Now I would remind you, brothers, of the gospel I preached to you, which you received, in which you stand, – 1 Corinthians 15:1 ESV

Greek
ἑστήκατε/hestekatay: stand, abide, continue

Why It Matters
According to a report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics made available in February 2019, the average American will switch “careers” over 11 times in their adult life. The report doesn’t get into why that is, or if changing part-time jobs as an 18 year old constitutes a career change, but the concept is interesting. Regardless of reason, many Americans found they couldn’t continue doing what they were doing for rest of their lives. They needed to move on. When Paul reminded the Corinthians of the gospel “in which you hestekatay” (stand), he was denoting not only position but also chronology. This Greek word to stand carries with it the implication that someone will be stationed in a particular location for a continued length of time. That means the gospel is not something that the Corinthians took a stand on at one time before they found something different to hestekatay on. The gospel is good news that they stood on when they first came to Christ, and they should never move on from it! The same applies to us as gospel-centered influencers. We should stand on the truth and beauty of the gospel and then hestekatay in it all the days of our lives. Nothing else is strong enough to stand on when the winds of doubt and turmoil blow.

Declaration of the Week
I will honestly evaluate what is the most important thing in my life.

Application
What is Jesus asking me to do in light of the grace he awards me?

Music Response
New series… new playlist! Started off the series with songs about the grace awarded to us, the love story of Jesus going to the cross for us, and the power of the resurrection. Praying as we listen they remind us of that amazing grace and our opportunity to surrender our lives for his glory. To listen to songs from this week’s worship set and the series on Spotify click here!

For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received: that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the Scriptures, – 1 Corinthians 15:3 ESV

Greek
πρώτοις/protois: foremost in order of importance

Why It Matters
When confronted with the reality that Jesus’ disciples were baptizing more people than John’s disciples were, John the Baptist responded with a statement that revealed his primary source of identity: He must increase, but I must decrease (John 3:30). The thing that was protois (foremost in order of importance) for John was clearly Jesus being glorified, not the number of followers he had. When you find what is protois in your life, it changes your attitude, your outlook, and even your identity. Paul uses the Greek word protoisto remind the Corinthians that for followers of Jesus, Christ dying for our sins in accordance with the Scriptures is primary in importance. The Good News has the power to change what matters most to us, and when that happens, our identity is changed as well. Beyond the idea of just being generally important, protois orders the things that matter and specifically places what is most important at the forefront. In English, we have the phrase “first things first.” Paul articulates that the gospel is of first importance and, therefore, he reminds his readers to put first things first. When the gospel is protois, it becomes identity-shaping and gives us the will and strength to echo the sentiments of John: He must increase, but I must decrease.

Declaration of the Week
I will honestly evaluate what is the most important thing in my life.

Application
What is Jesus asking me to do in light of the grace he awards me?

Music Response
Music is prayerfully selected to further engage the themes shared in the message. Now you can respond with those songs during the week via the “To What End” series playlist. (New songs will be added throughout the series!) To listen to songs from this week’s worship set and the series on Spotify click here!

But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace toward me was not in vain. On the contrary, I worked harder than any of them, though it was not I, but the grace of God that is with me. – 1 Corinthians 15:10 ESV

Greek
ἐκοπίασα/ekopiasa: hard labor, severe toil

Why It Matters
Sometimes we like to think of the grace of God as a free ticket to getting the things we want. Whether it has to do with our finances, relationships, schedule, or some other wish, it’s tempting to equate God’s grace with achieving our desires. However, Paul doesn’t see grace as a substitute for working toward a goal; rather he shows us that God’s grace is what empowers us to work toward that goal!

In 1 Corinthians 15:10 Paul says, “[God’s] grace toward me was not in vain. On the contrary, I worked (ekopiasa) harder than any of them…” So is he really saying that the result of grace was that he was able to work harder? Yes! The word ekopiasa expresses the most difficult and laborious type of work, not just any kind of 9 to 5 job that would easily garner a paycheck. If Paul was to succeed in this kind of working for the good of the gospel, he was going to need God’s grace in its fullest form. We are no different. Our ekopiasa requires the grace of God as well. And therein lies a more proper understanding of grace. While it isn’t a substitute for hard work, it can, however, be the impetus for accomplishing the difficult but life-giving tasks to which God so often calls His people.

