If you don’t really know why you exist, eventually you’re going to have problems in life.

Let me give you a few examples to explain that point.

Eastman Kodak, a historic blue-chip American company, recently filed for bankruptcy because it didn’t adapt to the digital age. The irony is that it was Kodak who developed digital photography. How can that be? It’s simple. They didn’t know what business they were in.

They weren’t the first to make this mistake. In the late 1800s, no business matched the dominance of the railroad. Trains dominated the transportation industry of the U.S., moving both people and goods throughout the country.

Then a new discovery came along — the car — and incredibly, the leaders of the railroad industry did not take advantage of their unique position to participate in this transportation development. The automotive revolution was happening all around them, and they did not use their industry dominance to take hold of the opportunity.

In the video presentation developed to accompany the bestselling book The Search for Excellence, Tom Peters points out the reason: The railroad barons didn’t understand what business they were in. Peters observes that “they thought they were in the train business. But they were actually in the transportation business. Time passed them by, as did opportunity. They couldn’t see what their real purpose was.”

Here at Celebration Church we know clearly why we’re here and what “business” we are in. Although we have lots of activities and focuses from time to time, we know clearly why we exist and what our purpose as a Church family is all about. We are in the God-glorifying, Bible-teaching, People-serving, Disciple-making, and Life-transforming business.

This coming SUPER BOWL WEEKEND, we have the opportunity individually and collectively to focus on the mission of our church – seeing people’s lives transformed by the power of Jesus Christ. And so I want you to help us accomplish our mission this week by:

1. Praying for people that you want to bring with you to our church services,
2. Contacting (phone calls, texts, emails or Facebook invites) people and encouraging them to attend with you,
3. Re-contacting those same people on Saturday to make sure they’re still attending with you, and then
4. Praying again that their hearts will be opened and their lives will be transformed as a result of their joining us at Celebration for SUPER BOWL WEEKEND.

Each of us can bring someone (or some two or three people) with us this weekend, and if we will focus on our “business” of doing so, the current life and eternal destiny of many individuals will be transformed for the good. Let’s all commit to bringing others with us to SUPER BOWL WEEKEND, so that we can conduct our “business” of seeing lives transformed by the Lord.

Pastor Dennis

P.S. It was so wonderful to see so many people signing up for our VOLUNTEER REVOLUTION this past weekend. If you didn’t have time to “sign up”, please take time to do so now online. You will be a great blessing to the Lord and many others through your involvement in the VOLUNTEER REVOLUTION.