Seeing The Big Picture SEEING THE BIG PICTURE

Seeing The Big Picture

SEEING THE BIG PICTURE “Therefore we do not lose heart. Even though our outward man is perishing, yet the inward man is being renewed day by day. For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, is working for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory, while we do not look at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen. For the things which are seen are temporary, but the things which are not seen are eternal. ” 2 Corinthians 4: 16 -18

SEEING THE BIG PICTURE STEWARDSHIP

LUKE 12: 16 -20 “And I will say to my soul, ‘Soul, you have many goods laid up for many years; take your ease; eat, drink, and be merry. ’ But God said to him, 'Fool! This night your soul will be required of you; then whose will those things be which you have provided? ”

Mark 8: 36 -37 “For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? Or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul? ”

I Timothy 6: 6 -10 “But godliness with contentment is great gain. For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out…” “…For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows. ”

2 Peter 3: 10 -11 “But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up. Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness…”

SEEING THE BIG PICTURE STEWARDSHIP SERVICE

Ecclesiastes 12: 13 “Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man. ”

Ecclesiastes 12: 14 “For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil. ”

2 Corinthians 5: 10 “Wherefore we labour…. For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad. ”

See the long range results! Ø Attending the Services Ø Serving Others Ø Giving Liberally Ø Good works

1 Corinthians 15: 58 “Therefore, my beloved brethren, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not in vain in the Lord. ” (NKJV)

SEEING THE BIG PICTURE STEWARDSHIP SERVICE SUFFERING

James 1: 2 -4 “My brethren, count it all joy when you fall into various trials…”

James 1: 2 -4 “My brethren, count it all joy when you fall into various trials, knowing that the testing of your faith produces patience. But let patience have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking nothing. ” (NKJV)

2 Corinthians 5: 17 “For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, is working for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory…”

2 CORINTHIANS 4: 17 LIGHT AFFLICTION MOMENT

2 CORINTHIANS 4: 17 LIGHT AFFLICTION MOMENT WEIGHT GLORY ETERNAL

2 CORINTHIANS 4: 17 LIGHT AFFLICTION MOMENT WEIGHT GLORY ETERNAL No Affliction = No Glory!

Romans 8: 18 “For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us. ”

SEEING THE BIG PICTURE STEWARDSHIP SERVICE SUFFERING SACRIFICE

Luke 14: 26 “If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple. And whosoever doth not bear his cross, and come after me, cannot be my disciple. ”

Matthew 5: 29 -30 “And if thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell. And if thy right hand offend thee, cut it off, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell. ”

Mark 10: 29 -30 “Jesus answered and said, ‘Assuredly, I say to you, there is no one who has left house or brothers or sisters or father or mother or wife or children or lands, for My sake and the gospel's, who shall not receive a hundredfold now in this time; houses and brothers and sisters and mothers and children and lands, with persecutions; and in the age to come, eternal life. ”

SEEING THE BIG PICTURE WHAT ENABLES ONE TO SEE THE BIG PICTURE? FAITH

SEEING THE BIG PICTURE HEBREWS 11 Vs. 1 - “Now faith is: the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. ”

SEEING THE BIG PICTURE HEBREWS 11 NOAH - “by faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house…” vs. 7

SEEING THE BIG PICTURE HEBREWS 11 ABRAHAM - “by faith…when he was called to go out…. obeyed; and he went out, not knowing whither he went. ” vs. 8 “For he looked for a city which hath foundations, whose builder and maker is God. ” vs. 10

SEEING THE BIG PICTURE HEBREWS 11 MOSES - “by faith… Refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter… Choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God… He forsook Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king; for he endured… seeing him who is invisible. ” vs. 24 -27

SEEING THE BIG PICTURE HEBREWS 12: 2 JESUS - “by faith… endured the cross, despising the shame for the JOY that was set before Him… at the right hand of the throne of God. ”

Seeing “The Big Picture” Your life ETERNITY