1907

Sir Ernest Shakleton

REDEFINING FAITHFULNESSTARGET ENGAGED

1 Kings 2:1-4NAS1 As David's time to die drew near, he charged Solomon his son, saying, 2 "I am going the way of all the earth. Be strong, therefore, and show yourself a man. 3 "Keep the charge of the LORD your God, to walk in His ways, to keep His statutes, His commandments, His ordinances, and His testimonies, according to what is written in the Law of Moses, that you may succeed in all that you do and wherever you turn,

1 Kings 2:1-4NAS4 so that the LORD may carry out His promise which He spoke concerning me, saying, 'If your sons are careful of their way, to walk before Me in truth with all their heart and with all their soul, you shall not lack a man on the throne of Israel.‘

A Real Man:Rejects passivity

Accepts responsibility

Leads courageously

Expects a greater reward

In the military:

Disobedience is called “insubordination.”

Taking authority from a commander is “mutiny.”

What is it called in Jesus’ church?

Admiral James Stockdale

“You must never confuse faith that you will prevail in the end – which you can never afford to lose – with the discipline to confront the most brutal facts of your current reality, whatever they might be.”

A Christian Atheist is someone who believes in God

but lives as if he doesn’t exist.

“Titus 1:16”

Luke 16:10-12NAS

10 "He who is faithful in a very little thing is faithful also in much ; and he who is unrighteous in a very little thing is unrighteous also in much. 11 "Therefore if you have not been faithful in the use of unrighteous wealth, who will entrust the true riches to you? 12 "And if you have not been faithful in the use of that which is another's, who will give you that which is your own?

Live as though Jesus died yesterday, rose from the

grave today, and is coming back tomorrow.

Matthew 25:15NAS

"To one he gave five talents, to another, two, and to another , one, each according to his own ability; and he went on his journey.

Matthew 25:21NAS

"His master said to him, 'Well done, good and faithful slave. You were faithful with a few things, I will put you in charge of many things ; enter into the joy of your master.'

Matthew 25:26NAS

"But his master answered and said to him, 'You wicked, lazy slave, you knew that I reap where I did not sow and gather where I scattered no seed.”

Well done, Good & Faithful

Or

“Wicked & Lazy”

You choose.

Areas to Measure:

CharacterCallingChargeCompetenceCourageCalendar

Book of ActsThey redefined faithfulness

Acts 1 Jesus gone; Replace Judas

Acts 2 Holy Spirit; 300 addedBasics of church life

Acts 3 Beyond walls

Acts 4-5 Overcoming obstaclesBold leadership

Acts 6 What we’re doing is not working

Re-org for effectiveness(Racial issues)

Acts 10 Gentiles allowed in

Acts 13 Missionary journeys begin

Acts 15 Counsel of JerusalemDisputes in relationshipsRe-org – Reach the world

Acts 16, on Reaching the worldPlanting churches

Growth that adds volume without productivity = fat

Growth that decreases productivity = cancer

Growth that increases Kingdom productivity = Theo-growth

Re-Defining Faithfulness requires a

Why

What

How

Genesis 14:14NAS

14 When Abram heard that his relative had been taken captive, he led out his trained men, born in his house, three hundred and eighteen , and went in pursuit as far as Dan.

Just do it.-Mary, Mother of Jesus

John 2:5NAS

His mother said to the servants, "Whatever He says

to you, do it."