10 april 2016

What do you want to be when you grow up?

Now what?

As Labor Secretary, she was behind the push:  for minimum wage laws,  for the creation of Social Security,  for the abolition of child labor,  for job and public works programs,  for overtime pay.

What do you want to be when you grow up?

MATTHEW 3:13-14 Then Jesus went from Galilee to the Jordan River to be baptized by John. But John tried to talk him out of it. “I am the one who needs to be baptized by you,” he said, “so why are you coming to me?

MATTHEW 3:15 But Jesus said, “It should be done, for we must carry out all that God requires.” So John agreed to baptize him.

MATTHEW 3:16 After his baptism, as Jesus came up out of the water, the heavens were opened and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and settling on him.

MATTHEW 3:17 And a voice from heaven said, “This is my dearly loved Son, who brings me great joy.”

expressive individualism

JESUS the most giving the most forgiving the most loving the most joyful the most peaceful the most patient the most kind the most truthful the most free the most amazing man who ever lived

MATTHEW 3:17 And a voice from heaven said, “This is my dearly loved Son, who brings me great joy.” NLT “This is my Son, whom I love; with him I am well pleased.” NIV

JOHN CALVIN, Nearly all wisdom we possess, that is to say, true and sound wisdom, consists of two parts: the knowledge of God and of ourselves.

JOHN 10:20 Some said, “He’s demon possessed and out of his mind. Why listen to a man like that?”

MATTHEW 3:17 And a voice from heaven said, “This is my dearly loved Son, who brings me great joy.”

gospel identity

ROMANS 5:6 When we were utterly helpless, Christ came at just the right time and died for us sinners.

ReligionGospel I made a sacrifice, therefore, I’m accepted Because Jesus made a sacrifice, I’m accepted

ReligionGospel When circumstances in my life go wrong or in my career or in school, I am angry at God or myself, since I believe that anyone who is good is owed a successful life. When circumstances in my life go wrong, I struggle but I know that while God may allow this difficulty for my training, my Father in heaven always loves me!

difficulty

ReligionGospel My identity and self-worth are based on what other people believe about things in my life: my career, my house, and my children. My identity and self-worth are centered on the One who died a death on the cross because he loved me.

knowing our identity knowing the Gospel is foundational for living the Good Life

MATTHEW 3:5-6 People from Jerusalem and from all of Judea and all over the Jordan Valley went out to see and hear John. And when they confessed their sins, he baptized them in the Jordan River.

MATTHEW 3:14-15 Then Jesus went from Galilee to the Jordan River to be baptized by John. But John tried to talk him out of it. “I am the one who needs to be baptized by you,” he said, “so why are you coming to me?”

MATTHEW 3:15 But Jesus said, “It should be done, for we must carry out all that God requires.” So John agreed to baptize him.

CALLING what’s your

THE ROAD TO CHARACTER You don’t ask: What do I want from life? You ask a different set of questions: What does life want from me? What are my circumstances calling me to do?

ROMANS 1:6 And you are included among those Gentiles who have been called to belong to Jesus Christ.

1 CORINTHIANS 1:9 God will do this, for he is faithful to do what he says, and he has invited you into partnership with his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.

AUGUSTINE Lord, You have made us for Yourself and our hearts are restless until they find their rest in You.

WE ARE CALLED… …to a relationship with Jesus

ROMANS 9:25-26 Concerning the Gentiles, God says in the prophecy of Hosea, “Those who were not my people, I will now call my people. And I will love those whom I did not love before.” And, “Then, at the place where they were told, ‘You are not my people,’ there they will be called ‘children of the living God.’”

WE ARE CALLED… …to a relationship with Jesus …to a relationship with God’s people …to serve others

WE ARE CALLED… …to a relationship with Jesus …to a relationship with God’s people …to serve others …to particular tasks

move from success to significance

work is not part of the curse, it’s part of being made in the image of God

THE PLEASURE OF GOD finding grace in the ordinary