Mornings with Mike

Kick It Up A Notch!

by mmorris71203 on Jan.08, 2010, under General

One of the most essential elements of doing anything as a team is to make sure that EVERYBODY is on the same page. A team can never reach their destination if everyone is not pulling on the same rope. I have found that growing a church is a group effort. It takes a team to grow a church, and the Captain of that team HAS to be Christ!

I thought about many ways we could get everyone at the church to go in the same direction. I came up with several ideas, one of which is to come up with a theme for the church for the year 2010. I talked with my Asst Pastor, Bro. Phil about this, and told him that I wanted to have some sort of a theme that was along the lines of taking our Christianity to the next level. Immediately, he thought of the Emeril Lagasse on Emeril Live and his famous saying, “Kick it up a notch”. So, I thought…BAM…why not!?!? What a great theme for River City for the year 2010. KICK IT UP A NOTCH!

There are some areas that we are going to have to kick it up a notch in if we are going to see River City grow in 2010.

The main area, I believe, is our personal walk with God. I am a firm believer that public ministry will NEVER precede private victory. If God is going to bless at River City, then I need to be sure that my personal life is one that He can bless. That means more of my Bible. More praying…more fasting…more giving…more, more, more! In fact, I believe that God doesn’t want “more” of me…HE WANTS ALL OF ME!!! We have got to kick it up a notch in our personal walk.

Another area in which we need to kick it up a notch in, of course, is in our ministry. We MUST, MUST, MUST be willing to do whatever God desires of us if He is going to bless. We must be faithful to His house. We must be faithful to serve. Faithfulness is the key word! God wants us to be faithful to River City…if we aren’t faithful, then He has absolutely no reason to bless!

I’m going to be preaching Sunday morning on this subject…Kickin’ it up a notch! And I want you to be praying, if you are going to be in the service, that God will speak to your heart, and show you how YOU can kick it up a notch to get things rolling for the new year!!!


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