Next Is Now — The Future Is Calling | Part 3: NOT JUST BECOMING — INFLUENCING
May 10, 2026Part 1:
Name the 5 wealthiest people in the world…
Name the last 5 winners of Miss America…
Name the last 5 Academy Award winners for Best Actor or Actress…
Name the last 5 MVP’s of the Super Bowl or World Series…
Part 2:
Name 5 people who taught you something worthwhile…
Name 5 people you enjoy spending time with…
Name 5 people who helped you through a difficult season…
Name 5 teachers, coaches, mentors, family members, or friends who encouraged your journey in life…
INFLUENCING PRIORITY #1 —
BEFORE YOU SHARE IT
2 Timothy 1:5 (NIV)
I am reminded of your sincere faith, which first lived in your grandmother Lois and in your mother Eunice…
1 Corinthians 11:1 (GW)
Imitate me as I imitate Christ.
THE CULTURE AROUND YOU
Romans 12:2 (J.B. Phillips)
Don’t let the world around you squeeze you into its own mould…
INFLUENCING PRIORITY #3 —
LITTLE MOMENTS
Deuteronomy 6:5–7 (MSG)
Love GOD, your God, with your whole heart: love him with all that’s in you, love him with all you’ve got! Write these commandments that I’ve given you today on your hearts. Get them inside of you … and then get them inside your children…
Verse 7 — Talk about them wherever you are, sitting at home or walking in the street; talk about them from the time you get up in the morning to when you fall into bed at night.
WE MEASURE LIFE BY CLOCK TIME —
WE MAKE LIFE IN MOMENTS!
Zechariah 4:10
Do not despise these small beginnings…
STOP WAITING FOR BIG MOMENTS —
START LEVERAGING LITTLE ONES
INFLUENCING PRIORITY #1 —
BEFORE YOU SHARE IT
INFLUENCING PRIORITY #2 —
THE CULTURE AROUND YOU
INFLUENCING PRIORITY #3 —
LITTLE MOMENTS
NEXT IS NOW!