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  MESSAGE OUTLINE

  FOR 12-31-2023

  “How to be a Thriving Church”

Introduction:

H.B. Charles Jr. writes “How to Kill a Church”

• Don’t Evangelize
• Regularly criticize leaders
• Attend Services infrequently
• Refuse to volunteer
• Neglect the Youth
• Complain more than encourage
• Stop taking the Bible seriously
• Value personal preferences over souls

“If we want to continue thriving in “24,” we need to keep the main thing the main thing”

Mt. 28:18-20

1. Reach out to the lost and hurting.

Lk. 19:10

2. Keep building up our leaders.

I Thess. 5:11

Eph. 4:15

3. Time to get off of the couch.

Heb. 10:24-25

4. We need to unleash people to serve.

I Pet. 4:10-11

5. We cannot afford to lose the next generation.

I Tim. 4:12

6. Keep building up the body.

Eph. 4:11-16

7. Let God’s Word dwell in us daily.

II Tim. 3:16-17

8. We need more of Him and less of me.

Jn. 3:30

Phil. 2:5-11

Conclusion: Let’s continue to thrive in 2024!