Changed - Changed Legacy

Published: March 28, 2011, 1:45 a.m.

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(2 Corinthians 5:17) (GW) \u201cWhoever is a believer in Christ is a new creation. The old way of living has disappeared. A new way of living has come into existence.\u201d

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Title of message: Changed Legacy

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\xa0(Philemon 1:17-21) \u201cSo if you consider me a partner, welcome him as you would welcome me. If he has done you any wrong or owes you anything, charge it to me. I, Paul, am writing this with my own hand. I will pay it back\u2014not to mention that you owe me your very self. \xa0I do wish, brother, that I may have some benefit from you in the Lord; refresh my heart in Christ. \xa0Confident of your obedience, I write to you, knowing that you will do even more than I ask.\u201d

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To change my legacy I must:

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1.\xa0\xa0\xa0 Believe in people.

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(Philemon 1:10) (NLT) \u201cMy plea is that you show kindness to Onesimus. I think of him as my own son because he became a believer as a result of my ministry here in prison.\u201d

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2.\xa0\xa0\xa0 Take risks on people.

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(Philemon 17-19) \u201cSo if you consider me a partner, welcome him as you would welcome me. If he has done you any wrong or owes you anything, charge it to me. I, Paul, am writing this with my own hand. I will pay it back-not to mention that you owe me your very self.\u201d\xa0

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PICTURES

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Who is your Paul?\xa0

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Who is your Onesimus?

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(Ecclesiastes 4:9-10) \u201cTwo are better than one, because they have a good return for their work:\xa0 If one falls down, his friend can help him up. But pity the man who falls and has no one to help him up!\u201d

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FAMILY DEDICATION

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(Luke 2:22) \u201cWhen the time of their purification according to the Law of Moses had been completed, Joseph and Mary took him (Jesus) to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord.\u201d

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(Deuteronomy 6:5-10)\xa0(The Message) \u201cLove God, your God, with your whole heart: love him with all that's in you, love him with all you've got! Write these commandments that I've given you today on your hearts. Get them inside of you and then get them inside your children. Talk about them wherever you are, sitting at home or walking in the street; talk about them from the time you get up in the morning to when you fall into bed at night. Tie them on your hands and foreheads as a reminder; inscribe them on the doorposts of your homes\u2026.\u201d

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