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Two ways to be great
Do you want to be happier? Jesus offers a different way to greatness.
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November 11-12, 2017
Pastor Joe Wittwer
JOY: The Outward Focused Life
#1—Two ways to be great
Mark 10:35-45
The Big Idea: Jesus offers a different way to greatness.
Introduction and offering:
This is Veteran’s Day weekend, and we want to thank our vets for their service. Would all veterans of our military service and all current military stand so we can thank you? There is another group we should thank: the families of those who have served or are serving. These families send their service members off for extended periods of time, and some have not come back. Would all you family members of our military stand so we can thank you?
Today we kick off a new series! JOY—the Outward Focused Life. One day this spring, I was on a walk, praying—I love to pray outdoors. My mind wandered to something stupid and selfish, and when I realized where my mind had gone, I thought, “Really? After all these years, I’m still so selfish.” Anyone else afflicted with selfishness? I need company! What popped into my mind next was a simple acrostic that I learned as a new Christian. JOY: Jesus, Others, You. The way to joy is to put Jesus first, then others before yourself. Corny, but true. The way to joy is an outward focused life, just the opposite of selfishness. So I started writing JOY on the top of my daily schedule—I’m still doing it months later. It’s not because I’m unhappy—I’m a very happy person. Check out my socks! I write JOY at the top of my schedule because it’s a reminder to live Jesus, Others, You. The way to true joy is an outward focused life.
We’re going to spend the next six weeks looking at what the Bible says about this kind of joyful outward focused life.
Offering here.
Mark 10:35–45
35 Then James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came to him. “Teacher,” they said, “we want you to do for us whatever we ask.”
36 “What do you want me to do for you?” he asked.
37 They replied, “Let one of us sit at your right and the other at your left in your glory.”
38 “You don’t know what you are asking,” Jesus said. “Can you drink the cup I drink or be baptized with t
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Do you want to be happier? Jesus offers a different way to greatness.
Transcript
November 11-12, 2017
Pastor Joe Wittwer
JOY: The Outward Focused Life
#1—Two ways to be great
Mark 10:35-45
The Big Idea: Jesus offers a different way to greatness.
Introduction and offering:
This is Veteran’s Day weekend, and we want to thank our vets for their service. Would all veterans of our military service and all current military stand so we can thank you? There is another group we should thank: the families of those who have served or are serving. These families send their service members off for extended periods of time, and some have not come back. Would all you family members of our military stand so we can thank you?
Today we kick off a new series! JOY—the Outward Focused Life. One day this spring, I was on a walk, praying—I love to pray outdoors. My mind wandered to something stupid and selfish, and when I realized where my mind had gone, I thought, “Really? After all these years, I’m still so selfish.” Anyone else afflicted with selfishness? I need company! What popped into my mind next was a simple acrostic that I learned as a new Christian. JOY: Jesus, Others, You. The way to joy is to put Jesus first, then others before yourself. Corny, but true. The way to joy is an outward focused life, just the opposite of selfishness. So I started writing JOY on the top of my daily schedule—I’m still doing it months later. It’s not because I’m unhappy—I’m a very happy person. Check out my socks! I write JOY at the top of my schedule because it’s a reminder to live Jesus, Others, You. The way to true joy is an outward focused life.
We’re going to spend the next six weeks looking at what the Bible says about this kind of joyful outward focused life.
Offering here.
Mark 10:35–45
35 Then James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came to him. “Teacher,” they said, “we want you to do for us whatever we ask.”
36 “What do you want me to do for you?” he asked.
37 They replied, “Let one of us sit at your right and the other at your left in your glory.”
38 “You don’t know what you are asking,” Jesus said. “Can you drink the cup I drink or be baptized with t
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