Title: Legacy Unerased - Part 1: What Is Your Call?

Synopsis:

Present day reality calls for a re-examining of the call God has on our lives to do something. Innocent lives taken for no reason. Authoritarian leadership. People living in fear. Cities under seize. Lies being told. But God never fails to help us find our call so we can operate in it and make a difference.

Scripture:

Matthew 5:1–12 (MSG)

1-2 When Jesus saw his ministry drawing huge crowds, he climbed a hillside. Those who were apprenticed to him, the committed, climbed with him. Arriving at a quiet place, he sat down and taught his climbing companions. This is what he said: 3 “You’re blessed when you’re at the end of your rope. With less of you there is more of God and his rule. 4 “You’re blessed when you feel you’ve lost what is most dear to you. Only then can you be embraced by the One most dear to you.

5 “You’re blessed when you’re content with just who you are—no more, no less. That’s the moment you find yourselves proud owners of everything that can’t be bought. 6 “You’re blessed when you’ve worked up a good appetite for God. He’s food and drink in the best meal you’ll ever eat. 7 “You’re blessed when you care. At the moment of being ‘care-full,’ you find yourselves cared for. 8 “You’re blessed when you get your inside world—your mind and heart—put right. Then you can see God in the outside world.

9 “You’re blessed when you can show people how to cooperate instead of compete or fight. That’s when you discover who you really are, and your place in God’s family. 10 “You’re blessed when your commitment to God provokes persecution. The persecution drives you even deeper into God’s kingdom. 11-12 “Not only that count yourselves blessed every time people put you down or throw you out or speak lies about you to discredit me. What it means is that the truth is too close for comfort and they are uncomfortable. You can be glad when that happens—give a cheer, even!—for though they don’t like it, I do! And all heaven applauds. And know that you are in good company. My prophets and witnesses have always gotten into this kind of trouble.

Message Points:

1️⃣ Things fail.

Systems fail.

People fail.

2️⃣ There’s a call

There’s a how

There’s a what

There’s a voice

God has the answers

3️⃣ A call to action.

A call to vote

A call to teach

A call to write

A call to organize

A call to strategize

A call to study

A call to pray

Closing Charge:

God’s call is not reserved for the perfect, the powerful, or the prepared. It is for those willing to listen, trust, and respond. In a world filled with broken systems and wounded people, God still calls His people to act with faith, courage, and compassion. The question is not whether God is calling — but whether we are willing to answer.

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