295 SEATS II Corinthians 4 A Bleak Time for Paul Beliefs … Priorities … Goals … Plans What about Us? Peace … Harmony … Unity Useful & Profitable Simple Truth Meeting Our Budget … No Financial Strains Growing Rapidly 2017 252 2016 190 2015 180 2014 165 2013 155 2012 145 2011 135 295 SEATS

What Reality does The Future Hold for Us II Corinthians 4 What Reality does The Future Hold for Us Who Are We … What Kind of Stuff are We Made Of? WILL THIS TREND CONTINUE - OR STOP? DO WE WANT THIS TREND TO CONTINUE - OR STOP?

II Corinthians 4:1-5 … A Check-List of Convictions vs 1

II Corinthians 4:1-5 … A Check-List of Convictions vs 1 “We will Not lose heart” vs 2

II Corinthians 4:1-5 … A Check-List of Convictions vs 1 “We will Not lose heart” vs 2 “We will Not be Crafty/Manipulative w/Word” 3-4

II Corinthians 4:1-5 … A Check-List of Convictions vs 1 “We will Not lose heart” vs 2 “We will Not be Crafty/Manipulative w/Word” 3-4 “Still, some People will Never see the Truth” vs 5

II Corinthians 4:1-5 … A Check-List of Convictions vs 1 “We will Not lose heart” vs 2 “We will Not be Crafty/Manipulative w/Word” 3-4 “Still, some People will Never see the Truth” vs 5 ATTITUDE CHECK

THREE ACTION DIRECTIVES II Corinthians 4:5 We Do Not Preach Ourselves Ps 127:1 "Unless Jehovah builds the house, they labor in vain who build it" I Cor 15:10 "By the grace of God I am what I am ..." I Cor 3:6 "I planted, Apollos watered, but God gives the increase" Phil 2:13 "It is God who works in you, both to will and to work for His good pleasure" Heb 13:20-21 "Now the God of peace ... will make you perfect in every good thing to do His will, working in us that which is pleasing in His sight"

THREE ACTION DIRECTIVES II Corinthians 4:5 We Do Not Preach Ourselves We Preach Jesus Christ as Lord

THREE ACTION DIRECTIVES II Corinthians 4:5 We Do Not Preach Ourselves We Preach Jesus Christ as Lord Owner & Master Spiritual Warfare Abandoned Not Our Problem We’re the Enemy

WIN THE GAME WE’RE PLAYING II Corinthians 4:5 We Do Not Preach Ourselves We Preach Jesus Christ as Lord We Preach Ourselves as Your Servants for Jesus’ Sake your past service in ministry “It is impossible for the drivers to keep their timetable if they have to stop for passengers.”

WIN THE GAME WE’RE PLAYING II Corinthians 4:5 We Do Not Preach Ourselves We Preach Jesus Christ as Lord We Preach Ourselves as Your Servants for Jesus’ Sake We Serve People for Jesus’ Sake “It is impossible for the drivers to keep their timetable if they have to stop for passengers.”

WIN THE GAME WE’RE PLAYING Exactly Six Months from This Very Hour II Corinthians 4:5 We Do Not Preach Ourselves We Preach Jesus Christ as Lord We Preach Ourselves as Your Servants for Jesus’ Sake Exactly Six Months from This Very Hour 120 FAMILIES $1000 each 1/3 of Mortgage $2400 each All of Mortgage HOW WILL YOU PREPARE?