Passionate Pursuit of God We are STSA – Part 4 June 3, 2012

PASSIONATE PURSUIT OF GOD

We are STSA – Part 4June 3, 2012

We believe that every person who enters our church is the most important person in the world. That person is sent by God and should be loved and accepted as such.

LIMITLESS ACCEPTANCE

We believe God created the church to fulfill our relational needs in addition to our spiritual needs. We reject superficiality in relationships with one another just as we reject superficiality in our relationship with God.

AUTHENTIC COMMUNITY

We gather to be transformed by the real Presence of God in our midst every time we meet. Liturgical prayer is not just a routine; it is life giving and real. It is the center of our life as a family.

TRANSFORMATI0NAL COMMUNAL WORSHIP

We don’t stop worshipping after we leave the church. We seek to live passionate lives for God, pursuing Him every day through prayer, Bible reading, giving, witnessing and everything we do.

PASSIONATE PURSUIT OF GOD

“passion”

“You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength”

Mark 12:30

“And whatever you do, do it heartily, as to the Lord and not to men”

Colossians 3:23

“…not lagging in diligence, fervent in spirit, serving the Lord; rejoicing in hope, patient in tribulation, continuing steadfastly in prayer”

Romans 12:11-12

#1: An Unbalanced Schedule

“exercise yourself toward godliness”

1 Timothy 4:7

BALANCE GOD’S PURPOSES

#2: An Unconfessed Sin

Psalm 38:4-6“My iniquities have gone over my head; like a heavy burden they are too heavy for me. My wounds are foul and festering because of my foolishness. I am troubled, I am bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long.”

DEAL WITH IT IMMEDIATELY

Jesus answered him, “If I do not wash you, you have no part with Me.”

John 13:8

#3: An Unsupported Lifestyle

“And let us consider one another in order to stir up love and good works, not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as is the manner of some, but exhorting one another, and so much the more as you see the Day approaching.”

Hebrews 10:24-25

GET ACTIVE IN GROUPS

#4: An Undernourished Spirit

“See then that you walk circumspectly, not as fools but as wise, redeeming the time, because the days are evil.”

Ephesians 5:15-16

DEVELOP A PLAN

Remember His passion for you

“you shall worship no other god, for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God”

Exodus 34:14

“Whoever is wise, let him heed these things and consider the great love of the LORD.”

Psalm 107:43

“I know your deeds, that you are neither cold nor

hot. I wish you were either one or the other!

So, because you are lukewarm—neither hot nor cold—I am about to

spit you out of my mouth.” Revelation 3:15-16