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FOCUS: KEEPING FIRST THINGS FIRST
Message 3 of 5 A People Portfolio:Investing in Your Primary
Relationships
TODAYS KEY BIBLE PASSAGES:
Mark 3:13-14, 13 Jesus went up on a mountainside and called to
him those he wanted, and they came tohim. 14 He appointed twelve
that they might be with him and that he might send them out
topreach. (NIV)
Acts 4:13, When they saw the courage of Peter and John and
realized that they were unschooled, ordinarymen, they were
astonished and they took note that these men had been with Jesus.
(NIV)
A LISTENING GUIDE FOR TODAYS MESSAGE:
Main idea: Many of us are committed to investing for our
financial futures wi th diversified stockportfolios. But what about
our people portfolios? Jesus teaches us that an even more
significant andlonger lasting investment is in our primary
relationships and shows us what it looks like to build
theserelationship portfolios, where the investment strategy is not
diversification, but focus. In other words,when investing in
people, deep is better than wide. In relationships, maybe we should
put all of oureggs in one basket. After all, although Jesus
ministeredto the masses, he investedin just a few.
I. Focus on a _____________________.
II. Share _____________________ Together.
III. Go _____________________.
A Challenge: Decide who is in your__________________
and__________________ in them.
QUESTIONS FOR REFLECTION & DISCUSSION:
1) Who are the few in whom God has called you to invest
relationally?
2) What are doing in an intentional, practical way to share your
life with these few?3) How deep into the heart have you ventured
with your few? What would it look like for you to go deeper
into the heart as you invest your life in a few?
Next Weeks Message:How to Best Invest Your Time
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New Sermon Series Begins August 18: THE GOOD LIFE
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abundant lifea designteaching of Jesus. Since Jesus description of
the good life is so counterintuitive to othinking, what we will
discover about the good life may surprise you, and may chanever
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