Declaration of the Week
I will honestly evaluate what is the most important thing in my life.

Application
What is Jesus asking me to do in light of the grace he awards me?

Music Response
Music is prayerfully selected to further engage the themes shared in the message. Now you can respond with those songs during the week via the “To What End” series playlist. (New songs will be added throughout the series!) To listen to songs from this week’s worship set and the series on Spotify click here!

And if Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is in vainand your faith is in vain. – 1 Corinthians 15:14 ESV

Greek
κενός/kenos:  vain; empty; vacuous and devoid of any advantage or benefit

Why It Matters
We live in a world that seeks “meaning.” Psychologists Login George and Crystal Park of the University of Connecticut identified three features of having a life with meaning as: “purpose — the degree to which you feel directed and motivated by valued life goals; comprehension — the ability to understand and make sense of your life experiences and weave them into a coherent whole; and mattering — the belief that your existence is significant and valued.” Simply put, people who say their life has meaning do so because they feel they have purpose, reason, and significance. So many are seeking and not finding, misunderstanding and misdirecting their efforts to find meaning, when all can be found in a life surrendered to Christ.

Paul is continuing to redirect some of the Corinthians to return to a sound theological position and practice, which they had already welcomed and realized through the hearing and receiving of the Gospel. As the Corinthians questioned the Good News – Christ’s resurrection and defeat of death – as well as the resurrection of all believers, Paul tells them, “And if Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is in vain [kenos] and your faith is in vain [kenos]” (without meaning, empty, hollow, lacking of any advantage or benefit). Paul reminds the Corinthians – and us – that the resurrection of Jesus changes everything. By receiving what has been DONE in Christ, we have both eternal hope and a purposeful, meaningful life.

Declaration of the Week
Because of what Christ has done, I will live my life with purpose and hope.

Application
What steps do I need to take to establish my spiritual legacy?

Music Response
One of the lyrics from the set this week says “Let all my life tell of who You are.” Believing that all the songs on the series playlist remind us to do just that as we take steps to establish a spiritual legacy. To listen to songs from this week’s worship set and the series on Spotify click here!

If in Christ we have hope in this life only, we are of all people most to be pitied. – 1 Corinthians 15:19 ESV

Greek
ἐλεεινότεροι/eleeinoteroi: miserable; to be pitied

Why It Matters
One summer about 10 years ago, I (Tara) had taken a group of students to Orlando, Florida to take part in a Fine Arts competition. One day, as we all left the rental house, I realized I didn’t have our van key. After looking for them for what felt like an eternity, the keys were nowhere to be found. We were convinced the keys had gotten locked in the van somehow so we decided to call a locksmith. Quite a bit of time and money later, the keys were still not found. As I began to retrace my steps, one of the leaders on our trip gasped and pulled the keys from her pocket! She had forgotten that she grabbed the keys so that we would not lose them. To have the answer to your frustration and questions right in your pocket and not use it is maddening! It made our afternoon eleeinoteroi – miserable. If we had known that we had the key, we just would have used it. The Corinthians are struggling with putting their hope in this world and forgetting the power that the resurrection holds for them in their lives. And we have this hope in Christ….

Paul is addressing this particularly sad reality. If we who know Christ, only have hope in the things of this life, we have missed the bigger picture entirely. We have the answer right in front of us but have overlooked it’s power. Not only have we missed the point but we are not living our lives with the purpose or significance that God intends. The power of the resurrection and what that means for our eternity changes everything. It changes our past and it certainly changes our future.

Declaration of the Week
Because of what Christ has done, I will live my life with purpose and hope.

Application
What steps do I need to take to establish my spiritual legacy?

Music Response
Music is prayerfully selected to further engage the themes shared in the message. Now you can respond with those songs during the week via the “To What End” series playlist. (New songs will be added throughout the series!) To listen to songs from this week’s worship set and the series on Spotify click here!

