2. Last several weeks Making the rest of my life count!
What are you thankful for?
What has made your life rich/ interesting?
What has made you strong?
Coming to grips with a call.
Are you living by design or default?
Stay the course; don't be swayed to & fro
Creating a portable personal mission statement
Getting serious about Jesus: taking next steps
Using your talents for the Mission God gives
Finish it!

3. What have you done? What have you accomplished in your life?
When it's all said and done, how has your life mattered?
Are you making the most of your dash?
Here lies _(your name)__
Born 19_ _ Died 20_ _

4. Making the most of your dash
Deut 34:1 Then Moses climbed Mount Nebo from the plains of Moab to the top of Pisgah, across from Jericho. There the Lord showed him the whole land—from Gilead to Dan, 2 all of Naphtali, the territory of Ephraim and Manasseh, all the land of Judah as far as the Mediterranean Sea, 3 the Negev and the whole region from the Valley of Jericho, the City of Palms, as far as Zoar. 4 Then the Lord said to him, “This is the land I promised on oath to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob when I said, ‘I will give it to your descendants.’ I have let you see it with your eyes, but you will not cross over into it.”
5 And Moses the servant of the Lord died there in Moab, as the Lord had said. 6 He buried him[a] in Moab, in the valley opposite Beth Peor, but to this day no one knows where his grave is. 7 Moses was a hundred and twenty years old when he died, yet his eyes were not weak nor his strength gone. 8 The Israelites grieved for Moses in the plains of Moab thirty days, until the time of weeping and mourning was over.
9 Now Joshua son of Nun was filled with the spirit[b] of wisdom because Moses had laid his hands on him. So the Israelites listened to him and did what the Lord had commanded Moses.

5. Making the most of your dash
Deut 34:5 And Moses the servant of the Lord died there in Moab, as the Lord had said. 6 He buried him in Moab, in the valley opposite Beth Peor, but to this day no one knows where his grave is. 7 Moses was a hundred and twenty years old when he died, yet his eyes were not weak nor his strength gone. 8 The Israelites grieved for Moses in the plains of Moab thirty days, until the time of weeping and mourning was over.
9 Now Joshua son of Nun was filled with the spirit of wisdom because Moses had laid his hands on him. So the Israelites listened to him and did what the Lord had commanded Moses. All scripture from NIV

6. Making the most of your dash
What did Moses really accomplish with his life?
Raised in Pharaoh's household around leaders
Tried to do good in his youth
Fled to the wilderness
Answered the call of God
Went before another Pharaoh in verbal battle
Watched God work
Led an unruly people into the desert
Heard the voice of God as God gave rules

7. Making the most of your dash
What did Moses really accomplish with his life?
Watched the people go astray
Settled disputes
Lost his cool one time!
Watched God work
Raised up a successor
Saw the land
Died!
What did Moses really accomplish?
His job! His task! He completed his call!

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9. Imge from the Padfield.com

10. Making the most of your dash
What if you don't accomplish all you want to do?
What if you don't accomplish all you want to do for God?
Moses had been given a goal.

11. Ex 3:7 The Lord said, “I have indeed seen the misery of my people in Egypt. I have heard them crying out because of their slave drivers, and I am concerned about their suffering. 8 So I have come down to rescue them from the hand of the Egyptians and to bring them up out of that land into a good and spacious land, a land flowing with milk and honey—the home of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites. 9 And now the cry of the Israelites has reached me, and I have seen the way the Egyptians are oppressing them. 10 So now, go. I am sending you to Pharaoh to bring my people the Israelites out of Egypt.”

12. Last several weeks Making the rest of my life count!
What are you thankful for?
What has made your life rich/ interesting?
What has made you strong?
Coming to grips with a call.
Are you living by design or default?
Stay the course; don't be swayed to & fro
Creating a portable personal mission statement
Getting serious about Jesus: taking next steps
Using your talents for the Mission God gives
Finish it!

13. Jesus made his life count
Mk 10:45 For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”
Jesus knew his calling/purpose
John 19:28 Later, knowing that everything had now been finished, and so that Scripture would be fulfilled, Jesus said, “I am thirsty.” When he had received the drink, Jesus said, “It is finished.” With that, he bowed his head and gave up his spirit.
Jesus finished his task to ransom many

14. Jesus made his life count
The most important ministry job of all time is finished.
Your salvation has been completed.
Every sin you have ever committed has been paid for by someone else
You do not need to accomplish anything to add to your salvation. It is complete!
You need only to say “Please forgive me in the name of the crucified savior Jesus who took my place.”

15. So What? What about your dash?
Whatever God has placed in your heart to accomplish...You can!
You may not see your goals fulfilled, but it is OK.
God has an amazing plan for using His people.
No matter your age- God can use you 'til the day you die.
No matter your limited resources- God can use you 'til the day you die.
Listen for the task/call God has for you
Do it!