The culture we face is emerging into a confusing, godless, valueless mindset with mixed religion and mixed philosophies. The only hope for the world today is Christ and His church. The call to every believer is to believe Christ is who He said He was and can do what He promised to do, and to believe the church is Christ’s body and is called to do what Christ has purposed to accomplish and will succeed. 13 pages of notes; 8 PowerPoint slides.

All leaders should be builders of three houses: the house of our personal faith, the house of our ministry, and the house of the local church. This sermon looks at the nine building blocks in each house. Become a builder. 13 pages of notes; 17 Power Point slides.

The demand for properly trained leaders with the right attitude, proven character, spiritual DNA, and a desire to serve and sacrifice is before us all the time. How do we keep our pipeline full of developing excellent leaders and servants? To grow our churches we must grow our leadership base and our servant base to match our vision and our structure to fulfill that vision. 8 pages of notes; 10 PowerPoint slides.

Over half of the world’s population lives in urban centers and large cities. We are called to our cities because God has called us to that particular city. Our vision must be God’s vision ─ to reach our city and make it a place where God’s presence, God’s ways, and God’s word are a dominant force. 10 Pages of Notes. 12 PowerPoint Slides.

The windows of heaven represent the unlimited resources God has in store for each church. God desires to open His windows so we may receive His unlimited provisions and release them by opening the windows in our church. 13 pgs and 15 ppt slides.