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MESSAGE NOTES
10 If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love, just as I have kept my Father's commandments and abide in his love. 11 These things I have spoken to you, that my joy may be in you, and that your joy may be full. 12 “This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. 13 Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends. 14 You are my friends if you do what I command you. 15 No longer do I call you servants,[a] for the servant does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all that I have heard from my Father I have made known to you. 16 You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit and that your fruit should abide, so that whatever you ask the Father in my name, he may give it to you. 17 These things I command you, so that you will love one another.

John 15
How do we grow together?

Nutrient-Rich Soil
1 Again he began to teach beside the sea. And a very large crowd gathered about him, so that he got into a boat and sat in it on the sea, and the whole crowd was beside the sea on the land. 2And he was teaching them many things in parables, and in his teaching he said to them: 3“Listen! Behold, a sower went out to sow. 4And as he sowed, some seed fell along the path, and the birds came and devoured it. 5Other seed fell on rocky ground, where it did not have much soil, and immediately it sprang up, since it had no depth of soil. 6And when the sun rose, it was scorched, and since it had no root, it withered away. 7Other seed fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked it, and it yielded no grain. 8And other seeds fell into good soil and produced grain, growing up and increasing and yielding thirtyfold and sixtyfold and a hundredfold.” 9And he said, “He who has ears to hear, let him hear.”
Mark 4

Adequate Sunlight
14 Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership has righteousness with lawlessness? Or what fellowship has light with darkness? 15 What accord has Christ with Belial? Or what portion does a believer share with an unbeliever? 16 What agreement has the temple of God with idols? For we are the temple of the living God; as God said, “I will make my dwelling among them and walk among them, and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
17 Therefore go out from their midst, and be separate from them, says the Lord,
and touch no unclean thing; then I will welcome you, 18 and I will be a father to you,
and you shall be sons and daughters to me, says the Lord Almighty.”

2 Corinthians 6
Favorable Temperatures - Awareness of your walk with the lord
15 “ ‘I know your works: you are neither cold nor hot. sWould that you were either cold or hot! 16 So, because you are lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I will spit you out of my mouth.

Revelation 3
Moisture Levels
25 Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her, 26 that he might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word, 27 so that he might present the church to himself in splendor, without spot or wrinkle or any such thing, that she might be holy and without blemish.[a]

Ephesians 5

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MESSAGE NOTES:
Title: A BETTER ME LEADS TO A BETTER WE
(All scriptures in ESV)

John 15:1-8
Galatians 5:22
1. A BETTER ME: CONNECTION
(I’d like the following sub bullet phrases on the screen when I refer to them)

Your connection with the Vine > Branches
Matthew 9:21
Hanging with Branches ≠ Connection to the Vine

Don’t mistake a Branch for the Vine
Proverbs 20:30
I will use the following verse as a transition to the 2nd point: Genesis 2:18

2. A BETTER WE: CONFESSION
(I’d like the following sub bullet phrases on the screen when I refer to them)

The Father > The Fruit
Don’t Hide….Abide
Confession Restores your Connection

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This is a story about four people named Everybody, Somebody, Anybody, and Nobody. There was an important job to be done and Everybody was asked to do it. Everybody was sure Somebody would do it. Anybody could have done it, but Nobody did it. Somebody got angry about that, because it was Everybody’s job. Everybody thought Anybody could do it but Nobody realized that Everybody wouldn’t do it. It ended up that Everybody blamed Somebody when Nobody did what Anybody could have done.



“If you could kick the person in the pants most responsible for most of your trouble, you wouldn’t be able to sit for a month.” - Teddy Roosevelt

Priests to Guard Offerings
24 Then I set apart twelve of the leading priests: Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and ten of their kinsmen with them. 25 And I weighed out to them the silver and the gold and the vessels, the offering for the house of our God that the king and his counselors and his lords and all Israel there present had offered. 26 I weighed out into their hand 650 talents[a] of silver, and silver vessels worth 200 talents, and 100 talents of gold, 27 20 bowls of gold worth 1,000 darics, and two vessels of fine bright bronze as precious as gold. 28 And I said to them, “You are holy to the Lord, and the vessels are holy, and the silver and the gold are a freewill offering to the Lord, the God of your fathers. 29 Guard them and keep them until you weigh them before the chief priests and the Levites and the heads of fathers' houses in Israel at Jerusalem, within the chambers of the house of the Lord.” 30 So the priests and the Levites took over the weight of the silver and the gold and the vessels, to bring them to Jerusalem, to the house of our God.

