From him the whole body, joined and held together by every supporting ligament, grows and builds itself up in love, as each part does its work. (Ephesians 4:16 NIV84)

I think God is giving us this verse as a theme for our church in this next season.  We all want to grow and be built up!  We want to see the church grow and be built up!  Who wants to stay where they are right?  There is this magnificant priviledge that God has given us to grow into something bigger and better, fulfilling more of God's call on our lives - thank God for that!  So let's do it right?  Let's see ourselves and the church become more of what God has intended!  Let's watch the church grow numerically as we have to add another service to accomodate the people.  Let's see the church grow spiritually as people realize who they are in Christ, the depths of God's love for them, the authority and the ability to change things on this earth as God's representative.  We want to see an "open heaven" and experience the touch of the Spirit regularly to save, deliver and heal those who need it, and for any who comes to have an undeniable sense of God's manifest presence.  We want to be built up into a fantastic organization and organizm that functions like a "well oiled machine" so nothing hinders the ministry, and more than that, that the ministry is all the more propelled! Sounds good huh?  It will only happen as ".... as each part does its work.  Everyone is important here - EVERYONE!  If we are to attain the goals of our hearts in Christ ----

Ephesians 4:16 - ...... grows and builds itself up in love, as each part does it work.