More than we can ask or imagine

I mentioned Ephesians 3:20-21 yesterday in my blog. Great couple of verses.

God can do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine.

With my sanctified imagination, I can envision and see God doing some great things through Stone Church.

And yet, God promises to do even more than all we can ask or even imagine!

Powerful, powerful stuff.

God desires to do even more than we can imagine.

Here's what I "imagine" taking place in 15 years in our church.

Relocating to 18rd street and seeing 2000 people come for weekend services.
Plant 4 churches in the Southland area
Give 1 million dollars a year to missions.

Lofty, spiritual goals. Yet, yet, God wants to do even more than that!

Wow, God, do your thing!

I desire, Lord that you do even more than all we can ask or imagine!

Let me give you Paul's words again in Ephesians 3:20-21:

"Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, to him be the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen."

John Stott points out there are seven great stages in this statement by the Apostle Paul.

1. God is able to do because he is not idle or inactive or dead.

2. God can do what we ask because he hears us when we pray.

3. He can do what we think because he knows what we think before we think it.

4. He can do all we ask or think because he knows it all and can do it all.

5. He can do more than we ask or think because his plans are bigger than our plans.

6. He can do much more than we ask or think because there is no holding back with God.

7. He can do exceedingly abundantly beyond what we can imagine because he is the God of the superlative.

Again, (and I don't want to sound flippant) but - "Go God"!

Here is an article from the Southtown Star entitled "Stone Church goes forward with plans to move to Orland Park."

Exciting stuff!

By STEPHANIE GEHRING, STAFF WRITER

"Stone Church in Palos Heights will likely move to Orland Park now that the village plan commission has approved its plans for a 15-acre site along 183rd Street.

The village board will have the final say on the proposal and must agree to annex the property into the village.

The site, where Orland Parkway ends at 183rd Street, would be developed in two phases, starting this summer, church representatives said.

In Phase I, a 28,000-square-foot building would house a 406-seat chapel, classrooms for Sunday school, offices and a gymnasium. Two detention ponds will be installed on the site. Church officials said a preliminary budget of $6 million has been set for Phase I.

The second phase would include a 1,000-seat chapel and possibly a school, with the small chapel becoming an multipurpose room.

The church has sold its six acres at 127th Street and Ridgeland Avenue to Gemini Corp., which has built a Walgreens store on part of it and plans a bank as well.

The relocation is driven to get closer to most of the church membership, which has been moving south, David Sosin, an attorney for the church, told the plan commission."