For as by a man came death, by a man has come also the resurrection of the dead. For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ shall all be made alive. – 1 Corinthians 15:21-22 ESV

Greek
ζῳοποιηθήσονται/zōopoiethesontai: bring to life, cause something lifeless to receive life

Why It Matters
When we read the beginning of the book of Genesis, the creation story is portrayed with such power and purpose. Things are created with an order and culminate in the creation of humanity through Adam and Eve. In this newly created world, the surroundings are picturesque and life is without shame, sorrow or pain. But Adam and Eve’s decision to give into temptation allows sin to enter into humanity for the first time. They feel shame and guilt. The result of their choice was death, physically and spiritually. Paul’s use of the word zōopoiethesontaireveals that we didn’t just need to be revived, we were lifeless, and needed a way for our death be transformed into life.
Thankfully, the story doesn’t end there. Jesus would come as a man (yet fully God) and empathetically struggle through human emotions and trials without sin. He would then lay down His life as the ultimate sacrifice and be resurrected, bringing us back into a place where relationship would be restored with Him. It is through Jesus that we not only have forgiveness for sin, but in Him we are also zōopoiethesontai. Our spiritual legacy is empowered by the person and work of Christ. Without the resurrection our legacy would be sin and, at best, our material legacy would rot, rust and decay. In other words, our legacy would leave a trail of brokenness. We are zōopoiethesontai(brought to life) for a spiritual legacy, even through the struggles of our own broken nature. Are we allowing Jesus to transform us and our future? Are we allowing Jesus to shape the legacy we will leave behind for those we may never even meet?

Declaration of the Week
Because of what Christ has done, I will live my life with purpose and hope.

Application
What steps do I need to take to establish my spiritual legacy?

Music Response
Music is prayerfully selected to further engage the themes shared in the message. Now you can respond with those songs during the week via the “To What End” series playlist. (New songs will be added throughout the series!) To listen to songs from this week’s worship set and the series on Spotify click here!

And what you sow is not the body that is to be, but a bare kernel, perhaps of wheat or of some other grain. – 1 Corinthians 15:37 ESV

Greek
κόκκον/kokkon: the outer shell of a seed of wheat or corn

Why It Matters
The kingdom of God is full of juxtapositions. Jesus told us things like, “the last shall be first” and “if you want to become the greatest you must become the least.” We get a glimpse into another juxtaposition when we understand that God has written into nature the principle of resurrection. In this passage Paul lays out for us the truth that without death there is no life. He uses the word kokkon to describe the body we currently have, which needs to die in order for us to receive our resurrected bodies. This is the Greek word for the shell of a seed, but it also is the root of our english word “cocoon.” A cocoon is a protective covering and is used in english as an analogy for a person’s place of comfort. In another beautiful juxtaposition, if we want the fullness of our future resurrected bodies, we must face the inevitability of the death of our current place of comfort. This shell that currently protects us is destined for physical death, but the good news is that Jesus experienced death on our behalf so that we don’t have to put all our hope in our kokkon! Paul is comforting us with the truth that a seed needs to die in order for its potential to be maximized. We don’t scatter seed in order for seeds alone to come out of the ground. What gets harvested is the fruit or grain of whatever is sown, and because of Jesus’ resurrection we can take hope that our physical bodies are just the beginning process of spiritual harvest.

Declaration of the Week
My hope comes from the assurance of the gospel, not from my current reality.

Application
What does my life now reveal about my eternity?

Music Response
This Sunday we introduced a new song called Lord I Need You. The lyrics describe our need for God and recognize that living in proximity to Christ leads to freedom. The chorus offers simple yet powerful declarations that we can take to heart as we consider what our lives currently reveal about our eternities. To listen to songs from this week’s worship set and the series on Spotify click here!

There are heavenly bodies and earthly bodies, but the glory of the heavenly is of one kind, and the glory of the earthly is of another. – 1 Corinthians 15:40 ESV

Greek
δόξα/doxa: glory, honor, brightness

Why It Matters
Fanny Crosby was a prolific 19th century hymn writer, composing over 8,000 songs in her lifetime. Many of those songs such as “Blessed Assurance” and “Redeemed” have stood the test of time and become classics that are still sung today. But with such a large catalog of content, the vast majority of those songs are lost to history.
One of Crosby’s songs that looked destined to be forgotten is the hymn “To God be the Glory.” It was written in 1872, published in 1875, but not sung in many churches here in the US. About 80 years later, however, Billy Graham included it in a London crusade worship set and it gained incredible popularity from there. Crosby had offered her work to God for His doxa (glory or brightness) but was unable to see its success in total. But as her song indicated, that wouldn’t have mattered to Crosby because she knew that what she had to offer wasn’t for her own glory, but for His.
Paul uses the word doxa in this passage to showcase both the outward appearance of God’s created works as well as their function. They give doxa in the sense that they have brightness, and they also give doxa in that they exist for God’s honor, not their own. Both senses of the word indicate that these created things are meant to point away from themselves. When the doxa of our resurrected bodies comes into full view, they will be glorious, but will point to the glory of the One who created them. Much like Fanny Crosby, the fruit of our lives isn’t produced to point to ourselves, but to shine brightness on our Creator. Great things He has done!

