2 Sam 11:1-4, 12:9-19, 1 Cor 4:24-27, 1 Chr 28:3 Labels: Sermon
Everything you do has a consequence, you cannot pretend nothing has happened or that everything will be alright without having to face it.
What is your manifesto? What will people think the moment they think of you?
Manifesto - it is the public declaration of your standards and principles?
Are you going to be a person of standard? Or someone who compromise?
1. No matter how difficult life may seem, never let circumstance dictate your decisions.
-Ruth 1:1-6, Psm 15:4
2. You will either raise your standards to meet your expectations or lower your standards to match your performance.
-Isa 59:19, Prov 23:5-6
3. Only the irresponsible are willing to sacrifice the future in order to enjoy the present.
-Psm 11:3, luk 6:46-48
-What is 'God-abuse'? - It is the idea that you can get away with something in God that the world will hold you accountable for. (E.g. licentiousness)
4. The portrait of your life is painted with the brush of your character.
-Gen 39:7-9, 41:37-42, Mt 26:14-16, 27:3-5
5. You can never know a person by what they say. You meet them the moment you are willing to believe what they do.
-Jam 2:14-18
6. The productivity of any relationship is dependent upon the standard it celebrates.
-Jhn 15:14, Psm 119:79, Heb 12:1
a) My friends must be committed to lifelong relationships.
b) My friends must be moving toward a productive future. (Not just because they are fun!)
c) My friends must be generous.
d) My friends must qualify to receive my seed.
e) My friends must place character above relationship.
f) My friends must be willing to confront my enemies.
7. There's nothing more dangerous than the moment you become a hostage to yesterday's comfort zone
-Phi 3:13-15, Rev 3:14-19
8. Whatever you refuse to conquer today will be next to impossible to conquer tomorrow.
-Jam 5:16, Mt 5:29-30, 6:19-21
-Your enemy is the smallest the moment you see it, dont give it time to grow!
-Talk to your enemy, dont let him talk to you.
-Stop listening to yourself and start talking to yourself!