A brand new motto.
January 20, 2012
In this adventure of planting The Link I have adapted a new motto.
This motto stems from conversations where people make statements like,
“New England is the Church Planting graveyard” or “It is impossible to
plant a church in Boston, it just doesnʼt work here, people are too busy.”
It is at that moment, when you are meeting resistance and pessimism, that you have two options:
1. Crumble like an over baked chocolate chip cookie.
2. Get motivated.
I’ll take the latter. What’s sad is that 9 times out of 10, these people are Christ followers. Now I know this is not an easy task and we are going to have to have a new approach to reach these people but come on!
We have CHRIST on our side!
So as a result of these conversations I have adopted this new motto.
“Haters are motivators cause all things are possible through Christ.”
Check out what Paul is telling the people of Ephesus in Ephesian 1:19-23:
“19 I also pray that you will understand the incredible greatness of Godʼs power for us who believe him. This is the same mighty power 20 that raised Christ from the dead and seated him in the place of honor at Godʼs right hand in the heavenly realms. 21 Now he is far above any ruler or authority or power or leader or anything else—not only in this world but also in the world to come. 22 God has put all things under the authority of Christ and has made him head over all things for the benefit of the church. 23 And the church is his body; it is made full and complete by Christ, who fills all things everywhere with himself.”
Paul was trying to help the people of Ephesus gain spiritual wisdom and encourage them to realize that God is on their side. There is no leader, organization, or culture that can stop Christ. No matter how hard an area is, or how big of a struggle there has been there is nothing to great for our God.
This Biblical truth not only applies to this church plant but also to your life. Realize that Christ is with you. Everything comes under the authority of Christ. There is nothing to great for God. No addiction is to big, no pattern is to strong. You have the opportunity to see dead things come to life and strong holds be broken. God wants to infuse his life giving power into cities here in the U.S. and people groups all over the world. There is hope because Christ is far above any other thing in this world.
This city will change because of the power that we have available to us through Christ. We already have victory through the sacrifice that Christ made and the power that raised him from the dead.
Haters are gonna hate, but let them fuel our motivation to work hard and excel so that we can see GOD change peoples lives. Nothing is to big for Him.
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