What Are You Building With Your Life? 1 Corinthians 3:10. I don t know how many carpenters we have in the church

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1 What Are You Building With Your Life? 1 Corinthians 3:10 I don t know how many carpenters we have in the church or want a - bee s carpenters like me I love construction I always have I don t know why where I love the smell of dirt when you are on a construction site they are excavating a foundation digging a trench to lay a pipe I love it I love the smell of dirt I love the smell of wood Fresh cut wood When I was going to Bible College I was working full time hanging sheetrock while going to school my classes were early in the morning evening When we walked into a new house to start sheet rocking it they usually had just finished framing the smell of Fresh cut wood I loved it I don t know why I am weird But I loved it 1

2 Did you know that in the Bible God often compares building a building To Building a life Just like you can build a great building a beautiful building You can also build a great life Just as you can build a shabby building weak building tottery building you can build a weak life The choice is yours We all have the choice circumstances don t dictate the quality of life you are building other people don t dictate the quality of life you are building economy doesn t dictate the quality of the life you are building past mistakes you have made past hurts don t dictate the quality of life you are building Forgetting what lies behind and pressing on to what lies ahead, I press forward to lay hold of that for which Christ Jesus laid hold of me. Philippians 3:13-14 Press forward Strain with all the energy I have God has a plan for our lives we have talked about that a lot here in the life of our church 2

3 We need to be careful how we build 1 Corinthians 3:10 the Apostle Paul Using the Gift that God gave me, I did the work of an expert builder. Now each of you must be careful how you build. 1 Corinthians 3:10 Now there are a lot of ways to spend your life you can spend it watching TV keeping up with the Kardashians watching latest Reality TV shows You can spend your life reading sleazy novels or trashy magazines You can spend your life shopping on the internet spend your life at the golf course You can spend your life on body building look like Charles atlas You can spend your life as a career builder gaining promotions climbing the corporate ladder You can spend life as a wealthy builder base your significance on the amount of money you amassed in bank account 3

4 You could spend your life as a nest builder Perfect home perfect furnishing the perfect colors the right décor all the right accessories The problem none of those things will last the moment you a gone someone else will buy your house paint it a different color change the furnishings completely If you are a wealth builder the moment you are gone Someone else will start spending all the money you amassed go on the vacation you didn t think you could afford while you were saving all your money You weren t put on earth simply to make money and die You weren t put on earth to make a beautiful house and die You were made for far more than that Jesus came announcing The kingdom of Heaven is at hand! Repent and believe the Good News Mark 1:15 We get to turn from empty pursuits Turn from shabby construction 4

5 Focus our lives on Him Focus our lives on living for the purpose He has for our lives As we start into the Fall I wanted to take a couple minutes to ask the question What am I building with my life I believe God wants us to be Kingdom builders with our lives Pray How can I become a kingdom builder How can I make sure the kingdom of God is being built in my life #1 Make God the Foundation! Of your life Make God the foundation in everything I am doing the way I live my life in the way I spend my time in the way I build my relationships in the way I do my job The Foundation of a building always determines the strength of a building the size of a building If you want to have a strong life you have to have a strong foundation 5

6 I will never forget the foundation that was laid here on this property to build this building It was amazing This building is 250 feet long 37 feet high back wall 12 feet.. When the contractor we hired started building the foundation they came in graded the ground compacted gravel excavated footings it was amazing the size of the We started in the spring it was almost a year I thought This is taking forever I came up one day talking to the foreman Taking forever He shook his head I know Once you have the foundation settled the hardest part is behind you! What is true in a building is also true in life Once you have the foundation settled the hardest part is behind you!... So let me ask a question what is the foundation of your life? Where do you get your strength to stand when life is falling apart? Where do you get the courage to make the right decisions What motivates you to love when it hurts 6

7 Where do you find your peace in the midst of the storm? Where do you get your hope when someone you love is dying? One of the things you learn as you go through life Life is always changing your friends Change your families change kids grow up careers change job changes your health finances There is one thing that never changes I the Lord do not change. Malachi 3:6 Jesus Christ is the same, yesterday, today and forever! Hebrews 13:8 No one can lay any other foundation than the one we have already laid Jesus Christ! 1 Corinthians 3:11 One of the reasons relationships fail marriages fail businesses lives fall apart They aren t built on the right foundation to begin with they had no solid basis to stand You can t find firm footing in a swamp, but a life rooted in God stands firm. Proverbs 12:3 7

