The New & the Now
Vision Sunday 2021
Isaiah 43:19 (NIV)
See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it?
1. God’s future is happening now
2 Corinthians 6:2 (NIV)
For he says, "In the time of my favor I heard you, and in the day of salvation I helped you." I tell you, now is the time of God's favor, now is the day of salvation.
Ephesians 2:19 (MSG)
God is building a home. He's using us all — irrespective of how we got here — in what he is building.
Matthew 16:18 (KJV)
I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.
2. God’s future is new
Isaiah 43:19 (NIV)
See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it?
Psalm 98:1
Oh sing to the LORD a new song, for he has done marvelous things!
Isaiah 42:9
Behold, the former things have come to pass, and new things I now declare; before they spring forth I tell you of them."
Lamentations 3:22-23
The steadfast love of the LORD never ceases; his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.
2 Corinthians 5:17
Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.
Revelation 21:5
And he who was seated on the throne said, "Behold, I am making all things new."
1st The new construction and renovation is moving toward completion at all of our in-person campuses
2nd James River Church is growing in a new way
3. God’s future is miraculous
Isaiah 43:19 (NIV)
See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the desert and streams in the wasteland.
Isaiah 43:19 (NIV)
See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the desert and streams in the wasteland.
