We know that without faith it is impossible to please God.

That's why we live by faith and not by sight.

What are we as a church?

As God's church, we are faith-filled, big thinking,

bent-to-farm, risk-takers.

We'll never insult God with small thinking or safe living.

It is great to have all of you with us as we launch into a new year.

We are starting a brand new four-part message series called Jesus and We.

So often in our Western world, when we talk about Christianity,

people talk about Jesus and me, Jesus and me, which is a good thing.

People talk about a personal relationship with Jesus.

Again, very good.

But I believe as we look at Scripture, you can make an argument that not only should we have a

personal relationship with Jesus, but maybe even more important, we should have a shared

relationship with Jesus.

And so over the next few weeks, I want to look at what God is calling us

to be about and to stand for as a local church.

And I believe God is going to inspire you.

In fact, I've been praying very specifically this week for you that God would build your faith.

And as God builds your faith, He would build our faith.

There's something powerful that happens when we come together as the church.

For example, if you pray alone, you know that can be very powerful.

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