Ezra 8:24-30
Accountability is Humbling

As iron sharpens iron,
so one person sharpens another.

Proverbs 27:17
Accountability is Honorable
11 And he gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the shepherds[c] and teachers,[d] 12 to equip the saints for the work of ministry, for building up the body of Christ, 13 until we all attain to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to mature manhood,[e] to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ, 14 so that we may no longer be children, tossed to and fro by the waves and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by human cunning, by craftiness in deceitful schemes. 15 Rather, speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in every way into him who is the head, into Christ, 16 from whom the whole body, joined and held together by every joint with which it is equipped, when each part is working properly, makes the body grow so that it builds itself up in love

Ephesians 4
Accountability is Hardy
11 Again, if two lie together, they keep warm, but how can one keep warm alone? 12 And though a man might prevail against one who is alone, two will withstand him—a threefold cord is not quickly broken. 13 Better was a poor and wise youth than an old and foolish king who no longer knew how to take advice.

Ecclesiastes 4:11-13

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8 Then the word of the Lord came to him, 9 “Arise, go to Zarephath, which belongs to Sidon, and dwell there. Behold, I have commanded a widow there to feed you.” 10 So he arose and went to Zarephath. And when he came to the gate of the city, behold, a widow was there gathering sticks. And he called to her and said, “Bring me a little water in a vessel, that I may drink.” 11 And as she was going to bring it, he called to her and said, “Bring me a morsel of bread in your hand.” 12 And she said, “As the Lord your God lives, I have nothing baked, only a handful of flour in a jar and a little oil in a jug. And now I am gathering a couple of sticks that I may go in and prepare it for myself and my son, that we may eat it and die.” 13 And Elijah said to her, “Do not fear; go and do as you have said. But first make me a little cake of it and bring it to me, and afterward make something for yourself and your son. 14 For thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, ‘The jar of flour shall not be spent, and the jug of oil shall not be empty, until the day that the Lord sends rain upon the earth.’” 15 And she went and did as Elijah said. And she and he and her household ate for many days. 16 The jar of flour was not spent, neither did the jug of oil become empty, according to the word of the Lord that he spoke by Elijah.

1 Kings 17
Bread
8 Then the word of the Lord came to him, 9 “Arise, go to Zarephath, which belongs to Sidon, and dwell there. Behold, I have commanded a widow there to feed you.” 10 So he arose and went to Zarephath. And when he came to the gate of the city, behold, a widow was there gathering sticks. And he called to her and said, “Bring me a little water in a vessel, that I may drink.” 11 And as she was going to bring it, he called to her and said, “Bring me a morsel of bread in your hand.”

1 king 17
35Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life; whoever comes to me shall not hunger, and whoever believes in me shall never thirst. 36But I said to you that you have seen me and yet do not believe. 37All that the Father gives me will come to me, and whoever comes to me I will never cast out. 38For I have come down from heaven, not to do my own will but the will of him who sent me. 39And this is the will of him who sent me, that I should lose nothing of all that he has given me, but raise it up on the last day. 40For this is the will of my Father, that everyone who looks on the Son and believes in him should have eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day.”

John 6
Blessing
12 And she said, “As the Lord your God lives, I have nothing baked, only a handful of flour in a jar and a little oil in a jug. And now I am gathering a couple of sticks that I may go in and prepare it for myself and my son, that we may eat it and die.” 1 king 17 14

For thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, ‘The jar of flour shall not be spent, and the jug of oil shall not be empty, until the day that the Lord sends rain upon the earth.’” 1 kings 17

38John said to him, “Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in your name,f and we tried to stop him, because he was not following us.” 39But Jesus said, “Do not stop him, for no one who does a mighty work in my name will be able soon afterward to speak evil of me. 40For the one who is not against us is for us. 41For truly, I say to you, whoever gives you a cup of water to drink because you belong to Christ will by no means lose his reward.

