E X P E C T AN T

Eyes that see eventually mature into hands that

do.

Becoming a follower of Jesus requires expectancy.

Becoming like Jesus requires

EYES THAT SEE

HEARTS THAT BURN

IDLE HANDS

27 Idle hands are the devil’s workshop; idle lips are his

mouthpiece.

Proverbs 16:27 (TLB)

We find our deepest sense of purpose and meaning in this life, not when we get what we

We are all hungry for purpose.

THE HOPE OF GLORY

24 Now I rejoice in what I am suffering for you, and I fill up in my flesh what

is still lacking in regard to Christ’s afflictions, for the sake of his body,

which is the church. 25 I have become its servant by the

27 To them God has chosen to make known among the Gentiles the

glorious riches of this mystery, which

is Christ in you, the hope of glory.

Colossians 1:27 (NIV)

1 Be imitators of me, as I am of Christ.

1 Corinthians 11:1 (ESV)

“We do not think ourselves into new ways

of living, we live

11 Since, then, we know what it is to fear the Lord, we try to persuade

others. What we are is plain to God, and I hope it is also plain to your

conscience. 12 We are not trying to commend ourselves to you again,

13 If we are “out of our mind,” as some say, it is for God; if we are in

our right mind, it is for you. 14 For Christ’s love compels us, because

we are convinced that one died for all, and therefore all died. 15 And he

16 So from now on we regard no one from a worldly point of view. Though

we once regarded Christ in this way, we do so no longer. 17 Therefore, if

anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new

18 All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through

Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation: 19 that God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ, not counting

20 We are therefore Christ’s ambassadors, as though God were

making his appeal through us. We implore you on Christ’s behalf: Be

reconciled to God.

God’s purpose in reconciling the world to Himself through Christ is

28 And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love

him, who have been called according to his purpose.

Romans 8:28 (NIV)

L I V E

L I V E W I T H

P U R P O S

AMBASSADORS

20 We are therefore Christ’s ambassadors, as though God were

making his appeal through us. We implore you on Christ’s behalf: Be

reconciled to God.

MY WILL+GOD’s PURPOSEABUNDANT LIFE

W A R N I N G! Living FOR Jesus > Living WITH Jesus

But He doesn’t want to send me off on a

journey to deploy His will.He wants me to join Him on a journey

of discovering it.

7 But whatever gain I had, I counted as loss for the sake of Christ. 8 Indeed, I count everything as loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have suffered the loss of all things and count them as “dung”, in order that I may gain Christ 9 and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but that which comes