Sermon Series: The Beauty of Loving People
Here at Chesapeake, our three core values are: All People Matter To God, Full Devotion To Jesus Christ Is Normal, and Excellence Honors God.
Excellence tends to display itself in all kinds of ways. And Full Devotion is more easily recognizable, too. But the value of All People Matter To God – this can be a bit harder to see at times.
It shouldn’t be this way.
So what if we did something about that? What if we made loving people visible? What if we so clearly displayed excellence and our devotion to Christ in the way we love people? And not just those who are easy to love – but even loving the unlovely. Imagine the community we would be if together we made our God known through the beauty of loving people.
Because if All People Matter To God, shouldn’t all people matter to us?
Nathan Laborie - May 2, 2021
A Land That is Yours
After a triumphant exodus from slavery in Egypt, a miraculous escape through the parted Red Sea, and being led through the wilderness by the presence of God, the people of Israel were finally there - on the precipice of the promised land. But in that moment, everyone drew back in fear. Everyone but two who had the courage to say, “This land is ours.” Who will we be? - (Numbers 13)
Scripture References: Numbers 13:1-33
