We don't just go to church, we are the church. That's why we never ask. What can the church do for me?

The church is not about me, the church is about we. So, as the body of Christ, we are spiritual contributors, not spiritual consumers, because the church does not exist for us.

We are the church and we exist for the world.

I hope you are as excited as I am to be in church this week. We believe the local church is the hope of the world and God is going to stir up his church to do more than we ever thought possible.

Welcome to all of our life churches across the United States. Our network church is all over the world. Our extended church online, family and countries all over the world.

We are in part number two of the four-part message series called Jesus and we. We are looking at four different value statements that we have as a church.

Last week, we acknowledged that we are faith-filled, big thinking, bet the farm, risk-takers. We will never insult God with small thinking or safe living.

Today, I want to start in John chapter 4, John's Gospel the fourth chapter, and we are going to launch off of a couple of verses and look at our second wee statement.

What do we value as a church?

John chapter 4, this is right after Jesus encountered a woman at the well and offered her living water.

And the disciples of Jesus were concerned about Jesus' state wondering if he might be a little bit hungry.

Verse 31, the disciples urged him, Jesus, Rabbi, eat something. They paused there. It's amazing how much anything that has to do with food.

During this 21-day fast jumps out at me. Rabbi, eat something. Everybody say eat something.

I just wanted to hear you say that. Rabbi, eat something. But Jesus said to his disciples, he said, I have food to eat that you know nothing about.

We're worried about you, Jesus. Maybe you need to eat something. I have food to eat, you know, nothing about.

Then his disciples said to each other, could someone have brought him some food? Did somebody slip him a little happy meal when none of us were looking?

Jesus wouldn't need a happy meal. Did somebody give him some carrots and hummus? He, I'm assuming he might have been more healthy.

I don't know. Did somebody give Jesus something to eat? And Jesus in verse 34 says something that is really, really powerful.

Eat something. Jesus says, my food is to do what? My food said Jesus is to do the will of him who sent me and to do what?

And to finish his work. My food, my nourishment is something else. When everyone else thinks about fill me, fill me, fill me, what actually fills me is to fill others.

What nourishes me is to pour into the lives of others to do the work of God and finish the task that he sent me to do.

I have a food you know nothing of. What fills me is doing the work of God and ministering to others.

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