Declaration of the Week
My hope comes from the assurance of the gospel, not from my current reality.

Application
What does my life now reveal about my eternity?

Music Response
Music is prayerfully selected to further engage the themes shared in the message. Now you can respond with those songs during the week via the “To What End” series playlist. (New songs will be added throughout the series!) To listen to songs from this week’s worship set and the series on Spotify click here!

Just as we have bornethe image of the man of dust, we shall also bearthe image of the man of heaven. – 1 Corinthians 15:49 ESV

Greek
ἐφορέσαμεν/ephoresamen: to bear, carry or wear something heavy

Why It MattersThere’s a heaviness to life that the Bible attributes to the effects of sin. When Adam, “the man of dust” gave in to temptation, the rest of humanity was subject to brokenness, pain and death. You may feel that burden after a tough doctor’s visit or in the weight of unfulfilled dreams. However it comes, we all experience what it’s like to ephoresamen(carry or wear something) that was a burden to us. We are all subject to the image of the man of dust in all its heaviness. Thankfully, Paul declares that we won’t always have to ephoresamenthe image of the man of dust, but will one day bear the image of the man of heaven. There will be a day when the disappointments and brokenness we feel will give way to the hope and joy found in Jesus. 1 Peter 2:24 says “He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree,” and we can celebrate that Jesus was both bearing the burden of sin and paving the way for our resurrection. The gospel declares that our past debt has been paid and our future hope has been provided for. We praise Jesus that He loved us in our brokenness and carried the weight of our sin on our behalf!

Declaration of the Week
My hope comes from the assurance of the gospel, not from my current reality.

Application
What does my life now reveal about my eternity?

Music Response
Music is prayerfully selected to further engage the themes shared in the message. Now you can respond with those songs during the week via the “To What End” series playlist. (New songs will be added throughout the series!) To listen to songs from this week’s worship set and the series on Spotify click here!

in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised imperishable, and we shall be changed. – 1 Corinthians 15:52 ESV

Greek
ἀτόμῳ/atomō: indivisible; smallest fragment possible

Why It Matters
About 500 years before 1 Corinthians was written, a Greek philosopher named Democritus wondered what would happen if you cut a piece of matter (his example was an apple) into smaller and smaller pieces until the point where matter couldn’t be cut any more. Democritus postulated that the smallest particles of matter were indivisible and called these pieces atomō– where we get our english word “atom.” When Paul describes the transition from the perishable to the imperishable, he dispels the thought that it will be a lengthy refining process as many Greek and even Eastern philosophers believed. He says it will take place in an atomō, the smallest fragment of time that can possibly exist! It’s a length of time so short that it cannot be divided. This is significant because Paul is assuring us that there is nothing more that we have to do than has already been done for us. Jesus’ work of atonement is complete, so there is no need for perfecting or adding to our redemption. We wait in hope for the Lord (Psalm 30) while we are in this perishable body, but we can be confident that there will be no waiting in that perfect atomō when we hear the last trumpet!

Declaration of the Week
I am no longer content with where I have been spiritually, but will move in the direction Christ asks me to.

Application
What next step will I take in my discipleship journey?

Music Response
In this week’s set we sang songs proclaiming our need for God, recognizing the beauty and power of the name of Jesus, and made declarations of surrender to God’s will for our lives. As we consider what the next steps in our discipleship journey look like, these songs can serve to focus our hearts and provide those simple yet powerful declarations during our personal moments with God. To listen to songs from this week’s worship set and the series on Spotify click here!

