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What’s Next?
Make a Difference…

Proverbs 29:18 (KJV) Where there is no vision, the people perish: But he that keepeth the law, happy is he.
Proverbs 29:18 (TMSG) If people can’t see what God is doing, they stumble all over themselves; but when they attend to what he reveals, they are most blessed.
Psalm 16:11 (NLT) You will show me the way of life, granting me the joy of your presence and the pleasures of living with you forever.
John 10:10 (NIV) The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.

What’s Next-Walking it out:

  • Know God. (Weekend Services)
  • Build Community. (Small Groups)
  • Discover Your Purpose. (Growth Track)
  • Make a Difference. (Dream Team)

SOUL TATTOO: I was made to make a difference.

“I will never be satisfied making a dollar when my purpose is to make a difference.” Pastor Chris Hodges

My Ultimate Purpose:

John 17:18 (TMSG) In the same way that you gave me a mission in the world, I give them a mission in the world.
Acts 20:24 (NCV) I don’t care about my own life. The most important thing is that I complete my mission, the work that the Lord Jesus gave me—to tell people the Good News about God’s grace.
Ephesians 2:10 (NIV) For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.
Acts 1:8 (NIV) “You will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”

  1. I was made to make a difference in my world.
    Mark 5:19 (NCV) Go home to your family and friends. Tell them how much the Lord has done for you and how he has had mercy on you.
    Proverbs 3:27-28 (TMSG) Never walk away from someone who deserves help; your hand is God’s hand for that person. Never tell your neighbors to wait until tomorrow if you can help them now.
  2. I was made to make a difference beyond my world.
    1 Corinthians 9:22 (TLB) Whatever a person is like, I try to find common ground with him so that he will let me tell him about Christ and let Christ save him.
    Galatians 6:2 (TMSG) Stoop down and reach out to those who are oppressed. Share their burdens, and so complete Christ’s law.
  3. I was made to make a difference in the whole world.
    Mark 16:15 (NCV) Jesus said to His followers, “Go everywhere in the world, and tell the Good News to everyone.”
    Mark 10:29 (LB) Jesus replied, “Let me assure you that no one has ever given up anything… for love of Me and to tell others the Good News, who won’t be given back, a hundred times over…”

SOUL TATTOO: I was made to make a difference.