
The Three Greatest Threats to Today’s Church
Week 3: The Solutions
Pastor Brian Lee
Selected Scripture from Revelation 2-3
1. Continue doing what is
Northside Church
✓ ongoing support of the staff and trust in their leadership
✓ level of involvement in a variety of ministries
✓ the incredible commitment of our lay leadership
✓ the financial support of the budget and paying off the debt
✓ the openness you express toward new people
✓ the growing spiritual desire among many of our people
2 Tell the truth about what is
? Are we really seeking to live out our faith in the world or are we just Sunday morning believers?
? Are we growing in our understanding of the faith or have we settled for shallowness?
? Are our hearts really into our relationship with God or are we just going through the motions?
3 Take the
“Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.”
I Pledge:
- to live a life worthy of the gospel of Christ
- to rightly divide the word of truth and safeguard the gospel from error
- to love the Lord with all my heart, soul, mind, and strength and love my neighbor as I love myself.