Making A Difference

Matthew 10:29–31 NLT

29 What is the price of two sparrows—one copper coin? But not a single sparrow can fall to the ground without your Father knowing it. 30 And the very hairs on your head are all numbered. 31 So don’t be afraid; you are more valuable to God than a whole flock of sparrows.

Psalm 139:1–17 NLT

1 O Lord, you have examined my heart and know everything about me. 2 You know when I sit down or stand up. You know my thoughts even when I’m far away. 3 You see me when I travel and when I rest at home. You know everything I do. 4 You know what I am going to say even before I say it, Lord. 5 You go before me and follow me. You place your hand of blessing on my head. 6 Such knowledge is too wonderful for me, too great for me to understand! 7 I can never escape from your Spirit! I can never get away from your presence! 8 If I go up to heaven, you are there; if I go down to the grave, you are there. 9 If I ride the wings of the morning, if I dwell by the farthest oceans, 10 even there your hand will guide me, and your strength will support me. 11 I could ask the darkness to hide me and the light around me to become night— 12 but even in darkness I cannot hide from you. To you the night shines as bright as day. Darkness and light are the same to you. 13 You made all the delicate, inner parts of my body and knit me together in my mother’s womb. 14 Thank you for making me so wonderfully complex! Your workmanship is marvelous—how well I know it. 15 You watched me as I was being formed in utter seclusion, as I was woven together in the dark of the womb. 16 You saw me before I was born. Every day of my life was recorded in your book. Every moment was laid out before a single day had passed. 17 How precious are your thoughts about me, O God. They cannot be numbered!

Matthew 5:14 NLT

14 “You are the light of the world—like a city on a hilltop that cannot be hidden.

Mark 10:45 NLT

45 For even the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve others and to give his life as a ransom for many.”

1 Timothy 4:12 NLT

12 Don’t let anyone think less of you because you are young. Be an example to all believers in what you say, in the way you live, in your love, your faith, and your purity.

Psalm 92:14 NLT

14 Even in old age they will still produce fruit; they will remain vital and green.

Truths:

Truth #1 - We need to be who we were created to be.

Truth #2 - We were called to help in the lives of others.

Truth #3 - Behavior is determined by our thoughts and motives. If we are led by God our motives will be led by more than our hearts.

Truth #4 - We are called to be Christ like, share in others grief, struggles, extend grace even when its hardest.

Truth #5 - We must speak the truth in Love.