Charlotte’s Hope Church
Philippians 3:13-14
What does YOUR Other Side look like?
Philippians 3:13-14 ESV
CALLING VS ASSIGNMENT
We are called to Jesus to follow Him:
•to walk with him,
•to live a life of obedience to him,
•to live a life of ministry and healing to others.
•Our calling in every sense is simply TO HIM - to love God with all our hearts, soul, mind and strength. It’s to love others as we love ourselves.
CALLING VS. ASSIGNMENT
Your assignment, however, is how you carry out being a light for him in the season you are in.
There is one guarantee in your life: your calling will not change, but your assignment will.
Matthew 28:18-19 ESV
GOD’S WILL: BLUEPRINT VS GAME PLAN
General direction with a set of rules to follow and an occasional special play that is God’s will in that moment.
How to follow God’s General Game Plan for me?
1. Relax, it’s not HARD TO FIND
Ephesians 5:17 ESV
How to follow God’s General Game Plan for me?
2. It’s found on a highway called OBEDIENCE.
Proverbs 4:18-19 ESV
How to follow God’s General Game Plan for me?
3. Start with what you know INTUITIVELY.
2 Peter 1:3-11 ESV
WARNING: High cost of ignoring this wisdom
Proverbs 28:9 ESV
Proverbs 1:23-28 ESV
God walks the highway of OBEDIENCE, not the highway of SELECTIVE OBEDIENCE.
How to follow God’s General Game Plan for me?
4. Next, follow the Bible’s clear COMMANDS.
So, before asking God, where to live, what job to take or what college to go to – ask, “Am I…
1. Following Christ?
2 Peter 3:9 ESV
So, before asking God, where to live, what job to take or what college to go to – ask, “Am I…
2. Controlled by the Holy Spirit?
Ephesians 5:17-18 ESV
So, before asking God, where to live, what job to take or what college to go to – ask, “Am I…
3. Staying Sexually Pure?
1 Thessalonians 4:3-8 ESV
So, before asking God, where to live, what job to take or what college to go to – ask, “Am I…
4. Thankful?
1 Thessalonians 5:18 ESV
So, before asking God, where to live, what job to take or what college to go to – ask, “Am I…
5. Submitted to Authority?
When God has a special plan, it’s usually revealed ONE STEP AT A TIME.
If I’ve messed up God’s “Plan A,” there’s always a “Plan B.”
Psalm 37:23-24 ESV