Grace Sagola Church

The task of foreign mission has at its goal the establishment of healthy local churches that are lead by members of that specific people-group and culture.  The bridge that spans these efforts are Spirit-led and empowered Christians who are willing to go and proclaim the good news: men and women who seek to become all things to all people that they may win some.

The role of a disciple is defined by Jesus in His final words to His followers. But He doesn’t overwhelm them with a responsibility that they must shoulder by themselves or in their own ability. The deficiencies that are present in all of us are solved by God’s gracious gift of His Spirit, to be the power and enabler of our witness.

The message of the gospel is one that we not only get to share, but we get to have a share in. What this means is that God has purpose His church on earth to keep spreading the message of reconciliation and preach the good news to all of creation. The necessary component to continue and complete this story is faith.

The resurrected Jesus calls his disciples to a mountain in Galilee to give them his final command. Jesus’ last words to his disciples give us the direction that God expects from us as the next generation of disciples.

The picture of a loving and Godly father is one that is hard to find on today’s flatscreens and cable boxes.  But the image we see in Jesus is that of a loving Heavenly Father who not only sends, but also equips for His mission. 

God's blessings to Abraham create defining markers towards our understanding of God's strategy of redemption for all nations.  His blessings follow the pattern previous determined in creation and with Noah's family after the flood. 

The Mission of God flows in perfect harmony with His design.  And in the beginning God designed the human creatures to be his representatives on earth: to display His glory and rule across the entire globe. 

The world's most motivating influence is love.  As we have been called to a modern-day task of representing the good news of the gospel to the world, we must make sure that our service and sacrifice come from a source of love for God and what God is doing. 

The evidence is clear, a growing subset of the next up-and-coming generation doesn't  care to know God.  One place where we can make major repairs is by making sure that our faith is found in unity with our lives.

The influence of the world's values has brought us individualism, entitlement, and an avoidance of commitment - especially confrontational commitment.  The church desperately needs to display a return to the foundations of community and relational investment that carries the hallmark characteristic of being committed to one another. 

The world's influence has never been more prevalent in our lives and in the lives of our children.  For all the good that our technology has given us, it has also inadvertently retrained the way we think, study, wait, and want.  It has never been more important that the child of God is equipped with wisdom to navigate the treacherous world of a digital Babylon. 

There are many reasons why individuals leave the church, but there are only a handful of values that tend to keep people plugged into regular cooperate worship and the ministry of God's people.  At the very top of the list is the personal conviction that a relationship with Jesus is the only way to find true fulfillment in this life. 

In Jesus' great commandment to his followers we are told to "Love one another; just as I have loved you."  There is no greater way to begin obedience to this commandment than to pursue it by attempting to place yourself in another's shoes.  This action of empathy is what the bible calls compassion, and it is the fuel for good works.  

The plan of God is humbling when you understand His grace.  God had determined that He is going to reach the nations through the church, through sinners-redeemed, through us!

Oh, how easy it is to fool ourselves into NOT living the Christian Life.  In our world today, we must be ever vigilant make sure we haven't adopted a version of the faith that leaves us "checking" the holy box, but remaining lethargic when it comes to transformation.

The call to good works is first of all determined not by what we can do, but rather by what God has already done.  Easter is the perfect time to reexamine this truth and unite our efforts in service to God with the completed work of Jesus. 

To what degree are good works something the average Christian should concern themselves?  We will see that both the implications of the gospel and expectations of spreading the gospel require a careful devotion to doing good.

Equality is a subject that is often misunderstood in our world today, but it has its origin in God.  How should we as Christians seek equity and equality according to God's determinations?  And how can we best make sense of the way the world pursues this important subject?

The expectation of good works for the Christian is clear throughout the New Testament.  But in what way is doing good part of the Christian story?  Are we saved by doing good works?  Are good works even necessary at all?  What do the biblical writers think of someone who believes that all you must do to be saved is simply believe in God?  Today we will try to answer these questions. 

The Christian life is a difficult one to maintain in our own strength.  Even our best attempts at serving God, if done from the flesh, will ultimately make us grow weary.  We must place our confidence in the God who redeems and daily depend on Him to carry us through. 

The design of God strategy for reaching the lost involves displaying the gospel through our actions, so that a watching world will undeniably see the love of God

The challenge to the Christian is to live the way Jesus lived.  The task of selfless love is God's strategy for bringing the message of reconciliation to the world.  But it must first of all begin by practice and example inside the church. 

The Christian life was never meant to be lived in a bubble.  God designed our giftings to interlink and amplify each individual's effectiveness when we work together.

There is a specific purpose in God's design for his children on earth.  We have not been left here without instruction or expectations.  As the world continues to decay through the corruption of fall of man it plunges ever further in darkness. 

The early church had an expectant hope of Jesus return that characterized their community. They treated one another with mutual encouragement as those motivated by the return of their Savior.