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Love Your Neighbor, Change the World - Part 3 of 5
March 14, 2021 | Gabe Kolstad | @gabekolstad
Use your worldly resources to benefit others and make friends. -Luke 16:9
The seeds of good deeds become a tree of life; a wise person wins friends. -Proverbs 11:30
A life that brings deep FULFILLMENT
Is focused on positive INFLUENCE
Begin with Prayer
Listen
Eat Together
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Matthew 9:9-13
9 As Jesus was walking along, he saw a man named Matthew sitting at his tax collector’s booth. “Follow me and be my disciple,” Jesus said to him. So Matthew got up and followed him. 10 Later, Matthew invited Jesus and his disciples to his home as dinner guests, along with many tax collectors and other disreputable sinners. 11 But when the Pharisees saw this, they asked his disciples, “Why does your teacher eat with such scum?”
12 When Jesus heard this, he said, “Healthy people don’t need a doctor—sick people do.” 13 Then he added, “Now go and learn the meaning of this Scripture: ‘I want you to show mercy, not offer sacrifices.’ For I have come to call not those who think they are righteous, but those who know they are sinners.”
Good FOOD + Active LISTENING =
Growing RELATIONSHIPS
1. Throw out your EXCUSES
For God is working in you, giving you the desire and the power to do what pleases him. -Philippians 2:13
2. Pick someone from OUTSIDE your NORMAL CIRCLE
Don’t forget to show hospitality to strangers, for some who have done this have entertained angels without realizing it!
-Hebrews 13:2
3. Decide to be the INITIATOR
Matthew invited Jesus and his disciples to his home as dinner guests, along with many tax collectors and other disreputable sinners. -Matthew 9:10
Next Steps:
✓ Say YES to Jesus
✓ Attend the Next Steps Workshop
✓ Download Pastor Gabe’s Meal Plan
✓ Be Part of Easter @ Westside
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