Changed Into His Image

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Session 10
Being a God-Loving Example
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Knowledge Objectives

• Explain how to make a difference as a
  servant-leader in the lives of others.
• Understand how to test your real priorities in
  life.
• Recognize the extravagance in the life of a lover
  of God.

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Application Objectives

• Respond by repenting of other loves that have
  taken priority over wholehearted love for God.
• Respond by seeking ways to demonstrate
  extravagant love to God.
• Respond by asking God to make you a God-loving
  example.

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Session 10
Being a God-Loving Example
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How to Make a Difference
You have to be different to make a
difference. You cannot change anything by adding
more of the same.
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Loving God with All Your Heart

• What you love and what you hate reveal what you
  are.
• Dr. Bob Jones Sr.
  
• Our anxieties reveal our priorities.
• Our preoccupation reveals our priorities.
• Our anger reveals our priorities.

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Loving God with All Your Heart

• No one is ever apathetic! Every man is
  passionate about something.
• A God-exhilarated lover is extravagant.

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Extravagant Lovers

• Marys extravagant gift
• Marys extravagant attention
• Davids extravagant praise
• Pauls extravagant service
• The extravagance of our God

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A Penetrating Question

• Who would want to be like us?
• If we are not known to be God-loving believers by
  our obvious extravagance for the Lover of our
  soul, why should those who follow us bother with
  Him either?

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Conclusion

• Those who have great impact for God are those who
  have great passion for Him fueled by meditation
  upon His Word.
• All of us are masters at meditation.
• The next generation must be tempted with God.