Strong Foundations, Stronger Futures

“Unlocking Potential”

By Lead Pastor Matt, October 26, 2025

“Unlocking Potential”

📖 Ephesians 2:10 (ESV) “For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.”

1️⃣ Called to Make a Difference…

Purpose is always connected to impact — and your impact is only limited by how you see yourself. If you start every journey with “I can’t,” you never will. God didn’t make you to sit still; He made you to shine.

📖 Philippians 3:14 (ESV)

“I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.”

Don’t confuse an abundant life with an easy life.

📖 John 10:10 (ESV)

“The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly.”

You are called to make a difference — not because it’s easy, but because it’s eternal.

📖 2 Corinthians 4:17–18 (ESV)

“For this light momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison, as we look not to the things that are seen but to the things that are unseen.For the things that are seen are transient, but the things that are unseen are eternal.”

Your hardships are temporary, but God’s purpose in you is eternal. Keep pressing toward eternity.

2️⃣ Turn It On — Actively Engaged in Discipleship

Discipleship isn’t a spectator sport. Hearing the Word gives direction, but doing the Word brings transformation.

📖 James 1:22 (ESV)“But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.”

Faith grows when obedience takes action.

God gave you the keys — now it’s time to turn it on and move forward in faith!

📖 Luke 9:23 (ESV)

“And he said to all, ‘If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me.’”

Growth takes time — discipleship is more like a crockpot than a microwave. Keep showing up, keep walking, keep following Jesus.

📖 Matthew 7:24 (ESV) “Everyone then who hears these words of mine and does them will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock.”

3️⃣ Relationships — People Care and Build Relationships

Your potential multiplies in community. Isolation weakens impact, but relationships strengthen it.

📖 Romans 12:10 (ESV)“Love one another with brotherly affection. Outdo one another in showing honor.”

📖 Proverbs 27:17 (ESV)“Iron sharpens iron, and one man sharpens another.”

We go faster alone, but we go further together.

📖 Hebrews 10:24–25 (ESV)“And let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works,not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some,but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day drawing near.”

Faith Challenge:

This week, take one step in each area:

📝 Set one spiritual growth goal.

🙏 Engage in one discipleship action.

🤝 Connect with someone to grow spiritually together.

God created you on purpose, for a purpose — now it’s time to unlock it.