A Church that Loves!

In my trial sermon message I shared that the church that "KEEPS THE MAIN THING THE MAIN THING" is a church that will be known as a church that loves!

• There will be a love for God! A church that keeps the main thing main thing is a church that is in love with God. The natural outflow of that love for God is a church that truly worships! The worship services will be powerful and verticle. By verticle I mean that they will be directed in an upward direction to the "Heavenly Father."
• There will be a love for God's Word! I don't believe that you can love the Father without loving HIS Word! A church that keeps the main thing the main thing is a church that cherishes the truth of the Word of God. There will be a strong emphasis on teaching, discipleship and spiritual growth and maturity!
• There will be a love for each other. There is an old chorus that I sang as a teenager in our youth group at First Baptist Church of Piedmont, Alabama. The words are so true: We are one in the Spirit, we are one in the Lord...and they will know we are Christians by our love, by our love, yes they'll know that we are Christians by our love! TRUE! TRUE! A church that keeps the main thing the main thing will be know as a church that loves each other!
• There will be a love for the community. Acts 1:8 is very clear! We will become "witnesses." We have been empowered to share the love of God in our community. God loves Sylacauga adn He wants to express that love THROUGH us. If oru church keeps the main the main thing WE WILL LOVE THIS COMMUNITY! We will do whatever it takes to share that love -- even if it means change...even if it means moving out of our comfort zone!

The MAIN THING is Jesus! Le't keep it that way!