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Your greatest need is not to decide what to do with your life.  You're greatest need is to decide who to follow.  The Israelites had to be ready to move at a moment's notice when God told them to go. 

Inasmuch as God came to save the Israelites from slavery, Jesus came to save us from our sin.  The I AM was now, "I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life" through Jesus.  

I AM, Part 3 - Exodus 7:8-22, 8:5-19, 12:1-14; Matthew 26:17-28

Identity crisis.  We've all faced it at some point.  Who are we really meant to be?  Moses found himself in a land where he felt didn't belong, and God telling him to go back to help a people he'd run from.  But, "now was the time to act" for Moses. 

What breaks your heart?  God called, and Moses answered, "Here I am!"  To follow Jesus is God's ultimate plan for your life.  If you follow that, you really don't have that much to worry about.

Simple, but not easy.

I AM, Part 2 - Exodus 2:11-15; 3

Have you ever felt like God had just passed you by?  That even in the midst of your desperate situation, God has forgotten you?  That your tears go unnoticed?

Times were desperate for the mother of Moses.  When the baby was placed in the basket to be taken to wherever God would have him go, he landed in the arms of the daughter of the one that wanted him killed.  Can you imagine the overwhelming sense of “God is here” when the baby is, unknowingly, taken back to his mother.

Don’t tune out the story of Moses because it’s familiar.

You are NOT forgotten.

I AM, Part 1 - Exodus 1, 2:1-10

The greatest gift we have as followers of Christ is the gift of opportunity.  What do you do with the opportunities you have been given?  From the beginning of your testimony you have at least one talent you can share with others - your story.

When God comes in and wrecks your life it begins to overflow.  The evidence of God at work in you is there.

The master said the same thing to the man with 5 talents that he did the one who had two: what have you done with what I gave you? 

ReGifted, Part 4 - Matthew 2514-30

Simple Church worship leader, Kayla Wright, shares about her trip to Tanzania as their team boldly shared the gospel with people who had never heard the name of Jesus.

You are given certain abilities when you are born.  But when the Holy Spirit of God comes to live within you, He re-gifts you with supernatural abilities beyond what you can naturally do. 

It's a simple process.  We have gifts simply for the purpose of sharing with others.  People need to hear that our message is simple: God loves you and Jesus died for you.

What are you going to do with the gifts God gave you?  The day is coming when we will have to give an answer to our holy God for how we used the gifts He gave us. 

Will you?  Will you build the kingdom?  And, if the answer is yes, what will you build with?

ReGifted, Part 3 - 1 Cor 3:10-17; Matthew 6:19-21

We all are gifted to do something.  When God saves us, He gives us gifts.  God has put you in a specific place, for a specific purpose, to use those gifts.  On the way to where you think your destination is, is where god may be calling you to pour your life into others.  Do something great with the gifts God has given you. 

Re-Gifted, Part 1 - Romans 12:6-8; Acts 8:26-40

What if "not conforming to the pattern of this world" wasn't only about avoiding sin but serving others?  Once you put yourself last it transforms how you see the world.  It transforms what we do.  When you are at your closest moment with Jesus, see what He is challenging and calling you to do.  Stop listening to yourself and start listening to what God is telling you.  How do you show people you love them?  Serve them.  

Re-Gifted - Romans 12:1-8

Do you ever struggle with doubt?  John the Baptist was the greatest misfit of them all.  But, he was also called the greatest born among women.  The religious leaders of that day were more concerned about appearances.  But, Jesus looked at the heart. 

Today, I want to do something different. 

All Misfits Welcome Here, Part 2 - Matthew 3 

Have you ever felt not "good enough"? Have you ever asked, "Why am I in this situation?"  Do you feel like your history is hold you back? Do you wonder if you can ever overcome the past?  You can over come the past because you are not defined by your past!  God has gone before us!  What He wants from you is for you to have a seeking heart, not a perfect life. 

Gone B4 - Joshua 2

Jesus came to rescue the misfits.  This gospel was brought to those that don't exactly fit in and are messed up.  All the misfits that don't fit in somewhere else, fit in here.  Our God didn't go to the high priest, religious rulers, or military leaders of the day to announce the birth of the King.  He went to the lowly shepherds. 

All Misfits Welcome Here, Part 1 - Luke 2