The Will of The Will of God: God: Our Mission Our Mission

Definition:Definition:

What God What God wants…wants…

His purpose….His purpose….

Pre-requisites for

knowing the will of

God: Rom 12:1-2

1. Offer your bodies as living sacrifices: commitment to God.

2. Be holy: set apart for God’s use.

3. Be pleasing to God: the standard for all we think, do and say.

4. Realize that true commitment is true worship.

5. Stop letting the world squeeze you into its mold.

6. Live a transformed life by the renewing of your mind.

THEN… you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is: it is good, pleasing and perfect!

What was God’s will for Adam and Eve?

1. To have fellowship with Him

2. To have a loving, family relationship

3. To do meaningful and productive work.

4. To obey.

How are we doing?

(Take the survey and tally your results)

Survey evaluation:

26-65 below average

66-104 average

105-130 above average

What can we do if we did not do well on our survey??

1. Make a concerted effort to emphasize these areas of the will of God in your own life.

2. Start with your own relationship with God. If you are not faithful in daily prayer and Bible study, begin there and keep at it.

3. Make the effort to work on your relationships with others, family members, spouse, neighbors, friends and fellow church members. Where there are breaches, mend them.

4. Take a look at how meaningful and productive your own ministry is within the church and in your personal life. If you find problems, work to fix them.

5. Be open and honest with God about any areas of disobedience and make corrections.

Helping our

Churches

1. Fellowship with God:

a.Teach and preach and

remind people that all we

do should enhance our

relationship and fellowship with God.

b. Don’t be so busy

working FOR God that

you forget to have

fellowship WITH Him.

c. Help people understand

that ‘doing religious

activities’ is not the

same as spending time

with Him.

d. Help them understand

how detrimental the

effects of disobedience

and unconfessed sin are

to an open relationship

with God.

e. Teach people what true

worship is and the

necessity of it in our

daily lives as well as on

Sundays.

f. Teach them the value

and necessity of prayer,

and the necessity of

listening to as well as

talking to God.

2. A loving relationship with others:

a. Plan for more ways for

people to get to know

each other on a personal

basis.

(1)fellowships/small and large groups

(2) Home Bible studies

(3) Members of the month info in newsletters

(4) Pictures and write-ups on new members

(5) Testimonies in services

b. Emphasize families and marriages(1) Classes (4) conflict mgmt

(2) Retreats seminars

(3) Fellowships (5) Sermon series

c. Teach and preach on

the need for Christians

to love and to forgive

each other.

d. Develop plans/ways to

minister to people in

crisis.

3. Meaningful and

productive work in the

Kingdom of God.

a.Classes on spiritual

gifts.

b. Develop an environment

where there is

expectation that all

members serve in

some capacity.

c. Allow members to

volunteer to “do their

passion” in some way:

art classes for the community,

building projects, etc.

d. Plan ways to encourage

and recognize those who

serve in various ways.

e. Develop service

opportunities for children

and youth.

4. Obedience

a.Emphasize seeking and

doing God’s will in all

aspects and decisions by

the church.

b. Teach people to seek daily for God’s will for their lives, and then it will more likely carry over into church activities and decisions.

c. Teach people what to do

when they have been

disobedient to God.

d. Foster an open and accepting attitude toward those who have been disobedient, but who are now seeking to be obedient to God.

e. Consider starting accountability groups or partners who will help each other in working on their obedience level with God.

Is the will of God YOUR mission and passion??

Ponder this……

God gave Adam and Eve only one thing NOT to do…

and they disobeyed Him….

He gave the children of

Israel 10 commandments

…. And they disobeyed

them all…

Jesus summed up all of the 10 commandments into just two….

And they could not keep them!

The Holy Spirit inspired the writing of the New Testament with more specific instructions….

…..for us….

Here are just a few:

1. Be holy for I am holy

2. Be filled with the Spirit

3. Forgive one another as I have forgiven you.

4. Be devoted to one another in brotherly love

5. Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you.

6. Do not judge, or you will be judged

7. Ask the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into the harvest

8. Go into all the world and preach the gospel

9. Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth

10. Be careful not to do your righteous acts before men

11. Be on guard against the yeast of the Pharisees

12. Be self-controlled and alert. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour.

There are many more….but why not start with these 12 as a way to start moving you and your church toward the commitment to doing God’s will as our mission and passion??