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.’
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.
Where are the Equipping Churches?
We’re not equipping the saints
For the work of the ministry
Instead our focus, polished preaching
Yet, we’re not coming to His unity.
God’s Biblical Vision for Our Churches: Maintaining or Multiplying?
For God’s glory, not man’s controlling;
But our churches, be multiplying;
Equip the saints, to reproduce;
From our meetings, start applying.