Mark 9
Boast
24 And the woman said to Elijah, “Now I know that you are a man of God, and that the word of the Lord in your mouth is truth.” 1 kings 17

Ephesians 2:8-9 For by such grace you have been saved through faith. This does not come from you; it is the gift of God and not the result of actions, to put a stop to all boasting.

Jeremiah 9:23 This is what the LORD says: “Don’t let the wise boast in their wisdom, or the powerful boast in their power, or the rich boast in their riches.”

"If you show off do not get upset when God doesn’t show up.”

so that, as it is written, “Let the one who boasts, boast in the Lord.”
1 Corinthians 1:31

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MESSAGE NOTES:
Eyes on Jesus, this storm will pass

Matthew 14:22-33 NLT
Hebrews 11:1 NKJV
Hebrews 11:11 NKJV
Psalm 103:2 NKJV

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MESSAGE NOTES:
(2 Kings 2:15-22)
2 Kings 2:15 And when the sons of the prophets which were to view at Jericho saw him, they said, The spirit of Elijah doth rest on Elisha. And they came to meet him, and bowed themselves to the ground before him.

2 Kings 2:16 And they said unto him, Behold now, there be with thy servants fifty strong men; let them go, we pray thee, and seek thy master: lest peradventure the Spirit of the LORD hath taken him up, and cast him upon some mountain, or into some valley. And he said, Ye shall not send.

2 Kings 2:17 And when they urged him till he was ashamed, he said, Send. They sent therefore fifty men; and they sought three days, but found him not.

2 Kings 2:18 And when they came again to him, (for he tarried at Jericho,) he said unto them, Did I not say unto you, Go not?

2 Kings 2:19 And the men of the city said unto Elisha, Behold, I pray thee, the situation of this city is pleasant, as my lord seeth: but the water is naught, and the ground barren.

2 Kings 2:20 And he said, Bring me a new cruse, and put salt therein. And they brought it to him.

2 Kings 2:21-22 And he went forth unto the spring of the waters, and cast the salt in there, and said, Thus saith the LORD, I have healed these waters; there shall not be from thence any more death or barren (land). So the waters were healed unto this day, according to the saying of Elisha which he spake.

Who were “The sons of the prophets”.
Where were they? Jericho, the Cursed City (Deuteronomy 34:3, Joshua 6:17, 24-26, 1 Kings 16:34)
When the children of Israel came up out of Egypt they wandered in the wilderness for 40 years and then, under the leadership of Joshua, they crossed the Jordan River, and God miraculously parted the waters of the Jordan River so that they crossed over on dry ground. The first city in the land of Canaan that they had to conquer was Jericho, which God identified in Deuteronomy 34:3 as the “City of Palms”. We read in Joshua chapter 6:

Joshua 6:17 And the city shall be accursed, even it, and all that are therein, to the LORD: only Rahab the harlot shall live, she and all that are with her in the house, because she hid the messengers that we sent.

Joshua 6:24 And they burnt the city with fire, and all that was therein: only the silver, and the gold, and the vessels of brass and of iron, they put into the treasury of the house of the LORD.

Joshua 6:25 And Joshua saved Rahab the harlot alive, and her father’s household, and all that she had; and she dwelleth in Israel even unto this day; because she hid the messengers, which Joshua sent to spy out Jericho.

Joshua 6:26 And Joshua adjured them at that time, saying, Cursed be the man before the LORD, that riseth up and buildeth this city Jericho: he shall lay the foundation thereof in his firstborn, and in his youngest son shall he set up the gates of it.

