The Life of Christ determines everything about us.

Ask, could my gifts, education, career, or experience be used to spread the gospel where it’s needed most?

Saturate your preaching with the gospel in the church, so that you people speak gospel in the world.

That is relinquishing control in a culture that prioritizes control and doing what you need to do in order to advance yourself.

When God tells us to give extravagantly, we can trust Him to do the same in our lives. And this is really the core issue of it all. Do we trust Him? Do we trust Jesus when He tells us to give radically for the sake of the poor? Do we trust Him to provide for us when we begin using the resources He has given us to provide for others? Do we trust Him to know what is best for our lives, our families, and our financial futures?

While the goal of the American dream is to make much of us, the goal of the gospel is to make much of God.

Making disciples by going, baptizing, and teaching people the Word of Christ and then enabling them to do the same thing in other people’s lives—this is the plan God has for each of us to impact nations for the glory of Christ