Making A Difference

Main Text – Acts 16:1-40

Additional Verses: Galatians 2:3 1

Cor 9:22-23

2 Timothy 1:5

Titus 2:3-5

Psalm 24:1

Genesis 12:2-3

Romans 12:3-8

2 Timothy 1:13

2 Timothy :14

2 Timothy 4:7

- Who are three individuals that have had a significant impact on your life?

- Now, who are 3 life defining moments for you?

-Think about event moments most responsible for making who you are today God’s has called his church to be on the move making a difference wherever they are.. He is using us to make a difference in the lives of others.

1. In the next generation: 16:1-5 God calls us to make a difference in the next generation. God will use the older generation to identify and help grow the giftings in the next generation.

2. Where You are needed: 6-10 God calls us to make a difference in places often times not where WE want to, but rather where we are most needed

3. Making a Difference using Your resources: 11-16 God gives us resources to use not for the building up of our own kingdoms, but rather making a different for His kingdom

4. In Dark and Hard places: 16-34 God specifically uses his people to make a difference in dark and hard places.

Close- Leave an Impact: 35-40 When we are living on mission for Jesus, God uses us to leave an impact that is felt for many years to come.