“Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it.”

Proverbs 4:23

“As water reflects the face, so one’s life reflects the heart.”

Proverbs 27:19

Our Heart defines us…

Our Heart defines our response to life…

Our Heart determines our future.

Definition of Values:

“principles or standards of behaviour; one’s judgement of what is important in life:”

Oxford English Dictionary

Two things define us at Village Baptist:

1) Our Vision- The Reason We Exist

“TRANSFORMING LIVES”

Two things define us at Village Baptist:

1) Our Vision2) Our Core Values

- our judgement of what is important- the way we do things

Core Value 1: We Run Together

-We are a Body

“For we were all baptized by one Spirit so as to form one body…”

1 Corinthians 12:13

Core Value 1: We Run Together

-We are a Body-We are Interdependent

“you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house…”

1 Peter 2:5

Core Value 1: We Run Together

-We are a Body-We are Interdependent-We are called to make disciples

“Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.”

Matthew 28:19-20

Core Value 1: We Run Together

-We are a Body-We are Interdependent-We are called to make disciples

-discipling involves walking together-who are you walking with?

The Lost Art of Lingering

Saturday 8th March• 1pm -4pm - Leadership• 7.30pm - Church

“The righteous choose their friends carefully…” Proverbs 12:26

“As iron sharpens iron, so one person sharpens another…

Proverbs 27:17