Sunday, February 16, 2025
Core: Setting the Foundation for the Future
“Community Engagement”
Jeremiah 29:1-7 (CSB)
- Key Truth: “Our values will determine how we think, what we believe, and how we live."
NSBC Vision- “Leading every generation toward a fully-formed life with Jesus.”
Our Sixth Core Value is… Community Engagement- We value that our first mission field is at home; in our families, our communities, our schools, the marketplace, and all our areas of influence. (Jer. 29:7; Jn. 13:34-35; Acts 2:41-47; Acts 17:22-34)
Main Question: What is God’s call to the city and how are we to live out this call for His glory and their good?
1. God will not abandon His people. (Jeremiah 29:1-3a)
2. God calls us to be faithful witnesses in the culture. (Jeremiah 29:3b-7)
a. Establish a presence in the city. (vs.5-7)
b. Seek the peace of the city. (vs. 7)
- “Do all the good you can, by all the means you can, in all the ways you can, in all the places you can, at all the times you can, to all the people you can, as long as ever you can.”- John Wesley
After the Message: Read Matthew 5:13-16. How are you being salt and light in that areas of influence that God has place you? How are you purposefully allowing your good works to be a beacon through your home, workplace, school, and community so that those that see them will glorify God?
