LIVING BEYOND YOURSELF LIVING BEYOND YOURSELF LIVING LIFE

LIVING BEYOND YOURSELF

LIVING BEYOND YOURSELF……. LIVING LIFE POWERFULLY BY REACHING BEYOND YOUR CAPABILITES, ACCESSING THE RESOURCES OF THE KINGDOM, AND GIVING BACK TO OTHERS! LIVING BEYOND YOURSELF

GALATIANS 2: 20 20 I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. LIVING BEYOND YOURSELF

LIVING BEYOND YOURSELF……. 1 Corinthians 5: 15, 17 15). . “and He died for all, that those who live should live no longer for themselves, but for Him who died for them and rose again. 17 ”Therefore, if 5 anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new. ” LIVING BEYOND YOURSELF

LIVING BEYOND YOURSELF “Powerful People” • Live Powerfully • Make Powerful Choices • Identify Powerlessness within Yourself • Set Boundaries with Powerless People LIVING BEYOND YOURSELF

2 Timothy 3 3) But know this, that in the last days perilous times will come: 2 For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, 3 unloving, unforgiving, slanderers, without self-control, brutal, despisers of good, LIVING BEYOND YOURSELF

4 traitors, headstrong, haughty, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, 5 having a form of godliness but denying its power. NLT VERISON”THEY WILL ACT RELIGIOUS, BUT THEY WILL REJECT THE POWER THAT COULD MAKE THEM GODLY” LIVING BEYOND YOURSELF

LIVING BEYOND YOURSELF Powerful People…… • Live Powerfully • Make Powerful Choices • Identify Powerlessness In Yourself • Set Boundaries with Powerless People • Love Powerfully • Love God/Others • Resist Adultery LIVING BEYOND YOURSELF

JAMES 4: 1 -6 4 You adulterous people! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Therefore whoever wishes to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God. 5 Or do you suppose it is to no purpose that the Scripture says, “He yearns jealously over the spirit that he has made to dwell in us”? LIVING BEYOND YOURSELF

TO WHOM MUCH IS GIVEN MUCH IS REQUIRED…. WHY IS IT HARD FOR A RICH MAN TO ENTER INTO HEAVEN… IS BECAUSE MORE IS REQUIRED…AND GREED IS ALWAYS STANDING AT THE DOOR OF YOUR BLESSING …TRYING TO CUT OF YOU BEGIN TO STUDY AND LOOK AT THE NUMBERS OBSEESIVLY…. . YOU TIE EVERYTHING UP AND COME UP WITH WAYS TO LIVING BEYOND YOURSELF Powerful People…… • Live Gratefully • Value Others • Resist Pride • Live Generously • Resist Selfishness/Greed • Resist Fear LIVING BEYOND YOURSELF

ACTS 2: 44 -46 44)And all the believers met together in one place and shared everything they had. 45)They sold their property and possessions and shared the money with those in need. 46)They worshiped together at the Temple each day, met in homes for the Lord’s Supper, and shared their meals with great joy and generosity LIVING BEYOND YOURSELF

ISAIAH 32: 8 “But Generous people plan to do what is generous, and they stand firm in their generosity” LIVING BEYOND YOURSELF

LIVE GENEROUSLYGIVE LOVE GIVE HOPE GIVE AFFIRMATION GIVE TIME GIVE FINANCIALLY LIVING BEYOND YOURSELF

IF YOU CHOOSE TO LIVE BEYOND YOURSELF…. . WILL BECOME …. . A POWERFUL PEOPLE WHO…. LIVE POWERFULLY LOVE POWERFULLY LIVE GRATEFULLY LIVE GENEROUSLY LIVING BEYOND YOURSELF