4. Touching Lives
2 Cor 5:14-‐‑15
14 For Christ'ʹs love compels us,
because we are convinced that one
died for all, and therefore all died.
15 And he died for all, that those who
live should no longer live for
themselves but for him who died
for them and was raised again.
5. TOUCHING LIVES
Verse for 2014 -‐‑ 2 Cor 5:14-‐‑15
“For Christ'ʹs love compels us,... that
those who live should no longer
live for themselves but for Him ...”
6. Touched, to touch lives
We must 1st be TOUCHED by...
Ø Christ & His Love ...
Ø His great sacrifice ...
Ø His great victory ...
As a result - Christ’s love should then ...
Ä Compel us to LOVE ...
Ä IN LOVING, LIVES WILL BE TOUCHED
Ä Compel us to LIVE ...
Ä No longer for ourselves ...
Ä BUT LIVING FOR CHRIST
Ä LIVES WILL ALSO BE TOUCHED
7. “... no longer live for
themselves but for Him...”
"ʺChrist died our death
for us that we might live
our life for Him."ʺ
“Jesus is either Lord of
all or He
isn’t Lord at all.”
8. TOUCHING LIVES :
living FOR Jesus
The word “for” is a preposition
which means:
1. To the benefit of ...
2. On behalf of ...
3. In the service of ...
What then does “LIVING FOR JESUS”
mean to YOU ?
9. Touching Lives :
Living for Jesus
1. PERSONAL
• It must be a PERSONAL DECISION
• It’s NOT ONLY for –
? Pastor ?
? Leadership Team or the LCEC ?
? Discipleship Group Shepherds ?
? Discipleship Group Leaders ?
? Ministry Heads ?
It’s for EACH & EVERYONE
10. Touching Lives :
Living for Jesus
1. PERSONAL
You must consciously decide you want to
LIVE FOR JESUS in 2014 onwards ...
Ä It’s a choice ...
Ä It’s a decision ...
Ä It’s your decision ...
Ä It will be your Life Transforming
decision ...
11. Touching Lives :
Living for Jesus
Ø WWJD ?
Ø Fictional book
Ø Lives were changed ...
Your life can change ...
Your life will change ...
12. Touching Lives :
Living for Jesus
1. PERSONAL
2. POSSIBLE
– Will it be easy ?
– Is it even POSSIBLE ?
Eg Paul -‐‑ Phil 1:21
“For to me, to live is Christ
and
to die is gain.”
13. Eg Joseph in the OT
Touching
Lives :
Living for
Jesus
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21. Eg Joseph in the OT
Ref Gen 39:2-3
The Lord was with Joseph and
he prospered, and he lived in the
house of his Egyptian master.
When his master saw that the
Lord was with him and that the
Lord gave him success in
everything he did,...
Ø Young man ... only 17+yrs old
Ø No support structure ...
Ø No ‘scripture’ ...
Ø YET Joseph maintained his
faith in God
Touching
Lives :
Living for
Jesus
23. Touching Lives : Living for Jesus
1. PERSONAL
2. POSSIBLE
3. POWERFUL
• It’s Life transforming....
– For you ...
– For lives touched thru you ...
24. Touching Lives :
Living for Jesus
3. POWERFUL
• Change History
• Change Laws
• Change Society
• Change the
world
25. Touching Lives : Living for Jesus
Interview 1 :
1. Just share how you came to know the
Lord ?
2. What difference has Jesus made to your
life ?
3. You then invited others including your
boss to church - can you tell us why ?
4. Been involved with Alpha Classic a few
rounds now- what touches you about
Alpha ?
26. Touching Lives : Living for Jesus
Interview 2 :
1. How old we're you when you made the
decision to accept Christ ?
2. What difference has Jesus made to your
life ?
3. Please explain something about the
‘DNA’ camp that you attended ? What
was good about it?
4. Share one incident during your ‘DNA’
camp where the Lord used you to Touch
someone's life?
28. " Could I Be Called A Christian ?"
Could I be called a Christian
If everybody knew
The secret thoughts and feelings
Of everything I do
Could they see the likeness
of Christ in me each day
Could they hear Him speaking
In every word I say.
29. " Could I Be Called A Christian ?"
Could I be called a Christian
If my faith I did not show
If I do not go to places
Where the Lord would have me go
If I do not love His truth
If I do not guard His trust
I cherish more than Jesus
My greatest hidden lust.
30. " Could I Be Called A Christian ?"
To obey all He's commanded
To do all that He said
To place no confidence in the flesh
To glory in Christ Jesus
It's He who justifies
To find your life you must lose it
To live you must first die
Let every man examine his own life
"Could I be called a Christian?"
31. " Could I Be Called A Christian ?"
Could I be called a Christian
And believe not his holy word
If I take Him as my Saviour
And refuse Him as my Lord
If I could not love the outcast
And not burdened for the lost
If I fail to deny myself
And each day take up my cross .....
32. Touching Lives : Living for Jesus
RESPONSE
2 Cor 5:14-‐‑15
• “For Christ'ʹs love compels us,...
that those who live should no
longer live for themselves but
for Him ...”
33. Living For Jesus
1. Living for Jesus a life that is true,
Striving to please Him in all that I
do;
Yielding allegiance, glad hearted
and free,
This is the pathway of blessing
for me.
34. Living For Jesus
Chorus:
O Jesus, Lord and Savior,
I give myself to Thee;
For Thou, in Thy atonement,
Didst give Thyself for me.
I own no other Master,
My heart shall be Thy throne.
My life I give, henceforth to live,
O Christ, for Thee alone.
35. Living For Jesus
2. Living for Jesus Who died in my
place,
Bearing on Calvary my sin and
disgrace;
Such love constrains me to
answer His call,
Follow His leading and give Him
my all.
36. Living For Jesus
3. Living for Jesus wherever I am,
Doing each duty in His holy Name;
Willing to suffer affliction and
loss,
Deeming each trial a part of my
cross.
37. Living For Jesus
4. Living for Jesus through earth's
little while,
My dearest treasure, the light of
His smile;
Seeking the lost ones He died to
redeem,
Bringing the weary to find rest in
Him.
