Laborers Together

Yesterday during the morning service, I revealed my vision for Kendale Acres Church to the church body. My vision for 2010 is Laborers Together. Our theme verse for the year will be 1 Corinthians 3:9 "For we are laborers together with God: ye are God's husbandry, ye are God's building." In our message yesterday we had to come to the reality that if we are truly going to labor together, we needed to find a way to get along. So many problems in the church are caused by individuals or groups that refuse to get along. The only way to overcome this is to realize it is not about us, it is about Christ. He has called us to labor together for something greater than ourselves. There are things that we can accomplish together that we can only dream of accomplishing on our own. It is also worth noting that not only are we called to labor together, we are called to labor together with God. We are not simply laborers for God, but with God. What an awesome thought, God chose me to work with Him. It is our goal at Kendale Acres Church in 2010 to bring the focus of our ministry to the place it should be, Christ. We will seek to labor together to promote His name and His kingdom throughout our community and around the world. But in this challenge to the church, there is also a challenge to us all, keep the main thing the main thing. Imagine what could be accomplished for the cause of Christ if believers learned to focus less on our differences and more on what makes us the same. May we all labor together in 2010 for the cause of Christ.