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THE ONE THING! BECOMING A PERSON AFTER GOD'S HEART!

by David Cawston

Scripture: Acts 13:22


The One Thing! Becoming a Person after God's Heart!
David Cawston
Acts 13:22


It is funny some of the things that people say about you after you have passed away. It is even funnier, some of the things you can find written on headstones, or said about people after they pass.

In a Pennsylvania cemetery you find a headstone that reads: ''Here lies the body of Jonathan Blake; stepped on the gas instead of the brake.''

A headstone in England reads: ''The children of Israel wanted bread and the Lord sent them Manna. Old Clerk Wallace wanted a wife and the Devil sent him Anna.''

On the tombstone of a Mr. Box appears this inscription: Here lies one Box within another. The one of wood was very good, We cannot say so much for t'other.

Many things can be engraved on our headstones or said about us when we die, but I cannot imagine anything better being said about anyone than what was said about David. Key Passage

Acts 13:22 and 36

He raised up David to be their king, concerning whom He also testified and said, 'I HAVE FOUND DAVID the son of Jesse, A MAN AFTER MY HEART, who will do all My will.'

36 ''For David, after he had served his own generation by the will of God, fell asleep, was buried with his fathers,

Introduction This is the epitaph of David's life. What will be your epitaph or your legacy? Everyone of us have a history and a future. The one thing I want is to be a person who has a heart after God and fulfills His purpose in my life.

Each of us inherited a family history and we get to create our personal history.

For many of us family history or our personal history can create a mental roadblock for our development or to really fulfilling God's purposes for our lives. Many people use all kinds of excuses as to why they are the way they are.

We came from a poor family background We were ridiculed as a child and told we would never amount to anything. We never received the proper education We seem to be encumbered by ...

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