Video Illustration:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cEbQswNB6Wc Chris Tomlin Jesus video
Theme – Legacy of the Pew!
(power point slide 1)
Thesis: Sowing seeds today results in bearing fruit tomorrow which in turn leaves a spiritual legacy! (power point slide 2)
Summary of new series:
Questions to ponder this morning: “What kind of spiritual legacy will you leave? Will it be lasting and eternal? Will it be fleeting and meaningless? Or will you leave behind just a physical legacy like buildings, money, and other possessions?” “What will you be remembered for 100 years from now?”
We learned from 2 John 2 things:
1. For us to leave a spiritual legacy means that we 1st love God by obeying His word. In other word’s we live our lives and make our decisions with a Biblical worldview and we do what the Bible says to do.
2. For us to leave a spiritual legacy requires – no mandates that we invest time into our biological and spiritual children so as to pass on the teachings and the ways of the Lord to the next generation.
Introduction:
Story: Leaving a legacy:
Tug McGraw was quite the baseball pitcher. He won two World Series with the New York Mets, and was one of the best closing pitchers in Philadelphia Phillies history. McGraw was a team cheerleader, the guy who coined the phrase, "You Gotta Believe!"
He might still be on television as a game announcer today if it hadn't been for the sudden change of health that came in 2003. By the time the brain tumor was discovered, doctors told Tug, all of 59 years old, that he had three weeks to live. Three weeks (can you imagine).
He lived nine months, pouring his time into his family, into a legacy dedicated to curing brain cancer, and even to reconciling with a part of his past he'd tried to ignore. He had a wife and kids, but he also had another son he had ignored.
The mother was Elizabeth D'Agostino. She didn't tell her son about his famous father, in part because she wanted to move past that particular part of her life, too. But Tim found his birth certificate, and made the most shocking discovery of his life. His favorite baseball player was also his father. Tim changed his name from Tim Trimble to Tim McGraw.
Tim found Tug when he was an older teen-ager, but there was nothing there. No warm feelings, no immediate connection, and no future. But once more, as an adult, Tim tried it again. And the second time, the attraction took. Father and son, as strange as it must have seemed to them, became close.
And when news came that time was running out, they became closer still. In the end, Tug McGraw even died at Tim McGraw's Nashville home.
In 2004 Tim's song, "Live Like You Were Dying," stayed on top of the charts for 10 weeks, breaking a record that had stood for 30 years, and was named the top country song of the year by Billboard magazine. It was the story of a man who got the news that he was dying - a man made a decision of how he would live with the time he had left.
Lyrics of the song:
He said
"I was in my early forties
With a lot of life before me
And a moment came that stopped me on a dime
I spent most of the next days
Looking at the x-rays
Talkin' 'bout the options
And talkin' 'bout sweet time"
I asked him
"When it sank in
That this might really be the real end
How's it hit you
When you get that kind of news?
Man, what'd you do?"
He said
"I went skydiving
I went Rocky Mountain climbing
I went 2.7 seconds on a bull named Fumanchu
And I loved deeper
And I spoke sweeter
And I gave forgiveness I'd been denying"
And he said
"Someday I hope you get the chance
To live like you were dying"
He said
"I was finally the husband
That most of the time I wasn't
And I became a friend a friend would like to have
And all of a sudden going fishin'
Wasn't such an imposition
And I went three times that year I lost my dad
I finally read the Good Book, and I
Took a good, long, hard look
At what I'd do if I could do it all again
And then
I went skydiving
I went Rocky Mountain climbing
I went 2.7 seconds on a bull named Fumanchu
And I loved deeper
And I spoke sweeter
And I gave forgiveness I'd been denying"
And he said
"Someday I hope you get the chance
To live like you were dying
Like tomorrow was a gift
And you've got eternity
To think about
What you'd do with it
What could you do with it
What did I do with it?
What would I do with it?
Songwriters
CRAIG MICHAEL WISEMAN, JAMES TIMOTHY NICHOLS, TIM NICHOLS
Would it make a difference if you learned you had very little time left? Would it change your priorities if you felt life slipping away? We are all running out of time to leave spiritual legacy which will last for eternity. The opportunity to leave the right kind of legacy tonight is one day shorter than it was yesterday.
