Matthew 3:4-6 NLT
John’s clothes were woven from coarse camel hair, and he wore a leather belt around his waist. For food he ate locusts 
and wild honey. People from Jerusalem and from all of Judea and all over the Jordan Valley went out to see and hear John. 
And when they confessed their sins, he baptized them in the Jordan River.

John 3:28-30 NLT
You yourselves know how plainly I told you, ‘I am not the Messiah. I am only here to prepare the way for him.’ It is the bridegroom who marries the bride, and the bridegroom’s friend is simply glad to stand with him and hear his vows. 
Therefore, I am filled with joy at his success. He must become greater and greater, and I must become less and less.

THE BIG IDEA: 

We don’t chase ___________, 

We choose _________________!

We live in a _____________________, but God has called us to a _________________________!
Matthew 25:21 NLT
The master was full of praise. ‘Well done, my good and faithful servant. You have been faithful in handling this small amount, so now I will give you many more responsibilities. Let’s celebrate together!’

Matthew 20:26 CEV
But don’t act like them. If you want to be great, you must be the servant of all the others.

The crowds applause is ___________________, but God’s approval _______________________!
1 Thessalonians 2:4NLT
For we speak as messengers approved by God to be entrusted with the Good News. 
Our purpose is to please God, not people.

Galatians 1:10 NLT
Obviously, I’m not trying to win the approval of people, but of God. If pleasing people were my goal, 
I would not be Christ’s servant.

Matthew 25:31-34 NLT
“But when the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, then he will sit upon his glorious throne. 
All the nations will be gathered in his presence, and he will separate the people as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. He will place the sheep at his right hand and the goats at his left. “Then the King will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father, inherit the Kingdom prepared for you from the creation of the world.

Psalm 115:1 NLT
Not to us, O Lord, not to us, but to your name goes all the glory for your unfailing love and faithfulness.