Focus and Vision…for God’s People
Not to be, pew spectators;
But be discipled and grow;
Gain God’s vision for the lost;
Go make disciples, all must know.
Our Local Church Vision
May local churches, see their mission;
Jesus’ commands, to be obeying;
Much praying, sowing, reaping;
Onto discipling, to disciple-making.
Ever Hearing….Just not Obeying!
LORD, may our churches awaken
Equip God’s people, disciple-makers
Obeying Jesus, to go forth
Not be passive, but ‘Harvest laborers.’
Ashamed of the Gospel?
If we’re ashamed of Jesus;
And of His words, He warns;
The Son of Man, will be ashamed;
Of each of us, when He returns.
May Your People Rise!
Yes, pray with passion, for the people;
To grow in zeal, for the LORD;
Be surrendered, emptied vessels;
Awaiting Jesus, His Spirit poured.
Expectations, Preparations for All Believers
May churches multiply, have vision;
Equip and train, mentor God’s people;
Send them forth, to reproduce;
Not merely sat, beneath a steeple.
Will We Obey?
Yet many churches, too clergy centered
The ‘Lay-people’, passive spectators
In church activities, weekly rituals
But not discipled, equipped as laborers.
Wilderness Lessons for Our Heart
“Keep your heart, with all diligence;
For out of it, spring;
The issues of life”;
Search your heart, to God bring!
Follow Jesus’ Training
So instead, of mere listeners
Commit, to be a doer
Learn to go, and make disciples
And be not merely, a knower.
Biblical vs Modern Church Planting
Yes all must go, and share the Gospel;
Leave the steeple, to reach lost people;
Must start obeying, Jesus’ commands;
Be not ashamed, nor spiritually feeble.