The above story is taken from http://www.lifeway.com/Article/sermon-building-a-legacy-that-lasts-mark-12
What will your spiritual legacy be? The decisions you make today will decide your spiritual legacy tomorrow! What you do and don’t today will decide it with your family, friends and church family receive a spiritual legacy from your life.
We have the pew here in front to remind us of the importance of leaving a spiritual legacy!
The symbolism of the pew and its history as I shared the last few weeks is not what we are talking about in this new series – we are not debating pew or no pew – chair or pew - this pew in front of you today represents people’s lives – their spiritual lives to be exact. It represents the many people who sat, laid and lounged in the pew during worship, services and sermons years before. The pew represents the spiritual lives of the people and families whose kids slept on them and even under them. It represents the many kids who stood on those pews and grew up on those pews. It represents the kids who were rocked to sleep on their pew along with some adults too. The legacy of the pew is about generations of church goers who came before you and what they left for you but it also represents your spiritual legacy and what you will leave behind to the next generation. It’s about what they did or did not leave behind in the lives of others and what you will leave behind with your life.
Reference the Story of Tim Tebow: Leaving a Spiritual legacy! (power point slide 3)
New York Mets prospect and former NFL quarterback Tim Tebow reportedly saved a fan’s life from a seizure Tuesday. The unnamed fan had a seizure while the Heisman winner was signing autographs, but the seizure stopped after Tebow placed his hands on the fan and prayed, according to ABC15 reporter Kari Van Horn. Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2016/10/11/report-tim-tebow-saves-fan-from-seizure-after-laying-his-hands-on-him-and-praying/#ixzz4MymvX1hc
Reference the one country song “What I Love About Sunday’s.” This song sings about spiritual legacy’s in a local church! I find a lot of country songs and Christian songs sing about the importance of leaving a right legacy.
We did another Baby dedication today which is about leaving a spiritual legacy to our children. I shared that last few weeks how I had to ask the question, “What happened to following Deut. 6:1-25 for Christian families today?” The passage where God told the Israelites to instill in their children a spiritual legacy that they could and would carry on. They were told to never forget how they got to the Promised Land and how God was responsible for this blessing. How he did miracles to get them there. They were told to teach their children about God’s Word and laws so they too could be blessed and their kids blessed. But Israel failed at some point to do this with the next generation and the nation was hauled off into captivity as a result! Adults and children alike! Is the church in America and our nation on the same downward path? Where are the spiritual legacy’s being carried on from the past? What happened to a Biblical worldview of life?
Deut. 6:1-25: This chapter could be titled: How to Love the Lord Your God!
1These are the commands, decrees and laws the LORD your God directed me to teach you to observe in the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess,
2so that you, your children and their children after them may fear the LORD your God as long as you live by keeping all his decrees and commands that I give you, and so that you may enjoy long life.
3Hear, O Israel, and be careful to obey so that it may go well with you and that you may increase greatly in a land flowing with milk and honey, just as the LORD, the God of your fathers, promised you.
4Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is one.
5Love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength.
6These commandments that I give you today are to be upon your hearts.
7Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.
8Tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads.
9Write them on the doorframes of your houses and on your gates.
10When the LORD your God brings you into the land he swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, to give you—a land with large, flourishing cities you did not build,
11houses filled with all kinds of good things you did not provide, wells you did not dig, and vineyards and olive groves you did not plant—then when you eat and are satisfied,
12be careful that you do not forget the LORD, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery.
13Fear the LORD your God, serve him only and take your oaths in his name.
14Do not follow other gods, the gods of the peoples around you;
15for the LORD your God, who is among you, is a jealous God and his anger will burn against you, and he will destroy you from the face of the land.
16Do not test the LORD your God as you did at Massah.
17Be sure to keep the commands of the LORD your God and the stipulations and decrees he has given you.
18Do what is right and good in the LORD’s sight, so that it may go well with you and you may go in and take over the good land that the LORD promised on oath to your forefathers,
19thrusting out all your enemies before you, as the LORD said.
