JESUS: A Man on a Mission

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JESUS A Man on a Mission

• Jesus Knew Why He Was Here
• Jesus Knew Where He Was Going
• Jesus Had Guiding Principles to Get Him There

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Jesus Mission

• He will SAVE his people from their SINS.
  Matthew 121
• For God did not send his Son into the world to
  condemn the world, but to save the world through
  him. John 317
• I have come that they may have LIFE and have it
  more ABUNDANTLY. John 1010

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Jesus Mission

• TO GIVE LIFE
• TO SAVE

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A Lifes Mission Gives

• Energy
• Direction
• Focus
• Purpose
• Meaning

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Mission Statements Must Be

• Simple to understand
• Easy to remember
• One sentence
• Mission Statements answer the question of why we
  are here and what we are to be doing

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Jesus Mission Statement

• I have come that they may have life, and that
  they may have it more abundantly.

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Jesus Vision

• Come now, let us reason together. Isaiah 118
• Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened,
  and I will give you REST. Matthew 1128
• If anyone loves meMy Father will LOVE him, and
  we will COME to him and make our HOME with him.
  John 1423.

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Jesus Vision

• Free of Sin
• Never Weary
• Never Hungry
• Never Thirsty
• Never Alone
• In Relationships
• Surrounded by Love

• No More Fear
• No More Sorrow
• No More Death
• Life Restored
• Freedom
• Abundance
• Connectedness
• Assurance

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Jesus Mission Statement

• I have come that they may have life, and that
  they may have it more abundantly.

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Vision Statements

• Answers the question of where you are going and
  where you will end up

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Jesus Vision Statement 1

• I, Jesus, envision a people who will come to me
  and I will restore them with love, rest, life,
  help, comfort, and most of all, familythe family
  of God

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Jesus Vision Statement 2

• I, Jesus, envision the earth and its creation to
  be restored, free of sin, to its original beauty
  and connectedness with its Maker

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Mission Vision Statements

• For Jesus, His mission brought Him here to give
  life and save the lost.
• For Jesus, His vision of uniting mankind with His
  father, inspired Him and kept Him going all the
  way to the cross.

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Desire of Ages, Chapter 74 Gethsemane

• His decision is made. He will save man at any
  cost to Himself.
• He accepts His baptism of blood, that through Him
  perishing millions may gain everlasting life.
• And He will not turn from His mission. He will
  become the substitution of a race that has willed
  to sin.

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Desire of Ages, Chapter 74 Gethsemane

• In this awful crisisthe heavens opened, a light
  shone forth amid the stormy darkness of the
  crisis hour, and the mighty angel who stands in
  God's presencecame to the side of Christ.
• The angel came not to take the cup from Christ's
  hand, but to strengthen Him to drink it, with the
  assurance of the Father's love.

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Desire of Ages, Chapter 74 Gethsemane

• He pointed Him to the open heavens, telling Him
  of the souls that would be saved as the result of
  His sufferings.
• He assured Him that His Father is greater and
  more powerful than Satanand that the kingdom of
  this world would be given to the saints of the
  Most High.

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Desire of Ages, Chapter 74 Gethsemane

• The angel told Him that He would see a multitude
  of the human race saved, eternally saved.
• Christ's agony did not cease, but His depression
  and discouragement left Him.
• He came forth calm and serene.
• A heavenly peace rested upon His bloodstained
  face.

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Jesus Values
Values are the guiding principles that support
our mission and vision

• Humility
• Initiative
• Giving/Meeting Needs
• Accountability
• Stewardship

• Equality
• Preparedness
• Surrender
• Faith/Trust
• Obedience

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Jesus Mission, Vision, Values

• JESUS MISSION
• I have come that they may have life, and that
  they may have it more abundantly.
• JESUS VISION
• I, Jesus, envision the earth and its creation to
  be restored, free of sin, to its original beauty
  and connectedness with its Maker.
• JESUS VALUES
• Humility Initiative Stewardship Giving
• Equality Faith Preparedness ..
• Surrender Obedience Accountability ..

