God chose us to make a difference, but He doesn’t want us to do it alone. This message series will focus on values that will inspire our church in faith, serving, generosity, and evangelism. What we can’t do alone, God empowers us to do together.

“I will gather all the nations against Jerusalem to battle, and the city will be taken, the houses plundered, the women raped, and half of the city exiled, but the rest of the people will not be eliminated from the city. Then the Lord will go forth and fight against those nations, as when He fights on a day of battle. On that day His feet will stand on the Mount of Olives...and the Mount of Olives will be split in its middle from east to west.”   Zechariah 14:2-4

Three Ways To Prep For The Last Days: Turn-Serve-Wait

1.  We turn from idols that deceive to God who saves.

“...you turned to God from idols…”.                                1 Thessalonians 1:9b

“In the last days difficult times will come. For people will be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, slanderers, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, unholy, unloving...holding to a form of godliness although they have denied its power; avoid such people as these.” 2 Timothy 3:1-4

2.  We serve the living God, not dead idols.

“...you turned to God from idols to serve a living and true God.” 1 Thessalonians 1:9b,c

“‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.’  This is the great and foremost commandment.”  Matthew 22:38-39

3.  We wait, actively preparing for Jesus’ return.

“...you turned to God from idols to serve a living and true God, and to wait for His Son from heaven.” 1 Thessalonians 1:9b-10

“The kingdom of God is like a man who casts seed upon the soil: and he goes to bed at night and gets up daily, and the seed sprouts and grows—how, he himself does not know. The soil produces crops by itself; first the stalk, then the head, then the mature grain in the head. Now when the crop permits, he immediately puts in the sickle, because the harvest has come.” Mark 4:26-29

Anaménein

Ana: again, intensely  Menein: to remain, stay, abide

To wait actively, faithfully, and with great expectation

“...the Son of Man is coming at an hour when you do not think He will.” Matthew 24:44

* All scriptures are from the New American Standard Bible (NASB) unless otherwise noted