20In the future, when your son asks you, “What is the meaning of the stipulations, decrees and laws the LORD our God has commanded you?”
21tell him: “We were slaves of Pharaoh in Egypt, but the LORD brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand.
22Before our eyes the LORD sent miraculous signs and wonders—great and terrible—upon Egypt and Pharaoh and his whole household.
23But he brought us out from there to bring us in and give us the land that he promised on oath to our forefathers.
24The LORD commanded us to obey all these decrees and to fear the LORD our God, so that we might always prosper and be kept alive, as is the case today.
25And if we are careful to obey all this law before the LORD our God, as he has commanded us, that will be our righteousness.”
Wow the chapter is clear about passing on a spiritual legacy to the next generation – We really show Love to God by passing on His legacy to the next generation so they too can be blessed! The Old Testament reminds us over and over to leave a spiritual legacy and so does the New Testament so why is it slipping away in so many lives today?
Are you doing this – leaving a spiritual legacy?
Scripture Text:
Philippians 2:1-11: CEV
1Christ encourages you, and his love comforts you. God’s Spirit unites you, and you are concerned for others. 2Now make me completely happy! Live in harmony by showing love for each other. Be united in what you think, as if you were only one person. 3Don’t be jealous or proud, but be humble and consider others more important than yourselves. 4Care about them as much as you care about yourselves 5and think the same way that Christ Jesus thought: 6Christ was truly God. But he did not try to remain equal with God. 7Instead he gave up everything and became a slave, when he became like one of us. 8Christ was humble. He obeyed God and even died on a cross. 9Then God gave Christ the highest place and honored his name above all others. 10So at the name of Jesus everyone will bow down, those in heaven, on earth, and under the earth. 11 And to the glory of God the Father everyone will openly agree, “Jesus Christ is Lord!”
Jesus modeled for us how to leave a spiritual legacy!
Philippians 2:1-11: NIV
1If you have any encouragement from being united with Christ, if any comfort from his love, if any fellowship with the Spirit, if any tenderness and compassion,
2then make my joy complete by being like–minded, having the same love, being one in spirit and purpose.
3Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit, but in humility consider others better than yourselves.
4Each of you should look not only to your own interests, but also to the interests of others.
5Your attitude should be the same as that of Christ Jesus:
6Who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be grasped,
7but made himself nothing, taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness.
8And being found in appearance as a man, he humbled himself and became obedient to death—even death on a cross!
9Therefore God exalted him to the highest place and gave him the name that is above every name,
10that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth,
11and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
T.S. – We need to leave a spiritual legacy by modeling our lives after Jesus – I actually think this is why people are not leaving spiritual legacy’s it’s because people are not following or imitating Jesus and His disciples – I see that Jesus did 6 things throughout his life and ministry which left a spiritual legacy to the next generation. We should learnt hese 6 things and model them in our lives:
I. We need to be remembered for these 6 things so we can leave a spiritual legacy like Jesus did: (the following taken and adapted from http://www.whatchristianswanttoknow.com/leaving-a-legacy-10-things-i-want-to-be-remembered-for/).
a. Introduction to the 6 spiritual legacy building traits of a Christian:
i. Chuck Swindoll shares in his book “Jesus” from the series “Great Lives from God’s Word.”
1. Swindoll, “Frankly, I sat silent there and stunned. It was difficult for me to believe what I was hearing…”
a. People in the video were being asked at a local mall in Frisco Texas this question: “Who is Jesus?” the answers blew Chuck Swindoll away as he listened to them so here are a few of them:
i. Man 1: “That’s a trick question. (Laughs) I don’t know how to answer that.”
ii. Woman: “I mean, I believe that he was a real person and that he died on the cross, but I don’t believe that he was God’s Son.”
iii. Man 2: “He was, you know…He was just another person that found religion and all that, so it’s…I mean… He is nothing like…He’s, of course, a good person and all that, and he’s really a big part of religion, so…you know…All people that find religion are, you know, important. So people have different views.”
iv. Man 3: “…uh… (turns to younger man) Help me out here. (Young man shrugs) Jesus Christ is, uh…the Son of God? (Looks again to younger man).
