Lakeview Christian Center

On Mondays, the targets from the corporate prayer gathering on Saturday at 9a will be posted here. Here are this past weekend’s targets:

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“In the World, but not of the World”

Living in the World

“I do not ask that you take them out of the world, but that you keep them from the evil one” (John 17.15)

-Lives, in the world, that are oriented around God and his glory
-Presenting our bodies as living sacrifices and renewing our minds (Rom. 12.1-2)
-Wisdom in the choices that this world presents us
-Displaying the light of the Gospel to the glory of God (Matt. 5.16)

Not of the world

“They are not of the world, just as I am not of the world” (John 17.16)

-Church to be strengthened amidst the attack on truth (v. 17)
-Protection from a culture bathed in sensuality
-Guarded from a culture defined by materialism
…Freed from the love of “things”
…Satisfied with the life God has determined for us
-Pleasures of sin to dry up and get stale
-Living in view of eternity – longing for our true home (Ecc. 3:11)

Going into the World

“And he said to them, ‘Go into all the world and proclaim the gospel to the whole creation” (Mark 16.15)

-Local mission effort:
…Establishing a witnessing community (personal & corporate evangelism)
…“Preparing the way” for the Kingdom of God in this city
…“Incarnating” Christ’s love through Operation Replant & Mercy Ministry
…Preaching and ministering the Gospel through the upcoming Alpha course
-Global mission effort:
…Displaying God’s care through Rancho 3M
…Extending Christ’s Church through Sovereign Grace Ministries