Continue to live your lives in him, rooted and built up in him, strengthened in the faith as you were taught, and overflowing with thankfulness. - Colossians 2:6-7
You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit and that your fruit should abide - John 15:16
Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for human masters. - Colossians 3:23
1: You are so valuable. 2: God paid attention to every detail when He formed you. 3. God gave his very best for you. 4. You are fearfully and wonderfully made. 5: You were designed with a purpose in mind. 6: You are so so so so valuable.
Marked: What is your life marked by?
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Don't wait for extraordinary opportunities. Seize common occasions and make them great. - Orison Swett Marden
God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it.“ - Genesis 1:28
1: You are called to be holy. 2: Set apart. 3: Consecrated. 4: A temple of the Holy Spirit. 5: "...you must be holy in everything you do, just as God who chose you is holy." - 1 Peter 1:15
The best excuses people gave God. 1. #5: Gideon. “My clan is the weakest and I am the least of my family.” God still used him to win the battle. 2. #4: Jeremiah. “I don’t know how to speak. I’m only a child.” God still wrote one of the longest books of the Bible through him. 3. #3: Moses. “Who am I that I should go to Pharaoh?” God still delivered Moses’ people through him. 4. #2: Moses (again). “What if they don’t believe me? I’m slow of speech. Please send someone else.” 5. #1: Sarah. Sarah laughed at the promise of God. Still, God gave her a son that became a mighty nation. 6. Our excuses don’t limit God from using us. He has an amazing plan for you regardless.
The Call: Answering the call of God on your life.
Use me, God.
For you have need of endurance, so that when you have done the will of God you may receive what is promised. - Hebrews 10:36
"And you are living stones that God is building into his spiritual temple. What’s more, you are his holy priests." - 1 Peter 2:5
"Seek the prosperity of the city to which I have sent you as exiles. Pray to the LORD on its behalf, for if it prospers, you too will prosper." - Jeremiah 29:7
The strength of a man consists in finding out the way God is going, and going that way. - Henry Ward Beecher
Don’t use your freedom to satisfy your sinful nature. Instead, use your freedom to serve one another in love. - Galatians 5:13
There are no “extra pieces” to the Body of Christ. Even the tiniest part has a role to play.
(1) We aren’t spectators(2) We aren’t superstars(3) We’re no lone rangers(4) We’re just people…(5) Working together…(6) For God’s glory
(1) This generation… (2) …is loved by God. (3) …is called by God into greatness. (4) …is a powerful generation. (5) …this generation is just getting started. (6) …this generation can change the world.
What does the LORD require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God? - Micah 6:8
Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them…teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. - Matthew 28:19–20
Carry each other's burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ. - Galatians 6:2
Worship doesn't just happen on Sunday.
