Sermon
Calling and Vision
Cornerstone Church of Ames
Speaker: Mark Vance
January 25, 2026 · 40 min
PurposeIdentity in ChristDiscipleshipStewardship & Generosity2 Corinthians 5:6–10Psalm 90:121 Timothy 4
Summary
Paul's vision in 2 Corinthians 5:6-10 calls believers to make pleasing God their life aim before standing at Christ's judgment seat. The sermon equips listeners with three practical tools—the five Cs of calling, a kingdom-centered bucket list, and faithful endurance through suffering—to live with purposeful vision and hear "well done, good and faithful servant."
Highlights
Faithful obedience is your daily target, but a kingdom bucket list is the prayerful vision that gives you the fuel to keep going.
You're not so much shaped by success as by suffering. You can't pick that, God allows that.
Only one life, it'll soon be passed. Only what's done for Christ will last.