Legacy: how to leave a good one.

You remember when we were kids how we would write on everything ______ was here?

We felt like everyone wanted to know where we were, What scares me the most is that I don't have to write my name down somewhere to leave a mark. what I do will leave a mark on the world, everything we say and do will leave a mark.

I bet that right now you can name some people that have left marks for good and bad.

3 years ago I went to a funeral of a friend of my brother who was only 17, and they were talking about the legacy that he left for the kingdom.

And it made me think what type of legacy will I leave?

So I started reading about legacy and this is a few things that I learned. And I want to share them with you.

The first was that we were made to leave a mark

“Before I shaped you in the womb, I knew all about you. Before you saw the light of day, I had holy plans for you: A prophet to the nations— that’s what I had in mind for you.”

Jeremiah 1:5 message

It’s scary to think about the plans god has for me, like to look back at my 18 years of life and to think that he still has plans for me!

The second thing that I learned was what we do will leave a mark

A good life gets passed on to the grandchildren; ill-gotten wealth ends up with good people.

Proverbs 13:22 MSG

When you share the message of Jesus with someone through your life or through your witness....you are dealing with things of eternal significance.

When you give your tithes and invest your offerings to the ministry of God’s Kingdom, you are laying up treasure where neither inflation nor depreciation exist.

Now for you parents

When you lay at the end of your child’s bed and explain the wisdom for living God’s way from Proverbs....or tell them what Jesus means to you… you are laying the foundation for the next seventeen trillion years just for starters.

When you stand in a Wednesday night prayer meeting and your child sees your hands lifted in praise and tears running down your face.....you are leaving your mark for eternity.  

And the last thing I learned was no one can leave a mark like you

He put you where you are. With what you have for a reason!

So remember,

We are made to leave a mark!

What we do will leave a mark!

No one can leave a mark like you!

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