You Can Make a Difference

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You Can Make a Difference

• Why should we bother making a difference?
• A. Because our world depends on it.
• 1. Our world would never survive if people did
  not help one another.
• 2. Where would this world be without good
  Samaritans?
• 3. What about those who help the poor, sick,
  dying and children?

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You Can Make a Difference

• Why should we bother making a difference?
• A. Because our world depends on it. (contd)
• 4. Our world depends on compassionate people.
• B. Because our fulfillment in life depends on
  it.
• 1. How did the good Samaritan feel when he
  left the inn?
• 2. How did Paul feel when he delivered the
  money to the famine stricken church in Jerusalem.

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You Can Make a Difference

• Why should we bother making a difference?
• B. Because our fulfillment in life depends on
  it. (contd)
• 3. When we help others, we help ourselves.
• 4. It is not necessarily material possessions
  that people need.
• There is no better exercise for strengthening the
  heart than reaching down and lifting people up.

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You Can Make a Difference

• Why should we bother making a difference?
  (contd)
• C. Because God expects it.
• 1. The last words of Jesus (Matthew
  2818-20)
• 2. He commissioned us to go into our homes,
  neighborhoods, workplace, and make disciples
  Jesus will make a difference in their lives.
• 3. He did NOT say go serve yourself, make as
  much money as you can or do whatever you want
  to do.

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You Can Make a Difference

• Why should we bother making a difference?
• C. Because God expects it. (contd)
• 4. Why should we be difference makers
• Because our world depends on it.
• Because our fulfillment depends on it.
• Because God expects it.

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You Can Make a Difference
II. What kind of people does God use to be
difference makers? A. Some of the Bible
difference makers resisted at first. Moses
Exodus Chapter 3 B. Some of the difference
makers were unqualified. 1. Paul - I Cor
22-4 2. David - started life as a
shepherd boy
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You Can Make a Difference
II. What kind of people does God use to be
difference makers? B. Some of the difference
makers were unqualified. (contd) 3. Rahab -
Joshua 21-24 4. Mary - Who would we have
picked to be the mother of Jesus? 5. God
doesnt always use people who are wise,
influential or noble of birth to do His
work. I Cor 127-28
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You Can Make a Difference
II. What kind of people does God use to be
difference makers? C. Some of the difference
makers in the Bible get off to a wrong
start. 1. Jonah 2. David 3.
Peter God uses people who initially resist,
who seem unqualified, and even people who have
previously blown it.