Built Different.
Psalm 112:1-3 [NIV]
21 Now it is God who makes both us and you stand firm in Christ. He anointed us, 22 set His seal of ownership on us, and put His Spirit in our hearts as a deposit, guaranteeing what is to come.
2 Corinthians 1:21–22 [NIV]
3 Choices We Make To Build A Godly Legacy.
1. Choose A God Honoring Life.
1 …Blessed are those who fear the Lord, who find great delight in His commands.
Psalm 112:1 [NIV]
43 A deep sense of holy awe swept over everyone, and the apostles performed many miraculous signs and wonders.
Acts 2:43 [TPT]
2 I will teach you hidden lessons from our past — 3 stories we have heard and known, stories our ancestors handed down to us. 4 We will not hide these truths from our children; we will tell the next generation about the glorious deeds of the Lord, about His power and His mighty wonders.
Psalm 78:2-4 [NLT]
7 Honor the Lord with your wealth, with the firstfruits of all your crops…
Proverbs 1:7 [NIV]
17 For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all. 18 So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.
2 Corinthians 4:17-18 [NIV]
40 “The King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.’”
Matthew 25:40 [NIV]
13 Bear with each other and forgive one another if any of you has a grievance against someone. Forgive as the Lord forgave you.
Colossians 3:13 [NIV]
1 Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God — this is your true and proper worship.
Romans 12:1 [NIV]
2. Choose To Invest In People Intentionally.
2 Their children will be mighty in the land…
Psalm 112:2 [NIV]
34 “You yourselves know that these hands of mine have supplied my own needs and the needs of my companions.”
Acts 20:34 [NIV]
6 Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it.
Proverbs 22:6 [ESV]
5 I am reminded of your sincere faith, which first lived in your grandmother Lois and in your mother Eunice and, I am persuaded, now lives in you also.
2 Timothy 1:5 [NIV]
17 Establish the work of our hands for us yes, establish the work of our hands.
Psalm 90:17 [NIV]
25 I have never witnessed God forsaking those who do right, nor have I seen their children begging for crumbs, 26 Because they are always giving and sharing; truly, their children are a joyful blessing.
Psalm 37:25-26 [VOICE]
32 And now I entrust you to God and the message of His grace that is able to build you up and give you an inheritance with all those He has set apart for Himself.
Acts 20:32 [NLT]
24 But the king replied to Araunah, “No, I insist on paying you for it. I will not sacrifice to the Lord my God burnt offerings that cost me nothing.” So David bought the threshing floor and the oxen and paid fifty shekels of silver for them.
2 Samuel 24:24 [NIV]
3. Choose To Let Righteousness Become Your Reputation.
3 Wealth and riches are in their houses, and their righteousness endures forever.
Psalm 112:3 [NIV]
7 The righteous lead blameless lives; blessed are their children after them.
Proverbs 20:7 [NIV]
17 For if, by the trespass of the one man, death reigned through that one man, how much more will those who receive God’s abundant provision of grace and of the gift of righteousness reign in life through the one man, Jesus Christ!
Romans 5:17 [NIV]
21 God made Him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in Him we might become the righteousness of God.
2 Corinthians 5:21 [NIV]
24 “Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock. 25 The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because it had its foundation on the rock.
Matthew 7:24-25 [NIV]
8 The grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of our God endures forever.
Isaiah 40:8 [NIV]
