What Matters Most

The vision of Christian Life Center is to create a place where people discover God and experience His power in Life-changing ways! However, there are some strategic focus points or values under which the whole vision rests; values that we have to lift up powerfully and live out passionately.

Values are the filters through which we want to funnel what we do as a church. These are the building blocks or foundations on which the rest of the structure sits.

These values are the guiding principles that will help us make decisions on a daily basis and define what we stand for as a church. They help answer the question, “What matters most?” Because if everything is important then nothing is important!

Core values – everybody has them. As a matter of fact, we all live by a core set of values either consciously or unconsciously. They really are the driving force behind our lives. So you might be asking, "how does one define a value?” There are many definitions but the one best one is this: values are “a set of core beliefs by which one measures his or her priorities in life.”

In other words, values are an essential part in keeping one’s life on track. When we clarify our values, we begin to lay down a plumb line for all our decisions. They help us to navigate as we face future crossroads.

For the next four weeks we’re going to be talking about:
October 19 Loving God
October 26 Loving Others
November 2 Missional Living
November 9 Spiritual Formation

These are the things that matter most to Christian Life Center! These are the four defining values that bring clarity to who we are as a community of faith. Join us as we talk about foundations on which we will build a great church.

This week we'll look at Mark 12:28-31. Jesus said that we're to love God with all our heart and with all our soul and with all our mind and will and our strength. That means loving him with all that we are: our emotions, our intellect, our innermost being, our outward actions. The focus of all we do should be, first and foremost, on loving God!