Embracing Our Unique Callings: Generosity and Purpose
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### Quotes for Outreach
1. "We live in a world of scarcity. And it's highlighted by the pandemic where we have this fear in Christ. Christ became poor so that we might become rich. It says in 2 Corinthians 8:9, for we know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ that though he was rich yet for the sake he became for our sake he became poor so that through his poverty we might become rich." [47:08]
2. "If I'm afraid, if I live in a world of scarcity, if I'm afraid, I want to hold on to everything. If I don't, I have money, I don't, I give less because I don't want to run out. And if I have time, I guard it with my time. I can't really volunteer, you know, at the soccer camp. If I'm guarded, if I'm rejecting, I become a people pleaser and dying and I won't leave, you know, I don't, I don't want to leave anything anybody because I want to spend it all. It creates a very small life when we live like that. A very self-centered, I want to keep myself, my good life, build my fence, enjoy my life." [48:38]
3. "When you pour out your life for Christ, you get back more. When you get back more, live generously. Resurrection life is what God calls us to. The economy that we live in is a broken world and we hang on to everything. God's economy is always give. This pandemic that we had, the isolation was not a good thing because it led us to this sense of being closed fist. I have to hold on to my stuff. I have to hold on to my safety." [49:49]
4. "90% of all the resources for Christ in the world reside in America. 90% of the church buildings, 90% of the budgets, 90% of the seminaries, 90% of everything for Christ resides in America. And we're almost making no penetration. We're not making no penetration into our culture with all those resources. God give us the eyes that Nehemiah talked about in Nehemiah 1 that we might see the city and not drive by it." [51:00]
5. "When you hear that you have a gift, when you hear that you have a calling and it's called out and recognized, it makes us feel fulfilled. That changed my life that moment. Using our talents and our gifts can give us a sense of purpose and fulfillment like you can't even believe. It can make us feel like we're making a positive impact on the world. Your calling and your gifts for God's purpose. That God is at work in you to will according to his good pleasure." [43:15]
### Quotes for Members
1. "Every one of us has a calling. We like to say that there's this five percent that you have that nobody else in the world has. And there's ten percent that is a part of you that a few people have but not everybody and there's eighty-five percent of what we do in life basically we just have to do. It's just our life. It's the mundane things of life. But there's this 5% that only you can bring to this world. That's what the Bible teaches. That's what God tells us." [39:27]
2. "Sitting in the pews across America today, this morning, are literally millions of Christ followers who are God's gift to a person. It's a hurting nation. They are mechanics. They are doctors. They are tutors. They are entrepreneurs. And all of those people, many of them, whose hearts break for the homeless, the unhoused, the hungry, the addicted, 98% of America's Christ followers, get this, 98% of America's Christ followers are not ordained ministers. But their callings to ministry are just as important of any of us who are ordained." [40:23]
3. "To live out God's dream as ministers, we need to make three choices: be thankful, take risks, and freely give. Philippians 2 reminds us that it is God who works in us to will and act according to His good purpose." [41:02]
4. "We live in a world that is about scarcity. And so we hold on and we drive by. Or secondly, we live in a world that's been domesticated. And so I want to tell you that one of the barriers to us freely giving is really something that's happened to us historically." [53:01]
5. "October 22nd, 2020, in the midst of the pandemic, I got a call from my doctor to come to the emergency room and was told that I had two months to live. I had acute myeloid leukemia. And unless there was a miracle, unless there was someone who would give me their stem cells, unless I could survive the chemo and the radiation, I would die. I stand here today very thankful." [58:39]
6. "We live in a world of scarcity, but Christ became poor so that we might become rich. We must pour out our lives for Christ, and in doing so, we will receive more. The pandemic has led us to hold on to our safety and resources, but God's economy is always about giving." [49:49]
7. "We live in a world of scarcity, but we're called to thankfulness. We've created a world that's domesticated all those dates, but we're called to risk. We're called to a life of giving based on our calling, our passion, and our purpose." [01:01:35]