The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. – 1 Corinthians 15:56 ESV

Greek
κέντρον/kéntron: sting, prick from something sharp

Why It Matters
A good story is one that makes you feel something. Emotion is crucial to the development of a good plot. Disney knows this, and it seems as if their go-to plot line for the past 75 years involves the death of someone close to their main character. The sting (kéntron) of death can be felt from Bambi to The Lion King, to Finding Nemo and Frozen. As morbid as this seems in stories aimed toward children, the genius of this strategy is that eventually we all experience this kind of pain in our own story. No one is exempt.
When Paul writes in 1 Corinthians 15:54-55, he is referencing a passage in Hosea, written in the Hebrew language. He uses the Greek word kéntron to describe the effect on our senses of something sharp and pointed, like a scorpion sting or a goad into the side of a horse. Sin has a kéntron to it that we feel deeply, and both the Old and New Testament declare it is sin that leads to death. Stories like the ones developed by Disney and others try to remedy that sting through friends, achieving goals or escaping current reality. The problem with that remedy is that as the final scene is written in these stories, death is still lurking in the background ready to kéntron and have the last word. That’s what is so powerful about the remedy that Paul lays out to the kéntron of sin. Because of Jesus, death and its sting don’t get to write the final scene! 1 Corinthians 15:57 says that God gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. This is a great reminder that His work has achieved the happy ending that nothing else could accomplish in our story.

Declaration of the Week
I am no longer content with where I have been spiritually, but will move in the direction Christ asks me to.

Application
What next step will I take in my discipleship journey?

Music Response
Music is prayerfully selected to further engage the themes shared in the message. Now you can respond with those songs during the week via the “To What End” series playlist. (New songs will be added throughout the series!) To listen to songs from this week’s worship set and the series on Spotify click here!

The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. – 1 Corinthians 15:56 ESV

Greek
κέντρον/kéntron: sting, prick from something sharp

Why It Matters
A good story is one that makes you feel something. Emotion is crucial to the development of a good plot. Disney knows this, and it seems as if their go-to plot line for the past 75 years involves the death of someone close to their main character. The sting (kéntron) of death can be felt from Bambi to The Lion King, to Finding Nemo and Frozen. As morbid as this seems in stories aimed toward children, the genius of this strategy is that eventually we all experience this kind of pain in our own story. No one is exempt.
When Paul writes in 1 Corinthians 15:54-55, he is referencing a passage in Hosea, written in the Hebrew language. He uses the Greek word kéntron to describe the effect on our senses of something sharp and pointed, like a scorpion sting or a goad into the side of a horse. Sin has a kéntron to it that we feel deeply, and both the Old and New Testament declare it is sin that leads to death. Stories like the ones developed by Disney and others try to remedy that sting through friends, achieving goals or escaping current reality. The problem with that remedy is that as the final scene is written in these stories, death is still lurking in the background ready to kéntron and have the last word. That’s what is so powerful about the remedy that Paul lays out to the kéntron of sin. Because of Jesus, death and its sting don’t get to write the final scene! 1 Corinthians 15:57 says that God gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. This is a great reminder that His work has achieved the happy ending that nothing else could accomplish in our story.

Declaration of the Week
I am no longer content with where I have been spiritually, but will move in the direction Christ asks me to.

Application
What next step will I take in my discipleship journey?

Music Response
Music is prayerfully selected to further engage the themes shared in the message. Now you can respond with those songs during the week via the “To What End” series playlist. (New songs will be added throughout the series!) To listen to songs from this week’s worship set and the series on Spotify click here!

for a wide door for effective work has opened to me, and there are many adversaries. – 1 Corinthians 16:9 ESV

Greek
ἐνεργής/energeis: Effective, active, powerful

Why It Matters
As we close our time in 1 Corinthians, we get a glimpse into the vision and insight that Paul had on the work and move of God. In verse 8 Paul mentions he is writing from Ephesus, and at the time Paul is writing (AD 53-57) Ephesus was an incredibly pagan and licentious city, similar to Corinth in many ways. But the gospel was beginning to transform hearts and lives there, and Paul could perceive the change that was coming. By the time he wrote Ephesians (AD 62 or so) the church there was gaining significant ground in the city, and by the beginning of the 2nd century was largely regarded as the most influential church in the world. Looking back on history, it seems as if Paul was looking ahead to something that he knew to be reality, but had yet to happen.
By using the Greek word energeis, it’s like Paul is acknowledging that there is something happening in the spiritual realm that can’t be seen in the physical world. It’s not his own energy or power, but an energeis that comes from the only One who can open such a door. There is an opportunity taking shape that he is compelled to take full advantage of. This door of opportunity comes to light in a dark city, and Paul perceives it to be effective, active and powerful. This is encouraging because our difficult circumstances can sometimes blind us to what God is opening to us in the spiritual world. Paul saw God completely transform an entire city for His glory, and the gospel of Jesus is just as effective in our world today! There is an energeis work that the gospel can do in our situation, and at Centerway we are praying that the door of opportunity is not only wide open, but that we will have the spiritual eyes to see it.

