Love
In Matthew 22:37, Jesus says the greatest commandment is to “love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, and all your mind." More than anything, we want to be people who are deeply in love with God and are spending time in His presence regularly and daily through reading, studying, and meditating on the Word of God (Bible) and prayer ...
Meeting Together
Throughout Scripture, we see that the believers devoted themselves to teaching, prayer, fellowship, and communion and met together regularly for these purposes (Acts 2:42, Colossians 4:2-3). Also, in Colossians 3:16, Paul commands the church to “teach and counsel each other with all the wisdom He gives and to sing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs to God with thankful hearts.” ...
Mission
The mission of Jesus is one of the most central parts of why the Church exists and should be a main focus of every true follower of Jesus. (Matt. 28:19-20). 1 John 2:3 and 6 says that “we can be sure we know him if we obey his commandments” and that “those who say they live in God should live their lives as Jesus did.”
We see throughout Scripture that sharing the Gospel and making disciples was as natural as breathing for the apostles and Early Church...
Discipleship & Equipping
All members should be prepared and equipped to stand on their own (Heb. 5:11-14). Throughout Jesus' ministry, He was focused on training up His disciples so that they would be able to carry on His mission one day. Jesus said “students are not greater than their teacher, but the student who is fully trained will become like the teacher” (Luke 6:40). Once Jesus’ disciples were fully trained and ultimately filled with the Holy Spirit, they too went out and trained new disciples ...
Sacrifice
Jesus said, “If any of you wants to be my follower, you must turn from your selfish ways, take up your cross and follow me” (Matt. 16:24). The Bible also says, "we know what real love is because Jesus gave up His life for us, so we also ought to give up our lives for our brothers and sisters" (1 John 3:16). Furthermore, Philippians 1:29 says that for us as believers, “we have not only been given the privilege of trusting in Christ ...
