Making A Difference (2) “What Are You Committed To

Making A Difference (2) “What Are You Committed To?” Pastor Mario Latini September 17, 2017 ==================================== Please note: The following outline and message are based on the Book and teachings of Rick Warren and his Purpose Driven Life series. History teaches over and over that it doesn’t take a lot of people to change the world. It just takes a committed few. -Rick Warren 2 Chronicles 16:9 NLT The eyes of the Lord search the whole earth in order to strengthen those whose hearts are fully committed to him. What a fool you have been! From now on you will be at war.” 1: I MUST COMMIT MY LIFE TO CHRIST. Romans 10:9 NLT If you openly declare that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. 2: I MUST COMMIT TO BE A MEMBER OF HIS FAMILY. Ephesians 2:19 NLT So now you Gentiles are no longer strangers and foreigners. You are citizens along with all of God’s holy people. You are members of God’s family. 3: I MUST COMMIT TO BEING A MODEL OF THE LIFE OF CHRIST. John 14:8-9 NLT Philip said, “Lord, show us the Father, and we will be satisfied.” Jesus replied, “Have I been with you all this time, Philip, and yet you still don’t know who I am? Anyone who has seen me has seen the Father! So why are you asking me to show him to you? 4: I MUST COMMIT TO BE A MINISTER OF HIS GRACE. 1 Peter 4:10 NLT God has given each of you a gift from his great variety of spiritual gifts. Use them well to serve one another. Philippians 2:3-5 NLT Don’t be selfish; don’t try to impress others. Be humble, thinking of others as better than yourselves. Don’t look out only for your own interests, but take an interest in others, too. You must have the same attitude that Christ Jesus had. 5: I MUST COMMIT TO BEING A MESSENGER OF HIS LOVE. 2 Corinthians 5:19-20 NLT For God was in Christ, reconciling the world to himself, no longer counting people’s sins against them. And he gave us this wonderful message of reconciliation. So we are Christ’s ambassadors; God is making his appeal through us. We speak for Christ when we plead, “Come back to God!” Matthew 24:14 NLT And the Good News about the Kingdom will be preached throughout the whole world, so that all nations will hear it; and then the end will come.