{"id":12323,"date":"2024-09-05T09:00:15","date_gmt":"2024-09-05T13:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/?p=12323"},"modified":"2024-09-05T09:00:15","modified_gmt":"2024-09-05T13:00:15","slug":"what-is-a-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/2024\/09\/what-is-a-home\/","title":{"rendered":"What is a Home?"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">2024 THEME: Run with the Horses<\/span><\/h2>\r\n<h2><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\r\n\r\n<\/span><\/h2>\r\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">SERIES: Feels Like Home<\/span><\/h2>\r\n<h2><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\r\n\r\n<\/span><\/h2>\r\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">TITLE: What is a Home?<\/span><\/h2>\r\n<h2><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\r\n\r\n<\/span><\/h2>\r\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Scripture: Eph. 2:19-22<\/span><\/h2>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><\/span><\/p>\r\n<h4><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>I. WHAT IS A HOME?<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">What is a home? (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Your thoughts expressed<\/strong><\/span>)<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Some contemporary ideas:<\/p>\r\n<ol>\r\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\r\n<ol>\r\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\r\n<ol>\r\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\r\n<ol>\r\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\r\n<ol>\r\n<li>Run like a (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>business<\/strong><\/span>)<\/li>\r\n<li>Definitely not a (<strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">house<\/span><\/strong>)<\/li>\r\n<li>An (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>organization<\/strong><\/span>)<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><\/span><\/p>\r\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>II. WHEN DOES A CHURCH FEEL LIKE A HOME?<br \/><\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">\u201cYou are members of God\u2019s family.\u201d (Eph. 2:19) \u201cYou are fellow citizens with the saints and a<br \/>member of the household of God.\u201d (ESV)<\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\r\n<ul>\r\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\r\n<ul>\r\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\r\n<ul>\r\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>The Christian life cannot be lived properly as a (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>loner<\/strong><\/span>).<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">When does a church feel like home?<\/p>\r\n<ol>\r\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\r\n<ol>\r\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\r\n<ol>\r\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\r\n<ol>\r\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\r\n<ol>\r\n<li>Important: this does not happen on our own. The (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Holy Spirit<\/strong><\/span>) is the motivator.<\/li>\r\n<li>Must see beyond (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>blurred vision<\/strong><\/span>).<\/li>\r\n<li>Retains the (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>simplicity of worship<\/strong><\/span>).<\/li>\r\n<li>People are (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>welcomed<\/strong><\/span>).<\/li>\r\n<li>(<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Names<\/strong><\/span>) over (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>numbers<\/strong><\/span>).<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Two final thoughts:<\/p>\r\n<ol>\r\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\r\n<ol>\r\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\r\n<ol>\r\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\r\n<ol>\r\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\r\n<ol>\r\n<li>(<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Getting bigger<\/strong><\/span>) is not the goal of a church family.<\/li>\r\n<li>God called me to be a (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>pastor\/shepherd<\/strong><\/span>) not a project manager.<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">THEME: Run with the Horses <br \/>SERIES: Feels Like Home<br \/>NEXT WEEK: Love is Found Here<br \/>SCRIPTURE: Ruth<\/span><\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2024 THEME: Run with the Horses SERIES: Feels Like Home TITLE: What is a Home? Scripture: Eph. 2:19-22 I. WHAT IS A HOME? What is a home? (Your thoughts expressed) Some contemporary ideas: Run like a (business) Definitely not a (house) An (organization) II. WHEN DOES A CHURCH FEEL LIKE A HOME? \u201cYou are members &hellip; <\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link btn\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/2024\/09\/what-is-a-home\/\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"_crdt_document":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12323","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sermon-notes","nodate","item-wrap"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12323","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12323"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12323\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12339,"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12323\/revisions\/12339"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12323"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12323"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12323"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}