Sunday, August 11, 2024
TC Vision: As the community of believers, we are committed to gathering, growing, and going while being built up in love, as each person does their part.
ACCEPT & BELIEVE
John 17:6-8 (NLT) – 6 “I have revealed you to the ones you gave me from this world. They were always yours. You gave them to me, and they have kept your word. 7 Now they know that everything I have is a gift from you, 8 for I have passed on to them the message you gave me. They accepted it and know that I came from you, and they believe you sent me.
II. GROW & GO
John 17:13-19 (NLT) – 13 “Now I am coming to you. I told them many things while I was with them in this world so they would be filled with my joy. 14 I have given them your word. And the world hates them because they do not belong to the world, just as I do not belong to the world. 15 I’m not asking you to take them out of the world, but to keep them safe from the evil one. 16 They do not belong to this world any more than I do. 17 Make them holy by your truth; teach them your word, which is truth. 18 Just as you sent me into the world, I am sending them into the world. 19 And I give myself as a holy sacrifice for them so they can be made holy by your truth.
II. CONVERGE & UNITE
John 17:20-21 (NLT) – 20 “I am praying not only for these disciples but also for all who will ever believe in me through their message. 21 I pray that they will all be one, just as you and I are one—as you are in me, Father, and I am in you. And may they be in us so that the world will believe you sent me.
John 17:22-24 (NLT) – 22 “I have given them the glory you gave me, so they may be one as we are one. 23 I am in them and you are in me. May they experience such perfect unity that the world will know that you sent me and that you love them as much as you love me. 24 Father, I want these whom you have given me to be with me where I am. Then they can see all the glory you gave me because you loved me even before the world began!
John 17:25-26 (NLT) – 25 “O righteous Father, the world doesn’t know you, but I do; and these disciples know you sent me. 26 I have revealed you to them, and I will continue to do so. Then your love for me will be in them, and I will be in them.”
TC VISION – As the community of believers, we are committed to gathering, growing, and going while being built up in love, as each person does their part.
GATHER – as the Community of Believers to encourage each other in love and action
GROW – in relationship with God and others through discipleship and teaching
GO – out with the Gospel of Jesus, through the church, to the nations, for the Kingdom