The Person Everyone Needs

You need a group! Honoring others is a mandate from the Bible, which means to give each person value no matter who they are. When you are with others in a group, you can all contribute to each other and to a common goal. Together you have the potential to change the world!

Consistent Contribution Creates Community. Being with people and contributing something to their lives, their group, or their situation is the best way to develop influence with them. Instead of being needy, look to meet needs!

The Person Everyone Needs will value people by taking time to see them, ask them questions, and listen. When you see the value in someone that no one else sees, you will have the ability to influence their lives like you never imagined.

"Time WITH is Never Time Wasted" is a theme you'll never forget. As you get older, you don't want to be "just sitting here dying." Recognize the blessing you have in those who have been with you and for you. Being WITH people is the way to impact others and leave a legacy.

The word "with" is the most important word in life. There are multiple instances in the Bible that show God is always with you and that you need people in life who are with you.

The Person Everyone Needs has confidence in the power God has given them - not always a power of explosiveness, but often a dynamic power that sustains you through life. You will also live in more confidence when focusing on the things you have the most control over.

In order to be successful, you need three types of people in your life - Leaders, Leaners, and Learners. You need people to guide you, people who will support you through your journey, and people who will let you teach them about what you've experienced. In the Apostle Paul's life, this is understood through Barnabas, Silas, and Timothy.

The 3rd list of becoming better relating to the Greatest Commandment is found in the list of 7 spirits from Isaiah 11. These describe how we can work to become better with our Head (mind). We wrap up with a few more great lists to keep in mind in your journey to become the Person Everyone Needs.

This week we learn about becoming better in 2 of the 3 facets of the Greatest Commandment (your Heart, your Hands, and your Head). The Fruit of the Spirit in Galatians 5 are an example of getting better in your heart. The Spiritual Gifts in 1 Corinthians 12 are ways to become better through your hands.

Better. The Person Everyone Needs works on a plan for growth and success. They know that they must prepare to get where they want to go and make necessary steps to move in that direction.

The final “Be” statement is Be Steadfast, Immoveable - don’t be moved by anything in the world except faith and compassion. Listen to God, get a mentor, and don’t let anything stop you from going toward where you want to go and being who you want to be.

Legacy - Who (not What) are you leaving behind? The only way to influence people and leave a legacy is to spend time with them and love them.

This week we explore Destiny and the question: What am I made of? To be Strong is about being Skilled and Trained, while being Courageous is about Bravery, Valor, and Heart.

Be Still. This week Identity is explored further and we learn that just like Salt and Light - we are essential and important. We should always be growing in health, intellect, spirituality, and relationships.

Be Fruitful. This episode starts exploring our Identity. Part of our identity is found in God's first command - our calling to be fruitful and multiply by having ambition to improve, grow, and be accomplished.

After the death of Jonathan, David find a way to fulfill their covenant. He proves his true loyalty for Jonathan by caring for his son and treating him as a son of the king. The way you ought to treat a person is the way you would want somebody else to treat your own child.

We explore the relationship and covenants between David and Jonathan, and how Jonathan modeled loyalty to David even while knowing he was forgoing his own place on the throne.

From the text in 1 Samuel 14, Jonathan shows the importance of being prepared and how to seize opportunity and destiny. We also see the beauty of a friend who is with you heart and soul.

As we begin looking at the story of Jonathan, we discover that we can identify as children of God - royal and accepted. You are planted, planned, promoted, and promised by God.

As Israel's last judge and first prophet, Samuel's story is a prelude to the times of Jonathan. His mother Hannah portrays a person who keeps the faith, and Samuel models how to listen and follow what God says.

Introduction to the Person that Everyone Needs. That person is whole, will be with you, and will make you better.