Here we read that this city was accursed not only before the city was destroyed, but also there would rest a curse on anyone who would attempt to rebuild this city of Jericho. But about 550 years later, during the reign of wicked king Ahab, this command from God was forgotten, for we read in:

1 Kings 16:34 In his days did Hiel the Bethelite build Jericho: he laid the foundation thereof in Abiram his firstborn, and set up the gates thereof in his youngest son Segub, according to the word of the LORD, which he spake by Joshua the son of Nun.

Why would anyone build a city on this place?

Apparently, it was a desirable location, for Jericho was described as the city of palm trees. There was water there. At the time Elisha tarried in that city it was still a young city. It was built in the days of Ahab, and the son of Ahab named Ahaziah had just begun his reign. But now they discovered a problem:

“The Water Is Naught” (2 Kings 2:19, Genesis 6:5, 2 Timothy 3:16, John 4:10-14)
2 Kings 2:19 And the men of the city said unto Elisha, Behold, I pray thee, the situation of this city is pleasant, as my lord seeth: but the water is naught, and the ground barren. (lit: causes barrenness)

“The water is naught”.

This does not adequately reflect the strength of the Hebrew word that has been translated “naught”. This Hebrew word has been translated “naught” three times in the Bible, but the same word has been translated “evil” or “wickedness” or “wicked” 526 times in the Bible. in the Garden of Eden was the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, and the word “evil” is that same Hebrew word.

Another example is given in Genesis 6:5, where God says, “And GOD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually”.

This Miracle is a Metaphor for Salvation
1. Jericho Represents the world, it has a desirable appearance but lacks life
2. Water Represents – The Gospel

The Gospel is like a stream of words flowing out of the mouths of those who claim to be prophets of God. But their gospels are evil. Before Christ came almost the entire world was enveloped by worship of idols that cannot save. These were gospels, or plans of salvation, that were dragging people even deeper into Hell than without this false worship. The Lord Jesus said to the Samaritan woman in John

John 4:10-14 Jesus answered and said unto her, If thou knewest the gift of God, and who it is that saith to thee, Give me to drink; thou wouldest have asked of him, and he would have given thee living water. The woman saith unto him, Sir, thou hast nothing to draw with, and the well is deep: from whence then hast thou that living water? Art thou greater than our father Jacob, which gave us the well, and drank thereof himself, and his children, and his cattle? Jesus answered and said unto her, Whosoever drinketh of this water shall thirst again: But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life.

“Bring Me a New Cruse” (2 Kings 2:20, Genesis 19:26, Deuteronomy 29:23, Jeremiah 17:6, Colossians 4:6, Matthew 5:13, Mark 9:49, 2 Chronicles 13:5)

The prophets desired for prosperity. Historically the men of Jericho asked from Elisha if he could do anything to raise their level of prosperity. Since the waters were evil the ground causes barrenness, or it causes to miscarry, which means that women aborted their children before they were 9 months in the womb, and cattle were casting off their young before they were ready for birth. Jericho in spite of all its ideal qualities then lacked the one thing essential.

Usable Water, Living Water, A Pure Gospel

2 Kings 2:20 And he said, Bring me a new cruse, and put salt therein. And they brought it to him.
Why salt?

The Judgement of God –
Lot’s Wife - Genesis 19:26, “But his wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt”. Certainly, she did not become the emblem of sweetness and preservation, but she came under the judgment of God. Salt is here a symbol of the judgment of God. And on the Last Day she will stand before the Judgment throne of Christ and be cast into Hell.

Deuteronomy 29:23 about the land of those who commit the abominations of worshipping idols, and God says there, “And that the whole land thereof is brimstone, and salt, and burning”.

Jeremiah 17:5 God speaks about the man that trusteth in man, and whose heart departeth from the Lord. And then God says in Jeremiah 17:6, “For he shall be like the heath in the desert, and shall not see when good cometh; but shall inhabit the parched places in the wilderness, in a salt land and not inhabited”.

But how then should we interpret Colossians 4:6, where God says, “Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man”.

It means that we must never leave the judgment of God out of our vocabulary when we present the Gospel.

Matthew 5:13 Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men.

