*Introduction:
*Offensive - an attempt to score or
to accomplish more in the work of the Lord.
* A strategy of good boxer in boxing
to always be an offensive boxer to assure to win in the game of boxing.
* To be offensive in the ministry of
the Lord is always moving forward to reach our goal for this year 2023 in
Mission Planting and winning more lost people in our Community.
1.A PRAYERFUL CHURCH IS AN OFFENSIVE
AND ALWAYS A WINNING CHURCH.
(Acts 1:13-15) 13. And when they were come in, they went up into an
upper room, where abode both Peter, and James, and John, and Andrew, Philip,
and Thomas, Bartholomew, and Matthew, James the son of Alphaeus, and Simon
Zelotes, and Judas the brother of James.
14.These
all continued with one accord in prayer and supplication, with the women, and
Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brethren.
15.And in
those days Peter stood up in the midst of the disciples, and said, (the number
of names together were about an hundred and twenty,)
2.A SOULWINNING CHURCH IS AN
OFFENSIVE AND A WINNING CHURCH.
(Acts 2:41) 41. Then they that gladly received his word were
baptized: and the same day there were added unto them about three thousand
souls.
Acts 5:42
42.And
daily in the temple, and in every house, they ceased not to teach and preach
Jesus Christ.
(Acts 6:7) 7.And the word of God increased; and the number of
the disciples multiplied in Jerusalem greatly; and a great company of the
priests were obedient to the faith.
3.A MISSION MINDED CHURCH IS AN
OFFENSIVE AND ALWAYS A WINNING CHURCH.
( Mathew 28:19-20) 19. Go ye therefore, and teach all nations,
baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy
Ghost:
20.Teaching
them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with
you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen.
4.A UNITED AND SERVING CHURCH IS
OFFENSIVE AND A WINNING CHURCH.
(Psalms 33:1-3) 1. Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for
brethren to dwell together in unity!
2.It is
like the precious ointment upon the head, that ran down upon the beard, even
Aaron's beard: that went down to the skirts of his garments;
3.As the
dew of Hermon, and as the dew that descended upon the mountains of Zion: for
there the LORD commanded the blessing, even life for evermore.
5.A FAITHFUL IN GIVING IS AN
OFFENSIVE IS ALWAYS A WINNING CHURCH.
(Malachi 3:10-12) 10. Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse,
that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the LORD
of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a
blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it.
11.And I
will rebuke the devourer for your sakes, and he shall not destroy the fruits of
your ground; neither shall your vine cast her fruit before the time in the
field, saith the LORD of hosts.
12.And all
nations shall call you blessed: for ye shall be a delightsome land, saith the
LORD of hosts.
(II Corinthians 9:6-8) 6. But this I say, He which soweth sparingly shall
reap also sparingly; and he which soweth bountifully shall reap also
bountifully.
7.Every
man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or
of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver.
8.And God
is able to make all grace abound toward you; that ye, always having all
sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work:
God bless you all always
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