Thanks Unto God

Let them give thanks to the Lord for his unfailing love
and his wonderful deeds for mankind. Let them exalt him in the assembly of the people
and praise him in the council of the elders. (Psalm 107:31, 32 NIV)

-give thanks to God
-understand God love is unfailing
-even we have doubt, but God love is unfailing
-God love is like a Father/ Mother loving for their kids even though we dont deserve yet his love never fail
-out of his love, God desires a glory church

and to present her to himself as a radiant church, without stain or wrinkle or any other blemish, but holy and blameless. (Ephesians 5:27 NIV)

-a church glorious; holy and righteous

From the days of John the Baptist until now, the kingdom of heaven has been subjected to violence, and violent people have been raiding it. (Matthew 11:12 NIV)

-a church militant for the Kingdom. this is what the Church is TO DO

While you were watching, a rock was cut out, but not by human hands. It struck the statue on its feet of iron and clay and smashed them. Then the iron, the clay, the bronze, the silver and the gold were all broken to pieces and became like chaff on a threshing floor in the summer. The wind swept them away without leaving a trace. But the rock that struck the statue became a huge mountain and filled the whole earth. (Daniel 2:34, 35 NIV)

"In the time of those kings, the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that will never be destroyed, nor will it be left to another people. It will crush all those kingdoms and bring them to an end, but it will itself endure forever. This is the meaning of the vision of the rock cut out of a mountain, but not by human hands—a rock that broke the iron, the bronze, the clay, the silver and the gold to pieces.
"The great God has shown the king what will take place in the future. The dream is true and its interpretation is trustworthy." (Daniel 2:44, 45 NIV)

-we were not saved just to bring us to heaven but to bring heaven to earth
-out of this love, God desire a glorious destiny of our church
-called to be an Antioch church
-a multi-ethnic church that enfold many people

and when he found him, he brought him to Antioch. So for a whole year Barnabas and Saul met with the church and taught great numbers of people. The disciples were called Christians first at Antioch. (Acts 11:26 NIV)

-A significant church that impact many
-to be light and salt in the world
-a great commission church that make disciples of Christ, even to the nations

-God been patient with you; to shape and empowered you.