#5 - We Honor The Value of Excellence
It bothers me how often churches will allow sub par ministry to exist and at the same time have the guts to claim they are “Spirit led.”
I honestly do not believe that the Holy Spirit of Almighty God will ever lead someone to do a half baked job! As I read in Scripture…He calls us all to give Him our very best. Offerings that are blemished absolutely tick Him off. (Malachi 1)
Let me be clear about something…excellence does NOT mean perfection. Heck, we screw something up every single week at NewSpring Church! We are NOWHERE near perfect…and never will be, especially as long as I am pastor!
BUT…one of the things I know that our staff and volunteers are committed to is giving our best…doing all that we can with all He’s given us so that we can make a difference.
We believe the church should be doing ministry WAY BETTER than the world does entertainment.
- Our singers should be better!
- Our artists should be better!
- Our speakers should be better!
- Our childrens and youth ministry should be better than MTV or Disney!
WHY? BECAUSE WE HAVE THE HOLY SPIRIT OF THE ALMIGHTY GOD LEADING US, WORKING IN US…AND BECAUSE OF THAT WE HAVE NO EXCUSE AS TO WHY WE DON’T GIVE HIM OUR BEST!
Jesus deserves WAY more than our leftovers. If someone special comes over for dinner…you don’t start pulling the leftovers out of the fridge…you go all out to give them your absolute best.
Every Sunday we are serving Jesus…and HE is WAY more worthy of paper plates and cold pizza!
At NewSpring we’ve always tried to give our absolute best with what He has allowed us to have. We’ve had this value since day one…people far from God are worth the effort…and our Lord deserves our absolute best at all times!