Make Noise // Week 3

It seems as if once Alive is over on Wednesday nights are over, the busy part of my week takes off and it ends up being Saturday (while Brooklynn tries her best to get her little fingers on the keyboard) before the re-cap gets up. Apologies accepted ;) Here's what happened Wednesday...

A lot of our lives revolve around "thinking" about doing something, "talking" about doing something, or even "praying" about doing something...all resulting in "not doing ___" It's about time we start "DOING" something.

• If we don't share Jesus, people die without Him and friends don't let friends die without Jesus.

• We memorize "go and make disciples" but don't do it. We, actually, memorize a lot of scripture but never DO what it says.

• One act of obedience is better than 100 sermons.

• Let's not be the student ministry that TALKS/THINKS about reaching people but one that actually DOES it!

14 “Again, it will be like a man going on a journey, who called his servants and entrusted his wealth to them. 15 To one he gave five bags of gold, to another two bags, and to another one bag,[a] each according to his ability. Then he went on his journey. 16 The man who had received five bags of gold went at once and put his money to work and gained five bags more. 17 So also, the one with two bags of gold gained two more. 18 But the man who had received one bag went off, dug a hole in the ground and hid his master’s money. 19 “After a long time the master of those servants returned and settled accounts with them. 20 The man who had received five bags of gold brought the other five. ‘Master,’ he said, ‘you entrusted me with five bags of gold. See, I have gained five more.’21 “His master replied, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Come and share your master’s happiness!’ 22 “The man with two bags of gold also came. ‘Master,’ he said, ‘you entrusted me with two bags of gold; see, I have gained two more.’ 23 “His master replied, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Come and share your master’s happiness!’ 24 “Then the man who had received one bag of gold came. ‘Master,’ he said, ‘I knew that you are a hard man, harvesting where you have not sown and gathering where you have not scattered seed. 25 So I was afraid and went out and hid your gold in the ground. See, here is what belongs to you.’ 26 “His master replied, ‘You wicked, lazy servant! So you knew that I harvest where I have not sown and gather where I have not scattered seed? Matthew 25:14-26

•  The question isn't, "What have I been given?" but, "What will I do with what I have been given?" What will you do with the life you've been given?

• Your life is God's gift to you. What you do with it will be your gift back to Him.

• You multiply your life when you INVEST in others.

• It's easier to do something for God when you realize what He's done for you.

• God hasn't called you to be SUCCESSFUL. He's called you to be FAITHFUL.

• God won't say, "well thought of good and faithful servant" or "well talked about good and faithful servant" but "well DONE good and faithful servant."

• Servants don't care who gets the credit!

• What's God asking you to stop thinking about and start doing??

 "Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says."    James 1:22