2. Chuck shares how his heart sank with the people’s answers about Jesus – He thought How could these people who lived in the Bible Belt and lived a few miles from some of the largest churches in the states not know who Jesus is. This scenario convinced him to write the book “Jesus!”
a. He said people just don’t know who Jesus is or the truth about Jesus!
i. Would you agree with his observation?
ii. So as I read this this week and pondered Chucks words - I would be amiss if I did not talk about the spiritual legacy Jesus left behind – His legacy has impacted, transformed and changed more lives than any other persons or persons in the history of the world. We are talking Billions if not Trillions of people
1. Think about How Jesus spiritual legacy has impacted history, Empires, Kings and Queens, Presidents and dictators, generations, nations, nationalities – it is staggering to look at the numbers!
a. I was proud of myself the other day because my sermons on sermoncentral.com have reached around 1.7 million people!
2. So today and next week I want to highlight some of Jesus life and ministry to encourage us to model him and his actions so we know how to leave a spiritual legacy to the next generation.
a. Jesus has left the greatest legacy of anyone in the history of the world – he did not leave behind money, buildings, houses or anything material he left behind for us to follow a spiritual legacy that has impacted billions if not trillions.
b. These 6 character traits of Jesus leave a spiritual legacy -- which we should imitate -- so we too can leave a spiritual legacy to this generation and the next generation:
i. Jesus left a legacy of joy in the midst of difficulty, trials and temptation:
1. “Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance” (James 1:2-3).
a. James the ½ brother of Jesus watched Jesus his ½ brother go through severe trials and tribulations in his life, death and resurrection– but as he watched his brother Jesus go through these hardships he always saw His joy.
i. This joy of Jesus was so refreshing so real – so genuine – He saw it – he observed it and it opened his eyes to the truth of Jesus – Yes, he is the Son of God!
ii. A joy that was deep within the soul of Jesus – a joy that could not be stolen from Him no matter what happened to Him
1. Not nails in His hands, not crucifixion, not rejection from others!
2. Example of Jesus Mark 1:12-13; Matthew 4:1-11:
a. Mark 1:12-13: “At once the Spirit sent him out into the desert, and he was in the desert forty days, being tempted by Satan. He was with the wild animals, and angels attended him.”
i. See also Matthew – Jesus was offered fame, fortune and power from Satan which He refused and instead choose the path God had for Him to die a horrible death to set us all free.
b. Jesus modeled for us in these 40 days the importance of resisting temptation with joy and the Word of God. When Satan tempted Him He resisted with God’s Word and with a relationship with God the Father that enabled him to say no to fame, fortune and power.
i. Why the joy of God was far more valuable than all these things put together!
c. Joy – Temptations, trials did not rob Jesus of His joy for the God the Father and for doing the work of the Kingdom of Heaven. It did not! Others saw it – I think his own ½ brother! That’s leaving a spiritual legacy to your family!
i. Martin Luther said that Christian leadership – or leaving a spiritual legacy comes from prayer, meditations and overcoming temptation. Yes, from temptation? Did you hear that?
1. Be reminded that while temptation may lead to sin – which by the way will rob you of the Joy of the Lord – temptation itself is not sinful ---temptation that is resisted will reveal God’s presence in our lives and will bring joy into our hearts for overcoming the temptation.
2. Walter B. Knight stated, “Joy is the flag that flies over the castle of our hearts announcing that the king is in residence today.”
3. William Barclay stated, “We are chosen for joy. However hard the Christian way, it is both in the traveling and in the goal, the way of joy. There is always a joy in doing the right thing. When we invade some duty or some task, when at last we set our hand to it. Joy comes to us. The Christian is the man of joy. The Christian is the laughing cavalier of Christ. A gloomy Christian is a contradiction in terms, and nothing in all religious history has done Christianity more harm than its connection with black clothes and long faces.”
4. The story of Corrie Ten Boom and the fleas!
a. You can even learn to see joy in the swam of fleas in a concentration camp!
5. Pierre Teilhard said “Joy is the surest sign of the presence of God.”
ii. Jesus left a legacy of giving unconditional love, grace and forgiveness.
