Sermon notes
The mission at Northside Christian Church is to connect people to Christ and one another.
Global outreach strategy is: going & sending, welcoming & mobilizing.
Core values are celebrate in worship, contribute to ministry, connect to a group and commit wholeheartedly
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Our hearts must be set only on what delights His heart.
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Our souls must be satisfied only with what pleases Him.
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Our minds must be anchored only to His word as the final authority.
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Our strength must be spent on what serves Him alone.
What do you have to give the one who has everything? You’re everything!
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Love for Jesus must surpass love for family
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Love for Jesus must surpass love for self
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Love for God must surpass the things of this world.
We do not live by rules but by relationships!
Carey Nieuwhof wrote blog – entitled: Why do we hate each other so much? 5 reasons anger is the new epidemic.
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YOU’RE NATURALLY MORE AGGRESSIVE ONLINE THAN YOU ARE IN PERSON
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HATE GENERATES MORE CLICKS THAN LOVE
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ANGER CAN GET YOU HEARD, EVEN WHEN YOU HAVE NOTHING TO SAY
Mark 12:30-31b Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength….& Love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no commandment greater than these.”