1. Grace to stand, grow and go
Vision for 6pm service
Grace to stand, grow and go

2. How do we get ready? At Wycliffe, we want to: Love God Love Church
Love the community
That is God’s heart - that His kingdom should advance on earth in us.

3. How do we get behind that? How do we line up with His will?
What is it that's going to make the difference?

4. New year’s resolutions
did you make one?

5. We struggle to love God because we struggle to believe He really loves us because of our bad performance
We struggle to love other people because we don't feel we have anything to offer
We struggle to believe that God can use us for His Kingdom; guilt just drags us down.

6. “God's Riches At Christ's Expense”.
Grace is…
“God's Riches At Christ's Expense”.

7. In christ we have been given:
Grace to stand
Grace to grow
Grace to go

9. Colossians 2:14 says that in doing this, Jesus “
Colossians 2:14 says that in doing this, Jesus “...cancelled the record of debt that stood against us with its legal demands. This he set aside, nailing it to the cross.”

10. In Jesus: You can stand before God, stand in His presence and now there is nothing but His love to enjoy! Fear and guilt are gone! Finished, forgotten! The barrier of sin and guilt have been completely removed.

11. We love because he first loved us.
1 john 4: 16-19
God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in them. This is how love is made complete among us so that we will have confidence on the day of judgment: In this world we are like Jesus. There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears is not made perfect in love.
We love because he first loved us.

12. Access by faith – How do we get in on this grace?
Hebrews 4:16 “Let us then approach God’s throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need”.
believe he died for you - receive him as your king

13. grace changed and revolutionised my family
my testimony
grace changed and revolutionised my family

14. Finally, be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power
Finally, be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power. Put on the full armour of God, so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes.
ephesians 6:10

15. Galatians 5:1
“it was for freedom that Christ has set you free; no longer to be subject to a yoke of slavery”.

16. Guilt paralyses
grace releases
Guilt imprisons
grace sets you free

17. “More than that, we rejoice/glory in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance, perseverance, character; and character hope. And hope does not put us to shame, because God's love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us.”
romans 5: 3-5

18. In His grace we become more like Him
It's like standing under a shower; the longer you're in, the wetter you get until you're saturated and clean.
The more we stand in God's grace the more we change and the more effective we become in His kingdom.

19. “I’m so sorry….I wrecked your bike…”

20. grace is like a cup of coffee to go
grace to go
grace is like a cup of coffee to go

21. Grace moves us and motivates us to go!
but also,
IT encourages and enables us to go

23. God will use you anywhere, whatever state you are in, if you ask Him to.

24. This is Loving God, Loving the church, Loving the community.
Standing in grace, growing in grace, going with grace to the community to see God's Kingdom expand.
This is Loving God, Loving the church, Loving the community.

25. Grace to stand in His presence in freedom. Grace to grow in His love.
Grace to go – with His message of grace.