Key points
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1The greatest commandments — love God and love others — form the foundation of Rock Point's mission and define what it means to be the church.
“Instead of it, here we go again, we need to celebrate that here we get to go again”
“We can't stop showing up because he keeps showing up”
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2The harvest is already plentiful; the problem has never been a lack of opportunity but a lack of workers willing to show up.
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3Showing up means more than physical attendance — the player inside each of us has to show up, ready to sacrifice and play our position.
“You're all here, but the player hasn't shown up yet”
A story from life
Pastor Bill's father coaches a baseball team that showed up physically but not mentally, illustrating the difference between presence and real participation
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4Life is hard no matter which direction we go; we must choose the hard that leads to victory by following Jesus forward rather than retreating.
“Jesus never promised easier. He promised better”
A story from life
Pastor Bill's father, a decorated war hero from World War II, Korea, and Vietnam, taught him that both sides in combat experience the same hardship but only the one that moves forward wins
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5Paul's example in 2 Corinthians shows that enduring hardship in gospel ministry produces joy, spiritual riches, and true victory — and Rock Point is called to that same all-in commitment.
Related passage“Our hearts ache, but we always have joy. We are poor, but we give spiritual riches to others. We own nothing, yet we have everything”
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6Equal sacrifice — not equal amounts — is what God asks; every person is challenged to give at a level that is genuinely scary and trusting.
Illustration
Youth night worship event where hundreds of students came to Christ; video testimonies from students are played
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7The hundreds of life-change stories at Rock Point — salvations, baptisms, special-needs ministry, youth on fire — prove that Jesus keeps showing up, and our showing up multiplies that harvest.
“She mainly will only repeat a couple lines from a song or a couple one word responses when prompted. But she's been coming here. Cheyenne is her name, and Don's been bringing her. And just recently, Don was woken up to her 26 year old special needs daughter who doesn't speak spontaneously, shoving her and saying, it's gonna get church”
Application
Pastor Bill's challenge is direct and personal: stop just showing up in body and start showing up in full — with your sacrifice, your finances, and your heart. Every person who calls Rock Point their church is asked to pray, take a pledge card, and commit to the We Are Rock Point campaign at a level that is genuinely scary. For some that means giving for the first time; for others it means increasing an existing gift; for high-capacity givers it means asking God whether now is the moment for radical, life-changing generosity. The deeper invitation, though, is to embrace the truth that life is hard either way — so choose the hard that ends in victory. Trust that the harvest Jesus promised is already there, that He will never fail, and that when you move toward Him in obedience, you will find joy on the other side of the fear. Show up, because Jesus keeps showing up.