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1. "We live in a world of scarcity. And it's highlighted by the pandemic where we have this fear in Christ. Christ became poor so that we might become rich. It says in 2 Corinthians 8:9, for we know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ that though he was rich yet for the sake he became for our sake he became poor so that through his poverty we might become rich." [47:08]
2. "If I'm afraid, if I live in a world of scarcity, if I'm afraid, I want to hold on to everything. If I don't, I have money, I don't, I give less because I don't want to run out. And if I have time, I guard it with my time. I can't really volunteer, you know, at the soccer camp. If I'm guarded, if I'm rejecting, I become a people pleaser and dying and I won't leave, you know, I don't, I don't want to leave anything anybody because I want to spend it all. It creates a very small life when we live like that. A very self-centered, I want to keep myself, my good life, build my fence, enjoy my life." [48:38]
3. "When you pour out your life for Christ, you get back more. When you get back more, live generously. Resurrection life is what God calls us to. The economy that we live in is a broken world and we hang on to everything. God's economy is always give. This pandemic that we had, the isolation was not a good thing because it led us to this sense of being closed fist. I have to hold on to my stuff. I have to hold on to my safety." [49:49]
4. "90% of all the resources for Christ in the world reside in America. 90% of the church buildings, 90% of the budgets, 90% of the seminaries, 90% of everything for Christ resides in America. And we're almost making no penetration. We're not making no penetration into our culture with all those resources. God give us the eyes that Nehemiah talked about in Nehemiah 1 that we might see the city and not drive by it." [51:00]
5. "When you hear that you have a gift, when you hear that you have a calling and it's called out and recognized, it makes us feel fulfilled. That changed my life that moment. Using our talents and our gifts can give us a sense of purpose and fulfillment like you can't even believe. It can make us feel like we're making a positive impact on the world. Your calling and your gifts for God's purpose. That God is at work in you to will according to his good pleasure." [43:15]
### Quotes for Members
1. "Every one of us has a calling. We like to say that there's this five percent that you have that nobody else in the world has. And there's ten percent that is a part of you that a few people have but not everybody and there's eighty-five percent of what we do in life basically we just have to do. It's just our life. It's the mundane things of life. But there's this 5% that only you can bring to this world. That's what the Bible teaches. That's what God tells us." [39:27]
2. "Sitting in the pews across America today, this morning, are literally millions of Christ followers who are God's gift to a person. It's a hurting nation. They are mechanics. They are doctors. They are tutors. They are entrepreneurs. And all of those people, many of them, whose hearts break for the homeless, the unhoused, the hungry, the addicted, 98% of America's Christ followers, get this, 98% of America's Christ followers are not ordained ministers. But their callings to ministry are just as important of any of us who are ordained." [40:23]
3. "To live out God's dream as ministers, we need to make three choices: be thankful, take risks, and freely give. Philippians 2 reminds us that it is God who works in us to will and act according to His good purpose." [41:02]
4. "We live in a world that is about scarcity. And so we hold on and we drive by. Or secondly, we live in a world that's been domesticated. And so I want to tell you that one of the barriers to us freely giving is really something that's happened to us historically." [53:01]
5. "October 22nd, 2020, in the midst of the pandemic, I got a call from my doctor to come to the emergency room and was told that I had two months to live. I had acute myeloid leukemia. And unless there was a miracle, unless there was someone who would give me their stem cells, unless I could survive the chemo and the radiation, I would die. I stand here today very thankful." [58:39]
6. "We live in a world of scarcity, but Christ became poor so that we might become rich. We must pour out our lives for Christ, and in doing so, we will receive more. The pandemic has led us to hold on to our safety and resources, but God's economy is always about giving." [49:49]
7. "We live in a world of scarcity, but we're called to thankfulness. We've created a world that's domesticated all those dates, but we're called to risk. We're called to a life of giving based on our calling, our passion, and our purpose." [01:01:35]
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