WHAT DO YOU VALUE IN LIFE?
WHO DO YOU VALUE IN LIFE?
WHAT DOES GOD WANT YOU TO VALUE?
WHO DOES GOD WANT YOU TO VALUE?
ANSWERING THESE QUESTIONS ON A REGULAR BASIS WILL DETERMINE WHERE YOU SPEND ALL OF YOUR TIME, TALENTS AND ENERGIES.
SOME BASIC/FOUNDATIONAL SCRIPTURES FOR ALL AGES AND FOR ALL GENERATIONS
MARK 8:36 (KJV)
36 For what shall it profit a man (woman), if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?
I TIMOTHY 6:6 (KJV)
6 But godliness with contentment is great gain.
MATTHEW 6:33 (KJV)
33 But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
WHAT DO YOU VALUE?
WHO DO YOU VALUE?
SOME NOTABLE QUOTES ABOUT CORE VALUES:
“Focus on making choices to lead your life that aligns with your core values in the most purposeful way possible.”
― Roy T. Bennett
“If you compromise your core values, you go nowhere.”
― Roy T. Bennett
“Your values create your internal compass that can navigate how you make decisions in your life. If you compromise your core values, you go nowhere.”
― Roy T. Bennett
“Core values serve as a lighthouse when the fog of life seems to leave you wandering in circles; when you encounter that moment where every decision is a tough one and no choice seems to clearly be the better choice.”
― J Loren Norris
MORE SPECIFIC QUESTIONS (10):
DO YOU VALUE WORSHIPING GOD? (THE #1 CORE VALUE)
Mark 12:28-30 (ESV)
The Great Commandment
28 And one of the scribes came up and heard them disputing with one another, and seeing that he answered them well, asked him, “Which commandment is the most important of all?” 29 Jesus answered, “The most important is, ‘Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. 30 And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’
DO YOU VALUE HONESTY AND INTEGRITY?
I THESSOLONIANS 5:22 (KJV)
22 Abstain from all appearance of evil.
DO YOU VALUE SERVING OTHERS BEFORE SERVING YOURSELF?
MARK 10:45 (KJV)
45 For even the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.
PHILLIPIANS 2:3-4 (ESV)
3 Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves. 4 Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others.
QUOTE: “If you want to make a difference in someone’s life, you don’t need to be gorgeous, rich, famous, brilliant or perfect, you just have to care.”
― Karen Salmansohn
DO YOU VALUE BEING COURAGEOUS?
BEING COURAGEOUS IS CHARACTERIZED BY BEING BOLD AND CONFIDENT IN CHRIST, WHICH IS THE OPPOSITE OF BEING FILLED WITH FEARFULNESS. PASTOR MIKE SPOKE ABOUT THE SPIRIT OF FEAR VS. THE SPIRIT OF FAITH LAST WEEK.
JOSHUA 1:9 (ESV)
9 Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be frightened, and do not be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.”
DO YOU VALUE BEING GENEROUS?
PROVERBS 22:9 (NIV)
9 The generous will themselves be blessed,
for they share their food with the poor.
DO YOU VALUE LOVING OTHERS?
I JOHN 4:19 (ESV)
19 We love because he first loved us.
ROMANS 12:9-10 (ESV)
9 Let love be genuine. Abhor what is evil; hold fast to what is good. 10 Love one another with brotherly affection. Outdo one another in showing honor.
QUOTE: “God sees us with the eyes of a Father. He sees our defects, errors, and blemishes. But He also sees our value. What did Jesus know that enabled Him to do what He did? Here’s part of the answer: He knew the value of people. He knew that each human being is a treasure. And because He did, people were not a source of stress, but a source of joy.”
― Max Lucado
DO YOU VALUE RESPECTING OTHERS?
I PETER 2:17 (NIV)
17 Show proper respect to everyone, love the family of believers, fear God, honor the emperor.
DO YOU VALUE YOUR FUTURE?
JEREMIAH 29:11-12 (ESV)
11 For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope. 12 Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will hear you.
QUOTE: “Know your value, accept nothing but the best.”
― Lailah Gifty Akita
DO YOU VALUE EXCELLENCE?
1 Corinthians 3:8 (ESV)
8 He who plants and he who waters are one, and each will receive his wages according to his labor.
1 Corinthians 3:13 (ESV)
13 each one’s work will become manifest, for the Day will disclose it, because it will be revealed by fire, and the fire will test what sort of work each one has done.
DO YOU VALUE PEACE AND PERSONAL EDIFICATION?
ROMANS 14:19 (NASB)
19 So then we pursue the things which make for peace and the building up of one another.
SERMON SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION
CLOSING PRAYER
WHAT DO YOU VALUE?
WHO DO YOU VALUE?