If we leave Judgment out of our Gospel presentation, it has become good for nothing

Either we are judged with Christ and in Christ when He endured the equivalent of an eternity in Hell while He was hanging on the cross, or we must endure an eternity in Hell ourselves on behalf of our own sins. And every Old Testament animal sacrifice was salted with salt, because all those animal sacrifices were pictures of Christ on the cross, as He endured the Judgment of God on behalf of our sins.

Therefore when God speaks about a “Covenant of Salt” we know that it is the Covenant of Grace whereby Christ has endured the Judgment of God in our place and for our sins. God says in 2 Chronicles 13:5, “Ought ye not to know that the LORD God of Israel gave the kingdom over Israel to David for ever, even to him and to his sons by a covenant of salt?”

The Covenant of Salt was completed and satisfied with the covenant of Grace.

Elisha said to the men at Jericho:
“Put Salt Therein” (2 Kings 2:20, Isaiah 53:5, 2 Corinthians 5:21, Acts 4:25-28)
You put salt therein. You must inflict the Judgment of God.

Do we still interpret this correctly?
2 Kings 2:20 And he said, Bring me a new cruse, and put salt therein. And they brought it to him.
What is this new cruse?

It means a brand new bowl, straight from the Potter, a bowl that has never contained any salt; a vessel that has never contained any sin, for judgment is the result of sin. This word for

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MESSAGE NOTES:
Crown of Rejoicing

17 But since we were torn away from you, brothers, for a short time, in person not in heart, we endeavored the more eagerly and with great desire to see you face to face, 18 because we wanted to come to you—I, Paul, again and again—but Satan hindered us. 19 For what is our hope or joy or crown of boasting before our Lord Jesus at his coming? Is it not you? 20 For you are our glory and joy.
1 Thessalonians 2


3 And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “Behold, the dwelling place[a] of God is with man. He will dwell with them, and they will be his people,[b] and God himself will be with them as their God.[c] 4 He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away.”
Revelations 21


Crown of Glory
4 And when the chief Shepherd appears, you will receive the unfading crown of glory. 5 Likewise, you who are younger, be subject to the elders. Clothe yourselves, all of you, with humility toward one another, for “God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.”
1 Peter 5

54 Now when they heard these things they were enraged, and they ground their teeth at him. 55 But he, full of the Holy Spirit, gazed into heaven and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God. 56 And he said, “Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God.”
Acts 7

18 For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory that is to be revealed to us. 19 For the creation waits with eager longing for the revealing of the sons of God.
Romans 8

When I judge art, I take my painting and put it next to a God made object like a tree or flower. If it clashes, it is not art. - Paul Cezanne

Crown of Life
12 Blessed is the man who remains steadfast under trial, for when he has stood the test he will receive the crown of life, which God has promised to those who love him. 13 Let no one say when he is tempted, “I am being tempted by God,” for God cannot be tempted with evil, and he himself tempts no one.
James 1

9 “‘I know your tribulation and your poverty (but you are rich) and the slander[a] of those who say that they are Jews and are not, but are a synagogue of Satan. 10 Do not fear what you are about to suffer. Behold, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison, that you may be tested, and for ten days you will have tribulation. Be faithful unto death, and I will give you the crown of life.
Revelations 2


"If you don't try to win you might as well hold the Olympics in somebody's back yard. The thrill of competing carries with it the thrill of a gold medal. One wants to win to prove himself the best." - Jesse Owens

10 The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly.
John 10:10

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MESSAGE NOTES:25 Everyone who competes in the games goes into strict training. They do it to get a crown that will not last, but we do it to get a crown that will last forever.

1 Cor 9:25
What do you consider precious? What is the most valuable thing you own?

Imperishable Crown
19 Though I am free and belong to no one, I have made myself a slave to everyone, to win as many as possible. 20 To the Jews I became like a Jew, to win the Jews. To those under the law I became like one under the law (though I myself am not under the law), so as to win those under the law. 21 To those not having the law I became like one not having the law (though I am not free from God’s law but am under Christ’s law), so as to win those not having the law. 22 To the weak I became weak, to win the weak. I have become all things to all people so that by all possible means I might save some. 23 I do all this for the sake of the gospel, that I may share in its blessings.

