Pericope: Amos 7:7-9 (ESV) 7 This is what he showed me:

behold, the Lord was standing beside a wall built with a plumb

line, with a plumb line in his hand. 8 And the Lord said to

me, “Amos, what do you see?” And I said, “A plumb line.” Then

the Lord said, “Behold, I am setting a plumb line in the midst of

my people Israel; I will never again pass by them; 9 the high

places of Isaac shall be made desolate, and the sanctuaries of

Israel shall be laid waste, and I will rise against the house of

Jeroboam with the sword.”

Sermon Text: Amos 7:7-8 7 This is what he showed me: behold,

the Lord was standing beside a wall built with a plumb line, with a

plumb line in his hand. 8 And the Lord said to me, “Amos, what do

you see?” And I said, “A plumb line.” Then the Lord said, “Behold,

I am setting a plumb line in the midst of my people Israel; I will

never again pass by them;”

Sermon Title: Could’ve, Would’ve, Should’ve: Pt 6 Measure-Up

BP: Move the hearers to ask Jesus to help them measure-up

Point 1: Measure Your Family Life – Proverbs 22:6 6 Train

up a child in the way he should go, [a] And when he is old he will

not depart from it. 

Point 2: Measure Your Married Life. Genesis 2:24, 25 (ESV)

24 Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold

fast to his wife, and they shall become one flesh. Do you know

your assigned roles? The man is the vision caster and the woman

helps the vision. Both are subject to one another according to

Ephesians 5:21 (ESV) 21 submitting to one another out of

reverence for Christ.

Point 3: Measure Your Work/Career Genesis 2:15

15 The Lord God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden

to work it and keep it.

Point 4: Measure Your Retirement Life Psalms 90:10-12 10 The

years of our life are seventy, or even by reason of strength eighty;

yet their span [a] is but toil and trouble; they are soon gone, and we

fly away. 11 Who considers the power of your anger, and your

wrath according to the fear of you? 12 So teach us to number our

days that we may get a heart of wisdom.

Point 5: Measure Your Financial Life John 10:10 10 The thief

comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they

may have life, and have it to the full

Point 6: Measure Your Personal Life 1 John 4:4 4 You, dear

children, are from God and have overcome them, because the

one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world.

Romans 8:37 37 No, in all these things we are more than

conquerors through him who loved us. Phillipians 4:13 13 I can do

all this through him who gives me strength.

Point 7: Measure 1-6, Are They Aligned with Amos 7:8 7 This is

what he showed me: behold, the Lord was standing beside a wall

built with a plumb line, with a plumb line in his hand. 8 And

the Lord said to me, “Amos, what do you see?” And I said, “A

plumb line.” Then the Lord said, “Behold, I am setting a plumb line

in the midst of my people Israel; I will never again pass by them;

Life Application:

(a) Accept Jesus

(b) Connect to New Life

(c) Sign up for Life group

(d) Commit to serve

(e) More information