Dear
Friends,
“In the beginning…” are the first
words that reveal the amazing story of God’s love for us. These words are the words of God to the world
he created with the intention that the creatures He made would worship Him.
As we prepare for Easter, my prayer
as your pastor, is that every person who hears the Easter story would recognize
the love of God in a personal application.
That love was made personal by a Savior,
Jesus Christ, God’s Son so that we could be reconciled, that is brought back,
to the relationship that sin broke between God and mankind!
We celebrate at Easter Christ’s
death and resurrection! This action by
our Savior gave us a new life and purpose for living for today!
What is the purpose of the church
and her mission?
You need to go back to the
beginning!
This reminded me of an example of
how successful companies recognize goals and expectations in promoting their
product.
For example, most soda manufacturing
companies were shut down during WWII because sugar was in short supply, but the
chairman of Coca-Cola convinced the U.S. Government that soldiers needed Coke
as a morale booster. Hence, Coke was
distributed to all the theaters of battle.
After the war, Coke had an immediate foothold in overseas markets
because they were instantly recognized!
What does this have to do with our
church, Easter and your spiritual life?
There are two fronts in the church
today where the church is being especially challenged.
The first is to communicate
the love of Jesus. It’s basic but it
involves the obvious. How do we show
Christian love modeled through Christ?
You see successful companies were
masters at communicating expectations.
At Sully Reformed, our goal should be to communicate, in various ways
and means, the value of relationships built on Jesus Christ.
The second front, that we as a
church should be actively addressing, is the ability to envision a goal in
Christ.
Basically, this means to develop
plans to “run the race for Christ” in a way that connects our mission with the
needs our community and world we face today and tomorrow!
I see so many dead, stagnant and
lethargic churches populated with members content to be the last one to “turn
the light out”! Pray that we never embrace that direction.
Easter is a time to return “to the
beginning” and celebrate being a church that is not self serving, but serving
for Christ!
Have
a Blessed Easter!
In
Christ,
