Reach-Thrive-Unify

REACH

• Matthew 14:30-31 Then Peter got down out of the boat, walked on the water and came toward Jesus. But when he saw the wind, he was afraid and, beginning to sink, cried out, "Lord, save me!" Immediately Jesus reached out his hand and caught him. "You of little faith," he said, "why did you doubt?"

• Psalm 18:16-17 He reached down from on high and took hold of me; he drew me out of deep waters. He rescued me from my powerful enemy, from my foes, who were too strong for me.

• Acts 17: 27 God did this so that men would seek him and perhaps reach out for him and find him, though he is not far from each one of us.The Lord God has reached out to us when we were falling. When we cried out for help, he reached down from on high to save us. He did all of this so that we may reach out to him, and so that we may reach out to others like he has reached out for us.

THRIVE

• Jeremiah 29:4-7 This is what the LORD Almighty, the God of Israel, says to all those I carried into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon: "Build houses and settle down; plant gardens and eat what they produce. Marry and have sons and daughters; find wives for your sons and give your daughters in marriage, so that they too may have sons and daughters. Increase in number there; do not decrease. Also, seek the peace and prosperity of the city to which I have carried you into exile. Pray to the LORD for it, because if it prospers, you too will prosper."

• Colossians 2:6-7 So then, just as you received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to live in him, rooted and built up in him, strengthened in the faith as you were taught, and overflowing with thankfulness.The Lord God has set us apart from the others nations of the world. As we were not made for this world, God would still have us live here, spread his word, and thrive in this world through him. Jesus Christ, our Lord and Savior, died on a cross so that we may thrive in this world in the promise of living on in the next. The Lord has done all of this so that we may show others how to thrive in this world and receive the promise of everlasting life in heaven.

UNIFY

• Psalm 133:1 How good and pleasant it is when brothers live together in unity!"

• John 17:23 My prayer is not for them alone. I pray also for those who will believe in me through their message, that all of them may be one, Father, just as you are in me and I am in you. May they also be in us so that the world may believe that you have sent me. I have given them the glory that you gave me, that they may be one as we are one: I in them and you in me. May they be brought to complete unity to let the world know that you sent me and have loved them even as you have loved me.

• Ephesians 4:3-4 Make every effort to keep yourselves united in the Spirit, binding yourselves together with peace. For there is one body and one Spirit, just as you have been called to one glorious hope for the future.The Lord God has made us brothers and sisters so that together we can announce to the world the greatness and magnificence that is our Lord and Savior. Christ died so that we may all be united together as his church, and so that all of us together could receive his inheritance.

GOD has given us a mission through the sacrifice of his Son, Jesus Christ. Our mission is to REACH out to him and seek his face and his salvation, and to THRIVE in his Son, Jesus Christ, who died on the cross so that we may have our sins washed away and UNIFY as the Body of Christ and his church and bring him glory throughout all the earth.