Declaration of the Week
This week, I will strive to let all that I do be done in love.

Application
In what ways is God asking me to be generous?

Music Response
This week we focused our hearts and songs on the goodness and generosity of God. We sang about how he came for us, to be near to and deliver us. We sang about what God has made and done, and how he suffered for us. Each song carried the theme of our response to this generosity being our lives lived for his glory. Praying these songs remind us to be generous contributors in every sphere of our lives. To listen to songs from this week’s worship set and the series on Spotify click here!

Be watchful, stand firm in the faith, act like men, be strong. – 1 Corinthians 16:1 ESV

Greek
Γρηγορεῖτε/gregoreite: stay awake, keep on the alert

Why It Matters
Paul was a master at using language that connected with his audience, as we see in 1 Corinthians 16:13. Corinth was heavily populated with active and retired military personnel, and this verse borrows wording from this world. His use of the word gregoreite (stay awake) is an example of this. The command to gregoreite was given by a superior officer to a watchman or sentinel as they kept watch in battle. The Manual of Military Law states that “a sentinel found asleep or drunk at his post while on active service would, if the character and circumstances of the offense were sufficiently grave, be liable to suffer death.” In other words, falling asleep while on duty as a watchman is a very big deal. With this in mind, it’s interesting that Paul uses the imperative tense of the word gregoreite. By doing so he isn’t giving us a suggestion; just like in the military Paul is giving us a command! If a watchman did not heed the command to gregoreite, that person would jeopardize the mission of the entire garrison. This verse is a reminder that our lives are designed to point outward and that we have a work that is bigger than ourselves. If we were designed to be focused internally we would have a right to question Paul about commanding something that infringes on our comfort. But our mission is bigger than our bank account, our social media followers or our vacation destinations, and as we lean in to our calling we must gregoreite in order to heed the command given to us.

Declaration of the Week
This week, I will strive to let all that I do be done in love.

Application
In what ways is God asking me to be generous?

Music Response
Music is prayerfully selected to further engage the themes shared in the message. Now you can respond with those songs during the week via the “To What End” series playlist. (New songs will be added throughout the series!) To listen to songs from this week’s worship set and the series on Spotify click here!

Now I urge you, brothers—you know that the household of Stephanas were the first converts in Achaia, and that they have devoted themselves to the service of the saints – 1 Corinthians 16:15 ESV

Greek
ἔταξαν/etaxan: devoted, addicted, determined

Why It Matters
In 2010 a TV program first aired on TLC called “My Strange Addiction.” It chronicled the lives of people who were obsessed with things from eating insulation to dressing like an emoji. The men and women who were featured didn’t always enjoy their obsession – many were embarrassed and ashamed of it – but all were compelled to action that they felt they couldn’t control.
Paul uses similar language when he mentions the household of Stephanas in 1 Corinthians 16:15. He says that not only were they the first converts in Achaia, but they had etaxan (devoted) themselves to the service of the saints. This word can carry with it the idea of being so excited about doing something that it becomes akin to having an addiction to it. The household of Stephanas was so compelled to serve that they rerouted their lives to achieve their goal. But unlike the ill-fated TV series, their etaxan was not strange at all. Paul implies that this family could trace their addiction and devotion to what happened to them in Achaia. Their conversion meant that they were new creations in Christ (2 Corinthians 5:17) and now their priorities and what brought fulfillment had all changed. When people meet Jesus, everything changes. Now, because of Him, we can be etaxan to generously and lovingly serve others.

Declaration of the Week
This week, I will strive to let all that I do be done in love.

Application
In what ways is God asking me to be generous?

Music Response
Music is prayerfully selected to further engage the themes shared in the message. Now you can respond with those songs during the week via the “To What End” series playlist. (New songs will be added throughout the series!) To listen to songs from this week’s worship set and the series on Spotify click here!