What Are We Here For?
The Benefits of a Purposeful Ministry
January 13, 2013
Memory Verse: Proverbs 29:18 (ESV) Where there is no prophetic vision
the people cast off restraint, but blessed is he who keeps the law.
Text: 1 Corinthians 3:1-17
Introduction:
Proverbs 29:18; Isaiah
58:12
“The man without a purpose is
like a ship without a rudder—a waif, a nothing, a no man.”—Thomas Carlyle.
First, we must
realize that everything must have its origin in God. Job 12:10, Matthew 16:18; Colossians 1:16; 1 Corinthians 3:10–11; John
15:5
“A river that forgets
its source dries.”
“Without
God life makes no sense.”—Andrei Bitov
Second, we are a
church that is purposeful and directional.
Psalm 138:8
Third, Benefits of a
Purposeful Ministry
1.
A purposeful ministry
is effective.
Philippians 3:13
“There is nothing quite as potent as a focused
life, one lived on purpose.” -- Rick Warren
(The Message) Friends, don’t get me wrong: By
no means do I count myself an expert in all of this, but I’ve got my eye on
the goal, where God is beckoning us onward—to Jesus.
“By trying to be a
jack of all trades a person becomes master of nothing.”
2. A Purposeful Ministry Attracts Supports of the
Parishioners
Ezra 10:4
3. A Purposeful Ministry Promotes Harmony
1 Corinthians 1:10; James
1:8
4. A purposeful Ministry is motivating
Proverbs 16:4; Revelation
4:11
