mission



MISSION



KNOWING GOD
Loving, Fearing, Pleasing, Trusting, Obeying, Honoring, Desiring
 
KNOWN BY HIM
Loved, Chosen, Favored, Protected, Empowered, Reborn, Renewed



As born-again (Holy Spirit filled) children of God (through Jesus), our lives should reveal (produce proof, evidence of) a loving-fearing-pleasing (trusting, obeying, honoring) relationship with God. We are imperfect but forgiven, yet we truly (genuinely, wholeheartedly) are living to love-fear-please God.
 
Along this unrivaled-unequaled oneness journey with God, it's profoundly apparent (in both Old & New Testament Scriptures) that God does not need our help, yet He desires our sincere/authentic participation.
 
Our walk with God is not about Him doing all the work, but rather it's both God doing His work (His part) in/through us, and us doing our work (our part) to embrace God's Will in us & onto others. God continually & perfectly (through infinite-unfathomable ways) does His Will in/through us, while we continually yet imperfectly submit-surrender-choose-commit-desire-strive-hope-pray to do God's Will in us & onto others. A deeply intimate (loving-fearing-pleasing) relationship with God is a united partnership.
 
The journey is to grow-mature-change-imitate Jesus (abide/continue/remain in Him). The goal is to genuinely have a loving-fearing-pleasing (trusting, obeying, honoring, oneness) relationship with God The Father, God The Son, God The Spirit. As well as a loving-unified relationship with God's born-again (Spirit filled) children in Jesus, and loving all others (non-believers of Jesus) as ourselves. We reflect Jesus & share Him with everyone.




GOD FORMED US, SIN DEFORMS US, JESUS TRANSFORMS US

DO YOU REALLY KNOW WHO JESUS IS, AND WHAT JESUS DID FOR YOU?

ARE YOU TRULY A BORN-AGAIN (HOLY SPIRIT FILLED) CHILD OF GOD THROUGH JESUS?



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VISION


Together we embrace the Holy Bible (God's Supernatural Words) as our Owners Manual (the Ultimate Authoritative Guide) for our way of life... Loving-Fearing-Pleasing God (Godly Living/Oneness Driven/Biblical Lifestyle).
  
Together we love-fear-please God (trust-obey-honor Him) with our entire being. God's Ways, His Holiness in us (our thoughts, intentions, motives, imaginations, desires, emotions, feelings, assumptions, perspectives, priorities, values, beliefs, words, actions).
  
Together we love and selflessly serve our brothers/sisters in Jesus as He loved us - oneness, unity, purity, compassion, encouragement, forgiveness, correction, discipline (all of these working in harmony together).
 
Together we love, serve, rightly impact people (unselfishly seek the best/higher good for others), and share Jesus with them (so they may come to know-trust-love-fear-please-obey-honor God).
 
Together we enhance the wellbeing of people, animals, plants, planet, and food. God amazingly designed vital interconnected-interdependent (mutually beneficial) relationships among Himself, people, and nature - for the good/prosperity of all.
  
Together we create a proper (God-honoring) fashion, music, and media culture that profoundly engages & impacts the world toward God's Desires.
 
Together we deny self (fully submit-surrender to God, wholeheartedly commit to His Perfect Love/Will), embrace selfless sacrificial love, humility, rejection, loss, suffering, persecution, and even death, as we follow (reflect/imitate) Jesus.
 
Together we endure, persevere, overcome. We live victoriously (rule over self/sin/world/satan) - by faith (trusting God), love (obeying God), fear (honoring/revering God), God's grace, mercy, truth, promises, wisdom, strength, power, blessings, and more that God has already abundantly and freely given us.
  
Together we walk with our Master, Creator, Intelligent Designer, Father, Brother, Best Friend, Most Beloved... God. Loving what He loves (good/true) and hating what He hates (evil/false). Loving-Fearing-Pleasing-Delighting God.
 
 
 
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Jesus said to him,
"I Am the [only] Way [to God] and the [real] Truth and the [real] Life;
 no one comes to the Father but through Me."
 John 14:6
 
 
For there is [only] one God, and [only] one Mediator between God and mankind, the Man Christ Jesus, who gave Himself as a ransom [a substitutionary sacrifice to atone] for all, the testimony given at the right and proper time.
1 Timothy 2:5-6
 
 
For He whom God has sent speaks the words of God [proclaiming the Father's own message]; for God gives the [gift of the] Spirit without measure [generously and boundlessly]! The Father loves the Son and has given and entrusted all things into His hand.
Jesus said to him, “Have I been with you for so long a time, and you do not know Me yet, Philip, nor recognize clearly who I am? Anyone who has seen Me has seen the Father. How can you say, ‘Show us the Father?'
He [Jesus] is the exact living image [the essential manifestation] of the unseen God [the visible representation of the invisible], the firstborn [the preeminent one, the sovereign, and the originator] of all creation.
For in Him [Jesus] all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell
John 3:34-35, John 14:9, Colossians 1:15, Colossians 1:19
 
 
He who believes and trusts in the Son and accepts Him [as Savior] has eternal life [that is, already possesses it]; but he who does not believe the Son and chooses to reject Him, [disobeying Him and denying Him as Savior] will not see [eternal] life, but [instead] the wrath of God hangs over him continually.
 
