DEFEATED! BRUISED! WORTHLESS!
- SINGLE SHOT –OUT NUMBERED! JESUS CHANGED THE STRATEGY!
- AUTOMATIC --GOD IS WITH ME!
- I WAS TURNED LOOSE! NO MORE HIDING!
NO LONGER HUMAN ABILITY…SINGLE SHOT! HOUR ON WEEKEND!
JESUS HAS TURNED YOU LOOSE-ALL OF LIFE--CHURCH ON THE MOVE!
Now you are the body of Christ, and each one of you is a part of it! 1 Cor 12:27
The way God designed our bodies is a model for understanding our lives together as a church: every part dependent on every other part…1 COR 12
Each person is given something to do that shows who God is: Everyone gets in on it, everyone benefits. 1 Cor. 12:
VIDEO –A SMALL ACT