MIGHTY WARRIORS LEAVING A LEGACY THE DASH 1 Chronicles11-12 Acts 13:22,36 The Dash by Linda Ellis I read of a man who stood to speak at the funeral of a friend. He referred to the dates on her tombstone from the beginning...to the end. He noted that first came the date of her birth and spoke of the following date with tears, but he said what mattered most of all was the dash between those years. The Dash by Linda Ellis For that dash represents all the time that she spent alive on earth... and now only those who loved her know what that little line is worth. For it matters not, how much we own; the cars....the house...the cash. What matters is how we live and love and how we spend our dash. The Dash by Linda Ellis So think about this long and hard... are there things you'd like to change? For you never know how much time is left that can still be rearranged. If we could just slow down enough to consider what's true and real, and always try to understand the way other people feel. The Dash by Linda Ellis And be less quick to anger, and show appreciation more and love the people in our lives like we've never loved before. If we treat each other with respect, and more often wear a smile... remembering that this special dash might only last a little while. The Dash by Linda Ellis So, when your eulogy is being read with your life's actions to rehash... would you be proud of the things they say about how you spend your dash? The poem is available in a gift book, framed print and journal from:Linda Ellis Copyright 2007 TIME TALENTS OCCUPATION Shepherd 1 Samuel 7:16-18 Let us find a good musician to play the harp whenever the tormenting spirit troubles you. He will play soothing music, and you will soon be well again. 17 All right, Saul said. Find me someone who plays well, and bring him here. 18 One of the servants said to Saul, One of Jesses sons from Bethlehem is a talented harp player. Not only thathe is a brave warrior, a man of war, and has good judgment. He is also a fine- looking young man, and the L ORD is with him 1 Samuel 18: Therefore Saul removed him from his presence and appointed him as his commander of a thousand; and he went out and came in before the people. 14 David was prospering in all his ways for the LORD was with him. 15 When Saul saw that he was prospering greatly, he dreaded him. 16 But all Israel and Judah loved David, and he went out and came in before them. During your shepherd experiences ask How am I using my Time now? Talents? Occupation/Education? How can I use them wisely? Luke 19:11-30 As they heard these things, he proceeded to tell a parable, because he was near to Jerusalem, and because they supposed that the kingdom of God was to appear immediately. He said therefore, A nobleman went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom and then return. Calling ten of his servants, he gave them ten minas, and said to them, Engage in business until I come.But his citizens hated him and sent a delegation after him, saying, We do not want this man to reign over us. When he returned, having received the kingdom, he ordered these servants to whom he had given the money to be called to him, that he might know what they had gained by doing business. The first came before him, saying, Lord, your mina has made ten minas more. And he said to him, Well done, good servant! Because you have been faithful in a very little, you shall have authority over ten cities. And the second came, saying, Lord, your mina has made five minas. And he said to him, And you are to be over five cities. Then another came, saying, Lord, here is your mina, which I kept laid away in a handkerchief; for I was afraid of you, because you are a severe man. You take what you did not deposit, and reap what you did not sow. He said to him, I will condemn you with your own words, you wicked servant! You knew that I was a severe man, taking what I did not deposit and reaping what I did not sow? Why then did you not put my money in the bank, and at my coming I might have collected it with interest? And he said to those who stood by, Take the mina from him, and give it to the one who has the ten minas. And they said to him, Lord, he has ten minas! I tell you that to everyone who has, more will be given, but from the one who has not, even what he has will be taken away. But as for these enemies of mine, who did not want me to reign over them, bring them here and slaughter them before me. TALENTS OCCUPATION KING Covenant Psa 132:1Psa 132:1-5 A Song of Ascents. Remember, O Lord, in David's favor, all the hardships he endured, how he swore to the Lord and vowed to the Mighty One of Jacob, I will not enter my house or get into my bed, I will not give sleep to my eyes or slumber to my eyelids until I find a place for the Lord, a dwelling place for the Mighty One of Jacob. Covenant 2Sa 7:12Sa 7:1-5,12-17 Now when the king lived in his house and the Lord had given him rest from all his surrounding enemies,the king said to Nathan the prophet, See now, I dwell in a house of cedar, but the ark of God dwells in a tent.And Nathan said to the king, Go, do all that is in your heart, for the Lord is with you? But that same night the word of the Lord came to Nathan, Go and tell my servant David, Thus says