Commitment!

Francis E Madojemu

Processes vs. Events

• John Maxwell• But I’ve found that many

people walk away from an event and do very little with what they

heard after closing their notebooks.

• We tend to focus on learning events instead of the

learning process.

Processes vs. Events

• T indicates you need to spend some time thinking on

that point. • C indicates something you

need to change. • :=) means you are doing that

thing particularly well. • A indicates something you

need to apply. • S means you need to share

that information with someone else.

• FIND WAYS TO CREATE ACTION STEPS, AND FOLLOW THROUGH ON

SOMETHING YOU LEARN TODAY.

Hearers vs. Doers

• James 1:22-25

• 22 be ye doers of the word, and not hearers

only, deceiving your own selves.

• 23 For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a

doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face

in a glass:

Hearers vs. Doers

• James 1:22-25

• 24 For he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and

straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was. 25 But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth

therein, he being not a forgetful

hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be

blessed in his deed.

Hearers & Doers

• Luke 6:46-49

• 46 And why call ye me, Lord, Lord, and do

not the things which I say? 47

Whosoever cometh to me, and heareth my sayings, and doeth them, I will shew you

to whom he is like:

Hearers & Doers

• Luke 6:46-49

• 48 He is like a man which

built an house, and digged deep, and laid the foundation on a

rock: and when the flood arose, the stream beat vehemently upon that

house, and could not shake

it: for it was founded upon a rock.

Hearers & Doers Not

• Luke 6:46-49

• 49 But he that heareth, and doeth not, is like a

man that without a

foundation built an house upon the earth; against which the stream did beat vehemently, and

immediately it fell; and the ruin of that house was

great.

Limiting

GOD!• Mark 6:1-6

• 1 And he went out from

thence, and came into his own country; and his disciples follow him.

• 2 And when the sabbath day

was come, he began to teach in the

synagogue: and many hearing him were astonished, saying,

Limiting

GOD!• Mark 6:1-6

• 2b From whence hath this man these things?

and what wisdom is this which is given unto

him, that even such

mighty works are

wrought by his hands?

Limiting

GOD!• Mark 6:1-6

• 3 Is not this the carpenter, the son of

Mary, the brother of James, and Joses, and of Juda, and Simon?

and are not his sisters here with us?

• And they were offended at him.

Limiting

GOD!• Mark 6:1-6

• 4 But Jesus said unto

them, A prophet is not without

honour, but in his own country, and among his own kin, and in his

own house.

Limiting

GOD!• Mark 6:1-6

• 5 And he could there do no mighty work, save that he laid his hands upon a few sick folk, and

healed them.

• 6 And he marvelledbecause of their

unbelief. And he went round about the villages,

teaching.

The Good

Sower• Mark 4:1-20

• 2 And he taught them many things by parables, and said unto them in his doctrine, 3 Hearken; Behold, there went

out a sower to sow: • 4 And it came to pass, as he

sowed, some fell by the way side, and the

fowls of the air came and devoured it up.

The Good

Sower• Mark 4:1-20

• 5 And some fell on stony ground, where it had not

much earth; and immediately it sprang up, because it had no depth of earth: 6 But when the

sun was up, it was scorched; and because it had no

root, it withered away. • 7 And some fell among

thorns, and the thorns grew up, and choked it, and it yielded no fruit.

The Good

Sower• Mark 4:1-20

• 8 And other fell on good ground, and did yield fruit that sprang up and increased; and brought forth, some

thirty, and some sixty, and some an hundred.

• 9 And he said unto them, He that hath ears to hear, let

him hear

You are the Soil!

• Mark 4:1-2014 The sower soweth the

word. 15 And these are they by the way side, where the word is sown; but when

they have heard,

• Satan cometh immediately, and taketh away the

word that was sown in their hearts.

You are the Soil!

• Mark 4:1-20• 16 And these are they likewise

which are sown on stony ground; who, when they have heard the word, immediately receive it

with gladness; • 17 And have no root in

themselves, and so endure but for a time: afterward, when affliction or persecution

ariseth for the word's sake, immediately they

are offended.

You are the Soil!

• Mark 4:1-20

• 18 And these are they which are sown among thorns; such

as hear the word,

• 19 And the cares of this world, and the

deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other things entering in,

choke the word, and it becometh unfruitful.

You are the Soil!

• Mark 4:1-20

• 20 And these are they which are sown on good

ground; such as hear the word, and receive it, and bring forth fruit, some thirtyfold, some

sixty, and some an hundred.

GODthe Sower!

•God is the tireless sower. • He never gets frustrated nor does he stop

simply because some seeds never get to yield much.

GODthe Sower!

• God just keeps on sowing, in season and out of season.

• He never stops forgiving, loving, and

creating.

• It is God’s nature to go on loving and

sowing.

YOU!The Sower

• That, too, is our calling—to go on loving, even

when we are not loved back; to persist in

forgiving even when our forgiveness is taken for

granted; to continue living, even when everything seems

hopeless.

• We never give up for we have a God who

never gives up on us.

That'sCommitment!

• Finally the seed will fall on good ground.

• It always will, if you keep sowing.

• If you share a good idea long enough, it will fall

on good people.

• That’s Commitment!