The Greatest Gift You Can Give
Just Walk – Part 1
Life Church – May 1, 2011
Pastor Dan Walker
2 Timothy 2:2 (NIV) And the things you have heard me say in the presence of many witnesses entrust to reliable men who will also be qualified to teach others.
Mark 8:36 (NIV) What good is it for a man to gain the whole world, yet forfeit his soul?
1. Be willing to enter the ____________ zone
A. Leave your own ____________ zone
John 4:6-7 (NIV) Jesus, tired as he was from the journey, sat down by the well. ... When a Samaritan woman came to draw water, Jesus said to her, "Will you give me a drink?"
B. Care more about ____________ than your comfort
John 4:10 (NIV) Jesus answered her, "If you knew the gift of God and who it is that asks you for a drink, you would have asked him and he would have given you living water."
John 4:39 (NIV) Many of the Samaritans from that town believed in him because of the woman's testimony, "He told me everything I ever did."
2. Listen to the __________________
A. Commit to being _________ in your world
Matthew 5:13 (NIV) You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt loses its saltiness, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled by men.
B. Get ___________ those who need God
Galatians 5:25 (NIV) Since we live by the Spirit, let us keep in step with the Spirit.
3. Just _________ across the room
A. Give the greatest ___________
Romans 5:8 (NIV) But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
B. Follow Jesus’ _______________
Philippians 2:5-8 (NIV) Your attitude should be the same as that of Christ Jesus: Who, … made himself nothing, taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness. And being found in appearance as a man, he humbled himself and became obedient to death-- even death on a cross!