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Sources

• The Bible
• Observing the lives of those who are living with
  purpose
• Stephen Covey
• 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
• First Things First
• How to Develop and Use a Mission Statement
• Laurie Beth Jones
• The Path Creating Your Mission Statement for
  Work and for Life

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My Mission, Vision, Values

• MY MISSION
• To live in full surrender to the will of God
  andto be open to the best ride of my life
• MY VISION
• To live each day with joy, inner peace, passion,
  and faith
• to develop a mindset of discovery and abundance
• to be open to receive Gods blessings
• to connect with the world around me
• to be mindful of truth and wisdom
• to create adventure and fun.
• to be teachable and grateful
• to maximize my strengths
• to grow spiritually
• to serve others with compassion, humility, and
  generosity
• to be obedient to the call of God
• and to fulfill God's will in my life

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My Mission, Vision, Values

• MY VALUES
• Interconnectedness and Community
• I experience lifes journey through active,
  reciprocal involvement in my community of family,
  friends, colleagues, and fellow life travelers
• I stay interested and connected in the lives of
  those who matter most
• I am gentle with and respectful of my community
  because everything I do is connected and impacts
  others
• I respond quickly to the needs and requests of
  those closest to me
• Healthy Lifestyle
• I intentionally include nutrition, exercise,
  water, sunlight, temperance, air, rest, and trust
  in divine power in my life
• I consistently schedule each of these lifestyle
  priorities into my daily activities
• I plan weekly dates with myself for recreation,
  enjoyment, and reward
• Fun
• I strive to create a fun environment around the
  activities in which I participate, even if the
  activities are serious
• I remember to have a daily laugh
• I intentionally plan celebration moments in
  each day, whether those moments are for myself or
  for others

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My Mission, Vision, Values

• MY VALUES
• Life-long Living and Learning
• I am an active participant in my life where each
  day is lived with purpose and meaning, as if it
  were my last
• I make diverse investments in people, education,
  travel, career, and financial planning tools
• I continually learn and grow, as well as balance,
  in each aspect of my life spiritual, emotional,
  mental, social, financial, and physical
• Leave a Legacy
• I intentionally live my life to make a positive
  impact in the lives of others
• I am responsible and accountable to minimizing
  what I use on this planet while maximizing the
  positive impact of what I leave behind
• I leave a legacy through quiet, invisible random
  acts of kindness, to gentle gestures of love and
  care, to everyday generosity, to organized
  service projects
• I want to be remembered as being compassionate,
  humble, giving, caring, gentle with the hearts of
  others, understanding, loving, genuine, vibrant
  about living, and 100 surrendered to Gods way
  and will in every aspect of my life

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Quotes

• A man without a purpose is like a ship without a
  rudder.
• -- Thomas Carlyle
• More men fail through lack of purpose than
  through lack of talent.
• -- Billy Sunday

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Quotes

• When you have purpose, you dont have time for
  negativity.
• -- Mark Victor
• Life is never made unbearable by circumstances,
  but only by lack of meaning and purpose.
• -- Viktor Frankl

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Quotes

• "When you are inspired by some great purpose,
  some extraordinary project, all your thoughts
  break their bounds
• Your mind transcends limitations, your
  consciousness expands in every direction, and you
  find yourself in a new, great, and wonderful
  world.
• Dormant forces, faculties, and talents become
  alive, and you discover yourself to be a greater
  person by far than you ever dreamed yourself to
  be."
• -- Patanjali (2nd century BC)

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Quotes

• "Really believe in your heart of hearts that your
  fundamental purpose, the reason for being, is to
  enlarge the lives of others.
• Your life will be enlarged also.
• And all of the other things we have been taught
  to concentrate on will take care of themselves."
• -- Pete Thigpen, business leader

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Quotes

• "Sad will the day be for any man when he becomes
  absolutely contented with the life he is living,
  with the thoughts he is thinking, and the deeds
  he is doing
• When there is not forever beating at the door of
  his soul some great desire to do something larger
  which he knows that he was meant and made to
  do..."--Philip Brooks

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Quotes

• Here is the test to find whether your mission on
  earth is finished.
• If youre alive, it isnt.
• Richarch Bach

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Develop Your Mission

• The inspiration for your lifes mission is found
  deep in your soul.
• Only God can help you discover what you were
  created to do.
• Hes already given it to you, you just need to
  search Him out.
• He holds all of the answers to the questions you
  are asking.

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Develop Your Mission

• When we seek to discover the mission God has
  already inspired for us and then live out that
  mission with passion, exuberance, and humility
  our lives will shine with the presence of Jesus,
  and others will seek to know Him more.

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Benediction

• Make your light shine, so that others will see
  the good that you do and will praise your Father
  in heaven.
• Matthew 516
• (Contemporary English Version)