8 Through godly wisdom a life is built. Through faith and understanding it is established on a solid foundation. Proverbs 24:3 Reverence for God gives a man deep strength; his children have a place of refuge and security Proverbs 14:26 If you want to build a great life you are going to need a great foundation in your life If you are going to build a great marriage If you are going to build a great family If you are going to have a great purpose If you want to have a great foundation in your You need make you foundation God #2 Remember what matters most. That loving people is the most important thing in life And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love. 1 Corinthians 13:13 You can have all kinds of accomplishments in this life You can receive all kinds of awards You can own all kinds of stuff But if you don t know how to love you miss the whole purpose of life 8

9 In Mt 12:29-31 a man asked Jesus which of all the commandments was the greatest commandment of all The most important one, answered Jesus, is this: Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength. The second is this: Love your neighbor as yourself. There is no commandment greater than these. Mark 12:29-31 Could we say Amen together One of the reason we forget that love is what matters most in this life the world around us doesn t reward it Seldom see awards going to the most unselfish person or to the most sacrificial person or to the most giving person or to the most compassionate person occasionally we do but not very often The world rewards achievement accomplishment beauty appearance But the Bible says The only thing that matters is faith expressing itself through love Galatians 5:6 When you stand before God on the day of Judgment 9

10 God is not going to ask how much money you made how many goals did you accomplish how many achievements What will matter did you love Jesus said as you have done it unto the least of these my children you have done it unto me Eph 5 Husbands love your wives Wives respect your husbands as the Lord trust God to work through serve Him build Him up Fathers don t exasperate your children raise them in the nurture and admonition If you want to be a kingdom Builder let love be the motivation behind everything you do #3 You must gather the right companions around you in your life gather the right people around you in your life The reason is because the people you associate with will determine the level of success in your life 10

11 The people you associate with in your life will either pull you down toward mediocrity or the will and push you up toward greatness If I were to walk over to the edge of the stage If I were to try to pull you up you were to try to pull me down who would win? Gravity would win every time It is a lot harder to go up stream than it is to go down stream How many have seen that plague It is hard to soar with Eagles when you work with Turkeys Don t be fooled. Bad company corrupts good character. 15:33 1 Corinthians If you hang around people who are negative you will become negative If you hang around people who are resentful bitter you will become resentful If you hang around people who are depressed you are 160 times more likely to become depressed 11

12 You become like the people you hang around with if you are around people who cuss or swear it will be a lot harder for you to break the habit of cussing swearing How many have seen the plaque It is hard to soar with eagles when you work with Turkey! Escape quickly from the company of fools; they are a waste of your time and words Proverbs 14:7 Join the company of good men and women, who will keep on the right and true paths. Proverbs 2:20 Where do I find people like that? Here at church These last 3 weeks we have been talking about Getting connected here in the life of our church positive relationships are so important when it comes to spiritual growth Statistics tell us you can change anything in your life for about 90 days after that you get tired go back to your old ways But if you have a partner if you have a small group life group 12

13 If you have people walking with you the chances of real change real recovery go way up! We are Better Together we truly need each other that is why it is so important to get connect Build relationships with people in the church that is where real growth can happen #4 Commit to a Great Purpose. If you want to be a great man or a great woman you have got to commit to a great purpose in your life This is actually the key to success key to greatness in your life Did you know the people we see in history who were great Martin Luther King Jr Abraham Lincoln Dwight D Eisenhower They were great people because they committed themselves to a great cause they lived at a time where something significant was happening the significance of the moment drew something out of them 13

14 They responded to the challenge Great people are simply ordinary people who make a great commitment to a great cause and it draws something out of them It draws character out of them It draws courage out of them It draws conviction out of them It draws passion out of them You need something bigger than yourself to draw you out of yourself Whoever wants to be great must become a servant. Matthew 20:26 Whatever your occupation is whether you are a teacher salesman businessman coach You are a servant of Jesus Christ Paul called Himself a bond slave of Jesus Christ a bond slave was a slave who had been freed But chose to remain as a slave If you have been saved by Jesus Christ you have become a servant of Jesus Christ because the 2 go together 14

15 We have been saved to serve! whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not men! Colossians 3:23 Whether you know it or not you are the Lord s servant You have been called into Full time Ministry You may not work at a church you may not be a pastor But the Bible says You are an ambassador of Jesus Christ I want to encourage you this morning To commit your life to a great purpose If you want to be a kingdom builder You need to Make God your foundation You need to remember what is important You need to gather the right companions around you associate with the right people You need to commit your life to a great purpose as an Ambassador of Jesus Christ As an Ambassador we need to grow in our faith 15

16 grow in sharing our faith with others! You can t do that on your own you need help support That is what getting connected here in the life of the church is all about 16

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