One of the problems of believers, while we pray for those who are lost, while we intercede for them when they least want us to, we often forget that they also need to hear the good news. So today, in starting this series, I want to give you four principles for building relationships. How do you make friends for eternity?

Do you know what God is calling you to? Are you hearing his voice in everything you do? The Bible says that Jesus is the Good Shepherd and his sheep know His voice. Do you know His voice today? Are you following his voice? His call for your life? His sheep not only know His voice, but in view of everything God has done we follow His voice as well.

You and I can neither predict nor control the future, but we can control how we respond to its unpredictability. Our response, in turn, plays a pivotal role in our personal future.

What do you do and how do you stay encouraged when you are waiting for God to do what He has promised to do?

Jesus’ passion to reach the world is evident: HE IS STILL INTERESTED in reaching every person, in every home on every street in every city in every state in every country in all the world. It is the reason he came into the world. It was the reason he laid down his life on the cross.

Sooner or later, everyone is going to suffer hurt. You’re going to be rejceted, you’re going to be talked about, and you’re going to have a conflict with somebody that you love. The question for today: if love never fails, how do you love those who are not always easy to love?

Special Commissioning Service for David Carder as he goes from Pathway to serve as the Pastor of Community Life Church in Cincinnati, Ohio.

Ephesians 4:15, Matthew 8:1-3, and Selected

Rev. Dr. Jim Carder

From 1973 to 1985, American confidence in organized religion was at 60 percent, higher than confidence in any other instituion. Today, only 38 percent of Americans say they have a “great deal” or “quite a lot” of confidence in the church or organized religion. When skepticism about faith and confidence in the church is at its lowest, 62 percent of Americans (6 in 10, 3 in 5) do not trust the church, we need to give them a reason to believe.

We must find a way to communicate the message of grace to a world that is searching for this truth: the good news that Jesus still saves. What we say, when we say it, how we say it, and who we say it to will impact our mission as a church to reach Mansfield and beyond for God’s glory.

Proverbs 3:5-6; Psalm 100:3-5

Rev. Dr. Jim Carder - July 14, 2019

God has a purpose for you and you will never fully experience it if you're holding back. If you hold anything back from God, you are at a brick wall in your faith journey. This message encourages you and me to be ALL IN... to hold nothing back from God. Once we get God's Big Idea... the one thing that God wants us to do in order to make a difference in the world... then we need to go all in.