A Commitment to “I Will”To be read individually or responsively I will have the attitude of Christ and put other church members before my wants and desires. I will. I will gladly participate in corporate worship with my fellow church members as long as I am physically able. I will. I will get involved in a group or a class so that I might grow spiritually together with others, and so that I might be accountable to them. I will. I will go and share the gospel with others in words and deeds and not be ashamed of my Savior. I will. I will give abundantly and joyfully, recognizing that God is the owner of all things I currently steward. I will. I will participate in the life of my church because God leads me to do so, not because I feel compelled to please people or to feel guilty for saying “no.” I will. I will focus on the positive ways God is using my church, and not on the flaws of my church, its leaders, or its members. I will. And I will pray that God will use me as an instrument to revive His church, for His name, and for His glory. I will. Thom S. Rainer, I Will: Nine Traits of the Outwardly Focused Christian (Nashville, TN: B&H Books, 2015). |