December 15, 2024

SJBCI Celebration Service

A Legacy that Lives

-Hebrews 13:7 (ESV)

Change is

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but Change is

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.

Teaching us to breathe
And what was frozen through is newly purposed
Turning all things green
So it is with You and how You make me new
With every season’s change
And so it will be as You are re-creating me
Summer, autumn, winter, spring

Unless a grain of wheat falls to the ground and

, it remains just a grain of wheat; but if it dies it

much fruit.

-John 12:24 (ESV)

It has always been and will always be about the

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of God

1. Leaders

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away what they have rather than

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it for themselves

“We will not hide them from their descendants; we will tell the next generation the praiseworthy deeds of the LORD, his power, and the wonders he has done.”

-Psalm 78:4 (ESV)

2. SJBCI showed the

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of God through

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,

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, and

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“In the same way, let your light shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven.”

-Matthew 5:16 (ESV)

3. SJBCI always had an emphasis on the

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“A good person leaves an inheritance for their children’s children, but a sinner’s wealth is stored up for the righteous.”

-Proverbs 13:22 (ESV)

4. SJBCI knew the

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of these is

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“Do everything in love.”

-1 Corinthians 16:14 (ESV)

5. Following Jesus wasn’t the

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thing…it was the

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thing

“But as for me and my household, we will serve the LORD.”

-Joshua 24:15 (ESV)

6. Building a culture of

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leaders who loved to

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“In everything I did, I showed you that by this kind of hard work we must help the weak, remembering the words the Lord Jesus himself said: ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.”

-Acts 20:35 (ESV)

7.

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was the

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– Jesus

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- Others

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– Yourself

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“Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves, not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of the others.”

-Philippians 2:3-4 (ESV)

“Remember your leaders, who spoke the word of God to you. Consider the outcome of their way of life and imitate their faith.”“

-Hebrews 13:7 (ESV)

Be a

not a

Showing

and

and

are always the way to open doors of opportunity.

Don’t neglect the Next Generation –

them,

them,

them

Never forget that

is the

of all of these

Never go wrong when you are

Always be marked by being a

Servant – not what can

but what can I

is the way – Jesus

– others

– you

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