Heart for the house - Mark Cerfonteyn

The Rock - Paarl

This past Sunday was our birthday and Heart for the House service, where we got together to sow into our future as a church! We came together to believe for God to do more than we could ever hope or imagine as he builds his church through US collectively. God doesn’t want any of us to go through life and miss the point of why we are here. We are all here to play a unique role in building His church and glorifying His name. As we truly start to understand God’s heart we find the joy and peace that this life can bring us. Q - Have you ever experienced the joy and peace that comes from putting God first in your life? (John 12:24 / 26) A seed has no purpose unless it is planted. The potential for growth and harvest lives inside the seed, that is inside of the harvest. And so each of us are the product of seeds that have been sown into our lives. The problem comes when we choose to either store or consume everything that has been invested into us. We should always seek to be a blessing first, and then we can reap the benefits second. (Prov 3:27) Q - Can you a think of time when your generosity (whether it be with time, energy, or finances) made a difference in someone else’s life? Just like the pressure it take to make olive oil or wine, there is a lot of pressure that comes against us when we do good things for others, but the end product is always worth it. Jesus knew that pressure. He died for his Church, and so if it matters that much to God then there is nothing more worthy of our seed. (Gal 6:10) We are all called to sow seeds of time, seeds of talent, and seeds of treasure to glorify God and so others may live. (John 12:26) Thank you for all you have sown faithfully and believed God for! It’s because of the equal sacrifice of many that we are able to praise God for all He has done through us. Have an expectation for the future! Because the best is yet to come.