<p class="s20"><span class="s38"><span class="bumpedFont20">TEXT:  </span></span><span class="s38"><span class="bumpedFont20">EPHESIANS 2:10</span></span></p>
<p class="s18"><span class="s38"><span class="bumpedFont20">TITLE:  </span></span><span class="s38"><span class="bumpedFont20">CONSCIOUS AND INTENTIONAL MINISTRY: </span></span></p>
<p class="s18"><span class="s38"><span class="bumpedFont20">MAKING A DIFFERENCE</span></span></p>
<p class="s37"><span class="s38"><span class="bumpedFont20">INTRODUCTION</span></span></p>

<div class="s40"><span class="s27">A. </span><span class="s39"><span class="bumpedFont20">We do not bring gifts to the altar, we are the gifts on the altar</span></span> ​</div>
<div class="s43"><span class="s27">B. </span><span class="s39"><span class="bumpedFont20">Romans 12:1, </span></span><span class="s42"><span class="bumpedFont20">1</span></span><span class="s41"><span class="bumpedFont20"> I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, </span></span><span class="s41"><span class="bumpedFont20">which is</span></span><span class="s41"><span class="bumpedFont20"> your </span></span><span class="s41"><span class="bumpedFont20">reasonable service.</span></span><span class="s39"><span class="bumpedFont20">”</span></span><span class="s39"><span class="bumpedFont20">  </span></span>​</div>
<div class="s43"><span class="s27">C. </span><span class="s39"><span class="bumpedFont20">In the Old Testament system of sacrifice, God accepted and honored a gift if the gift was offered the way that </span></span><span class="s39"><span class="bumpedFont20">God</span></span><span class="s39"><span class="bumpedFont20"> said to offer it, and if the offeror lived the way that He said to live. If the quality of the gift and the character of the giver were </span></span><span class="s39"><span class="bumpedFont20">accepted, it provided a sweet aroma or fragrance to God.</span></span><span class="s39"><span class="bumpedFont20">  </span></span>​</div>
<div class="s43"><span class="s27">D. </span><span class="s39"><span class="bumpedFont20">We are both the Gift and the Giver…</span></span><span class="s39"><span class="bumpedFont20">  </span></span>​</div>
<div class="s46"><span class="s45">1. </span><span class="s38"><span class="bumpedFont20">The Quality of the Gift</span></span></div>
<div class="s47"><span class="s45">2. </span><span class="s38"><span class="bumpedFont20">The Character of the Giver</span></span></div>
<p class="s37"><span class="s38"><span class="bumpedFont20">WE ARE WHAT HE HAS MADE US</span></span></p>

<div class="s40"><span class="s27">A. </span><span class="s39"><span class="bumpedFont20">Biological Parents – I am what they have made me  </span></span>​</div>
<div class="s40"><span class="s27">B. </span><span class="s39"><span class="bumpedFont20">Spiritual Parent – I am what God has made me  </span></span>​</div>
<p class="s37"><span class="s38"><span class="bumpedFont20">CREATED IN CHRIST JESUS FOR GOOD WORKS</span></span></p>

<div class="s40"><span class="s27">A. </span><span class="s39"><span class="bumpedFont20">We are created </span></span><span class="s39"><span class="bumpedFont20">= To create</span></span><span class="s39"><span class="bumpedFont20"> in a spiritual sense</span></span><span class="s39"><span class="bumpedFont20">; t</span></span><span class="s39"><span class="bumpedFont20">o regenerate, to renew</span></span> ​</div>
<div class="s40"><span class="s27">B. </span><span class="s39"><span class="bumpedFont20">F</span></span><span class="s39"><span class="bumpedFont20">or “Good Works” </span></span><span class="s39"><span class="bumpedFont20">= </span></span><span class="s39"><span class="bumpedFont20">Benevolent works, life-transforming works, works that </span></span><span class="s39"><span class="bumpedFont20">make a difference</span></span>​</div>
<div class="s40"><span class="s27">C. </span><span class="s39"><span class="bumpedFont20">He did not say “Perfect Works”  </span></span>​</div>
<div class="s43"><span class="s27">D. </span><span class="s39"><span class="bumpedFont20">Why should I do good works?</span></span><span class="s39"><span class="bumpedFont20">  </span></span>​</div>
<div class="s46"><span class="s27">1. </span><span class="s39"><span class="bumpedFont20">Romans 2:6-8, </span></span><span class="s48"><span class="bumpedFont20">6 </span></span><span class="s41"><span class="bumpedFont20">God “will repay each person according to what they have done.” </span></span><span class="s48"><span class="bumpedFont20">7 </span></span><span class="s41"><span class="bumpedFont20">To those who by persistence in doing good seek glory, honor and immortality, he will give eternal life. </span></span><span class="s48"><span class="bumpedFont20">8 </span></span><span class="s41"><span class="bumpedFont20">But for those who are self-seeking and who reject the truth and follow evil, there will be wrath and anger.</span></span><span class="s41"><span class="bumpedFont20">  </span></span><span class="s39"><span class="bumpedFont20">(NIV)</span></span></div>
<div class="s46"><span class="s27">2. </span><span class="s39"><span class="bumpedFont20">I Corinthians 3:12-15</span></span><span class="s39"><span class="bumpedFont20">, </span></span><span class="s48"><span class="bumpedFont20">12 </span></span><span class="s41"><span class="bumpedFont20">If anyone builds on this foundation using gold, silver, costly stones, wood, hay or straw, </span></span><span class="s48"><span class="bumpedFont20">13 </span></span><span class="s41"><span class="bumpedFont20">their work will be shown for what it is, because the Day will bring it to light. It will be revealed with fire, and the fire will test the quality of each person’s work. </span></span><span class="s48"><span class="bumpedFont20">14 </span></span><span class="s41"><span class="bumpedFont20">If what has been built survives, the builder will receive a reward. </span></span><span class="s48"><span class="bumpedFont20">15 </span></span><span class="s41"><span class="bumpedFont20">If it is burned up, the builder will suffer loss but yet will be saved—even though only as one </span></span><span class="s41"><span class="bumpedFont20">escaping through the flames.  </span></span><span class="s39"><span class="bumpedFont20">(NIV)</span></span></div>
<p class="s37"><span class="s38"><span class="bumpedFont20">WHICH GOD PREPARED BEFOREHAND TO BE OUR WAY OF LIFE</span></span></p>

<div class="s40"><span class="s27">A. </span><span class="s39"><span class="bumpedFont20">The moment God saved us, God prepared us for good works</span></span><span class="s39"><span class="bumpedFont20">  </span></span>​</div>
<div class="s40"><span class="s27">B. </span><span class="s39"><span class="bumpedFont20">Not as a job, as a lifestyle… </span></span>​</div>
<p class="s18"><span class="s38"><span class="bumpedFont20">CHALLENGE FOR THE WEEK:  </span></span></p>
<p class="s18"><span class="s38"><span class="bumpedFont20">THAT</span></span><span class="s38"><span class="bumpedFont20"> I WILL BEGIN PREPARING MYSELF T</span></span><span class="s38"><span class="bumpedFont20">O MAKE A DIFFERENCE</span></span></p>