Mission that drives us Satisfying the Spiritually Hungry with the All-Sufficient Word of God

Values that guide us 1.Delighting In Truth 2.Investing in Others 3.Overflowing with Generosity

Values that guide us 4.Growing to Go

1 Peter 2:2-3 Like newborn infants, long for the pure spiritual milk, that by it you may grow up to salvation-- if indeed you have tasted that the Lord is good.

1 Peter 2:9 But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.

Genesis 22:17-18 – I will surely bless you, and I will surely multiply your offspring as the stars of heaven and as the sand that is on the seashore. And your offspring shall possess the gate of his enemies, and in your offspring shall all the nations of the earth be blessed, because you have obeyed my voice."

Isaiah 49:6 he says: "It is too light a thing that you should be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob and to bring back the preserved of Israel; I will make you as a light for the nations, that my salvation may reach to the end of the earth."

Matthew 28:19-20a Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you.

Matthew 4: As Jesus was walking beside the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon called Peter and his brother Andrew. They were casting a net into the lake, for they were fishermen. "Come, follow me," Jesus said, "and I will make you fishers of men."

Romans 10: … "Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved." How, then, can they call on the one they have not believed in? And how can they believe in the one of whom they have not heard? And how can they hear without someone preaching to them?

CT Studd "...I do not say, Don't play games or cricket and so forth. By all means play and enjoy them, giving thanks to Jesus for them. Only take care that games do not become an idol to you as they did to me. What good will it do to anybody in the next world to have been the best player that ever has been? And then think of the difference between that and winning souls for Jesus."

CT Studd "...I do not say, Don't play games or cricket and so forth. By all means play and enjoy them, giving thanks to Jesus for them. Only take care that games do not become an idol to you as they did to me. What good will it do to anybody in the next world to have been the best player that ever has been? And then think of the difference between that and winning souls for Jesus."

CT Studd "Some wish to live within the sound of Church or Chapel bell; I want to run a Rescue Shop within a yard of hell."

John 15:8 By this my Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit and so prove to be my disciples.

1 Thessalonians 4:3 For this is the will of God, your sanctification

1 Peter 2:2 Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up in your salvation,

1 Peter 1:3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! According to his great mercy, he has caused us to be born again

Philippians 3:12-14 Not that I have already obtained this or am already perfect, but I press on to make it my own, because Christ Jesus has made me his own. Brothers, I do not consider that I have made it my own. But one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead, I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.

1 Peter 2:2 Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up in your salvation

2 Timothy 3:16-17 All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the man of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work

1 Peter 2:3 if indeed you have tasted that the Lord is good.

1 Peter 1:23-25 since you have been born again, not of perishable seed but of imperishable, through the living and abiding word of God; for "All flesh is like grass and all its glory like the flower of grass. The grass withers, and the flower falls, but the word of the Lord remains forever." And this word is the good news that was preached to you

Richard Foster In contemporary society our Adversary majors in three things: noise, hurry, and crowds. If he can keep us engaged in ‘muchness’ and ‘manyness,’ he will rest satisfied…

1 Peter 2:9 But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light

Genesis 22:17-18 I will surely bless you, and I will surely multiply your offspring as the stars of heaven and as the sand that is on the seashore. And your offspring shall possess the gate of his enemies, and in your offspring shall all the nations of the earth be blessed, because you have obeyed my voice."

Isaiah 49:6 he says: "It is too light a thing that you should be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob and to bring back the preserved of Israel; I will make you as a light for the nations, that my salvation may reach to the end of the earth."

Matthew 28:19-20 Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age."

Matthew 4:18-20 As Jesus was walking beside the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon called Peter and his brother Andrew. They were casting a net into the lake, for they were fishermen. "Come, follow me," Jesus said, "and I will make you fishers of men."

Our Commitments… 1.Meditate…Fix Our Eyes on His Word 2.Not Forget His Word 3.Delight in His Word 4.Declare His Word

Harvard b.“After God had carried us safe to New- England, and wee had builded our houses, provided necessaries for our livelihood, rear’d convenient places for Gods worship, and setled the Civill Government: One of the next things we longed for, and looked after was to advance Learning and perpetuate it to Posterity; dreading to leave an illiterate Ministery to the Churches, when our present Ministers shall lie in the Dust…

Harvard …. And as we were thinking and consulting how to effect this great work, it pleased Got to stir up the heart of one Mr. Harvard (a godly gentleman and a lover of learning; then living amongst us) to give one-half of his estate (it being in all about £1,700) towards the erecting of a Colledge, and all his library.” – New England First Fruits (1643)

Psalm 119:9-16 I will meditate on your precepts and fix my eyes on your ways. I will delight in your statutes; I will not forget your word.

Prayer “To Every God” May the fury of my lord's heart be quieted toward me. May the god who is not known be quieted toward me; May the goddess who is not known be quieted toward me. May the god whom I know or do not know be quieted toward me; May the goddess whom I know or do not know be quieted toward me,

Prayer “To Every God” May the heart of my god be quieted toward me; May the heart of my goddess be quieted toward me. May my god and goddess be quieted toward me. May the god who has become angry with me be quieted toward me, May the goddess who has become angry with me be quieted toward me. In ignorance I have eaten that forbidden by my god; In ignorance I have set foot on that prohibited by my goddess.

Prayer “To Every God” 0 Lord, my transgressions are many; great are my sins. 0 my god, (my) transgressions are many; great are (my) sins. my goddess, (my) transgressions are many; great are (my) sins. O god whom I know or do not know, (my) transgressions are many; great are (my) sins, O goddess whom I know or do not know, (my) transgressions are many; great are (my) sins;

Prayer “To Every God” The transgression which I have committed, indeed I do not know; The sin which I have done, indeed I do not know. The forbidden thing which I have eaten, indeed I do not know; The prohibited (place) on which I have set foot, indeed I do not know; The lord in the anger of his heart looked at me; The god in the rage of his heart confronted me;

Prayer “To Every God” When the goddess was angry with me, she made me become ill. The god whom I know or do not know has oppressed me; The goddess whom I know or do not know has placed suffering upon me. Although I am constantly looking for help, no one takes me by the hand;

Psalm 119:160 The sum of your word is truth, and every one of your righteous rules endures forever

Begin reading your Bible this very day. The way to do a thing is to do it, and the way to read the Bible is actually to read it. It is not meaning, or wishing, or resolving, or intending, or thinking about it; that will not advance you one step. You must positively read. There is no royal road in this matter, any more than in the matter of prayer…

…If you cannot read yourself, you must persuade somebody else to read to you. But one way or another, through eyes or ears, the words of Scripture must actually pass before your mind.”

HARVARD

Truth (Veritas) for Christ (Christo) and the Church (Ecclesiae)