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Purpose, balance & health

New Horizons believes that health, purpose and balance are found through six purposes God created for individuals and churches to pursue.

celebrate your faith… “love God with all your heart”
discover your family… “baptize them”
grow your knowledge… “teach them all things”
use your gifts… “love your neighbor as yourself”
serve your world… “[do] for one of the least of these”
share your story… “go…and make disciples” 
These purposes are based on three key passages from the Bible:

“‘Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?’ Jesus replied, ‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: Love your neighbor as yourself. All the law and the prophets hang on these two commandments.’”
Matthew 22:36-40

“For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me…whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did for me.” 
Matthew 25:35-36, 40

“Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely, I am with you always, to the very end of the age.” 
Matthew 28:19-20

For more information about any of these six elements of health and balance, click on the links provided above.