30 Big Ideas

During our Opening Session of our Church Conference in Downey, California, the Keynote Speaker Pastor Randy Frazee of Oak Hills Church, San Antonio, Texas gave us a list of 30 Big Ideas. Focusing on the Jesus Revolution wheel, under the three area titles of “Thinking based on Beliefs of belonging”, “Acting upon by practicing for growth”, and “Being virtuous in serving the Lord” with God presence at the core, there are ten ideas to think about and take to heart for application in our lives in our daily walk with the Spirit. Here they are for your consideration today.

Beliefs

1. Trinity: I believe the God of the Bible is the only true God – Father Son, and Holy Spirit.
2. Salvation by Grace: I believe a person comes into a right relationship with God by His grace, through faith in Jesus Christ.
3. Authority of the Bible: I believe the Bible is the Word of Goad and has the right to command my belief and actions.
4. Personal God: I believe God is involved in and cares about my daily life.
5. Identity in Christ: I believe I am significant because of my position as a child of God.
6. Church: I believe the church is God’s primary way to accomplish His purposes on earth today.
7. Humanity: I believe all people are loved by God and need Jesus Christ as their Savior.
8. Compassion: I believe God calls all Christians to show compassion to those in need.
9. Eternity: I believe there is a heaven and a hell, and that Jesus Christ is returning to judge the earth and to establish His eternal kingdom.
10. Stewardship: I believe everything I am and own belongs to God.

Practices

11. Worship: I worship God for who He is and what He has done for me.
12. Prayer: I pray to God to know Him, to lay my requests before Him, and to find direction for my daily life.
13. Bible Study: I study the Bible to know God, the truth, and to find direction in my daily life.
14. Single-mindedness: I focus on God and His priorities for my life.
15. Biblical Community: I fellowship with other Christians to accomplish God’s purposes in my life, other’s life, and in the world.
16. Spiritual Gifts: I know and use my spiritual gifts to accomplish God’s purposes.
17. Giving Away My Time: I give away my time to fulfill God’s purposes.
18. Giving Away My Money: I give away my money to fulfill God’s purposes.
19. Giving Away My Faith: I give away my faith to fulfill God’s purposes.
20. Giving Away My Life: I give away my life to fulfill God’s purposes.

Virtues

21. Love: I unconditionally and sacrificially love and forgive others.
22. Joy: I have inner contentment and purpose in spite of my circumstances.
23. Peace: I am free from anxiety because things are right between God, others, and myself.
24. Patience: I take a long time to overheat and endure patiently under the unavoidable pressures of life.
25. Kindness/Goodness: I choose to do the right things in my relationships with others.
26. Faithfulness: I have established a good name with God and with others based on my long-term loyalty to those relationships.
27. Gentleness: I am thoughtful, considerate, and calm in dealing with others.
28. Self-Control: I have the power, through Christ, to control myself.
29. Hope: I can cope with the hardships of life and with death because of the hope I have in Jesus Christ.
30. Humility: I choose to esteem others above myself.

Thirty big ideas that go beyond beliefs, to a way of life as who we are in Christ.

Blessings, Brian