Sermon Tone Analysis

Introduction

Several sources indicate that adults make 35,000 remotely conscious decisions a day, a child 3,000

Decisions matter: Decisions we make today determine stories we tell…

Major life decisions & little everyday decisions (explain the difference) (ie: college, profession, spouse, home, etc… / what to wear, eat, what to do, etc…)

This series has been birthed out of my own experience.

Something that God is currently doing in my life.

We all want to know what God’s direction is for our life and certainly God wants to make His steps know to us.

Most people have more regret over things they did not do as apposed to things they did.

Today we are going to lay the foundation for this series.

1. God Cares About Who We Are More Than What We Do

1. God Cares About Who We Are More Than What We Do

hagiasmos (hä-gē-äs-mo's) - consecration, purification; sanctification of heart and life.

Holy ~ Set Apart ~ Different from world

Different from world

Bible never talks about his will for your Career—Calling to be like Christ.

Bible never talks about his will for your Career—Calling to be like X.

Ex: Me being a pastor is secondary.

More than being a pastor it’s God’s will for me to live a holy life.

God would rather me do anything else with integrity than be a pastor without it.

You can be the most successful person in the world’s eyes, but If you don’t treat your spouse or your children right, you’re not pleasing God!

You can have a successful career, nice home, drive a nice vehicle but if you don’t love your neighbor, treat others with respect, you’re not pleasing God!

God’s will is more about who you are than what you do!

If you are becoming the right who—you will choose the right thing to do.

Lord: Speak to the Generations (Invite men to come forward - Older and younger and stand across the front)

Older men - “set an example” = “Model” (standing together)

titus 2.

Illustration: Women sit with one another

Older women: “reverent” & “not slanderers”

Lock puts it, “they are to carry into daily life the demeanour of priestesses in a temple”

“slanderers”

Such women were not to be “slanderers.”

The term for devil comes from the Greek root diabolos, meaning slanderer.

Those persons who cannot control their tongues in speaking lies, false accusations, and spreading malicious gossip (whether true or untrue) do the work of Satan himself.

Older women - “Teach” = this carries with it the idea of the active sense of “encouraging, advising, urging” (sitting together)

Older women - “Teach” = this carries with it the idea of the active sense of “encouraging, advising, urging” (sitting together)

Application: One of the greatest accomplishments we can achieve as a church is to have a group of men who love their wives and children well and a group of women who are reverent (not slanderers), who love their husbands well!

2. God Cares About The Why Before The What

Our motives matter to God

Pleasing God isn’t a few big decisions, it’s countless daily decisions of dying to self and following Christ.

Pleasing God isn’t a few big decisions, it’s countless daily decisions of dying to self and following Christ.

Closing

What if God showed us the whole picture when we first came to Him?

“Nobody can go back and start a new beginning, but anyone can start today and make a new ending.”

Excerpt From: Craig Groeschel.

“Divine Direction.”

Apple Books.

Excerpt From: Craig Groeschel.

“Divine Direction.”

Apple Books.

https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/divine-direction/id1125830532?mt=11

We need to realize with Christ there’s only one destination that He’s concerned about; but throughout life it’s not so much about Destination as it is about Direction!

Illustration: As a Parent

If one of my children is making bigger life decision my advice would have to be—What do I do?

Whatever you do!

One of my children making bigger life decisions—What do I do?

Whatever you do!

If you’re becoming the right who, God will help you choose the right do.

If you’re driven by the right why, God will lead you to the right what.

More about the WHO and WHY—than the DO and WHAT

do.

Whatever you do—do it for the glory of God.