Sent Series Part 5 | Acts 16:11-15 | You Are Made for More

That when we work, it's not just us working for the people around us, but because your assignment is that you are a child of God, your work is not just about the people around you, but your work is a witness to the God that you serve. It's not just for them. It's because you are there on assignment for God, and that's why you show up on time, that's why you do your work well, and that's why you exceed expectation, because that's just what you do, because you serve a great God. [00:11:59] (32 seconds)  #WorkAsWorship

this sister here in this hustle culture that we live in that sometimes make you feel bad for having a nine to five, but listen, I don't care what your title is. I don't care if you're CEO or COO or CFO or CIO or CPO or CTO or director or new employee or contract or salary or part time, or self employed, or retiree. Listen, God, all of us need a prayer spot. All of us need a spot with the Lord to say, God, I need you. This sister's work life is so full that she has to get to God, and she's searching for more. [00:22:03] (51 seconds)  #FaithAtWork

And when she finds Jesus, the text says that that not only does she get saved, but the whole household gets saved. She she's a single sister or she's widowed and and so her when it says household, that means whoever is in her household. That that could be her parents, her her siblings, her servants, all her coworkers, her whole sales force, they all get saved. Her her executive team gets saved. The c suite gets saved. The the finance director, the HR director, the operations director, and the marketing. Can you imagine your whole team at work? Your your whole team, your supervisor, your direct reports, the whole team got saved. But they got saved because of what happened in Lydia's life. [00:30:04] (45 seconds)  #HouseholdSalvation

And here's this single sister, Lydia is her name. She becomes the foundation for the first church in Europe, this church at Philippi. This church will her church her her home becomes the house church and it begins to grow out of the work in Philippi, grows out of her church because of her surrenderedness and her openness to God. I just want you to know friends that God wants to use you. [00:35:11] (25 seconds)  #GodUsesYou

And I'm not just talking about in a materialistic sense. I'm not talking about what you drive or where you live or your car or the job. I mean I mean, I'm talking about your state of mind or your mentality. I'm talking about the point in your life where you begin to recognize that God has put in you and created you and designed you and shaped you for more than just making it day to day. [00:01:45] (24 seconds)  #FamilyPrayerTime

You ought to matter of fact, the best place to start is at home like she did. That maybe maybe it's you having a weekly family prayer time where you gather or you have a few moments and you ask, what are the prayer requests? How can we pray for each other this week? Or or some families have a have a have a Zoom call where they just check-in and they pray or or maybe maybe it's a devotional time. One mother said that they read a daily prayer or daily bread in the car each day as she goes to work with her children. And another person has a has a has a group text with a group of friends where they share a verse each day. You've gotta be thinking through how am I helping others to grow in their faith? [00:32:29] (51 seconds)  #BeALight

And sometimes God sends you to a career because he wants you to make disciples right in that very space. Sometimes somebody in the room needs to understand that the career God has done has helped has allowed you to have is not just about how what you've been able to accomplish, not just about the the the goals you've been able to do, not just about your KPIs, but there is there's some people that God wants you to reach, and God has sent you there to make disciples. [00:15:51] (27 seconds)  #PrayForYourWorkplace

The Christian life is not just about your own personal growth, but God wants to use you to reach somebody. Every month you ought to be thinking about who am I gonna be inviting this month? Who I'm gonna who who gonna sit with me in church today? You know, the the the work of us as a church is not to guard our seats, but to give our seats away. That's why you're here. [00:31:20] (29 seconds)  #FaithOverSuccess

Friends, I want you to know that you your your your your life is a light and a witness that God wants to use. That God wants to use you to influence others. That you ought to be the one inviting others to church. You ought to be the others, the one sharing your testimony. You ought to be the one reaching out for others. That this whole series about sent, this whole back half of the book of acts, it's about God sending his people so they can reach other people. [00:30:50] (30 seconds)  #ServeEverySeason

I said, I don't care how successful you think you are or what you've attained. Listen, none of that matters if you don't have a connection to God because it's the connection to God that will keep you when sales go down, that will keep you when somebody betrays and tries to steal your business. It will keep you when stuff doesn't go right. This sister is searching for more. [00:22:53] (25 seconds)  #WorkIsGood

I need you, God. I need you, God. I need you, God. I need you. God, I'm retired, but God use me in my retirement season. However, you wanna use me, God. God, I'm not just gonna watch soap operas all day, but God I know there's a mission you got on my life. Show it to it. Show it to me. Reveal it to me and use me God. [00:26:28] (29 seconds)  #WorkNotIdentity

God is a worker. But not only is God a worker, Jesus is a worker. When Jesus shows up, he shows up as a carpenter. He's skilled with his hands, learns the crafts from Joseph. He is a skilled craftsman. He's a worker. God is a worker. And guess what? God calls us to be workers. That God didn't give you all those skills and gift for you to sit on them and do nothing. No. God didn't give you all that for you to watch football all day today, all day yesterday, and all night Monday night. No. He he didn't give you all that just to play video games just to shop on Amazon. No. He gave you He wants you to work. [00:09:29] (39 seconds)  #FoundInJesus

It helps us to understand that work is an incredible part of our lives, but you and I gotta have a healthy theology about what work really is. So first of all, work is created by God. That that that work is not a part of the curse after Genesis three. No. Work shows up in Genesis one and Genesis two. [00:08:37] (23 seconds)  #LearnFromLydia

Somebody in the room you've been searching too. And I wanna let you know friend, what you're searching for is only found in the person of Jesus Christ. You can try to find it in other places, but those other places won't last long. He is the source of your strength. He is the source of salvation. He is the one that can lift you and carry you through life. [00:29:19] (25 seconds)

And I want you to catch this and understand this because when you begin to understand this and walk in this, it can be transformative to your life. And today, as we look at today's patches, we're gonna meet a woman by the name of Lydia. And Lydia is gonna help us to understand how God begins to unpack her life and begins to open up her life. We're gonna watch her on a journey as she discovers that she was made for more in the hope that it will help us to learn that we also are made for more. [00:03:24] (30 seconds)

I want you to know that you've been made for more. That God did not create you just to survive and exist, but you have been made for more. That you've been made for a greater mission and a greater work and a greater calling that's on your life. You are made for more. You're not made just to survive, you're made to thrive. [00:35:37] (24 seconds)

You're not made just to live in fear, but you're made to live with courage and bold faith. You're not made just to walk around in silence, but you're made to speak truth and life. You're not made to spend your life comparing yourself to everybody else but you were made to celebrate your unique calling on your life. [00:36:01] (23 seconds)

You were made not to live in regret but you were made to live in redemption and new beginnings. You were made you you are more than your brokenness, but you were made to walk in wholeness and in healing. You were made for more than scarcity, but you were made for abundance and generosity. [00:36:24] (21 seconds)