Our desire for the saints at DaySpring Christian Church is that every follower of Jesus among this body would have such a deep trust in God and such solid convictions in His Word, that they would possess a mindset that honestly and humbly can say, “I am ALL yours, LORD.” Whatever I have, what I say, whatever I do, wherever I go, belongs to HIM. I am His servant, and where He leads, I will go.
Even if it makes no sense, even if it costs me something or someone, even if it costs me my life. Even if my friends and family think I’m crazy… If the Lord calls me, I will obey His voice.
I want to do what God wants me to do. I want to be who God wants me to be. I want to think how He wants me to think, say what He wants me to say, do what He wants me to do… everything about my life is about Him.
We don’t want DaySpring Christian Church to be a “fly on the wall” church… where you can walk in, keep to yourself, not be noticed, and walk right back out… we don’t want this to be a place that you simply devote an hour of your time to once a week… we don’t want you to be anonymous here… and I know some people prefer that for a time, and we can respect that for a time… but the model for the church is a body, a family, a bride, unified in purpose and vision, calling… functioning as one… and that’s awful hard to accomplish if we don’t even know each other’s names…
…and it’s not about more church involvement (though that’s part of it), it’s really about LORDSHIP. We don’t want you to just be paying lip-service to God. We don’t want this to just be something you do when it’s convenient. We don’t want this to be something where you come and be entertained and then go home and continue about your life…
We want you to go to heaven! Like I said… it’s all about Lordship. We want Jesus to be the LORD of your life. EVERY ASPECT OF YOUR LIFE. We want Him to be your everything!
We want your relationship with Jesus Christ to be the most important part of who you are. We want you to find your identity in Him. We want you to find your purpose in life in Him. We want you to love others because of how you love Him, rooted in His love for you first. We want you to devote yourselves to the cause of Christ. We want you to labor and strive for the mission of the Gospel. We want to fight against complacency in our Christian lives. We want you to love God so much that everything else just pales in comparison. We want you to be all in. We want you to be sold out. We want you to be who God made you to be. And we want you to bring as many people with you as you can.
And that’s our heart for you all. That’s our desire for this body of believers. And that drove our plans for this year’s series… we landed on this theme for the year… “WHATEVER IT TAKES.” Grounded in 1 Corinthians 10:31, “Whether, then, you eat or drink or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.”