Your Potential- Review

Memory Verse: …  ” Now all glory to God, who is able, through his mighty power at work within us, to accomplish infinitely more than we might ask or think. – Ephesians 3:20. (NLT). 

Text: Matthew 13:3-9; 6:33.

Spiritual Emphasis: Potential is how far you can go, not alone, but with God. We are all called to do amazing things for God. Hence our full potential includes everything that God has planned for our lives. Let’s not limit God but surrender our wills to him and let Him do in and through us whatever He has planned for us to do.

      Fulfilling Your God Given Potential

• Always agree with God – Rev. 3:20; Jeremaih 1:5; Jeremaih 29:11. Do not limit God – Matthew 19:26; Psalm 139:1-12; Job 42:1-2; Psalm 100:5.
• Be encouraged – Hebrews 13:5; Romans 1:17; Hebrews 11:6; Joshus 1:8-9. Possess humility – Habakkuk 2:4; Psalm 10:1-11; Romans 12:3; Philippians 2:3-11; Ephesians 4:7.
• Put down roots – Matthew 13:6,21; 1 Thessalonians 5:16-17; Luke 6:38; Proverbs 19:17; Proverbs 11:30.  Protect your heart – Matthew 13:7,22; Romans 12:2; Hebrews 12:2; Proverbs 4:23; Joshua 1:8-9; 1 Peter 5:8-9.

Questions/Activities: 

1. What does the Bible mean by protecting your heart?
2. Are there distractions that may keep me from fulfilling my full potential?
3. What are some dangers of thinking too highly of ourselves?
4. How best can we as individuals and collectively as a Church fulfill the “Great Commission”? (Matthew 9:35-38).

Conclusion. The potential for every human being is great. Jesus wants you to live a highly productive life. He wants you to produce ‘a crop – hundred, sixty, or thirty times what was sown’. The minimum is thirty-times multiplication. The key to that lies in your relationship with Jesus – a relationship that can be as close as that of a brother or sister or mother. You can live a life of real purpose that will make a difference to the world, because of what you receive from Him. Note, your potential is not about being driven by ambition or success; it is about recognizing who you are in Christ. As you seek Him and live your life according to His purpose, you will bear much fruit.

Shalom! 

Self-Study: Ephesians 2:10; Philippians 4:13; Ephesians 1:18; John 10:10; Psalm 127:3-5; Romans 13:11; Romans 10:13; Genesis 1:28; Romans 8:29; Genesis 2:7; Colossians 1:1-29; John 16:13; Jeremaih 29:11