Legacy POV
Genesis 12:1-9. The LORD had said to Abram, “Go from your country, your people and your father’s household to the land I will show you.
2 “I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you; I will make your name great, and you will be a blessing.
3 I will bless those who bless you, and whoever curses you I will curse; and all peoples on earth will be blessed through you.”
4 So Abram went, as the LORD had told him; and Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he set out from Harran. 5 He took his wife Sarai, his nephew Lot, all the possessions they had accumulated and the people they had acquired in Harran, and they set out for the land of Canaan, and they arrived there.
6 Abram traveled through the land as far as the site of the great tree of Moreh at Shechem. At that time the Canaanites were in the land. 7 The LORD appeared to Abram and said, “To your offspring[fn] I will give this land.” So he built an altar there to the LORD, who had appeared to him.
8 From there he went on toward the hills east of Bethel and pitched his tent, with Bethel on the west and Ai on the east. There he built an altar to the LORD and called on the name of the LORD.
9 Then Abram set out and continued toward the Negev.
LEGACY POV INSIGHTS: Being a follower of Jesus Christ requires a different POV
A Legacy POV acknowledges God is in control of our destiny
Proverbs 19:21 (NIV) - "Many are the plans in a person's heart, but it is the Lord's purpose that prevails."
A Legacy POV is rooted in the belief that God has beautiful and significant plans for His creation
Jeremiah 29:11 (NIV) - "'For I know the plans I have for you,' declares the Lord, 'plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.'"
A Legacy POV grasps the reality of the brokenness of this world, marred by the inherent sin nature of humanity
Romans 3:23 (NIV) - "for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God."
A Legacy POV recognizes God's choice to use His people as ambassadors to represent Him on Earth
2 Corinthians 5:20 (NIV) - "We are therefore Christ's ambassadors, as though God were making his appeal through us. We implore you on Christ's behalf: Be reconciled to God."
A Legacy POV accepts the profound idea that God desires to do exceedingly abundantly beyond our wildest expectations, thoughts, or imaginations
Ephesians 3:20 (NIV) - "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."
A Legacy POV embraces the revelation that our stewardship, how we manage what God has entrusted to us, unlocks His abundant blessings
Malachi 3:10 (NIV) - "'Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. Test me in this,' says the Lord Almighty, 'and see if I will not throw open the floodgates of heaven and pour out so much blessing that there will not be room enough to store it.'"
A Legacy POV honors and values that God uniquely blesses unity, honor, and generosity
Psalm 133:1 (NIV) - "How good and pleasant it is when God’s people live together in unity!"
Proverbs 3:9-10 (NIV) - "Honor the Lord with your wealth, with the firstfruits of all your crops; then your barns will be filled to overflowing, and your vats will brim over with new wine."
2 Corinthians 9:6-7 (NIV) - "Remember this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously. Each of you should give what you have decided in your heart to give, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver."
LEGACY | Turning Seeds Into Legacy