Message Notes

GO BIG(GER)
November 28, 2004

 

Are you ready to GO BIG?

 

1) All of Us Have a Part to Play

1 Peter 1:1-2

1Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to God's elect, strangers in the world, scattered throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia and Bithynia, 2who have been chosen according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through the sanctifying work of the Spirit, for obedience to Jesus Christ and sprinkling by his blood: Grace and peace be yours in abundance.”

 

1 Peter 4:10
”Each one should use whatever gift he has received to serve others, faithfully administering God's grace in its various forms.”

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2) God Uses Our Weaknesses

1 Peter 1:13

3Therefore, prepare your minds for action; be self-controlled; set your hope fully on the grace to be given you when Jesus Christ is revealed.”

 

* No matter what weaknesses you have, God sill uses you to Go Big…if you let him

 

John 1:12

“Yet to all who received him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God—“

 

Dear God, I want a real relationship with you. I realize that I have sinned and that my sin is the reason I have been separated from you.  I admit that I need you and I ask you to forgive me.  Jesus, I know that you died for me and rose again, so I ask you into my life, as my leader. I accept the forgiveness that you freely give. Thank you for dying for me.  Help me now to live for you. Amen.

 

3) The Small Things You Do Are a Part of Something Bigger

1 Corinthians 12:14-20

14Now the body is not made up of one part but of many. 15If the foot should say, "Because I am not a hand, I do not belong to the body," it would not for that reason cease to be part of the body. 16And if the ear should say, "Because I am not an eye, I do not belong to the body," it would not for that reason cease to be part of the body. 17If the whole body were an eye, where would the sense of hearing be? If the whole body were an ear, where would the sense of smell be? 18But in fact God has arranged the parts in the body, every one of them, just as he wanted them to be. 19If they were all one part, where would the body be? 20As it is, there are many parts, but one body.

 

 

Going Big is not just about how you can make your life better, it’s about being a part of God’s plan and giving God glory by going big.

 

4) Going Big is Not a Destination, It’s a Journey


 
2 Peter 1:8

“For if you possess these qualities in increasing measure, they will keep you from being ineffective and unproductive in your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.”