the Lord: Would you build me a house to dwell in?... Covenant 2Sa 7:122Sa 7:12 When your days are fulfilled and you lie down with your fathers, I will raise up your offspring after you, who shall come from your body, and I will establish his kingdom. He shall build a house for my name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever. I will be to him a father, and he shall be to me a son. When he commits iniquity, I will discipline him with the rod of men, with the stripes of the sons of men, but my steadfast love will not depart from him, as I took it from Saul, whom I put away from before you. And your house and your kingdom shall be made sure forever before me. Your throne shall be established forever. In accordance with all these words, and in accordance with all this vision, Nathan spoke to David. Leaving a Legacy for Jesus Eph 3:20Eph 3:20 Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us. Leaving a Legacy for Jesus How can you double your MINAS to leave a legacy for Christ? 1 Samuel 18: Now it came about on the next day that an evil spirit from God came mightily upon Saul, and he raved in the midst of the house, while David was playing the harp with his hand, as usual; and a spear was in Saul's hand. 11 Saul hurled the spear for he thought, "I will pin David to the wall." But David escaped from his presence twice. (Im thinking like the matrix) 12 Now Saul was afraid of David, for the LORD was with him but had departed from Saul. 13 Therefore Saul removed him from his presence and appointed him as his commander of a thousand; and he went out and came in before the people. 14 David was prospering in all his ways for the LORD was with him. 15 When Saul saw that he was prospering greatly, he dreaded him. 16 But all Israel and Judah loved David, and he went out and came in before them. 1 Samuel 19: Now there was an evil spirit from the LORD on Saul as he was sitting in his house with his spear in his hand, and David was playing the harp with his hand. 10 Saul tried to pin David to the wall with the spear, but he slipped away out of Saul's presence, so that he stuck the spear into the wall. And David fled and escaped that night. 11 Then Saul sent messengers to David's house to watch him, in order to put him to death in the morning. The fall of King of Tyre/Lucifer/Satan/ Ezekiel 28:12-19-Son of man, raise a lamentation over the king of Tyre, and say to him, Thus says the Lord God: You were the signet of perfection, full of wisdom and perfect in beauty. You were in Eden, the garden of God; every precious stone was your covering, sardius, topaz, and diamond, beryl, onyx, and jasper, sapphire, emerald, and carbuncle; and crafted in gold were your settings and your engravings. On the day that you were created they were prepared. You were an anointed guardian cherub. I placed you; you were on the holy mountain of God; in the midst of the stones of fire you walked. You were blameless in your ways from the day you were created, till unrighteousness was found in you. The fall of King of Tyre/Lucifer/Satan/ Ezekiel 28: In the abundance of your trade you were filled with violence in your midst, and you sinned; so I cast you as a profane thing from the mountain of God, and I destroyed you, O guardian cherub, from the midst of the stones of fire. Your heart was proud because of your beauty; you corrupted your wisdom for the sake of your splendor. I cast you to the ground; I exposed you before kings, to feast their eyes on you. By the multitude of your iniquities, in the unrighteousness of your trade you profaned your sanctuaries; so I brought fire out from your midst; it consumed you, and I turned you to ashes on the earth in the sight of all who saw you. All who know you among the peoples are appalled at you; you have come to a dreadful end and shall be no more forever. Dying star lyrics by Jason Upton You've got your best man on the front side You always show your best side And evil's always on the other side You say this is your strategy But son I hope you take it from me You look just like your enemy You're full of pride We better trash our idols if we want to be In the army of the Lordthe army We better trash our idols if we want to be In the army of the Lord And the greatest idol is you and me, We better get on the threshing floor When will we learn that God's strategy Is giving glory to the Lord? We better trash our idols if we want to be In the army of the Lordthe army Star how beautiful you shine You shine more beautiful than mine You shine from sea to shining sea World-wide is your strategy But shinning star I hope you see If the whole wide world is staring straight at you They can't see me...beautiful Martyrs Matthew 5:10 Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven WHAT ARE YOU WILLING TO DIE FOR? WHAT ARE YOU WILLING TO REALLY LIVE FOR? Martyrs The blood of the saints is the seed of the Church. CD Martyrs prayer Paradox of Injustice 28:02-31:3- LEAVING A LEGACY YOU CAN LEAVE A LEGACY BY WISELY USING YOUR TIME, TALENTS & OCCUPATION YOU LEAVE A LEGACY BY DOUBLING WHAT YOU HAVE BEEN GIVEN. TIME, TALENT AND OCCUPATION THIRD WAY TO LEAVE A LEGACY IS LETTING GOD USE THE SPEARS THROWN AT YOU FOR YOUR OWN DEVELOPMENT. LET YOUR LEGACY START TO BLOSSOM