 
Now this is eternal life: that they may know You, the only true [supreme and sovereign] God, and [in the same manner know] Jesus [as the] Christ whom You have sent.
John 17:3
 
 
Jesus answered him, “I assure you and most solemnly say to you, unless a person is born again [reborn from above—spiritually transformed, renewed, sanctified], he cannot [ever] see and experience the kingdom of God.”
Nicodemus said to Him, “How can a man be born when he is old? He cannot enter his mother’s womb a second time and be born, can he?” Jesus answered, “I assure you and most solemnly say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit he cannot [ever] enter the kingdom of God. That which is born of the flesh is flesh [the physical is merely physical], and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. Do not be surprised that I have told you, ‘You must be born again [reborn from above—spiritually transformed, renewed, sanctified].'"
John 3:3-7
 
 
But to as many as did receive and welcome Him [Jesus], He gave the right [the authority, the privilege] to become children of God, that is, to those who believe in (adhere to, trust in, and rely on) His [Jesus'] name— who were born, not of blood [natural conception], nor of the will of the flesh [physical impulse], nor of the will of man [that of a natural father], but of God [that is, a divine and supernatural birth—they are born of God—spiritually transformed, renewed, sanctified].
John 1:12-13
 
 
For you [who are born-again have been reborn from above—spiritually transformed, renewed, sanctified and] are all children of God [set apart for His purpose with full rights and privileges] through faith in Christ Jesus.
Galatians 3:26
 
 
In Him, you also, when you heard the word of truth, the good news of your salvation, and [as a result] believed in Him [Jesus], were stamped with the seal of the promised Holy Spirit [the One promised by Christ] as owned and protected [by God]. The Spirit is the guarantee [the first installment, the pledge, a foretaste] of our inheritance until the redemption of God's own [purchased] possession [His believers], to the praise of His glory.
Ephesians 1:13-14
 
 
For all who are allowing themselves to be led by the Spirit of God are sons of God. For you have not received a spirit of slavery leading again to fear [of God’s judgment], but you have received the Spirit of adoption as sons [the Spirit producing sonship] by which we [joyfully] cry, “Abba! Father!” The Spirit Himself testifies and confirms together with our spirit [assuring us] that we [believers] are children of God.
Romans 8:14-16
 
 
Therefore become imitators of God [copy Him and follow His example], as well-beloved children [imitate their father]
Ephesians 5:1
 
 
But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a consecrated nation, a [special] people for God’s own possession, so that you may proclaim the excellencies [the wonderful deeds and virtues and perfections] of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.
1 Peter 2:9
 
 
For it is by grace [God’s remarkable compassion and favor drawing you to Christ] that you have been saved [actually delivered from judgment and given eternal life] through faith. And this [salvation] is not of yourselves [not through your own effort], but it is the [undeserved, gracious] gift of God; not as a result of [your] works [nor your attempts to keep the Law], so that no one will [be able to] boast or take credit in any way [for his salvation].
Ephesians 2:8-9
 
 
For out of His fullness [the superabundance of His grace and truth] we have all received grace upon grace [spiritual blessing upon spiritual blessing, favor upon favor, and gift heaped upon gift].
For the Law was given through Moses, but grace [the unearned, undeserved favor of God] and truth came through Jesus Christ.
 
 
In fact under the Law almost everything is cleansed with blood, and without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness [neither release from sin and its guilt, nor cancellation of the merited punishment].
He [Jesus Christ] went once for all into the Holy Place [the Holy of Holies of heaven, into the presence of God], and not through the blood of goats and calves, but through His own blood, having obtained and secured eternal redemption [that is, the salvation of all who personally believe in Him as Savior]. For if the sprinkling of [ceremonially] defiled persons with the blood of goats and bulls and the ashes of a [burnt] heifer is sufficient for the cleansing of the body, how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal [Holy] Spirit willingly offered Himself unblemished [that is, without moral or spiritual imperfection as a sacrifice] to God, cleanse your conscience from dead works and lifeless observances to serve the ever living God?
For this reason He [Jesus Christ] is the Mediator and Negotiator of a new covenant [that is, an entirely new agreement uniting God and man], so that those who have been called [by God] may receive [the fulfillment of] the promised eternal inheritance, since a death has taken place [as the payment] which redeems them from the sins committed under the obsolete first covenant.
 
 
For you know that you were not redeemed from your useless [spiritually unproductive] way of life inherited [by tradition] from your forefathers with perishable things like silver and gold, but [you were actually purchased] with precious blood, like that of a [sacrificial] lamb unblemished and spotless, the priceless blood of Christ.
 