INTRODUCTION
ASK THESE QUESTIONS:
WHAT DO YOU VALUE IN LIFE?
WHO DO YOU VALUE IN LIFE?
WHAT DOES GOD WANT YOU TO VALUE?
WHO DOES GOD WANT YOU TO VALUE?
ANSWERING THESE QUESTIONS ON A REGULAR BASIS WILL DETERMINE WHERE YOU SPEND ALL OF YOUR TIME, TALENTS AND ENERGIES.
SOME BASIC/FOUNDATIONAL SCRIPTURES FOR ALL AGES AND FOR ALL GENERATIONS
MARK 8:36 (KJV)
36 For what shall it profit a man (woman), if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?
I TIMOTHY 6:6 (KJV)
6 But godliness with contentment is great gain.
MATTHEW 6:33 (KJV)
33 But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
WHAT DO YOU VALUE?
WHO DO YOU VALUE?
SOME NOTABLE QUOTES ABOUT CORE VALUES:
“Focus on making choices to lead your life that aligns with your core values in the most purposeful way possible.”
― Roy T. Bennett
“If you compromise your core values, you go nowhere.”
― Roy T. Bennett
“Your values create your internal compass that can navigate how you make decisions in your life. If you compromise your core values, you go nowhere.”
― Roy T. Bennett
“Core values serve as a lighthouse when the fog of life seems to leave you wandering in circles; when you encounter that moment where every decision is a tough one and no choice seems to clearly be the better choice.”
― J Loren Norris
MORE SPECIFIC QUESTIONS (10):
DO YOU VALUE WORSHIPING GOD? (THE #1 CORE VALUE)
Mark 12:28-30 (ESV)
The Great Commandment
28 And one of the scribes came up and heard them disputing with one another, and seeing that he answered them well, asked him, “Which commandment is the most important of all?” 29 Jesus answered, “The most important is, ‘Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. 30 And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’
DO YOU VALUE HONESTY AND INTEGRITY?
I THESSOLONIANS 5:22 (KJV)
22 Abstain from all appearance of evil.
DO YOU VALUE SERVING OTHERS BEFORE SERVING YOURSELF?
MARK 10:45 (KJV)
45 For even the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.
PHILLIPIANS 2:3-4 (ESV)
3 Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves. 4 Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others.
QUOTE: “If you want to make a difference in someone’s life, you don’t need to be gorgeous, rich, famous, brilliant or perfect, you just have to care.”
― Karen Salmansohn
DO YOU VALUE BEING COURAGEOUS?
BEING COURAGEOUS IS CHARACTERIZED BY BEING BOLD AND CONFIDENT IN CHRIST, WHICH IS THE OPPOSITE OF BEING FILLED WITH FEARFULNESS. PASTOR MIKE SPOKE ABOUT THE SPIRIT OF FEAR VS. THE SPIRIT OF FAITH LAST WEEK.
JOSHUA 1:9 (ESV)
9 Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be frightened, and do not be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.”
DO YOU VALUE BEING GENEROUS?
PROVERBS 22:9 (NIV)
9 The generous will themselves be blessed,
for they share their food with the poor.
DO YOU VALUE LOVING OTHERS?
I JOHN 4:19 (ESV)
19 We love because he first loved us.
ROMANS 12:9-10 (ESV)
9 Let love be genuine. Abhor what is evil; hold fast to what is good. 10 Love one another with brotherly affection. Outdo one another in showing honor.
QUOTE: “God sees us with the eyes of a Father. He sees our defects, errors, and blemishes. But He also sees our value. What did Jesus know that enabled Him to do what He did? Here’s part of the answer: He knew the value of people. He knew that each human being is a treasure. And because He did, people were not a source of stress, but a source of joy.”
― Max Lucado
DO YOU VALUE RESPECTING OTHERS?
I PETER 2:17 (NIV)
17 Show proper respect to everyone, love the family of believers, fear God, honor the emperor.
DO YOU VALUE YOUR FUTURE?
JEREMIAH 29:11-12 (ESV)
11 For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope. 12 Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will hear you.
QUOTE: “Know your value, accept nothing but the best.”
― Lailah Gifty Akita
DO YOU VALUE EXCELLENCE?
1 Corinthians 3:8 (ESV)
8 He who plants and he who waters are one, and each will receive his wages according to his labor.
1 Corinthians 3:13 (ESV)
13 each one’s work will become manifest, for the Day will disclose it, because it will be revealed by fire, and the fire will test what sort of work each one has done.
DO YOU VALUE PEACE AND PERSONAL EDIFICATION?
ROMANS 14:19 (NASB)
19 So then we pursue the things which make for peace and the building up of one another.
SERMON SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION
CLOSING PRAYER