Annual Business Meeting – 2019
February 27, 2019
by Rick Welborne
Who we are can be defined by what we do!
--Think about that in light of this month which is quickly coming to an end. Three Sundays have been dedicated to strong emphasis on Missions and our responsibility to send missionaries. Faith Promises.
--Your pastor started us out by giving glory to God for what we were able to accomplish thru Him in 2018. We again were able to increase the number of missionaries we support by another ten. PTL!
--Ann Marie and Steve McCarthy challenged us through their ministries in dangerous and difficult places. I personally believe if you sit through those services and not give to Missions, something in you has died.
Romans 10:13-15 (NKJV)
13 For "whoever calls on the name of the LORD shall be saved."
14 How then shall they call on Him in whom they have not believed? And how shall they believe in Him of whom they have not heard? And how shall they hear without a preacher?
15 And how shall they preach unless they are sent? As it is written: "How beautiful are the feet of those who preach the gospel of peace, Who bring glad tidings of good things!"
13 For "whoever calls on the name of the LORD shall be saved."
14 How then shall they call on Him in whom they have not believed? And how shall they believe in Him of whom they have not heard? And how shall they hear without a preacher?
15 And how shall they preach unless they are sent? As it is written: "How beautiful are the feet of those who preach the gospel of peace, Who bring glad tidings of good things!"
--I get it that not all of us are called to go to the mission field overseas somewhere. What I don’t get is how some in the church can actually believe they have no responsibility to get involved.
--These verses in Romans tells us they must be sent to preach the gospel. Our job is to send. If that was not enough, Jesus said Go into all the world and preach the Gospel to everyone. The Great Commission.
--I want you to do me a huge favor if you decide you have no responsibility in helping fulfill the Great Commission through a faith promise. Email me or write me and explain why. Please sign your name.
--Maybe you think, Pastor, I am not comfortable trying to explain to you why I do not want to support Missions through Faith Promises. It may be hard to explain. I am sure it will be.
--Imagine how hard it will be to explain it to me but compare that to trying to explain it to Jesus when we stand before Him on the great Day of Judgment. I wonder if that is why He will have to wipe tears from our eyes.
--The very next week after our Mission’s Emphasis we started our Holy Spirit Conference with Tim Enloe. If you missed this time in God’s presence and the great teaching from Tim, you missed it.
--I actually think there are more people here tonight than there were the last two nights of our conference…not sure exactly what that says about us or our priority.
Who we are can be defined by what we do! In my mind, we are a Holy Spirit filled Mission’s Church!
--Isn’t that what Jesus wanted back then and isn’t that what He wants for us now? You, also can be defined by what you do. I can’t make you embrace what God has sent me here to accomplish.
--I can challenge you, and that is what I will do, as long as I am pastor here…welcome Holy Spirit, walk in Holy Spirit, and touch our world through missions.
--I am not trying to set myself up to be anything but hear me…any church I have ever attended whether as a staff member or just a lay minister, I always thought the pastor’s vision was my vision. It was mine.
--The man of God He put in my life was for me to hear his heart he received from God and then, follow what he directed us to do. Cam I tell you God always blessed me for honoring the man of God.
--If you had a pastor who fleeced the flock, that would be one thing. You have a pastor who has heard from God about Holy Spirit and the Great Commission. This verse should define us:
Acts 1:8 (NKJV)
8 But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth."
8 But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth."
--Holy Spirit and the Great Commission...that is who we are or who we should be.
Who we are can be defined by what we do! In my mind, we are a Holy Spirit filled Mission’s Church!
--100% participation of Covenant members for sure…Faith Promises are available tonight. This is what 100% looks like biblically…it looks like Holy Spirit and the Great Commission.
Acts 2:1-5 (NKJV)
1 When the Day of Pentecost had fully come, they were all with one accord in one place.
2 And suddenly there came a sound from heaven, as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled the whole house where they were sitting.
3 Then there appeared to them divided tongues, as of fire, and one sat upon each of them.
4 And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.
5 And there were dwelling in Jerusalem Jews, devout men, from every nation under heaven.
1 When the Day of Pentecost had fully come, they were all with one accord in one place.
2 And suddenly there came a sound from heaven, as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled the whole house where they were sitting.
3 Then there appeared to them divided tongues, as of fire, and one sat upon each of them.
4 And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.
5 And there were dwelling in Jerusalem Jews, devout men, from every nation under heaven.
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