 
Jesus came up and said to them, “All authority (all power of absolute rule) in heaven and on earth has been given to Me.
The Father loves the Son and has given and entrusted all things into His [Jesus'] hand.
All things have been handed over to Me [Jesus the Son] by My Father; and no one fully knows and accurately understands the Son except the Father; and no one fully knows and accurately understands the Father except the Son, and anyone to whom the Son [deliberately] wills to reveal Him.
Just as You [God the Father] have given Him [God the Son - Jesus] power and authority over all mankind, [now glorify Him] so that He may give eternal life to all whom You have given Him [to be His—permanently and forever].
which He [God the Father] produced in Christ when He raised Him [Jesus Christ] from the dead and seated Him at His own right hand in the heavenly places, far above all rule and authority and power and dominion [whether angelic or human], and [far above] every name that is named [above every title that can be conferred], not only in this age and world but also in the one to come.
Matthew 28:18, John 3:35, Matthew 11:27, John 17:2, Ephesians 1:20–21
 
 
And when He [the Lamb - Jesus Christ] had taken the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb (Christ), each one holding a harp and golden bowls full of fragrant incense, which are the prayers of the saints (God’s people). And they sang a new song [of glorious redemption], saying,
“Worthy and deserving are You [Jesus Christ] to take the scroll and to break its seals; for You were slain (sacrificed), and with Your blood You purchased people for God from every tribe and language and people and nation. You have made them [born-again Holy Spirit filled people in Jesus] to be a kingdom [of royal subjects] and priests to our God; and they will reign on the earth.”
Then I looked, and I heard the voice of many angels around the throne and [the voice] of the living creatures and the elders; and they numbered myriads of myriads, and thousands of thousands (innumerable), saying in a loud voice,
“Worthy and deserving is the Lamb [Jesus Christ] that was sacrificed to receive power and riches and wisdom and might and honor and glory and blessing.”
And I heard every created thing that is in heaven or on earth or under the earth [in Hades, the realm of the dead] or on the sea, and everything that is in them, saying [together],
“To Him who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb (Christ), be blessing and honor and glory and dominion forever and ever.”
And the four living creatures said, “Amen!” and the elders fell down and worshiped.
Revelation 5:8-14
 
 
Now brothers and sisters, let me remind you [once again] of the good news [of salvation] which I preached to you, which you welcomed and accepted and on which you stand [by faith]. By this faith you are saved [reborn from above—spiritually transformed, renewed, and set apart for His purpose], if you hold firmly to the word which I preached to you, unless you believed in vain [just superficially and without complete commitment].
For I passed on to you as of first importance what I also received, that Christ died for our sins according to [that which] the Scriptures [foretold], and that He was buried, and that He was [bodily] raised on the third day according to [that which] the Scriptures [foretold],
1 Corinthians 15:1-4
 
 
but these have been written so that you may believe [with a deep, abiding trust] that Jesus is the Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed), the Son of God; and that by believing [and trusting in and relying on Him] you may have life in His name.
 
 
Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations [help the people to learn of Me, believe in Me, and obey My words], baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe everything that I [Jesus] have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always [remaining with you perpetually—regardless of circumstance, and on every occasion], even to the end of the age.
Matthew 28:19-20
 
 
O Lord, you have searched me [thoroughly] and have known me.
You know when I sit down and when I rise up [my entire life, everything I do];
You understand my thought from afar.
You scrutinize my path and my lying down,
And You are intimately acquainted with all my ways.
Even before there is a word on my tongue [still unspoken],
Behold, O Lord, You know it all.
You have enclosed me behind and before,
And [You have] placed Your hand upon me.
Such [infinite] knowledge is too wonderful for me;
It is too high [above me], I cannot reach it.
Where can I go from Your Spirit?
Or where can I flee from Your presence?
If I ascend to heaven, You are there;
If I make my bed in Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead), behold, You are there.
If I take the wings of the dawn,
If I dwell in the remotest part of the sea,
Even there Your hand will lead me,
And Your right hand will take hold of me.
If I say, “Surely the darkness will cover me,
And the night will be the only light around me,” 
Even the darkness is not dark to You and conceals nothing from You,
But the night shines as bright as the day;
Darkness and light are alike to You.
For You formed my innermost parts;
You knit me [together] in my mother’s womb.
I will give thanks and praise to You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
Wonderful are Your works,
And my soul knows it very well.
My frame was not hidden from You,
When I was being formed in secret,
And intricately and skillfully formed [as if embroidered with many colors] in the depths of the earth.
Your eyes have seen my unformed substance;
And in Your book were all written
The days that were appointed for me,
When as yet there was not one of them [even taking shape].
How precious also are Your thoughts to me, O God!
How vast is the sum of them!
If I could count them, they would outnumber the sand.
When I awake, I am still with You.
Psalm 139:1-18
 
 
The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all.
2 Corinthians 13:14
 
 
 






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