1. EVALUATION When the picture looks the best Matthew 16:13-18

2. 7 But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, so that the surpassing greatness of the power will be of God and not from ourselves; 8 we are afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed, but not despairing;

3. 9 persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed; 10 always carrying about in the body the dying of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our body.

4. 11 For we who live are constantly being delivered over to death for Jesus' sake, so that the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our mortal flesh. 2 Corinthians 4:7-11

5. Our mission is to glorify God and fulfill Christ’s Great Commission by making the invisible life of Christ visible in our lives.

6. A filling station Spiritual Facebook God’s Gym A family tradition A safe house

7. For just as we have many members in one body and all the members do not have the same function, 5 so we, who are many, are one body in Christ, and individually members one of another. Romans 12:4-5

8. Because we are the body of Christ, it is in the church – and only in the church - where the invisible life of Christ is made fully visible.

9. …then one cannot claim to be a Christian and at the same time claim to be outside the church. To do so is at the least hypocrisy – at the worst, blasphemy. Chuck Colson

10. As people who love and follow the Lord Jesus, we should be people who love and cherish His church.

11. 1)We love the church because the church is His and He loves it.

12. 2)We love the church the way He loves it.

13. What we love… A)We are there for. B)We give to support. C)We promote. D)We protect.