Legacy, Week Three

Published: Nov. 19, 2018, 7:43 p.m.

The life you live today determines the legacy you leave tomorrow.

December 2nd \u2013 Legacy Offering (Last Year\u2026)

December 9th \u2013 Legacy Team Launch Dinner

Do not be deceived:\xa0God cannot be mocked. A man reaps what he sows. Whoever sows to please their flesh,\xa0from the flesh will reap destruction;\xa0whoever sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life.\xa0Galatians 6:7-10 (NIV)

You reap what you sow\u2026 Later than you sow\u2026 More than you sow.

Let us not become weary in doing good,\xa0for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up. Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good\xa0to all people, especially to those who belong to the family\xa0of believers. Galatians 6:7-10 (NIV)

For what is our hope, our joy, or the crown\xa0in which we will glory\xa0in the presence of our Lord Jesus when he comes?\xa0Is it not you?\xa0Indeed, you are our glory\xa0and joy. Therefore if you have any encouragement from being united with Christ, if any comfort from his love, if any common sharing in the Spirit,\xa0if any tenderness and compassion,\xa0then make my joy complete\xa0by being like-minded,\xa0having the same love, being one\xa0in spirit and of one mind.\xa0Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit.\xa0Rather, in humility value others above yourselves,\xa0not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of the others. In your relationships with one another, have the same mindset as Christ Jesus: Who, being in very nature\xa0God, did not consider equality with God\xa0something to be used to his own advantage; rather, he made himself nothing by taking the very nature\xa0of a servant, being made in human likeness. And being found in appearance as a man,\xa0he humbled himself by becoming obedient to death\u2014 even death on a cross! Therefore God exalted him\xa0to the highest place and gave him the name that is above every name, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue acknowledge that Jesus Christ is Lord,
to the glory of God the Father. Philippians 2:1-11 (NIV)

Be very careful, then, how you live\u2014not as unwise but as wise,\xa0making the most of every opportunity,\xa0because the days are evil.\xa0Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the Lord\u2019s will is.\xa0Do not get drunk on wine,\xa0which leads to debauchery. Instead, be filled with the Spirit,\xa0speaking to one another with psalms, hymns, and songs from the Spirit.\xa0Sing and make music from your heart to the Lord,\xa0always giving thanks\xa0to God the Father for everything, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. Submit to one another\xa0out of reverence for Christ. Wives, submit yourselves to your own husbands\xa0as you do to the Lord.\xa0For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church,\xa0his body, of which he is the Savior.\xa0Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands\xa0in everything. Husbands, love your wives,\xa0just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her\xa0to make her holy,\xa0cleansing\xa0her by the washing\xa0with water through the word,\xa0and to present her to himself\xa0as a radiant church, without stain or wrinkle or any other blemish, but holy and blameless. In this same way, husbands ought to love their wives\xa0as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. After all, no one ever hated their own body, but they feed and care for their body, just as Christ does the church\u2026 Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.\xa0\u201cHonor your father and mother\u201d\u2014which is the first commandment with a promise\u2014\xa0\u201cso that it may go well with you and that you may enjoy long life on the earth.\u201d Fathers,\xa0do not exasperate your children;\xa0instead, bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord. Slaves, obey your earthly masters with respect\xa0and fear, and with sincerity of heart,\xa0just as you would obey Christ. Obey them not only to win their favor when their eye is on you, but as slaves of Christ,\xa0doing the will of God from your heart. Serve wholeheartedly, as if you were serving the Lord, not people,\xa0because you know that the Lord will reward each one for whatever good they do,\xa0whether they are slave or free. And masters, treat your slaves in the same way. Do not threaten them, since you know that he who is both their Master and yours\xa0is in heaven, and there is no favoritism\xa0with him. Finally, be strong in the Lord\xa0and in his mighty power.\xa0Put on the full armor of God,\xa0so that you can take your stand against the devil\u2019s schemes.\xa0For our struggle is not against flesh and blood,\xa0but against the rulers, against the authorities,\xa0against the powers\xa0of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms\u2026 Tychicus,\xa0the dear brother and faithful servant in the Lord, will tell you everything, so that you also may know how I am and what I am doing.\xa0I am sending him to you for this very purpose, that you may know how we are,\xa0and that he may encourage you. Peace\xa0to the brothers and sisters,\xa0and love with faith from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Ephesians 5:15-6:23 (NIV)

Submit to one another\xa0out of reverence for Christ. Ephesians 5:21 (NIV)

Jesus replied,\xa0\u201cThe hour\xa0has come for the Son of Man to be glorified.\xa0Very truly I tell you, unless a kernel of wheat falls to the ground and dies,\xa0it remains only a single seed. But if it dies, it produces many seeds.\xa0Anyone who loves their life will lose it, while anyone who hates their life in this world will keep it\xa0for eternal life. John 12:23-25 (NIV)