1. “By the grace God has given me, I laid a foundation as a wise builder, and someone else is building on it. But each one should build with care” (1 Corinthians 3:10).
a. Paul tells the Corinthian church – a church in turmoil, in division and dissension that we must build on the foundation of Grace that was passed on to us from Jesus and God the Father.
i. Why it’s the best foundation to build your life and legacy on.
2. “Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you” (Ephesians 4:32).
a. Once again Paul tells a church to forgive to have compassion because of the forgiveness God has given them and us. Yet I look around the church in America and I see a lack of grace and forgiveness for others. Instead I see unforgiveness – lack of compassion for others – result a church failing to leave a spiritual legacy.
b. But Jesus builds his great spiritual legacy which has impacted billions of people with grace, forgiveness and compassion!
3. “Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins” (1 Peter 4:8).
a. We need follow the example of Jesus and love – to offer grace – to offer forgiveness to those in the family of God!
4. The example of Jesus and the woman caught in adultery - John 8:1-11
a. A woman is caught in the act of sin and brought before Jesus by the religious leaders of Israel.
b. Jesus, “If anyone of you is without sin, let him be the first to throw a stone at her”… “Woman, where are they? Has no one condemned you?” She said “No one sir.” “Then neither do I condemn you.” Jesus declared, “Go now and leave your life of sin.”
c. Wow! – the Son of God – the sinless Savior – the one who has the right to condemn sin chose not too – right in front of a holy and sinless Jesus is a woman caught in the very act of sin – but he chooses a spiritual legacy of unconditional love, grace and forgiveness.
i. When we show unconditional love, grace, and forgiveness we build a spiritual legacy with our life that will be passed on to the next generation!
iii. Jesus left a legacy of giving of His time, treasures, talents and energy for the work of the Kingdom of God:
1. “But since you excel in everything—in faith, in speech, in knowledge, in complete earnestness and in the love we have kindled in you—see that you also excel in this grace of giving” (2 Corinthians 8:7).
a. If you want to leave a spiritual legacy to the next generation of this church and generation consider following the example of Jesus and give your time, talent and treasures away to them!
2. Example of Jesus doing this is found in the Gospels which is summarized in John 3:16-17: “For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.”
3. Illustration: Historians tell us that two plagues swept through the Roman Empire while Christians were being horribly persecuted. The Antonine Plague was the first, a little more than a century past the life of Jesus. The Plague of Cyprian came along a century after that. One document says that in Rome, where a million people lived, as many as 5,000 died per day. The bodies rotted on the streets, adding to the environment of disease and filth. The epidemic filled the people with terror. It was so devastating that when the first symptoms appeared some villages simply emptied out, leaving the sick behind. There was no cure. There was no hope. So they left sick family members in their beds and ran for their lives. But Christians didn't run. They stayed and brought water to the sick. They fed them. They changed their bandages. They spoke kindly to them. They loved and encouraged them. And they got sick in the process. There's no telling how many people were saved because Christians served, and there's no telling how many Christians lost their lives because they stayed behind. But the world is different today because in the middle of devastating despair - we might call it overwhelming darkness - those who followed Christ saw their opportunity to shine. Jesus wouldn't have left the sick to fend for themselves. Jesus would have stayed. Jesus would have healed. Jesus would have loved. So they did what Jesus would have done. And people the world over were just stunned at the difference love made. The way these people acted - it was as different as light is from darkness. This is why the Roman Empire changed so dramatically. People could not ignore the actions of people who loved God so passionately that they would be willing to give up their lives in His service to God. When you speak the gospel of salvation from sin to a people who have witnessed Christian love in action, the lost will be saved. You can't bully people into the kingdom. You can't legislate a nation into following Christ. But you can love them. You can shine the light of Jesus upon them. And then you can speak the truth. The church body that decides to use its resources to sacrificially love its community will discover that it holds more power than any person or group in political power. There's no single action that defines a person who loves God completely. But the person who does this well will leave a legacy that lasts, and will continue the legacy that Jesus began of love-filled action that leads to salvation.
a. The illustration from http://www.lifeway.com/Article/sermon-building-a-legacy-that-lasts-mark-12
II. Sermon for next week highlight:
i. Jesus left a spiritual legacy of hearing and doing God’s Word and work:
1. “Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says” (James 1:22).
