Adam's Tuesday THOUGHT - October 14, 2014

Each week at our Tuesday small group, I am sharing what we're calling Adam's Thought of the Night. We are  looking at the building blocks of the future Bloomington-Normal Campus.

Community of Hope - week #3

When I went on-line this week and searched Community of Hope, all I could find was needs organizations. The most common ideas were orphanages, homeless shelters and food pantries. All of these things are good! In fact, many of the organizations were started by churches. Plus, the Vineyard is focused on creating organizations like this through our Hope Centers at all of our campuses.

But, I think that when this idea filtered it's way into our DNA in the early 2000's it was meant to be more than that. The idea was that we are more than a building… a community of hope is more than just helping people practically… it's about introducing people to Jesus.

John 1

3 All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made. 4 In him was life, and the life was the light of men. 5 The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.

9 The true light, which gives light to everyone, was coming into the world.

12 But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God, 13 who were born, not of blood nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man, but of God.

14 And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth

16 For from his fullness we have all received, grace upon grace. 17 For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. 18 No one has ever seen God; the only God, who is at the Father's side, he has made him known.

KEY THOUGHT:

All around us, the world is trying to bring HOPE to orphans, to the broken, the homeless & the hurting. BUT they have the wrong answer(s).

HOPE is a person.