Vision-Part One

I am the type of guy that not a lot of things scare me. It doesn’t bother me to jump out of planes, rappel tall towers, or going extremely fast. Animals insects, ect.. don’t bother me (except for snakes-yuck). But there is a word, that when it is spoken causes a chill to go up my spine. It is the word “vision” – even writing it now, I’m wigging out. Every leadership book I have read speaks of sharing your vision, always talk about your vision, etc… I realize that as a young pastor/leader there are so many things that I don’t know, and desperately realize how very far I have to go to be a “superpastor.”

But I have what I believe God has shown me where we are going as a church, a future reality. But getting it out of my head and heart is important – how can others follow, if they don’t know where we are going?

Let’s begin with a verse of the Bible – 1 Thessalonians 1:5 (and following) “because our gospel came to you not simply with words, but also with power, with the Holy Spirit and with deep conviction.” This church mentioned here weren’t just talking about the Bible, they were living it out with power and deep conviction! They were not plastic, shallow, phony, Christians; they were serious about their faith. Everywhere Paul went in this area of the world to tell others of Christ, this church’s name came up as being faithful there.

So here we go . . . .

Who Are You?

Daybreak is a church that is helping people. We are helping people here in Frederick (Hope Alive, Frederick Food Bank, Children’s Camps, Special Needs, Prayer, etc…). We are also helping people in our country (mission trips to Alabama, Louisiana, and Pennsylvania, etc….). And we are beginning to help people around the world, specifically in Peru. Daybreak is not about political wrangling, but helping people.

Everyone has a need to be understood, to be loved, to belong, and we all need help. We want to be apart of something that is changing our world for the better.

How Are You Helping People?

We begin with ourselves. We want to be real and authentic with how we truly are and live. We understand that the world wants nothing to do with hypocritical Christians. We know that God is not pleased with this type of religious people (see Matthew 23). So we seek to be deep in our relationship with Jesus.

We then want to make a difference in the life of others by showing them how Christ has made a difference in our lives. We have learned that before people care about our Jesus, they have to know that we truly care for and love them. So we want to be about genuinely loving our neighbors and the world. It may be cutting their grass, watching their kids, or just listening over a cup of coffee.

Why Bother?

Because all people are important. Jesus died for them. He gave His life, and so as His disciples or followers we are to do the same. We lay down our lives for others (John 10:14).

We Accept All Kinds of People

We understand that we are growing ourselves, and we become better people by having diversity within our church. You can feel comfortable, no matter what your background may be. We know people aren’t the same and we look forward to learning from each other.

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Drew Boswell wrote 813 articles on this blog.

Dr. Drew Boswell has been in ministry for over twenty years, is a husband, father, pastor, and friend.

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