2. Example of Jesus:
a. Matthew 26: 36-55 “Garden of Gethsemane and arrest”
i. 39: Going a little farther, he fell with his face to the ground and prayed, “My father, if it is possible, may this cup be taken from me. Yet not as I will, but as you will.”
1. Jesus listened to the Words of God and choose to forsake His way for God’s way and work.
2. Jesus left for us in the Garden of Gethsemane a spiritual legacy to imitate and follow!
b. John 5:17: Jesus said to them, “My Father is always at work to this very day, and I, too, am working”
i. He listened to the voice of God and did the work for the Kingdom!
ii. Jesus left a legacy of doing good and productive Kingdom work:
1. “Their work will be shown for what it is, because the Day will bring it to light. It will be revealed with fire, and the fire will test the quality of each person’s work” (1 Corinthians 3:13).
2. Example of Jesus John 6:38: “For I have come down from heaven not to do my will but to do the will of Him who sent me!”
a. Jesus worked for God the Father – not for himself – not for personal gain but to set us free from the bondage of son!
b. He did not give for personal gain but for others.
c. He sacrificed for the work of the Kingdom of God so people would find eternal life.
3. Productive work for the Kingdom is work that is done for God – for Jesus for others – in the end those who work for the Kingdom will be greatly rewarded those who are only in it for themselves will find they have nothing!
iii. Jesus left a spiritual legacy of looking towards our heavenly home:
1. “But in keeping with his promise we are looking forward to a new heaven and a new earth, where righteousness dwells” (2 Peter 3:13).
a. Are your eyes fixed on the eternal prize of on the temporary distractions of this world?
2. Example of Jesus life and teaching from Matthew 6:19-24:
a. 19“Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal.
b. 20But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moth and rust do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal.
c. 21For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
d. 22“The eye is the lamp of the body. If your eyes are good, your whole body will be full of light.
e. 23But if your eyes are bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light within you is darkness, how great is that darkness!
f. 24“No one can serve two masters. Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and Money.
i. What kind of spiritual legacy do you want to leave behind to the next generation?
Conclusion:
What do we need to know from the messages of “Legacy of the Pew?”
Leaving a spiritual legacy is a choice we make today! It’s the things we do today that later bring forth spiritual fruit into the future!
Why do we need to know this truth?
We need to understand that we have to be intentional about leaving a spiritual legacy with our children – both biological and spiritual. We need to work at it diligently and intentionally because the world is working hard to convince people and our children that our Biblical Worldview is wrong and their secular worldview is right! They are working the media, politics, books, TV, news anchors to convince your kids to believe their lies! If we don’t leave a spiritual legacy with our children both biological and spiritual who will? If we don’t invest in them then the world will! We need to find ways in the church and in the school to model Jesus legacy traits. We need to know that if we don’t do it then who will? Your public school? Your TV programs? Your sports teams? Your news anchors? Your politicians? God has called you to do this task to leave a spiritual legacy for this generation and the next!
What do we need to do as a result of hearing this truth?
We need to be intentional about following the example of Jesus by doing the things above so we can leave a spiritual legacy to our children both biological and spiritual. When we do these spiritual legacy building traits they will carry on into this generation and the next generation. We have to be doers of His word – when we do His Word - others see it and it impacts their spiritual lives. Most character traits are taught not caught! We need to imitate how Jesus left His spiritual legacy!
Reminder: Also don’t forget from our other two messages these truths --- We also have to love God by following His word – obeying it – living by it! And lastly we need to invest into the lives of others for the Kingdom of Heaven. Is there someone you can meet with weekly or bi-weekly to invest in? Is the Lord laying someone on your heart to disciple – meet with mentor – or learn from each other – a person to be accountable too?
We must take our commission seriously and fight for our children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren both biologically and spiritually! If we don’t they will be lost to this destructive and deceiving secular worldview system!
