Mandarin Baptist Church

Consuming Ambition (2)Scripture: 2 Timothy 2.2; Matthew 28.18-20; Ephesians 3.17-20; Matthew 5.16;  2 Corinthians 5.14; I Thessalonians 2.8Let our lights and our light so shine before others, so that they see your good works and they give glory to our Father in heaven. - Matthew 5.16* The ultimate aim of our lives is to bring glory to God. We desire for others to see, in our lives, the glory of the gospel. Describe the aim of your life? How can I sharpen my aim to align with God’s? What does a life given for His glory look like practically and lived out daily?  Read this passage and ponder God’s design and His ultimate. Let our lights and our light so shine before others that they see our good works and they give glory to our Father in heaven. - Matthew 5.16* What are your first thoughts and reactions to this statement?  C.S. Lewis wrote that 'our faith is not a moral code. It is a grace-laden mystery; it is not a philosophy of love, but a love affair; it is not keeping rules with a clenched fist, but re