The Need for Self-Discipline
24 Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one gets the prize? Run in such a way as to get the prize. 25 Everyone who competes in the games goes into strict training. They do it to get a crown that will not last, but we do it to get a crown that will last forever. 26 Therefore I do not run like someone running aimlessly; I do not fight like a boxer beating the air. 27 No, I strike a blow to my body and make it my slave so that after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified for the prize.
1 Corinthians 9

3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! According to his great mercy, he has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, 4 to an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, kept in heaven for you, 5 who by God's power are being guarded through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.
1 Peter 1:3-4

How do I win this crown?

You Serve - serve one another
19 Though I am free and belong to no one, I have made myself a slave to everyone, to win as many as possible. 20 To the Jews I became like a Jew, to win the Jews. To those under the law I became like one under the law (though I myself am not under the law), so as to win those under the law. 21 To those not having the law I became like one not having the law (though I am not free from God’s law but am under Christ’s law), so as to win those not having the law.
1 Cor. 9

You Surrender - surrender your will
22 To the weak I became weak, to win the weak. I have become all things to all people so that by all possible means I might save some. 23 I do all this for the sake of the gospel, that I may share in its blessings.
1 Cor. 9

You Self- Control
26 Therefore I do not run like someone running aimlessly; I do not fight like a boxer beating the air. 27 No, I strike a blow to my body and make it my slave so that after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified for the prize.
1 Corinthians 9

Crown of Righteousness

from dikaios
Definition
righteousness, justice
NASB Translation
right (1), righteousness (90).

6 For I am already being poured out as a drink offering, and the time of my departure has come. 7 I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. 8 Henceforth there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, will award to me on that day, and not only to me but also to all who have loved his appearing.
2 Timothy 4

A man will be justified by faith when, excluded from righteousness of works, he by faith lays hold of the righteousness of Christ, and clothed in it, appears in the sight of God not as a sinner, but as righteous. - John Calvin

17 For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith for faith,[a] as it is written, “The righteous shall live by faith.”
Romans 1:17

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How to Leave a Legacy

Legacy is what people remember when you’re gone.

Psalm 112:5-9 (NIV)
5 Good will come to those who are generous and lend freely,
who conduct their affairs with justice. 6 Surely the righteous will never be shaken;
they will be remembered forever. 7 They will have no fear of bad news;
their hearts are steadfast, trusting in the Lord. 8 Their hearts are secure, they will have no fear;
in the end they will look in triumph on their foes. 9 They have freely scattered their gifts to the poor, their righteousness endures forever; their horn will be lifted high in honor.

What we do for ourselves usually dies with us.
What we do for others lives beyond us.

“Now Absalom in his lifetime had taken and set up for himself a pillar that is in the King’s Valley, for he said, ‘I have no son to keep my name in remembrance’; he called the pillar by his own name. It is called Absalom’s Monument to this day.” -2 Samuel 18:18
(NIV)

“Carve your name on hearts, not tombstones. A legacy is etched into the minds of others and the stories they share about you.” -Shannon L. Adler

4 Biblical Pillars of Legacy
1. A clear VISION of what could be.
Where there is no prophetic vision, people cast off restraint; but blessed is the one who heeds wisdom’s instruction. -Proverbs 29:18 (NIV)

“Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all.” -Helen Keller

“We all die. The goal isn’t to live forever, the goal is to do something that will.” -Chuck Palahniuk

2. A CONVICTION of what I believe.
28 He is the one we proclaim, admonishing and teaching everyone with all wisdom, so that we may present everyone fully mature in Christ. 29 To this end I strenuously contend with all the energy Christ so powerfully works in me. - Colossians 1:28-29 (NIV)

3. An ACTION-oriented lifestyle.
24 “Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock.
-Matthew 7:24 (NIV)

“If you do not want to be forgotten as soon as you are dead, either write something worth reading or do something worth writing about.” -Benjamin Franklin

4. A commitment to WAITING on God.
Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up. -Galatians 6:9 (NIV)

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