Living For Legacy

If you will remain standing for the Reading

- 2 Kings 13:20-21

20 Then Elisha died and was buried.

Groups of Moabite raiders used to invade the land each spring. 

21 Once when some Israelites were burying a man, they spied a band of these raiders. So they hastily threw the corpse into the tomb of Elisha and fled. But as soon as the body touched Elisha’s bones, the dead man revived and jumped to his feet!

Let’s pray

Father, thank you for allowing us to make it through another year

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So our church sponsored a local family and

The mother of this family had her baby

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I am so glad to be a part of a giving Church

So today is day number 2 of our 21 day fast

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Today’s title is “Living for Legacy”

What are you leaving behind?

More important

What will you be taking with you into the New year

Every year we find ourselves

Making a new years resolution

Declaring we’re going to get better at something

We’re going to be a better parent

I’m going to quit smoking

Or quit drinking

I’m going to eat better

Get a gym membership

Pray more

Read my bible more

Has anyone every done this?

We get to the end of the year and declare

“I WILL CHANGE…. Or do…” Fill in the BLANK?We have the BEST intentions

These are great goals

And it’s beneficial to set goals

But today I want you to view your goals a little differently

Not

What I want to do

But WHO I want to become

And even further, WHO I want to be like

When life begins to squeeze you

What is inside of you

Is what will come out

Who you are inside will be

What pours out of you

-What do you see when you look in the mirror?

-Who are you when no one is around?

If we’re honest, at some point

We have ALL looked at ourselves in the mirror

And didn’t like what we saw

If we fashion our

lives

Lifestyle

Attitudes

Jobs

Relationships

After the world

We cannot expect to have a spiritual outcome

Let’s talk about LAGACY

What is “LEGACY”

an amount of money or property left to someone in a will.

So it’s something that you LEAVE behind you

For the next person AFTER you

So that they will have a better Future

It changes your focus from

What can I get

To what can I leave

Have you ever been

- Living life

Spending money

Raising kids

Coming to church

Going to your job

We do these “tasks” for years

It’s just “How life is”

We get into a routine that works for us

We like things that we can depend on

We like our “Knowns”

We stick to our routine

But, if we’re not careful

Our Routine will become our RUT

And this will eventually become our GRAVE

But then somewhere along the way life becomes

Dull

Boring

Unfulfilled

You may want to STOP

Take a step back and check your

Motives and

Focus

Are you living for Today only?

Or are you Living for Legacy to give the

Generations after you a better Future?

- So let's talk LEGACY BLOCKERS

7 Legacy blockers:

Lack of focus. Tristen doing 8 things at once and Nothing gets finished

Living the life others want you to live.

When you live according to others, you’ll lose yourself

Bitterness, anger, and fear.

These 3 things are the Joy and Purpose Stealer

Consumerism.

Take in without giving out

Being a consumer instead of a contributor

Urgencies that take the push back or suppress priorities.

Distracted by things that shouldn’t take priority

Giving priority to things that will yield the least amount of profit/outcome

Safety.

Nothing great EVER happens when there’s minimal risk

Defeatism.

“It won’t matter.”

Giving up before you even start

Living by someone else’s or Society’s definition of Who you should be.

The only definition you need to worry about is that one Defined by God

You are His child

What you’re doing matters

Who you are Matters

One more time for those taking notes

7 Legacy blockers:

Lack of focus.

Living the life others want you to live.

Bitterness, anger, and fear.

Consumerism.

Urgencies that push back or suppress priorities.

Safety.

Defeatism. “It won’t matter.”

Build legacy by eliminating behaviors and attitudes that dilute impact.

It’s not enough to add positive behaviors; eliminate bad.

The only time to build legacy is now.

The only way to change legacy is to change things NOW.

Something I have learned

If you’re always waiting for the Perfect time to do something

Waiting for that Perfect Moment to ACT