What You Do Matters
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24 But that matters little. What matters most to me is to finish what God started: the job the Master Jesus gave me of letting everyone I meet know all about this incredibly extravagant generosity of God.
Confession of Faith
I am not moved by what I see or by what I feel. I am moved by what I believe. I believe the WORD of God! The victory is mine! I have it now! I can see it through the eyes of my faith! In Jesus Name!
It Matters To God!
It Matters To God!
Introduction:
Each and every one of us that has accepted Jesus Christ as personal Lord and Savior has been called to ministry!
What you and I do in our day to day ministry matters to the people around you and it matters to God!
Paul said Acts 20:24
What matters most to me is to finish what God started: the job the Master Jesus gave me of letting everyone I meet know all about this incredibly extravagant generosity of God.
God created us to serve each other! God redeemed you through his son Jesus Christ so you could complete the work he started in you!
In the Kingdom of God you have a place, a purpose, a role and a function to fulfill!
Understanding this gives life significance and value even when you feel discouraged!
You are not God’s child by the service , but as God’s child you were created for this service!
What You Do Matters!
9 But you are the ones chosen by God, chosen for the high calling of priestly work, chosen to be a holy people, God’s instruments to do his work and speak out for him, to tell others of the night-and-day difference he made for you—
Anytime you use your God given abilities to help others you are fulfilling your calling!
Each of us has a role to play and every role is important! There is nothing small or insignificant to God!
It All Matters
It All Matters
We need each other in the body of Christ! Some people do work that is visible, some do work behind the scenes, but it all matters to God!
Attitude Of Service
Attitude Of Service
28 In the same way, the Son of Man did not come to be served. He came to serve others and to give his life as a ransom for many people.”
It Matters to God that we Serve and It Matters to God That We Give!
Great In God’s Eyes
Great In God’s Eyes
26 But among you it will be different. Whoever wants to be a leader among you must be your servant,
This year is new! Fresh Start - New Goals - Operating in Greatness
Greatness is Serving Others!
Greatness is Serving Others!
What Jesus is saying is this: among His follower’s among his disciples, among his called out, among his people, the person who ministers , the person that serves is great!
The idea that there are degrees of service is unquestionably in mind. Not every believer serves with the same fervor or commitment.
10 Whoever can be trusted with a little can also be trusted with a lot, and whoever is dishonest with a little is dishonest with a lot.
11 If you cannot be trusted with worldly riches, then who will trust you with true riches?
12 And if you cannot be trusted with things that belong to someone else, who will give you things of your own?
What You Do Matters!!
What You Do Matters!!
The Butterfly Effect
The Butterfly Effect
The butterfly effect was considered by some scientists years ago, with the idea that when a butterfly flaps it’s wings, the waves created in the air as those flaps traveled around the earth could eventually become a tsunami on the other side of the world.
Like when you throw a rock in the water, and the ripples wash out.
You have influence on others.
Your family, friends, co-workers, fellow students,
You are being some kind of influence -er
The question is - is it for good or for bad?
It Matters That We Love Each Other!
It Matters That We Love Each Other!
16 This is how we know what real love is: Jesus gave his life for us. So we should give our lives for our brothers and sisters.
17 Suppose someone has enough to live and sees a brother or sister in need, but does not help. Then God’s love is not living in that person.
18 My children, we should love people not only with words and talk, but by our actions and true caring.
19 This is the way we know that we belong to the way of truth. When our hearts make us feel guilty, we can still have peace before God. God is greater than our hearts, and he knows everything.
The best way to show love is to share the Gospel!
The best way to show love is to share the Gospel!
8 Owe no one anything except to love one another, for he who loves another has fulfilled the law.
10 Love does no harm to a neighbor; therefore love is the fulfillment of the law.
It Matters to God that we share the Good News of Jesus Christ - That’s Love!!
1 Let me now remind you, dear brothers and sisters, of the Good News I preached to you before. You welcomed it then, and you still stand firm in it.
2 It is this Good News that saves you if you continue to believe the message I told you—unless, of course, you believed something that was never true in the first place.
3 I passed on to you what was most important and what had also been passed on to me. Christ died for our sins, just as the Scriptures said.
4 He was buried, and he was raised from the dead on the third day, just as the Scriptures said.
It Matters what you give - Give The Gospel
It is by what you give that God will use to grow the church. It is up to you, and as I said before we owe each other our love.
Hear Me! You must believe that God can use you in small ways to change the world?
Whatever your talent, whatever your ability, God can use you, He is here reaching out to you, waiting for you to respond.
What small “Butterfly Effect” could you be a part of today?
Just by doing what come naturally to you?
There are generations yet unborn whose very lives will be shifted by the moves you make and the actions you take today, and tomorrow, and the next day, and the next.
EVERY SINGLE THING YOU DO MATTERS!!!
EVERY SINGLE THING YOU DO MATTERS!!!
Lives are impacted based on what you do!
One God!
One God!
There is only one God that created everything,
There is only one God that saves us
There is only one God that heals us
There is only One God that delivers us
There is only One God that protects and keeps us
There is only one God that we live for
And we know that there is really only one lord, Jesus Christ, through whom we are given a new life!
But not everyone knows this.
Not everyone has the knowledge of God as the creator of the universe;
Not everyone not everyone has the sense of a divine being that is active in their lives;
Not everyone has a knowledge of Jesus Christ and what he actually taught and did;
Not everyone knows about his Resurrection
Not everyone knows of his promise of forgiveness and new life that that gives us.
So because not everyone has this knowledge, and because you do, what you do matters.
What you do matters, because the people who know less or are perhaps weaker in the faith are watching you.
It matters that you share with them
17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new.
It matters that you let people know they are forgiven by God!
It matters that you share with them in hard times that
7 For we walk by faith, not by sight.
7 For we live by believing and not by seeing.
It matters that you share with them the faith that you live by!
You have to tell them Faith has power!
It matters that you live your life in a manner that gives God Glory
It matters that people see the Love of Christ in you!
It matters that you actually live your life with a hope and expectation for the future?
It matters that people can experience the joy you have
It matters that you share that Jesus is the way the truth and the light in you life
In 2021 What You Do Matters
Next Steps:
Week 1 - Reading Thru The Bible
(Sunday) - Rom 1-2
(Monday) - Gen 1-3
(Tuesday) -Josh 1-5
(Wednesday) - Ps 1-2
(Thursday) - Job 1-2
(Friday) - Isa 1-6
(Saturday) - Matt 1-2
