Operation

Speaker: Pastor Aaron Perry

Church Family,

This past Sunday we launched a new teaching series called “Operation” centered on Jesus’ challenging words in Matthew 5.

Jesus speaks plainly. If something causes us to stumble, it cannot simply be managed, it must be removed.

Many of us prefer looking good more than being good. Comfort over Christlikeness. Pleasure over presence. Desire over deliverance.

What we refuse to cut off will slowly cut us off from God.

This series explores the Seven Deadly Sins, not as a replacement for Scripture, but as a diagnostic tool for the heart. These patterns reveal where our loves are disordered and where healing must begin.

This week we focused on sloth. Sloth is not laziness. It is not rest. It is not burnout. Biblical sloth is a willful neglect of God-given responsibility. It is delayed obedience and resistance to purposeful effort.

Jesus’ parable in Matthew 25 reminds us that sloth is not the opposite of success; it is the opposite of effort. At its core, sloth is a stewardship issue.

To fight it, we are practicing three simple but intentional movements:

Leave
Some things do not need balance, they need burial.

Limit
If something dulls devotion, it deserves limitations.

Leverage
Freedom is not the absence of habits.
It is the presence of better ones.

Habits are not meant to make us holier than others.
They are meant to make us whole by God’s grace.

As we do this I have invited us to consider these three commitments. 

-Scripture before screens and schedules.
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-Commit To Christ-Centered Community 
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-Stay Focused on Mission 

We invite you to lean into this series with us.
Come ready to listen, examine, and respond.