Intentionality Matters
Teaching Notes
“Teach us to number our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom.
Psalm 90:12
Are you an intentional or accidental person?
INTENTIONAL - deliberate pursuit.
ACCIDENTAL - haphazard reaction.
Jesus was always intentional
Very early in the morning, while it was still dark, Jesus got up, left the house and went off to a solitary place, where he prayed.
Simon and his companions went to look for him, and when they found him, they exclaimed: “Everyone is looking for you!”
Jesus replied, “Let us go somewhere else—to the nearby villages—so I can preach there also. That is why I have come.”
Mark 1:35-38
A man with leprosy came to him and begged him on his knees, “If you are willing, you can make me clean.”
Jesus was indignant. He reached out his hand and touched the man. “I am willing,” he said. “Be clean!” Immediately the leprosy left him and he was cleansed. Jesus sent him away at once with a strong warning: “See that you don’t tell this to anyone. But go, show yourself to the priest and offer the sacrifices that Moses commanded for your cleansing,as a testimony to them.” Instead he went out and began to talk freely, spreading the news. As a result, Jesus could no longer enter a town openly but stayed outside in lonely places. Yet the people still came to him from everywhere.
Mark 1:40-45
While Jesus was having dinner at Levi’s house, many tax collectors and sinners were eating with him and his disciples, for there were many who followed him. When the teachers of the law who were Pharisees saw him eating with the sinners and tax collectors, they asked his disciples: “Why does he eat with tax collectors and sinners?”
On hearing this, Jesus said to them, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”
Mark 2:15-17
On the third day a wedding took place at Cana in Galilee. Jesus’ mother was there, and Jesus and his disciples had also been invited to the wedding. When the wine was gone, Jesus’ mother said to him, “They have no more wine.”
“Woman, why do you involve me?” Jesus replied. “My hour has not yet come.”
John 2:1-4
Jesus heard that they had thrown him out, and when he found him, he said, “Do you believe in the Son of Man?”
“Who is he, sir?” the man asked. “Tell me so that I may believe in him.”
Jesus said, “You have now seen him; in fact, he is the one speaking with you.”
Then the man said, “Lord, I believe,” and he worshiped him.
John 9:35-38
The Three Most Common Traps:
Self-Absorbed
Self-Abandoned
Family Abdication
What’s one way that you can grow more intentional in your life and work?
Great leaders want this for you.
We always overflow something. So live from the overflow of heaven.
Jesus was a self sacrificing leader, so that we can.
Going Deeper Discussion
Can you relate to the picture of an “Accidental Person”? How so?
Could you imagine if Jesus were accidental about his purpose?
Which of the “5 Circles of Influence” did you score the highest on? Describe what’s working there for you.
Which did you score the lowest on?
What’s one more way that you can practice an intentional and deliberate pursuit?
Sunday Set List
WFC Lenexa + WFC Anywhere
Ready- Mitch Langley
O the Blood- Mitch Langley
Tremble-Mosaic MSC
Jireh- Maverick City
WFC Speedway
Living Hope- Phil Wickham
This Is The Kingdom- Pat Barrett
Raise A Hallelujah- Bethel Music
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