We cannot move up the vertical toward God and remain at the bottom in the horizontal. We cannot truly build the relationships with others to what they should be without deepening our relationship with God. It is all about connecting with God and connecting with others. It is about serving – as something done for the Lord and not for people.

Now, we are calling this a measurement, meaning I need to measure my worship, which is basically measuring obedience and what thrills our heart. Am I growing in obedience to the Lord? Is the worth of Him leading me to tell the truth, look away from porn, forgive my enemy, pray, gather with God’s people and sing. Or not? And if it is no, go back to mercy. I mean really, without mercy what is it we think we have?

Now, we are calling this a measurement, meaning I need to measure my worship, which is basically measuring obedience and what thrills our heart. Am I growing in obedience to the Lord? Is the worth of Him leading me to tell the truth, look away from porn, forgive my enemy, pray, gather with God’s people and sing. Or not? And if it is no, go back to mercy. I mean really, without mercy what is it we think we have?

How am I growing? How am I worshiping? Where am I investing? Where am I connecting? Where am I serving? Who am I reaching? Who am I coaching? I don’t think we can imagine or think big enough of what God would do through that. But that is our goal and we start today by teaching these 7 measures. We are looking at the first one today, *How am I growing?*

How am I growing? How am I worshiping? Where am I investing? Where am I connecting? Where am I serving? Who am I reaching? Who am I coaching? I don’t think we can imagine or think big enough of what God would do through that. But that is our goal and we start today by teaching these 7 measures. We are looking at the first one today, *How am I growing?*

While our vision is to be a church our community can’t imagine being without, our mission is: Building relationships that connect all people to God-sized life and love. Last week I said for us to become that church the community can’t imagine being without it is going to be as important as ever before that we be connected.

While our vision is to be a church our community can’t imagine being without, our mission is: Building relationships that connect all people to God-sized life and love. Last week I said for us to become that church the community can’t imagine being without it is going to be as important as ever before that we be connected.

We must build relationships that connect all people to God-sized life and love. God has given us great love to experience and a great life to live here at The Heights and we want to share it with all who would hear and receive. We want to be the best, most visible force for good in the 804. We are going to take time this fall in the sermon series and life group to see what that means to us as individuals and as a church.

We must build relationships that connect all people to God-sized life and love. God has given us great love to experience and a great life to live here at The Heights and we want to share it with all who would hear and receive. We want to be the best, most visible force for good in the 804. We are going to take time this fall in the sermon series and life group to see what that means to us as individuals and as a church.

Can we even imagine not being afraid of what will be on the news tonight? Not afraid of all the rumors about the shut down? Not afraid of the call from the doctor’s office? A life not afraid . . . is that real?