Capstone Church (Benbrook)

Capstone’s Vision: Love the Lord our God with all our heart, soul, mind, and strength.

(Matthew 22:37-38)

As the body of Christ, our first priority is to love the Lord and see that love manifest in everything we do. Often in the church, too much emphasis is placed upon the individual and what we are going to get out of a relationship with God. We have learned that when we focus upon loving God, a byproduct of that love is that we are set free from what destroys us. Therefore we make it our aim to keep as our primary goal to love the Lord and have everything we do as a church based in and conceived out of that love. When our “vision” is right our personal issues are handled by God.

Much is done in this world apart from the motivation of love for God. We don’t want our good works to be found to be without proper motivation on the day of the Lord. Therefore we set as our goal to develop and perform all ministry out of a foundation of love for God.

By the grace God has given me, I laid a foundation as an expert builder, and someone else is building on it. But each one should be careful how he builds. For no one can lay any foundation other than the one already laid, which is Jesus Christ. If any man builds on this foundation using gold, silver, costly stones, wood, hay or straw, his work will be shown for what it is, because the Day will bring it to light. It will be revealed with fire, and the fire will test the quality of each man's work. If what he has built survives, he will receive his reward. If it is burned up, he will suffer loss; he himself will be saved, but only as one escaping through the flames.

1 Corinthians 3:10-15 (NIV)

If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. If I give all I possess to the poor and surrender my body to the flames, but have not love, I gain nothing.

1 Corinthians 13:1-3 (NIV)